Palavras em English para 'The act of enabling.'
Acima você encontra palavras relacionadas a "The act of enabling.". Foque ou passe o cursor sobre uma palavra para ver sua definição.
Resultados da pesquisa
noun
verb
noun
- the act of allowing
- a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
- an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
- an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
- (minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
- Such a sum or portion granted to a family member or familiar, especially one's own child; pocket money for such a person.
- (horse racing) A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.
- (commerce) A deduction from the gross weight of goods, such as to discount their container's weight or per a custom differing by country.
- Acknowledgment.
- An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.
- Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.
- Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting.
- (engineering) A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.
verb
noun
- the act of providing approval and support
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
- something forming a back that is added for strengthening
- (television, film) A backdrop.
- (music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.
- The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse.
- The mounting of a horse or other animal.
- Support, especially financial.
- A liner or other material added behind or underneath.
adj
verb
noun
- the act of providing approval and support
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage
- (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- (law enforcement) Reinforcements.
- An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow.
- A reserve or substitute.
- (music) Accompaniment.
- (computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is damaged or destroyed.
- Corroboration.
- Any support or extra help.
adj
verb
noun
- the act of providing approval and support
- a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
- customers collectively
- (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
- the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
- Customers collectively; clientele; business.
- (UK, law) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
- A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain.
- The right of nomination to political office.
- The act or state of being a customer of some business.
- Patronising speech or behaviour.
- (politics) Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.
- The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
- Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
verb
noun
- The act of instituting something.
- A long-established organization or type of organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.
- (informal) A mental institution.
- Any facility where people (especially those who are mentally or physically disabled or sick, or who are prisoners) are committed (confined), where their freedom to leave is restricted.
- (Christianity) The act by which a bishop commits a cure of souls to a priest.
- The building or buildings which house such an organization.
- (informal) A person long established in a place, position, or field.
- A custom or practice of a society or community.
- (informal) Any long established and respected place or business.
- (informal) A correctional institution.
- an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
- a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society
- a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
- an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
noun
- The act of enfranchising
- A release from slavery
- The investiture with any of several municipal privileges
- (land legal, England and Wales, historical) the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold estate
- freedom from political subjugation or servitude
- a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
- the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on
noun
- the formal act of approving
- a message expressing a favorable opinion
- acceptance as satisfactory
- a feeling of liking something or someone good
- (especially philately) Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match their stated interests; the collector can approve of or return the item.
- An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.
- An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements.
noun
- the formal act of approving
- The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval.
- a desirable state
- the act of praying for divine protection
- a short prayer of thanks before a meal
- a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection
- (paganism) A modern pagan ceremony.
- Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.
- Good fortune.
- A prayer before a meal; grace.
- A group of unicorns.
- A pronouncement invoking divine aid.
- Something someone is glad of.
verb
noun
- the act of preventing
- a counter where you can obtain food or drink
- a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
- (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
- an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
- a heating element in an electric fire
- musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
- a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
- (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried
- a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
- a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
- a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
- a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
- the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
- (backgammon) The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
- An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
- (music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
- (by extension, in combination) Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.
- (heraldry) One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess.
- (slang, hip-hop, chiefly in the plural) Hip-hop lyrics, especially ones written and delivered skillfully.
- (recreational drugs) A small, tablet-shaped dose of Xanax, typically containing two milligrams and able to be split into quarters.
- (countable, uncountable, metallurgy) A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
- (architecture) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
- (slang) A measure of drugs, typically one ounce.
- (programming, derived from fubar) A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.
- (sports) A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.
- A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
- (US, Philippines, law, usually with the) The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
- A broad shaft, band, or stripe.
- A business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house.
- (physics) A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is the negative of its usual value (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).
- (UK, Parliament) A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
- An establishment offering cosmetic services.
- A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
- (by extension, slang, chiefly in the plural) Something well-said or well-written.
- (farriery) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.
- Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
- (typography) Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly (obsolete) including oblique marks such as the slash.
- A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
- An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
- (mathematics) The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.
- (figurative) Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome; a standard or expectation.
- A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, slightly less than atmospheric pressure at sea level.
- (UK, law) The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay.
- A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water; a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).
- (farriery, in the plural) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
- The counter of such premises.
- (soccer, most codes) The crossbar.
- (law, metonymic, "the Bar", "the bar") Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.
- A city gate, in some British place names.
- (mining) A drilling or tamping rod.
- (mining) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
- An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
- A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
- (geography, nautical, hydrology) A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance; especially:
- (telecommunications, electronics) One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining.
verb
prep
noun
- the act of including
- the relation of comprising something
- any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases)
- the state of being included
- (countable, mineralogy) Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.
- (cytology) A nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregate of stainable substances.
- (uncountable) The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.
- (countable) An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.
- (histology) An object completely inside a tissue, such as epidermal inclusion cyst, a cyst in the epidermis.
- (countable) Anything foreign that is included in a material.
- (mathematics) A mapping where the domain is a subset of the image.
noun
- (law) The act of approving a bill etc.
- A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings.
- (sociology) The ability of a person to be regarded as a member of an identity group or category different from their own.
- (sports) The act of passing a ball etc. to another player.
- Death, dying; the end of something.
- The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another.
- the end of something
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
- the motion of one object relative to another
- euphemistic expressions for death
- a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
adj
verb
adv
noun
- The act of contributing.
- The taking part, often with the idea that it has led to (scientific etc.) progress.
- Something given or offered that adds to a larger whole.
- An amount of money given toward something.
- act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story
- a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause
- an amount of money contributed
noun
- the act of convening
- (diplomacy) an international agreement
- orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
- a large formal assembly
- something regarded as a normative example
- (international law) A treaty or supplement to such.
- A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.
- A formal agreement, contract, rule, or pact.
- A meeting or gathering.
- A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates.
- The convening of a formal meeting.
noun
- (countable) An act of authorizing.
- (uncountable) The state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere; formally granted permission.
- (government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.
- (countable) A document giving formal sanction, permission or warrant.
- the power or right to give orders or make decisions
- the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
- official permission or approval
- a document giving an official instruction or command
noun
- The legal wherewithal to act.
- (uncountable) A unique power of the mind; a faculty.
- (now limited to Scotland dialects) Physical power.
- (countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude.
- (uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.
- possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
- the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
noun
- An act of exempting.
- an act exempting someone
- A deduction from the normal amount of taxes.
- Freedom from a defect or weakness.
- The state of being exempt; immunity.
- a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of their status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.)
- immunity from an obligation or duty
noun
verb
- (transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
- (intransitive) To skid.
- (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
- simple past of slay
- (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
- (transitive, rail transport) To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
- (intransitive) To pivot.
- (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
noun
- An act of specifying.
- An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
- a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
- a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
- (patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention
- naming explicitly
noun
- A document authorizing such an action.
- Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
- A cancellation or postponement of a proposed event undesired by many.
- The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
- a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
- a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
verb
noun
- The act of facilitating or making easy.
- (physiology) The process of synapses becoming more capable of transmitting the same type of signal each time certain types of sensory signals pass through sequences of these synapses.
- the condition of being made easy (or easier)
- act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something
- (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential
adj
- possibly accepting or permitting
- having the requisite qualities for
- (usually followed by ‘of’) having capacity or ability
- (followed by ‘of’) having the temperament or inclination for
- have the skills and qualifications to do things well
- Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
adj
- possibly accepting or permitting
- open to or in view of all
- openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
- (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints
- not sealed or having been unsealed
- open and observable; not secret or hidden
- not requiring union membership
- accessible to all
- without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition
- not having been filled
- not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought
- ready for business
- affording free passage or access
- used of mouth or eyes
- (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
- not defended or capable of being defended
- affording free passage or view
- with no protection or shield
- ready or willing to receive favorably
- having no protecting cover or enclosure
- affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed
- (phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
- Able to have something pass through or along it.
- (sometimes business) Not fulfilled or resolved; incomplete.
- (computing, not comparable, of a file, document, etc.) In current use; connected to as a resource.
- Not settled; not decided or determined; not withdrawn from consideration.
- Of a space, free of objects and obstructions.
- (law, of correspondence) Written or sent with the intention that it may made public or referred to at any trial, rather than by way of confidential private negotiation for a settlement.
- Of a person, not concealing their feelings, opinions, etc.; candid, ingenuous.
- (not comparable) Available for use or operation.
- Not concealed; overt.
- (electricity, of a switch or circuit breaker) In a position such that a circuit is not completed, preventing electricity from flowing.
- (music) Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
- (sports and games) Characterised by free-flowing play.
- (comparable, with 'to') Susceptible or vulnerable (to the stated means).
- (now regional) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
- (engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) In a position allowing fluid to flow.
- (music, stringed instruments) Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
- Not covered, sealed, etc.; having an opening or aperture showing what is inside.
- (graph theory, of a walk) Having different first and last vertices.
- (not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
- (medicine) Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
- (computing, of a program or application, especially one with a screen-based interface) Running.
- (phonetics, of a syllable) Ending in a vowel; not having a coda.
- (especially sports) Of a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
- (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
- (phonetics, sometimes with comparative opener) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
- (comparable) Receptive.
- (mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X.
- Not physically drawn together, folded or contracted.
- (not comparable) Allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
- (of a multi-word compound) Having component words separated by spaces, as opposed to being joined together or hyphenated; for example, time slot as opposed to timeslot or time-slot.
- (sports) Of a tournament or competition, allowing anyone to enter, especially or originally irrespective of professional or amateur status.
- (computing, education) Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.
- Not having one end joined to the other; not forming a closed loop.
- (sometimes proscribed) Unlocked or unlatched but not physically open.
- (computing, used before "code") Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.
- (not comparable) Public.
- (not comparable) With open access, of open science, or both.
- Of a sandwich, etc.: composed of a single slice of bread with a topping.
noun
- a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play
- information that has become public
- where the air is unconfined
- (electronics) A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
- (in the definite) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
- The act of something being opened, such as an e-mail message.
- (in the definite) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
- A sports event in which anybody can compete, especially or originally irrespective of amateur or professional status.
verb
- begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
- start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
- make the opening move
- become available
- make available
- display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
- cause to open or to become open
- become open
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- have an opening or passage or outlet
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become operative or available.
- (transitive) To make an open relationship or marriage, i.e., with possible additional relationships.
- (transitive, intransitive) To spread; to expand into a wider or looser position.
- (transitive) To enter upon, begin.
- (intransitive, poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
- (transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position allowing fluid to flow.
- (transitive, nursing) To make (a bed) ready for a patient by folding back the bedcovers.
- (intransitive, with 'for') To precede another as a performer at a concert or show.
- (transitive) To bring up, broach.
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To start running (a program or application, especially one with a screen-based interface).
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become receptive or susceptible (to something).
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To connect to a resource (a file, document, etc.) for viewing or editing.
- (transitive, intransitive) To unseal or uncover, or become unsealed or uncovered.
- (transitive, intransitive) To cause or allow a gap to form or widen.
- (Manglish, Quebec) To turn on; to switch on.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position preventing electricity from flowing.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become accessible or clear for passage by moving from a shut position.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become clear by removal of objects and obstructions, so as to allow passage, access, or visibility.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become accessible to customers, clients or visitors.
- (especially sports, transitive, intransitive) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
- (intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
- (transitive or intransitive) To start (an event or activity) as the first performer or actor.
- (intransitive) Of an event, activity etc., to start or get underway.
adj
- possibly accepting or permitting
- likely to be affected by something
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- Conditional upon something; used with to.
- Likely to be affected by or to experience something; liable.
- Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
- Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
noun
- some situation or event that is thought about
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- (logic) the first term of a proposition
- a person who owes allegiance to that nation
- (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- a branch of knowledge
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- By faulty generalisation from a clause's grammatical subject often being coinstantiated with one: an actor or agent; one who takes action.
- A particular area of study.
- A citizen in a monarchy.
- (grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.
- The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
- A human, animal, or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc; especially, one being studied in a scientific experiment, such as a clinical trial.
- (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
- (logic) That of which something is stated.
- A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
- (mathematics) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.
- (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
verb
- make subservient; force to submit or subdue
- cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
- make accountable for
- (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
- (transitive) To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave; to subjugate.
noun
- the act of making less strict
- (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance
- an occurrence of control or strength weakening
- (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers
- a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry
- freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
- a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount
- Remission of attention or application.
- Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort.
- The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
- A diminution of tone, tension, or firmness; specifically in pathology: a looseness; a diminution of the natural and healthy tone of parts.
- (physics) The transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one; the opposite of excitation
- (music) The release following musical tension.
- Remission or abatement of rigor.
noun
- an act exempting someone
- the quality of being unaffected by something
- (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
- the state of not being susceptible
- (medicine) Protective resistance against disease.
- (in games and competitions) An exemption given to a player from losing or being withdrawn from play.
- (law) An exemption from prosecution.
- (countable) A resistance to a specific thing.
- (religion) An exemption from penance.
- (law) An exemption from specified duties, such as payments or services.
noun
- (law) Initialism of public act.
- Initialism of public accountant.
- Initialism of precision agriculture.
- (medicine) Initialism of physician associate.
- (American football, fantasy football) Initialism of points against.
- Initialism of personal appearance (when a celebrity visits a public event).
- (Manitoba, Saskatchewan) Initialism of Parental Accompaniment.
- Initialism of Peano arithmetic.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyamide.
- (medicine) Initialism of physician assistant.
- Initialism of personal assistant.
- (chemistry) Initialism of pyrrolizidine alkaloid.
- Initialism of public address.
- Initialism of production assistant.
- Initialism of Prince Albert (“genital piercing”).
- (anatomy) Initialism of pulmonary artery.
- Initialism of power amplifier.
- an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas
adj
name
- (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Algonquian (sometimes abbreviated PAn to distinguish it from Proto-Algic, but usually just abbreviated PA with Proto-Algic being abbreviated PAc).
- Abbreviation of Papua: a province of Indonesia.
- (postal) Abbreviation of Pennsylvania: a state of the United States.
- (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Athabaskan.
- (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Algic (sometimes abbreviated PAc to distinguish it from Proto-Algonquian).
- Initialism of Prince Albert: a city in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Abbreviation of Pará: a state of Brazil.
- Initialism of Palestinian Authority.
phrase
adj
- That grants permission or power to do something.
- (geometry, of a point) At which a given function is positive.
- Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty.
- (biology) Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way.
- Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective.
- able to exist under more than one set of conditions
- granting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something
- optional
- of or relating to the mental faculties
noun
- The act of inscribing.
- Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.
- Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item.
- The text on a coin.
- the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words
- a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
- letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
noun
- the act of amending or correcting
- a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)
- An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
- (especially US) An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.
- (law) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
- That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.
- In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.
noun
- the act of using
- the occupation for which you are paid
- the state of being employed or having a job
- the act of giving someone a job
- The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
- (economics) The number or percentage of people at work.
- An activity to which one devotes time.
- A purpose, a use.
- The act of employing.
- The state of being employed.
noun
- the act of using
- an action, often used negatively and without consequences
- the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit
- (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches
- a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding
- systematic training by multiple repetitions
- The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
- (countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
- (countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
- A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
verb
- carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
- do physical exercise
- put to use
- give a workout to
- learn by repetition
- (transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
- (intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
- (now often passive voice) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious.
- To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
noun
- the act of using
- the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written
- accepted or habitual practice
- Prevailing language style: how words are used among a populace.
- The act of using something; use, employment.
- (uncountable) Custom, tradition.
- A custom or established practice.
- Choice of language style (made by a speaker or writer).
noun
- the act of using
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
- (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
- what something is used for
- exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
- a particular service
- Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- (Christianity) A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
- (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
- The act of using.
- (uncountable, followed by of) Usefulness, benefit.
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
verb
- use up (resources or materials)
- take or consume (regularly or habitually)
- habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense)
- avail oneself to
- seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- (transitive, with gender pronouns as object) To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
- (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
- (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
- To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
- (transitive) To exploit.
- (transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
- (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
- (intransitive, archaic or literary except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
- (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
noun
- the act that results in something coming to be
- an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
- (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something
- Process of growth or development.
- The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
verb
verb
- (law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.
- (transitive) To bind or devote by a vow.
- (transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
- admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
- to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
noun
verb
noun
- the act of allowing
- a sum granted as reimbursement for expenses
- a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits
- a reserve fund created by a charge against profits in order to provide for changes in the value of a company's assets
- an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period)
- an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances
- (minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
- Such a sum or portion granted to a family member or familiar, especially one's own child; pocket money for such a person.
- (horse racing) A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.
- (commerce) A deduction from the gross weight of goods, such as to discount their container's weight or per a custom differing by country.
- Acknowledgment.
- An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose.
- Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances.
- Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting.
- (engineering) A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.
verb
noun
- the act of providing approval and support
- financial resources provided to make some project possible
- something forming a back that is added for strengthening
- (television, film) A backdrop.
- (music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.
- The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse.
- The mounting of a horse or other animal.
- Support, especially financial.
- A liner or other material added behind or underneath.
adj
verb
noun
- the act of providing approval and support
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
- an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage
- (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device
- a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
- (law enforcement) Reinforcements.
- An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow.
- A reserve or substitute.
- (music) Accompaniment.
- (computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is damaged or destroyed.
- Corroboration.
- Any support or extra help.
adj
verb
noun
- the act of providing approval and support
- a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
- customers collectively
- (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support
- the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers
- Customers collectively; clientele; business.
- (UK, law) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
- A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain.
- The right of nomination to political office.
- The act or state of being a customer of some business.
- Patronising speech or behaviour.
- (politics) Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.
- The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
- Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
verb
noun
- The act of instituting something.
- A long-established organization or type of organization, particularly one involved with education, public service, or charity work.
- (informal) A mental institution.
- Any facility where people (especially those who are mentally or physically disabled or sick, or who are prisoners) are committed (confined), where their freedom to leave is restricted.
- (Christianity) The act by which a bishop commits a cure of souls to a priest.
- The building or buildings which house such an organization.
- (informal) A person long established in a place, position, or field.
- A custom or practice of a society or community.
- (informal) Any long established and respected place or business.
- (informal) A correctional institution.
- an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated
- a custom that for a long time has been an important feature of some group or society
- a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
- an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new
noun
- The act of enfranchising
- A release from slavery
- The investiture with any of several municipal privileges
- (land legal, England and Wales, historical) the conversion of a copyhold estate into a freehold estate
- freedom from political subjugation or servitude
- a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote)
- the act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on
noun
- the formal act of approving
- a message expressing a favorable opinion
- acceptance as satisfactory
- a feeling of liking something or someone good
- (especially philately) Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match their stated interests; the collector can approve of or return the item.
- An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.
- An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements.
noun
- the formal act of approving
- The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval.
- a desirable state
- the act of praying for divine protection
- a short prayer of thanks before a meal
- a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection
- (paganism) A modern pagan ceremony.
- Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.
- Good fortune.
- A prayer before a meal; grace.
- A group of unicorns.
- A pronouncement invoking divine aid.
- Something someone is glad of.
verb
noun
- the act of preventing
- a counter where you can obtain food or drink
- a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
- (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter
- an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal
- a heating element in an electric fire
- musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats
- a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore
- (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried
- a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon
- a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
- a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
- a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises
- the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
- (backgammon) The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
- An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act.
- (music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.
- (by extension, in combination) Premises or a counter serving any type of beverage.
- (heraldry) One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a diminutive of a fess.
- (slang, hip-hop, chiefly in the plural) Hip-hop lyrics, especially ones written and delivered skillfully.
- (recreational drugs) A small, tablet-shaped dose of Xanax, typically containing two milligrams and able to be split into quarters.
- (countable, uncountable, metallurgy) A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is ¹⁄₄ inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.
- (architecture) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.
- (slang) A measure of drugs, typically one ounce.
- (programming, derived from fubar) A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.
- (sports) A horizontal pole that must be crossed in the high jump and pole vault.
- A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
- (US, Philippines, law, usually with the) The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.
- A broad shaft, band, or stripe.
- A business selling alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; a public house.
- (physics) A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is the negative of its usual value (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).
- (UK, Parliament) A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.
- An establishment offering cosmetic services.
- A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.
- (by extension, slang, chiefly in the plural) Something well-said or well-written.
- (farriery) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.
- Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.
- (typography) Any of various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨|⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly (obsolete) including oblique marks such as the slash.
- A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.
- An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.
- (mathematics) The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.
- (figurative) Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome; a standard or expectation.
- A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, slightly less than atmospheric pressure at sea level.
- (UK, law) The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay.
- A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water; a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).
- (farriery, in the plural) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.
- The counter of such premises.
- (soccer, most codes) The crossbar.
- (law, metonymic, "the Bar", "the bar") Collectively, lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries, but including all lawyers in others.
- A city gate, in some British place names.
- (mining) A drilling or tamping rod.
- (mining) A vein or dike crossing a lode.
- An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.
- A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.
- (geography, nautical, hydrology) A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance; especially:
- (telecommunications, electronics) One of an array of bar-shaped symbols that display the level of something, such as wireless signal strength or battery life remaining.
verb
prep
noun
- the act of including
- the relation of comprising something
- any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases)
- the state of being included
- (countable, mineralogy) Any material that is trapped inside a mineral during its formation, as a defect in a precious stone.
- (cytology) A nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregate of stainable substances.
- (uncountable) The act of including, i.e. adding or annexing, (something) to a group, set, or total.
- (countable) An addition or annex to a group, set, or total.
- (histology) An object completely inside a tissue, such as epidermal inclusion cyst, a cyst in the epidermis.
- (countable) Anything foreign that is included in a material.
- (mathematics) A mapping where the domain is a subset of the image.
noun
- (law) The act of approving a bill etc.
- A form of juggling where several people pass props between each other, usually clubs or rings.
- (sociology) The ability of a person to be regarded as a member of an identity group or category different from their own.
- (sports) The act of passing a ball etc. to another player.
- Death, dying; the end of something.
- The fact of going past; a movement from one place to another or a change from one state to another.
- the end of something
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
- the motion of one object relative to another
- euphemistic expressions for death
- a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another
adj
verb
adv
noun
- The act of contributing.
- The taking part, often with the idea that it has led to (scientific etc.) progress.
- Something given or offered that adds to a larger whole.
- An amount of money given toward something.
- act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity
- the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
- a writing for publication especially one of a collection of writings as an article or story
- a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause
- an amount of money contributed
noun
- the act of convening
- (diplomacy) an international agreement
- orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional
- a large formal assembly
- something regarded as a normative example
- (international law) A treaty or supplement to such.
- A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.
- A formal agreement, contract, rule, or pact.
- A meeting or gathering.
- A formal deliberative assembly of mandated delegates.
- The convening of a formal meeting.
noun
- (countable) An act of authorizing.
- (uncountable) The state of being authorized to do something or to be somewhere; formally granted permission.
- (government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.
- (countable) A document giving formal sanction, permission or warrant.
- the power or right to give orders or make decisions
- the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
- official permission or approval
- a document giving an official instruction or command
noun
- The legal wherewithal to act.
- (uncountable) A unique power of the mind; a faculty.
- (now limited to Scotland dialects) Physical power.
- (countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude.
- (uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.
- possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
- the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
noun
- An act of exempting.
- an act exempting someone
- A deduction from the normal amount of taxes.
- Freedom from a defect or weakness.
- The state of being exempt; immunity.
- a deduction allowed to a taxpayer because of their status (having certain dependents or being blind or being over 65 etc.)
- immunity from an obligation or duty
noun
verb
- (transitive, British, slang) To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
- (intransitive) To skid.
- (transitive, nautical) To rotate or turn something about its axis.
- simple past of slay
- (transitive) To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
- (transitive, rail transport) To move something (usually a railway line) sideways.
- (intransitive) To pivot.
- (transitive) To veer a vehicle.
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
noun
- An act of specifying.
- An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
- a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of work
- a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement
- (patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention
- naming explicitly
noun
- A document authorizing such an action.
- Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
- A cancellation or postponement of a proposed event undesired by many.
- The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
- a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
- a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
verb
noun
- The act of facilitating or making easy.
- (physiology) The process of synapses becoming more capable of transmitting the same type of signal each time certain types of sensory signals pass through sequences of these synapses.
- the condition of being made easy (or easier)
- act of assisting or making easier the progress or improvement of something
- (neurophysiology) phenomenon that occurs when two or more neural impulses that alone are not enough to trigger a response in a neuron combine to trigger an action potential
noun
- the act of making less strict
- (physics) the exponential return of a system to equilibrium after a disturbance
- an occurrence of control or strength weakening
- (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers
- a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry
- freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
- a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount
- Remission of attention or application.
- Unbending; recreation; a state or occupation intended to give mental or bodily relief after effort.
- The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
- A diminution of tone, tension, or firmness; specifically in pathology: a looseness; a diminution of the natural and healthy tone of parts.
- (physics) The transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule from a higher energy level to a lower one; the opposite of excitation
- (music) The release following musical tension.
- Remission or abatement of rigor.
noun
- an act exempting someone
- the quality of being unaffected by something
- (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
- the state of not being susceptible
- (medicine) Protective resistance against disease.
- (in games and competitions) An exemption given to a player from losing or being withdrawn from play.
- (law) An exemption from prosecution.
- (countable) A resistance to a specific thing.
- (religion) An exemption from penance.
- (law) An exemption from specified duties, such as payments or services.
noun
- (law) Initialism of public act.
- Initialism of public accountant.
- Initialism of precision agriculture.
- (medicine) Initialism of physician associate.
- (American football, fantasy football) Initialism of points against.
- Initialism of personal appearance (when a celebrity visits a public event).
- (Manitoba, Saskatchewan) Initialism of Parental Accompaniment.
- Initialism of Peano arithmetic.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyamide.
- (medicine) Initialism of physician assistant.
- Initialism of personal assistant.
- (chemistry) Initialism of pyrrolizidine alkaloid.
- Initialism of public address.
- Initialism of production assistant.
- Initialism of Prince Albert (“genital piercing”).
- (anatomy) Initialism of pulmonary artery.
- Initialism of power amplifier.
- an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas
adj
name
- (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Algonquian (sometimes abbreviated PAn to distinguish it from Proto-Algic, but usually just abbreviated PA with Proto-Algic being abbreviated PAc).
- Abbreviation of Papua: a province of Indonesia.
- (postal) Abbreviation of Pennsylvania: a state of the United States.
- (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Athabaskan.
- (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Algic (sometimes abbreviated PAc to distinguish it from Proto-Algonquian).
- Initialism of Prince Albert: a city in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Abbreviation of Pará: a state of Brazil.
- Initialism of Palestinian Authority.
phrase
noun
- The act of inscribing.
- Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.
- Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone, or on some other item.
- The text on a coin.
- the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words
- a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something
- letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something
noun
- the act of amending or correcting
- a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)
- An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
- (especially US) An addition to and/or alteration to the Constitution.
- (law) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
- That which is added; that which is used to increase or supplement something.
- In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.
noun
- the act of using
- the occupation for which you are paid
- the state of being employed or having a job
- the act of giving someone a job
- The occupation or work for which one is used, and often paid.
- (economics) The number or percentage of people at work.
- An activity to which one devotes time.
- A purpose, a use.
- The act of employing.
- The state of being employed.
noun
- the act of using
- an action, often used negatively and without consequences
- the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit
- (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches
- a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding
- systematic training by multiple repetitions
- The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
- (countable, uncountable) Activity intended to improve physical, or sometimes mental, strength and fitness.
- (countable) Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
- A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
verb
- carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions
- do physical exercise
- put to use
- give a workout to
- learn by repetition
- (transitive) To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
- (intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
- (now often passive voice) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious.
- To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
noun
- the act of using
- the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written
- accepted or habitual practice
- Prevailing language style: how words are used among a populace.
- The act of using something; use, employment.
- (uncountable) Custom, tradition.
- A custom or established practice.
- Choice of language style (made by a speaker or writer).
noun
- the act of using
- (economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
- (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition
- (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
- what something is used for
- exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
- a particular service
- Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
- (Christianity) A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
- (uncountable) The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.
- The act of using.
- (uncountable, followed by of) Usefulness, benefit.
- A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
- (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
verb
- use up (resources or materials)
- take or consume (regularly or habitually)
- habitually do something or be in a certain state or place (use only in the past tense)
- avail oneself to
- seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- (transitive, with gender pronouns as object) To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
- (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
- (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
- To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
- (transitive) To exploit.
- (transitive) To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
- (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
- (intransitive, archaic or literary except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
- (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
noun
- the act that results in something coming to be
- an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something
- (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something
- Process of growth or development.
- The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
verb
verb
- (law) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.
- (transitive) To bind or devote by a vow.
- (transitive) To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
- admit openly and bluntly; make no bones about
- to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
Nenhuma palavra correspondente encontrada. Tente uma descrição mais ampla.
adj
- possibly accepting or permitting
- having the requisite qualities for
- (usually followed by ‘of’) having capacity or ability
- (followed by ‘of’) having the temperament or inclination for
- have the skills and qualifications to do things well
- Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
adj
- possibly accepting or permitting
- open to or in view of all
- openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
- (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints
- not sealed or having been unsealed
- open and observable; not secret or hidden
- not requiring union membership
- accessible to all
- without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition
- not having been filled
- not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought
- ready for business
- affording free passage or access
- used of mouth or eyes
- (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
- not defended or capable of being defended
- affording free passage or view
- with no protection or shield
- ready or willing to receive favorably
- having no protecting cover or enclosure
- affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed
- (phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
- Able to have something pass through or along it.
- (sometimes business) Not fulfilled or resolved; incomplete.
- (computing, not comparable, of a file, document, etc.) In current use; connected to as a resource.
- Not settled; not decided or determined; not withdrawn from consideration.
- Of a space, free of objects and obstructions.
- (law, of correspondence) Written or sent with the intention that it may made public or referred to at any trial, rather than by way of confidential private negotiation for a settlement.
- Of a person, not concealing their feelings, opinions, etc.; candid, ingenuous.
- (not comparable) Available for use or operation.
- Not concealed; overt.
- (electricity, of a switch or circuit breaker) In a position such that a circuit is not completed, preventing electricity from flowing.
- (music) Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.
- (sports and games) Characterised by free-flowing play.
- (comparable, with 'to') Susceptible or vulnerable (to the stated means).
- (now regional) Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty or inclement; mild; used of the weather or the climate.
- (engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) In a position allowing fluid to flow.
- (music, stringed instruments) Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.
- Not covered, sealed, etc.; having an opening or aperture showing what is inside.
- (graph theory, of a walk) Having different first and last vertices.
- (not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
- (medicine) Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects an internal part of the body.
- (computing, of a program or application, especially one with a screen-based interface) Running.
- (phonetics, of a syllable) Ending in a vowel; not having a coda.
- (especially sports) Of a club, bat or other hitting implement, angled upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
- (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
- (phonetics, sometimes with comparative opener) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
- (comparable) Receptive.
- (mathematics, topology, of a set) Which is part of a predefined collection of subsets of X, that defines a topological space on X.
- Not physically drawn together, folded or contracted.
- (not comparable) Allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
- (of a multi-word compound) Having component words separated by spaces, as opposed to being joined together or hyphenated; for example, time slot as opposed to timeslot or time-slot.
- (sports) Of a tournament or competition, allowing anyone to enter, especially or originally irrespective of professional or amateur status.
- (computing, education) Made public, usable with a free licence and without proprietary components.
- Not having one end joined to the other; not forming a closed loop.
- (sometimes proscribed) Unlocked or unlatched but not physically open.
- (computing, used before "code") Source code of a computer program that is not within the text of a macro being generated.
- (not comparable) Public.
- (not comparable) With open access, of open science, or both.
- Of a sandwich, etc.: composed of a single slice of bread with a topping.
noun
- a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
- a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play
- information that has become public
- where the air is unconfined
- (electronics) A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.
- (in the definite) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
- The act of something being opened, such as an e-mail message.
- (in the definite) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.
- A sports event in which anybody can compete, especially or originally irrespective of amateur or professional status.
verb
- begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.
- start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning
- make the opening move
- become available
- make available
- display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer
- cause to open or to become open
- become open
- spread out or open from a closed or folded state
- have an opening or passage or outlet
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become operative or available.
- (transitive) To make an open relationship or marriage, i.e., with possible additional relationships.
- (transitive, intransitive) To spread; to expand into a wider or looser position.
- (transitive) To enter upon, begin.
- (intransitive, poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
- (transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position allowing fluid to flow.
- (transitive, nursing) To make (a bed) ready for a patient by folding back the bedcovers.
- (intransitive, with 'for') To precede another as a performer at a concert or show.
- (transitive) To bring up, broach.
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To start running (a program or application, especially one with a screen-based interface).
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become receptive or susceptible (to something).
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To connect to a resource (a file, document, etc.) for viewing or editing.
- (transitive, intransitive) To unseal or uncover, or become unsealed or uncovered.
- (transitive, intransitive) To cause or allow a gap to form or widen.
- (Manglish, Quebec) To turn on; to switch on.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position preventing electricity from flowing.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become accessible or clear for passage by moving from a shut position.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become clear by removal of objects and obstructions, so as to allow passage, access, or visibility.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make or become accessible to customers, clients or visitors.
- (especially sports, transitive, intransitive) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) upwards and/or (for a right-hander) clockwise of straight.
- (intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
- (transitive or intransitive) To start (an event or activity) as the first performer or actor.
- (intransitive) Of an event, activity etc., to start or get underway.
adj
- possibly accepting or permitting
- likely to be affected by something
- being under the power or sovereignty of another or others
- Conditional upon something; used with to.
- Likely to be affected by or to experience something; liable.
- Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
- Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
noun
- some situation or event that is thought about
- the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
- (logic) the first term of a proposition
- a person who owes allegiance to that nation
- (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- a branch of knowledge
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- By faulty generalisation from a clause's grammatical subject often being coinstantiated with one: an actor or agent; one who takes action.
- A particular area of study.
- A citizen in a monarchy.
- (grammar) The noun, pronoun or noun phrase about whom the statement is made. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject is the actor. In clauses in the passive voice the subject is the target of the action.
- The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
- A human, animal, or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc; especially, one being studied in a scientific experiment, such as a clinical trial.
- (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
- (logic) That of which something is stated.
- A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
- (mathematics) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined.
- (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity.
verb
- make subservient; force to submit or subdue
- cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to
- make accountable for
- (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
- (transitive) To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave; to subjugate.
adj
- That grants permission or power to do something.
- (geometry, of a point) At which a given function is positive.
- Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty.
- (biology) Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way.
- Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective.
- able to exist under more than one set of conditions
- granting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something
- optional
- of or relating to the mental faculties