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verb
- establish a conditioned response
- To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny
- put into a better state
- specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- To subject to the process of acclimation.
- (transitive) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
- (US, colleges, transitive) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college.
- (transitive) To treat, especially hair with hair conditioner.
- (transitive) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
- To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
- To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
- (transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.
- To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.
noun
- the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
- a state at a particular time
- an illness, disease, or other medical problem
- information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
- the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases ‘in condition’ or ‘in shape’ or ‘out of condition’ or ‘out of shape’)
- (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
- an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
- a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
- A state or quality.
- A requirement.
- (law) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.
- A certain abnormal state of health; a malady or sickness.
- The health status of a medical patient.
- A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
- A particular state of being.
noun
- (psychology) Initialism of conditioned response.
- (physiology) Initialism of conditioned reflex.
- (medicine) Initialism of computed radiography.
- (sports) Initialism of Circuit Record.
- (Philippines) Initialism of comfort room (“bathroom; restroom; washroom; water closet”).
- Initialism of county road.
- (medicine) Initialism of complete response.
- (India) Initialism of class representative.
- (sports) Initialism of Commonwealth Record.
- (medicine) Initialism of complete remission.
- (sports) Initialism of championship record or competition record.
- Initialism of community resolution.
- (sports) Initialism of Championship Record.
- (sports) Initialism of Competition Record.
- (US politics, law) Initialism of continuing resolution.
- (linguistics) Initialism of clarification request.
- Initialism of country route.
- (sports) Initialism of Course Record.
- (nutrition) Initialism of caloric restriction.
- (accounting) Credit.
- Initialism of consciousness-raising.
- (sports) Initialism of Canadian Record.
- (computing) Initialism of carriage return.
- (sports) Initialism of Cup Record.
adj
name
verb
noun
noun
- (computing) Initialism of constrained conditional model.
- Initialism of countercountermeasure.
- (aeronautics) Initialism of Cabin Crew Member (“cabin crew, flight attendant”).
- (military, US) Initialism of Combined Cypher Machine.
- (botany, biochemistry) Initialism of carbon-concentrating mechanism.
- Initialism of contemporary Christian music.
name
noun
- conditioning that pairs a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that evokes a reflex; the stimulus that evokes the reflex is given whether or not the conditioned response occurs until eventually the neutral stimulus comes to evoke the reflex
- (psychology) A learning process in which a previously neutral stimulus (such as a bell) is paired with a potent stimulus (such as food in the case of a dog), so that the neutral stimulus comes to elicit a conditioned response (salivation) similar to the one elicited by the potent stimulus.
noun
- (psychology) A conditioned response.
- (computing) The act of writing a computer program.
- Brain-washing.
- (broadcasting) The designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program/programme.
- The software that controls a machine, or the logic expressed in such software; operating instructions.
- The design and scheduling of a performance such as ballet.
- creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something
- setting an order and time for planned events
verb
noun
- a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
- (psychology) The fading of a conditioned response over time if it is not reinforced.
- the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
- the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
- complete annihilation
- no longer in existence
- no longer active; extinguished
- (astronomy) The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by intervening dust and gas before it reaches the observer.
- The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
- (pathology) The inability to perceive multiple stimuli simultaneously.
verb
- react to a stimulus or command
- understand the meaning of
- give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
- give the correct answer or solution to
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
- respond to a signal
- match or correspond
- be liable or accountable
- react verbally
- (law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
- (ambitransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
- (ambitransitive) To make a reply or response to.
- To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
- To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
- (ambitransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
- To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
- (transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
- To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
- To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
noun
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- the speech act of replying to a question
- the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’ (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
- a nonverbal reaction
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
- A solution to a problem.
- (law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
- (after a possessive, with to) Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
- A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
verb
- (programming, intransitive) To wait for some condition to become true.
- (transitive) To shape or sketch out roughly.
- (transitive) To bar (impose a ban on a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- (transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- (transitive) To shape, stretch, or mould knitted items, hats, books (and book covers), shoes, etc.
- (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
- (transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).
- (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- (transitive) To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
- (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
- (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- (intransitive) To experience mental block or creative block.
- (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
- shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- stop from happening or developing
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- run on a block system
- shape into a block or blocks
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- block passage through
- support, secure, or raise with a block
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- obstruct
- render unsuitable for passage
- be unable to remember
- shape by using a block
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
noun
- (computing, social media) A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
- (slang) The human head.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- (UK) Solitary confinement.
- (cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- (gymnastics) The portion of the movement where a gymnast pushes off the vault.
- A cellblock.
- (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- (viticulture) A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- (cricket) The popping crease.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- (backgammon) Any point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.
- (rail transport) A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
- (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- (cricket) A blockhole.
- Misspelling of bloc.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- (education) A yeargroup at Eton College.
- (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors.
- (computing) A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
- a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
- (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- a platform from which an auctioneer sells
- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
adj
- reacting to a stimulus
- containing or using responses; alternating
- readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion
- (graphical user interface) Automatically resizing and repositioning elements to fit the available space.
- Able to receive and respond to external stimuli.
- Using antiphons; antiphonal.
- Susceptible to the feelings of others.
- Answering, replying or responding
adj
noun
- (logic) A statement that one sentence is true if another is.
- (programming) An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point.
- A condition (a limitation or restriction).
- (grammar) A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
- (grammar) The conditional mood.
verb
noun
- an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
- An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
- (linguistics, rare) The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant.
- (linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.
- The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.
- (chiefly photography) A reflection or an image produced by a reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
adj
adj
- of or relating to a sensitive dependence on initial conditions
- completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing
- lacking a visible order or organization
- Filled with chaos.
- (roleplaying games) Aligned against following or upholding laws and principles.
- (mathematics) Highly sensitive to starting conditions, so that a small change to them may yield a very different outcome.
- Extremely disorganized or in disarray.
noun
noun
- (psychology) Initialism of conditioned stimulus.
- (baseball) Initialism of caught stealing (especially as a statistic).
- (nautical, telecommunications) Initialism of cable ship.
- Initialism of child support.
- (vulgar, slang) Initialism of cocksucker.
- (anatomy) Initialism of coronary sinus.
- (medicine) Initialism of Coma scale, often the Glasgow Coma Scale.
- (biology) Initialism of circumsporozoite.
- (education) Initialism of complementary studies.
- Initialism of controlled substance.
- Initialism of customer service.
- (wine) Initialism of Cabernet Sauvignon.
- Initialism of computer science.
- Short for CS gas
- (telecommunications) Initialism of circuit-switched.
- (UK, law enforcement) Initialism of chief superintendent.
name
adj
- established by conditioning or learning
- having or showing profound knowledge
- highly educated; having extensive information or understanding
- Scholarly, exhibiting scholarship.
- Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
- Derived from experience; acquired by learning.
- (law, formal) A courteous description used in various ways to refer to lawyers or judges.
verb
noun
- (Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus
- (physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex
- the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background
- (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
- the condition of being exposed to radiation
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- (uncountable) a process of sterilization whereby radiation is passed through a bag containing food, utensils, etc., to sterilize the contents.
- Synonym of radiotherapy.
noun
verb
- react to in a certain way
- be perceived by
- send greetings to
- express greetings upon meeting someone
- (transitive, figurative) To be perceived by (someone).
- (transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.
- (transitive) To accost; to address.
- (transitive) To arrive at or reach, or meet.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To weep; to cry.
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To respond through reaction.
- (intransitive) To have a connection.
- (intransitive) To interact.
- (transitive) To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another).
- (intransitive) To identify with; to understand. [with to]
- (transitive) To tell in a descriptive way.
- make a logical or causal connection
- be in a relationship with
- be relevant to
- give an account of; narrate
- have or establish a relationship to
conj
- Introducing a relevance conditional; in case.
- Supposing that; used with past or past perfect subjunctive to indicate a counterfactual or hypothetical condition.
- While; used to introduce a contrast (frequently used by some historians but rare elsewhere)
- (usually hyperbolic) Even if; even in the circumstances that.
- Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that; used to introduce a condition that may be (or prove to be) either true or false.
- When; whenever; every time that.
- (sometimes proscribed) Whether; used to introduce a noun clause, an indirect question, that functions as the direct object of certain verbs.
- (computing) A keyword that invokes conditional processing: in the event that a given condition is true, execute the given statement(s) (otherwise execute other statements).
- Although; used to introduce a concession; may..but.
- Considering the fact that; given that; introducing a condition that is known to be true.
noun
noun
- (psychology) Initialism of conditioned response.
- (physiology) Initialism of conditioned reflex.
- (medicine) Initialism of computed radiography.
- (sports) Initialism of Circuit Record.
- (Philippines) Initialism of comfort room (“bathroom; restroom; washroom; water closet”).
- Initialism of county road.
- (medicine) Initialism of complete response.
- (India) Initialism of class representative.
- (sports) Initialism of Commonwealth Record.
- (medicine) Initialism of complete remission.
- (sports) Initialism of championship record or competition record.
- Initialism of community resolution.
- (sports) Initialism of Championship Record.
- (sports) Initialism of Competition Record.
- (US politics, law) Initialism of continuing resolution.
- (linguistics) Initialism of clarification request.
- Initialism of country route.
- (sports) Initialism of Course Record.
- (nutrition) Initialism of caloric restriction.
- (accounting) Credit.
- Initialism of consciousness-raising.
- (sports) Initialism of Canadian Record.
- (computing) Initialism of carriage return.
- (sports) Initialism of Cup Record.
adj
name
verb
noun
noun
- (computing) Initialism of constrained conditional model.
- Initialism of countercountermeasure.
- (aeronautics) Initialism of Cabin Crew Member (“cabin crew, flight attendant”).
- (military, US) Initialism of Combined Cypher Machine.
- (botany, biochemistry) Initialism of carbon-concentrating mechanism.
- Initialism of contemporary Christian music.
name
noun
- conditioning that pairs a neutral stimulus with a stimulus that evokes a reflex; the stimulus that evokes the reflex is given whether or not the conditioned response occurs until eventually the neutral stimulus comes to evoke the reflex
- (psychology) A learning process in which a previously neutral stimulus (such as a bell) is paired with a potent stimulus (such as food in the case of a dog), so that the neutral stimulus comes to elicit a conditioned response (salivation) similar to the one elicited by the potent stimulus.
noun
- (psychology) A conditioned response.
- (computing) The act of writing a computer program.
- Brain-washing.
- (broadcasting) The designing, scheduling or planning of a radio or television program/programme.
- The software that controls a machine, or the logic expressed in such software; operating instructions.
- The design and scheduling of a performance such as ballet.
- creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something
- setting an order and time for planned events
verb
noun
- a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
- (psychology) The fading of a conditioned response over time if it is not reinforced.
- the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
- the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning
- complete annihilation
- no longer in existence
- no longer active; extinguished
- (astronomy) The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by intervening dust and gas before it reaches the observer.
- The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
- (pathology) The inability to perceive multiple stimuli simultaneously.
noun
- (psychology) Initialism of conditioned stimulus.
- (baseball) Initialism of caught stealing (especially as a statistic).
- (nautical, telecommunications) Initialism of cable ship.
- Initialism of child support.
- (vulgar, slang) Initialism of cocksucker.
- (anatomy) Initialism of coronary sinus.
- (medicine) Initialism of Coma scale, often the Glasgow Coma Scale.
- (biology) Initialism of circumsporozoite.
- (education) Initialism of complementary studies.
- Initialism of controlled substance.
- Initialism of customer service.
- (wine) Initialism of Cabernet Sauvignon.
- Initialism of computer science.
- Short for CS gas
- (telecommunications) Initialism of circuit-switched.
- (UK, law enforcement) Initialism of chief superintendent.
name
noun
- (Pavolvian conditioning) the elicitation of a conditioned response by stimulation similar but not identical to the original stimulus
- (physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex
- the apparent enlargement of a bright object when viewed against a dark background
- (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
- the condition of being exposed to radiation
- a column of light (as from a beacon)
- (uncountable) a process of sterilization whereby radiation is passed through a bag containing food, utensils, etc., to sterilize the contents.
- Synonym of radiotherapy.
noun
verb
noun
- an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
- An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
- (linguistics, rare) The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant.
- (linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.
- The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.
- (chiefly photography) A reflection or an image produced by a reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
adj
verb
- establish a conditioned response
- To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny
- put into a better state
- specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- To subject to the process of acclimation.
- (transitive) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
- (US, colleges, transitive) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college.
- (transitive) To treat, especially hair with hair conditioner.
- (transitive) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
- To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
- To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
- (transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.
- To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.
noun
- the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
- a state at a particular time
- an illness, disease, or other medical problem
- information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
- the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases ‘in condition’ or ‘in shape’ or ‘out of condition’ or ‘out of shape’)
- (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
- an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
- a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
- A state or quality.
- A requirement.
- (law) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.
- A certain abnormal state of health; a malady or sickness.
- The health status of a medical patient.
- A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
- A particular state of being.
verb
- establish a conditioned response
- To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.
- develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; especially to teach self-control
- apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny
- put into a better state
- specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- To subject to the process of acclimation.
- (transitive) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
- (US, colleges, transitive) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college.
- (transitive) To treat, especially hair with hair conditioner.
- (transitive) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
- To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
- To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
- (transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.
- To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.
noun
- the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
- a state at a particular time
- an illness, disease, or other medical problem
- information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
- the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases ‘in condition’ or ‘in shape’ or ‘out of condition’ or ‘out of shape’)
- (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of an agreement
- an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else
- a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing
- A state or quality.
- A requirement.
- (law) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.
- A certain abnormal state of health; a malady or sickness.
- The health status of a medical patient.
- A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
- A particular state of being.
verb
- react to a stimulus or command
- understand the meaning of
- give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)
- give the correct answer or solution to
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
- be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of
- respond to a signal
- match or correspond
- be liable or accountable
- react verbally
- (law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
- (ambitransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
- (ambitransitive) To make a reply or response to.
- To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
- To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
- To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
- (ambitransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
- To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
- (transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
- To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
- To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
noun
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- the speech act of replying to a question
- the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of ‘guilty’ or ‘not guilty’ (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims
- a nonverbal reaction
- a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
- A solution to a problem.
- (law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
- (after a possessive, with to) Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
- A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
verb
- (programming, intransitive) To wait for some condition to become true.
- (transitive) To shape or sketch out roughly.
- (transitive) To bar (impose a ban on a person or bot, etc.) from connecting via telephone, instant messaging, etc., or from accessing an online account or service, or similar.
- (transitive) To fill or obstruct (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
- (transitive) To shape, stretch, or mould knitted items, hats, books (and book covers), shoes, etc.
- (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
- (transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).
- (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
- (transitive) To bar (a message or communication), or bar connection with (an online account or service, a designated telephone number, IP address, etc.).
- (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
- (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
- (intransitive) To experience mental block or creative block.
- (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
- shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- stop from happening or developing
- hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- run on a block system
- shape into a block or blocks
- interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
- block passage through
- support, secure, or raise with a block
- impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
- stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
- obstruct
- render unsuitable for passage
- be unable to remember
- shape by using a block
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
- interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
noun
- (computing, social media) A temporary or permanent ban that prevents access to an online account or service, or connection to or from a designated telephone number, IP address, or similar.
- A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
- A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- A cuboid or approximately cuboid building.
- (slang) The human head.
- Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
- (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
- (UK) Solitary confinement.
- (cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.
- A contiguous group of urban lots of property, typically several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
- (gymnastics) The portion of the movement where a gymnast pushes off the vault.
- A cellblock.
- (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).
- (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
- The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
- A physical area or extent of something, often rectangular or approximately rectangular.
- (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
- (viticulture) A discrete group of vines in a vineyard, often distinguished from others by variety, clone, canopy training method, irrigation infrastructure, or some combination thereof.
- (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
- (cricket) The popping crease.
- A section of split logs used as fuel.
- (backgammon) Any point on the board where two or more men rest, and consequently an opponent may not land.
- (rail transport) A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
- (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.
- A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end, forming a cuboid shape.
- A logical extent or region; a grouping or apportionment of like things treated together as a unit.
- (cricket) A blockhole.
- Misspelling of bloc.
- A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- (education) A yeargroup at Eton College.
- (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
- (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors.
- (computing) A contiguous range of Unicode code points used to encode characters of a specific type; can be of any size evenly divisible by 16, up to 65,536 (a full plane).
- A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
- A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
- (cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a still life consisting of four living cells arranged in a two-by-two square.
- Something that prevents something from passing.
- (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
- a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit
- a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope
- the act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
- (computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted
- housing in a large building that is divided into separate units
- an obstruction in a pipe or tube
- a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine
- a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
- a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings
- a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
- a platform from which an auctioneer sells
- an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension
verb
noun
- an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
- An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
- (linguistics, rare) The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant.
- (linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.
- The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.
- (chiefly photography) A reflection or an image produced by a reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
adj
verb
- react to in a certain way
- be perceived by
- send greetings to
- express greetings upon meeting someone
- (transitive, figurative) To be perceived by (someone).
- (transitive) To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means such as writing.
- (transitive) To accost; to address.
- (transitive) To arrive at or reach, or meet.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To weep; to cry.
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To respond through reaction.
- (intransitive) To have a connection.
- (intransitive) To interact.
- (transitive) To bring into a relation, association, or connection (between one thing and another).
- (intransitive) To identify with; to understand. [with to]
- (transitive) To tell in a descriptive way.
- make a logical or causal connection
- be in a relationship with
- be relevant to
- give an account of; narrate
- have or establish a relationship to
adj
- reacting to a stimulus
- containing or using responses; alternating
- readily reacting or replying to people or events or stimuli; showing emotion
- (graphical user interface) Automatically resizing and repositioning elements to fit the available space.
- Able to receive and respond to external stimuli.
- Using antiphons; antiphonal.
- Susceptible to the feelings of others.
- Answering, replying or responding
adj
noun
- (logic) A statement that one sentence is true if another is.
- (programming) An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point.
- A condition (a limitation or restriction).
- (grammar) A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
- (grammar) The conditional mood.
adj
- of or relating to a sensitive dependence on initial conditions
- completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing
- lacking a visible order or organization
- Filled with chaos.
- (roleplaying games) Aligned against following or upholding laws and principles.
- (mathematics) Highly sensitive to starting conditions, so that a small change to them may yield a very different outcome.
- Extremely disorganized or in disarray.
noun
adj
- established by conditioning or learning
- having or showing profound knowledge
- highly educated; having extensive information or understanding
- Scholarly, exhibiting scholarship.
- Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
- Derived from experience; acquired by learning.
- (law, formal) A courteous description used in various ways to refer to lawyers or judges.