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noun
- An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it.
- A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader.
- a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
- a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
adj
- characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
- (philosophy, medicine) Adhering only to principles which are true a priori, rather than truths based on evidence or deduction.
- of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
- relating to or involving dogma
- Pertaining to dogmas; doctrinal.
- Asserting dogmas or beliefs in a superior or arrogant way; opinionated, dictatorial.
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adj
- conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief
- not counterfeit or copied
- Designating a cadence in which the dominant chord precedes the tonic.
- Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
- Designating a mode having the final as the lowest note.
- Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
adj
- conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief
- worthy of being depended on
- worthy of reliance or trust
- (signal processing, of a communication protocol) Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't.
- Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence, reliance or trust; dependable, trustworthy
noun
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- A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
- A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.
- An original faculty or endowment.
- (sometimes pluralized) Moral rule or aspect.
- A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
- (physics) A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.
- Misspelling of principal.
- A chemical compound within plant or animal tissue that is characteristic of it and more or less peculiar to it, such that it defines the character of that tissue from a human viewpoint (as for example nicotine in tobacco).
- A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.
- a basic truth or law or assumption
- (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
- a rule or standard especially of good behavior
- rule of personal conduct
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
verb
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- (philosophical) Justified true belief
- Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.
- The total of what is known; all information and products of learning.
- (countable) Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science.
- (UK, informal) The deep familiarity with certain routes and places of interest required by taxicab drivers working in London, England.
- The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
- Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.
- Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.
- the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
noun
- Moral firmness; validity; truth; certainty.
- The state or quality of being solid.
- (geometry) The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of enclosed space.
- the consistency of a solid
- state of having the interior filled with matter
- the quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally
verb
- To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.
- (ambitransitive, Christianity, historical) To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office.
- take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
- maintain or assert
- require as useful, just, or proper
adj
noun
- (logic) An axiom.
- A fundamental element; a basic principle.
- A requirement; a prerequisite.
- Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption.
- (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
noun
- an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth
- a proposition deducible from basic postulates
- (logic) A syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system.
- (mathematics) A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called lemmas.
- (mathematics, colloquial, nonstandard) A mathematical statement that is expected to be true.
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- (philosophy) A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.
- An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received.
- (logic, mathematics, proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context).
- (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident
- a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
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- (philosophy) the doctrine that (since certainty is unattainable) probability is a sufficient basis for belief and action
- a Roman Catholic system of casuistry that when expert opinions differ an actor can follow any solidly probable opinion that they wish even though some different opinion might be more probable
- (philosophy) The doctrine that, in the absence of certainty, probability is the best criterion.
- (theology, chiefly Catholicism) The casuistic doctrine that, in difficult matters of conscience, one may safely follow a doctrine that is probable, e.g. approved by a recognized Doctor of the Church, even if the opposite opinion is more probable.
adj
- pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
- (algebra) positive; not negative
- positive
- pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
- Dogmatic.
- (logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
- Confirmative; ratifying.
- expecting the best
- affirming or giving assent
- expressing or manifesting praise or approval
intj
noun
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- (uncountable) Firmness of conviction.
- A choice or judgement.
- (baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.
- The act of deciding.
- (chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.
- the act of making up your mind about something
- a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
- the outcome of a game or contest
- (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred
- the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose
verb
noun
- firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
- the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
- excessive sternness
- the property of moving with pain or difficulty
- the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
- Inelegance; a lack of relaxedness.
- Muscular tension due to unaccustomed or excessive exercise or work; soreness.
- Inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility.
- Rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
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adj
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- (UK, informal) Term of greeting, equivalent to how are you or hello.
- Used to express exasperation or frustration, often reduplicated or with already.
- Used as a general lead-in or beginning.
- Used to fill space or pauses.
- Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.
- Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement.
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- a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
- the state of having good sense and sound judgment
- an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
- a justification for something existing or happening
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
- a rational motive for a belief or action
- A wall plate.
- An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
- That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
- (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
- A motive for an action or a determination.
- (logic) A premise placed after its conclusion.
verb
- decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
- think logically
- present reasons and arguments
- (intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational.
- (transitive, usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
- (transitive) To persuade by reasoning or argument.
- (transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request.
- (ambitransitive) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
- (transitive, with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
- (intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
noun
- a belief that can guide behavior
- a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
- a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
- (sciences) A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc.
- (mathematics) A field of study attempting to exhaustively describe a particular class of constructs.
- (chess and similar games) The standardization and study of fixed sequences of moves, especially in the opening phase of a game.
- A description of an event or system that is considered to be accurate.
- (informal) A hypothesis or conjecture.
- (uncountable) The underlying principles or methods of a given technical skill, art etc., as opposed to its practice.
- (countable, logic) A set of axioms together with all statements derivable from them; or, a set of statements which are deductively closed. Equivalently, a formal language plus a set of axioms (from which can then be derived theorems). The statements may be required to all be bound (i.e., to have no free variables).
adj
- Manifestly true; requiring no argument.
- Very close; direct or adjacent.
- Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.
- (procedure word, military) An artillery fire mission modifier for two types of fire mission to denote an immediate need for fire: Immediate smoke, all guns involved must reload smoke and fire. Immediate suppression, all guns involved fire the rounds currently loaded and then switch to high explosive with impact fused (unless fuses are specified).
- (procedure word, military) Used to denote that a transmission is urgent.
- (computer science, of an instruction operand) Embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location).
- having no intervening medium
- very close or connected in space or time
- immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect
- of the present time and place
- performed with little or no delay
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noun
- the lowest tone of a harmonic series
- any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business
- (generic, singular) A basic truth, elementary concept, principle, rule, or law. An individual fundamental will often serve as a building block used to form a complex idea.
- (physics) The lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.
- (music) The lowest partial of a complex tone.
- (generic, plural) A collection of essential component ideas that are often grouped together to serve as the foundational basis of a complex idea.
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- To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality.
- (subjunctive) Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc.
- (informal) With verbs such as 'see' or 'hear', usually in the second person, used to point out something remarkable in either a good or bad way.
- Indicates that something is expected to have happened or to be the case now.
- simple past of shall
- (formal or literary outside certain combinations such as with 'imagine' or 'think') Used to impart a tentative, conjectural or polite nuance.
- To suggest (that someone ought to do something, or that something ought to be the case) by, or as if by, using the word should.
- (formal or literary) Used to express a conditional outcome.
- Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.
- Used to issue an instruction (traditionally seen as carrying less force of authority than alternatives such as 'shall' or 'must').
- Used to give advice or opinion that an action is, or would have been, beneficial or desirable.
- In questions, asks what is correct, proper, desirable, etc.
- Will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the stated thing will happen or be true in the future.
noun
noun
- a doctrine that is taught
- rule of personal conduct
- (UK) A tax rate set by such an order; the tax thus collected.
- (UK) An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.
- (law) A written command, especially a demand for payment.
- A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
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verb
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- an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence
- (countable) A firmly held belief.
- (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
- (uncountable) The state of being found or proved guilty.
- (countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law.
- (uncountable) The state of being wholly convinced.
adj
- Certain in one's knowledge or belief.
- Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.
- (followed by a to infinitive) Certain to act or be a specified way.
- reliable in operation or effect
- certain not to fail
- certain to occur; destined or inevitable
- physically secure or dependable
- infallible or unfailing
- exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
- impossible to doubt or dispute
- having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence
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- trueness of course toward a goal
- (of hair) lack of a tendency to curl
- having honest intentions
- freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles
- a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being straight (especially in the sense of "heterosexual").
- (countable) The result or product of being straight.
noun
- A fixed, false belief, that will not change, despite evidence to the contrary.
- That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
- The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.
- A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
- (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
- the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
- a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
noun
- the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
- the state of being acceptable and accepted
- a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
- a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank
- the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
- the act of taking something that is offered
- (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)
- (government, US) The act of an authorized representative of the government by which the government assents to ownership of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract.
- (horse racing, Australia, New Zealand, plural only) A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.
- (optics) Synonym of etendue.
- The state of being accepted.
- (law) An agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking of possession of a thing as owner.
- The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.
- (uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.
- Belief in something; agreement, assent.
- (business, finance) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.
- (countable) An instance of that act.
noun
- the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
- a kind of sideboard or buffet
- (uncountable) Acceptance of a belief or claim as true, especially on the basis of evidence.
- (rare, uncountable) Credential or supporting material for a person or claim.
- (religion, countable) A small table or credenza used in certain Christian religious services.
- (countable) A subjective probability estimate of a belief or claim.
- (countable) A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate on open shelves.
noun
- Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
- (in the plural) One's religious or moral convictions.
- (countable) Something believed.
- (uncountable) The quality or state of believing.
- Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.
- (uncountable) Religious faith.
- any cognitive content held as true
- a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
adj
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- a concept whose truth can be proved
- a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened
- a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
- an event known to have happened or something known to have existed
- Something which is real.
- An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.
- (databases) An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.
- Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.
- (law, obsolete except in set phrases) A wrongful or criminal deed.
- Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
- Something actual as opposed to invented.
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- the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
- reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in ‘bred and born’)
- An inversion or reversal of the natural order of things.
- (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a phrase that should come last is put first; hysterology.
noun
- An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true and indisputable, regardless of evidence or without evidence to support it.
- A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader.
- a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
- a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
noun
- A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
- A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.
- An original faculty or endowment.
- (sometimes pluralized) Moral rule or aspect.
- A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
- (physics) A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.
- Misspelling of principal.
- A chemical compound within plant or animal tissue that is characteristic of it and more or less peculiar to it, such that it defines the character of that tissue from a human viewpoint (as for example nicotine in tobacco).
- A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.
- a basic truth or law or assumption
- (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
- a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system
- a rule or standard especially of good behavior
- rule of personal conduct
- a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
verb
noun
- (philosophical) Justified true belief
- Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.
- The total of what is known; all information and products of learning.
- (countable) Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science.
- (UK, informal) The deep familiarity with certain routes and places of interest required by taxicab drivers working in London, England.
- The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
- Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.
- Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.
- the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
noun
- Moral firmness; validity; truth; certainty.
- The state or quality of being solid.
- (geometry) The solid contents of a body; volume; amount of enclosed space.
- the consistency of a solid
- state of having the interior filled with matter
- the quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally
noun
- an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth
- a proposition deducible from basic postulates
- (logic) A syntactically correct expression that is deducible from the given axioms of a deductive system.
- (mathematics) A mathematical statement of some importance that has been proven to be true. Minor theorems are often called propositions. Theorems which are not very interesting in themselves but are an essential part of a bigger theorem's proof are called lemmas.
- (mathematics, colloquial, nonstandard) A mathematical statement that is expected to be true.
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noun
noun
- (philosophy) A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.
- An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received.
- (logic, mathematics, proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context).
- (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident
- a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
noun
- (philosophy) the doctrine that (since certainty is unattainable) probability is a sufficient basis for belief and action
- a Roman Catholic system of casuistry that when expert opinions differ an actor can follow any solidly probable opinion that they wish even though some different opinion might be more probable
- (philosophy) The doctrine that, in the absence of certainty, probability is the best criterion.
- (theology, chiefly Catholicism) The casuistic doctrine that, in difficult matters of conscience, one may safely follow a doctrine that is probable, e.g. approved by a recognized Doctor of the Church, even if the opposite opinion is more probable.
noun
- (uncountable) Firmness of conviction.
- A choice or judgement.
- (baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.
- The act of deciding.
- (chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.
- the act of making up your mind about something
- a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
- the outcome of a game or contest
- (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred
- the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose
verb
noun
- firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
- the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
- excessive sternness
- the property of moving with pain or difficulty
- the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
- Inelegance; a lack of relaxedness.
- Muscular tension due to unaccustomed or excessive exercise or work; soreness.
- Inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility.
- Rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
noun
- a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
- the state of having good sense and sound judgment
- an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
- a justification for something existing or happening
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
- a rational motive for a belief or action
- A wall plate.
- An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation.
- That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
- (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
- A motive for an action or a determination.
- (logic) A premise placed after its conclusion.
verb
- decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
- think logically
- present reasons and arguments
- (intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational.
- (transitive, usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
- (transitive) To persuade by reasoning or argument.
- (transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request.
- (ambitransitive) To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
- (transitive, with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
- (intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
noun
- a belief that can guide behavior
- a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
- a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
- (sciences) A coherent statement or set of ideas that explains observed facts or phenomena and correctly predicts new facts or phenomena not previously observed, or which sets out the laws and principles of something known or observed; a hypothesis confirmed by observation, experiment etc.
- (mathematics) A field of study attempting to exhaustively describe a particular class of constructs.
- (chess and similar games) The standardization and study of fixed sequences of moves, especially in the opening phase of a game.
- A description of an event or system that is considered to be accurate.
- (informal) A hypothesis or conjecture.
- (uncountable) The underlying principles or methods of a given technical skill, art etc., as opposed to its practice.
- (countable, logic) A set of axioms together with all statements derivable from them; or, a set of statements which are deductively closed. Equivalently, a formal language plus a set of axioms (from which can then be derived theorems). The statements may be required to all be bound (i.e., to have no free variables).
noun
- a doctrine that is taught
- rule of personal conduct
- (UK) A tax rate set by such an order; the tax thus collected.
- (UK) An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.
- (law) A written command, especially a demand for payment.
- A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence
- (countable) A firmly held belief.
- (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
- (uncountable) The state of being found or proved guilty.
- (countable) A judgement of guilt in a court of law.
- (uncountable) The state of being wholly convinced.
noun
- trueness of course toward a goal
- (of hair) lack of a tendency to curl
- having honest intentions
- freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles
- a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being straight (especially in the sense of "heterosexual").
- (countable) The result or product of being straight.
noun
- A fixed, false belief, that will not change, despite evidence to the contrary.
- That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
- The state of being deluded or misled, or process of deluding somebody.
- A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
- (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
- the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas
- a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
noun
- the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
- the state of being acceptable and accepted
- a disposition to tolerate or accept people or situations
- a time draft drawn on and accepted by a bank
- the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception
- the act of taking something that is offered
- (contract law) words signifying consent to the terms of an offer (thereby creating a contract)
- (government, US) The act of an authorized representative of the government by which the government assents to ownership of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract.
- (horse racing, Australia, New Zealand, plural only) A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.
- (optics) Synonym of etendue.
- The state of being accepted.
- (law) An agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking of possession of a thing as owner.
- The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.
- (uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.
- Belief in something; agreement, assent.
- (business, finance) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.
- (countable) An instance of that act.
noun
- the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
- a kind of sideboard or buffet
- (uncountable) Acceptance of a belief or claim as true, especially on the basis of evidence.
- (rare, uncountable) Credential or supporting material for a person or claim.
- (religion, countable) A small table or credenza used in certain Christian religious services.
- (countable) A subjective probability estimate of a belief or claim.
- (countable) A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate on open shelves.
noun
- Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
- (in the plural) One's religious or moral convictions.
- (countable) Something believed.
- (uncountable) The quality or state of believing.
- Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.
- (uncountable) Religious faith.
- any cognitive content held as true
- a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
noun
- a concept whose truth can be proved
- a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened
- a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred
- an event known to have happened or something known to have existed
- Something which is real.
- An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.
- (databases) An individual value or measurement at the lowest level of granularity in a data warehouse.
- Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.
- (law, obsolete except in set phrases) A wrongful or criminal deed.
- Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
- Something actual as opposed to invented.
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- the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
- reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in ‘bred and born’)
- An inversion or reversal of the natural order of things.
- (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a phrase that should come last is put first; hysterology.
verb
- To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.
- (ambitransitive, Christianity, historical) To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office.
- take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
- maintain or assert
- require as useful, just, or proper
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- (logic) An axiom.
- A fundamental element; a basic principle.
- A requirement; a prerequisite.
- Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument. Sometimes distinguished from axioms as being relevant to a particular science or context, rather than universally true, and following from other axioms rather than being an absolute assumption.
- (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
verb
- To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality.
- (subjunctive) Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc.
- (informal) With verbs such as 'see' or 'hear', usually in the second person, used to point out something remarkable in either a good or bad way.
- Indicates that something is expected to have happened or to be the case now.
- simple past of shall
- (formal or literary outside certain combinations such as with 'imagine' or 'think') Used to impart a tentative, conjectural or polite nuance.
- To suggest (that someone ought to do something, or that something ought to be the case) by, or as if by, using the word should.
- (formal or literary) Used to express a conditional outcome.
- Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.
- Used to issue an instruction (traditionally seen as carrying less force of authority than alternatives such as 'shall' or 'must').
- Used to give advice or opinion that an action is, or would have been, beneficial or desirable.
- In questions, asks what is correct, proper, desirable, etc.
- Will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the stated thing will happen or be true in the future.
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- (UK, informal) Term of greeting, equivalent to how are you or hello.
- Used to express exasperation or frustration, often reduplicated or with already.
- Used as a general lead-in or beginning.
- Used to fill space or pauses.
- Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.
- Used to indicate support, favor or encouragement.
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- characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable principles
- (philosophy, medicine) Adhering only to principles which are true a priori, rather than truths based on evidence or deduction.
- of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
- relating to or involving dogma
- Pertaining to dogmas; doctrinal.
- Asserting dogmas or beliefs in a superior or arrogant way; opinionated, dictatorial.
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- conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief
- not counterfeit or copied
- Designating a cadence in which the dominant chord precedes the tonic.
- Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
- Designating a mode having the final as the lowest note.
- Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
adj
- conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief
- worthy of being depended on
- worthy of reliance or trust
- (signal processing, of a communication protocol) Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't.
- Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence, reliance or trust; dependable, trustworthy
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- pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
- (algebra) positive; not negative
- positive
- pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
- Dogmatic.
- (logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
- Confirmative; ratifying.
- expecting the best
- affirming or giving assent
- expressing or manifesting praise or approval
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- Manifestly true; requiring no argument.
- Very close; direct or adjacent.
- Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.
- (procedure word, military) An artillery fire mission modifier for two types of fire mission to denote an immediate need for fire: Immediate smoke, all guns involved must reload smoke and fire. Immediate suppression, all guns involved fire the rounds currently loaded and then switch to high explosive with impact fused (unless fuses are specified).
- (procedure word, military) Used to denote that a transmission is urgent.
- (computer science, of an instruction operand) Embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location).
- having no intervening medium
- very close or connected in space or time
- immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect
- of the present time and place
- performed with little or no delay
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- the lowest tone of a harmonic series
- any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business
- (generic, singular) A basic truth, elementary concept, principle, rule, or law. An individual fundamental will often serve as a building block used to form a complex idea.
- (physics) The lowest frequency of a periodic waveform.
- (music) The lowest partial of a complex tone.
- (generic, plural) A collection of essential component ideas that are often grouped together to serve as the foundational basis of a complex idea.
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- Certain in one's knowledge or belief.
- Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.
- (followed by a to infinitive) Certain to act or be a specified way.
- reliable in operation or effect
- certain not to fail
- certain to occur; destined or inevitable
- physically secure or dependable
- infallible or unfailing
- exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance
- impossible to doubt or dispute
- having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
- (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence