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noun
- An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.
- A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
- The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
- a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit
- any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
- an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
verb
- (transitive) To put or send on a venture or chance.
- (transitive) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
- (transitive) To undertake a risky or daring journey.
- (transitive) To risk or offer.
- (intransitive, with at or on) To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success.
- (transitive) To say something; to offer an opinion.
- proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- put at risk
noun
- A factor that cannot be anticipated.
- (physics) A substance or body, which is not ponderable, i.e., which not does not having a detectable amount of matter or measurable mass. An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism.
- An imponderable question.
- a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed
adj
adj
- not certain to occur; not inevitable
- not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown
- not consistent or dependable
- not established or confirmed
- ambiguous (especially in the negative)
- subject to change
- lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
- Not yet determined; undecided.
- Fitful or unsteady.
- Not certain; unsure.
- Not known for certain; questionable.
- Variable and subject to change.
- Unpredictable or capricious.
noun
adj
- Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.
- possible but not certain to occur
- uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances
- Temporary.
- Not logically necessarily true or false.
- (with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur.
- being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
noun
- An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.
- (military) A quota of troops.
- That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
- a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
- a temporary military unit
noun
- One's eventual fate (not necessarily inevitable or predestined).
- an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
- The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.
- That which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
- That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will.
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events
noun
- That which happens without human design or forethought.
- Allotment; lottery.
- A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
- One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
- (historical) An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.
- A prize in a lottery.
- Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
- (definite, the lot) All members of a set; everything.
- A separate, appropriated portion; a quantized, subdivided set consisting a whole.
- (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
- The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.
- A large quantity or number; a great deal.
- a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
- any collection in its entirety
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
verb
adj
- Happening or coming to pass without design.
- Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
- (of clothing or utensils) Designed for informal or everyday use.
- Happening by chance.
- (of behavior, usage, or milieu) Informal; relaxed.
- Employed irregularly.
- Careless.
- not showing effort or strain
- marked by blithe unconcern
- hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
- natural and unstudied
- appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
- without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
- occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
- characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
- occurring on a temporary or irregular basis
noun
- (fandom slang) A person whose engagement with media is relaxed or superficial.
- A worker who is doing a particular type of job temporarily, not as a lifetime career.
- (in the plural) Shoes suitable for everyday use, as opposed to more formal footwear.
- (UK, historical) One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he or she does not belong; a vagrant in the casual ward.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand) A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
- (video games, informal, derogatory) A player of casual games.
- (UK, historical) A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see casual (subculture).
- A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.
adj
- certain to occur; destined or inevitable
- reliable in operation or effect
- established beyond doubt or question; definitely known
- definite but not specified or identified
- exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
- having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- established irrevocably
- Unfailing; infallible.
- Sure in one's mind, positive; absolutely confident in the truth of something.
- Particular and definite, but unspecified or unnamed; used to introduce someone or something without going into further detail.
- Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
- (euphemistic, preceded by "a") Used to denote that the speaker is referring to a specific person or thing that they do not want to name directly, implying that the listener should infer the identity of the referent.
- (preceded by "a", of a person) Used before the name of someone famous that people are expected to know.
- Sure to happen, inevitable; assured.
- Fixed; regular; determinate.
- (preceded by "a", of a person) Named but not previously mentioned.
det
pron
adj
- certain to occur; destined or inevitable
- reliable in operation or effect
- certain not to fail
- physically secure or dependable
- infallible or unfailing
- exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
- impossible to doubt or dispute
- having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence
- Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.
- Certain in one's knowledge or belief.
- (followed by a to infinitive) Certain to act or be a specified way.
adv
intj
noun
- An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
- (sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.
- Death.
- Destiny, especially terrible.
- Dread; a feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair.
- an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
phrase
verb
noun
verb
- (obsolete except Geordie) past participle of can
- Used as a past subjunctive (contrary to fact).
- simple past of can
- Used to show the possibility that something might happen.
- Used to politely ask for someone else to do something.
- Used to politely ask for permission to do something.
- Used to suggest something.
noun
- an event that departs from expectations
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- the quality of being subject to variation
- an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
- a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
- discord that splits a group
- (physics, chemistry, biology) The number of degrees of freedom in a system.
- A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
- (law) A discrepancy between two legal documents.
- (computing, programming) Covariance and contravariance generally.
- (law) A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.
- The state of differing or being in conflict.
- The act of varying or the state of being variable.
- An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.
- (statistics) The second central moment in probability; the square of the standard deviation.
noun
- an event that departs from expectations
- a variable quantity that is random
- something a little different from others of the same type
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
- (genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).
- (linguistics, lexicography) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
- (programming) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
- Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
adj
adj
noun
noun
- an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events
- Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.
- The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
- (biochemistry) The products of a chemical reaction in their final form in the biosphere.
- The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
- (mythology) Alternative letter-case form of Fate (one of the goddesses said to control the destiny of human beings).
- (embryology) The mature endpoint of a region, group of cells or individual cell in an embryo, including all changes leading to that mature endpoint
- An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
verb
noun
- (countable) Any situation in which the outcome cannot be completely predicted in advance.
- (ethics, religion, uncountable) The doctrine that all human actions are not so much determined by the preceding events, conditions, causes or karma as by deliberate choice or free will.
- (countable, physics) A case in which the uncertainty principle applies; a case in which certain pairs of physical properties such as the position and momentum of a particle cannot be known simultaneously.
- (countable, computing) A situation in which there are multiple valid options for next step in a process.
adj
- hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result
- associated with academia or an academy
- marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
- Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
- Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
- Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
- So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
- In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
- Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
- (art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
- Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato.
noun
- an educator who works at a college or university
- (plural only) Academic dress; academicals.
- A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
- (plural only) Academic studies.
- A member of the Academy; an academician.
- (usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
adj
- At a time that cannot be measured or identified.
- (of a car) Having an odometer that cannot be altered to provide a fake reading.
- (transgender slang) Not recognizable as transgender or a drag performer; passing.
- (more generally) Unreadable; undetectable.
- Being undetectably homosexual.
- At a speed that cannot be measured.
adj
- unlikely to occur
- from or between other countries
- relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
- on or toward an outer edge
- coming from the outside
- originating or belonging beyond some bounds
- functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit
- leading to or from the outside
- located, suited for, or taking place in the open air
- (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
- (baseball, of a pitch) Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
- Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc; maximum.
- Extending or going beyond the borders or scope of an organization, group, etc.
- (chiefly UK) Positioned towards the central division of a road: towards the right-hand side if one drives on the left, or left-hand side if one drives on the right.
- (chiefly US) Positioned towards the shoulder of a road: towards the left-hand side if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone outside an organization, group, etc.
- (of a person) Not legally married to or related to (e.g. not born in wedlock to), and/or not residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people. (Compare out of wedlock, nonresidential.)
- Away from the interior or center of something.
- Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
noun
- the outer side or surface of something
- the region that is outside of something
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the longer arc length; the side of a racetrack furthest from the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
- The space beyond some limit or boundary.
- The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
- (surfing) The outer part of the sea, away from the peak of a wave.
- The part of a road towards the central division: towards the right if one drives on the left, or towards the left if one drives on the right.
- The external appearance of someone or something.
- The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
adv
prep
verb
adj
noun
- a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
- (computing) A source control repository hosted on a remote machine, rather than locally.
- (broadcasting) An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
- Ellipsis of remote control.
verb
noun
- the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
- the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another
- The ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations.
- plural of odd
- The ratio of the probability of an event happening to that of it not happening.
- (chess) An advantage given to a weaker opponent in order to equalize the game when playing casually, usually by removing one of the stronger player's pieces or by giving the weaker player more time.
noun
- The likelihood of something happening.
- (informal, mildly derogatory) A person on a team that is more of a hindrance than a help.
- An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
- The condition of being susceptible to something.
- A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; a person or action that exposes others to greater risk.
- (accounting) Any kind of debt recorded on the right-hand side of a balance sheet.
- an obligation to pay money to another party
- the state of being legally obliged and responsible
- the quality of being something that holds you back
adj
adv
noun
noun
- An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.
- A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
- The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
- a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit
- any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
- an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits
verb
- (transitive) To put or send on a venture or chance.
- (transitive) To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
- (transitive) To undertake a risky or daring journey.
- (transitive) To risk or offer.
- (intransitive, with at or on) To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success.
- (transitive) To say something; to offer an opinion.
- proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
- put at risk
noun
- A factor that cannot be anticipated.
- (physics) A substance or body, which is not ponderable, i.e., which not does not having a detectable amount of matter or measurable mass. An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism.
- An imponderable question.
- a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed
adj
adj
- Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.
- possible but not certain to occur
- uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances
- Temporary.
- Not logically necessarily true or false.
- (with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur.
- being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
noun
- An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.
- (military) A quota of troops.
- That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
- a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
- a temporary military unit
noun
- One's eventual fate (not necessarily inevitable or predestined).
- an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
- The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.
- That which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
- That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will.
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events
noun
- That which happens without human design or forethought.
- Allotment; lottery.
- A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
- One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
- (historical) An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.
- A prize in a lottery.
- Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
- (definite, the lot) All members of a set; everything.
- A separate, appropriated portion; a quantized, subdivided set consisting a whole.
- (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
- The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.
- A large quantity or number; a great deal.
- a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
- any collection in its entirety
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
verb
noun
- An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
- (sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.
- Death.
- Destiny, especially terrible.
- Dread; a feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair.
- an unpleasant or disastrous destiny
phrase
verb
noun
verb
- (obsolete except Geordie) past participle of can
- Used as a past subjunctive (contrary to fact).
- simple past of can
- Used to show the possibility that something might happen.
- Used to politely ask for someone else to do something.
- Used to politely ask for permission to do something.
- Used to suggest something.
noun
- an event that departs from expectations
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard
- the quality of being subject to variation
- an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation)
- a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
- the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
- discord that splits a group
- (physics, chemistry, biology) The number of degrees of freedom in a system.
- A difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
- (law) A discrepancy between two legal documents.
- (computing, programming) Covariance and contravariance generally.
- (law) A departure from a cause of action originally in a complaint.
- The state of differing or being in conflict.
- The act of varying or the state of being variable.
- An official permit to do something that is ordinarily forbidden by regulations.
- (statistics) The second central moment in probability; the square of the standard deviation.
noun
- an event that departs from expectations
- a variable quantity that is random
- something a little different from others of the same type
- (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
- (genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).
- (linguistics, lexicography) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
- (programming) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
- Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
adj
noun
- an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
- the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events
- Destiny; often with a connotation of death, ruin, misfortune, etc.
- The effect, consequence, outcome, or inevitable events predetermined by this cause.
- (biochemistry) The products of a chemical reaction in their final form in the biosphere.
- The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
- (mythology) Alternative letter-case form of Fate (one of the goddesses said to control the destiny of human beings).
- (embryology) The mature endpoint of a region, group of cells or individual cell in an embryo, including all changes leading to that mature endpoint
- An event or a situation which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
verb
noun
- (countable) Any situation in which the outcome cannot be completely predicted in advance.
- (ethics, religion, uncountable) The doctrine that all human actions are not so much determined by the preceding events, conditions, causes or karma as by deliberate choice or free will.
- (countable, physics) A case in which the uncertainty principle applies; a case in which certain pairs of physical properties such as the position and momentum of a particle cannot be known simultaneously.
- (countable, computing) A situation in which there are multiple valid options for next step in a process.
noun
- the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
- the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another
- The ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations.
- plural of odd
- The ratio of the probability of an event happening to that of it not happening.
- (chess) An advantage given to a weaker opponent in order to equalize the game when playing casually, usually by removing one of the stronger player's pieces or by giving the weaker player more time.
noun
- The likelihood of something happening.
- (informal, mildly derogatory) A person on a team that is more of a hindrance than a help.
- An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone.
- The condition of being susceptible to something.
- A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; a person or action that exposes others to greater risk.
- (accounting) Any kind of debt recorded on the right-hand side of a balance sheet.
- an obligation to pay money to another party
- the state of being legally obliged and responsible
- the quality of being something that holds you back
adj
- not certain to occur; not inevitable
- not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown
- not consistent or dependable
- not established or confirmed
- ambiguous (especially in the negative)
- subject to change
- lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
- Not yet determined; undecided.
- Fitful or unsteady.
- Not certain; unsure.
- Not known for certain; questionable.
- Variable and subject to change.
- Unpredictable or capricious.
noun
adj
- Possible or liable, but not certain, to occur.
- possible but not certain to occur
- uncertain because of uncontrollable circumstances
- Temporary.
- Not logically necessarily true or false.
- (with upon or on) Dependent on something that is undetermined or unknown, that may or may not occur.
- being determined by conditions or circumstances that follow
noun
- An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something in the future.
- (military) A quota of troops.
- That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share.
- a gathering of persons representative of some larger group
- a temporary military unit
adj
- Happening or coming to pass without design.
- Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
- (of clothing or utensils) Designed for informal or everyday use.
- Happening by chance.
- (of behavior, usage, or milieu) Informal; relaxed.
- Employed irregularly.
- Careless.
- not showing effort or strain
- marked by blithe unconcern
- hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
- natural and unstudied
- appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
- without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
- occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
- characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
- occurring on a temporary or irregular basis
noun
- (fandom slang) A person whose engagement with media is relaxed or superficial.
- A worker who is doing a particular type of job temporarily, not as a lifetime career.
- (in the plural) Shoes suitable for everyday use, as opposed to more formal footwear.
- (UK, historical) One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he or she does not belong; a vagrant in the casual ward.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand) A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
- (video games, informal, derogatory) A player of casual games.
- (UK, historical) A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see casual (subculture).
- A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.
adj
- certain to occur; destined or inevitable
- reliable in operation or effect
- established beyond doubt or question; definitely known
- definite but not specified or identified
- exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
- having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- established irrevocably
- Unfailing; infallible.
- Sure in one's mind, positive; absolutely confident in the truth of something.
- Particular and definite, but unspecified or unnamed; used to introduce someone or something without going into further detail.
- Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.
- (euphemistic, preceded by "a") Used to denote that the speaker is referring to a specific person or thing that they do not want to name directly, implying that the listener should infer the identity of the referent.
- (preceded by "a", of a person) Used before the name of someone famous that people are expected to know.
- Sure to happen, inevitable; assured.
- Fixed; regular; determinate.
- (preceded by "a", of a person) Named but not previously mentioned.
det
pron
adj
- certain to occur; destined or inevitable
- reliable in operation or effect
- certain not to fail
- physically secure or dependable
- infallible or unfailing
- exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
- impossible to doubt or dispute
- having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence
- Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.
- Certain in one's knowledge or belief.
- (followed by a to infinitive) Certain to act or be a specified way.
adv
intj
adj
noun
adj
- hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result
- associated with academia or an academy
- marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
- Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
- Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
- Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
- So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
- In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
- Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
- (art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
- Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato.
noun
- an educator who works at a college or university
- (plural only) Academic dress; academicals.
- A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
- (plural only) Academic studies.
- A member of the Academy; an academician.
- (usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
adj
- At a time that cannot be measured or identified.
- (of a car) Having an odometer that cannot be altered to provide a fake reading.
- (transgender slang) Not recognizable as transgender or a drag performer; passing.
- (more generally) Unreadable; undetectable.
- Being undetectably homosexual.
- At a speed that cannot be measured.
adj
- unlikely to occur
- from or between other countries
- relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit
- on or toward an outer edge
- coming from the outside
- originating or belonging beyond some bounds
- functioning outside the boundaries or precincts of an organized unit
- leading to or from the outside
- located, suited for, or taking place in the open air
- (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
- (baseball, of a pitch) Away (far) from the batter as it crosses home plate.
- Of, pertaining to or originating from beyond the outer surface, limit or boundary.
- Reaching the extreme or farthest limit, as to extent, quantity, etc; maximum.
- Extending or going beyond the borders or scope of an organization, group, etc.
- (chiefly UK) Positioned towards the central division of a road: towards the right-hand side if one drives on the left, or left-hand side if one drives on the right.
- (chiefly US) Positioned towards the shoulder of a road: towards the left-hand side if one drives on the left, or right-hand side if one drives on the right.
- Originating from, arranged by, or being someone outside an organization, group, etc.
- (of a person) Not legally married to or related to (e.g. not born in wedlock to), and/or not residing with, a specified other person (parent, child, or partner); (of a marriage, relationship, etc) existing between two such people. (Compare out of wedlock, nonresidential.)
- Away from the interior or center of something.
- Of or pertaining to the outer surface, limit or boundary.
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- the outer side or surface of something
- the region that is outside of something
- The side of a curved road, racetrack etc. that has the longer arc length; the side of a racetrack furthest from the interior of the course or some other point of reference.
- The space beyond some limit or boundary.
- The furthest limit, as to number, quantity, extent, etc.
- (surfing) The outer part of the sea, away from the peak of a wave.
- The part of a road towards the central division: towards the right if one drives on the left, or towards the left if one drives on the right.
- The external appearance of someone or something.
- The part of something that faces out; the outer surface.
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- a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
- (computing) A source control repository hosted on a remote machine, rather than locally.
- (broadcasting) An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
- Ellipsis of remote control.