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noun
- (uncountable) The act of notifying.
- (countable) A specific piece of information that serves to notify.
- (countable, computing) A message, alert, or signal displayed by a system or application to inform the user of an event, update, new message, etc.
- a request for payment
- an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative
- informing by words
noun
- (uncountable) Prior notification.
- (countable) A formal notification or warning.
- (countable) A written or printed announcement.
- (countable) A published critical review of a play or the like.
- (chiefly uncountable) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee or vice versa.
- (chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
- a request for payment
- a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
- a short critical review
- the act of noticing or paying attention
- polite or favorable attention
- an announcement containing information about an event
- advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement of contract
verb
noun
- (uncountable) The act of implicating.
- (uncountable) The state of being implicated.
- (countable, uncountable) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
- (countable, logic) The connective in propositional calculus that, when joining two predicates A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true".
- (countable) A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action.
- Logical consequence.
- a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
- something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
- a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form ‘if p then q’; if p is true then q cannot be false
- an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
- a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
noun
- (uncountable) The act of suggesting.
- (law, countable) Information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence.
- (countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
- (countable, psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
- The act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested.
- a just detectable amount
- the act of inducing hypnosis
- persuasion formulated as a suggestion
- an idea that is suggested
- a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection
- the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association
noun
- (uncountable) The act of naming or designating.
- (countable) A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc.
- (countable) That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals.
- (countable, religion) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.
- a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith
- identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
- a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money
noun
- (countable, uncountable) A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
- (Canada, US, Australia, uncountable) Physical evidence left by an animal.
- A semantic unit, something that conveys meaning or information (e.g. a word of written language); (linguistics, semiotics) a unit consisting of a signifier and a signified concept. (See sign (semiotics).)
- (astrology) An astrological sign.
- (medicine) A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, can be detected objectively by someone other than the patient.
- A wonder; miracle; prodigy.
- A mark or another symbol used to represent something.
- A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.
- (mathematics) Positive or negative polarity, as denoted by the + or - sign.
- An omen.
- A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
- (uncountable) Sign language in general.
- A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages.
- a gesture that is part of a sign language
- any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
- having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
- a public display of a message
- a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
- (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
- an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
- structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted
- (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease
- a character indicating a relation between quantities
- a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified
verb
- (intransitive) To use sign language.
- (transitive) To communicate using gestures to (someone).
- (transitive or reflexive) To write (one's name) as a signature.
- (transitive) To furnish (a road etc.) with signs.
- (intransitive) To communicate using a gesture or signal.
- (intransitive) To finalise a contractual agreement to work for a given sports team, record label etc.
- (transitive) To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it.
- (transitive) To calculate or derive whether a quantity has a positive or negative sign.
- (intransitive) To write one's signature.
- (transitive) To mark, to put or leave a mark on.
- (transitive) To engage (a sports player, musician etc.) in a contract.
- (reflexive) To cross oneself.
- To determine the sign of
- (transitive) More generally, to write one's signature on (something) as a means of identification etc.
- (transitive) To bless (someone or something) with the sign of the cross; to mark with the sign of the cross.
- (transitive) To communicate or make known (a meaning, intention, etc.) by a sign.
- communicate in sign language
- make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
- be engaged by a written agreement
- place signs, as along a road
- engage by written agreement
- mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
- approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
- communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
adj
noun
- The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification.
- A service provided by telephone which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber.
- (information theory) Any unambiguous abstract data, the smallest possible unit being the bit.
- (information technology) Any ordered sequence of symbols (or signals) (that could contain a message).
- Something that provides a definitive characterization or description of the nature and attributes of a specified entity.
- (computing, formally) The meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in its representation.
- (Christianity) Divine inspiration.
- Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.
- (computing, data management) The output resulting from the systematic collection, manipulation and organization of raw data into a structured, interpretable format.
- (law, countable) A statement of criminal activity brought before a judge or magistrate; in the UK, used to inform a magistrate of an offence and request a warrant; in the US, an accusation brought before a judge without a grand jury indictment.
- knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
- a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
- formal accusation of a crime
- (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
- a message received and understood
noun
- (uncountable) The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly.
- (countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
- (countable) A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
- (countable) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
- (law, countable) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.
- the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief they seek
- a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
verb
noun
- A legal notification of something.
- A sign of impending danger; an omen.
- A caution or warning.
- a firm rebuke
- a summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim directing all parties concerned to show cause why the judgment asked for should not be granted
- cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)
noun
- (uncountable) The act of negating something.
- (logic) The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.
- (logic, countable) A proposition which is the contradictory of another proposition and which can be obtained from that other proposition by the appropriately placed addition/insertion of the word "not". (Or, in symbolic logic, by prepending that proposition with the symbol for the logical operator "not".)
- (countable) A denial or contradiction.
- a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement
- the speech act of negating
- (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false
noun
- (uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
- (uncountable, law, UK) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
- (uncountable, business) Management.
- (countable, government, politics) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
- (government, politics) The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.
- (countable) A body that administers; a body of administrators.
- (uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
- a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
- the act of governing; exercising authority
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- the tenure of a president
- the act of meting out justice according to the law
- the act of administering medication
noun
- (uncountable) The act of omitting.
- Something not done or neglected.
- (grammar) The shortening of a word or phrase, using an apostrophe ( ' ) to replace the missing letters, often used to approximate the sound of speech or a specific dialect.
- (countable) An instance of those acts, or the thing left out thereby; something deleted or left out.
- (uncountable) The act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do.
- a mistake resulting from neglect
- something that has been omitted
- neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something
- any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
noun
- (countable or uncountable) Postal or other written communications.
- (uncountable) Newspaper or news stories.
- (set theory, countable) A relation.
- (countable) An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
- (uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.
- (theology, Swedenborgianism) A similarity between physical and spiritual things (e.g. light to wisdom, or warmth to love)
- compatibility of observations
- communication by the exchange of letters
- (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
- the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount
- similarity by virtue of corresponding
noun
- (uncountable) The act of registering; registration.
- (countable) A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.
- (countable) A record; an account; a register.
- (countable, computing) A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system.
- an official written record of names or events or transactions
noun
- (countable, uncountable) An act of interchanging.
- (countable) A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.
- A back-and-forth interaction; an exchange.
- (countable) A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway.
- (rail transport, countable) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.
- mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
- a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
- the act of changing one thing for another thing
- reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
verb
- (intransitive) to swap or change places
- (transitive) to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange
- (transport) To act as or carry out an interchange (noun, senses 2, 3).
- (transitive) to switch (each of two things)
- (transitive) to alternate; to intermingle or vary
- cause to change places
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- give to, and receive from, one another
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
noun
- (countable, law) A communication providing information, such as how an uncertain area of law might apply to possible future actions
- (uncountable, law) Counseling to perform a specific legal act.
- (uncountable) In commercial language, information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange
- (uncountable, law) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.
- (countable) In language about financial transactions executed by formal documents, an advisory document.
- (uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.
- (countable, programming) In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached.
- a proposal for an appropriate course of action
verb
noun
- (uncountable) Observation; notice; heed.
- (finance) A written or printed paper (or digital equivalent) acknowledging a debt, and promising payment.
- (extension) A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow is at her most useful (i.e. gives milk); the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period.
- A diplomatic missive or written communication.
- (uncountable, UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work.
- (by extension) A call or song of a bird.
- A piece of paper or polymer money; a banknote.
- (uncountable) Reputation; distinction.
- (rhythm games) An indication which players have to click, type, hit, tap or do other actions if it appears
- A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
- A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune; a beat of a drum.
- A short informal letter; a billet.
- (perfumery) An element of a scent, fragrance, or perfume, especially as a descriptor or category.
- A critical comment.
- (by extension) A key of the piano or organ.
- A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
- A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
- A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
- A symbol or annotation.
- (academic) An academic treatise (often without regard to length); a treatment; a discussion paper; (loosely) any contribution to an academic discourse.
- A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
- high status importance owing to marked superiority
- a brief written record
- a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
- a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
- a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time
- a comment or instruction (usually added)
- a short personal letter
- a characteristic emotional quality
- a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling
verb
- (transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
- (transitive) To denote; to designate.
- (transitive, law) To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.
- (transitive) To annotate.
- (transitive) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
- (transitive) To set down in musical characters.
- notice or perceive
- make mention of
- observe with care or pay close attention to
- make a written note of
noun
- The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration.
- The mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially with regards to the fullness and distinctness of articulation.
- That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; formal declaration
- the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
noun
- (uncountable) Public disclosure or discussion of a subject, or expression of an opinion; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) Exposure of something to the air, especially fresh or warm air for the purpose of ventilating or drying; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) An act of taking an animal (especially a dog or horse) into the open air for exercise.
- (countable) An act of broadcasting a radio or television show; a broadcasting.
- the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate
- the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air
- a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air
verb
noun
- (uncountable) The act of deprecating.
- (countable) A praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.
- Entreaty for pardon; petitioning.
- (countable) An imprecation or curse.
- a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster
- the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)
noun
- (countable, uncountable) The act of signing up or registering for something.
- (UK) Ellipsis of registration number.
- (countable) That which registers or makes something official, e.g. the form or paper that registers.
- (uncountable) Alignment, e.g. of colors or other elements in a printing process.
- (uncountable) The location where guests register, especially with a hotel.
- (music) The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.
- a document certifying an act of registering
- the act of adjusting something to match a standard
- (music) the sound property resulting from a combination of organ stops used to perform a particular piece of music; the technique of selecting and adjusting organ stops
- the act of enrolling
- the body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time
noun
- (countable) A message so transmitted.
- (uncountable) The science and technology of the communication of messages over a distance using electric, electronic or electromagnetic impulses.
- (in the plural) Systems used in transmitting such signals.
- (often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic communication at a distance
- (often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically
noun
- (uncountable) The quantity of messages sent through an email system.
- (uncountable) A system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network, primarily the Internet, using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and the Internet Message Format.
- (countable, informal) An email address.
- (countable) A message being sent through email.
- a message sent over the internet via the email system
- an identifier that a person uses as their identity to communicate on the email system
- (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
verb
noun
- (uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.
- The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.
- (countable) An indication of what is to come in the future or what is secret; a prediction.
- the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
- successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck
- a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
noun
- (countable) An act of authorizing.
- (uncountable) The state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere; formally granted permission.
- (government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.
- (countable) A document giving formal sanction, permission or warrant.
- the power or right to give orders or make decisions
- the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
- official permission or approval
- a document giving an official instruction or command
noun
- (countable, uncountable) The time when something happens.
- (countable, uncountable) The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events.
- (uncountable) The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
- (countable) An instance of recording the time of something.
- the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)
- the time when something happens
verb
noun
- (uncountable) The state of being compliant.
- (mechanics) A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility
- An act of complying.
- (uncountable) The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others.
- (medicine) The accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan
- (uncountable, business) The department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with.
- acting according to certain accepted standards
- a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
- the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
noun
- (uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
- (countable) An order or command.
- (computing) A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.
- (in the plural) A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.
- (law, in the plural) The directions given by a client to their lawyer in relation to a particular legal matter, which govern the purpose and scope of their work.
- (countable) An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.
- the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
- the profession of a teacher
- a message describing how something is to be done
noun
- the act of informing by verbal report
- importance or value
- a record or narrative description of past events
- a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
- the quality of taking advantage
- a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
- grounds
- a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
- a short account of the news
- an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
- An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
- A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
- (banking) A bank account.
- (uncountable) Profit; advantage.
- Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
- A record of events; a relation or narrative.
- Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
- (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
- A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
verb
- keep an account of
- to give an account or representation of in words
- be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
- furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain.
- (intransitive) To establish the location for someone.
- (transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for.
- (intransitive) To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for).
- (intransitive) To consider that.
- Used in phrasal verbs: account for, account of, account to.
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc.
noun
- the act of informing by verbal report
- the general estimation that the public has for a person
- a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing)
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
- a short account of the news
- a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment
- A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).
- (business) An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager.
- Reputation.
- (firearms) The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.
verb
- announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding
- complain about; make a charge against
- be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
- announce one's presence
- to give an account or representation of in words
- make known to the authorities
- (transitive) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).
- (transitive) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).
- (ambitransitive) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.
- (intransitive) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.
- To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
- (intransitive) To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).
- (transitive, intransitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
- (nautical) Of a ship, to return to a port.
- (formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.
noun
- (uncountable) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
- (uncountable, artificial intelligence) Output generated by a trained machine learning model as it applies learned patterns to new data.
- (countable, artificial intelligence) An instance or example of this, such as a prediction, classification, decision, etc.
- (countable) That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.
- the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
noun
- (uncountable) The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
- (countable) A thing that reinforces.
- A small round white sticker placed around a punched hole in a piece of paper to prevent the binder's rings from tearing through the paper.
- (in the plural) Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.
- (uncountable, behavioral psychology) The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.
- information that makes more forcible or convincing
- a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
- a device designed to provide additional strength
- (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
- an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
noun
name
noun
- An act of specifying.
- An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
- a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
- a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
- (patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention
- naming explicitly
verb
- to alert someone to something
- cause to become awake or conscious
- be awake, be alert, be there
- stop sleeping
- arouse or excite feelings and passions
- (intransitive, figurative) To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
- To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
- (intransitive) (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
- (transitive, figurative) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
- To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
- (transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
noun
- a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
- the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
- the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
- (nautical) The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
- (historical, Church of England) A yearly parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking.
- The disturbance which follows an object, person or animal moving through water.
- (physics) The perturbation behind a body moving through a fluid.
- (aviation) The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
- (figuratively) The area behind a moving person or object.
- A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.
- The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
- (collective) A number of vultures assembled together.
noun
- (uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.
- An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.
- A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
- (rhetoric) A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you".
- The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.
- A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
- The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
- Participation in Holy Communion.
- (anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
- the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
- something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
- a connection allowing access between persons or places
noun
- (uncountable) The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.
- (computing, uncountable) The alteration of computer code to preserve its behavior while concealing its structure and intent.
- (countable) A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp.
- (uncountable) Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.
- darkening or obscuring the sight of something
- the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered
- confusion resulting from failure to understand
noun
- (uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
- (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
- Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
- (sciences) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
- (cinematography, computer graphics, demoscene) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
- The result or outcome of a cause.
- Execution; performance; realization; operation.
- (usually in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
- (sciences, statistics) An influence or causal association between two variables.
- Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- an outward appearance
- a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
- an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
- (of a law) having legal validity
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noun
- (uncountable) Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
- (countable, databases) An additional database server instance used in failover scenarios to decide whether the mirror should take over.
- (countable) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
- (countable) Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token.
- (countable, law) Someone called to give evidence in a court.
- (countable) One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.
- (textual criticism) A particular version of a text (seen as providing testimony of archetype or other earlier version)
- testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
- (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
- (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
- a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
- someone who sees an event and reports what happened
verb
- (intransitive, construed with to or for) To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.
- (transitive) To furnish proof of, to show.
- (transitive) To take as evidence.
- To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity.
- (transitive) To see or gain knowledge of through experience.
- perceive or be contemporaneous with
- be a witness to
noun
- (uncountable) Text or other work resulting from this act.
- (uncountable) Copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; plagiarizing.
- (countable) The instance of plagiarism.
- the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
- a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
noun
- (uncountable) The property of occurring often rather than infrequently.
- (uncountable or countable) The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.
- A tone, character, mood, or vibe
- (telecommunications) range of electromagnetic waves used for wireless communication in devices like radios, TVs and mobile phones
- (statistics) number of times an event occurred in an experiment (absolute frequency)
- (countable) The quotient of the number of times n a periodic phenomenon occurs over the time t in which it occurs: f=n/t.
- the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations
- the number of occurrences within a given time period
- the number of observations in a given statistical category
noun
- (uncountable) The act of supplying.
- (countable) An amount of something supplied.
- (chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
- (in the plural) Provisions.
- (economics) The market force that causes sellers to be both willing and able to sell a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently available to be bought at any given price point; the amount itself.
- Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
- the activity of supplying or providing something
- offering goods and services for sale
- an amount of something available for use
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verb
- (transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
- (transitive) To fill up, or keep full.
- (intransitive) To act as a substitute.
- (transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
- (transitive) To furnish or equip with.
- (transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
- (transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
- circulate or distribute or equip with
- give something useful or necessary to
- state or say further
- give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
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noun
- (countable, uncountable) The act of contradicting.
- (countable) A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.
- (countable) A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.
- (logic, countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms.
- (logic) a statement that is necessarily false
- the speech act of contradicting someone
- opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
noun
- (uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
- (countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
- (countable, in the singular) A numbered provision within such kind of legislation.
- (law, often in the plural) A type of law made by the executive branch of a government, usually as authorized by a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so.
- (European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
- (genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
- (medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.
- the act of controlling or directing according to rule
- the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- the state of being controlled or governed
- an authoritative command
- (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
adj
noun
- (countable, uncountable) The act of entering again.
- (law) The reestablishment of possession under a right or rights reserved in a previous conveyance.
- (card games, bridge, whist) A re-entry card.
- (law) The act of retaking possession of land, etc.; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease.
- (surfing) A trick involving climbing a wave and then returning back down its face.
- (card games, bridge, whist) The act of retaking the lead by winning a trick.
- (music) Of a ukulele, a break in the pitch order of strings.
- (physiology) The reactivation of (a region of) myocardial tissue by a single, returning impulse.
- (aerospace) The return of a spacecraft into the Earth's atmosphere.
noun
- (uncountable, countable) The act, process or result of approximating, as:
- (mathematics) An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose.
- (medicine) The act of bringing together the edges of tissue to be sutured.
- (linguistics) The act of producing a near-simulation of the pronunciation of a foreign language for a loanword therefrom, or any given pronunciation resulting from that act.
- an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
- the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue
- an imprecise or incomplete account
- the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity)
noun
- the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice
- the official announcement of a new law or ordinance whereby the law or ordinance is put into effect
- a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen
- The act of promulgating or announcing something, especially a proclamation announcing a new law.
noun
- (uncountable) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
- (countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
- (countable, uncountable, computing) Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.
- the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)
- something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
noun
- (uncountable) The act of notifying.
- (countable) A specific piece of information that serves to notify.
- (countable, computing) A message, alert, or signal displayed by a system or application to inform the user of an event, update, new message, etc.
- a request for payment
- an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative
- informing by words
noun
- (uncountable) Prior notification.
- (countable) A formal notification or warning.
- (countable) A written or printed announcement.
- (countable) A published critical review of a play or the like.
- (chiefly uncountable) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee or vice versa.
- (chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
- a request for payment
- a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
- a short critical review
- the act of noticing or paying attention
- polite or favorable attention
- an announcement containing information about an event
- advance notification (usually written) of the intention to withdraw from an arrangement of contract
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noun
- (uncountable) The act of implicating.
- (uncountable) The state of being implicated.
- (countable, uncountable) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
- (countable, logic) The connective in propositional calculus that, when joining two predicates A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true".
- (countable) A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action.
- Logical consequence.
- a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
- something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
- a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form ‘if p then q’; if p is true then q cannot be false
- an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
- a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
noun
- (uncountable) The act of suggesting.
- (law, countable) Information, insinuation, speculation, as opposed to a sworn testimony and evidence.
- (countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for)
- (countable, psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
- The act of exercising control over a hypnotised subject by communicating some belief or impulse by means of words or gestures; the idea so suggested.
- a just detectable amount
- the act of inducing hypnosis
- persuasion formulated as a suggestion
- an idea that is suggested
- a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection
- the sequential mental process in which one thought leads to another by association
noun
- (uncountable) The act of naming or designating.
- (countable) A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc.
- (countable) That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals.
- (countable, religion) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a subdivision of a religion.
- a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith
- identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
- a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money
noun
- (countable, uncountable) A visible fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
- (Canada, US, Australia, uncountable) Physical evidence left by an animal.
- A semantic unit, something that conveys meaning or information (e.g. a word of written language); (linguistics, semiotics) a unit consisting of a signifier and a signified concept. (See sign (semiotics).)
- (astrology) An astrological sign.
- (medicine) A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, can be detected objectively by someone other than the patient.
- A wonder; miracle; prodigy.
- A mark or another symbol used to represent something.
- A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures.
- (mathematics) Positive or negative polarity, as denoted by the + or - sign.
- An omen.
- A military emblem carried on a banner or standard.
- (uncountable) Sign language in general.
- A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages.
- a gesture that is part of a sign language
- any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
- having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
- a public display of a message
- a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
- (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
- an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
- structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted
- (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease
- a character indicating a relation between quantities
- a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified
verb
- (intransitive) To use sign language.
- (transitive) To communicate using gestures to (someone).
- (transitive or reflexive) To write (one's name) as a signature.
- (transitive) To furnish (a road etc.) with signs.
- (intransitive) To communicate using a gesture or signal.
- (intransitive) To finalise a contractual agreement to work for a given sports team, record label etc.
- (transitive) To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it.
- (transitive) To calculate or derive whether a quantity has a positive or negative sign.
- (intransitive) To write one's signature.
- (transitive) To mark, to put or leave a mark on.
- (transitive) To engage (a sports player, musician etc.) in a contract.
- (reflexive) To cross oneself.
- To determine the sign of
- (transitive) More generally, to write one's signature on (something) as a means of identification etc.
- (transitive) To bless (someone or something) with the sign of the cross; to mark with the sign of the cross.
- (transitive) To communicate or make known (a meaning, intention, etc.) by a sign.
- communicate in sign language
- make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
- be engaged by a written agreement
- place signs, as along a road
- engage by written agreement
- mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
- approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
- communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
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noun
- The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification.
- A service provided by telephone which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber.
- (information theory) Any unambiguous abstract data, the smallest possible unit being the bit.
- (information technology) Any ordered sequence of symbols (or signals) (that could contain a message).
- Something that provides a definitive characterization or description of the nature and attributes of a specified entity.
- (computing, formally) The meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in its representation.
- (Christianity) Divine inspiration.
- Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.
- (computing, data management) The output resulting from the systematic collection, manipulation and organization of raw data into a structured, interpretable format.
- (law, countable) A statement of criminal activity brought before a judge or magistrate; in the UK, used to inform a magistrate of an offence and request a warrant; in the US, an accusation brought before a judge without a grand jury indictment.
- knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
- a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
- formal accusation of a crime
- (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
- a message received and understood
noun
- (uncountable) The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly.
- (countable) A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation.
- (countable) A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc.
- (countable) Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire.
- (law, countable) A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek.
- the written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief they seek
- a false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person
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noun
- A legal notification of something.
- A sign of impending danger; an omen.
- A caution or warning.
- a firm rebuke
- a summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim directing all parties concerned to show cause why the judgment asked for should not be granted
- cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)
noun
- (uncountable) The act of negating something.
- (logic) The logical operation which obtains such (negated) propositions.
- (logic, countable) A proposition which is the contradictory of another proposition and which can be obtained from that other proposition by the appropriately placed addition/insertion of the word "not". (Or, in symbolic logic, by prepending that proposition with the symbol for the logical operator "not".)
- (countable) A denial or contradiction.
- a negative statement; a statement that is a refusal or denial of some other statement
- the speech act of negating
- (logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false
noun
- (uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
- (uncountable, law, UK) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
- (uncountable, business) Management.
- (countable, government, politics) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
- (government, politics) The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.
- (countable) A body that administers; a body of administrators.
- (uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
- a method of tending to or managing the affairs of some group of people (especially the group's business affairs)
- the act of governing; exercising authority
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- the tenure of a president
- the act of meting out justice according to the law
- the act of administering medication
noun
- (uncountable) The act of omitting.
- Something not done or neglected.
- (grammar) The shortening of a word or phrase, using an apostrophe ( ' ) to replace the missing letters, often used to approximate the sound of speech or a specific dialect.
- (countable) An instance of those acts, or the thing left out thereby; something deleted or left out.
- (uncountable) The act of neglecting to perform an action one has an obligation to do.
- a mistake resulting from neglect
- something that has been omitted
- neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something
- any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
noun
- (countable or uncountable) Postal or other written communications.
- (uncountable) Newspaper or news stories.
- (set theory, countable) A relation.
- (countable) An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
- (uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.
- (theology, Swedenborgianism) A similarity between physical and spiritual things (e.g. light to wisdom, or warmth to love)
- compatibility of observations
- communication by the exchange of letters
- (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
- the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount
- similarity by virtue of corresponding
noun
- (uncountable) The act of registering; registration.
- (countable) A building in which things are registered or where registers are kept.
- (countable) A record; an account; a register.
- (countable, computing) A database of configuration settings etc. maintained by the Microsoft Windows operating system.
- an official written record of names or events or transactions
noun
- (countable, uncountable) An act of interchanging.
- (countable) A highway junction in which traffic may change from one road to another without crossing a stream of traffic.
- A back-and-forth interaction; an exchange.
- (countable) A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway.
- (rail transport, countable) A connection between two or more lines, services or modes of transport; a station at which such a connection can be made.
- mutual interaction; the activity of reciprocating or exchanging (especially information)
- a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams
- the act of changing one thing for another thing
- reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
verb
- (intransitive) to swap or change places
- (transitive) to mutually give and receive (something); to exchange
- (transport) To act as or carry out an interchange (noun, senses 2, 3).
- (transitive) to switch (each of two things)
- (transitive) to alternate; to intermingle or vary
- cause to change places
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- give to, and receive from, one another
- reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
noun
- (countable, law) A communication providing information, such as how an uncertain area of law might apply to possible future actions
- (uncountable, law) Counseling to perform a specific legal act.
- (uncountable) In commercial language, information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange
- (uncountable, law) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.
- (countable) In language about financial transactions executed by formal documents, an advisory document.
- (uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.
- (countable, programming) In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached.
- a proposal for an appropriate course of action
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noun
- (uncountable) Observation; notice; heed.
- (finance) A written or printed paper (or digital equivalent) acknowledging a debt, and promising payment.
- (extension) A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow is at her most useful (i.e. gives milk); the milk given by a cow or sow during such a period.
- A diplomatic missive or written communication.
- (uncountable, UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work.
- (by extension) A call or song of a bird.
- A piece of paper or polymer money; a banknote.
- (uncountable) Reputation; distinction.
- (rhythm games) An indication which players have to click, type, hit, tap or do other actions if it appears
- A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
- A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune; a beat of a drum.
- A short informal letter; a billet.
- (perfumery) An element of a scent, fragrance, or perfume, especially as a descriptor or category.
- A critical comment.
- (by extension) A key of the piano or organ.
- A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
- A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
- A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
- A symbol or annotation.
- (academic) An academic treatise (often without regard to length); a treatment; a discussion paper; (loosely) any contribution to an academic discourse.
- A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observation.
- high status importance owing to marked superiority
- a brief written record
- a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
- a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)
- a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time
- a comment or instruction (usually added)
- a short personal letter
- a characteristic emotional quality
- a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling
verb
- (transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
- (transitive) To denote; to designate.
- (transitive, law) To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.
- (transitive) To annotate.
- (transitive) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
- (transitive) To set down in musical characters.
- notice or perceive
- make mention of
- observe with care or pay close attention to
- make a written note of
noun
- The act of enunciating, announcing, proclaiming, or making known; open attestation; declaration.
- The mode of utterance or pronunciation, especially with regards to the fullness and distinctness of articulation.
- That which is enunciated or announced; words in which a proposition is expressed; formal declaration
- the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
noun
- (uncountable) Public disclosure or discussion of a subject, or expression of an opinion; (countable) an instance of this.
- (uncountable) Exposure of something to the air, especially fresh or warm air for the purpose of ventilating or drying; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) An act of taking an animal (especially a dog or horse) into the open air for exercise.
- (countable) An act of broadcasting a radio or television show; a broadcasting.
- the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate
- the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air
- a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air
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noun
- (uncountable) The act of deprecating.
- (countable) A praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.
- Entreaty for pardon; petitioning.
- (countable) An imprecation or curse.
- a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster
- the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)
noun
- (countable, uncountable) The act of signing up or registering for something.
- (UK) Ellipsis of registration number.
- (countable) That which registers or makes something official, e.g. the form or paper that registers.
- (uncountable) Alignment, e.g. of colors or other elements in a printing process.
- (uncountable) The location where guests register, especially with a hotel.
- (music) The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ.
- a document certifying an act of registering
- the act of adjusting something to match a standard
- (music) the sound property resulting from a combination of organ stops used to perform a particular piece of music; the technique of selecting and adjusting organ stops
- the act of enrolling
- the body of people (such as students) who register or enroll at the same time
noun
- (countable) A message so transmitted.
- (uncountable) The science and technology of the communication of messages over a distance using electric, electronic or electromagnetic impulses.
- (in the plural) Systems used in transmitting such signals.
- (often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic communication at a distance
- (often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically
noun
- (uncountable) The quantity of messages sent through an email system.
- (uncountable) A system for sending messages and datas by means of a computer network, primarily the Internet, using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and the Internet Message Format.
- (countable, informal) An email address.
- (countable) A message being sent through email.
- a message sent over the internet via the email system
- an identifier that a person uses as their identity to communicate on the email system
- (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
verb
noun
- (uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.
- The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.
- (countable) An indication of what is to come in the future or what is secret; a prediction.
- the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
- successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck
- a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
noun
- (countable) An act of authorizing.
- (uncountable) The state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere; formally granted permission.
- (government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.
- (countable) A document giving formal sanction, permission or warrant.
- the power or right to give orders or make decisions
- the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
- official permission or approval
- a document giving an official instruction or command
noun
- (countable, uncountable) The time when something happens.
- (countable, uncountable) The regulation of the pace of e.g. an athletic race, the speed of an engine, the delivery of a joke, or the occurrence of a series of events.
- (uncountable) The synchronization of the firing of the spark plugs in an internal combustion engine.
- (countable) An instance of recording the time of something.
- the regulation of occurrence, pace, or coordination to achieve a desired effect (as in music, theater, athletics, mechanics)
- the time when something happens
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- (uncountable) The state of being compliant.
- (mechanics) A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility
- An act of complying.
- (uncountable) The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others.
- (medicine) The accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan
- (uncountable, business) The department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with.
- acting according to certain accepted standards
- a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
- the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
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- (uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
- (countable) An order or command.
- (computing) A single operation of a processor defined by an instruction set architecture.
- (in the plural) A set of directions provided by a manufacturer for the users of a product or service.
- (law, in the plural) The directions given by a client to their lawyer in relation to a particular legal matter, which govern the purpose and scope of their work.
- (countable) An instance of the information or knowledge so furnished.
- the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill
- (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program
- the profession of a teacher
- a message describing how something is to be done
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- the act of informing by verbal report
- importance or value
- a record or narrative description of past events
- a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services
- the quality of taking advantage
- a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
- grounds
- a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
- a short account of the news
- an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
- An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
- A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
- (banking) A bank account.
- (uncountable) Profit; advantage.
- Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
- A record of events; a relation or narrative.
- Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
- (accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
- A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
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- keep an account of
- to give an account or representation of in words
- be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something
- furnish a justifying analysis or explanation
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain.
- (intransitive) To establish the location for someone.
- (transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for.
- (intransitive) To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for).
- (intransitive) To consider that.
- Used in phrasal verbs: account for, account of, account to.
- (intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc.
noun
- the act of informing by verbal report
- the general estimation that the public has for a person
- a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing)
- an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
- a short account of the news
- a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment
- A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with the most common adpositions being by (referring to creator of the report) and on (referring to the subject).
- (business) An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager.
- Reputation.
- (firearms) The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.
verb
- announce as the result of an investigation or experience or finding
- complain about; make a charge against
- be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
- announce one's presence
- to give an account or representation of in words
- make known to the authorities
- (transitive) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).
- (transitive) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information etc.).
- (ambitransitive) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.
- (intransitive) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.
- To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
- (intransitive) To be accountable to or subordinate to (someone) in a hierarchy; to receive orders from (someone); to give official updates to (someone who is above oneself in a hierarchy).
- (transitive, intransitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
- (nautical) Of a ship, to return to a port.
- (formal, transitive) To notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct etc.); to make notification to relevant authorities; to submit a formal report of.
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- (uncountable) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
- (uncountable, artificial intelligence) Output generated by a trained machine learning model as it applies learned patterns to new data.
- (countable, artificial intelligence) An instance or example of this, such as a prediction, classification, decision, etc.
- (countable) That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.
- the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
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- (uncountable) The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
- (countable) A thing that reinforces.
- A small round white sticker placed around a punched hole in a piece of paper to prevent the binder's rings from tearing through the paper.
- (in the plural) Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.
- (uncountable, behavioral psychology) The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.
- information that makes more forcible or convincing
- a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
- a device designed to provide additional strength
- (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
- an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
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- An act of specifying.
- An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
- a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
- a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
- (patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention
- naming explicitly
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- (uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.
- An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.
- A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
- (rhetoric) A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you".
- The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.
- A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
- The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
- Participation in Holy Communion.
- (anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
- the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
- something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
- a connection allowing access between persons or places
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- (uncountable) The act or process of obfuscating, or obscuring the perception of something; the concept of concealing the meaning of a communication by making it more confusing and harder to interpret.
- (computing, uncountable) The alteration of computer code to preserve its behavior while concealing its structure and intent.
- (countable) A single instance of intentionally obscuring the meaning of something to make it more difficult to grasp.
- (uncountable) Confusion, bewilderment, or a baffled state resulting from something obfuscated, or made more opaque and muddled with the intent to obscure information.
- darkening or obscuring the sight of something
- the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered
- confusion resulting from failure to understand
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- (uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
- (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
- Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
- (sciences) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
- (cinematography, computer graphics, demoscene) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
- The result or outcome of a cause.
- Execution; performance; realization; operation.
- (usually in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
- (sciences, statistics) An influence or causal association between two variables.
- Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
- the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
- an outward appearance
- a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
- an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
- (of a law) having legal validity
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noun
- (uncountable) Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.
- (countable, databases) An additional database server instance used in failover scenarios to decide whether the mirror should take over.
- (countable) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
- (countable) Something that serves as evidence; a sign or token.
- (countable, law) Someone called to give evidence in a court.
- (countable) One who is called upon to witness an event or action, such as a wedding or the signing of a document.
- (textual criticism) A particular version of a text (seen as providing testimony of archetype or other earlier version)
- testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
- (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
- (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
- a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
- someone who sees an event and reports what happened
verb
- (intransitive, construed with to or for) To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.
- (transitive) To furnish proof of, to show.
- (transitive) To take as evidence.
- To see the execution of (a legal instrument), and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity.
- (transitive) To see or gain knowledge of through experience.
- perceive or be contemporaneous with
- be a witness to
noun
- (uncountable) Text or other work resulting from this act.
- (uncountable) Copying of another person's ideas, text, or other creative work, and presenting it as one's own, especially without permission; plagiarizing.
- (countable) The instance of plagiarism.
- the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own
- a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
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- (uncountable) The property of occurring often rather than infrequently.
- (uncountable or countable) The rate of occurrence of anything; the relationship between incidence and time period.
- A tone, character, mood, or vibe
- (telecommunications) range of electromagnetic waves used for wireless communication in devices like radios, TVs and mobile phones
- (statistics) number of times an event occurred in an experiment (absolute frequency)
- (countable) The quotient of the number of times n a periodic phenomenon occurs over the time t in which it occurs: f=n/t.
- the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations
- the number of occurrences within a given time period
- the number of observations in a given statistical category
noun
- (uncountable) The act of supplying.
- (countable) An amount of something supplied.
- (chiefly in the plural) An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
- (in the plural) Provisions.
- (economics) The market force that causes sellers to be both willing and able to sell a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently available to be bought at any given price point; the amount itself.
- Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
- the activity of supplying or providing something
- offering goods and services for sale
- an amount of something available for use
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verb
- (transitive) To serve instead of; to take the place of.
- (transitive) To fill up, or keep full.
- (intransitive) To act as a substitute.
- (transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
- (transitive) To furnish or equip with.
- (transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
- (transitive) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
- circulate or distribute or equip with
- give something useful or necessary to
- state or say further
- give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
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- (countable, uncountable) The act of contradicting.
- (countable) A logical inconsistency among two or more elements or propositions.
- (countable) A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.
- (logic, countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms.
- (logic) a statement that is necessarily false
- the speech act of contradicting someone
- opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas
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- (uncountable) The act of regulating or the condition of being regulated.
- (countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
- (countable, in the singular) A numbered provision within such kind of legislation.
- (law, often in the plural) A type of law made by the executive branch of a government, usually as authorized by a statute made by the legislative branch giving the executive the authority to do so.
- (European Union law) A form of legislative act which is self-effecting, and requires no further intervention by the Member States to become law.
- (genetics) Mechanism controlling DNA transcription.
- (medicine) Physiological process which consists in maintaining homoeostasis.
- the act of controlling or directing according to rule
- the act of bringing to uniformity; making regular
- a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
- the state of being controlled or governed
- an authoritative command
- (embryology) the ability of an early embryo to continue normal development after its structure has been somehow damaged or altered
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- (countable, uncountable) The act of entering again.
- (law) The reestablishment of possession under a right or rights reserved in a previous conveyance.
- (card games, bridge, whist) A re-entry card.
- (law) The act of retaking possession of land, etc.; the entry by a lessor upon the premises leased, on failure of the tenant to pay rent or perform the covenants in the lease.
- (surfing) A trick involving climbing a wave and then returning back down its face.
- (card games, bridge, whist) The act of retaking the lead by winning a trick.
- (music) Of a ukulele, a break in the pitch order of strings.
- (physiology) The reactivation of (a region of) myocardial tissue by a single, returning impulse.
- (aerospace) The return of a spacecraft into the Earth's atmosphere.
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- (uncountable, countable) The act, process or result of approximating, as:
- (mathematics) An imprecise solution or result that is adequate for a defined purpose.
- (medicine) The act of bringing together the edges of tissue to be sutured.
- (linguistics) The act of producing a near-simulation of the pronunciation of a foreign language for a loanword therefrom, or any given pronunciation resulting from that act.
- an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
- the act of bringing near or bringing together especially the cut edges of tissue
- an imprecise or incomplete account
- the quality of coming near to identity (especially close in quantity)
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- the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice
- the official announcement of a new law or ordinance whereby the law or ordinance is put into effect
- a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen
- The act of promulgating or announcing something, especially a proclamation announcing a new law.
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- (uncountable) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
- (countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
- (countable, uncountable, computing) Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.
- the act of compiling (as into a single book or file or list)
- something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
verb
- to alert someone to something
- cause to become awake or conscious
- be awake, be alert, be there
- stop sleeping
- arouse or excite feelings and passions
- (intransitive, figurative) To be excited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.
- To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.
- (intransitive) (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.
- (transitive, figurative) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.
- To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
- (transitive) (often followed by up) To make somebody stop sleeping; to rouse from sleep.
noun
- a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial
- the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
- the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
- (nautical) The path left behind a ship on the surface of the water.
- (historical, Church of England) A yearly parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking.
- The disturbance which follows an object, person or animal moving through water.
- (physics) The perturbation behind a body moving through a fluid.
- (aviation) The turbulent air left behind a flying aircraft.
- (figuratively) The area behind a moving person or object.
- A period after a person's death before or after the body is buried, cremated, etc.; in some cultures accompanied by a party or collectively sorting through the deceased's personal effects.
- The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.
- (collective) A number of vultures assembled together.