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- make more complex or refined
- To make (something) more sophisticated (“complex, developed, or refined”); to develop, to refine.
- alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
- make less natural or innocent
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- To change the meaning of (something) in a deceptive or misleading way.
- (also reflexive) To make (oneself or someone) more sophisticated (“experienced in the ways of the world, that is, cosmopolitan or worldly-wise”); to cosmopolitanize.
- (also figuratively) To alter and make impure (something) by mixing it with some foreign or inferior substance, especially with an intention to deceive; to adulterate; (generally) to corrupt or deceive (someone, their thinking, etc.).
- (intransitive) To practise sophistry (“the (deliberate) making of arguments that seem plausible but are fallacious or misleading”).
- To make (something) less innocent or natural; to artificialize.
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- make more complex, intricate, or richer
- work out in detail
- produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
- add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
- (intransitive, sometimes followed by the prepositions on or upon) To expand/enlarge in detail.
- (transitive) Тo develop in detail or complexity.
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- make more complex, intricate, or richer
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
- treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
- make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
- attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying
- (transitive) To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.
- (intransitive) To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.
- (ambitransitive) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
- (transitive) To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish.
- (transitive) To make nice or subtle.
verb
- make more subtle or refined
- remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- direct energy or urges into useful activities
- vaporize and then condense right back again
- change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
- (chemistry) Of a substance: to change from a solid into a gas without passing through the liquid state, with or without being heated.
- (figurative) Synonym of sublime (“to become higher in quality or status; to improve”).
- (figurative) To raise something to a state of excellence; to improve.
- (also figurative) To raise (someone) to a high office or status; to dignify, to elevate, to exalt.
- (figurative, psychoanalysis) To modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of (such an instinct) into some acceptable activity.
- (chiefly passive voice) To change (a substance) from a gas into a solid through sublimation.
- (figurative, psychoanalysis) To modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of such an instinct into some acceptable activity.
- (figurative) To refine (something) until it disappears or loses all meaning.
- (chemistry) Of a substance: to change from a gas into a solid without passing through the liquid state.
- (generally) To change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently.
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- Involving greater complexity; more difficult, elaborate or specialized.
- In a late stage of development or education; having greatly progressed beyond an initial stage.
- Having moved forward in time or space (e.g. advanced ignition timing).
- At or close to the state of the art.
- (Philippines, of a clock or watch) Indicating a time ahead of the correct time.
- (phonetics) Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract.
- far along in time
- situated ahead or going before
- ahead of the times
- (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry
- ahead in development; complex or intricate
- comparatively late in a course of development
- farther along in physical or mental development
- at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill
verb
verb
- make complex or intricate or complicated
- have as a necessary feature
- connect closely and often incriminatingly
- contain as a part
- require as useful, just, or proper
- occupy or engage the interest of
- engage as a participant
- (figuratively) To entangle, intertwine, or mingle (something with one or more other things, or several things together); especially, to entangle (someone or something) in a confusing or troublesome situation.
- To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include.
- To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
- (specifically, also reflexive, chiefly passive voice) Chiefly followed by with: to engage (someone or oneself) in an emotional or sexual relationship.
- (specifically) To include (something) as a logical or natural, or necessary component, or consequence or effect of something else; to entail, to imply.
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- make bigger or better or more complete
- line or stuff with soft material
- write all the required information onto a form
- make fat or plump
- become round, plump, or shapely
- supplement what is thought to be deficient
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fill, out.
- (transitive) To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.
- (intransitive) To have one's physique expand with maturity or with surplus weight.
verb
- make more specific
- describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of
- prove capable or fit; meet requirements
- make fit or prepared
- specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- pronounce fit or able
- add a modifier to a constituent
- (intransitive) To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage.
- (transitive, juggling) To throw and catch each object at least twice.
- (transitive) To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
- (transitive) To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an assertion to be true.
- (transitive) To certify or license someone for something.
- (intransitive or reflexive) To become competent or eligible for some position or task.
- (transitive) To make someone competent or eligible for some position or task.
- (intransitive) To successfully fall under some category or description by meeting requisite conditions.
- (transitive) To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.
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- make less complex
- to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
- cook until very little liquid is left
- lessen and make more modest
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- reduce in size; reduce physically
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- be the essential element
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make smaller
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- narrow or limit
- undergo meiosis
- put down by force or intimidation
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- take off weight
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
- (intransitive) To lose weight.
- (transitive, Scots law) To annul by legal means.
- (transitive, military) To reform a line or column from (a square).
- (transitive) To be forced by circumstances (into something one considers unworthy).
- (transitive, metallurgy) To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
- (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- (transitive, medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
- (transitive, law) To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
- (transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior state or condition.
- (transitive, computer science) To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
- (transitive, military) To strike off the payroll.
- (transitive, phonetics, phonology) To pronounce (a sound or word) with less effort.
- (transitive, mathematics) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
- (transitive, chemistry) To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
- (transitive, cooking) To decrease the liquid content of (a food) by boiling much of its water off.
- (transitive, logic) To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form.
adj
- Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend).
- (sports such as soccer) Positioned up the field, towards the opposing team's goal.
- (poker) Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush.
- (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
- Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
- (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
- (of a body of water) With tall waves.
- Remote (to the north or south) from the equator; situated at (or constituting) a latitude which is expressed by a large number.
- (of an opinion or practice, obsolete outside set phrases) Extreme, excessive; now specifically very traditionalist and conservative.
- Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
- Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
- Having a large or comparatively larger concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
- Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
- (of a card or hand) Winning; able to take a trick, win a round, etc.
- (phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
- (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
- (with on or about) Keen, enthused.
- Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
- (baseball, of a ball) Above the batter's shoulders.
- Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
- (informal) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
- Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions.
- Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
- Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
- Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
- Most exalted; foremost.
- (nautical, of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
- slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
- happy and excited and energetic
- greater than normal in quantity or amount
- (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like ‘knee-high’)
- standing above others in quality or position
- (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
- used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
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- (countable) A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven) or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc).
- (countable, card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
- (countable, meteorology, informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
- (countable and uncountable, informal) Ellipsis of high school.
- (countable) A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
- The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
- (countable) A drug that gives such a high.
- a lofty level or position or degree
- a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
- an air mass of higher than normal pressure
- a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12
- a high place
- a state of sustained elation
- a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics
verb
- make (more) diverse
- vary in order to spread risk or to expand
- spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
- (transitive) To make (something) diverse or varied in form or quality; to give variety to (something) to distinguish by numerous aspects or differences.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) diverse, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks.
verb
- make denser, stronger, or purer
- make more concise
- cook until very little liquid is left
- make central
- compress or concentrate
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- direct one's attention on something
- draw together or meet in one common center
- (ergative) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
- (intransitive) To focus one's thought or attention (on).
- To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
- To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense.
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- make crisp or more crisp and precise
- make sharp or sharper
- become sharp or sharper
- put (an image) into focus
- make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
- make (one's senses) more acute
- raise the pitch of (musical notes)
- give a point to
- (intransitive) To become sharp.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To make sharp.
verb
- combine so as to form a more complex, product
- combine and form a synthesis
- (transitive) To combine two or more things to produce a new product.
- (intransitive, of two or more things) To be combined producing a new, more complex product.
- (intransitive, chemistry, of a substance) To be produced by chemical synthesis.
- (transitive, chemistry) To produce a substance by chemical synthesis.
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- make thick or thicker
- (academic) To make more detailed or comprehensive.
- make viscous or dense
- become thick or thicker
- (transitive) To make thicker (in the sense of wider).
- (transitive) To make more frequent.
- (intransitive) To become thicker (in the sense of more viscous).
- (intransitive) To become thicker (in the sense of wider).
- (transitive) To strengthen; to confirm.
- (transitive) To make thicker (in the sense of more viscous).
verb
- make bigger or more
- become bigger or greater in amount
- (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
- (astronomy, intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
- To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
- (transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
noun
- a change resulting in an increase
- a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- the act of increasing something
- a quantity that is added
- the amount by which something increases
- Offspring, progeny.
- For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.
- (knitting, crochet) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
- An amount by which a quantity is increased.
verb
- make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked
- To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
- become more extreme
- increase the level of
- make (one's senses) more acute
- increase the height of
- To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
verb
- (transitive) To make more thorough or extensive.
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked
- (intransitive) To become more thorough or extensive.
- (transitive) To make more sound or heavy.
- (intransitive) To become deeper
- (transitive) To make lower in tone
- (intransitive) To become more sound or heavy.
- (intransitive) To become darker or more intense
- (transitive) To make deep or deeper
- (intransitive) To become lower in tone
- (transitive) To make more intimate.
- (intransitive) To become more intimate.
- (transitive) To make darker or more intense; to darken
- (transitive) To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree
- make deeper
- become deeper in tone
- become more intense
noun
- developing in intricate and painstaking detail
- the result of improving something
- a discussion that provides additional information
- addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail
- marked by elaborately complex detail
- (electronics) The process of taking a parsed tree of an abstract integrated circuit definition in a language such as Verilog and creating a hierarchy of module instances that ends with primitive (atomic) gates and statements.
- (psychology) The level of processing of a message or argument.
- The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order
- The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
- (computing) Setting up a hierarchy of calculated constants in a language such as Ada so that the values of one or more of them determine others further down in the hierarchy.
verb
- make more concise
- compress or concentrate
- develop due to condensation
- become more compact or concentrated
- undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
- concentrate by removing water from
- cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid
- (intransitive, chemistry) To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.
- (transitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
- (transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
verb
- make more concise
- become assimilated into the body
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- convert food into absorbable substances
- arrange and integrate in the mind
- soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture
- systematize, as by classifying and summarizing
- soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture
- (transitive) To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme.
- (intransitive) To undergo digestion.
- (transitive) To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.
- (transitive) To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application.
- (transitive, chemistry) To expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations.
- (biochemistry, transitive, of DNA molecules) To cut with one or more restriction endonucleases.
- To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook.
noun
- a periodical that summarizes the news
- something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
- Any collection of articles, as an Internet mailing list including a week's postings, or a magazine arranging a collection of writings.
- A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged; a summary of laws.
- (cryptography) The result of applying a hash function to a message.
- That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles.
noun
- a progression from simpler to more complex forms
- something grown or growing
- the gradual beginning or coming forth
- a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
- (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
- vegetation that has grown
- An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity.
- (biology) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
- An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
- (pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.
- (economics) Ellipsis of economic growth.
- (biology) Something that grows or has grown.
verb
- make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity
- grow vigorously
- become larger in size or volume or quantity
- extend in one or more directions
- expand the influence of
- exaggerate or make bigger
- add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
- (transitive) To express (something) at length and/or in detail.
- (transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.
- (transitive, computing) In a hierarchical list (such as a directory tree or table of contents), to show the subentries of (an entry).
- (intransitive) To increase in extent, number, volume or scope.
- (transitive, algebra) To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent, sum of terms.
- (transitive, arithmetic) To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same (non-zero) number (which yields a fraction of equal value).
- (transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
- (intransitive) To feel generous or optimistic.
- (intransitive) To speak or write at length or in detail.
- (intransitive, algebra, of an expression) To become, by rewriting, a longer, yet equivalent, sum of terms.
- (intransitive) To change or grow from smaller to larger in form, number, or size.
verb
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked
- put or add together
- calculate principal and interest
- create by mixing or combining
- combine so as to form a whole; mix
- (intransitive, finance) To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
- (intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
- (transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.
- (transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
- (horse racing, intransitive) Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.
- (transitive, see usage notes) To worsen a situation.
- (transitive, law) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
adj
- composed of more than one part
- composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony
- consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts
- (mathematics) Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.
- (music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
- Composed of elements; not simple.
noun
- an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
- (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
- a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.
- a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
- (chemistry) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.
- (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.
- Anything made by combining several things.
- An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
- (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or affix, e.g. "bookshop", "high school" or "non-standard".
- Ellipsis of compound exercise.
- (rail transport) A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
- An enclosure for secure storage.
- (law) A legal procedure whereby a criminal or delinquent avoids prosecution in a court in exchange for his payment to the authorities of a financial penalty or fine.
- (by extension, Philippines) A group of buildings where members of the same extended family live together.
- A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
verb
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked
- increase in extent or intensity
- make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
- become more intense
- (intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
- (transitive) To render more intense.
noun
- Complexity.
- Ability to deal with complexity.
- Falsification, contamination.
- Deceptive logic; sophistry.
- Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire.
- Enlightenment or education.
- being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
- the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
- uplifting enlightenment
- a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
- falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies
verb
- make (substances) hard and improve their usability
- be or become preserved
- provide a cure for, make healthy again
- prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve
- (intransitive) To undergo a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
- (transitive) To cause to be rid of (a defect).
- (transitive) To prepare or alter, especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
- (intransitive) To bring about a cure of any kind.
- (transitive) To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
- (intransitive) To solidify or gel.
- (transitive) To restore to health.
- To preserve (food), typically by salting.
noun
- a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
- A process of preservation, as by smoking.
- Cured fish.
- (figurative) A solution to a problem.
- An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
- Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
- A process of solidification or gelling.
- (engineering) A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure or weathering.
- A method, device or medication that restores good health.
- That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.
adj
- Complicated or tricky; complex, difficult.
- Of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots.
- Of an austere or hard nature; rugged.
- Of a part of the body, a tree, etc.: full of knots (knobs or swellings); gnarled, knobbly.
- tangled in knots or snarls
- highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
- used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
- making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
verb
- To make something rational or more rational.
- (mathematics) To remove radicals, without changing the value of an expression or the roots of an equation.
- To structure something along modern, efficient and systematic lines, or according to scientific principles. This often includes eliminating duplication and grouping like or similar items.
- To justify a discreditable act, or irrational behaviour.
- remove irrational quantities from
- think rationally; employ logic or reason
- defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results
noun
- the analysis of complex things into simpler constituents
- a theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components
- An approach to studying complex systems or ideas by reducing them to a set of simpler components.
- (philosophy) A philosophical position which holds that a complex system is nothing but the sum of its parts, and that an account of it can be reduced to accounts of individual constituents. In a reductionist framework, the phenomena that can be explained completely in terms of relations between other more fundamental phenomena are called "epiphenomena".
noun
- the act of reducing complexity
- the act of decreasing or reducing something
- any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
- The act, process, or result of reducing.
- (philosophy, phenomenology) A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
- (computing theory) A transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial-time reduction.
- (cooking) The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
- (mathematics) The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
- (historical, Roman Catholicism) A religious settlement created during a mission by Spanish or Portuguese colonists with the intent of evangelizing Christianity to the local population.
- (music) An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
- (medicine) A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment, usually with a closed approach but sometimes with an open approach (surgery).
- (paying) A reduced price of something by a fraction or decimal.
- The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
- (chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
- (metalworking) The ratio of a material's change in thickness compared to its thickness prior to forging and/or rolling.
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noun
- something added to complete or embellish or make perfect
- an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
- the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- (music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
- That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.
noun
- something added to complete or embellish or make perfect
- number needed to make up a whole force
- either of two parts that mutually complete each other
- a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
- a complete number or quantity
- one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response
- (grammar, linguistics) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.
- (economics) Abbreviation of complementary good.
- (electronics) A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.
- (biochemistry) Synonym of alexin.
- Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition.
- (immunology) One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response.
- (astronomy, geometry) An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle.
- (music) An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave.
- (palaeography, phonetics) A phonetic complement is a graphic element that modifies another, such as (in Linear B script) a small syllabogram that is attached to a logogram as an abbreviation of its reading (as opposed to an adjunct that abbreviates an adjective that modifies that logogram).
- (genetics) A nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (A) by thymine (T) or uracil (U), cytosine (C) by guanine (G), and vice versa.
- The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
- (computing, mathematics) The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number.
- (nautical) The whole working force of a vessel.
- (computing, mathematics) The numeric complement of a number.
- (set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement).
- (logic) An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa.
- (optics) The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light).
- (computing) A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.
- (computing, mathematics) The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number.
- Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
verb
- make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to
- To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
- To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.
- To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.
- Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
noun
- (by extension) Something overly complicated or detailed.
- (physics) The branch of physics which studies matter and energy at the level of atoms and other elementary particles, and substitutes probabilistic mechanisms in place of classical Newtonian ones.
- the branch of quantum physics that accounts for matter at the atomic level; an extension of statistical mechanics based on quantum theory (especially the Pauli exclusion principle)
adj
noun
- (graph theory) A connected subgraph that is not part of any larger connected subgraph.
- A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.
- an abstract part of something
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
noun
- (by extension) Anything with variegated or complex details.
- A heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls.
- a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery
- something that resembles a tapestry in its intricacy
- a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs
verb
adj
- Complicated, especially of complex technology.
- Of a person: having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.
- Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined.
- having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire
- ahead in development; complex or intricate
- intellectually appealing
verb
noun
- developing in intricate and painstaking detail
- the result of improving something
- a discussion that provides additional information
- addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail
- marked by elaborately complex detail
- (electronics) The process of taking a parsed tree of an abstract integrated circuit definition in a language such as Verilog and creating a hierarchy of module instances that ends with primitive (atomic) gates and statements.
- (psychology) The level of processing of a message or argument.
- The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order
- The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
- (computing) Setting up a hierarchy of calculated constants in a language such as Ada so that the values of one or more of them determine others further down in the hierarchy.
noun
- a progression from simpler to more complex forms
- something grown or growing
- the gradual beginning or coming forth
- a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
- (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
- vegetation that has grown
- An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity.
- (biology) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
- An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
- (pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.
- (economics) Ellipsis of economic growth.
- (biology) Something that grows or has grown.
noun
- Complexity.
- Ability to deal with complexity.
- Falsification, contamination.
- Deceptive logic; sophistry.
- Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire.
- Enlightenment or education.
- being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
- the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
- uplifting enlightenment
- a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
- falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies
noun
- the analysis of complex things into simpler constituents
- a theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components
- An approach to studying complex systems or ideas by reducing them to a set of simpler components.
- (philosophy) A philosophical position which holds that a complex system is nothing but the sum of its parts, and that an account of it can be reduced to accounts of individual constituents. In a reductionist framework, the phenomena that can be explained completely in terms of relations between other more fundamental phenomena are called "epiphenomena".
noun
- the act of reducing complexity
- the act of decreasing or reducing something
- any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent
- The act, process, or result of reducing.
- (philosophy, phenomenology) A philosophical procedure intended to reveal the objects of consciousness as pure phenomena. (See phenomenological reduction.)
- (computing theory) A transformation of one problem into another problem, such as mapping reduction or polynomial-time reduction.
- (cooking) The process of rapidly boiling a sauce to concentrate it.
- (mathematics) The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
- (historical, Roman Catholicism) A religious settlement created during a mission by Spanish or Portuguese colonists with the intent of evangelizing Christianity to the local population.
- (music) An arrangement for a far smaller number of parties, e.g. a keyboard solo based on a full opera.
- (medicine) A medical procedure to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment, usually with a closed approach but sometimes with an open approach (surgery).
- (paying) A reduced price of something by a fraction or decimal.
- The amount or rate by which something is reduced, e.g. in price.
- (chemistry) A reaction in which electrons are gained and valence is reduced; often by the removal of oxygen or the addition of hydrogen.
- (metalworking) The ratio of a material's change in thickness compared to its thickness prior to forging and/or rolling.
noun
- something added to complete or embellish or make perfect
- an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
- the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- (music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
- That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.
noun
- something added to complete or embellish or make perfect
- number needed to make up a whole force
- either of two parts that mutually complete each other
- a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
- a complete number or quantity
- one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response
- (grammar, linguistics) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.
- (economics) Abbreviation of complementary good.
- (electronics) A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.
- (biochemistry) Synonym of alexin.
- Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition.
- (immunology) One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response.
- (astronomy, geometry) An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle.
- (music) An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave.
- (palaeography, phonetics) A phonetic complement is a graphic element that modifies another, such as (in Linear B script) a small syllabogram that is attached to a logogram as an abbreviation of its reading (as opposed to an adjunct that abbreviates an adjective that modifies that logogram).
- (genetics) A nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (A) by thymine (T) or uracil (U), cytosine (C) by guanine (G), and vice versa.
- The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
- (computing, mathematics) The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number.
- (nautical) The whole working force of a vessel.
- (computing, mathematics) The numeric complement of a number.
- (set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement).
- (logic) An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa.
- (optics) The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light).
- (computing) A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.
- (computing, mathematics) The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number.
- Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
verb
- make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to
- To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
- To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.
- To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.
- Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
noun
- (by extension) Something overly complicated or detailed.
- (physics) The branch of physics which studies matter and energy at the level of atoms and other elementary particles, and substitutes probabilistic mechanisms in place of classical Newtonian ones.
- the branch of quantum physics that accounts for matter at the atomic level; an extension of statistical mechanics based on quantum theory (especially the Pauli exclusion principle)
noun
- (by extension) Anything with variegated or complex details.
- A heavy woven cloth, often with decorative pictorial designs, normally hung on walls.
- a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery
- something that resembles a tapestry in its intricacy
- a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs
verb
verb
- make more complex or refined
- To make (something) more sophisticated (“complex, developed, or refined”); to develop, to refine.
- alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
- make less natural or innocent
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- To change the meaning of (something) in a deceptive or misleading way.
- (also reflexive) To make (oneself or someone) more sophisticated (“experienced in the ways of the world, that is, cosmopolitan or worldly-wise”); to cosmopolitanize.
- (also figuratively) To alter and make impure (something) by mixing it with some foreign or inferior substance, especially with an intention to deceive; to adulterate; (generally) to corrupt or deceive (someone, their thinking, etc.).
- (intransitive) To practise sophistry (“the (deliberate) making of arguments that seem plausible but are fallacious or misleading”).
- To make (something) less innocent or natural; to artificialize.
noun
adj
verb
- make more complex, intricate, or richer
- work out in detail
- produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
- add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
- (intransitive, sometimes followed by the prepositions on or upon) To expand/enlarge in detail.
- (transitive) Тo develop in detail or complexity.
adj
verb
- make more complex, intricate, or richer
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
- reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
- treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition
- make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of
- attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying
- (transitive) To purify; reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities.
- (intransitive) To become pure; to be cleared of impure matter.
- (ambitransitive) To improve in accuracy, delicacy, or excellence.
- (transitive) To purify of coarseness, vulgarity, inelegance, etc.; to polish.
- (transitive) To make nice or subtle.
verb
- make more subtle or refined
- remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- direct energy or urges into useful activities
- vaporize and then condense right back again
- change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
- (chemistry) Of a substance: to change from a solid into a gas without passing through the liquid state, with or without being heated.
- (figurative) Synonym of sublime (“to become higher in quality or status; to improve”).
- (figurative) To raise something to a state of excellence; to improve.
- (also figurative) To raise (someone) to a high office or status; to dignify, to elevate, to exalt.
- (figurative, psychoanalysis) To modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of (such an instinct) into some acceptable activity.
- (chiefly passive voice) To change (a substance) from a gas into a solid through sublimation.
- (figurative, psychoanalysis) To modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of such an instinct into some acceptable activity.
- (figurative) To refine (something) until it disappears or loses all meaning.
- (chemistry) Of a substance: to change from a gas into a solid without passing through the liquid state.
- (generally) To change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently.
adj
noun
verb
- make complex or intricate or complicated
- have as a necessary feature
- connect closely and often incriminatingly
- contain as a part
- require as useful, just, or proper
- occupy or engage the interest of
- engage as a participant
- (figuratively) To entangle, intertwine, or mingle (something with one or more other things, or several things together); especially, to entangle (someone or something) in a confusing or troublesome situation.
- To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include.
- To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
- (specifically, also reflexive, chiefly passive voice) Chiefly followed by with: to engage (someone or oneself) in an emotional or sexual relationship.
- (specifically) To include (something) as a logical or natural, or necessary component, or consequence or effect of something else; to entail, to imply.
verb
- make bigger or better or more complete
- line or stuff with soft material
- write all the required information onto a form
- make fat or plump
- become round, plump, or shapely
- supplement what is thought to be deficient
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fill, out.
- (transitive) To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.
- (intransitive) To have one's physique expand with maturity or with surplus weight.
verb
- make more specific
- describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of
- prove capable or fit; meet requirements
- make fit or prepared
- specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
- pronounce fit or able
- add a modifier to a constituent
- (intransitive) To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage.
- (transitive, juggling) To throw and catch each object at least twice.
- (transitive) To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
- (transitive) To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an assertion to be true.
- (transitive) To certify or license someone for something.
- (intransitive or reflexive) To become competent or eligible for some position or task.
- (transitive) To make someone competent or eligible for some position or task.
- (intransitive) To successfully fall under some category or description by meeting requisite conditions.
- (transitive) To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.
noun
verb
- make less complex
- to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
- cook until very little liquid is left
- lessen and make more modest
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- reduce in size; reduce physically
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- be the essential element
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- make smaller
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation
- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- narrow or limit
- undergo meiosis
- put down by force or intimidation
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- take off weight
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior rank; to degrade, to demote.
- (intransitive) To lose weight.
- (transitive, Scots law) To annul by legal means.
- (transitive, military) To reform a line or column from (a square).
- (transitive) To be forced by circumstances (into something one considers unworthy).
- (transitive, metallurgy) To produce metal from ore by removing nonmetallic elements in a smelter.
- (transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
- (transitive, medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
- (transitive, law) To convert to written form. (Usage note: this verb almost always appears as "reduce to writing".)
- (transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
- (transitive) To bring to an inferior state or condition.
- (transitive, computer science) To express the solution of a problem in terms of another (known) algorithm.
- (transitive, military) To strike off the payroll.
- (transitive, phonetics, phonology) To pronounce (a sound or word) with less effort.
- (transitive, mathematics) To simplify an equation or formula without changing its value.
- (transitive, chemistry) To add electrons / hydrogen or to remove oxygen.
- (transitive, cooking) To decrease the liquid content of (a food) by boiling much of its water off.
- (transitive, logic) To convert a syllogism to a clearer or simpler form.
verb
- make (more) diverse
- vary in order to spread risk or to expand
- spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
- (transitive) To make (something) diverse or varied in form or quality; to give variety to (something) to distinguish by numerous aspects or differences.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make the scope of (business, investments, etc.) diverse, especially so as to balance and mitigate risks.
verb
- make denser, stronger, or purer
- make more concise
- cook until very little liquid is left
- make central
- compress or concentrate
- be cooked until very little liquid is left
- direct one's attention on something
- draw together or meet in one common center
- (ergative) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.
- (intransitive) To focus one's thought or attention (on).
- To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate.
- To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense.
noun
adj
verb
- make crisp or more crisp and precise
- make sharp or sharper
- become sharp or sharper
- put (an image) into focus
- make (images or sounds) sharp or sharper
- make (one's senses) more acute
- raise the pitch of (musical notes)
- give a point to
- (intransitive) To become sharp.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To make sharp.
verb
- combine so as to form a more complex, product
- combine and form a synthesis
- (transitive) To combine two or more things to produce a new product.
- (intransitive, of two or more things) To be combined producing a new, more complex product.
- (intransitive, chemistry, of a substance) To be produced by chemical synthesis.
- (transitive, chemistry) To produce a substance by chemical synthesis.
verb
- make thick or thicker
- (academic) To make more detailed or comprehensive.
- make viscous or dense
- become thick or thicker
- (transitive) To make thicker (in the sense of wider).
- (transitive) To make more frequent.
- (intransitive) To become thicker (in the sense of more viscous).
- (intransitive) To become thicker (in the sense of wider).
- (transitive) To strengthen; to confirm.
- (transitive) To make thicker (in the sense of more viscous).
verb
- make bigger or more
- become bigger or greater in amount
- (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
- (astronomy, intransitive) To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
- To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
- (transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
noun
- a change resulting in an increase
- a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- the act of increasing something
- a quantity that is added
- the amount by which something increases
- Offspring, progeny.
- For a quantity, the act or process of becoming larger.
- (knitting, crochet) The creation of one or more new stitches; see Increase (knitting).
- An amount by which a quantity is increased.
verb
- make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked
- To advance, increase, augment, make larger, more intense, stronger etc.
- become more extreme
- increase the level of
- make (one's senses) more acute
- increase the height of
- To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
verb
- (transitive) To make more thorough or extensive.
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked
- (intransitive) To become more thorough or extensive.
- (transitive) To make more sound or heavy.
- (intransitive) To become deeper
- (transitive) To make lower in tone
- (intransitive) To become more sound or heavy.
- (intransitive) To become darker or more intense
- (transitive) To make deep or deeper
- (intransitive) To become lower in tone
- (transitive) To make more intimate.
- (intransitive) To become more intimate.
- (transitive) To make darker or more intense; to darken
- (transitive) To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree
- make deeper
- become deeper in tone
- become more intense
verb
- make more concise
- compress or concentrate
- develop due to condensation
- become more compact or concentrated
- undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
- concentrate by removing water from
- cause a gas or vapor to change into a liquid
- (intransitive, chemistry) To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.
- (transitive, chemistry) To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
- (transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
verb
- make more concise
- become assimilated into the body
- put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- convert food into absorbable substances
- arrange and integrate in the mind
- soften or disintegrate, as by undergoing exposure to heat or moisture
- systematize, as by classifying and summarizing
- soften or disintegrate by means of chemical action, heat, or moisture
- (transitive) To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme.
- (intransitive) To undergo digestion.
- (transitive) To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.
- (transitive) To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application.
- (transitive, chemistry) To expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations.
- (biochemistry, transitive, of DNA molecules) To cut with one or more restriction endonucleases.
- To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook.
noun
- a periodical that summarizes the news
- something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)
- Any collection of articles, as an Internet mailing list including a week's postings, or a magazine arranging a collection of writings.
- A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged; a summary of laws.
- (cryptography) The result of applying a hash function to a message.
- That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles.
verb
- make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity
- grow vigorously
- become larger in size or volume or quantity
- extend in one or more directions
- expand the influence of
- exaggerate or make bigger
- add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
- (transitive) To express (something) at length and/or in detail.
- (transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.
- (transitive, computing) In a hierarchical list (such as a directory tree or table of contents), to show the subentries of (an entry).
- (intransitive) To increase in extent, number, volume or scope.
- (transitive, algebra) To rewrite (an expression) as a longer, yet equivalent, sum of terms.
- (transitive, arithmetic) To multiply both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same (non-zero) number (which yields a fraction of equal value).
- (transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
- (intransitive) To feel generous or optimistic.
- (intransitive) To speak or write at length or in detail.
- (intransitive, algebra, of an expression) To become, by rewriting, a longer, yet equivalent, sum of terms.
- (intransitive) To change or grow from smaller to larger in form, number, or size.
verb
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked
- put or add together
- calculate principal and interest
- create by mixing or combining
- combine so as to form a whole; mix
- (intransitive, finance) To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
- (intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
- (transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.
- (transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
- (horse racing, intransitive) Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.
- (transitive, see usage notes) To worsen a situation.
- (transitive, law) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
adj
- composed of more than one part
- composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony
- consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts
- (mathematics) Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.
- (music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
- Composed of elements; not simple.
noun
- an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
- (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
- a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.
- a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
- (chemistry) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.
- (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.
- Anything made by combining several things.
- An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
- (linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or affix, e.g. "bookshop", "high school" or "non-standard".
- Ellipsis of compound exercise.
- (rail transport) A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
- An enclosure for secure storage.
- (law) A legal procedure whereby a criminal or delinquent avoids prosecution in a court in exchange for his payment to the authorities of a financial penalty or fine.
- (by extension, Philippines) A group of buildings where members of the same extended family live together.
- A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
verb
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked
- increase in extent or intensity
- make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark
- become more intense
- (intransitive) To become intense, or more intense; to act with increasing power or energy.
- (transitive) To render more intense.
verb
- make (substances) hard and improve their usability
- be or become preserved
- provide a cure for, make healthy again
- prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve
- (intransitive) To undergo a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
- (transitive) To cause to be rid of (a defect).
- (transitive) To prepare or alter, especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
- (intransitive) To bring about a cure of any kind.
- (transitive) To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
- (intransitive) To solidify or gel.
- (transitive) To restore to health.
- To preserve (food), typically by salting.
noun
- a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
- A process of preservation, as by smoking.
- Cured fish.
- (figurative) A solution to a problem.
- An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
- Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
- A process of solidification or gelling.
- (engineering) A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure or weathering.
- A method, device or medication that restores good health.
- That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.
verb
- To make something rational or more rational.
- (mathematics) To remove radicals, without changing the value of an expression or the roots of an equation.
- To structure something along modern, efficient and systematic lines, or according to scientific principles. This often includes eliminating duplication and grouping like or similar items.
- To justify a discreditable act, or irrational behaviour.
- remove irrational quantities from
- think rationally; employ logic or reason
- defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results
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adj
adj
- Involving greater complexity; more difficult, elaborate or specialized.
- In a late stage of development or education; having greatly progressed beyond an initial stage.
- Having moved forward in time or space (e.g. advanced ignition timing).
- At or close to the state of the art.
- (Philippines, of a clock or watch) Indicating a time ahead of the correct time.
- (phonetics) Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract.
- far along in time
- situated ahead or going before
- ahead of the times
- (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry
- ahead in development; complex or intricate
- comparatively late in a course of development
- farther along in physical or mental development
- at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill
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- make more complex, intricate, or richer
- work out in detail
- produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product
- add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
- (intransitive, sometimes followed by the prepositions on or upon) To expand/enlarge in detail.
- (transitive) Тo develop in detail or complexity.
adj
adj
- Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend).
- (sports such as soccer) Positioned up the field, towards the opposing team's goal.
- (poker) Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush.
- (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
- Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
- (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
- (of a body of water) With tall waves.
- Remote (to the north or south) from the equator; situated at (or constituting) a latitude which is expressed by a large number.
- (of an opinion or practice, obsolete outside set phrases) Extreme, excessive; now specifically very traditionalist and conservative.
- Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
- Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
- Having a large or comparatively larger concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
- Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
- (of a card or hand) Winning; able to take a trick, win a round, etc.
- (phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
- (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
- (with on or about) Keen, enthused.
- Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
- (baseball, of a ball) Above the batter's shoulders.
- Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
- (informal) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
- Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions.
- Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
- Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
- Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
- Most exalted; foremost.
- (nautical, of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
- slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
- happy and excited and energetic
- greater than normal in quantity or amount
- (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like ‘knee-high’)
- standing above others in quality or position
- (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
- used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
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- (countable) A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven) or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc).
- (countable, card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
- (countable, meteorology, informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
- (countable and uncountable, informal) Ellipsis of high school.
- (countable) A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
- The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
- (countable) A drug that gives such a high.
- a lofty level or position or degree
- a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
- an air mass of higher than normal pressure
- a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12
- a high place
- a state of sustained elation
- a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics
adj
- Complicated or tricky; complex, difficult.
- Of string or something stringlike: full of, or tied up, in knots.
- Of an austere or hard nature; rugged.
- Of a part of the body, a tree, etc.: full of knots (knobs or swellings); gnarled, knobbly.
- tangled in knots or snarls
- highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
- used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots
- making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
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noun
- (graph theory) A connected subgraph that is not part of any larger connected subgraph.
- A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.
- an abstract part of something
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
adj
- Complicated, especially of complex technology.
- Of a person: having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.
- Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined.
- having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire
- ahead in development; complex or intricate
- intellectually appealing