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30717 ARE [[Translingual]] [Symbol] editARE 1.The ISO 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for the United Arab Emirates. [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - 'ear, Aer, EAR, ERA, REA, Rae, Rea, aer-, aër-, ear, era, rea [Noun] editARE (plural AREs) 1.Initialism of advance reader’s edition. 0 0 2021/04/23 10:03 2021/07/24 16:39 TaN
30719 permissive [[English]] [Adjective] editpermissive (comparative more permissive, superlative most permissive) 1.Giving permission, or predisposed to give it; lenient 2.1962 October, “Talking of Trains: The collisions at Connington”, in Modern Railways, page 232: "Permissive" working allows more than one train to be in a block section at one time but trains must be run at low speed in order to stop on sight behind the train in front. Such working is often authorised to allow freight trains to "bunch" together to await a path through a bottleneck instead of being strung out over several block sections, as would be necessary if absolute working were in force. 3.(of a footpath) open to the public by permission of the landowner 4.(biology) That allows the replication of viruses Antonym: nonpermissive [Anagrams] edit - impressive [Etymology] editFrom French permissif [[French]] ipa :/pɛʁ.mi.siv/[Adjective] editpermissive 1.feminine singular of permissif [[German]] [Adjective] editpermissive 1.inflection of permissiv: 1.strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular 2.strong nominative/accusative plural 3.weak nominative all-gender singular 4.weak accusative feminine/neuter singular [[Italian]] [Adjective] editpermissive 1.feminine plural of permissivo 0 0 2017/09/07 17:10 2021/07/24 16:39 TaN
30722 net neutrality [[English]] [Noun] editnet neutrality (uncountable) 1.Alternative form of network neutrality 0 0 2021/07/24 16:41 TaN
30723 neutrality [[English]] ipa :/njuːˈtɹæləti/[Etymology] editFrom Middle French neutralité, from Medieval Latin neutralitasMorphologically neutral +‎ -ity [Noun] editneutrality (usually uncountable, plural neutralities) 1.The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side. 2.1709, Joseph Addison, The Tatler. Men who possess a state of neutrality in times of public danger, desert the interest of their fellow subjects. Synonyms: indifferent, on the fence 3.(obsolete) Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor bad. 4.1611, John Donne, An Anatomy of the World There is no health; physicians say that we At best enjoy but a neutrality. 5.(chemistry): The quality or state of being neutral. 6.(international law) The condition of a nation or government which refrains from taking part, directly or indirectly, in a war between other powers. 7.Those who are neutral; a combination of neutral powers or states. [See also] edit - net neutrality - network neutrality - internet neutrality - NN 0 0 2021/07/24 16:42 TaN
30724 antitrust [[English]] [Adjective] editantitrust (not comparable) 1.(law) Opposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts (monopolies), usually referring to legislation. The regulators used antitrust laws to block the merger, believing it would eliminate competition. 2.2014 March 15, “Turn it off”, in The Economist, volume 410, number 8878: If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry. [Etymology] editFrom anti- +‎ trust. [See also] edit - antimonopoly [[French]] [Adjective] editantitrust (plural antitrusts) 1.antitrust [Etymology] editFrom anti- +‎ trust. [[Portuguese]] [Adjective] editantitrust (invariable, comparable) 1.Alternative form of antitruste 0 0 2021/06/30 17:22 2021/07/24 16:42 TaN
30726 bullet [[English]] ipa :/ˈbʊl.ɪt/[Etymology 1] editEnglish Wikipedia has an article on:bulletWikipedia Three bullets (2)From Middle French boulette. [Etymology 2] editFrom bull +‎ -let. [[Danish]] ipa :/bulət/[Etymology] editBorrowed from English bullet, from Middle French [Term?]. [Noun] editbullet (plural indefinite bullets, no definite forms) 1.(typography) bullet (a printed symbol, e.g. •, used for marking items in a list) [from 1994] [Synonyms] edit - punkttegn [[Latin]] [Verb] editbullet 1.third-person singular present active subjunctive of bullō [[Northern Sami]] ipa :/ˈpuːlleh(t)/[Verb] editbūllet 1.inflection of buollit: 1.third-person plural present indicative 2.second-person singular past indicative 3.second-person plural imperative 0 0 2010/07/16 21:18 2021/07/24 16:44
30727 bullet point [[English]] [Noun] editbullet point (plural bullet points) 1.The symbol, typically a solid circle, that marks each item in a bullet list. 2.An item in a list of similar items. 3.2009, Michael Marshall, Bad Things, →ISBN, page 29: Panic is immune to debate, to analysis, to earnest and cognitively therapeutic bullet points. 4.2011, Julie Gray, Write an Irresistible CV, →ISBN: Go through your employment history and pull out all the bullet points that demonstrate the five skills you have prioritized. [Synonyms] edit - bullet 0 0 2021/07/24 16:44 TaN
30731 administration [[English]] ipa :/ədˌmɪnəˈstɹeɪʃən/[Etymology] editFrom Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administratio, from administrare; see administer; compare French administration. [Noun] editadministration (usually uncountable, plural administrations) 1.(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction. 2.(countable) A body that administers; the executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain. Successive US administrations have had similar Middle East policies. 3.(uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation. the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament. oral administration of insulin 4.(uncountable, business) Management. 5.(uncountable, law, Britain) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision. The company went into voluntary administration last week. [References] edit - administration in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. [Synonyms] edit The terms below need to be checked and allocated to the definitions (senses) of the headword above. Each term should appear in the sense for which it is appropriate. For synonyms and antonyms you may use the templates {{syn|en|...}} or {{ant|en|...}}. - supervision, conduct, management, regulation, organization, governing [[French]] ipa :/ad.mi.nis.tʁa.sjɔ̃/[Etymology] editFrom Old French administration, from Latin administratio. [Further reading] edit - “administration” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editadministration f (plural administrations) 1.management (administration; the process or practice of managing) [[Interlingua]] [Noun] editadministration (plural administrationes) 1.administration (act of administering) [[Swedish]] [Noun] editadministration c 1.administration [Synonyms] edit - förvaltning 0 0 2010/02/02 14:09 2021/07/24 18:35
30732 discriminatorily [[English]] [Adverb] editdiscriminatorily (comparative more discriminatorily, superlative most discriminatorily) 1.In a discriminatory manner. [Etymology] editdiscriminatory +‎ -ly 0 0 2021/07/24 18:37 TaN
30733 collusive [[English]] [Adjective] editcollusive (comparative more collusive, superlative most collusive) 1.secretly acting together for a fraudulent or illegal purpose [Anagrams] edit - colluvies [[Italian]] [Adjective] editcollusive 1.feminine plural of collusivo 0 0 2021/07/24 18:37 TaN
30738 Early [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - Arely, Arley, Layer, Leary, Raley, Rayle, layer, leary, re-lay, relay [Proper noun] editEarly (plural Earlys) 1.A surname​. [Statistics] edit - According to the 2010 United States Census, Early is the 2578th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 14014 individuals. Early is most common among White (73.23%) and Black/African American (21.45%) individuals. 0 0 2021/07/24 18:40 TaN
30739 excessive [[English]] ipa :/ɪkˈsɛsɪv/[Adjective] editexcessive (comparative more excessive, superlative most excessive) The jewel chest of Louis XIV that as an excessive amount ornaments even for Baroque art, from 1676, in the Louvre 1.Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate. Putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute seems rather excessive. [Antonyms] edit - insufficient - deficient [Etymology] editFrom Middle French excessif, from Medieval Latin excessivus [Synonyms] edit - See also Thesaurus:excessive [[French]] ipa :/ɛk.sɛ.siv/[Adjective] editexcessive 1.feminine singular of excessif [[Interlingua]] [Adjective] editexcessive (comparative plus excessive, superlative le plus excessive) 1.excessive [[Latin]] [Adjective] editexcessīve 1.vocative masculine singular of excessīvus 0 0 2021/07/24 18:40 TaN
30740 undone [[English]] ipa :/ʌnˈdʌn/[Anagrams] edit - nouned [Etymology 1] editFrom un- +‎ done. [Etymology 2] editFrom Middle English undon, from Old English ondōn, from Proto-Germanic *andadōnaz, past participle of *andadōną (“to undo”), equivalent to undo +‎ -en (past participle ending). Cognate with Dutch ontdaan (“stripped, undone, upset”). 0 0 2008/12/16 11:27 2021/07/24 18:41 TaN
30741 undo [[English]] ipa :/ʌnˈduː/[Anagrams] edit - udon [Etymology 1] editFrom Middle English undōn, from Old English ondōn, from Proto-Germanic *andadōną (“to undo”), equivalent to un- +‎ do. Cognate with West Frisian ûndwaan, ûntdwaan (“to undo; rid”), Dutch ontdoen (“to undo”). [Etymology 2] edit [Further reading] edit - undo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia [References] edit 1. ^ “undo”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. [[Latin]] ipa :/ˈun.doː/[Etymology] editFrom unda (“a wave”) [References] edit - undo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - undo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers - undo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette - Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], London: Macmillan and Co. - a thing finds credence, is credible: aliquid fidem habet (vid. also fides under sect. VII., History) redound in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. [Verb] editundō (present infinitive undāre, perfect active undāvī, supine undātum); first conjugation 1.I rise in waves. 2.I overflow with, abound in. 3.I wave, undulate. [[Lindu]] [Noun] editundo 1.flattery 0 0 2021/07/24 18:41 TaN
30747 muscular [[English]] ipa :/ˈmʌ.skjʊl.ə/[Adjective] editmuscular (comparative more muscular, superlative most muscular) 1.(relational) Of, relating to, or connected with muscles. 2.1912 February–July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Under the Moons of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., OCLC 17392886; republished as “The Escape of the Dead”, in A Princess of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., 1917, OCLC 419578288, page 18: It was an effort of the mind, of the will, of the nerves; not muscular, for I could not move even so much as my little finger, but none the less mighty for all that. 3.Brawny, thewy, having strength. Synonyms: athletic, beefy, brawny, husky, lusty, muscled, muscly, powerful, strapping, strong 4.1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Two. The First of the Three Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], OCLC 55746801, page 43: It was a strange figure—like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man, [...] The arms were very long and muscular; the hands the same, as if its hold were of uncommon strength. 5.Having large, well-developed muscles. Synonyms: beefy, brawny, buff, husky, musclebound, muscled, muscly, powerfully built, swole, well-built 6.(figuratively) Robust, strong. Synonym: vigorous 7.2014 July 9, Samanth Subramanian, “India after English?”, in The New York Review of Books‎[1], archived from the original on 10 September 2019: Future prime ministers may struggle to replicate the sort of muscular countrywide support that [Narendra] Modi was able to earn. 8.Full-bodied muscular wine [Etymology] editLate 17th century from musculous +‎ -ar. [References] edit - “muscular”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. - “muscular”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary. [See also] edit - myo- [[Catalan]] ipa :/mus.kuˈla/[Adjective] editmuscular (masculine and feminine plural musculars) 1.muscular (of, relating to, or connected with muscles) [Etymology] editBorrowed from Medieval Latin or New Latin mūsculāris [Further reading] edit - “muscular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. - “muscular” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. - “muscular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. - “muscular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. [[Galician]] [Adjective] editmuscular m or f (plural musculares) 1.muscular (of, relating to, or connected with muscles) [Further reading] edit - “muscular” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy. [[Interlingua]] [Adjective] editmuscular (not comparable) 1.muscular [[Portuguese]] ipa :/muʃ.ku.ˈlaɾ/[Adjective] editmuscular m or f (plural musculares, comparable) 1.muscular (of or relating to muscles) [Etymology] editBorrowed from Medieval Latin or New Latin mūsculāris [[Romanian]] [Adjective] editmuscular m or n (feminine singular musculară, masculine plural musculari, feminine and neuter plural musculare) 1.muscular [Etymology] editFrom French musculaire [[Spanish]] ipa :/muskuˈlaɾ/[Adjective] editmuscular (plural musculares) 1.muscular (of, relating to, or connected with muscles) [Etymology] editBorrowed from Medieval Latin or New Latin mūsculāris [Further reading] edit - “muscular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014. 0 0 2021/05/11 08:36 2021/07/24 18:45 TaN
30749 lobbyist [[English]] ipa :/ˈlɑ.bi.ɪst/[Etymology] editFrom lobby +‎ -ist [Noun] editlobbyist (plural lobbyists) 1.A person who is paid to lobby politicians and encourage them to vote a certain way or otherwise use their office to effect a desired result. [[Dutch]] [Etymology] editFrom lobbyen +‎ -ist [Noun] editlobbyist m (plural lobbyisten, diminutive lobbyistje n) 1.lobbyist [[Romanian]] ipa :/lo.biˈist/[Etymology] editBorrowed from English lobbyist. [Noun] editlobbyist m (plural lobbyiști, feminine equivalent lobbyistă) 1.lobbyist [References] edit - lobbyist in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) 0 0 2021/07/24 18:46 TaN
30752 knee-cap [[English]] [Noun] editknee-cap (plural knee-caps) 1.Alternative spelling of kneecap 0 0 2021/07/13 22:23 2021/07/24 18:48 TaN
30753 kneecapping [[English]] [Noun] editkneecapping (countable and uncountable, plural kneecappings) 1.The act of injuring the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees; often a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists. The mafiosi punished the informer by giving him a kneecapping. Five kneecappings have been reported this month. 0 0 2021/07/13 22:23 2021/07/24 18:48 TaN
30754 kneecap [[English]] ipa :/ˈniːˌkæp/[Etymology] editknee +‎ cap [Noun] editkneecap (plural kneecaps) 1.(anatomy) The flat, roundish bone in the knee. Synonyms: kneepan, patella, rotula, scutum 2.(roofing) A metal cover trim that fits over a panel rib after it has been cut and bent. 3.A cap or strong covering for the knees, used chiefly for horses, to protect their knees in case of a fall. [Verb] editkneecap (third-person singular simple present kneecaps, present participle kneecapping, simple past and past participle kneecapped) 1.(transitive) To destroy the knees of (a person), usually by shooting at the knees, as a punishment carried out by criminals or terrorists. 2.2020, Liam Kennedy, Who Was Responsible for the Troubles?, McGill-Queen's Press (→ISBN), page 109: The Sinn Féin press officer Richard McAuley freely admitted, “Back four or five years ago, people were getting kneecapped who should not have been kneecapped.” 0 0 2021/07/13 22:23 2021/07/24 18:48 TaN
30755 knee [[English]] ipa :/niː/[Anagrams] edit - Enke, Keen, keen, kene, kène, neek [Etymology] editFrom Middle English kne, from Old English cnēow, from Proto-West Germanic *kneu, from Proto-Germanic *knewą (compare Low German Knee, Dutch knie, German Knie, Danish knæ, Norwegian kne, Swedish knä), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéw-o-m, a thematic derivative of *ǵónu. Cognate with Hittite 𒄀𒉡 (genu), Latin genū, Tocharian A kanweṃ (dual), Tocharian B kenī, Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu, “knee”), γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), Old Armenian ծունր (cunr), Avestan 𐬲ଥ଎ନ‎ (žnum), Sanskrit जानु (jā́nu).The obsolete plural kneen is from Middle English kneen, knen, kneon, kneuwene. [Noun] editknee (plural knees or (obsolete or dialectal) kneen) 1.In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank. Penny was wearing a miniskirt, so she skinned her exposed knees when she fell. 2.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book II, canto V, page 249: He made him ſtoup perforce vnto his knee, / And doe vnwilling worſhip to the Saint, / That on his ſhield depainted he did ſee […] 3.In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in humans. 4.The part of a garment that covers the knee. 5.(shipbuilding) A piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent. 6.1980, Richard W. Unger, The Ship in the Medieval Economy 600-1600, page 41 Deck beams were supported by hanging knees, triangular pieces of wood typically found underneath the timbers they are designed to support, but in this case found above them. 7.An act of kneeling on one knee, typically to acknowledge an injury, sacrifice or otherwise to show respect. After Kyle went down hard on the ice, both teams took a knee as he was carried off on a stretcher. 8.(archaic) An act of kneeling, especially to show respect or courtesy. 9.circa 1605, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, Act III, scene iii, line 36 Give them title, knee, and approbation. To make a knee. 10.Any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line; an inflection point. the knee of a graph 11.A blow made with the knee; a kneeing. [Verb] editknee (third-person singular simple present knees, present participle kneeing, simple past and past participle kneed) 1.(transitive, archaic) To kneel to. 2.1605: I could as well be brought / To knee his throne and, squire-like, pension beg / To keep base life afoot. — William Shakespeare, King Lear II.ii 3.(transitive) To poke or strike with the knee. 4.(reflexive) To move on the knees; to use the knees to move. 5.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 489: Hassan kneed himself up, over, in, soundlessly, feet on floor, knife out, eyes like blunter knife trying to cut darkness. [[Middle English]] [Noun] editknee 1.Alternative form of kne [[Norwegian Nynorsk]] ipa :/²kneːə/[Etymology] editFrom the noun kne n (“knee”). [Noun] editknee n 1.(Midlandsnormalen) definite singular of kne [References] edit - “knee” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. [Verb] editknee (present tense knear, past tense knea, past participle knea, passive infinitive kneast, present participle kneande, imperative kne) 1.(intransitive) to kneel, to fall on one's knees Synonym: knele 2.(intransitive) to walk on one's knees 3.(transitive) to poke or strike with the knee 0 0 2021/07/24 18:48 TaN
30756 Knee [[Central Franconian]] ipa :/kneː/[Alternative forms] edit - Knie (southern Moselle Franconian) [Etymology] editFrom Old High German kneo. [Noun] editKnee n (plural Knee or Kneen) 1.(Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) knee 0 0 2021/07/24 18:48 TaN
30762 Melville [[English]] [Further reading] edit - Melville at OneLook Dictionary Search [Proper noun] editMelville (countable and uncountable, plural Melvilles) 1.(countable) A Scottish habitational surname, from Old French of Norman origin, from Malleville in Normandy. 2.A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa 0 0 2017/02/13 11:02 2021/07/24 18:56 TaN
30767 untether [[English]] [Etymology] editun- +‎ tether [Verb] edituntether (third-person singular simple present untethers, present participle untethering, simple past and past participle untethered) 1.(transitive) To undo by removing a tether. 0 0 2021/07/24 18:59 TaN
30770 in concert [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - centricon, centrocin [Prepositional phrase] editin concert 1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in,‎ concert. 2.Acting together [Synonyms] edit - in common cause 0 0 2012/01/02 18:29 2021/07/26 09:13
30773 understate [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - undertaste [Antonyms] edit - overstate, exaggerate [Etymology] editunder- +‎ state [Synonyms] edit - (state with lack of emphasis): trivialize [Verb] editunderstate (third-person singular simple present understates, present participle understating, simple past and past participle understated) 1.(transitive) To state (something) with less completeness than needed; to minimise or downplay. 2.(transitive) To state (something) with a lack of emphasis, in order to express irony. 3.To state a quantity that is too low. 0 0 2021/05/12 08:53 2021/07/26 09:14 TaN
30776 disclaim [[English]] ipa :/dɪsˈkleɪm/[Anagrams] edit - limacids, milacids [Etymology] editFrom Anglo-Norman disclaimer, from Old French desclamer (French: déclamer), des- + clamer. [Synonyms] edit - (renounce all claim to): disavow, disown, repudiate, renounce; See also Thesaurus:repudiate - (deny as a claim): refuse - (relinquish or deny having a claim): [Verb] editdisclaim (third-person singular simple present disclaims, present participle disclaiming, simple past and past participle disclaimed) 1.To renounce all claim to; to deny ownership of or responsibility for; to disown; to disavow; to reject. 2.1697, John Dryden translating Virgil, Aeneid Book VII He calls the gods to witness their offence; / Disclaims the war, asserts his innocence. 3.1755, Hugh Farmer, Essay on the Demoniacs of the New Testament He disclaims the authority of Jesus. 4.1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw "I was to say that Maw and Meggins disclaim all responsibility," continued the other. "They admit no liability at all, but in consideration of your son's services they wish to present you with a certain sum as compensation." 5.To deny, as a claim; to refuse. 6.1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity[1]: The payment was irregularly made, if not disclaimed. 7.(law) To relinquish or deny having a claim; to disavow another's claim; to decline accepting, as an estate, interest, or office. (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?) 0 0 2021/07/26 09:14 TaN
30780 hold it [[English]] [Synonyms] edit - (stop): hang on, hold up - (to wait to excrete): [Verb] edithold it (third-person singular simple present holds it, present participle holding it, simple past and past participle held it) 1.(imperative) Wait a minute; stop. Hold it. What did you say his name was? 2.To wait to excrete when one needs to. Can't you hold it until the next gas station? 3.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold,‎ it. 0 0 2021/07/26 09:17 TaN
30781 hold to [[English]] [Further reading] edit - “hold to”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present. - “hold to”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary. - “hold to” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. - “hold to” (US) / “hold to” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary. [Verb] edithold to (third-person singular simple present holds to, present participle holding to, simple past held to, past participle held to or (archaic) holden to) 1.To share or subscribe to (a belief, etc.). I do not hold to their radical opinions. 2.To adhere strongly to (a conviction, story, etc.). to hold to one's original story Despite contrary admonitions, they held to their fundamentalist Christian views. 3.To compel (someone) to remain faithful to (a commitment, moral standard, etc.). Jill holds her grandfather to her own standards and finds them wanting. 0 0 2021/07/26 09:17 TaN
30785 initial public offering [[English]] [Noun] editinitial public offering (plural initial public offerings) 1.(business, finance) The first offering to members of the public of stock in a company, normally followed by a listing of that stock on a stock exchange. [Synonyms] edit - float - go public 0 0 2021/07/26 09:19 TaN
30790 contrast [[English]] ipa :/ˈkɒntɹɑːst/[Etymology] editFrom French contraster, from Italian contrastare (“to resist", "to withstand”), from Vulgar Latin *contrāstāre, from Latin contrā (“against”) + stō, stāre (“to stand”) [Noun] editcontrast (countable and uncountable, plural contrasts) 1.(countable) A difference in lightness, brightness and/or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable. 1.(uncountable) The degree of this difference. The red and the orange don't have much contrast between them — I can hardly tell them apart. 2.(countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.(countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts. Israel is a country of many contrasts. - 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 731476803: The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. - 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 11: ... there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast.(countable, uncountable, rhetoric) Antithesis. [See also] edit - compare [Verb] editcontrast (third-person singular simple present contrasts, present participle contrasting, simple past and past participle contrasted) 1.(transitive) To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between. 2.(intransitive) To form a contrast. Foreground and background strongly contrast. 3.1845, Charles Lyell, Lyell's Travels in North America The joints which divide the sandstone contrast finely with the divisional planes which separate the basalt into pillars. [[Catalan]] ipa :/konˈtɾast/[Etymology] editFrom contrastar, attested from the 14th century.[1] [Further reading] edit - “contrast” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans. - “contrast” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. - “contrast” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. [Noun] editcontrast m (plural contrasts or contrastos) 1.contrast [References] edit 1. ^ “contrast” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana. [[Dutch]] ipa :/kɔnˈtrɑst/[Etymology] editBorrowed from French contraste, from Middle French contraste, from Italian contrasto. [Noun] editcontrast n (plural contrasten, diminutive contrastje n) 1.A contrast. Synonym: tegenstelling [[Romanian]] [Etymology] editFrom French contraste. [Noun] editcontrast n (plural contraste) 1.contrast 0 0 2010/05/15 15:16 2021/07/26 09:22
30793 egregious [[English]] ipa :/ɪˈɡɹiː.dʒəs/[Adjective] editegregious (comparative more egregious, superlative most egregious) 1.conspicuous, exceptional, outstanding; usually in a negative sense. The student has made egregious errors on the examination. 2.16thC, Christopher Marlowe, Ignoto, I cannot cross my arms, or sigh "Ah me," / "Ah me forlorn!" egregious foppery! / I cannot buss thy fill, play with thy hair, / Swearing by Jove, "Thou art most debonnaire!" 3.c1605, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, Act 2, Scene 3, My lord, you give me most egregious indignity. 4.22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1] When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful abridgment, one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious. 5.2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in August: Osage County made her feel 'like a terrible person' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this ...' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎[2]: She's sitting opposite a window that's gently breezing into her face, wafting her hair into cover-girl perfection ... It's a little moment that seems to encapsulate her appeal: ... her gorgeousness being so egregious that even breezes oblige with their tousle-fanning effects ... 6.Outrageously bad; shocking. 7.1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, OCLC 316392309, Act III, scene iv: Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […] [Etymology] editFrom Latin ēgregius, from e- (“out of”), + grex (“flock”), + English adjective suffix -ous, from Latin suffix -osus (“full of”); reflecting the positive connotations of "standing out from the flock". 0 0 2009/04/03 15:53 2021/07/26 09:32 TaN
30797 four [[Translingual]] ipa :[ˈfo.ə][Etymology] editFrom English four [Numeral] editfour 1.Code word for the digit 4 in the NATO/ICAO spelling alphabet [References] edit 1. ^ To distinguish from for. Annex 10 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation: Aeronautical Telecommunications; Volume II Communication Procedures including those with PANS status‎[1], 6th edition, International Civil Aviation Organization, October 2001, retrieved 23 January 2019, page §5.2.1.3, Figure 5–1 2. ^ International Maritime Organisation (2005). International Code of Signals, p. 22–23. Fourth edition, London. [Synonyms] editITU/IMO code word kartefour[2] [[English]] ipa :/fɔː/[Anagrams] edit - Rufo, furo, rouf, rufo-, uORF [Etymology] editFrom Middle English four, from Old English fēower, from Proto-West Germanic *feuwar, from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from previous pre-Grimm *petwṓr, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of *kʷetwóres. Doublet of cuatro and quatre. [Noun] editfour (countable and uncountable, plural fours) 1.(countable) The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof. 2.(countable) Anything measuring four units, as length. Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller. 3.A person who is four years old. I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground. 4.(cricket, countable) An event in which the batsmen run four times between the wickets or, more often, a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounce before passing over the boundary, a six is awarded instead. 5.(basketball, countable) A power forward. 6.(rowing) Four-man sweep racing shell, with or without a coxswain. 1.The shell itself. The team bought a new four last season. 2.The crew rowing in a four boat. Our four won both races. 3.(colloquial) A regatta event for four boats. We got third place in the varsity four.(obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits. - 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, IV: I was a-strollin' down, thinkin' between ourselves how uncommon handy a four of gin hot would be, when suddenly the glint of a light caught my eye in the window of that same house. [Numeral] editfour 1.A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••) There are four seasons: winter, spring, summer and autumn. 2.1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage: A Novel, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, OCLC 6868219: Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen. 3.Describing a set or group with four elements. [[French]] ipa :/fuʁ/[Etymology] editFrom Old French forn, from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic *fornos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr̥-nós, from *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”). [Further reading] edit - “four” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language). [Noun] editfour m (plural fours) 1.oven 2.stove 3.flop [[Istriot]] [Adverb] editfour 1.out, outside [Etymology] editFrom Latin foris, foras. Compare Italian fuori, Friulian fûr, Dalmatian fure, Venetian fora. [Preposition] editfour 1.out, outside [[Middle English]] ipa :/ˈføːwər/[Alternative forms] edit - fore, feour, fower, fowwre, foure, fowr, vour [Etymology] editFrom Old English feōwer [Numeral] editfour 1.four 2.c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎[2], published c. 1410, Apocalips 6:8, page 119r, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010: ⁊ lo a pale hoꝛs .· and þe name was deþ to him þat ſat on hym and helle ſuede him / and power was ȝouen to him on foure partis of þe erþe .· to ſle with ſwerd / ⁊ wiþ hungur / ⁊ wiþ deþ / ⁊ wiþ beeſtis of þe erþe And lo! A pale horse, and the name was Death for who that sat on him, and hell trailed him. And power was given to him over four parts of the earth, to slay with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the earth's creatures. [[Norman]] [Alternative forms] edit - fou (Jersey) [Etymology] editFrom Old French forn, from Latin furnus. [Noun] editfour m (plural fours) 1.(Guernsey) oven [[Walloon]] [Noun] editfour m (plural fours) 1.hay 0 0 2009/01/09 20:22 2021/07/26 09:40 TaN
30806 across the board [[English]] [Alternative forms] edit - across-the-board [Etymology] editOriginated with horse racing, where an "across the board" bet was one which covered first, second and third on the betting board. [Prepositional phrase] editacross the board 1.(idiomatic) Pertaining to all categories or things. 2.1949, United States Congress Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, Hearings: […] in favor of a straight across-the-board salary increase […] 3.1983, A. Premchard, Government Budgeting and Expenditure: Theory and Practice: A common technique (variously known as an emergency brake or meat axe budgeting) used by governments is across-the-board cuts; 4.1998, Shahid Javed Burki, Guillermo Perry, Beyond the Washington Consensus: Institutions Matter: Chile provides the region's best example of a country that has successfully reformed its core public administration across the board. 5.(gambling) Having an equal amount staked on a competitor placing first, second, or third. 6.(chess) Of a move or sequence of play, made in response to developments occurring in the game, as opposed to pre-planned or according to theory. 0 0 2021/07/26 09:53 TaN
30812 pelvic [[English]] ipa :/ˈpɛlvɪk/[Adjective] editpelvic (not comparable) 1.Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pelvis pelvic cellulitis [Noun] editpelvic (plural pelvics) 1.pelvic fin [[Interlingua]] [Adjective] editpelvic (not comparable) 1.pelvic 0 0 2021/07/26 11:04 TaN
30813 object [[English]] ipa :/ˈɒb.d͡ʒɛkt/[Etymology] editFrom Old French object, from Medieval Latin obiectum (“object”, literally “thrown against”), from obiectus, perfect passive participle of obiciō (“I throw against”), from ob- (“against”) +‎ iaciō (“I throw”), as a gloss of Ancient Greek ἀντικείμενον (antikeímenon). [Noun] editobject (plural objects) 1.A thing that has physical existence. 2.Objective; goal, end or purpose of something. 3.1825, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Accounts and Papers, page 91: Money is an Object to you? Money is an Object to me. And yet you have taken no Steps to recover your Property from Mr. Dry? No, I have no Occasion for it. 4.1860, Thomas Fenner Curtis, The Progress of Baptist Principles in the Last Hundred Years, page 161: And yet it may be proper to show that if time were an object, little, if any thing, would necessarily be gained by sprinkling in place of immersion, where a large number had to be baptized. 5.1863, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Reports from Committees, page 240: […] to secure first-class men you must either hold out a temptation of money, if money is an object to them, or if it is not, then after a certain number of years' service, perhaps, some honour to be bestowed upon them; one or the other, I think, ought to be given to secure the best men that you can. 6.1877, South Australia. Parliament, Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia: With Copies of Documents Ordered to be Printed ..., page 29: I think, if a captain had plenty of time to spare, and was not going on to any other port, he would prefer going into harbor; but if time were an object with him, and he wished to get away as quickly as possible, he would go to the pier outside. 7.2000, Phyllis Barkas Goldman & John Grigni, Monkeyshines on Ancient Cultures The object of tlachtli was to keep the rubber ball from touching the ground while trying to push it to the opponent's endline. 8. 9. (grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action. 10.A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed. Mary Jane had been the object of Peter's affection for years. The convertible, once the object of his desire, was now the object of his hatred. Where's your object of ridicule now? 11.(object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure. 12.(category theory) An instance of one of the two kinds of entities that form a category, the other kind being the arrows (also called morphisms). Similarly, there is a category whose objects are groups and whose arrows are the homomorphisms from one group to another. 13.(obsolete) Sight; show; appearance; aspect. 14.c. 1610s, George Chapman, Batrachomyomachia He, advancing close / Up to the lake, past all the rest, arose / In glorious object. [Synonyms] edit - (thing): article, item, thing - (person or thing toward which an emotion is directed): target - See also Thesaurus:goal [Verb] editobject (third-person singular simple present objects, present participle objecting, simple past and past participle objected) 1.(intransitive) To disagree with or oppose something or someone; (especially in a Court of Law) to raise an objection. I object to the proposal to build a new airport terminal. We strongly object to sending her to jail for ten years. 2.(transitive, obsolete) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason. 3.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 1: We thanke you both, yet one but flatters vs, As well appeareth by the cauſe you come, Namely, to appeale each other of high treaſon. Cooſin of Hereford, what doſt thou obiect Againſt the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray? 4.1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book VI, canto VII: He 'gan to him object his heinous Crime, 5.1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation There are others who will object the poverty of the nation. 6.1571, Admonition to the Parliament: The book […] giveth liberty to object any crime against any such as are to be ordered. 7.(transitive, obsolete) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose. 8.early 17th century, Edward Fairfax, Godfrey of Bulloigne: or The recovery of Jerusalem. Of less account some knight thereto object, / Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove. 9.c. 1678, Richard Hooker, a sermon some strong impediment or other objecting itself 10.1725, Homer; [William Broome], transl., “Book VIII”, in The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume II, London: […] Bernard Lintot, OCLC 8736646: Pallas to their eyes / The mist objected, and condens'd the skies. [[Dutch]] ipa :/ɔpˈjɛkt/[Etymology] editFrom Middle French [Term?], from Old French object, from Latin obiectum. [Noun] editobject n (plural objecten, diminutive objectje n) 1.object, item 2.(grammar) object 0 0 2009/11/26 09:28 2021/07/26 11:07
30817 compensation [[English]] ipa :/ˌkɒmpɛnˈseɪʃən/[Anagrams] edit - camponotines, companion set [Etymology] editFrom Middle English compensacioun, from Old French compensacion, from Latin compensātiōnem, accusative singular of compensātiō. [Noun] editcompensation (countable and uncountable, plural compensations) 1.The act or principle of compensating. 2.1841, Emerson, Ralph Waldo, “Compensation”, in Essays: Human labor, through all its forms, from the sharpening of a stake to the construction of a city or an epic, is one immense illustration of the perfect compensation of the universe. Synonym: restitution 3.Something which is regarded as an equivalent; something which compensates for loss. Synonyms: amends, remuneration, recompense 4.1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England The parliament which dissolved the monastic foundations […] vouchsafed not a word toward securing the slightest compensation to the dispossessed owners. 5.1796, Edmund Burke, a letter to a noble lord No pecuniary compensation can possibly reward them. 6.(finance) The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount. Synonym: set-off 7.A recompense or reward for service. Synonym: restitution 8.(real estate) An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation. 9.The relationship between air temperature outside a building and a calculated target temperature for provision of air or water to contained rooms or spaces for the purpose of efficient heating. In building control systems, the compensation curve is defined to a compensator for this purpose. 10.(neuroscience) The ability of one part of the brain to overfunction in order to take over the function of a damaged part (e.g. following a stroke). Coordinate term: degeneracy [[French]] ipa :/kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Latin compēnsātiō, compēnsātiōnem. [Noun] editcompensation f (plural compensations) 1.compensation 0 0 2010/06/29 19:16 2021/07/26 13:22
30819 get one's head around [[English]] [Verb] editget one's head around (third-person singular simple present gets one's head around, present participle getting one's head around, simple past got one's head around, past participle (UK) got one's head around or (US) gotten one's head around) 1.(idiomatic, transitive) To understand; fathom; solve. 2.2009, Wahida Shaffi, Our Stories, Our Lives: Inspiring Muslim Women's Voices, →ISBN: When my mum did pass away I fell out with God because I couldn't get my head around why he'd taken away the one person that we needed in our lives, because dad was no good to us. 0 0 2021/07/26 14:05 TaN
30820 unloading [[English]] [Anagrams] edit - gonadulin [Noun] editunloading (plural unloadings) 1.The act by which something is unloaded. 2.1964 March, “Coal concentration in Birmingham”, in Modern Railways, page 152: Traders have been successfully indoctrinated with the necessity of quick unloading - or else seeing their coal hauled away again - [...] [Verb] editunloading 1.present participle of unload 0 0 2021/07/26 14:05 TaN
30826 fly in the face of [[English]] [Verb] editfly in the face of (third-person singular simple present flies in the face of, present participle flying in the face of, simple past flew in the face of, past participle flown in the face of) 1.(idiomatic) To act in a manner highly contrary to; to counteract or contradict. The new design is very edgy and certainly flies in the face of tradition. 0 0 2021/07/26 14:08 TaN
30827 fly-in [[English]] [Noun] editfly-in (plural fly-ins) 1.(aviation) An informal gathering of private pilots and their aircraft at a prearranged airfield. 2.(roofing) A method of application for roll materials by which the dry sheet is set into the bitumen or adhesive applied to the roof surface. 0 0 2021/07/26 14:08 TaN
30836 day release [[English]] [Noun] editday release (uncountable) 1.Temporary liberation from a prison, for the period of one day. She committed a murder while on day release. 2.Paid leave of absence from employment (one day per week) to attend college. 0 0 2021/07/26 14:16 TaN
30845 shun [[English]] ipa :/ʃʌn/[Anagrams] edit - Huns, USNH, huns [Etymology] editFrom Middle English shǒnen (“decline to do, avoid, fear”), from Old English scunian, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewdʰ- (“to cover, wrap, encase”), from *(s)kewH- (“to cover, hide”); if so, cognate with Old English hȳdan (“to hide, conceal, preserve”). [References] edit - shun in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. - shun in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911. - Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933. [Verb] editshun (third-person singular simple present shuns, present participle shunning, simple past and past participle shunned) 1.(transitive) To avoid, especially persistently. Acrophobes shun mountaineering. 2.2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848: British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far. 3.(transitive) To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc). 4.(transitive) To screen, hide. 5.(transitive) To shove, push. [[Japanese]] [Romanization] editshun 1.Rōmaji transcription of しゅん [[Mandarin]] [Romanization] editshun 1.Nonstandard spelling of shǔn. 2.Nonstandard spelling of shùn. 0 0 2021/07/26 14:19 TaN
30846 Shun [[Japanese]] [Romanization] editShun 1.Rōmaji transcription of しゅん 0 0 2021/07/26 14:19 TaN
30847 monetize [[English]] ipa :/ˈmʌnətaɪz/[Alternative forms] edit - monetise [Anagrams] edit - time zone, time-zone, timezone, zonetime [Verb] editmonetize (third-person singular simple present monetizes, present participle monetizing, simple past and past participle monetized) 1.To convert something (especially a security) into currency. 2.To mint money. 3.To establish a currency as legal tender. Antonym: demonetize 4.(transitive) To make an activity profit-generating, particularly in computer and Internet-related activities. Coordinate term: commercialize We considered monetizing our computer help forums by inserting ad banners. 5.2009 August 25, Miguel Helft, quoting Shenaz Zack, “YouTube to Monetize Your 15 Minutes of Fame”, in New York Times‎[1]: “Now, when you upload a video to YouTube that accumulates lots of views, we may invite you to monetize that video and start earning revenue from it,” Shenaz Zack, a product manager, wrote on a YouTube blog. 6.2021 March 10, Taylor Lorenz, “For Creators, Everything Is for Sale”, in The New York Times‎[2], ISSN 0362-4331: A rash of new start-ups are making it easier for digital creators to monetize every aspect of their life — down to what they eat, who they hang out with and who they respond to on TikTok. 0 0 2009/04/03 13:14 2021/07/26 14:20 TaN
30849 lottery [[English]] ipa :/ˈlɒtəɹi/[Etymology] editBorrowed from Italian lotteria, from the same root as Old English hlot (cognate with English lot). Compare French loterie (from Middle Dutch loterie). [Noun] editlottery (plural lotteries) 1.A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks. 2.(figuratively) Something decided by chance. 3.(obsolete) Allotment; a thing allotted. 0 0 2021/07/26 14:20 TaN
30850 down the road [[English]] [Prepositional phrase] editdown the road 1.Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see down,‎ road. There's a shop down the road that sells a few basic necessities. 2.(idiomatic) Further along, in terms of time or progress. They decided to save money by using the cheapest components available, but down the road they ran into problems with reliability. [Synonyms] edit - down the line - down the track - later on 0 0 2021/07/11 13:31 2021/07/26 14:21 TaN
30851 down to [[English]] [Antonyms] edit - up to [Preposition] editdown to 1.Ready to (do something specified). 2.With no one/nothing remaining but. I'm down to my last few sleeping pills. 3.Due to. 4.1966, The Rolling Stones, Under My Thumb It's down to me, the way she talks when she's spoken to / Down to me, the change has come, she's under my thumb. 5.2005, Stel Pavlou, Decipher: The intermittent signal dropout was down to a faulty connection which he'd fixed in seconds. 6.2011 May 16, James Mitchell Crow, “First signs of ozone-hole recovery spotted”, in Nature: That difficulty is down to significant natural variations in average Antarctic stratospheric springtime ozone levels from year to year 7.Including even the smallest parts. We checked everything down to the last/smallest detail. [Synonyms] edit - up to 0 0 2021/07/26 14:21 TaN
30854 uncovering [[English]] [Noun] edituncovering (plural uncoverings) 1.The act by which something is uncovered. 2.1969, William Edward Burghardt DuBois, Dark Water: Voices from Within the Veil: In partial compensation for this narrowed destiny the white world has lavished its politeness on its womankind,—its chivalry and bows, its uncoverings and courtesies—all the accumulated homage disused for courts and kings […] 3.2000, Paul Gorner, Twentieth Century German Philosophy, page 158: Although clearly we play a part in particular uncoverings of entities, the discovery of particular truths, we have no control over basic modes of revealing and revealedness, concealing and concealedness. [Verb] edituncovering 1.present participle of uncover 0 0 2021/07/26 14:27 TaN
30855 uncover [[English]] ipa :/ʌnˈkʌvɚ/[Antonyms] edit - cover up [Etymology] editFrom Middle English uncoveren, equivalent to un- +‎ cover. [Synonyms] edit - (to show openly): expose, uncloak; see also Thesaurus:reveal - (to remove one's hat or cap): doff, uncoif, unhat; see also Thesaurus:undress [Verb] edituncover (third-person singular simple present uncovers, present participle uncovering, simple past and past participle uncovered) 1.To remove a cover from. The model railway was uncovered. 2.To reveal the identity of. The murderer has finally been uncovered. 3.To show openly; to disclose; to reveal. 4.1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [EIKONOKLASTES] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], OCLC 1044608640: To uncover his perjury to the oath of his coronation. 5.(reflexive, intransitive) To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect. 6.1824, Town and Country Tales (page 115) Alfred, surprised to meet his father, whom he thought absent from home, […] stood, holding his firelock in one hand, and his hat in the other, having uncovered himself as soon as he perceived his father. 7.1891, N. H. Chamberlain, “In the Footprints of Burgoyne's Army”, in New England Magazine, volume 4, Boston, MA: New England Magazine Corporation: The English soldiers were directed in general orders to salute and uncover before the Host as it passed, and here in the wilderness the old religion held firm sway. 8.(reflexive, intransitive) To expose the genitalia. 9.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 159: The phallus had power to subdue the attacks of demons and the Evil Eye; and the female organs were potent over elemental disturbances, thus a woman uncovering herself could quell a storm. 10.(military, transitive) To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front. 0 0 2021/07/26 14:27 TaN
30857 abdicate [[English]] ipa :/ˈæb.dɪˌkeɪt/[Antonyms] edit - claim - grasp - maintain - occupy - retain - seize - usurp [Etymology] edit - First attested in 1541. - From Latin abdicātus (“renounced”), perfect passive participle of abdicō (“renounce, reject, disclaim”), formed from ab (“away”) + dicō (“proclaim, dedicate, declare”), akin to dīcō (“say”). [References] edit - abdicate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913. [Synonyms] editsynonyms of "abdicate" - abandon - abjure - cast aside - cast off - cede - desert - disinherit - disown - forego - forsake - give up - quit - refuse - reject - relent - relinquish - renounce - repudiate - resign - retire - stand down - surrender - vacate - waive - yield [Verb] editabdicate (third-person singular simple present abdicates, present participle abdicating, simple past and past participle abdicated) 1.(transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the early 19th century.] 2.(transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of. [First attested from the mid 16th century until the late 17th century.] 3.(transitive, obsolete) To depose. [Attested from the early 17th century until the late 18th century.] 4.(transitive, obsolete) To reject; to cast off; to discard. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the late 17th century.] 5.May 29 1647, Joseph Hall, Hard Measure betray and abdicate the due right both of ourselves and successors 6.(transitive) To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for. [First attested in the mid 17th century.] to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy Note: The word abdicate was held to mean, in the case of James II, to abandon without a formal surrender. 7.1776, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: The cross-bearers abdicated their service. 8.1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France: He abdicates all right to be his own governor. 9.1856, James Anthony Froude, History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth: The understanding abdicates its functions. 10.(intransitive) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty. [First attested in the early 18th century.] 11.1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France: Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy. [[Italian]] [Verb] editabdicate 1.second-person plural present indicative of abdicare 2.second-person plural imperative of abdicare [[Latin]] [Verb] editabdicāte 1.second-person plural present active imperative of abdicō 0 0 2021/07/26 14:29 TaN
30859 militia [[English]] ipa :/məˈlɪʃə/[Etymology] editFrom Latin mīlitia (“army, military force/service”), from mīles (“soldier”). Doublet of militsia.The use of "militia" rather than "police" to refer to the police force (of Belarus and some other countries) originated in the USSR. [Noun] editmilitia (plural militias or militiae) 1.An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control. 2.Synonym of militsia: the national police force of certain countries (e.g. Belarus). [[Latin]] ipa :/miːˈli.ti.a/[Etymology] editFrom mīles (“soldier”) +‎ -ia. [Noun] editmīlitia f (genitive mīlitiae); first declension 1.military service 2.27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 26.1: huic generī mīlitum senātus eundem, quem Cannēnsibus, fīnem statuērat mīlitiae. For this class of soldier the senate had established a limit in duration to their military service, which was the same as the men at Cannae. 3.the military, army, soldiery 4.warfare, war, campaign 5.civil service, profession, employment 6.(figuratively) military spirit, courage, bravery [References] edit - militia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - militia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers - militia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887) - militia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette - Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. - to take service in the army: militiam (only in the sing.) capessere - to try to avoid military service: militiam detrectare, subterfugere - to be excused military duty: militiae vacationem habere - to retire from service: militia functum, perfunctum esse militia in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 0 0 2021/07/12 12:32 2021/07/26 14:34 TaN

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