English words for '(countable) A specific dialect within this continuum'
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noun
- (countable) A dialect, vernacular, or (dated) a language.
- (countable) A formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
- (uncountable) Language used orally, rather than in writing.
- (grammar) An utterance that is quoted; see direct speech, reported speech
- (uncountable) Public talk, news, gossip, rumour.
- (uncountable) The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
- (uncountable) The act of speaking, a certain style of it.
- the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
- words making up the dialogue of a play
- the exchange of spoken words
- a lengthy rebuke
- (language) communication by word of mouth
- something spoken
- your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
- the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
verb
noun
- (countable) A language characteristic of a particular group.
- (uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
- (uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
- Alternative form of jargoon (“A variety of zircon”).
- a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon
- specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
- a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
verb
noun
- (linguistics, countable) A system of rules that can generate all and only those combinations of words that form grammatical sentences in a given language.
- (linguistics, uncountable) The general theory dealing with grammar as constructed by such rules.
- (linguistics) a type of grammar that describes syntax in terms of a set of logical rules that can generate all and only the infinite number of grammatical sentences in a language and assigns them all the correct structural description
adj
noun
- (minced oath, slang) Cunt (the taboo swear word)
- (baseball) The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.
- A countdown.
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and viscounts.
- (law) A distinct and separate charge in an indictment or complaint.
- The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
- The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.
- The male ruler of a county.
- A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.
- the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
- a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl
- the total number counted
verb
- (intransitive, figurative, passive-like) To be of significance; to matter; to be considered (as something); to be included (of something).
- (intransitive, figurative, passive-like) To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.
- (transitive) To reckon in, to include in consideration.
- (intransitive) To amount to, to number in total.
- (intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.
- (transitive) To consider something as an example of something or as having some quality; to account, to regard as.
- (transitive) To determine the number of (objects in a group).
- have a certain value or carry a certain weight
- have weight; have import, carry weight
- have faith or confidence in
- put into a group
- name or recite the numbers in ascending order
- determine the number or amount of
- take account of
- include as if by counting
- show consideration for; take into account
noun
adj
noun
- (countable and uncountable, linguistics) A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general.
- (countable, computing theory) A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.
- (uncountable) Actual or presumed prescriptive notions about the correct use of a language.
- (countable, computing theory) A formal system defining a formal language.
- (countable, figurative) The basic rules or principles of a field of knowledge or a particular skill.
- (countable and uncountable, chiefly British, informal) Ellipsis of grammar school.
- (countable, cellular automata) A set of component patterns, along with the rules for connecting them, which can be combined to form more complex patterns such as large still lifes, oscillators, and spaceships.
- (uncountable, linguistics) The study of such a system.
- (countable) A book describing the grammar (noun sense 1 or noun sense 2) of a language.
- the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
noun
noun
- (countable) An expression that features tautology.
- (uncountable) Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.
- (countable, logic, propositional logic) A statement that is true for all truth values of its propositional variables.
- (countable, logic, first-order logic) A statement that is true for all truth values of its Boolean atoms.
- (logic) a statement that is necessarily true
- useless and pointless repetition
noun
- (countable, linguistics) A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.
- Regional character, local color.
- (politics) The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to regional governments.
- Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it.
- a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region
- a foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas
- loyalty to the interests of a particular region
noun
adj
noun
- (countable) An example of purist language etc.
- (uncountable) An insistence on the traditionally correct way of doing things.
- An insistence on pure or unmixed forms.
- (linguistics) The desire to use words and forms derived from what is considered the native element in a given language instead of elements considered borrowed or foreign.
- scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language)
noun
- (countable, uncountable, linguistics) A linguistic feature that is unique to a locality.
- (uncountable, linguistics) The belief that language functions are localized to various parts of the brain.
- (uncountable, linguistics) An approach to understanding expressions in terms of position and movement (sometimes abstract, e.g. one who is hungry is in a notional "space" of hunger).
- (uncountable) Attachment to a particular local place; feelings or policies which emphasize local phenomena.
- a partiality for some particular place
- a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality
noun
- (countable) A specific theory concerning the lexicon.
- (uncountable, linguistics) The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.
- the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language
noun
- (countable, linguistics) A short form (of a longer word) created by removing syllables, often terminal ones.
- (uncountable, linguistics) A process of word formation involving shortening by removal of syllables, often terminal ones.
- (countable) A piece of something removed by clipping.
- The act by which something is clipped (in any sense).
- (uncountable, signal processing) The process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level.
- (uncountable, computer graphics) The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image.
- (uncountable, American football, Canadian football) Falling, rolling, or throwing one's body on the back of an opponent's legs after approaching from behind.
- (countable, journalism) An article clipped from a newspaper (especially) or from a magazine.
- an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- the act of clipping or snipping
verb
adj
adv
det
- (stressed form) A nonzero, unspecified proportion of (a bounded set of countable things): at least two.
- (stressed form) Approximately, about (with a number).
- A nonzero, unspecified quantity or number of (an unbounded set of countable things).
- An unspecified amount of (something uncountable).
- (stressed form) A certain, an unspecified or unknown.
- (stressed form) A considerable quantity or number of.
- (informal, stressed form) A remarkable.
- (stressed form) Emphasizing a number.
pron
adj
noun
- (uncountable, linguistics) Ellipsis of language transfer.
- (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
- (genetics) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.
- (sports) A person who transfers or is transferred from one club or team to another.
- (US, Canada, varsity sports) Ellipsis of transfer student.
- (countable, transport) An act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
- (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
- (medicine) A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
- (countable) Of a person with limited mobility: an instance of independent or assisted movement from one stable surface to another.
- (bridge) A conventional bid which requests partner to bid the next available suit.
- (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
- A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
- (countable, transport) A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus (and historically also certain elevated or subway lines), allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey.
- the act of moving something from one location to another
- someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
- the act of transferring something from one form to another
- application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation
- a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances
- transferring ownership
verb
- (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
- (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
- (intransitive) To move from a wheelchair to another seating surface, or to a wheelchair from another seating surface.
- (transport, of a traveler) To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
- (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
- (transitive, law) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
- move from one place to another
- shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
- move around
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- send from one person or place to another
- cause to change ownership
- transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
- transfer from one place or period to another
- lift and reset in another soil or situation
noun
- (countable) A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling.
- (uncountable) Correct spelling according to established usage; also (obsolete) pronunciation according to the spelling of a word.
- (countable, architecture) A form of projection used to represent three-dimensional objects in two dimensions, in which all the projection lines are orthogonal or perpendicular to the projection plane; an orthographic projection, especially when used to draw an elevation, vertical projection, etc., of a building; also (obsolete) a drawing made in this way.
- (countable, more broadly) A set of conventions for writing a language, including norms of spelling, capitalization, emphasis, hyphenation, punctuation, and word breaks.
- (uncountable) The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words; the study of spelling.
- a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
noun
- (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
- (Singapore, informal) A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble
- (computing, music) A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
- A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
- (cellular automata) A configuration of cells in a cellular automaton universe.
- The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
- Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
- (textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
- A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.
- (US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
- (now only numismatics) A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
- A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
- (computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
- A representative example.
- Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
- (software engineering, in compounds) A design pattern.
- (Ireland, Roman Catholicism) The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of that parish.
- (MLE) Any arrangement or agreement, or way of conducting business.
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
- the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
- a decorative or artistic work
- a model considered worthy of imitation
- a perceptual structure
- a customary way of operation or behavior
- something regarded as a normative example
adj
verb
- To assault.
- (transitive) To serve as an example for.
- To have sex with.
- To teach someone a lesson.
- (hunting, transitive) To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
- To do or perform an activity
- To follow an example.
- To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
- To fit into a pattern.
- To apply a pattern.
- (MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.
- To arrange the sale or supply of something, especially illegal drugs.
- form a pattern
- plan or create according to a model or models
noun
- (grammar, countable) A form in a particular language used to express the active voice.
- (grammar, uncountable) The form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action.
- the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
noun
- (linguistics, countable, rare) The state of a linguistic expression which exists when the expression exhibits semantic-pragmatic divergence, when the semantic value of the expression differs from its pragmatic value; that is to say, idiomaticity exists when the inherent meaning of the words expressed does not match the meaning of the expression as understood by the users: the sayer(s) and hearer(s).
- (uncountable) The quality of being idiomatic.
- (countable, rare) An instance or category of instances of that quality.
noun
- A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.
- A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
- (programming) A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.
- An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words.
- An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.
- the style of a particular artist or school or movement
- the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
- a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
- an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
adj
noun
- Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments.
- (Hegelianism, Marxism) development by way of overcoming internal contradictions
- A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction.
- any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
- a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction
noun
- (linguistics) A "language" by common usage, which is in fact a dialect continuum consisting of widely varying varieties that may be distinct languages by the criterion of mutual intelligibility.
- (linguistics) A group of mutually intelligible speech varieties that have no traditional name in common, and which may be considered distinct languages by their speakers.
- (international standards) A book-keeping device where – when a language as defined under the ISO 639-2 standard developed by the US Library of Congress, for the purpose of encoding the languages that published books are written in, does not correspond to a single language under the ISO 639-3 standard developed by the Summer Institute of Linguistics, for the purpose of listing all the world's languages in their publication Ethnologue – the ISO 639-2 language is assigned an ISO 639-3 code as a "macrolanguage".
- (computing) Alternative spelling of macro language (“system for defining and processing macros”).
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symbol
noun
- (countable) A linguistic feature of one or more Slavic languages, especially a Slavic idiom or phrasing that appears in a non-Slavic language.
- (usually uncountable) An attitude, custom, or other feature that is characteristically Slavic.
- (usually uncountable) Esteem for and emulation of Slavic culture and politics.
noun
- (computing) An individual instance of a continuous character sequence without spaces, used in lexical analysis.
- (loosely, metonymic) The set itself; a lexemic family.
- (loosely, metonymic) The wordform chosen to represent such a set or family.
- (strictly) The abstract minimum unit of language or meaning that underlies such a set.
- a minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language; ‘go’ and ‘went’ and ‘gone’ and ‘going’ are all members of the English lexeme ‘go’
noun
- (linguistics, especially phonology) The total set of a (specified) linguistic feature (within a language etc.)
- (operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.
- (operations) The process of producing or updating such a list.
- A space containing the items available to a character, especially in a video game, for immediate use.
- (operations) A detailed list of all of the items on hand.
- a detailed list of all the items in stock
- the merchandise that a shop has on hand
- (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods
- a collection of resources
- making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand
verb
noun
- (countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
- (euphemistic, uncountable) Profanity.
- (uncountable) The specific wording or style of a text, such as a law or a contract.
- (countable, uncountable) A body of sounds, signs or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.
- A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.
- (uncountable) A manner of expression.
- (uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
- (uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.
- (countable, uncountable, figurative) The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does.
- (computing, countable) A computer language; a machine language.
- (uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.
- a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
- the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
- (language) communication by word of mouth
- a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
- the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
- the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication
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verb
suffix
- Used to form countable nouns indicating a peculiarity or characteristic of language
- Used to form the name of a school of thought, system, or theory based on the name of its subject or object or alternatively on the name of its founder (When de-capitalized, these overlap with the generic "doctrines" sense below, e.g. Liberalism vs. liberalism.)
- Used to form names of a tendency of action, behaviour, condition, opinion, or state belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology, or principle or lack thereof.
- Used to form names of ideologies expressing belief in the superiority of a certain class within the concept expressed by the root word, or a pattern of behavior or a social norm that benefits members of the group indicated by the root word. (Based on a late 20th-century narrowing of the "terms for a doctrine" sense.)
- (medicine) Used to form names of conditions (syndromes, diseases, disorders, defects, addictions) and therapeutical methods or doctrines.
- Used to form nouns of action, process, or result based on the accompanying verb ending in -ise or -ize.
noun
noun
- (countable, phonetics, loosely) A suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound, word or word group by means of of loudness, duration or pitch; phonological prominence.
- (countable, physics) Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
- (uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
- (uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
- (biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
- (countable, phonetics, strictly) The suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound by means of loudness and/or duration; phonological prominence phonetically achieved by means of dynamics as distinct from pitch.
- (biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
- (Scots law) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
- (countable, physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
- difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
- (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
- special emphasis attached to something
- the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
- (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
verb
- (transitive) To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
- (transitive) To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
- (transitive) To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
- (transitive) To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
- (transitive) To emphasise (words in speaking).
- (intransitive, informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
- to suffer from stress
- test the limits of
- put stress on; utter with an accent
- to stress, single out as important
noun
- (linguistics) The elements into which linguistic units can be broken down.
- (music) The act of being featured in a piece of music.
- (engineering) Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.
- (media) A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.
- (statistics, machine learning) An individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon being observed; the input of a model.
- An important or main item.
- Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).
- (computing) A beneficial capability of a piece of software.
- (archaeology) Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.
- The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic.
- (film) Ellipsis of feature film.
- the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin
- an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles
- a prominent attribute or aspect of something
- (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind
- a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine
- the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater
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noun
- (countable) A representation.
- (uncountable) The act of depicting.
- (countable) A drawing or painting.
- (countable) A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.
- a graphic or vivid verbal description
- a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
- a representation by picture or portraiture
- representation by drawing or painting etc
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- (grammar, countable) A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form.
- (grammar, uncountable) The plural number. In English, referring to more or less than one of something.
- (multiplicity, countable) A person with some form of multiplicity, particularly dissociative identity disorder.
- the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
adj
- (multiplicity, not comparable, of a person) Having some form of multiplicity, especially dissociative identity disorder.
- Consisting of or containing more than one of something.
- (comparable) Pluralistic.
- (grammar) In systems of number, not singular or not singular or dual.
- composed of more than one member, set, or kind
- grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units
noun
- (countable) A dialect, vernacular, or (dated) a language.
- (countable) A formal session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
- (uncountable) Language used orally, rather than in writing.
- (grammar) An utterance that is quoted; see direct speech, reported speech
- (uncountable) Public talk, news, gossip, rumour.
- (uncountable) The ability to speak; the faculty of uttering words or articulate sounds and vocalizations to communicate.
- (uncountable) The act of speaking, a certain style of it.
- the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
- words making up the dialogue of a play
- the exchange of spoken words
- a lengthy rebuke
- (language) communication by word of mouth
- something spoken
- your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
- the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
verb
noun
- (countable) A language characteristic of a particular group.
- (uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
- (uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
- Alternative form of jargoon (“A variety of zircon”).
- a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon
- specialized technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
- a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
verb
noun
- (linguistics, countable) A system of rules that can generate all and only those combinations of words that form grammatical sentences in a given language.
- (linguistics, uncountable) The general theory dealing with grammar as constructed by such rules.
- (linguistics) a type of grammar that describes syntax in terms of a set of logical rules that can generate all and only the infinite number of grammatical sentences in a language and assigns them all the correct structural description
noun
adj
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- (countable and uncountable, linguistics) A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general.
- (countable, computing theory) A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.
- (uncountable) Actual or presumed prescriptive notions about the correct use of a language.
- (countable, computing theory) A formal system defining a formal language.
- (countable, figurative) The basic rules or principles of a field of knowledge or a particular skill.
- (countable and uncountable, chiefly British, informal) Ellipsis of grammar school.
- (countable, cellular automata) A set of component patterns, along with the rules for connecting them, which can be combined to form more complex patterns such as large still lifes, oscillators, and spaceships.
- (uncountable, linguistics) The study of such a system.
- (countable) A book describing the grammar (noun sense 1 or noun sense 2) of a language.
- the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
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noun
- (countable) An expression that features tautology.
- (uncountable) Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.
- (countable, logic, propositional logic) A statement that is true for all truth values of its propositional variables.
- (countable, logic, first-order logic) A statement that is true for all truth values of its Boolean atoms.
- (logic) a statement that is necessarily true
- useless and pointless repetition
noun
- (countable, linguistics) A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.
- Regional character, local color.
- (politics) The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to regional governments.
- Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it.
- a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region
- a foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas
- loyalty to the interests of a particular region
noun
adj
noun
- (countable) An example of purist language etc.
- (uncountable) An insistence on the traditionally correct way of doing things.
- An insistence on pure or unmixed forms.
- (linguistics) The desire to use words and forms derived from what is considered the native element in a given language instead of elements considered borrowed or foreign.
- scrupulous or exaggerated insistence on purity or correctness (especially in language)
noun
- (countable, uncountable, linguistics) A linguistic feature that is unique to a locality.
- (uncountable, linguistics) The belief that language functions are localized to various parts of the brain.
- (uncountable, linguistics) An approach to understanding expressions in terms of position and movement (sometimes abstract, e.g. one who is hungry is in a notional "space" of hunger).
- (uncountable) Attachment to a particular local place; feelings or policies which emphasize local phenomena.
- a partiality for some particular place
- a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality
noun
- (countable) A specific theory concerning the lexicon.
- (uncountable, linguistics) The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.
- the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language
noun
- (countable, linguistics) A short form (of a longer word) created by removing syllables, often terminal ones.
- (uncountable, linguistics) A process of word formation involving shortening by removal of syllables, often terminal ones.
- (countable) A piece of something removed by clipping.
- The act by which something is clipped (in any sense).
- (uncountable, signal processing) The process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level.
- (uncountable, computer graphics) The use of a mask to hide part of an object or image.
- (uncountable, American football, Canadian football) Falling, rolling, or throwing one's body on the back of an opponent's legs after approaching from behind.
- (countable, journalism) An article clipped from a newspaper (especially) or from a magazine.
- an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine
- cutting down to the desired size or shape
- the act of clipping or snipping
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- (uncountable, linguistics) Ellipsis of language transfer.
- (countable) A design conveyed by contact from one surface to another; a heat transfer.
- (genetics) The conveying of genetic material from one cell to another.
- (sports) A person who transfers or is transferred from one club or team to another.
- (US, Canada, varsity sports) Ellipsis of transfer student.
- (countable, transport) An act of exiting one mass transit vehicle and boarding another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
- (uncountable) The act of conveying or removing something from one place, person or thing to another.
- (medicine) A pathological process by which a unilateral morbid condition on being abolished on one side of the body makes its appearance in the corresponding region upon the other side.
- (countable) Of a person with limited mobility: an instance of independent or assisted movement from one stable surface to another.
- (bridge) A conventional bid which requests partner to bid the next available suit.
- (countable) An instance of conveying or removing from one place, person or thing to another; a transferal.
- A soldier removed from one troop, or body of troops, and placed in another.
- (countable, transport) A paper receipt given to a rider of one bus (and historically also certain elevated or subway lines), allowing free entry onto another bus to continue a journey.
- the act of moving something from one location to another
- someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
- the act of transferring something from one form to another
- application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation
- a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances
- transferring ownership
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- (transitive) To convey the impression of (something) from one surface to another.
- (intransitive) To be or become transferred.
- (intransitive) To move from a wheelchair to another seating surface, or to a wheelchair from another seating surface.
- (transport, of a traveler) To exit one mass transit vehicle and board another (typically one belonging to a different line or mode of transportation) to continue a journey.
- (transitive) To move or pass from one place, person or thing to another.
- (transitive, law) To arrange for something to belong to or be officially controlled by somebody else.
- move from one place to another
- shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
- move around
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- send from one person or place to another
- cause to change ownership
- transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
- transfer from one place or period to another
- lift and reset in another soil or situation
noun
- (countable) A method of representing a language or the sounds of language by written symbols; spelling.
- (uncountable) Correct spelling according to established usage; also (obsolete) pronunciation according to the spelling of a word.
- (countable, architecture) A form of projection used to represent three-dimensional objects in two dimensions, in which all the projection lines are orthogonal or perpendicular to the projection plane; an orthographic projection, especially when used to draw an elevation, vertical projection, etc., of a building; also (obsolete) a drawing made in this way.
- (countable, more broadly) A set of conventions for writing a language, including norms of spelling, capitalization, emphasis, hyphenation, punctuation, and word breaks.
- (uncountable) The aspect of language study concerned with letters and their sequences in words; the study of spelling.
- a method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
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- (linguistics) An intelligible arrangement in a given area of language.
- (Singapore, informal) A wont or habit to cause an annoyance or bother; to stir up trouble
- (computing, music) A sequence of notes, percussion etc. in a tracker module, usable once or many times within the song.
- A design, motif or decoration, especially formed from regular repeated elements.
- (cellular automata) A configuration of cells in a cellular automaton universe.
- The given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun.
- Something from which a copy is made; a model or outline.
- (textiles) The paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling.
- A particular sequence of events, facts etc. which can be understood, used to predict the future, or seen to have a mathematical, geometric, statistical etc. relationship.
- (US) The material needed to make a piece of clothing.
- (now only numismatics) A sample; of coins, an example which was struck but never minted.
- A naturally-occurring or random arrangement of shapes, colours etc. which have a regular or decorative effect.
- (computing) A text string containing wildcards, used for matching.
- A representative example.
- Someone or something seen as an example to be imitated; an exemplar.
- (software engineering, in compounds) A design pattern.
- (Ireland, Roman Catholicism) The devotions that take place within a parish on the feast day of the patron saint of that parish.
- (MLE) Any arrangement or agreement, or way of conducting business.
- something intended as a guide for making something else
- graphical representation (in polar or Cartesian coordinates) of the spatial distribution of radiation from an antenna as a function of angle
- the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport
- a decorative or artistic work
- a model considered worthy of imitation
- a perceptual structure
- a customary way of operation or behavior
- something regarded as a normative example
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- To assault.
- (transitive) To serve as an example for.
- To have sex with.
- To teach someone a lesson.
- (hunting, transitive) To observe an animal closely over time in order to discern its habitual movements and behaviours.
- To do or perform an activity
- To follow an example.
- To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
- To fit into a pattern.
- To apply a pattern.
- (MLE) To arrange, to organise, to fix.
- To arrange the sale or supply of something, especially illegal drugs.
- form a pattern
- plan or create according to a model or models
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- (grammar, countable) A form in a particular language used to express the active voice.
- (grammar, uncountable) The form in which the subject of a verb carries out some action.
- the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb
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- (linguistics, countable, rare) The state of a linguistic expression which exists when the expression exhibits semantic-pragmatic divergence, when the semantic value of the expression differs from its pragmatic value; that is to say, idiomaticity exists when the inherent meaning of the words expressed does not match the meaning of the expression as understood by the users: the sayer(s) and hearer(s).
- (uncountable) The quality of being idiomatic.
- (countable, rare) An instance or category of instances of that quality.
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- A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.
- A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.
- (programming) A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.
- An established phrasal expression whose meaning may not be deducible from the literal meanings of its component words.
- An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.
- the style of a particular artist or school or movement
- the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
- a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
- an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
noun
- (linguistics) A "language" by common usage, which is in fact a dialect continuum consisting of widely varying varieties that may be distinct languages by the criterion of mutual intelligibility.
- (linguistics) A group of mutually intelligible speech varieties that have no traditional name in common, and which may be considered distinct languages by their speakers.
- (international standards) A book-keeping device where – when a language as defined under the ISO 639-2 standard developed by the US Library of Congress, for the purpose of encoding the languages that published books are written in, does not correspond to a single language under the ISO 639-3 standard developed by the Summer Institute of Linguistics, for the purpose of listing all the world's languages in their publication Ethnologue – the ISO 639-2 language is assigned an ISO 639-3 code as a "macrolanguage".
- (computing) Alternative spelling of macro language (“system for defining and processing macros”).
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- (countable) A linguistic feature of one or more Slavic languages, especially a Slavic idiom or phrasing that appears in a non-Slavic language.
- (usually uncountable) An attitude, custom, or other feature that is characteristically Slavic.
- (usually uncountable) Esteem for and emulation of Slavic culture and politics.
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- (computing) An individual instance of a continuous character sequence without spaces, used in lexical analysis.
- (loosely, metonymic) The set itself; a lexemic family.
- (loosely, metonymic) The wordform chosen to represent such a set or family.
- (strictly) The abstract minimum unit of language or meaning that underlies such a set.
- a minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language; ‘go’ and ‘went’ and ‘gone’ and ‘going’ are all members of the English lexeme ‘go’
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- (linguistics, especially phonology) The total set of a (specified) linguistic feature (within a language etc.)
- (operations) The stock of an item on hand at a particular location or business.
- (operations) The process of producing or updating such a list.
- A space containing the items available to a character, especially in a video game, for immediate use.
- (operations) A detailed list of all of the items on hand.
- a detailed list of all the items in stock
- the merchandise that a shop has on hand
- (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods
- a collection of resources
- making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand
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- (countable) A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
- (euphemistic, uncountable) Profanity.
- (uncountable) The specific wording or style of a text, such as a law or a contract.
- (countable, uncountable) A body of sounds, signs or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.
- A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.
- (uncountable) A manner of expression.
- (uncountable) The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
- (uncountable) A sublanguage: the slang of a particular community or jargon of a particular specialist field.
- (countable, uncountable, figurative) The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way; that which communicates something, as language does.
- (computing, countable) A computer language; a machine language.
- (uncountable) The ability to communicate using words.
- a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline
- the mental faculty or power of vocal communication
- (language) communication by word of mouth
- a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
- the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
- the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication
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- (countable, phonetics, loosely) A suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound, word or word group by means of of loudness, duration or pitch; phonological prominence.
- (countable, physics) Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
- (uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
- (uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
- (biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
- (countable, phonetics, strictly) The suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound by means of loudness and/or duration; phonological prominence phonetically achieved by means of dynamics as distinct from pitch.
- (biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
- (Scots law) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
- (countable, physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
- difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
- (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
- special emphasis attached to something
- the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
- (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
verb
- (transitive) To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
- (transitive) To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
- (transitive) To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
- (transitive) To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
- (transitive) To emphasise (words in speaking).
- (intransitive, informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
- to suffer from stress
- test the limits of
- put stress on; utter with an accent
- to stress, single out as important
noun
- (linguistics) The elements into which linguistic units can be broken down.
- (music) The act of being featured in a piece of music.
- (engineering) Characteristic forms or shapes of parts. For example, a hole, boss, slot, cut, chamfer, or fillet.
- (media) A long, prominent article or item in the media, or the department that creates them; frequently used technically to distinguish content from news.
- (statistics, machine learning) An individual measurable property or characteristic of a phenomenon being observed; the input of a model.
- An important or main item.
- Any of the physical constituents of the face (eyes, nose, etc.).
- (computing) A beneficial capability of a piece of software.
- (archaeology) Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.
- The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic.
- (film) Ellipsis of feature film.
- the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin
- an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles
- a prominent attribute or aspect of something
- (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind
- a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine
- the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater
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- (countable) A representation.
- (uncountable) The act of depicting.
- (countable) A drawing or painting.
- (countable) A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.
- a graphic or vivid verbal description
- a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
- a representation by picture or portraiture
- representation by drawing or painting etc
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- (grammar, countable) A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form.
- (grammar, uncountable) The plural number. In English, referring to more or less than one of something.
- (multiplicity, countable) A person with some form of multiplicity, particularly dissociative identity disorder.
- the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
adj
- (multiplicity, not comparable, of a person) Having some form of multiplicity, especially dissociative identity disorder.
- Consisting of or containing more than one of something.
- (comparable) Pluralistic.
- (grammar) In systems of number, not singular or not singular or dual.
- composed of more than one member, set, or kind
- grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units
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det
- (stressed form) A nonzero, unspecified proportion of (a bounded set of countable things): at least two.
- (stressed form) Approximately, about (with a number).
- A nonzero, unspecified quantity or number of (an unbounded set of countable things).
- An unspecified amount of (something uncountable).
- (stressed form) A certain, an unspecified or unknown.
- (stressed form) A considerable quantity or number of.
- (informal, stressed form) A remarkable.
- (stressed form) Emphasizing a number.
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- (minced oath, slang) Cunt (the taboo swear word)
- (baseball) The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.
- A countdown.
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called earls and viscounts.
- (law) A distinct and separate charge in an indictment or complaint.
- The act of counting or tallying a quantity.
- The result of a tally that reveals the number of items in a set; a quantity counted.
- The male ruler of a county.
- A nobleman holding a rank intermediate between dukes and barons.
- the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
- a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl
- the total number counted
verb
- (intransitive, figurative, passive-like) To be of significance; to matter; to be considered (as something); to be included (of something).
- (intransitive, figurative, passive-like) To be an example of something: often followed by as and an indefinite noun.
- (transitive) To reckon in, to include in consideration.
- (intransitive) To amount to, to number in total.
- (intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.
- (transitive) To consider something as an example of something or as having some quality; to account, to regard as.
- (transitive) To determine the number of (objects in a group).
- have a certain value or carry a certain weight
- have weight; have import, carry weight
- have faith or confidence in
- put into a group
- name or recite the numbers in ascending order
- determine the number or amount of
- take account of
- include as if by counting
- show consideration for; take into account
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noun
- Any formal system of reasoning that arrives at a truth by the exchange of logical arguments.
- (Hegelianism, Marxism) development by way of overcoming internal contradictions
- A contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction.
- any formal system of reasoning that arrives at the truth by the exchange of logical arguments
- a contradiction of ideas that serves as the determining factor in their interaction