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adj
- Relating to the mind and behavior or to the mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.
- Without an objective, or reasonably logical foundation.
- Of or pertaining to psychology.
- mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature
- of or relating to or determined by psychology
noun
- a distinguishing characteristic or behavior
- a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
- a card that is used instead of cash to make telephone calls
- (World War I– World War II military slang) An explosive dropped from a bomber aeroplane.
- A phonecard.
- A card advertising the services of a prostitute.
- (figurative) An attribute, symptom, object, or behavior which is distinctly characteristic of someone or something.
- A small printed card which identifies the bearer, traditionally presented for introduction when making a social visit to a home or when attending a formal social event or business meeting.
- (euphemistic) Excrement, especially of a domestic animal.
adj
noun
- any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
- (fantasy, science fiction) A term of address for any human, often implying the listener's species is their only noteworthy trait.
- (fantasy, science fiction, mythology) A human as contrasted from superficially similar but typically more powerful humanoid creatures; a member of the human race.
- (strictly, biology) A highly intelligent ape with fine and short body hair; the most abundant species of primate, with members found on every continent (Homo sapiens).
- (loosely) Any hominid of the genus Homo.
verb
noun
- A distinguishing feature of a person or thing, a part of mental or physical behavior.
- (nautical) The distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc.).
- (algebra, field theory, ring theory) For a given field or ring, a natural number that is either the smallest positive number n such that n instances of the multiplicative identity (1) summed together yield the additive identity (0) or, if no such number exists, the number 0.
- (mathematics) The integer part of a logarithm.
- any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
- a prominent attribute or aspect of something
- the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression ‘log 643 = 2.808’ the characteristic is 2
- a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something
adj
noun
- A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person or a group.
- a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
- A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify.
- (medicine, originally) A peculiar individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance or factor; a risk factor.
noun
noun
- The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.
- The function or position of something.
- A character or part played by a performer or actor.
- (historical) An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment.
- (grammar) The function of a word in a phrase.
- (object-oriented programming) In the Raku programming language, a code element akin to an interface, used for composition of classes without adding to their inheritance chain.
- Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, or privileges
- normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- what something is used for
noun
- (countable) A reasonable action or behaviour.
- (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being reasonable.
- the state of having good sense and sound judgment
- goodness of reason and judgment
- the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person
- the property of being moderate in price or expenditures
- moderation in expectations
verb
- (sociology, intransitive) Of human behavior: to make a choice that suffices to fulfill the minimum requirements to achieve an objective, without special regard for utility maximization or optimization of one's preferences.
- decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal
noun
- a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings
- (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages
- (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class
- coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions
- (philosophy) A characteristic or property that particular things have in common.
adj
- applicable to or common to all members of a group or set
- of worldwide scope or applicability
- adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations
- Useful for many purposes; all-purpose.
- Of or pertaining to the universe.
- Common to all society; worldwide.
- Unlimited; vast; infinite.
- Common to all members of a group or class.
adj
noun
noun
- a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
- a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior.
- the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip
- (chiefly in the plural) A quirk, idiosyncrasy, frailty, or mannerism; an unusual habit that is slightly strange or silly.
- A weakness or failing of character.
- (fencing) Part of a sword between the middle and the point, weaker than the forte.
noun
- a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
- a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
- Exaggerated or affected style in art, speech, or other behavior.
- A noticeable personal habit, a verbal or other (often, but not necessarily unconscious) habitual behavior peculiar to an individual.
- (art, literature) In fine art, a style that is inspired by previous models, aiming to reproduce subjects in an expressive language.
- (art, literature) In literature, an ostentatious and unnatural style of the second half of the sixteenth century. In the contemporary criticism, described as a negation of the classicist equilibrium, pre-Baroque, and deforming expressiveness.
noun
- a characteristic to be considered
- a distinct feature or element in a problem
- the feelings expressed on a person's face
- the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb
- the visual percept of a region
- (astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.
- (rail transport) The visual indication of railway signal as displayed to the driver. With three-aspect colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green, and on four-aspect signals, double-yellow also; a two-aspect signal displays red or green.
- A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
- The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
- (grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.
- Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.
- The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
- Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
- One's appearance or expression.
- (religion, mythology) The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.
- Prospect; outlook.
- (programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.
verb
noun
- (countable) A being with cognition.
- (politics) Acute awareness (of something) and belief in its communal relevance.
- (uncountable) The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
- The state or trait of having cognition and sensation; cognition and sensation themselves.
- The fact of having knowledge of a particular fact or matter; cognizance.
- having knowledge of
- an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
noun
- The fundamental set of qualities, and the range of behaviour, shared by (or believed by many to be shared by) all humans; the probabilities about thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are typical among most humans.
- the shared psychological attributes of humankind that are assumed to be shared by all human beings
noun
- The act of setting apart and organizing things based upon their characteristics.
- The separation of a subset of prisoners from the general prison population, possibly solitary confinement.
- (politics) The separation of people based upon race, sex, religion, or other identity in institutions.
- (sociology) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).
- (mineralogy) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
- Separation for practical reasons, by necessity.
- (biology) The setting apart in Mendelian inheritance of alleles, such that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring.
- (politics, public policy) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).
- (genetics) The separation of a pair of chromatids or chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis
- a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
- (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes
- the act of segregating or sequestering
noun
- people in general considered as a whole
- a body of people sharing some common interest
- (countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by the: members of the community or the people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.
- (sociology) A group of people sharing some common cultural, political, or social interest, but not necessarily having any interactions with each other.
- (uncountable) Chiefly in in public: the presence of spectators or people generally; the open.
- (often public relations) Often preceded by the and a qualifying word: a particular demographic or group of people, or segment of the population, sharing some common characteristic.
- (non-native speakers' English, neologism) An internet publication.
- (informal) Ellipsis of public house or (dated) public bar (“an inn, a pub: the more basic bar in a public house, as contrasted with the lounge bar or saloon bar which has more comfortable seats, personalized service, etc.”).
- Preceded by a possessive determiner such as my, your, or their: a group of people who support a particular person, especially a performer, a writer, etc.; an audience, a following.
adj
- not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole
- affecting the people or community as a whole
- (business) Of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly, for example, through a stock market.
- Pertaining to a person in the capacity in which they deal with other people on a formal or official basis, as opposed to a personal or private capacity; official, professional.
- (UK, education, chiefly historical) In some older universities in the United Kingdom: open or pertaining to the whole university, as opposed to a constituent college or an individual staff member or student.
- (not comparable, by extension, object-oriented programming) Of an object: accessible to the program in general, not only to a class or subclass.
- Open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes.
- Pertaining to the people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people; concerning the whole community or country.
- Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view.
- Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community, rather than by a private organization.
noun
- people in general considered as a whole
- everything that exists anywhere
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
- all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
- the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
- a part of the earth that can be considered separately
- people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
- The Universe.
- A fictional realm, such as a planet, containing one or multiple societies of beings, especially intelligent ones.
- (tarot) The twenty-second trump or major arcana card of the tarot.
- (with "the") The Earth, especially in a geopolitical or cultural context, or as the physical planet.
- (countable) A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.
- A very large extent of country.
- (by extension) Any other astronomical body which may be inhabitable, such as a natural satellite.
- An individual or group perspective or social setting.
- In various mythologies, cosmologies, etc., one of a number of separate realms or regions having different characteristics and occupied by different types of inhabitants.
- (with "the" or a plural possessive pronoun) The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in.
- (countable) (Several) alternative scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context.
- (video games) A subdivision of a game, consisting of a series of stages or levels that usually share a similar environment or theme.
- (informal) A great amount, a lot.
- (with "a") Any of several possible scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context.
- (computing) The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs.
- (metonymic, with "the") A majority of people.
- (with "the" or a singular possessive pronoun) The subjective human experience, regarded individually.
adj
verb
noun
- A form of behaviorism that takes unobservable internal behaviors into account.
- a school of psychology based on the general principles of behaviorism but broader and more flexible in concept. It stresses experimental research and laboratory analyses in the study of overt behavior and in various subjective phenomena that cannot be directly observed and measured, such as fantasies, love, stress, empathy, trust, and personality.
noun
- an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
- An approach to psychology focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely ignores any pathophysiological processes which may, or may not, underlie subjective, behavioral phenomena.
noun
- the quality of being human
- the quality of being humane
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
- (uncountable) The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.
- (countable) Any academic subject belonging to the humanities.
- (uncountable) The human condition or nature.
- (uncountable) Humankind; human beings as a group.
noun
- the quality of being human
- the state of being a man; manly qualities
- the status of being a man
- All of the men of a given place, area, or any human subgroup (ethnicity, nation, race, religion, family, work crew or ship's crew, etc.) regarded collectively.
- The state or condition of being a human being.
- (euphemistic) The male genitalia, especially the penis.
- The state or condition of being a man, as contrasted with being a boy, woman, girl, or nonbinary.
- The idealized nature of a man: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness regarded collectively.
- The self-concept of a man being with respect to his possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness; a man's sense or view of himself as being more or less manly.
noun
- A characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior.
- (physics) A moving force.
- (grammar) A verb that indicates continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
- (music) A symbol in a musical score that indicates the desired level of volume.
- (music) The varying loudness or volume of a song or the markings that indicate the loudness.
- an efficient incentive
adj
- Changing; active; in motion.
- (computing) Happening at runtime instead of being predetermined at compile time.
- Able to change and adapt.
- (grammar) Of a verb: not stative, but fientive; indicating continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
- (music) Having to do with the volume of sound.
- Powerful; energetic.
- Pertaining to dynamics, the branch of mechanics concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.
- of or relating to dynamics
- characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality
- (used of verbs (e.g. ‘to run’) and participial adjectives (e.g. ‘running’ in ‘running water’)) expressing action rather than a state of being
adj
- disposed to psychological variability
- highly or violently reactive
- suffering from severe mental illness
- subject to change; variable
- lacking stability or fixity or firmness
- affording no ease or reassurance
- Unpredictable.
- Fluctuating; not constant.
- Not stable.
- (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
- Fickle.
- (chemistry) Readily decomposable.
- Having a strong tendency to change.
verb
noun
- the state of being that is commonly observed
- the quality of lacking taste and refinement
- sharing of common attributes
- ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace
- The quality of being common in the sense of vulgar, coarse or low class.
- The quality of being common in the sense of ordinary, usual or mundane.
noun
- (countable) A display of behaviour.
- (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
- (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- (law, countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- The process of doing something.
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- (countable) Any organized activity.
- (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
- (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a manifestation of insincerity
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
adv
verb
- (transitive) To feign.
- (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
- (intransitive) To do something.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
- be suitable for theatrical performance
noun
- recording a person's behavior and analyzing psychological characteristics in order to predict or assess their ability in a certain sphere or to identify a particular group of people
- (military, historical) In the construction of fieldworks, the erection at proper intervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the sectional form of the parapets at those points.
- The forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics.
verb
prefix
- Behaviour of a single individual.
- Inside or with, in terms of location or position.
- A part of the root entity.
- The interior of the region indicated by the root.
- Between two or more similar entities that are within a larger entity. The root indicates the commonality between the entities.
- Indicating that the root is internal in nature.
- Within a group or concept.
- In alignment or synchronous with the root entity.
- During, within a time period.
- Spatially located in between the root entity and a reference point.
- Spatially located in between two points within the region indicated by the root entity.
- A direction that is inward or into the location indicated by the root word.
noun
- Behaviour; the manner of behaving.
- Skillful guidance or management.
- (of a literary work) Plot.
- (Anglicanism, obsolete outside fixed titles) A priest hired to hold services without secure title; now a chaplain.
- The act or method of controlling or directing.
- (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
- manner of acting or controlling yourself
verb
- (transitive) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)
- (transitive) To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)
- (transitive, music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
- (transitive, reflexive) To behave.
- (intransitive) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
- (transitive) To carry out (something organized)
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- take somebody somewhere
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- lead musicians in the performance of
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- direct the course of; manage or control
noun
- a distinguishing characteristic or behavior
- a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited
- a card that is used instead of cash to make telephone calls
- (World War I– World War II military slang) An explosive dropped from a bomber aeroplane.
- A phonecard.
- A card advertising the services of a prostitute.
- (figurative) An attribute, symptom, object, or behavior which is distinctly characteristic of someone or something.
- A small printed card which identifies the bearer, traditionally presented for introduction when making a social visit to a home or when attending a formal social event or business meeting.
- (euphemistic) Excrement, especially of a domestic animal.
noun
- A distinguishing feature of a person or thing, a part of mental or physical behavior.
- (nautical) The distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc.).
- (algebra, field theory, ring theory) For a given field or ring, a natural number that is either the smallest positive number n such that n instances of the multiplicative identity (1) summed together yield the additive identity (0) or, if no such number exists, the number 0.
- (mathematics) The integer part of a logarithm.
- any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions
- a prominent attribute or aspect of something
- the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression ‘log 643 = 2.808’ the characteristic is 2
- a distinguishing quality; a feature that can be used to identify something
adj
noun
- A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person or a group.
- a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
- A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify.
- (medicine, originally) A peculiar individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance or factor; a risk factor.
noun
noun
- The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.
- The function or position of something.
- A character or part played by a performer or actor.
- (historical) An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment.
- (grammar) The function of a word in a phrase.
- (object-oriented programming) In the Raku programming language, a code element akin to an interface, used for composition of classes without adding to their inheritance chain.
- Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, or privileges
- normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting
- the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
- what something is used for
noun
- (countable) A reasonable action or behaviour.
- (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being reasonable.
- the state of having good sense and sound judgment
- goodness of reason and judgment
- the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person
- the property of being moderate in price or expenditures
- moderation in expectations
noun
- a behavioral convention or pattern characteristic of all members of a particular culture or of all human beings
- (linguistics) a grammatical rule (or other linguistic feature) that is found in all languages
- (logic) a proposition that asserts something of all members of a class
- coupling that connects two rotating shafts allowing freedom of movement in all directions
- (philosophy) A characteristic or property that particular things have in common.
adj
- applicable to or common to all members of a group or set
- of worldwide scope or applicability
- adapted to various purposes, sizes, forms, operations
- Useful for many purposes; all-purpose.
- Of or pertaining to the universe.
- Common to all society; worldwide.
- Unlimited; vast; infinite.
- Common to all members of a group or class.
noun
- a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
- a minor flaw or shortcoming in character or behavior.
- the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip
- (chiefly in the plural) A quirk, idiosyncrasy, frailty, or mannerism; an unusual habit that is slightly strange or silly.
- A weakness or failing of character.
- (fencing) Part of a sword between the middle and the point, weaker than the forte.
noun
- a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
- a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
- Exaggerated or affected style in art, speech, or other behavior.
- A noticeable personal habit, a verbal or other (often, but not necessarily unconscious) habitual behavior peculiar to an individual.
- (art, literature) In fine art, a style that is inspired by previous models, aiming to reproduce subjects in an expressive language.
- (art, literature) In literature, an ostentatious and unnatural style of the second half of the sixteenth century. In the contemporary criticism, described as a negation of the classicist equilibrium, pre-Baroque, and deforming expressiveness.
noun
- a characteristic to be considered
- a distinct feature or element in a problem
- the feelings expressed on a person's face
- the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb
- the visual percept of a region
- (astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.
- (rail transport) The visual indication of railway signal as displayed to the driver. With three-aspect colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green, and on four-aspect signals, double-yellow also; a two-aspect signal displays red or green.
- A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
- The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
- (grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.
- Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.
- The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
- Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
- One's appearance or expression.
- (religion, mythology) The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.
- Prospect; outlook.
- (programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.
verb
noun
- (countable) A being with cognition.
- (politics) Acute awareness (of something) and belief in its communal relevance.
- (uncountable) The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
- The state or trait of having cognition and sensation; cognition and sensation themselves.
- The fact of having knowledge of a particular fact or matter; cognizance.
- having knowledge of
- an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
noun
- The fundamental set of qualities, and the range of behaviour, shared by (or believed by many to be shared by) all humans; the probabilities about thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are typical among most humans.
- the shared psychological attributes of humankind that are assumed to be shared by all human beings
noun
- The act of setting apart and organizing things based upon their characteristics.
- The separation of a subset of prisoners from the general prison population, possibly solitary confinement.
- (politics) The separation of people based upon race, sex, religion, or other identity in institutions.
- (sociology) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into various categories which occurs due to social forces (culture, etc).
- (mineralogy) Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive or adhesive attraction or the crystallizing process.
- Separation for practical reasons, by necessity.
- (biology) The setting apart in Mendelian inheritance of alleles, such that each parent passes only one allele to its offspring.
- (politics, public policy) The separation of people (geographically, residentially, or in businesses, public transit, etc) into racial or other categories (e.g. religion, sex).
- (genetics) The separation of a pair of chromatids or chromosomes during mitosis and meiosis
- a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups
- (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes
- the act of segregating or sequestering
noun
- people in general considered as a whole
- a body of people sharing some common interest
- (countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by the: members of the community or the people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.
- (sociology) A group of people sharing some common cultural, political, or social interest, but not necessarily having any interactions with each other.
- (uncountable) Chiefly in in public: the presence of spectators or people generally; the open.
- (often public relations) Often preceded by the and a qualifying word: a particular demographic or group of people, or segment of the population, sharing some common characteristic.
- (non-native speakers' English, neologism) An internet publication.
- (informal) Ellipsis of public house or (dated) public bar (“an inn, a pub: the more basic bar in a public house, as contrasted with the lounge bar or saloon bar which has more comfortable seats, personalized service, etc.”).
- Preceded by a possessive determiner such as my, your, or their: a group of people who support a particular person, especially a performer, a writer, etc.; an audience, a following.
adj
- not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole
- affecting the people or community as a whole
- (business) Of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly, for example, through a stock market.
- Pertaining to a person in the capacity in which they deal with other people on a formal or official basis, as opposed to a personal or private capacity; official, professional.
- (UK, education, chiefly historical) In some older universities in the United Kingdom: open or pertaining to the whole university, as opposed to a constituent college or an individual staff member or student.
- (not comparable, by extension, object-oriented programming) Of an object: accessible to the program in general, not only to a class or subclass.
- Open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it; especially, provided by national or local authorities and supported by money from taxes.
- Pertaining to the people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people; concerning the whole community or country.
- Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view.
- Officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community, rather than by a private organization.
noun
- people in general considered as a whole
- everything that exists anywhere
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
- all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
- the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
- a part of the earth that can be considered separately
- people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
- The Universe.
- A fictional realm, such as a planet, containing one or multiple societies of beings, especially intelligent ones.
- (tarot) The twenty-second trump or major arcana card of the tarot.
- (with "the") The Earth, especially in a geopolitical or cultural context, or as the physical planet.
- (countable) A planet, especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.
- A very large extent of country.
- (by extension) Any other astronomical body which may be inhabitable, such as a natural satellite.
- An individual or group perspective or social setting.
- In various mythologies, cosmologies, etc., one of a number of separate realms or regions having different characteristics and occupied by different types of inhabitants.
- (with "the" or a plural possessive pronoun) The subjective human experience, regarded collectively; human collective existence; existence in general; the reality we live in.
- (countable) (Several) alternative scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context.
- (video games) A subdivision of a game, consisting of a series of stages or levels that usually share a similar environment or theme.
- (informal) A great amount, a lot.
- (with "a") Any of several possible scenarios concerning The Earth, either as the physical planet, or in a geopolitical, cultural or societal context.
- (computing) The part of an operating system distributed with the kernel, consisting of the shell and other programs.
- (metonymic, with "the") A majority of people.
- (with "the" or a singular possessive pronoun) The subjective human experience, regarded individually.
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- A form of behaviorism that takes unobservable internal behaviors into account.
- a school of psychology based on the general principles of behaviorism but broader and more flexible in concept. It stresses experimental research and laboratory analyses in the study of overt behavior and in various subjective phenomena that cannot be directly observed and measured, such as fantasies, love, stress, empathy, trust, and personality.
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- an approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior
- An approach to psychology focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely ignores any pathophysiological processes which may, or may not, underlie subjective, behavioral phenomena.
noun
- the quality of being human
- the quality of being humane
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
- (uncountable) The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.
- (countable) Any academic subject belonging to the humanities.
- (uncountable) The human condition or nature.
- (uncountable) Humankind; human beings as a group.
noun
- the quality of being human
- the state of being a man; manly qualities
- the status of being a man
- All of the men of a given place, area, or any human subgroup (ethnicity, nation, race, religion, family, work crew or ship's crew, etc.) regarded collectively.
- The state or condition of being a human being.
- (euphemistic) The male genitalia, especially the penis.
- The state or condition of being a man, as contrasted with being a boy, woman, girl, or nonbinary.
- The idealized nature of a man: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness regarded collectively.
- The self-concept of a man being with respect to his possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness; a man's sense or view of himself as being more or less manly.
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- A characteristic or manner of an interaction; a behavior.
- (physics) A moving force.
- (grammar) A verb that indicates continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
- (music) A symbol in a musical score that indicates the desired level of volume.
- (music) The varying loudness or volume of a song or the markings that indicate the loudness.
- an efficient incentive
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- Changing; active; in motion.
- (computing) Happening at runtime instead of being predetermined at compile time.
- Able to change and adapt.
- (grammar) Of a verb: not stative, but fientive; indicating continued or progressive action on the part of the subject.
- (music) Having to do with the volume of sound.
- Powerful; energetic.
- Pertaining to dynamics, the branch of mechanics concerned with the effects of forces on the motion of objects.
- of or relating to dynamics
- characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality
- (used of verbs (e.g. ‘to run’) and participial adjectives (e.g. ‘running’ in ‘running water’)) expressing action rather than a state of being
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- the state of being that is commonly observed
- the quality of lacking taste and refinement
- sharing of common attributes
- ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace
- The quality of being common in the sense of vulgar, coarse or low class.
- The quality of being common in the sense of ordinary, usual or mundane.
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- (countable) A display of behaviour.
- (law) Ellipsis of act of parliament.
- (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
- (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
- (law, countable) (In the United States) A legislative proposal, a bill that has not yet become law.
- (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
- The process of doing something.
- (countable) Something done, a deed.
- (theology) Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work.
- (countable) Any organized activity.
- (countable, drama) A division of a theatrical performance.
- (law, countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
- A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
- something that people do or cause to happen
- a short performance that is part of a longer program
- a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
- a manifestation of insincerity
- a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
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- (transitive) To feign.
- (intransitive, law) To carry out work as a legal representative in relation to a particular legal matter.
- (intransitive) To do something.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain manner for an indefinite length of time.
- (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
- (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
- (intransitive) To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
- (intransitive) Of a play: to be acted out (well or badly).
- (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
- (transitive) To play (a role).
- (intransitive, mathematics, construed with on or upon, of an algebraic structure) To possess an action onto (some other structure). Examples include the group action of a group on a set, the action of a ring on a module by scalar multiplication, and the action of a group or algebra on a vector space via a representation.
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- play a role or part
- discharge one's duties
- behave unnaturally or affectedly
- perform on a stage or theater
- be suitable for theatrical performance
noun
- recording a person's behavior and analyzing psychological characteristics in order to predict or assess their ability in a certain sphere or to identify a particular group of people
- (military, historical) In the construction of fieldworks, the erection at proper intervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the sectional form of the parapets at those points.
- The forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics.
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- Behaviour; the manner of behaving.
- Skillful guidance or management.
- (of a literary work) Plot.
- (Anglicanism, obsolete outside fixed titles) A priest hired to hold services without secure title; now a chaplain.
- The act or method of controlling or directing.
- (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
- manner of acting or controlling yourself
verb
- (transitive) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit (heat, light, electricity, etc.)
- (transitive) To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)
- (transitive, music) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.
- (transitive, reflexive) To behave.
- (intransitive) To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.
- (transitive) To carry out (something organized)
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- take somebody somewhere
- behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
- lead musicians in the performance of
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- direct the course of; manage or control
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- (sociology, intransitive) Of human behavior: to make a choice that suffices to fulfill the minimum requirements to achieve an objective, without special regard for utility maximization or optimization of one's preferences.
- decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal
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- Relating to the mind and behavior or to the mental, emotional, and behavioral characteristics pertaining to a specified person, group, or activity.
- Without an objective, or reasonably logical foundation.
- Of or pertaining to psychology.
- mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature
- of or relating to or determined by psychology
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- any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
- (fantasy, science fiction) A term of address for any human, often implying the listener's species is their only noteworthy trait.
- (fantasy, science fiction, mythology) A human as contrasted from superficially similar but typically more powerful humanoid creatures; a member of the human race.
- (strictly, biology) A highly intelligent ape with fine and short body hair; the most abundant species of primate, with members found on every continent (Homo sapiens).
- (loosely) Any hominid of the genus Homo.
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- disposed to psychological variability
- highly or violently reactive
- suffering from severe mental illness
- subject to change; variable
- lacking stability or fixity or firmness
- affording no ease or reassurance
- Unpredictable.
- Fluctuating; not constant.
- Not stable.
- (physics) Radioactive, especially with a short half-life.
- Fickle.
- (chemistry) Readily decomposable.
- Having a strong tendency to change.