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noun
- an informal representative
- An official messenger and representative.
- A corporate representative, often the public face of the company.
- a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another
- (sports) A player who is an excellent role-model and who upholds the integrity of the game and thereby contributes to the sport's popularity and growth.
- A diplomat of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there their sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence)
noun
- A representative.
- (poetry) Alternative spelling of envoi (“short stanza at end of poem”).
- A messenger.
- (law) A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
- A diplomat.
- a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry
- someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
- a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
verb
noun
- (informal) Clipping of representative.
- informal abbreviation of ‘representative’
- (weightlifting, countable) Clipping of repetition.
- (informal) Clipping of representation.
- (theater) Clipping of repertory.
- (textiles) A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface.
- (fashion, slang) Clipping of replica.
- (informal) Clipping of reputation.
- (military, in combination) Clipping of report.
- a fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs
noun
- a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
- the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
- an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
- a substance that exerts some force or effect
- any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
- a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
- (US) A law enforcement officer tasked with enforcing a specific field of law.
- An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect.
- A person who looks for work for another person and brokers a deal between the hiree and hirer.
- (gambling) A cheat who is assisted by dishonest casino staff.
- (usually US, capitalized) A respectful term of address for an agent, especially a law enforcement agent.
- One who exerts power, or has the power to act.
- (law) One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to act on behalf of or in behalf of another, such as to transact business for them.
- Someone who works for an intelligence agency: whether an officer or employee thereof or anyone else who agrees to help their efforts (for ideology, for money, as blackmailee, or otherwise).
- (grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".
- (computing) In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.
noun
- Initialism of personal representative.
- (business) Initialism of purchase requisition.
- (sports) Initialism of Paralympic record.
- Initialism of Puerto Rican.
- Initialism of public relations.
- (sports) Initialism of personal record.
- (medicine) A PR interval.
- (tennis) Initialism of protected ranking.
- (software engineering) Initialism of pull request.
- (medicine) Initialism of partial response.
- (hematology) Initialism of prothrombin ratio.
- Initialism of proportional representation.
- (electronics) Abbreviation of preset.
- Initialism of permanent residence.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of progesterone receptor.
- Initialism of police report.
- Initialism of personal recognizance (bond).
- a promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution
adv
name
verb
noun
- A person sent as a representative, to a meeting or other function to monitor but not to participate.
- (motor racing) Synonym of spotter.
- One who makes observations, monitors or takes notice.
- One who adheres or follows laws, guidelines, etc.
- A country or other entity which has limited participation rights within an organization.
- (military) A crew member on an aircraft who makes observations of enemy positions or aircraft.
- (military) A sentry etc. manning an observation post.
- an expert who observes and comments on something
- a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
noun
- (US) An appointed representative in some legislative bodies.
- a person appointed or elected to represent others
- A representative at a conference, etc.
- A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
- A member of a governmental legislature who lacks voting power.
- (computing) A type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer.
verb
- (intransitive) To commit tasks and responsibilities to others, especially subordinates.
- (computing, Internet, transitive) (of a subdomain) To give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own.
- (transitive) To commit (a task or responsibility) to someone, especially a subordinate.
- give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- transfer power to someone
noun
noun
- a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
- someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
- a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)
- an assistant with power to act when their superior is absent
- (historical) A member of the French Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif.
- (Ireland, often capitalized) A member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann.
- (US, law enforcement) a law enforcement officer who works for the county sheriff's office; a deputy sheriff or sheriff's deputy; the entry level rank in such an agency.
- A member of the French National Assembly.
- One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office.
- (mining, historical) A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners.
- (government) The name for a member of legislature in some countries.
verb
noun
- a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
- someone who takes the place of another person
- (chiefly British) A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
- A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
- (US law) A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
- (computing) Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
- A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
- (economics) An ersatz good.
- (US, politics) A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
- (databases) Ellipsis of surrogate key.
adj
verb
noun
- Someone who represents others as a member of a legislative or governing body.
- One who speaks for or acts on behalf of another in a particular (especially official) capacity.
- (mathematics) A consistent choice of element from an equivalence class, used to identify it.
- A substitute or analogue.
- Something representing or standing for another; a symbol, an embodiment.
- Something (especially a living organism) regarded as typical of its class; a type.
- (US, politics) Specifically, a member of the United States House of Representatives.
- (law) An heir.
- A company agent who visits potential purchasers; a salesman.
- A member of a particular class.
- a member of the United States House of Representatives
- a person who represents others
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
adj
noun
- a personal representative with legal standing (as by power of attorney or the executor of a will)
- (law) One who represents or acts on behalf of another under authority recognised by law, such as a parent or guardian of a minor, a manager of a legal person, etc.
- (law) A lawyer, solicitor, etc, who acts on behalf of a client in legal matters.
noun
- The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; a delegation.
- a group of representatives or delegates
- The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
- Among Christian missionaries, the process or period of time during which they raise support in preparation for going to their mission field.
- authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
noun
- (informal) A public-relations spokesperson.
- (figuratively, informal) Adverse criticism.
- Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
- Anti-aircraft shell fire.
- intense adverse criticism
- a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
- artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
noun
- (informal) A diplomat.
- (informal) A foolish person.
- (turpentine industry) The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
- A sauce for dipping.
- (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
- A lower section of a road or geological feature.
- The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
- A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
- (bodybuilding) A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of device-independent pixel.
- (finance, informal) A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
- (uncountable) Finely ground tobacco, consumed by placing a small amount between the lip and gum.
- (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
- A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
- A dip stick.
- (ABDL, informal, uncommon) A diaper; diap, dipe.
- Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
- (dance) A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
- (birdwatching, colloquial) The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (UK, dialect, uncountable, Birmingham) Fried bread.
- a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- a brief immersion
- a brief swim in water
- tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
- a depression in an otherwise level surface
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
verb
- (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
- (transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
- (transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
- (transitive) To lower into a liquid.
- (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
- (transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
- (transitive) To lower a light's beam.
- (birdwatching, colloquial) To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (transitive) To briefly lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, usually in rhythm, as when singing or dancing.
- (transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To leave; to quit or abandon.
- (transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
- (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
- To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
- (transitive) To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
- (transitive) To immerse for baptism.
- (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
- (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
- (transitive) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
- (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
- (intransitive) To sink, drop, or slope downwards.
- dip into a liquid
- immerse in a disinfectant solution
- dip into a liquid while eating
- place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- slope downwards
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- appear to move downward
- lower briefly
- take a small amount from
- plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
- scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- go down momentarily
noun
- the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
- an administrative unit of government
- to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
- the state of being in action or exerting power
- a business or organization that provides a particular service, especially the mediation of transactions between two parties
- The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
- An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.
- The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.
- A medium through which power is exerted or an end is achieved.
- A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by, such unit of government.
- (sociology, philosophy, psychology) The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.
noun
- the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
- the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf
- a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency
- a performance of a play
- a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
- a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
- a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract
- a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting
- the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body
- an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent
- A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
- A statement; a presentation of opinion or position, or an utterance made to influence the opinions or actions of others
- A theatrical performance.
- (law) The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.
- (politics) The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.
- (medicine) An act of representing, i.e. presenting again.
- (mathematics) An action of some algebraic structure (typically a group or algebra, particularly a Lie algebra) on a vector space, such that each element acts by a linear endomorphism.
- The act of representing.
- (by extension, uncountable) The appearance(s) of a particular demographic group in a piece of media, particularly in regards to how such appearances are treated.
- That which represents something else.
adv
noun
- Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, such as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.
- (cartography) Faultiness in a map projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different parts and to its distortion of angles.
- Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement.
- a willful perversion of facts
- a misleading falsehood
noun
- (informal) A meeting.
- (algebra) The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.
- (hunting) A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.
- (rail transport) A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.
- (sports) A sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming.
- a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
verb
- To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
- (sports) To play a match.
- To get acquainted with someone.
- To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.
- To come together in conflict.
- (transitive) To respond to (an argument etc.) with something equally convincing; to refute.
- To satisfy; to comply with.
- (intransitive) To balance or come out correct.
- To be mixed with, to be combined with aspects of.
- To adjoin, be physically touching.
- To touch or hit something while moving.
- To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
- To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
- To converge and finally touch or intersect.
- collect in one place
- undergo or suffer
- experience as a reaction
- meet by design; be present at the arrival of
- come together
- be in direct physical contact with; make contact
- be adjacent or come together
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- get together socially or for a specific purpose
- get to know; get acquainted with
- fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
adj
verb
- be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute
- be typical of
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
- describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality
- create an image or likeness of
- play a role or part
- form or compose
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
- express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
- bring forward and present to the mind
- be representative or typical for
- to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)
- take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
- serve as a means of expressing something
- point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance
- (by extension) To present again, possibly in an altered form.
- (transitive) To portray visually; to delineate
- (transitive) To serve as a sign or symbol of.
- (transitive) To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
- (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.)
- (transitive) To constitute, to make up, to be an example of.
- (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of
- (medicine) To present again, for instance for medical attention.
- (poker, transitive) To play as if holding (a set of cards); to play as if having made (a hand).
- (transitive) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something presentative, which was originally apprehended by direct presentation).
- (transitive) To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of
- (transitive) To give an account of; to describe.
- (transitive) To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of
- (sports, transitive) To participate as a team member.
- (transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular) To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people; to acquit oneself well.
noun
- someone employed to conduct others
- something that offers basic information or instruction
- a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- a model or standard for making comparisons
- someone who shows the way by leading or advising
- Synonym of legend, a key to symbols, abbreviations, and terms on a map, chart, etc.
- Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
- A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
- A sign that guides people; guidepost.
- A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
- A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.
- (occult) A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
- (military) A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
- Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
verb
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- take somebody somewhere
- be a guiding or motivating force or drive
- use as a guide
- pass over, across, or through
- To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
- To steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
- To supervise the education or training of someone.
- To exert control or influence over someone or something.
- (intransitive) To act as a guide.
noun
verb
noun
- (law) A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party.
- An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse).
- A lavatory: a room with a toilet.
- A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
adj
noun
- A person or party that is consulted.
- (medicine, UK, Ireland) A senior hospital-based physician or surgeon who has completed all specialist training and has been placed on the specialist register in their chosen speciality, roughly equivalent to an attending physician in North America.
- A person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, service or help in an area or specialty; a party whose business is to be similarly consulted.
- an expert who gives advice
noun
- (informal) A democrat.
- (computing, informal) An edition of limited functionality to give the user an example of how the program works.
- (informal) An example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount.
- (informal) A march or gathering to make a political protest.
- (informal) A demonstration or visual explanation.
- (informal, especially construction and DIY) Demolition.
- (informal, collective) A demographic group.
- (computing, demoscene, informal) A non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine. See demoscene.
- (informal) A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully.
- a visual presentation showing how something works
adj
verb
noun
- a group of representatives or delegates
- an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
- a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary)
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- the state of being in good working order and ready for operation
- the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
- the act of committing a crime
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- a special group delegated to consider some matter
- An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
- A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
- The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).
- A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
- The thing to be done as agent for another.
- A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
verb
noun
- a group of representatives or delegates
- authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
- (computing) A method-dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential calls.
- (law) The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity; irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation, rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate)
- An act of delegating.
- A group of delegates.
noun
- a group of representatives or delegates
- an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters
- the organized work of a religious missionary
- an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- (countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
- (colloquial) An ordeal; an difficult, trying task.
- (countable) A missionary expedition.
- (slang, drugs) A drug run.
- (in the plural, "the missions") Third World charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
- (countable, Catholicism) An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
- A important goal or purpose; an objective.
- A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
- A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
- (Australia, becoming obsolete) An settlement predominantly inhabited by Indigenous Australians living in housing commission.
verb
noun
- (US politics) A political representative aligned with a candidate sent to observe elections to report on irregularities. A scrutineer.
- (chiefly historical, Judaism, Christianity) A kind of angel appointed to watch over the human realm, in particular one of those who became fallen angels and begot the Nephilim.
- (chiefly as the final element in compounds) Someone who observes something closely for professional reasons, such as an analyst or pundit.
- A guard.
- Someone who keeps vigil.
- a guard who keeps watch
- a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
- a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body
noun
- (informal, politics) A talking point.
- An augmentative and alternative communication device.
- (informal, media) A popular topic of conversation.
- (Internet) A stripped-down version of a MUD which is designed for talking, predating instant messengers; a kind of early chat room.
- (informal, media) A talk-show host.
- (informal, media) An all-talk radio station.
- (marketing) A table talker or shelf-talker.
- Any creature or machine that talks.
- A person who talks, especially one who gives a speech, or is loquacious or garrulous.
- (informal, media) A talk show
- (informal) Mouth.
- someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
noun
- A person in an organization or group that non-members can contact in order to interact with the group; a representative whose contact details are made public.
- A person, such as next of kin, who should be told about someone's situation if an emergency occurs.
- A point person.
- A person with whom one has had contact; a contact.
- A person in an organization whose role puts them in contact with non-members.
noun
- (by extension) A person with an official role which involves facilitating social interaction.
- A lively, mischievous man.
- (US) An employee, usually male, of a Borscht Belt resort charged with the duty of entertaining guests throughout the day by providing any number of services, from comedian to master of ceremonies.
noun
- a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes
- A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.
- an abstract part of something
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
- 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
- (politics) A voter who supports a (political) candidate; a supporter of a cause.
- (law) One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact
- (grammar) A functional element of a phrase or clause.
- A person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
- A part, or component of a whole.
adj
noun
- (informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament, who may be encouraged to attend when a very important vote is expected.
- An uncivilized or uncultured person (according to the value judgments of the speaker).
- A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences.
- a man who lives on the frontier
noun
- an informal representative
- An official messenger and representative.
- A corporate representative, often the public face of the company.
- a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another
- (sports) A player who is an excellent role-model and who upholds the integrity of the game and thereby contributes to the sport's popularity and growth.
- A diplomat of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there their sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence)
noun
- A representative.
- (poetry) Alternative spelling of envoi (“short stanza at end of poem”).
- A messenger.
- (law) A diplomatic agent of the second rank, next in status after an ambassador.
- A diplomat.
- a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry
- someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else
- a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
noun
- a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations
- the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
- an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
- a substance that exerts some force or effect
- any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau
- a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission
- (US) A law enforcement officer tasked with enforcing a specific field of law.
- An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect.
- A person who looks for work for another person and brokers a deal between the hiree and hirer.
- (gambling) A cheat who is assisted by dishonest casino staff.
- (usually US, capitalized) A respectful term of address for an agent, especially a law enforcement agent.
- One who exerts power, or has the power to act.
- (law) One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to act on behalf of or in behalf of another, such as to transact business for them.
- Someone who works for an intelligence agency: whether an officer or employee thereof or anyone else who agrees to help their efforts (for ideology, for money, as blackmailee, or otherwise).
- (grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".
- (computing) In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.
noun
- Initialism of personal representative.
- (business) Initialism of purchase requisition.
- (sports) Initialism of Paralympic record.
- Initialism of Puerto Rican.
- Initialism of public relations.
- (sports) Initialism of personal record.
- (medicine) A PR interval.
- (tennis) Initialism of protected ranking.
- (software engineering) Initialism of pull request.
- (medicine) Initialism of partial response.
- (hematology) Initialism of prothrombin ratio.
- Initialism of proportional representation.
- (electronics) Abbreviation of preset.
- Initialism of permanent residence.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of progesterone receptor.
- Initialism of police report.
- Initialism of personal recognizance (bond).
- a promotion intended to create goodwill for a person or institution
adv
name
verb
noun
- A person sent as a representative, to a meeting or other function to monitor but not to participate.
- (motor racing) Synonym of spotter.
- One who makes observations, monitors or takes notice.
- One who adheres or follows laws, guidelines, etc.
- A country or other entity which has limited participation rights within an organization.
- (military) A crew member on an aircraft who makes observations of enemy positions or aircraft.
- (military) A sentry etc. manning an observation post.
- an expert who observes and comments on something
- a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
verb
noun
- (informal) Clipping of representative.
- informal abbreviation of ‘representative’
- (weightlifting, countable) Clipping of repetition.
- (informal) Clipping of representation.
- (theater) Clipping of repertory.
- (textiles) A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface.
- (fashion, slang) Clipping of replica.
- (informal) Clipping of reputation.
- (military, in combination) Clipping of report.
- a fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs
noun
- (US) An appointed representative in some legislative bodies.
- a person appointed or elected to represent others
- A representative at a conference, etc.
- A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
- A member of a governmental legislature who lacks voting power.
- (computing) A type of variable storing a reference to a method with a particular signature, analogous to a function pointer.
verb
- (intransitive) To commit tasks and responsibilities to others, especially subordinates.
- (computing, Internet, transitive) (of a subdomain) To give away authority over a subdomain; to allow someone else to create sub-subdomains of a subdomain of one's own.
- (transitive) To commit (a task or responsibility) to someone, especially a subordinate.
- give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- transfer power to someone
noun
noun
- a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
- someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
- a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)
- an assistant with power to act when their superior is absent
- (historical) A member of the French Chamber of Deputies, formerly called Corps Législatif.
- (Ireland, often capitalized) A member of Dáil Éireann, or the title of a member of Dáil Éireann.
- (US, law enforcement) a law enforcement officer who works for the county sheriff's office; a deputy sheriff or sheriff's deputy; the entry level rank in such an agency.
- A member of the French National Assembly.
- One appointed as the substitute of others, and empowered to act for them, in their name or their behalf; a substitute in office.
- (mining, historical) A person employed to install and remove props, brattices, etc. and to clear gas, for the safety of the miners.
- (government) The name for a member of legislature in some countries.
verb
noun
- a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others
- someone who takes the place of another person
- (chiefly British) A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
- A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).
- (US law) A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
- (computing) Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
- A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.
- (economics) An ersatz good.
- (US, politics) A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.
- (databases) Ellipsis of surrogate key.
adj
verb
noun
- Someone who represents others as a member of a legislative or governing body.
- One who speaks for or acts on behalf of another in a particular (especially official) capacity.
- (mathematics) A consistent choice of element from an equivalence class, used to identify it.
- A substitute or analogue.
- Something representing or standing for another; a symbol, an embodiment.
- Something (especially a living organism) regarded as typical of its class; a type.
- (US, politics) Specifically, a member of the United States House of Representatives.
- (law) An heir.
- A company agent who visits potential purchasers; a salesman.
- A member of a particular class.
- a member of the United States House of Representatives
- a person who represents others
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
adj
noun
- a personal representative with legal standing (as by power of attorney or the executor of a will)
- (law) One who represents or acts on behalf of another under authority recognised by law, such as a parent or guardian of a minor, a manager of a legal person, etc.
- (law) A lawyer, solicitor, etc, who acts on behalf of a client in legal matters.
noun
- The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; a delegation.
- a group of representatives or delegates
- The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
- Among Christian missionaries, the process or period of time during which they raise support in preparation for going to their mission field.
- authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
noun
- (informal) A public-relations spokesperson.
- (figuratively, informal) Adverse criticism.
- Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.
- Anti-aircraft shell fire.
- intense adverse criticism
- a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
- artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
noun
- (informal) A diplomat.
- (informal) A foolish person.
- (turpentine industry) The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.
- A sauce for dipping.
- (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
- A lower section of a road or geological feature.
- The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
- A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
- (bodybuilding) A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of device-independent pixel.
- (finance, informal) A financial asset in decline, seen as an investment opportunity.
- (uncountable) Finely ground tobacco, consumed by placing a small amount between the lip and gum.
- (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting into an airhole.
- A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
- A dip stick.
- (ABDL, informal, uncommon) A diaper; diap, dipe.
- Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
- (dance) A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.
- (birdwatching, colloquial) The act of missing out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (UK, dialect, uncountable, Birmingham) Fried bread.
- a candle that is made by repeated dipping in a pool of wax or tallow
- a brief immersion
- a brief swim in water
- tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped
- a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
- a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity
- a gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the body is lowered and raised by bending and straightening the arms
- a depression in an otherwise level surface
- (physics) the angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon
verb
- (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
- (transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
- (transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
- (transitive) To lower into a liquid.
- (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance and removing a part.
- (transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
- (transitive) To lower a light's beam.
- (birdwatching, colloquial) To miss out on seeing a sought after bird.
- (transitive) To briefly lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position, usually in rhythm, as when singing or dancing.
- (transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To leave; to quit or abandon.
- (transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a part; often with out.
- (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
- To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents of the snuff may be absorbed into the system for their narcotic effect.
- (transitive) To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
- (transitive) To immerse for baptism.
- (intransitive) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
- (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
- (transitive) To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
- (transitive, dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower as the subject noun being dipped)
- (intransitive) To sink, drop, or slope downwards.
- dip into a liquid
- immerse in a disinfectant solution
- dip into a liquid while eating
- place (candle wicks) into hot, liquid wax
- stain an object by immersing it in a liquid
- slope downwards
- immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate
- appear to move downward
- lower briefly
- take a small amount from
- plunge (one's hand or a receptacle) into a container
- scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface
- switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
- go down momentarily
noun
- the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
- an administrative unit of government
- to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
- the state of being in action or exerting power
- a business or organization that provides a particular service, especially the mediation of transactions between two parties
- The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
- An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.
- The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.
- A medium through which power is exerted or an end is achieved.
- A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by, such unit of government.
- (sociology, philosophy, psychology) The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.
noun
- the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
- the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf
- a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency
- a performance of a play
- a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
- a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
- a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract
- a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting
- the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body
- an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent
- A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
- A statement; a presentation of opinion or position, or an utterance made to influence the opinions or actions of others
- A theatrical performance.
- (law) The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.
- (politics) The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.
- (medicine) An act of representing, i.e. presenting again.
- (mathematics) An action of some algebraic structure (typically a group or algebra, particularly a Lie algebra) on a vector space, such that each element acts by a linear endomorphism.
- The act of representing.
- (by extension, uncountable) The appearance(s) of a particular demographic group in a piece of media, particularly in regards to how such appearances are treated.
- That which represents something else.
noun
- Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, such as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.
- (cartography) Faultiness in a map projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different parts and to its distortion of angles.
- Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement.
- a willful perversion of facts
- a misleading falsehood
noun
- (informal) A meeting.
- (algebra) The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.
- (hunting) A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.
- (rail transport) A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.
- (sports) A sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming.
- a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
verb
- To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
- (sports) To play a match.
- To get acquainted with someone.
- To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.
- To come together in conflict.
- (transitive) To respond to (an argument etc.) with something equally convincing; to refute.
- To satisfy; to comply with.
- (intransitive) To balance or come out correct.
- To be mixed with, to be combined with aspects of.
- To adjoin, be physically touching.
- To touch or hit something while moving.
- To come face to face with someone by arrangement.
- To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.
- To converge and finally touch or intersect.
- collect in one place
- undergo or suffer
- experience as a reaction
- meet by design; be present at the arrival of
- come together
- be in direct physical contact with; make contact
- be adjacent or come together
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- get together socially or for a specific purpose
- get to know; get acquainted with
- fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction
adj
noun
- someone employed to conduct others
- something that offers basic information or instruction
- a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something
- someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
- a model or standard for making comparisons
- someone who shows the way by leading or advising
- Synonym of legend, a key to symbols, abbreviations, and terms on a map, chart, etc.
- Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
- A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
- A sign that guides people; guidepost.
- A grooved director for a probe or knife in surgery.
- A blade or channel for directing the flow of water to the buckets in a water wheel.
- (occult) A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
- (military) A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.
- Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
verb
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- take somebody somewhere
- be a guiding or motivating force or drive
- use as a guide
- pass over, across, or through
- To serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
- To steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
- To supervise the education or training of someone.
- To exert control or influence over someone or something.
- (intransitive) To act as a guide.
noun
verb
noun
- (law) A partaker; one having an interest in an action, contract, etc. to which he is not himself a party.
- An outdoor facility for urination and defecation, whether open (latrine) or enclosed (outhouse).
- A lavatory: a room with a toilet.
- A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.
- a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
- a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate
adj
noun
- A person or party that is consulted.
- (medicine, UK, Ireland) A senior hospital-based physician or surgeon who has completed all specialist training and has been placed on the specialist register in their chosen speciality, roughly equivalent to an attending physician in North America.
- A person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, service or help in an area or specialty; a party whose business is to be similarly consulted.
- an expert who gives advice
noun
- (informal) A democrat.
- (computing, informal) An edition of limited functionality to give the user an example of how the program works.
- (informal) An example of a product used for demonstration and then sold at a discount.
- (informal) A march or gathering to make a political protest.
- (informal) A demonstration or visual explanation.
- (informal, especially construction and DIY) Demolition.
- (informal, collective) A demographic group.
- (computing, demoscene, informal) A non-interactive audiovisual computer program developed by enthusiasts to demonstrate the capabilities of the machine. See demoscene.
- (informal) A recording of a song meant to demonstrate its overall sound for the purpose of getting it published or recorded more fully.
- a visual presentation showing how something works
adj
verb
noun
- a group of representatives or delegates
- an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
- a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary)
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- the state of being in good working order and ready for operation
- the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
- the act of committing a crime
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- a special group delegated to consider some matter
- An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
- A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function.
- The act of committing (e.g. a crime or error).
- A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
- The thing to be done as agent for another.
- A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction.
verb
noun
- a group of representatives or delegates
- authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions
- (computing) A method-dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential calls.
- (law) The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity; irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation, rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate)
- An act of delegating.
- A group of delegates.
noun
- a group of representatives or delegates
- an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters
- the organized work of a religious missionary
- an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- (countable) A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer, or by oneself.
- (colloquial) An ordeal; an difficult, trying task.
- (countable) A missionary expedition.
- (slang, drugs) A drug run.
- (in the plural, "the missions") Third World charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
- (countable, Catholicism) An infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
- A important goal or purpose; an objective.
- A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
- A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
- (Australia, becoming obsolete) An settlement predominantly inhabited by Indigenous Australians living in housing commission.
verb
noun
- (US politics) A political representative aligned with a candidate sent to observe elections to report on irregularities. A scrutineer.
- (chiefly historical, Judaism, Christianity) A kind of angel appointed to watch over the human realm, in particular one of those who became fallen angels and begot the Nephilim.
- (chiefly as the final element in compounds) Someone who observes something closely for professional reasons, such as an analyst or pundit.
- A guard.
- Someone who keeps vigil.
- a guard who keeps watch
- a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
- a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body
noun
- (informal, politics) A talking point.
- An augmentative and alternative communication device.
- (informal, media) A popular topic of conversation.
- (Internet) A stripped-down version of a MUD which is designed for talking, predating instant messengers; a kind of early chat room.
- (informal, media) A talk-show host.
- (informal, media) An all-talk radio station.
- (marketing) A table talker or shelf-talker.
- Any creature or machine that talks.
- A person who talks, especially one who gives a speech, or is loquacious or garrulous.
- (informal, media) A talk show
- (informal) Mouth.
- someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
noun
- A person in an organization or group that non-members can contact in order to interact with the group; a representative whose contact details are made public.
- A person, such as next of kin, who should be told about someone's situation if an emergency occurs.
- A point person.
- A person with whom one has had contact; a contact.
- A person in an organization whose role puts them in contact with non-members.
noun
- (by extension) A person with an official role which involves facilitating social interaction.
- A lively, mischievous man.
- (US) An employee, usually male, of a Borscht Belt resort charged with the duty of entertaining guests throughout the day by providing any number of services, from comedian to master of ceremonies.
noun
- a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes
- A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.
- an abstract part of something
- something determined in relation to something that includes it
- (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction
- 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
- (politics) A voter who supports a (political) candidate; a supporter of a cause.
- (law) One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact
- (grammar) A functional element of a phrase or clause.
- A person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
- A part, or component of a whole.
adj
noun
- (informal, UK politics) A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament, who may be encouraged to attend when a very important vote is expected.
- An uncivilized or uncultured person (according to the value judgments of the speaker).
- A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences.
- a man who lives on the frontier
verb
noun
- (informal) Clipping of representative.
- informal abbreviation of ‘representative’
- (weightlifting, countable) Clipping of repetition.
- (informal) Clipping of representation.
- (theater) Clipping of repertory.
- (textiles) A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface.
- (fashion, slang) Clipping of replica.
- (informal) Clipping of reputation.
- (military, in combination) Clipping of report.
- a fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs
verb
- be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute
- be typical of
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
- describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality
- create an image or likeness of
- play a role or part
- form or compose
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
- express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
- bring forward and present to the mind
- be representative or typical for
- to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)
- take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
- serve as a means of expressing something
- point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance
- (by extension) To present again, possibly in an altered form.
- (transitive) To portray visually; to delineate
- (transitive) To serve as a sign or symbol of.
- (transitive) To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
- (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.)
- (transitive) To constitute, to make up, to be an example of.
- (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of
- (medicine) To present again, for instance for medical attention.
- (poker, transitive) To play as if holding (a set of cards); to play as if having made (a hand).
- (transitive) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something presentative, which was originally apprehended by direct presentation).
- (transitive) To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of
- (transitive) To give an account of; to describe.
- (transitive) To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of
- (sports, transitive) To participate as a team member.
- (transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular) To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people; to acquit oneself well.