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trade-off . a balance achieved between two desirable but incompatible features; a compromise ; a trade-off between objectivity and relevance. |
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determinism . the doctrine that all events, including human action, are ultimately determined by causes regarded as external to the will. Some philosophers have taken determinism to imply that individual human beings have no free will and cannot be held morally responsible for their actions. |
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outer . outside; external ; the outer layer of the skin ; the outer door. |
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outer . further from the centre or inside ; the outer city bypass. |
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outer . more remote (especially in place names) ; Outer Mongolia. |
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precarious . not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse ; a precarious ladder. |
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precarious . dependent on chance; uncertain ; he made a precarious living as a painter. |
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indented . divided or edged with a zigzag line. |
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proxy . the authority to represent someone else, especially in voting ; Britons overseas may register to vote by proxy. |
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proxy . a person authorized to act on behalf of another. |
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proxy . a document authorizing a person to vote on another's behalf. |
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proxy . a figure that can be used to represent the value of something in a calculation ; the use of a US wealth measure as a proxy for the true worldwide measure. |
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defer . put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone. |
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defer . Law postpone (a sentence) so that the circumstances or conduct of the defendant can be further assessed. |
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sequential . forming or following in a logical order or sequence ; a series of sequential steps. |
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sequential . Computing performed or used in sequence ; sequential processing of data files. |
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resolve . settle or find a solution to (a problem or contentious matter). |
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resolve . Medicine cause (a symptom or condition) to heal or subside. |
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resolve . heal or subside (of a symptom or condition). |
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resolve . pass or cause to pass into a concord during the course of harmonic change (with reference to a discord). |
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resolve . decide firmly on a course of action. |
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resolve . make a decision by a formal vote (of a legislative body or other formal meeting). |
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resolve . Chemistry separate or cause to be separated into constituent parts or components. |
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resolve something into . reduce a subject, statement, etc. by mental analysis into (separate elements or a more elementary form). |
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resolve . Physics analyse (a force or velocity) into components acting in particular directions. |
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resolve . turn into a different form when seen more clearly (of something seen at a distance). |
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resolve . separate or distinguish between (closely adjacent objects) (of optical or photographic equipment). |
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resolve . separately distinguish (peaks in a graph or spectrum). |
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model . fashion or shape (a three-dimensional figure or object) in a malleable material such as clay or wax ; use the icing to model a house. |
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model . represent so as to appear three-dimensional (in drawing or painting) ; the body of the woman to the right is modelled in softer, riper forms. |
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model something on/after . use (a system, procedure, etc.) as an example to follow or imitate ; the research method will be modelled on previous work. |
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model oneself on . take as an example to follow or imitate (someone admired or respected) ; he models himself on rock legend Elvis Presley. |
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model . devise a representation, especially a mathematical one, of (a phenomenon or system) ; a computer program that can model the behaviour of smoke. |
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model . display (clothes) by wearing them. |
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model . work as a model by displaying clothes or posing for an artist or sculptor. |
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propagate . breed specimens of (a plant or animal) by natural processes from the parent stock ; try propagating your own houseplants from cuttings. |
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propagate . reproduce by natural processes (of a plant or animal). |
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the plant propagates freely from stem cuttings. |
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propagate . spread and promote (an idea, theory, etc.) widely ; the French propagated the idea that the English were drunkards. |
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propagate . transmit or be transmitted in a particular direction or through a medium (with reference to motion, light, sound, etc.) ; electromagnetic effects can be propagated at a finite velocity only through material substances. |
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realm . literary, or Law a kingdom ; the defence of the realm. |
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realm . a field or domain of activity or interest ; the realm of applied chemistry ; an overall Labour majority is not beyond the realms of possibility. |
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asyncronous . not existing or occurring at the same time. |
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asyncronous . Computing controlling the timing of operations by the use of pulses sent when the previous operation is completed rather than at regular intervals. |
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asyncronous . not working in time with the alternations of current (of a machine or motor). |
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epiphany . the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi. |
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epiphany . the festival commemorating the Epiphany on 6 January. |
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epiphany . a moment of sudden and great revelation or realization. |
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offset . a consideration or amount that diminishes or balances the effect of an opposite one ; widow's bereavement allowance is an offset against income. |
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offset . the amount or distance by which something is out of line ; these wheels have an offset of four inches. |
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offset . Surveying a short distance measured perpendicularly from the main line of measurement. |
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offset . Electronics a small deviation or bias in a voltage or current. |
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offset . a side shoot from a plant serving for propagation. |
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offset . a spur in a mountain range. |
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offset . Architecture a sloping ledge in a wall or other feature where the thickness of the part above is diminished. |
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offset . a bend in a pipe to carry it past an obstacle. |
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offset . a method of printing in which ink is transferred from a plate or stone to a uniform rubber surface and from that to the paper. |
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supersede . take the place of (a person or thing previously in authority or use); supplant ; the older models of car have now been superseded. |
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mingle . mix or cause to mix together ; the sound of voices mingled with a scraping of chairs ; a smell which mingled disinfectant and soap. |
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mingle . move among and engage with others at a social function ; a chance to mingle with celebs. |
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dissect . methodically cut up (a body or plant) in order to study its internal parts. |
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dissect . analyse in minute detail (a text or idea); he dissected the Prime Minister's statement and revealed the truth behind it. |
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concatenation . a series of interconnected things ; a concatenation of events which had finally led to the murder. |
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concatenation . the action of linking things together in a series, or the condition of being linked in such a way. |
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immutable . unchanging over time or unable to be changed ; an immutable fact. |
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conversant . familiar with or knowledgeable about something. |
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upstream . moving or situated in the opposite direction from that in which a stream or river flows; nearer to the source ; a lone motor cruiser rumbled upstream ; the upstream stretch of the Nene. |
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upstream . Biology situated in or towards the part of a sequence of genetic material where transcription takes place earlier than at a given point. |
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upstream . at a stage in the process of gas or oil extraction and production before the raw material is ready for refining. |
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asset . a useful or valuable thing or person ; quick reflexes were his chief assets ; the school is an asset to the community. |
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assets . an item of property owned by a person or company, regarded as having value and available to meet debts, commitments, or legacies. |
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chug . move slowly making regular muffled explosive sounds, as of an engine running slowly (of a vehicle or boat). |
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chug . make a series of muffled explosive sounds. |
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chug . a muffled explosive sound or sounds. |
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chug . consume (a drink) in large gulps without pausing. |
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literacy . the ability to read and write. |
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literacy . competence or knowledge in a specified area ; computer literacy is essential. |
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twig . a slender woody shoot growing from a branch or stem of a tree or shrub. |
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twig . Anatomy a small branch of a blood vessel or nerve. |
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twig . informal understand or realize something ; it was amazing that Graham hadn't twigged before. |
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twig . archaic perceive; observe ; nine days now since my eyes have twigged any terra firma. |
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tray . a flat, shallow container with a raised rim, typically used for carrying food and drink, or for holding small items or loose material. |
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aspire . direct one's hopes or ambitions towards achieving something ; we never thought that we might aspire to those heights ; other people will aspire to be like you. |
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aspire . literary rise high; tower. |
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poll . the process of voting in an election ; the country went to the polls on March 10. |
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poll . the number of votes cast in an election ; the ruling party won 24 seats, narrowly topping the poll. |
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the polls . the places where votes are cast in an election ; the polls have only just closed. |
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poll . short for opinion poll. |
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poll . dialect a person's head. |
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poll . the part of the head on which hair grows; the scalp. |
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poll . a hornless animal, especially one of a breed of hornless cattle See also red poll. |
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poll . record the opinion or vote of ; over half of those polled do not believe the prime minister usually tells the truth. |
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poll . receive a specified number of votes (of a candidate in an election) ; the Green candidate polled 3.6 per cent. |
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duplex . allowing the transmission of two signals simultaneously in opposite directions (of a communications system, computer circuit, etc.). |
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acorn . the fruit of the oak, a smooth oval nut in a rough cup-like base. |
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bulletin board . a noticeboard. |
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bulletin board . an Internet site where users can post comments about a particular issue or topic and reply to other users' postings. |
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annotation . a note by way of explanation or comment added to a text or diagram ; marginal annotations. |
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annotation . the action of annotating a text or diagram ; annotation of prescribed texts. |
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delimit . determine the limits or boundaries of ; agreements delimiting fishing zones. |
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tuple . Computing a data structure consisting of multiple parts. |
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tuple . an ordered set of data constituting a record (in a relational database). |
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idempotent . denoting an element of a set which is unchanged in value when multiplied or otherwise operated on by itself ; an idempotent element. |
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serialize . publish or broadcast (a story or play) in regular instalments ; sections of the book were serialized in the Sunday Times. |
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serialize . arrange (something) in a series. |
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couple . link or combine (something) with something else. |
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couple . connect (a railway vehicle or a piece of equipment) to another. |
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couple . connect (two electrical components) using electromagnetic induction, electrostatic charge, or an optical link. |
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couple up . join to form a pair. |
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loger . a person who fells trees for timber; a lumberjack. |
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loger . a device or computer program for making a systematic recording of events, observations, or measurements. |
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persist . continue in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition. |
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persist . continue to exist; be prolonged. |
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colon . a punctuation mark (:) used to precede a list of items, a quotation, or an expansion or explanation. |
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colon . a colon used in various technical and formulaic contexts, for example a statement of proportion between two numbers, or to separate hours from minutes (and minutes from seconds) in a numerical statement of time. |
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formulaic . constituting or containing a set form of words. |
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formulaic expressions such as ‘Once upon a time’. |
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formulaic . produced in accordance with a mechanically followed rule or style. |
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ambiguity . the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness. |
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we can detect no ambiguity in this section of the Act ; ambiguities in such questions are potentially very dangerous. |
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nest . use or build a nest (of a bird or other animal). |
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nest . fit (an object or objects) inside a larger one. |
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nest . fit inside one another (of a set of objects). |
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nest . place an object or element in a lower position in a hierarchy (especially in computing and linguistics). |
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volatile . easily evaporated at normal temperatures (of a substance). |
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volatile . liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse. |
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volatile . liable to display rapid changes of emotion (of a person). |
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volatile . retaining data only as long as there is a power supply connected (of a computer's memory). |
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liable . responsible by law; legally answerable ; the credit-card company is liable for any breach of contract. |
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liable to . subject by law to ; non-resident trustees are liable to the basic rate of tax. |
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liable . likely to do or to be something ; patients were liable to faint if they stood up too suddenly. |
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liable to . likely to experience (something undesirable) ; areas liable to flooding. |
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sloppy . containing too much liquid; watery (of semi-fluid matter) ; do not make the concrete too sloppy. |
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sloppy . careless and unsystematic; excessively casual ; we gave away a goal through sloppy defending. |
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sloppy . casual and loose-fitting (of a garment) ; she wore a sloppy sweater and jeans. |
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sloppy . informal (of literature or behaviour) weakly or foolishly sentimental ; lovers of sloppy romance. |
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bind . tie or fasten (something) tightly together. |
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bind . restrain (someone) by tying their hands and feet. |
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bind . wrap (something) tightly. |
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bind . bandage (a wound). |
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be bound with . (of an object) be encircled by something, typically metal bands, so as to have greater strength. |
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bind . stick together or cause to stick together in a single mass. |
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bind . cause (painting pigments) to form a smooth medium by mixing them with oil. |
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bind . hold by chemical bonding. |
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bind to . combine with (a substance) through chemical bonding. |
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bind . cause (people) to feel united. |
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bind someone to . cause someone to feel strongly attached to (a person or place). |
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bind . impose a legal or contractual obligation on. |
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bind . indenture (someone) as an apprentice. |
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bind oneself . formal make a contractual or enforceable undertaking. |
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bind . require (someone) to fulfil an obligation, typically by paying a sum of money as surety (of a court of law). |
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be bound by . be hampered or constrained by. |
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bind . fix together and enclose (the pages of a book) in a cover. |
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bind . trim (the edge of a piece of material) with a decorative strip. |
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bind . Logic (of a quantifier) be applied to (a given variable) so that the variable falls within its scope. For example, in an expression of the form ‘For every x, if x is a dog, x is an animal’, the universal quantifier is binding the variable x. |
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bind . Linguistics (of a rule or set of grammatical conditions) determine the relationship between (coreferential noun phrases). |
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bind . make (someone) constipated (of a food or medicine). |
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constipation . a condition in which there is difficulty in emptying the bowels, usually associated with hardened faeces. |
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constipation . a high level of constraint or restriction. |
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coreferential . having the same reference (of two elements or units). |
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quantifier . Logic an expression (e.g. all, some) that indicates the scope of a term to which it is attached. |
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quantifier . Grammar a determiner or pronoun indicative of quantity (e.g. all, both). |
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strip . remove all coverings from ; they stripped the bed. |
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strip . remove the clothes from (someone) ; the man had been stripped naked. |
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strip . take off one's clothes ; I was tempted to strip off for a swim ; she stripped down to her underwear. |
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strip . pull or tear off (a garment or covering) ; she stripped off her shirt ; strip away the hype and you'll find original thought. |
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strip . remove bark and branches from (a tree). |
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strip . remove (paint or varnish) from (a surface). |
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the floorboards can be stripped, sanded, and polished ; strip off the existing paint. |
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strip . remove the stems from (tobacco). |
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strip . milk (a cow) to the last drop. |
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strip . leave bare of accessories or fittings ; thieves stripped the room of luggage. |
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strip . remove the accessory fittings of or take apart (a machine, motor vehicle, etc.) to inspect or adjust it ; the tank was stripped down piece by piece. |
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strip someone of . deprive someone of (rank, power, or property) ; the lieutenant was stripped of his rank. |
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strip . sell off (the assets of a company) for profit. |
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strip . Finance divest (a bond) of its interest coupons so that it and they may be sold separately. |
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strip . tear the thread or teeth from (a screw, gearwheel, etc.). |
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strip . lose its thread or teeth (of a screw, gearwheel, etc.). |
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strip . be fired from a rifled gun without spin owing to a loss of surface (of a bullet). |
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trim . make (something) neat or of the required size or form by cutting away irregular or unwanted parts ; trim the grass using a sharp mower. |
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trim . cut off (irregular or unwanted parts) ; he was trimming the fat off some pork chops. |
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trim . reduce the size, amount, number, or cost of ; Congress had to decide which current defence programmes should be trimmed. |
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trim down . (of a person) lose weight; become slimmer ; he trimmed down from twenty-two stone to a mere eighteen. |
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trim . firm up or lose weight from (a part of one's body) ; the machine is ideal for trimming the waist, hips, and thighs. |
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trim . decorate (something), typically with contrasting items or pieces of material ; a pair of black leather gloves trimmed with fake fur. |
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trim . adjust (a sail) to take advantage of the wind. |
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trim . adjust the balance of (a ship or aircraft) by rearranging its cargo or by means of its trim tabs. |
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trim . keep or adjust the degree to which (an aircraft) can be maintained at a constant altitude without any control forces being present. |
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trim . adapt one's views to the prevailing political trends for personal advancement. |
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trim . informal, dated get the better of (someone), typically by cheating them out of money. |
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trim . informal, dated rebuke (someone) angrily. |
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hamper . hinder or impede the movement or progress of. |
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indenture . legal agreement, contract, or document, in particular: historical a deed or contract of which copies were made for the contracting parties with the edges indented for identification and to prevent forgery, a formal list, certificate, or inventory, an agreement binding an apprentice to a master, the state of being bound to service by an indenture. |
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the bracelet on his wrist represented his indenture to his master. |
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medium . an agency or means of doing something ; using the latest technology as a medium for job creation ; their primitive valuables acted as a medium of exchange. |
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medium . a means by which something is communicated or expressed ; here the Welsh language is the medium of instruction. |
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medium . the intervening substance through which sensory impressions are conveyed or physical forces are transmitted ; radio communication needs no physical medium between the two stations. |
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medium . the substance in which an organism lives or is cultured. |
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medium . a liquid (e.g. oil or water) with which pigments are mixed, with a binder, to make paint. |
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medium . a particular form of storage material for computer files, such as magnetic tape or discs. |
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medium . the material or form used by an artist, composer, or writer ; oil paint is the most popular medium for glazing. |
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medium . (pl. mediums) a person claiming to be in contact with the spirits of the dead and to communicate between the dead and the living. |
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medium . the middle quality or state between two extremes; a reasonable balance. |
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closure . an act or process of closing something, especially an institution, thoroughfare, or frontier, or of being closed. |
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hospitals that face closure ; road closures. |
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closure . a thing that closes or seals something, such as a cap or tie. |
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closure . a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote (in a legislative assembly). |
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closure . a sense of resolution or conclusion at the end of an artistic work ; he brings modernistic closure to his narrative ;. |
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closure . a feeling that an emotional or traumatic experience has been resolved ; I am desperately trying to reach closure but I don't know how to do it without answers from him. |
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alias . used to indicate that a named person is also known or more familiar under another specified name. |
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alias . a false or assumed identity. |
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alias . Computing an alternative name or label that refers to a file, command, address, or other item, and can be used to locate or access it. |
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encapsulate . enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule ; the company would encapsulate the asbestos waste in concrete pellets. |
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encapsulate . Computing enclose (a message or signal) in a set of codes which allow transfer across networks. |
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encapsulate . Computing provide an interface for (a piece of software or hardware) to allow or simplify access for the user. |
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encapsulate . express the essential features of (something) succinctly ; the conclusion is encapsulated in one sentence. |
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mitigate . make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful ; drainage schemes have helped to mitigate this problem. |
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mitigate . lessen the gravity of (an offence or mistake) ; he would have faced a prison sentence but for mitigating circumstances. |
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overhead . incurred in the upkeep or running of a plant, premises, or business and not attributable to individual products or items (of a cost or expense). |
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promote . support or actively encourage (a cause, venture, etc.); further the progress of ; some regulation is still required to promote competition. |
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promote . give publicity to (a product, organization, or venture) so as to increase sales or public awareness ; they are using famous personalities to promote the library nationally. |
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promote . attempt to ensure the passing of (a private Act of Parliament). |
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promote . raise (someone) to a higher position or rank ; she was promoted to General Manager. |
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promote . transfer (a sports team) to a higher division of a league ; they were promoted from the Third Division last season. |
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comma . a punctuation mark (,) indicating a pause between parts of a sentence or separating items in a list. |
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clamp . a brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together. |
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phoney . not genuine; fraudulent ; phoney cruise-ship job offers. |
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phoney . a fraudulent person or thing. |
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recursion . the repeated application of a recursive procedure or definition. |
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recursion . a recursive definition. |
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workaround . a method for overcoming a problem or limitation in a program or system. |
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facility . a place, amenity, or piece of equipment provided for a particular purpose ; cooking facilities ; facilities for car parking ; a manufacturing facility. |
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facility . a special feature of a service or machine, which offers the opportunity to do or benefit from something ; an overdraft facility. |
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facility . a natural ability to do or learn something well and easily ; he had a facility for languages. |
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facility . absence of difficulty or effort ; the pianist played with great facility. |
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routine . a sequence of actions regularly followed ; I settled down into a routine of work and sleep ; as a matter of routine a report will be sent to the director. |
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routine . a set sequence in a performance such as a dance or comedy act ; he was trying to persuade her to have a tap routine in the play. |
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routine . Computing a sequence of instructions for performing a task that forms a program or a distinct part of one. |
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routine . performed as part of a regular procedure rather than for a special reason ; the Ministry insisted that this was just a routine annual drill. |
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routine . rare organize according to a routine ; all had been routined with smoothness. |
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shorthand . a short and simple way of expressing or referring to something. |
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hash . a dish of cooked meat cut into small pieces and cooked again, usually with potatoes ; a hash of raw tomatoes, chillies, and coriander. |
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hash . a mixture of jumbled incongruous things; a mess. |
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hash . make (meat or other food) into a hash. |
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hash something out . come to agreement on something after lengthy and vigorous discussion. |
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solidus . slash. |
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slash . cut with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword. |
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slash . informal reduce (a price, quantity, etc.) greatly. |
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slash . informal vigorously incisive or effective (as adj. slashing). |
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slash . a wide, sweeping stroke made with a knife or sword. |
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slash . a long, deep cut made by a knife or sword. |
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slash . a bright patch or flash of colour or light. |
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slash . an oblique stroke (/) in print or writing, used between alternatives (e.g. and/or), in fractions (e.g. 3/4), in ratios (e.g. miles/day), or between separate elements of a text. |
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slash . denoting or belonging to a genre of fiction, chiefly published in fanzines, in which any of various male pairings from the popular media is portrayed as having a homosexual relationship. |
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backslash . a backward-sloping diagonal line (), used in some computer commands. |
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brace . a device fitted to something, in particular a weak or injured part of the body, to give support ; a neck brace. |
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brace . a strengthening piece of iron or timber used in building or carpentry. |
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brace . a wire device fitted in the mouth to straighten the teeth (also braces). |
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brace . a drilling tool with a crank handle and a socket to hold a bit (also brace and bit). |
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brace . a rope attached to the yard of a ship for trimming the sail. |
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brace . a pair of something, typically of birds or mammals killed in hunting ; thirty brace of grouse. |
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brace . Printing either of the two marks { and }, used either to indicate that two or more items on one side have the same relationship as each other to the single item to which the other side points, or in pairs to show that words between them are connected. |
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brace . make (a structure) stronger or firmer with wood, iron, or other forms of support ; the posts were braced by lengths of timber. |
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brace . press (one's body or part of one's body) firmly against something in order to stay balanced ; she braced her feet against a projecting shelf ; he stood with legs braced. |
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brace . prepare (someone) for something difficult or unpleasant. |
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plain . not decorated or elaborate; simple or basic in character. |
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plain . without a pattern; in only one colour. |
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plain . bearing no indication as to contents or affiliation. |
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plain . without lines (of paper). |
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plain . easy to perceive or understand; clear. |
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plain . clearly expressed, without the use of technical or abstruse terms (of written or spoken usage). |
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plain . not using concealment or deception; frank. |
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plain . not distinguished by any particular beauty; ordinary looking. |
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plain . having no pretensions; not remarkable or special. |
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plain . sheer; simple (used for emphasis). |
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plain . made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from left to right (of a knitting stitch). |
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plain . clearly or unequivocally. |
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plain . a large area of flat land with few trees. |
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peculiarity . a strange or unusual feature or habit ; for all his peculiarities, she finds him quite endearing. |
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peculiarity . a characteristic that is distinctive of a particular person or place ; his essays characterized decency as a British peculiarity. |
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peculiarity . the quality of being peculiar ; the peculiarity of their upbringing. |
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dispatch . send off to a destination or for a purpose ; he dispatched messages back to base ; the government dispatched 150 police to restore order. |
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dispatch . deal with (a task or opponent) quickly and efficiently ; the Welsh team were dispatched comfortably by the opposition. |
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dispatch . kill ; he dispatched the animal with one blow. |
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hassle . irritating inconvenience ; the hassle of child care ; travelling can be a hassle. |
| 286 |
hassle . deliberate harassment ; when I told them I would not work on Sundays I got hassle. |
| 287 |
hassle . harass; pester ; you want to sit and relax and not get hassled. |
| 288 |
mutable . liable to change ; the mutable nature of fashion. |
| 289 |
mutable . literary inconstant in one's affections ; youth is said to be fickle and mutable. |
| 290 |
perplex . make (someone) feel completely baffled. |
| 291 |
baffle . totally bewilder or perplex ; an unexplained occurrence that baffled everyone. |
| 292 |
baffle . restrain or regulate (a fluid, sound, etc.). |
| 293 |
inadvertently . without intention; accidentally ; his name had been inadvertently omitted from the list. |
| 294 |
unwary . not cautious of possible dangers or problems ; accidents can happen to the unwary traveller ; hidden traps for the unwary. |
| 295 |
clutter . cover or fill (something) with an untidy collection of things ; the room was cluttered with his bric-a-brac. |
| 296 |
clutter . a collection of things lying about in an untidy state ; the attic is full of clutter. |
| 297 |
clutter . an untidy state ; the room was in a clutter of smelly untidiness. |
| 298 |
synopsis . a brief summary or general survey of something ; a synopsis of the insurance cover provided is set out below. |
| 299 |
synopsis . an outline of the plot of a play, film, or book. |
| 300 |
notation . a series or system of written symbols used to represent numbers, amounts, or elements in something such as music or mathematics ; algebraic notation. |
| 301 |
flip . a sudden quick movement. |
| 302 |
glib . fluent but insincere and shallow (of words or a speaker). |
| 303 |
a flip through . a quick look through a book, magazine, etc.. |
| 304 |
unwavering . not wavering; steady or resolute. |
| 305 |
the glib phrases soon roll off the tongue. |
| 306 |
she fixed him with an unwavering stare. |
| 307 |
instantiate . represent as or by an instance a study of two groups who seemed to instantiate productive aspects of this. |
| 308 |
flippant . not showing a serious or respectful attitude ; a flippant remark. |
| 309 |
dash . a horizontal stroke in writing or printing to mark a pause or break in sense or to represent omitted letters or words. |
| 310 |
omit . fail or neglect to do. |
| 311 |
deprecate . express disapproval of. |
| 312 |
dash . a small quantity of a liquid added to something else. |
| 313 |
sloppy . careless and unsystematic . excessively casual. |
| 314 |
singleton . a single person or thing of the kind under consideration. |
| 315 |
splitting the clumps of plants into singletons. |
| 316 |
sloppy . weakly or foolishly sentimental. |
| 317 |
dilute . make . a liquid . thinner or weaker by adding water or another solvent to it. |
| 318 |
rectify . put right . correct. |
| 319 |
mistakes made now cannot be rectified later. |
| 320 |
omit . leave out or exclude s-one s-thing, either intentionally or forgetfully. |
| 321 |
omit . fail or neglect to do. |
| 322 |
he was omitted from the second Test. |
| 323 |
he modestly omits to mention that he was a pole-vault champion. |
| 324 |
trail . draw or be drawn along behind someone or something. |
| 325 |
Alex trailed a hand through the clear water. |
| 326 |
parenthesis . a pair of round brackets () used to mark off a parenthetical word or phrase. |
| 327 |
semicolon . a punctuation mark (;) indicating a pause, typically between two main clauses, that is more. |
| 328 |
pronounced than that indicated by a comma. |
| 329 |
curly . made, growing, or arranged in curls or curves. |
| 330 |
my hair is just naturally thick and curly. |
| 331 |
coercion . the action or practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats. |
| 332 |
it wasn't slavery because no coercion was used. |
| 333 |
qualify . be entitled to a particular benefit or privilege by fulfilling a necessary condition. |
| 334 |
omit . leave out or exclude (someone or something), either intentionally or forgetfully. |
| 335 |
dereference . obtain the address of a data item held in another location from (a pointer). |
| 336 |
handle . feel or manipulate with the hands. |
| 337 |
heavy paving slabs can be difficult to handle. |
| 338 |
people who handle food. |
| 339 |
qualify . be or make properly entitled to be classed in a particular way. |
| 340 |
evaluate . form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess. |
| 341 |
qualify . become eligible for a competition or its final rounds, by reaching a certain standard or defeating a competitor. |
| 342 |
handle . manage (a situation or problem). |
| 343 |
a lawyer's ability to handle a case properly. |
| 344 |
evaluate . find a numerical expression or equivalent for (an equation, formula, or function). |
| 345 |
qualify . make (a statement or assertion) less absolute; add reservations to. |
| 346 |
marginally . to only a limited extent; slightly. |
| 347 |
inflation is predicted to drop marginally mandatory . required by law or mandate; compulsory. |
| 348 |
handle . receive or deal in (stolen goods). |
| 349 |
he admitted handling the stolen chequebook. |
| 350 |
wearing helmets was made mandatory for pedal cyclists. |
| 351 |
liablility . the state of being legally responsible for something. |
| 352 |
subset . a part of a larger group of related things. |
| 353 |
exempt . free from an obligation or liability imposed on others. |
| 354 |
cope . deal effectively with something difficult. |
| 355 |
liability . a person or thing whose presence or behaviour is likely to put one at a disadvantage. |
| 356 |
scope . the extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant. |
| 357 |
his ability to cope with stress ; it all got too much for me and I couldn't cope. |
| 358 |
we widened the scope of our investigation. |
| 359 |
such questions go beyond the scope of this book. |
| 360 |
handle . cope or deal with (someone or something). |
| 361 |
I don't think I could handle it if they turned me down. |
| 362 |
these patients are exempt from all charges. |
| 363 |
a tax-exempt savings plan. |
| 364 |
she said the party had become a liability to green politics he's marginally worse than he was. |
| 365 |
scope . assess or investigate something. |
| 366 |
handle oneself . inf conduct oneself in a specified manner. |
| 367 |
liabilities . a thing for which someone is responsible, especially an amount of money owed. |
| 368 |
exempt . free (a person or organization) from an obligation or liability imposed on others. |
| 369 |
they were exempted from paying the tax. |
| 370 |
scope . the opportunity or possibility to do or deal with something. |
| 371 |
boilerplate . standardized pieces of text for use as clauses in contracts or as part of a computer program. |
| 372 |
the scope for major change is always limited by political realities valuing the company's liabilities and assets. |
| 373 |
cast . assign a part in a play or film to (an actor) he was cast as a young knight in her lavish historical epic. |
| 374 |
boilerplate . (amer.) cliched or predictable ideas or writing. |
| 375 |
handle oneself . inf defend oneself physically or verbally. |
| 376 |
generic . characteristic of or relating to a class or group of things; not specific. |
| 377 |
markup . a set of tags assigned to elements of a text to indicate their relation to the rest of the text or dictate how they should be displayed. |
| 378 |
accursed . used to express strong dislike of or anger at someone or something. |
| 379 |
null . having no legal or binding force; invalid. |
| 380 |
like-minded . having similar tastes or opinions. |
| 381 |
a radio ham with like-minded friends all over the world. |
| 382 |
null . combine (a signal) with another in order to create a null; cancel out. |
| 383 |
markup . the amount added to the cost price of goods to cover overheads and profit. |
| 384 |
plumber . a person who fits and repairs the pipes, fittings, and other apparatus of water supply, sanitation, or heating systems. |
| 385 |
null . having no elements, or only zeros as elements. |
| 386 |
unassailable . unable to be attacked, questioned, or defeated. |
| 387 |
null . lacking distinctive qualities; having no positive substance or content. |
| 388 |
handle . drive or control (a vehicle). |
| 389 |
basis . the underlying support or foundation for an idea, argument, or process. |
| 390 |
basis . the system or principles according to which an activity or process is carried on. |
| 391 |
basis . the justification for or reasoning behind something. |
| 392 |
serialize . publish or broadcast (a story or play) in regular instalments. |
| 393 |
sections of the book were serialized in the Sunday Times. |
| 394 |
serialize . arrange (something) in a series. |
| 395 |
instalment . a sum of money due as one of several equal payments for something, spread over an agreed period of time. |
| 396 |
the first instalment of a grant for housing ; the purchase price is paid in instalments. |
| 397 |
instalment . any of several parts of something which are published, broadcast, or made public in sequence at intervals. |
| 398 |
filming the final instalment in his Vietnam trilogy. |
| 399 |
instalment . the process of installing something; installation. |
| 400 |
instalment will begin early next year. |
| 401 |
commit . perpetrate or carry out (a mistake, crime, or immoral act). |
| 402 |
he committed an uncharacteristic error. |
| 403 |
commit . pledge or bind (a person or an organization) to a certain course or policy. |
| 404 |
they were reluctant to commit themselves to an opinion ; the treaty commits each party to defend the other ; try it out before you commit to a purchase. |
| 405 |
be committed to . be dedicated to (something) ; we are committed to the fundamental principles of democracy. |
| 406 |
commit . pledge or set aside (resources) for future use ; manufacturers will have to commit substantial funds to developing new engines. |
| 407 |
commit oneself to . resolve to remain in a long-term emotional relationship with (someone). ; she didn't love him enough to commit herself to him ; once I commit I tend to get scared. |
| 408 |
be committed to . be in a long-term emotional relationship with (someone). |
| 409 |
commit something to . transfer something to (a state or place where it can be kept or preserved). |
| 410 |
he composed a letter but didn't commit it to paper ; she committed each tiny feature to memory. |
| 411 |
commit . consign (someone) officially to prison, especially on remand ; he was committed to prison for contempt of court. |
| 412 |
remand . place (a defendant) on bail or in custody, especially when a trial is adjourned. |
| 413 |
commit . send (a person or case) for trial in a higher court ; the magistrate decided to commit him for trial. |
| 414 |
commit . send (someone) to be confined in a psychiatric hospital. |
| 415 |
pending . awaiting decision or settlement. |
| 416 |
pending . about to happen; imminent. |
| 417 |
emit . produce and discharge (something, especially gas or radiation) ; even the best cars emit carbon dioxide. |
| 418 |
emit . make (a sound) ; she emitted a sound like laughter. |
| 419 |
implementation . the process of putting a decision or plan into effect; execution ; she was responsible for the implementation of the plan. |
| 420 |
signature . a person's name written in a distinctive way as a form of identification in authorizing a cheque or document or concluding a letter. |
| 421 |
signature . the action of signing a document ; the licence was sent to the customer for signature. |
| 422 |
signature . a distinctive pattern, product, or characteristic by which someone or something can be identified. |
| 423 |
the chef produced the pate that was his signature ; his signature dish. |
| 424 |
explicit . stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion or doubt ; the arrangement had not been made explicit. |
| 425 |
explicit . (of a person) stating something in an explicit manner ; let me be explicit. |
| 426 |
explicit . describing or representing sexual activity in a graphic fashion. |
| 427 |
implicit . suggested though not directly expressed ; comments seen as implicit criticism of the policies. |
| 428 |
implicit in . always to be found in; essentially connected with ; the values implicit in the school ethos. |
| 429 |
implicit . with no qualification or question; absolute ; an implicit faith in God. |
| 430 |
implicit . Mathematics (of a function) not expressed directly in terms of independent variables. |
| 431 |
access . approach or enter (a place). |
| 432 |
access . obtain or retrieve (computer data or a file). |
| 433 |
inferno . a large fire that is dangerously out of control. |
| 434 |
inferno . (usu. Inferno) hell (with reference to Dante's Divine Comedy). |
| 435 |
inferno . a place or situation that is too hot, chaotic, or noisy ; the inferno of the Friday evening rush hour. |
| 436 |
disambiguate . remove uncertainty of meaning from (an ambiguous sentence, phrase, or other linguistic unit). |
| 437 |
callback . an invitation to return for a second audition or interview. |
| 438 |
callback . a telephone call made to return one that someone has received. |
| 439 |
callback . a security feature used by some computer systems accessed by telephone, in which a user must log on from a previously registered phone number, to which the system then places a return call. |
| 440 |
callable . denoting a bond that can be paid off earlier than the maturity date |
| 441 |
fine-grained . having a fine or delicate arrangement of fibres (chiefly of wood). |
| 442 |
fine-grained . consisting of small particles (chiefly of rock). |
| 443 |
fine-grained . involving great attention to detail ; fine-grained analysis. |
| 444 |
intermediate . coming between two things in time, place, character, etc. ; an intermediate stage of development ; a cooled liquid intermediate between liquid and solid. |
| 445 |
intermediate . having or suitable for a level of knowledge or skill between basic and advanced ; intermediate skiers ; an intermediate course. |
| 446 |
intermediate . an intermediate thing. |
| 447 |
intermediate . a person at an intermediate level of knowledge or skill. |
| 448 |
intermediate . a chemical compound formed by one reaction and then taking part in another, especially during synthesis. |
| 449 |
intermediate . act as intermediary (a person who acts as a link between people in order to try and bring about an agreement) ; mediate ; groups which intermediated between the individual and the state. |
| 450 |
yield . produce or provide (a natural, agricultural, or industrial product) ; the land yields grapes and tobacco. |
| 451 |
yield . produce or generate (a result, gain, or financial return) ; this method yields the same results ; such investments yield direct cash returns. |
| 452 |
yield . give way to arguments, demands, or pressure ; the Western powers now yielded when they should have resisted ; he yielded to the demands of his partners. |
| 453 |
yield . relinquish possession of ; they might yield up their secrets ; they are forced to yield ground. |
| 454 |
yield . concede (a point of dispute) ; I yielded the point. |
| 455 |
yield . give way under force or pressure (of a mass or structure) ; he reeled into the house as the door yielded. |
| 456 |
yield . an amount produced of an agricultural or industrial product ; the milk yield was poor. |
| 457 |
yield . a financial return ; an annual dividend yield of 20 per cent. |
| 458 |
relinquish . voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up ; he relinquished his managerial role to become chief executive. |
| 459 |
reel something in . wind something on to a reel by turning the reel. |
| 460 |
reel something in . bring in a fish attached to a line by turning a reel and winding in the line ; he reeled in a good perch. |
| 461 |
reel . lose one's balance and stagger or lurch violently ; he punched Connolly in the ear, sending him reeling ; she reeled back against the van. |
| 462 |
reel . walk in a staggering or lurching manner, especially while drunk ; the two reeled out of the bar arm in arm. |
| 463 |
reel . feel shocked, bewildered, or giddy. |
| 464 |
forge . make or shape (a metal object) by heating it in a fire or furnace and hammering it. |
| 465 |
forge . create (something) strong, enduring, or successful ; the two women forged a close bond ; the country is forging a bright new future. |
| 466 |
forge . produce a fraudulent copy or imitation of (a document, signature, banknote, or work of art). |
| 467 |
fraudulent . obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception ; fraudulent share dealing. |
| 468 |
fraudulent . unjustifiably claiming or being credited with particular accomplishments or qualities ; fraudulent psychics. |
| 469 |
longitudinal . running lengthwise rather than across ; longitudinal muscles ; longitudinal stripes. |
| 470 |
longitudinal . relating to longitude; measured from east to west ; longitudinal positions. |
| 471 |
longitudinal . involving information about an individual or group gathered over a long period of time (of research or data). |
| 472 |
incongruous . not in harmony or keeping with the surroundings or other aspects of something ; the duffel coat looked incongruous with the black dress she wore underneath. |
| 473 |
bulge . swell or protrude to an incongruous extent. |
| 474 |
bulge . be full of and distended with. |
| 475 |
distended . swollen due to pressure from inside; bloated. |
| 476 |
subside . become less intense, violent, or severe ; I'll wait a few minutes until the storm subsides. |
| 477 |
subside . lapse into silence or inactivity ; Fergus opened his mouth to protest again, then subsided. |
| 478 |
subside in/into . give way to (an overwhelming feeling, especially laughter) ; Anthony and Mark subsided into mirth. |
| 479 |
subside . go down to a lower or the normal level (of water) ; the floods subside almost as quickly as they arise. |
| 480 |
subside . cave in; sink (of the ground) ; the island is subsiding. |
| 481 |
subside . sink lower into the ground (of a building or other structure) ; a ditch which caused the tower to subside slightly. |
| 482 |
subside . reduce until gone (of a swelling) ; it took seven days for the swelling to subside completely. |
| 483 |
subside . sink into a sitting, kneeling, or lying position ; Patrick subsided into his seat. |
| 484 |
monad . a single unit; the number one. |
| 485 |
circumvent . find a way around (an obstacle). |
| 486 |
circumvent . overcome (a problem or difficulty) in a clever and surreptitious way ; it was always possible to circumvent the regulations. |
| 487 |
incentive . a thing that motivates or encourages someone to do something ; give farmers an incentive to improve their land. |
| 488 |
incentive . a payment or concession to stimulate greater output or investment ; tax incentives for investing in depressed areas. |
| 489 |
proponent . a person who advocates a theory, proposal, or course of action ; a strong proponent of the free market and liberal trade policies. |
| 490 |
entity . a thing with distinct and independent existence ; Church and empire were fused in a single entity. |
| 491 |
entity . existence; being ; entity and nonentity. |
| 492 |
emotive . arousing or able to arouse intense feeling ; animal experimentation is an emotive subject ; the issue has proved highly emotive. |
| 493 |
emotive . expressing a person's feelings rather than being neutrally descriptive ; the comparisons are emotive rather than analytic. |
| 494 |
fission . division or splitting into two or more parts ; the party dissolved into fission and acrimony. |
| 495 |
acrimony . bitterness or ill feeling. |
| 496 |
strife . angry or bitter disagreement over fundamental issues; conflict ; strife within the community ; decades of civil strife. |
| 497 |
revise . reconsider and alter (something) in the light of further evidence ; he had cause to revise his opinion a moment after expressing it. |
| 498 |
revise . examine and improve or amend (written or printed matter) ; the book was published in 1960 and revised in 1968 ; a revised edition. |
| 499 |
revise . alter so as to make more efficient ; the revised finance and administrative groups. |
| 500 |
deity . a god or goddess (in a polytheistic religion). |
| 501 |
deity . divine status, quality, or nature. |
| 502 |
the Deity . the creator and supreme being. |
| 503 |
evoke . bring or recall (a feeling, memory, or image) to the conscious mind ; the sight evoked pleasant memories of his childhood. |
| 504 |
evoke . elicit (a response) ; the Green Paper evoked critical reactions from various bodies. |
| 505 |
evoke . invoke (a spirit or deity). |
| 506 |
vibrant . full of energy and life ; a vibrant cosmopolitan city. |
| 507 |
vibrant . bright and striking (of colour) ; a huge room decorated in vibrant blues and greens. |
| 508 |
vibrant . strong or resonating (of sound) ; his vibrant voice. |
| 509 |
vibrant . quivering; pulsating ; Rose was vibrant with anger. |
| 510 |
escape . a key on a computer keyboard which either interrupts the current operation or causes subsequent characters to be interpreted differently. |
| 511 |
linefeed . the action of advancing paper in a printing machine or text on a screen by the space of one line. |
| 512 |
linefeed . the distance from the bottom of one line of type to the bottom of the next. |
| 513 |
node . a point in a network or diagram at which lines or pathways intersect or branch. |
| 514 |
node . a piece of equipment, such as a computer or peripheral, attached to a network. |
| 515 |
node . Math a point at which a curve intersects itself. |
| 516 |
token . the smallest meaningful unit of information in a sequence of data for a compiler. |
| 517 |
token . a sequence of bits passed continuously between nodes in a fixed order and enabling a node to transmit information. |
| 518 |
construct . build or make (something, typically a building, road, or machine). |
| 519 |
construct . form (an idea or theory) by bringing together various conceptual elements. |
| 520 |
facilitate . make (an action or process) easy or easier ; schools were located in the same campus to facilitate the sharing of resources. |
| 521 |
implement . a tool, utensil, or other piece of equipment that is used for a particular purpose ; garden implements. |
| 522 |
implement . put (a decision, plan, agreement, etc.) into effect ; the scheme to implement student loans. |
| 523 |
handler . a person who handles or deals with certain articles or commodities. |
| 524 |
wind . make (a clock or other device, typically one operated by clockwork) operate by turning a key or handle ; he wound up the clock every Saturday night ; she was winding the gramophone. |
| 525 |
wind . turn (a key or handle) repeatedly round and round ; I wound the handle as fast as I could. |
| 526 |
unwound . not wound or wound up (of a clock or watch). |
| 527 |
volatile . easily evaporated at normal temperatures (of a substance). |
| 528 |
volatile . liable to change rapidly and unpredictably, especially for the worse ; the political situation was becoming more volatile. |
| 529 |
volatile . liable to display rapid changes of emotion (of a person). |
| 530 |
volatile . retaining data only as long as there is a power supply connected (of a computer's memory). |
| 531 |
volatiles . a volatile substance. |
| 532 |
profanity . blasphemous or obscene language ; an outburst of profanity. |
| 533 |
profanity . a swear word; an oath. |
| 534 |
profanity . irreligious or irreverent behaviour. |
| 535 |
payload . the part of a vehicle's load, especially an aircraft's, from which revenue is derived; passengers and cargo. |
| 536 |
payload . an explosive warhead carried by an aircraft or missile. |
| 537 |
payload . equipment, personnel, or satellites carried by a spacecraft. |
| 538 |
caller . a person who pays a brief visit or makes a telephone call. |
| 539 |
caller . a person who calls out numbers in a game of bingo or directions in a dance. |
| 540 |
snippet . a small piece or brief extract ; snippets of information about the war. |
| 541 |
precedence . the condition of being considered more important than someone or something else; priority in importance, order, or rank ; his desire for power soon took precedence over any other consideration. |
| 542 |
precedence . the order to be ceremonially observed by people of different rank, according to an acknowledged or legally determined system ; quarrels over precedence among the Bonaparte family marred the coronation. |
| 543 |
invoke . call on (a deity or spirit) in prayer, as a witness, or for inspiration. |
| 544 |
invoke . summon (a spirit) by charms or incantation. |
| 545 |
invoke . cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument ; the antiquated defence of insanity is rarely invoked in England. |
| 546 |
invoke . call earnestly for ; she invoked his help against this attack. |
| 547 |
invoke . give rise to; evoke ; how could she explain how the accident happened without invoking his wrath?. |
| 548 |
invoke . cause (a procedure) to be carried out. |
| 549 |
pattern . a repeated decorative design ; a neat blue herringbone pattern. |
| 550 |
pattern . an arrangement or design regularly found in comparable objects ; the house had been built on the usual pattern. |
| 551 |
pattern . a regular and intelligible form or sequence discernible in the way in which something happens or is done ; a complicating factor is the change in working patterns. |
| 552 |
pattern . a model or design used as a guide in needlework and other crafts. |
| 553 |
pattern . a set of instructions to be followed in making a sewn or knitted item. |
| 554 |
pattern . a wooden or metal model from which a mould is made for a casting. |
| 555 |
pattern . a sample of cloth or wallpaper. |
| 556 |
pattern . an excellent example for others to follow ; he set the pattern for subsequent study. |
| 557 |
pattern . decorate with a recurring design ; rosebud patterned wallpapers. |
| 558 |
pattern . give a regular or intelligible form to ; the brain not only receives information, but interprets and patterns it. |
| 559 |
pattern something on/after . give something a form based on that of (something else) ; the clothing is patterned on athletes' wear. |
| 560 |
utilize . make practical and effective use of ; vitamin C helps your body utilize the iron present in your diet. |
| 561 |
term . give a descriptive name to; call by a specified term ; he has been termed the father of modern theology. |
| 562 |
term . each of the periods in the year, alternating with holiday or vacation, during which instruction is given in a school, college, or university, or during which a law court holds sessions ; the summer term ; term starts tomorrow. |
| 563 |
terms . conditions under which an action may be undertaken or agreement reached; stipulated or agreed requirements ; their solicitors had agreed terms ; he could only be dealt with on his own terms. |
| 564 |
term . conditions with regard to payment for something; stated charges ; loans on favourable terms. |
| 565 |
term . agreed conditions under which a war or other dispute is brought to an end ; a deal in Bosnia that could force the Serbs to come to terms. |
| 566 |
term . a word or phrase used to describe a thing or to express a concept, especially in a particular kind of language or branch of study ; the musical term 'leitmotiv' ; a term of abuse. |
| 567 |
terms . language used on a particular occasion; a way of expressing oneself ; a protest in the strongest possible terms. |
| 568 |
term . Logic a word or words that may be the subject or predicate of a proposition. |
| 569 |
term . a fixed or limited period for which something, for example office, imprisonment, or investment, lasts or is intended to last ; the President is elected for a single four-year term. |
| 570 |
cast . throw (something) forcefully in a specified direction. |
| 571 |
cast . throw the hooked and baited end of (a fishing line) out into the water. |
| 572 |
cast . let down (an anchor or sounding line). |
| 573 |
cast . cause (light or shadow) to appear on a surface. |
| 574 |
cast . direct (one's eyes or a look) at something. |
| 575 |
cast . cause (uncertainty or disparagement) to be associated with something. |
| 576 |
cast . discard. |
| 577 |
cast . shed (skin or horns) in the process of growth. |
| 578 |
cast . shape (metal or other material) by pouring it into a mould while molten. |
| 579 |
cast . make (a moulded object) by casting metal. |
| 580 |
cast . arrange and present in a specified form or style. |
| 581 |
cast . cause (a magic spell) to take effect. |
| 582 |
cast . an object made by shaping molten metal or similar material in a mould. |
| 583 |
cast . a mould used to make an object by casting. |
| 584 |
cast . a bandage stiffened with plaster of Paris, moulded to the shape of a limb that is broken and used to support and protect it. |
| 585 |
cast . an act of throwing something forcefully. |
| 586 |
cast . the form or appearance of something, especially someone's features or complexion. |
| 587 |
cast . the character of something. |
| 588 |
stack . arrange (a number of things) in a pile, typically a neat one ; the books had been stacked up in neat piles ; she stood up, beginning to stack the plates. |
| 589 |
stack . fill or cover (a place or surface) with stacks of things ; he spent most of the time stacking shelves. |
| 590 |
stack . cause (an aircraft) to fly in circles while waiting for permission to land at an airport ; I hope we aren't stacked for hours over Kennedy. |
| 591 |
stack . shuffle or arrange (a pack of cards) dishonestly so as to gain an unfair advantage. |
| 592 |
be stacked against/in favour of . used to refer to a situation which is such that an unfavourable or a favourable outcome is overwhelmingly likely ; the odds were stacked against Fiji in the World Cup. |
| 593 |
stack . a pile of objects, typically one that is neatly arranged ; a stack of boxes. |
| 594 |
a stack of/stacks of . informal a large quantity of something ; there's stacks of work for me now. |
| 595 |
stack . a rectangular or cylindrical pile of hay or straw or of grain in sheaf. |
| 596 |
stack . a vertical arrangement of hi-fi or guitar amplification equipment. |
| 597 |
stack . a number of aircraft flying in circles at different altitudes around the same point while waiting for permission to land at an airport. |
| 598 |
stack . a pyramidal group of rifles. |
| 599 |
the stacks . units of shelving in part of a library normally closed to the public, used to store books compactly. |
| 600 |
stack . Computing a set of storage locations which store data in such a way that the most recently stored item is the first to be retrieved. |
| 601 |
mix . combine or put together to form one substance or mass ; peppercorns are sometimes mixed with other spices . these two chemicals, when mixed together, literally explode. |
| 602 |
mix . be able to be combined to form one substance or mass (of different substances) ; oil and water don't mix [often with negative]. |
| 603 |
mix . make or prepare by combining various ingredients ; mixing concrete is hard physical work. |
| 604 |
mix . juxtapose or put together to form a whole whose constituent parts are still distinct ; he continues to mix an off-hand sense of humour with a sharp insight. |
| 605 |
mix . (of a person) associate with others socially ; the people he mixed with were nothing to do with show business. |
| 606 |
mix . (especially in sound recording) combine (two or more signals or soundtracks) into one ; up to eight tracks can be mixed simultaneously. |
| 607 |
mix . produce (a sound signal or recording) by combining a number of separate signals or recorded soundtracks ; it was everyone's dream to mix their album in their front room. |
| 608 |
mix it . informal be belligerent physically or verbally. |
| 609 |
incumbent on/upon . necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility ; the government realized that it was incumbent on them to act. |
| 610 |
incumbent . (of an official or regime) currently holding office ; the incumbent President was defeated. |
| 611 |
incumbent . (of a company) having a sizeable share of a market ; powerful incumbent airlines. |
| 612 |
incumbent . the holder of an office or post. |
| 613 |
tangible . perceptible by touch ; the atmosphere of neglect and abandonment was almost tangible. |
| 614 |
tangible . clear and definite; real ; the emphasis is now on tangible results. |
| 615 |
generic . characteristic of or relating to a class or group of things; not specific ; chEvre is a generic term for all goats' milk cheese. |
| 616 |
generic . (of goods, especially medicinal drugs) having no brand name; not protected by a registered trademark. |
| 617 |
generic . a consumer product having no brand name or registered trademark ; substituting generics for brand-name drugs. |
| 618 |
sentient . able to perceive or feel things ; she had been instructed from birth in the equality of all sentient life forms. |
| 619 |
err . formal be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake ; the judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible. |
| 620 |
err . (often as adj. erring) sin; do wrong ; he had been as solicitous as an erring husband. |
| 621 |
eerie . strange and frightening ; an eerie green glow in the sky. |
| 622 |
subsequent . coming after something in time; following ; the theory was developed subsequent to the earthquake of 1906. |
| 623 |
fickle . changing frequently, especially as regards one's loyalties or affections ; celebs trying to appeal to an increasingly fickle public. |
| 624 |
prior . existing or coming before in time, order, or importance ; he has a prior engagement this evening. |
| 625 |
prodigy . a young person with exceptional qualities or abilities ; a Russian pianist who was a child prodigy in his day. |
| 626 |
prodigy . an outstanding example of a particular quality ; Germany seemed a prodigy of industrial discipline. |
| 627 |
prodigy . an amazing or unusual thing, especially one out of the ordinary course of nature ; omens and prodigies abound in Livy's work. |
| 628 |
indispensable . absolutely necessary ; he made himself indispensable to the parish priest. |
| 629 |
frail . (of a person) weak and delicate ; his small, frail body ; she looked frail and vulnerable. |
| 630 |
frail . easily damaged or broken; weak ; the balcony is frail ; the country's frail economy. |
| 631 |
permutation . each of several possible ways in which a set or number of things can be ordered or arranged ; his thoughts raced ahead to fifty different permutations of what he must do. |
| 632 |
permutation . Mathematics the action of changing the arrangement, especially the linear order, of a set of items. |
| 633 |
trepidation . a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen ; the men set off in fear and trepidation. |
| 634 |
anguish . severe mental or physical pain or suffering ; she shut her eyes in anguish ; Philip gave a cry of anguish. |
| 635 |
anguish . be extremely distressed about something ; I spent the next two weeks anguishing about whether I'd made the right decision. |
| 636 |
immediate . occurring or done at once; instant ; the authorities took no immediate action ; the book's success was immediate. |
| 637 |
immediate . relating to or existing at the present time ; the immediate concern was how to avoid taxes. |
| 638 |
immediate . nearest in time, relationship, or rank ; no changes are envisaged in the immediate future ; his immediate superior in the department. |
| 639 |
immediate . nearest or next to in space ; roads in the immediate vicinity of the port. |
| 640 |
immediate . (of a relation or action) without an intervening medium or agency; direct ; coronary thrombosis was the immediate cause of death. |
| 641 |
immediate . Philosophy (of knowledge or reaction) gained or shown without reasoning; intuitive. |
| 642 |
resilience . the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity ; nylon is excellent in wearability, abrasion resistance and resilience. |
| 643 |
resilience . the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness ; the often remarkable resilience of so many British institutions. |
| 644 |
fallback . an alternative plan that may be used in an emergency. |
| 645 |
fallback . a reduction or decrease. |
| 646 |
indentation . the action of indenting or the state of being indented ; paragraphs are marked off by indentation ; an indentation for each change of speaker. |
| 647 |
indentation . a deep recess or notch on the edge or surface of something ; coastal indentations. |
| 648 |
precarious . not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse ; a precarious ladder. |
| 649 |
precarious . dependent on chance; uncertain ; he made a precarious living as a painter. |
| 650 |
redundant . no longer needed or useful; superfluous ; an appropriate use for a redundant church ; many of the old skills had become redundant. |
| 651 |
balance . put (something) in a steady position so that it does not fall ; a mug that she balanced on her knee. |
| 652 |
balance . remain in a steady position without falling ; Richard balanced on the ball of one foot. |
| 653 |
balance . offset or compare the value of (one thing) with another ; the cost of obtaining such information needs to be balanced against its benefits. |
| 654 |
balance . counteract or equal the effect or importance of ; he balanced his radical remarks with more familiar declarations. |
| 655 |
balance . establish equal or appropriate proportions of elements in ; policies that help women balance work and family life. |
| 656 |
balance . compare debits and credits in (an account) so as to ensure that they are equal ; the law requires the council to balance its books each year. |
| 657 |
log . enter (an incident or fact) in the log of a ship or aircraft or in another systematic record ; the incident has to be logged. |
| 658 |
log . achieve (of a ship, aircraft, or pilot, a certain distance, speed, or time) ; she had logged more than 12,000 miles since her launch. |
| 659 |
log . make a systematic recording of events, observations, or measurements ; the virus can log keystrokes that you make when you log on to all sorts of services. |
| 660 |
log . cut down (an area of forest) in order to exploit the timber commercially. |
| 661 |
decouple . separate, disengage, or dissociate (something) from something else. |
| 662 |
decouple . make the interaction between (electrical components) so weak that there is little transfer of energy between them, especially to remove unwanted AC distortion or oscillations in circuits with a common power supply. |
| 663 |
decouple . muffle the sound or shock of (a nuclear explosion) by causing it to take place in an underground cavity. |
| 664 |
defer . put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone ; they deferred the decision until February. |
| 665 |
defer . Law (of a judge) postpone (a sentence) so that the circumstances or conduct of the defendant can be further assessed ; the judge deferred sentence until 5 April for background reports. |
| 666 |
defer to . submit to or acknowledge the merit of ; he deferred to Tim's superior knowledge. |
| 667 |
neither . not the one nor the other of two people or things; not either ; neither side of the brain is dominant over the other ; neither of us believes it. |
| 668 |
neither . used before the first of two (or occasionally more) alternatives (the others being introduced by ‘nor’) to indicate that they are each untrue or each does not happen ; I am neither a liberal nor a conservative. |
| 669 |
neither . used to introduce a further negative statement ; he didn't remember, and neither did I. |
| 670 |
track . follow the trail or movements of (someone or something), typically in order to find them or note their course ; secondary radars that track the aircraft in flight ; he tracked Anna to her room. |
| 671 |
track . note the progress or course of ; City have been tracking the striker since the summer. |
| 672 |
track . follow a particular course ; the storm was tracking across the ground at 30 mph. |
| 673 |
track . (of a stylus) follow (a groove in a record). |
| 674 |
track . move in relation to the subject being filmed (of a film or television camera) ; the camera eventually tracked away. |
| 675 |
track . run so that the back ones are exactly in the track of the front ones (of wheels). |
| 676 |
track . Electronics (of a tunable circuit or component) vary in frequency in the same way as another circuit or component, so that the frequency difference between them remains constant. |
| 677 |
serenity . the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled ; an oasis of serenity amidst the bustling city. |
| 678 |
stack . arrange (a number of things) in a pile, typically a neat one ; the books had been stacked up in neat piles ; she stood up, beginning to stack the plates. |
| 679 |
stack . fill or cover (a place or surface) with stacks of things ; he spent most of the time stacking shelves. |
| 680 |
stack . cause (an aircraft) to fly in circles while waiting for permission to land at an airport ; I hope we aren't stacked for hours over Kennedy. |
| 681 |
stack . shuffle or arrange (a pack of cards) dishonestly so as to gain an unfair advantage. |
| 682 |
be stacked against/in favour of . used to refer to a situation which is such that an unfavourable or a favourable outcome is overwhelmingly likely ; the odds were stacked against Fiji in the World Cup. |
| 683 |
aggregate . form or group into a class or cluster ; socio-occupational groups aggregate men sharing similar kinds of occupation ; the butterflies aggregate in dense groups. |
| 684 |
adopt . legally take (another's child) and bring it up as one's own ; there are many people eager to adopt a baby. |
| 685 |
adopt . choose to take up or follow (an idea, method, or course of action) ; this approach has been adopted by many big banks. |
| 686 |
adopt . choose and move to (a country or city) as one's permanent place of residence. |
| 687 |
adopt . take on or assume (an attitude or position) ; he adopted a patronizing tone. |
| 688 |
adopt . formally approve or accept (a report or suggestion) ; the committee voted 5–1 to adopt the proposal. |
| 689 |
rapport . a close and harmonious relationship in which the people or groups concerned understand each other's feelings or ideas and communicate well ; she was able to establish a good rapport with the children ; she had an instant rapport with animals ; there was little rapport between them. |
| 690 |
provision . the action of providing or supplying something for use ; new contracts for the provision of services. |
| 691 |
provision for/against . financial or other arrangements for future eventualities or requirements ; farmers have been slow to make provision for their retirement. |
| 692 |
provision . an amount set aside out of profits in the accounts of an organization for a known liability, especially a bad debt or the diminution in value of an asset. |
| 693 |
provision . an amount or thing supplied or provided ; changing levels of transport provision. |
| 694 |
provisions . supplies of food, drink, or equipment, especially for a journey. |
| 695 |
provision . a condition or requirement in a legal document ; the first private prosecution under the provisions of the 1989 Water Act. |
| 696 |
provision . Christian Church, historical an appointment to a benefice, especially directly by the Pope rather than by the patron, and originally before it became vacant. |
| 697 |
provision . supply with food, drink, or equipment, especially for a journey. |
| 698 |
provision . set aside an amount in an organization's accounts for a known liability ; financial institutions have to provision against loan losses. |
| 699 |
tether . tie (an animal) with a rope or chain so as to restrict its movement ; the horse had been tethered to a post. |
| 700 |
tether . a rope or chain with which an animal is tied to restrict its movement. |
| 701 |
fully-fledged . completely developed or established; of full status ; David had become a fully fledged pilot. |
| 702 |
fully-fledged . having developed all its feathers and able to fly (of a bird). |
| 703 |
arbitrary . based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system ; an arbitrary decision. |
| 704 |
arbitrary . unrestrained and autocratic in the use of authority (of power or a ruling body) ; a country under arbitrary government. |
| 705 |
arbitrary . Mathematics of unspecified value (of a constant or other quantity). |
| 706 |
latitude . the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of the equator of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes ; at a latitude of 51° N ; lines of latitude. |
| 707 |
latitudes . regions, especially with reference to their temperature and distance from the equator ; temperate latitudes ; northern latitudes. |
| 708 |
latitude . scope for freedom of action or thought ; journalists have considerable latitude in criticizing public figures. |
| 709 |
err . be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake ; the judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible. |
| 710 |
err . sin; do wrong ; he had been as solicitous as an erring husband. |
| 711 |
contemplate . look thoughtfully for a long time at ; he contemplated his image in the mirrors. |
| 712 |
contemplate . think about ; she couldn't even begin to contemplate the future. |
| 713 |
contemplate . think deeply and at length. |
| 714 |
contemplate . have in view as a probable intention ; he was contemplating action for damages. |
| 715 |
conceit . excessive pride in oneself ; he was puffed up with conceit. |
| 716 |
conceit . an ingenious or fanciful comparison or metaphor ; the idea of the wind's singing is a prime romantic conceit. |
| 717 |
conceit . an artistic effect or device ; the director's brilliant conceit was to film this tale in black and white. |
| 718 |
conceit . a fanciful notion ; he is alarmed by the widespread conceit that he spent most of the 1980s drunk. |
| 719 |
purport . appear to be or do something, especially falsely ; she is not the person she purports to be ; the purported marriage was void. |
| 720 |
purport . the meaning or sense of something, typically a document or speech ; I do not understand the purport of your remarks. |
| 721 |
purport . the purpose or intention of something ; the purport of existence. |
| 722 |
immutable . unchanging over time or unable to be changed ; an immutable fact. |
| 723 |
praxis . practice, as distinguished from theory ; modern political praxis is now thoroughly permeated with a productivist ethos. |
| 724 |
praxis . accepted practice or custom ; patterns of Christian praxis in Church and society. |
| 725 |
bitwise . Computing denoting an operator in a programming language which manipulates the individual bits in a byte or word. |
| 726 |
scrutiny . critical observation or examination ; every aspect of local government was placed under scrutiny. |
| 727 |
rite . a religious or other solemn ceremony or act. |
| 728 |
rite . a body of customary observances characteristic of a Church or a part of it ; the Byzantine rite. |
| 729 |
rite . a social custom, practice, or conventional act ; the British family Christmas rite. |
| 730 |
reprimand . a formal expression of disapproval. |
| 731 |
reprimand . address a reprimand to ; officials were reprimanded for poor work. |
| 732 |
ubiquitous . appearing, or found everywhere ; his ubiquitous influence was felt by all the family ; cowboy hats are ubiquitous among the male singers. |
| 733 |
prune . trim (a tree, shrub, or bush) by cutting away dead or overgrown branches or stems, especially to encourage growth. |
| 734 |
prune . cut away (a branch or stem) from a tree, shrub, etc. ; prune back the branches. |
| 735 |
prune . reduce the extent of (something) by removing superfluous or unwanted parts ; the workforce was pruned. |
| 736 |
prune . remove (superfluous or unwanted parts) from something ; Eliot deliberately pruned away details. |
| 737 |
trepidation . a feeling of fear or anxiety about something that may happen ; the men set off in fear and trepidation. |
| 738 |
constrain . compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action ; children are constrained to work in the way the book dictates. |
| 739 |
constrained . appearing forced or overly controlled ; he was acting in a constrained manner. |
| 740 |
constrain . severely restrict the scope, extent, or activity of ; agricultural development is considerably constrained by climate. |
| 741 |
disjoint . disturb the cohesion or organization of ; the loss of the area disjointed military plans. |
| 742 |
disjoint . Mathematics having no elements in common (of two or more sets). |
| 743 |
fine-grained . having a fine or delicate arrangement of fibres (chiefly of wood). |
| 744 |
fine-grained . consisting of small particles (chiefly of rock). |
| 745 |
fine-grained . involving great attention to detail ; fine-grained analysis. |
| 746 |
tacit . understood or implied without being stated ; your silence may be taken to mean tacit agreement. |
| 747 |
emancipate . set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions ; the citizen must be emancipated from the obsessive secrecy of government. |
| 748 |
emancipate . Law set (a child) free from the authority of its parents. |
| 749 |
emancipate . free (someone) from slavery. |
| 750 |
vocation . a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation ; not all of us have a vocation to be nurses or doctors. |
| 751 |
vocation . a person's employment or main occupation, especially regarded as worthy and requiring dedication ; her vocation as a poet. |
| 752 |
vocation . a trade or profession. |
| 753 |
evocative . bringing strong images, memories, or feelings to mind ; powerfully evocative lyrics ; the building's cramped interiors are highly evocative of past centuries. |
| 754 |
sparing . moderate; economical ; physicians advised sparing use of the ointment. |
| 755 |
cohesion . the action or fact of forming a united whole ; the work at present lacks cohesion. |
| 756 |
cohesion . Physics the sticking together of particles of the same substance. |
| 757 |
per se . by or in itself or themselves; intrinsically. |
| 758 |
prose . talk tediously ; he was still prosing away about the advantages of a warm climate. |
| 759 |
tedious . too long, slow, or dull; tiresome or monotonous. |
| 760 |
ameliorate . make better (something bad or unsatisfactory) ; the reform did much to ameliorate living standards. |
| 761 |
idempotent . denoting an element of a set which is unchanged in value when multiplied or otherwise operated on by itself. |
| 762 |
expatiate . speak or write in detail about ; she expatiated on working-class novelists. |
| 763 |
construe . interpret (a word or action) in a particular way ; his words could hardly be construed as an apology. |
| 764 |
quantifier . an expression (e.g. all, some) that indicates the scope of a term to which it is attached. |
| 765 |
quantifier . Grammar a determiner or pronoun indicative of quantity (e.g. all, both). |
| 766 |
stand-in . a person who stands in for another, especially in a match or performance; a substitute ; a stand-in goalkeeper. |
| 767 |
apparent . clearly visible or understood; obvious ; for no apparent reason she laughed ; it became apparent that he was talented. |
| 768 |
apparent . seeming real or true, but not necessarily so ; his apparent lack of concern. |
| 769 |
fine . of very high quality; very good of its kind ; this was a fine piece of film-making ; fine wines. |
| 770 |
fine . worthy of or eliciting admiration ; what a fine human being he is ; a fine musician. |
| 771 |
fine . good; satisfactory ; relations in the group were fine. |
| 772 |
fine . used to express one's agreement with or acquiescence to something ; anything you want is fine by me, Linda ; he said such a solution would be fine. |
| 773 |
fine . in good health and feeling well. |
| 774 |
fine . bright and clear (of the weather) ; it was another fine winter day. |
| 775 |
fine . imposing or impressive in appearance ; Donleavy was a fine figure of a man. |
| 776 |
fine . sounding impressive and grand but ultimately insincere (of speech or writing) ; fine words seemed to produce few practical benefits. |
| 777 |
fine . denoting or displaying a state of good, though not excellent, preservation in stamps, books, coins, etc.. |
| 778 |
fine . containing a specified high proportion of pure metal (of gold or silver) ; the coin is struck in.986 fine gold. |
| 779 |
fine . very thin or narrow ; a fine nylon thread ; fine flyaway hair fine . sharp (of a point). |
| 780 |
fine . made or consisting of small particles ; the soils were all fine silt. |
| 781 |
fine . of delicate or intricate workmanship or structure ; fine bone china. |
| 782 |
fine . subtle and therefore perceived only with difficulty and care (of something abstract) ; there is a fine distinction between misrepresenting the truth and lying. |
| 783 |
fine . sensitive and discriminating (of a physical faculty) ; he has a fine eye for the detail and texture of social scenery. |
| 784 |
coincide . occur at the same time ; publication is timed to coincide with a major exhibition. |
| 785 |
coincide . be present at the same place and at the same time ; on Friday afternoons we generally coincided. |
| 786 |
coincide . correspond in position; meet ; the two long-distance walks briefly coincide here. |
| 787 |
coincide . correspond in nature; tally ; the interests of employers and employees do not always coincide. |
| 788 |
coincide . be in agreement ; the members of the College coincide in this opinion. |
| 789 |
exhibit . publicly display (a work of art or item of interest) in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair ; only one sculpture was exhibited in the artist's lifetime. |
| 790 |
exhibit . (of an artist) display one's work to the public in an art gallery or museum ; she was invited to exhibit at several French museums. |
| 791 |
exhibit . publicly display the work of (an artist) in an art gallery or museum ; no foreign painters were exhibited. |
| 792 |
exhibit . manifest clearly (a quality or a type of behaviour) ; he could exhibit a saintlike submissiveness. |
| 793 |
exhibit . show as a sign or symptom ; patients with alcoholic liver disease exhibit many biochemical abnormalities. |
| 794 |
exhibit . an object or collection of objects on public display in an art gallery or museum or at a trade fair ; the museum is rich in exhibits. |
| 795 |
abrupt . sudden and unexpected ; I was surprised by the abrupt change of subject ; the match came to an abrupt end. |
| 796 |
abrupt . brief to the point of rudeness; curt ; you were rather abrupt with that young man. |
| 797 |
abrupt . not flowing smoothly; disjointed (of a style of speech or writing). |
| 798 |
abrupt . steep; precipitous ; the abrupt double peak. |
| 799 |
terse . sparing in the use of words; abrupt ; a terse statement. |
| 800 |
detriment . the state of being harmed or damaged ; he is engrossed in his work to the detriment of his married life ; light industry can be carried out in a residential area without detriment to its amenities. |
| 801 |
detriment . a cause of harm or damage ; such tests are a detriment to good education. |
| 802 |
contravene . offend against the prohibition or order of (a law, treaty, or code of conduct) ; he contravened the Official Secrets Act. |
| 803 |
contravene . conflict with (a right, principle, etc.), especially to its detriment ; the Privy Council held that the prosecution contravened the rights of the individual. |
| 804 |
invalidate . make or prove (an argument, statement, or theory) unsound or erroneous. |
| 805 |
invalidate . deprive (an official document or procedure) of legal validity because it contravenes a regulation or law ; a technical flaw in her papers invalidated her nomination. |
| 806 |
heap . an untidy collection of objects placed haphazardly on top of each other ; a disordered heap of boxes ; her clothes lay in a heap on the floor. |
| 807 |
heap . an amount of a particular loose substance ; a heap of gravel. |
| 808 |
heap . informal a large amount or number of ; we have heaps of room (a heap of/heaps of). |
| 809 |
heap . informal an untidy or dilapidated place or vehicle ; they climbed back in the heap and headed home. |
| 810 |
verbosity . the fact or quality of using more words than needed; wordiness ; a critic with a reputation for verbosity. |
| 811 |
warrant . justify or necessitate (a course of action) ; the employees feel that industrial action is warranted. |
| 812 |
warrant . officially affirm or guarantee ; the vendor warrants the accuracy of the report. |
| 813 |
constituent . being a part of a whole ; the constituent minerals of the rock. |
| 814 |
constituent . being a voting member of an organization and having the power to appoint or elect ; the constituent body has a right of veto. |
| 815 |
constituent . able to make or change a political constitution ; a constituent assembly. |
| 816 |
congested . so crowded with traffic or people as to hinder or prevent freedom of movement (of a road or place) ; the congested streets of the West End ; the road was congested with refugees. |
| 817 |
congested . abnormally full of blood (of a part of the body) ; congested arteries. |
| 818 |
congested . blocked with mucus so as to hinder breathing (of the respiratory tract) ; his nose was congested. |
| 819 |
multiplex . involving or consisting of many elements in a complex relationship ; multiplex ties of work and friendship. |
| 820 |
multiplex . involving simultaneous transmission of several messages along a single channel of communication. |
| 821 |
multiplex . (of a cinema) having several separate screens within one building ; a system or signal involving simultaneous transmission of several messages along a single channel of communication. |
| 822 |
multiplex . a cinema with several separate screens. |
| 823 |
multiplex . incorporate into a multiplex signal or system. |
| 824 |
expedite . make an action or process happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly ; he promised to expedite economic reforms. |
| 825 |
relay . receive and pass on information or a message ; she intended to relay everything she had learned. |
| 826 |
relay . broadcast (something) by passing signals received from elsewhere through a transmitting station ; the speech was relayed live from the palace. |
| 827 |
relay . an electrical device, typically incorporating an electromagnet, which is activated by a current or signal in one circuit to open or close another circuit. |
| 828 |
relay . a device to receive, reinforce, and retransmit a radio or television signal. |
| 829 |
conform . comply with rules, standards, or laws ; the kitchen does not conform to hygiene regulations ; the changes were introduced to conform with international classifications. |
| 830 |
conform . (of a person) behave according to socially acceptable conventions or standards ; the pressure to conform. |
| 831 |
conform . be similar in form or type; agree ; the countryside should conform to a certain idea of the picturesque. |
| 832 |
discretion . the quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offence or revealing confidential information ; she knew she could rely on his discretion ; I'll be the soul of discretion. |
| 833 |
discretion . the freedom to decide what should be done in a particular situation ; local authorities should use their discretion in setting the charges ; honorary fellowships may be awarded at the discretion of the council. |
| 834 |
collate . collect and combine (texts, information, or data). |
| 835 |
collate . compare and analyse (two or more sources of information) ; these accounts he collated with his own experience. |
| 836 |
draft . prepare a preliminary version of (a document) ; I drafted a letter of resignation. |
| 837 |
draft . select (a person or group of people) and bring them somewhere for a certain purpose ; riot police were drafted in to break up the blockade. |
| 838 |
draft . a preliminary version of a piece of writing ; the first draft of the party's manifesto ; a draft document. |
| 839 |
draft . a plan, sketch, or rough drawing. |
| 840 |
draft . Computing a mode of operation of a printer in which text is produced rapidly but with relatively low definition. |
| 841 |
commission . bring (something newly produced) into working condition. |
| 842 |
commission . order or authorize the production of (something). |
| 843 |
commission . order or authorize (a person or organization) to do or produce something ; an instruction, command, or role given to a person or group ; one of his first commissions was to redesign the Great Exhibition building ; he received a commission to act as an informer. |
| 844 |
commission . an order for something, especially a work of art, to be produced specially. |
| 845 |
commission . a work produced in response to a commission. |
| 846 |
commission . a group of people entrusted by a government or other official body with authority to do something ; a commission was appointed to investigate allegations of police violence. |
| 847 |
commission . a sum, typically a set percentage of the value involved, paid to an agent in a commercial transaction ; foreign banks may charge a commission ; he sold cosmetics on commission. |
| 848 |
impartial . treating all rivals or disputants equally ; the minister cannot be impartial in the way that a judge would be. |
| 849 |
relevant . closely connected or appropriate to the matter in hand ; what small companies need is relevant advice ; the candidate's experience is relevant to the job. |
| 850 |
promulgate . promote or make widely known (an idea or cause) ; these objectives have to be promulgated within the organization. |
| 851 |
promulgate . put (a law or decree) into effect by official proclamation ; in January 1852 the new Constitution was promulgated. |
| 852 |
adhere . stick fast to (a surface or substance) ; paint won't adhere well to a greasy surface. |
| 853 |
adhere . believe in and follow the practices of ; I do not adhere to any organized religion. |
| 854 |
adhere . closely follow, observe, or represent ; the account adhered firmly to fact. |
| 855 |
encapsulate . enclose (something) in or as if in a capsule ; the company would encapsulate the asbestos waste in concrete pellets. |
| 856 |
encapsulate . Computing enclose (a message or signal) in a set of codes which allow transfer across networks. |
| 857 |
encapsulate . Computing provide an interface for (a piece of software or hardware) to allow or simplify access for the user. |
| 858 |
encapsulate . express the essential features of (something) succinctly ; the conclusion is encapsulated in one sentence. |
| 859 |
make use of . benefit from ; they were educated enough to make use of further training. |
| 860 |
underflow . an undercurrent. |
| 861 |
underflow . a horizontal flow of water through the ground, especially beneath a riverbed. |
| 862 |
underflow . Computing the generation of a number that is too small to be represented in the device meant to store it. |
| 863 |
tunnel . dig or force a passage underground or through something ; he tunnelled under the fence ; the insect tunnels its way out of the plant. |
| 864 |
tunnel . Physics (of a particle) pass through a potential barrier. |
| 865 |
link . make, form, or suggest a connection with or between ; rumours that linked his name with Judith ; foreign and domestic policy are linked ; she linked up with an artistic group. |
| 866 |
link . connect or join physically ; a network of routes linking towns and villages ; the cows are linked up to milking machines. |
| 867 |
link . clasp; intertwine ; once outside he linked arms with her. |
| 868 |
link . Computing a code or instruction which connects one part of a program or an element in a list to another. |
| 869 |
rigorous . extremely thorough and careful ; the rigorous testing of consumer products. |
| 870 |
rigorous . strictly applied or adhered to (of a rule, system, etc.) ; rigorous controls on mergers. |
| 871 |
rigorous . adhering strictly to a belief or system (of a person) ; a rigorous teetotaller. |
| 872 |
rigorous . harsh and demanding ; many of the expedition had passed rigorous SAS courses. |
| 873 |
coarce . rough or harsh in texture ; a coarse woollen cloth. |
| 874 |
coarce . consisting of large grains or particles ; coarse sand. |
| 875 |
coarce . (of grains or particles) large. |
| 876 |
coarce . (of a person's features) not elegantly formed or proportioned. |
| 877 |
coarce . (of food or drink) of inferior quality. |
| 878 |
coarce . (of a person or their speech) rude or vulgar. |
| 879 |
accommodate . (of a building or other area) provide lodging or sufficient space for ; the cottages accommodate up to six people. |
| 880 |
accommodate . fit in with the wishes or needs of ; any language must accommodate new concepts. |
| 881 |
accommodate to . adapt to ; making users accommodate to the realities of today's marketplace. |
| 882 |
strive . make great efforts to achieve or obtain something ; national movements were striving for independence ; we must strive to secure steady growth. |
| 883 |
strive . struggle or fight vigorously ; scholars must strive against bias. |
| 884 |
contention . heated disagreement ; the captured territory was the main area of contention between the two countries. |
| 885 |
contention . an assertion, especially one maintained in argument ; Freud's contention that all dreams were wish fulfilment. |
| 886 |
time out . time for rest or recreation away from one's usual work or studies ; she is taking time out from her hectic tour. |
| 887 |
time out . a brief period of time during which a misbehaving child is put on their own so that they can regain control over their emotions. |
| 888 |
timeout . a brief break in play in a game or sport ; he called for a timeout from the game. |
| 889 |
timeout . Computing a cancellation or cessation that automatically occurs when a predefined interval of time has passed without a certain event occurring. |
| 890 |
behalf . in the interests of a person, group, or principle ; he campaigned on behalf of the wrongly convicted four. |
| 891 |
behalf . as a representative of ; he had to attend the funeral on Mama's behalf. |
| 892 |
behalf . on the part of; done by ; this wasn't simply a philanthropic gesture on his behalf. |
| 893 |
spatial . relating to space ; the spatial distribution of population. |
| 894 |
map . represent (an area) on a map; make a map of ; inaccessible parts will be mapped from the air. |
| 895 |
map . record in detail the spatial distribution of (something) ; the project to map the human genome. |
| 896 |
map . chiefly Mathematics associate each element of (a set) with an element of another set. |
| 897 |
map on to . chiefly Mathematics be associated with or linked to. |
| 898 |
robust . sturdy in construction (of an object) ; a robust metal cabinet. |
| 899 |
robust . strong and healthy; vigorous ; the Caplan family are a robust lot. |
| 900 |
robust . able to withstand or overcome adverse conditions (of a system, organization, etc.) ; the country's political system has continued to be robust in spite of its economic problems. |
| 901 |
robust . uncompromising and forceful ; he took quite a robust view of my case. |
| 902 |
robust . strong and rich in flavour or smell (of wine or food) ; a robust mixture of fish, onions, capers and tomatoes. |
| 903 |
coprehensive . including or dealing with all or nearly all elements or aspects of something ; a comprehensive list of sources. |
| 904 |
coprehensive . of large content or scope; wide-ranging ; a comprehensive collection of photographs. |
| 905 |
coprehensive . achieved or suffered by a large margin (of a victory or defeat) ; a comprehensive victory for Swansea. |
| 906 |
coprehensive . providing cover for most risks, including damage to the policyholder's own vehicle (of motor-vehicle insurance). |
| 907 |
module . each of a set of standardized parts or independent units that can be used to construct a more complex structure, such as an item of furniture or a building. |
| 908 |
module . each of a set of independent units of study or training that can be combined in a number of ways to form a course at a college or university. |
| 909 |
module . Computing any of a number of distinct but interrelated units from which a program may be built up or into which a complex activity may be analysed. |
| 910 |
proprietary . relating to an owner or ownership ; the company has a proprietary right to the property. |
| 911 |
proprietary . behaving as if one owned something or someone ; he looked about him with a proprietary air. |
| 912 |
proprietary . (of a product) marketed under and protected by a registered trade name ; proprietary brands of insecticide. |
| 913 |
embed . fix (an object) firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass ; he had an operation to remove a nail embedded in his chest. |
| 914 |
embed . implant (an idea or feeling) so that it becomes ingrained within a particular context ; the Victorian values embedded in Tennyson's poetry. |
| 915 |
embed . Linguistics place (a phrase or clause) within another clause or sentence. |
| 916 |
embed . Computing incorporate (a text or code) within the body of a file or document. |
| 917 |
embed . design and build (a microprocessor) as an integral part of a system or device. |
| 918 |
commutate . regulate or reverse the direction of (an alternating electric current), especially to make it a direct current. |
| 919 |
elude . escape from or avoid (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skilful or cunning way ; he tried to elude the security men by sneaking through a back door. |
| 920 |
elude . avoid compliance with (a law or penalty). |
| 921 |
elude . fail to be attained by someone (of an achievement or something desired) ; sleep still eluded her. |
| 922 |
elude . fail to be understood or remembered by someone (of an idea or fact) ; the logic of this eluded most people. |
| 923 |
elicit . evoke or draw out (a reaction, answer, or fact) from someone ; I tried to elicit a smile from Joanna ; the work elicited enormous public interest. |
| 924 |
continuation . the action of carrying something on over time or the state of being carried on ; the continuation of discussions about a permanent peace. |
| 925 |
continuation . the state of remaining in a particular position or condition. |
| 926 |
continuation . a part that is attached to and is an extension of something else ; once a separate village, it is now a continuation of the suburbs. |
| 927 |
subscript . written or printed below the line (of a letter, figure, or symbol). |
| 928 |
subscript . a subscript letter, figure, or symbol. |
| 929 |
subscript . Computing a symbol (notionally written as a subscript but in practice usually not) used in a program, alone or with others, to specify one of the elements of an array. |
| 930 |
domain . an area of territory owned or controlled by a particular ruler or government ; the French domains of the Plantagenets. |
| 931 |
domain . a specified sphere of activity or knowledge ; the country's isolation in the domain of sport. |
| 932 |
domain . Computing a distinct subset of the Internet with addresses sharing a common suffix or under the control of a particular organization or individual. |
| 933 |
Mathematics the set of possible values of the independent variable or variables of a function. |
| 934 |
customary . according to the customs or usual practices associated with a particular society, place, or set of circumstances ; it is customary to mark an occasion like this with a toast. |
| 935 |
customary . according to a person's habitual practice ; I put the kettle on for our customary cup of coffee. |
| 936 |
concur . be of the same opinion; agree ; the authors concurred with the majority ; 'That's right', the chairman concurred. |
| 937 |
concur with . agree with (a decision or opinion) ; we strongly concur with this recommendation. |
| 938 |
concur . happen or occur at the same time; coincide ; in tests, cytogenetic determination has been found to concur with enzymatic determination. |
| 939 |
implication . the conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated ; the implication is that no one person at the bank is responsible. |
| 940 |
implication . a likely consequence of something. |
| 941 |
implication . the action or state of being involved in something ; our implication in the problems. |
| 942 |
invocation . the action of invoking someone or something ; his invocation of the ancient powers of Callanish. |
| 943 |
invocation . an incantation used to invoke a deity or the supernatural. |
| 944 |
invocation . a form of words such as ‘In the name of the Father’ introducing a prayer, sermon, etc.. |
| 945 |
enclosure . a barrier that surrounds an area / an area that is surrounded by a barrier. |
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