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noun
- The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.
- The tendency of people to place subsequently refined answers to a given question close to the initially estimated answer, giving undue weight to the initial answer, such as adjusting an initial estimate of 20% to 30% when 90% would be more appropriate.
noun
- The act of building or putting up or together of something.
- The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.
- A penis or clitoris that is erect.
- The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.
- Formal approval and official establishment of an institution such as a society or a monastery by higher church authorities.
- Anything erected or built.
noun
- The act or an instance of carrying or conveying, especially into some system, place, area or country.
- That which is imported; commodities or wares introduced into a country from abroad.
- The use of a term which consists of formally foreign elements.
- The act or an instance of importing.
- The logical law (P→(Q→R))⇒((P∧Q)→R).
noun
- the means whereby some act is accomplished
- a device that requires skill for proper use
- a person used by another to gain an end
- (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
- the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
- any of various devices or contrivances that can be used to produce musical tones or sounds
verb
noun
- the act of forming or establishing something
- a group of people who work together
- an organized structure for arranging or classifying
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business
- an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
- the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically
noun
- the act of forming or establishing something
- an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
- any large organization
- (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat
- the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof
noun
- the act of forming or establishing something
- an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
- the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
- (geology) the geological features of the earth
- a particular spatial arrangement
- natural process that causes something to form
- creation by mental activity
noun
- the act of forming or establishing something
- the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
- a group of people who work together
- an organized structure for arranging or classifying
- an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
- the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business
- the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically
noun
- the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
- putting a condemned person to death
- the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
- (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
- (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable
- a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
- unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
noun
- the act of constructing something
- a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit
- the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought
- a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts
- drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem
- an interpretation of a text or action
- the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
noun
- the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another:
- chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another
- a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)
- the act of changing one thing for another thing
- the act of giving something in return for something received
- a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication
- a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members
- (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
- reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money (especially the currencies of different countries)
- (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop
- (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value
verb
- give to, and receive from, one another
- exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category
- change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence
- hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
- exchange a penalty for a less severe one
noun
- The act, process, or result of making a product suitable for use in a particular country or region.
- A systematic method of adding multiplicative inverses to a ring.
- The state of being localized.
- The act of localizing.
- A ring of fractions of a given ring, such that the complement of the set of allowed denominators is an ideal.
- The act, process, or result of adapting translated text to fit a local culture; domestication.
noun
- The act or state of being a customer of some business.
- Customers collectively; clientele; business.
- A communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient; condescension; disdain.
- The right of nomination to political office.
- Granting favours or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support.
- The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.
- Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care.
- The act of providing approval and support; backing; championship.
verb
noun
- The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.
- A phenomenon by which a grammatical category forms a compound with its direct object or adverbial modifier, while retaining its original syntactic function.
- The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis.
- A doctrine of constitutional law according to which certain parts of the Bill of Rights are extended to bind individual American states. ᵂᵖ
- A body incorporated; a corporation.
- The act of creating a corporation.
- The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation.
noun
- An act or instance of appropriating.
- The principle that supplies granted by a legislature are only to be expended in the manner specified by that legislature.
- That which is appropriated.
- Public funds set aside for a specific purpose.
- The use of borrowed elements in the creation of a new work.
- The assimilation of concepts into a governing framework.
- In church law, the making over of a benefice to an owner who receives the tithes, but is bound to appoint a vicar for the spiritual service of the parish.
noun
- the act of designating or identifying something
- evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing
- the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established
- the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
- the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)
noun
- The act of placing or putting in place; the act of locating or positioning; the state of being placed.
- A temporary posting of a person to a particular workplace to enable them to gain work experience.
- The zodiacal region of the sky in which the sun, moon, or a planet appears at the time and place of a person's birth.
- The act of matching a person with a job
- A location or position.
noun
- The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
- The method or practice by which actions are done.
- A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands);
- A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm)
- A planned undertaking.
- A business or organization.
- a function which maps zero or more (but typically two) operands to a single output value.
- The method by which a device performs its function.
- A surgical procedure.
noun
noun
- the act of putting something in a certain place
- the particular portion of space occupied by something
- a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
- a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
- the arrangement of the body and its limbs
- the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
- a job in an organization
- the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
- the appropriate or customary location
- (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player
- a condition or position in which you find yourself
- a rationalized mental attitude
- an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute
- an item on a list or in a sequence
- the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
- the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom
verb
noun
- the act of putting something in position
- a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
- an unofficial association of people or groups
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- a unit of play in tennis or squash
- the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization
- the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon
- (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way
- any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals
verb
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- fix conclusively or authoritatively
- decide upon or fix definitely
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
- fix in a border
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly
- locate
- disappear beyond the horizon
- adapt for performance in a different way
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
- apply or start
- become gelatinous
- set in type
- put into a position that will restore a normal state
- insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
- give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor
- urge to attack someone
- estimate
- equip with sails or masts
- get ready for a particular purpose or event
- alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
- produce fruit
- arrange attractively
adj
noun
- the object of an activity
- a geometric element that has position but no extension
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- an instant of time
- a V shape
- a very small circular shape
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- an outstanding characteristic
- sharp end
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
- a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- the gun muzzle's direction
- a wall socket
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
verb
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- be oriented
- direct into a position for use
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- sail close to the wind
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- be positionable in a specified manner
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- give a point to
- repair the joints of bricks
noun
- The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
- Position or reputation in society or a profession.
- The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list.
- Duration.
- The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates.
- Room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
adj
noun
- The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push.
- A right to sell something at a predetermined price.
- An old card game.
verb
- To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.
- To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
- To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
- To express something in a certain manner.
- To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
- To place something somewhere.
- To attach or attribute; to assign.
- To exercise a put option.
- To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.)
- To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
noun
- The act of producing, making or creating something.
- The presentation of a theatrical work.
- The act of bringing something forward, out, etc., for use or consideration.
- A rewrite rule specifying a symbol substitution that can be recursively performed to generate new symbol sequences. (More information on Wikipedia.)
- The environment where finished code runs, as opposed to staging or development.
- Writing viewed as the process of producing a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps such as conceptualization, formulation, expression and revision.
- The act of being produced.
- Written documents produced in support of the action or defence.
- An occasion or activity made more complicated than necessary.
- An extension or protrusion.
- The act of lengthening out or prolonging.
- That which is manufactured or is ready for manufacturing in volume (as opposed to a prototype or conceptual model).
- The total amount produced.
noun
- An act of enfolding or including.
- Full acceptance (of something).
- An act of putting arms around someone and bringing the person close to the chest; a hug.
- An enclosure partially or fully surrounding someone or something.
verb
- To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug.
- To encircle; to enclose, to encompass.
- To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with cordiality; to welcome.
- To enfold, to include (ideas, principles, etc.); to encompass.
- To submit to; to undergo.
noun
- the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)
- a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit
- a public facility to meet for open discussion
- a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose
- a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together
- the social act of assembling
noun
- a means or agency by which something is expressed or communicated
- the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
- the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract
- a sound suggestive of a vocal utterance
- expressing in coherent verbal form
- something suggestive of speech in being a medium of expression
- (metonymy) a singer
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- the ability to speak
- (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
- the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music
- A term used in phonetics and phonology to characterize speech sounds, with sounds described as either voiceless (unvoiced) or voiced.
verb
noun
- The act, process, method, or an instance of representing by a system or set of marks, signs, figures, or characters.
- This section lists all algebraic notation used in this book. (Using notations would be incorrect).
- A specific note or piece of information written in such a notation.
- A system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in an art or science or in mathematics or logic to express technical facts or quantities.
noun
- An act; the working or operation.
- A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- An attempt, a try.
- An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
- A period of activity.
- Synonym: green light
- A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.
- Synonyms: attempt, bash, shot, stab, try
- The act of going.
adj
verb
- To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like moods or information.)
- To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.
- To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
- To be spent or used up.
- To belong (somewhere).
- To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
- To make the (specified) sound.
- To fit.
- To urinate or defecate.
- To tend (toward a result).
- To be lost.
- To have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
- I woke up just before the clock went.
- To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- Let's go halves on this.
- Synonyms: crumble, collapse, disintegrate, give way
- To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- I went at him with a knife.
- To be in general; to be usually; often in comparison to others of the same group.
- To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
- To attend.
- To be sold.
- To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- Synonyms: become, turn, change into
- To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
- To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
- To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
- To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
- To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- To sound; to make a noise.
- To leave; to move away.
- To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- To come to (a certain condition or state).
- To start; to begin (an action or process).
- To work (through or over), especially mentally.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urinate, see also Thesaurus:defecate
- To attack.
- To say (something, aloud or to oneself). (Often used in present tense.)
- To date.
- Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell.
- Synonyms: function, work, operate
- To break down or decay.
- To be accepted.
- We've only gone twenty miles today.
- To be valid.
- To have a certain record.
- To take a turn, especially in a game.
- To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
- To be out.
- To resort (to).
- To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
- To yield or weigh.
- Those babies go five tons apiece.
- To be discarded or disposed of.
- To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
- To lead (to a place); to give access to.
- To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- Anything goes around here.
- Why don’t you go with us?
- Let's go this way for a while.
- To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
- To fight or attack.
- How long can you go without water?
- To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
- To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
- To collapse or give way, to break apart.
- Expressing encouragement or approval.
- To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.)
- To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
- To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- To die.
- To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- To travel or pass along.
- To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
noun
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- the limits within which something can be effective
- the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
- the limit of capability
verb
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
- move forward or upward in order to touch; also in a metaphorical sense
- be in or establish communication with
- to gain with effort
- to extend as far as
- reach a goal
- place into the hands or custody of
- to exert much effort or energy
noun
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- the limits within which something can be effective
- a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze
- a series of hills or mountains
- a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds
- a variety of different things or activities
- (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
- the limit of capability
- a kitchen appliance used for cooking food
verb
- change or be different within limits
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- have a range; be capable of projecting over a certain distance, as of a gun
- range or extend over; occupy a certain area
- lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
- feed as in a meadow or pasture
- let eat
- assign a rank or rating to
noun
- That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.
- The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.
- The actual use of language in concrete situations by native speakers of a language, as opposed to the system of linguistic knowledge they possess (competence), cf. linguistic performance.
- The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
- A live show or concert.
noun
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another
- a particular environment or walk of life
- the path of an electron around the nucleus of an atom
- the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball
verb
noun
- The act by which something is bonded or joined together.
- A method of aggregating multiple network interfaces on a computer into a single logical interface
- An arrangement by which goods remain in the customs warehouses until the duties are paid.
- A close friendship that develops between adults, often as a result of intense experiences, as those shared in military combat.
- A relationship between a parent and offspring that establishes the basis for an ongoing mutual attachment.
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