English words for 'plural of espionage'
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- (espionage) Synonym of rezidentura.
- A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a house or an apartment therein.
- Subsidence, as of a sediment
- The place where one lives (resides); one's home.
- That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
- Accommodation for students at a university or college.
- The place where a corporation is established.
- The state of living in a particular place or environment.
- The place where anything rests permanently.
- a large and imposing house
- the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)
- the act of dwelling in a place
- any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
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- (espionage) Synonym of rezidentura.
- The home or residence of a person, especially in the colonies.
- The condition of being a resident of a particular place.
- (US, healthcare) The position or term of a medical resident.
- The position of a musical artist who commonly performs at a particular venue.
- the position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship)
- the act of dwelling in a place
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- (espionage, intransitive) To operate as a double agent.
- (music, intransitive, usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
- (intransitive) To serve a second role or have a second purpose. [with as]
- (intransitive) To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
- (theater) To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
- (transitive) To fold over so as to make two folds.
- (radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
- (military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
- (nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).
- (transitive) To repeat exactly; copy.
- (transitive, sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
- To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- (transitive, often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
- (transitive) To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
- (music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
- (ambitransitive, sometimes with "for") To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
- (card games, intransitive) To double down.
- (bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
- (intransitive) To go or march at twice the normal speed.
- (transitive) To multiply by two.
- (baseball) To get a two-base hit.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
- (intransitive) To turn sharply, following a winding course.
- hit a two-base hit
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
- increase twofold
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
- make or do or perform again
- make a demand for (a card or suit)
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- (music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
- Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- Having two aspects; ambiguous.
- Of twice the quantity.
- Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
- False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
- Designed for two (people, cars, etc.).
- (music) Of time, twice as fast.
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
- Stooping; bent over.
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- twice as great or many
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
- having two meanings with intent to deceive
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- large enough for two
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- (music) Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
- (cricket) The achievement of 1000 runs and 100 wickets taken in a single season.
- (Christianity) A double feast.
- (dominoes) A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
- A drink with two portions of alcohol.
- (soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
- (darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- (programming) A double-precision floating-point number.
- (historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
- (rowing) A boat for two scullers.
- (bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
- Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”).
- A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
- A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
- (music) A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.
- A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
- (darts) A hit on this ring.
- (sports) The feat of scoring twice in one game.
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- (sports, chiefly swimming and track) The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
- (baseball) A two-base hit.
- (historical, Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
- (billiards, snooker) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
- raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
- a quantity that is twice as great as another
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- (espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
- (theater) An understudy.
- (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
- (attributive, in names of species) White or pale.
- (cleaning) A faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
- (quantum mechanics) An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
- Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of such a person.
- (attributive) Of a cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
- A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
- (Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
- (attributive) Perceived or listed but not real.
- A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
- (writing) Ellipsis of ghostwriter.
- (uncountable, often capitalized) A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
- (attributive) Abandoned.
- (computing, linguistics, attributive) A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
- (by extension) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
- A dead person whose identity is stolen by another (see ghosting).
- A false image, for example in a photographic print or negative, or on a television screen or radar display, or in a telescope, caused by poor or double reception or reflection (from a lens or screen).
- (countable) Ellipsis of ghost pepper.
- (video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
- (attributive) Remnant; remains.
- (attributive) Substitute.
- (computing) A copy of a file or record.
- a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
- the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a suggestion of some quality
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- (chiefly social media, slang) To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.
- Synonym of ghostwrite (“to write (a literary work or speech), or produce (an artistic work)), in the place of someone”); also, to carry out (an artistic performance) in the place of someone.
- (Internet) To forcibly disconnect (an IRC user) who is using one's reserved nickname.
- (graphical user interface) To gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.
- To appear suddenly or move like a disembodied soul; specifically (often sports); also (transitive, dated) followed by the dummy subject it: to move easily and quietly without anyone noticing; to slip.
- Of a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt.
- Followed by for: synonym of ghostwrite (“to write a literary work or speech, or produce an artistic work, in the place of someone”); also, to carry out an artistic performance in the place of someone.
- To imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue.
- To continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble.
- (slang) To kill (someone).
- (nautical) Of a sailing vessel: to sail seemingly with very little or no wind.
- (chiefly UK, law enforcement) To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison, usually without first informing the prisoner.
- haunt like a ghost; pursue
- move like a ghost
- write for someone else
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- (espionage) Initialism of counterintelligence.
- (politics) Initialism of constitutional initiative.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of confidential informant.
- Initialism of Companion, part of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India.
- Initialism of competitive intelligence.
- Initialism of civil infraction.
- Initialism of creative industries.
- Initialism of cochlear implant.
- Initialism of contextual inquiry.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of chief inspector, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (software engineering) Initialism of continuous integration.
- (statistics) Initialism of confidence interval.
- (linguistics) Initialism of comprehensible input.
- Initialism of cast iron.
- Initialism of corporate identity (“a specific design of a company, to be applied in all public appearances to be clearly distinguishable from its competitors”).
- (baseball) Initialism of corner infielder.
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- (espionage) Alternative form of rezident.
- (diplomacy) A diplomatic representative who resides in a foreign country, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
- (law) A legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency.
- A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
- A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
- (medicine) A physician receiving postgraduate medical training in a hospital or clinic.
- a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
- someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
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- (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
- (music) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
- (uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
- (cricket) The area of the stumps that is blocked by the batsman so as to defend the wicket.
- (law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for.
- A lid.
- In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
- (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
- (India) A bag or packet.
- (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
- (construction) The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
- (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
- A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
- The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
- (cricket) A backup incase any player sustains injury during nets or midseries. Originally have to be declared part of squad before match.
- A cover charge.
- A cloth or similar material, often fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa or food to protect it from dust, rain, insects, etc. when not being used.
- The top sheet of a bed.
- (combinatorics, topology) A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set.
- (cricket) A tarpaulin or other device used to cover the wicket during rain, to prevent it getting wet.
- The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
- (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
- fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations
- a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent)
- a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else
- bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink
- a natural object that covers or envelops
- covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
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- (military, law enforcement, transitive) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.
- (transitive, broadcasting) To air or run locally originated material in place of network material during an internal spot break in a syndicated program.
- (sports, transitive) To defend (mark) a particular player or area.
- (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
- (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- (transitive) To provide insurance coverage for.
- (transitive) To deal with or include someone or something.
- (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- (transitive, of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
- (music, transitive) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
- (transitive) To traverse or put behind a certain distance.
- (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- (transitive) To supply with funds; to settle or pay the costs for; to foot the bill for.
- (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
- (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
- (transitive) To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
- (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
- (transitive) To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
- (transitive) To protect from attack in general, to guard.
- (transitive) To provide an alibi for (someone); to provide excuses or apologia for (someone); to carry water for someone.
- (transitive) To be enough money for.
- form a cover over
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- hide from view or knowledge
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- hold within range of an aimed firearm
- cover as if with a shroud
- copulate with a female, used especially of horses
- invest with a large or excessive amount of something
- protect by insurance
- make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game
- protect or defend (a position in a game)
- be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
- provide with a covering or cause to be covered
- to take an action to protect against future problems
- spread over a surface to conceal or protect
- maintain a check on; especially by patrolling
- put something on top of something else
- sit on (eggs)
- play a higher card than the one previously played
- be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of
- provide for
- span an interval of distance, space or time
- help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming their responsibilities
- clothe, as if for protection from the elements
- travel across or pass over
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- (espionage, informal) An intelligence service.
- (law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
- A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
- (business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
- (uncountable) Companionship.
- (A group of) adversaries, enemies, or rivals; unwanted company.
- A small group of birds or animals.
- A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
- (military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.
- (uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
- (nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
- a unit of firefighters including their equipment
- the state of being with someone
- a social gathering of guests or companions
- a band of people associated temporarily in some activity
- a social or business visitor
- an institution created to conduct business
- organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)
- small military unit; usually two or three platoons
- crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship
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- (espionage) An intelligence asset.
- (accounting) Any item recorded on the left-hand side of a balance sheet.
- (software) Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.
- (slang, usually in the plural) A woman's breasts or buttocks or a man's genitalia.
- A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.
- a useful or valuable quality
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- (espionage) A company doing legitimate business while also serving as a front for espionage.
- A proprietor or owner.
- A body of proprietors, taken collectively.
- A monk who had reserved goods and belongings to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.
- The rights of a proprietor.
- an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
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- Of or relating to property or ownership.
- Owning something; having ownership.
- (of a person) Possessive, jealous, or territorial.
- Privately owned.
- Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner or licensee of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.
- Nonstandard and controlled by one particular organization.
- protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights
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- (espionage, uncountable) Abbreviation of signals intelligence.
- (countable) An Earth-orbiting satellite used to intercept signals.
- (countable, uncountable, computing) A signal sent to a process by its controlling terminal when a user wishes to interrupt the process.
- intelligence information gathered from communications intelligence or electronics intelligence or telemetry intelligence
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- (espionage, slang) An undercover agent, spy, or intelligence analyst.
- (informal) A ghost or phantom.
- A hobgoblin.
- (informal) A scare or fright.
- (US, slang, medicine) A psychiatrist.
- (slang, gambling) A player who engages in hole carding by attempting to glimpse the dealer's hole card when the dealer checks under an ace or a 10 to see if a blackjack is present.
- (philosophy) A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
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- (espionage) Initialism of surveillance detection route.
- (finance) Initialism of special drawing right.
- (television, retronym) Initialism of standard dynamic range.
- (computing, electronics) Initialism of single data rate.
- (social sciences) Initialism of socially desirable responding.
- (UK, military) Initialism of Strategic Defence Review, a review of the United Kingdom's defence policy.
- (telecommunications) Initialism of software defined radio.
- Initialism of standard dynamic range
- (mathematics) Initialism of system of distinct representatives.
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- (espionage) Synonym of rezidentura.
- A building or portion thereof used as a home, such as a house or an apartment therein.
- Subsidence, as of a sediment
- The place where one lives (resides); one's home.
- That which falls to the bottom of liquors; sediment; also, refuse; residuum.
- Accommodation for students at a university or college.
- The place where a corporation is established.
- The state of living in a particular place or environment.
- The place where anything rests permanently.
- a large and imposing house
- the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president)
- the act of dwelling in a place
- any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
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- (espionage) Synonym of rezidentura.
- The home or residence of a person, especially in the colonies.
- The condition of being a resident of a particular place.
- (US, healthcare) The position or term of a medical resident.
- The position of a musical artist who commonly performs at a particular venue.
- the position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship)
- the act of dwelling in a place
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- (espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
- (theater) An understudy.
- (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
- (attributive, in names of species) White or pale.
- (cleaning) A faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
- (quantum mechanics) An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
- Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of such a person.
- (attributive) Of a cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
- A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
- (Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
- (attributive) Perceived or listed but not real.
- A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
- (writing) Ellipsis of ghostwriter.
- (uncountable, often capitalized) A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
- (attributive) Abandoned.
- (computing, linguistics, attributive) A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
- (by extension) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
- A dead person whose identity is stolen by another (see ghosting).
- A false image, for example in a photographic print or negative, or on a television screen or radar display, or in a telescope, caused by poor or double reception or reflection (from a lens or screen).
- (countable) Ellipsis of ghost pepper.
- (video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
- (attributive) Remnant; remains.
- (attributive) Substitute.
- (computing) A copy of a file or record.
- a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
- the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a suggestion of some quality
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- (chiefly social media, slang) To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.
- Synonym of ghostwrite (“to write (a literary work or speech), or produce (an artistic work)), in the place of someone”); also, to carry out (an artistic performance) in the place of someone.
- (Internet) To forcibly disconnect (an IRC user) who is using one's reserved nickname.
- (graphical user interface) To gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.
- To appear suddenly or move like a disembodied soul; specifically (often sports); also (transitive, dated) followed by the dummy subject it: to move easily and quietly without anyone noticing; to slip.
- Of a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt.
- Followed by for: synonym of ghostwrite (“to write a literary work or speech, or produce an artistic work, in the place of someone”); also, to carry out an artistic performance in the place of someone.
- To imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue.
- To continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble.
- (slang) To kill (someone).
- (nautical) Of a sailing vessel: to sail seemingly with very little or no wind.
- (chiefly UK, law enforcement) To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison, usually without first informing the prisoner.
- haunt like a ghost; pursue
- move like a ghost
- write for someone else
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- (espionage) Initialism of counterintelligence.
- (politics) Initialism of constitutional initiative.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of confidential informant.
- Initialism of Companion, part of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India.
- Initialism of competitive intelligence.
- Initialism of civil infraction.
- Initialism of creative industries.
- Initialism of cochlear implant.
- Initialism of contextual inquiry.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of chief inspector, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (software engineering) Initialism of continuous integration.
- (statistics) Initialism of confidence interval.
- (linguistics) Initialism of comprehensible input.
- Initialism of cast iron.
- Initialism of corporate identity (“a specific design of a company, to be applied in all public appearances to be clearly distinguishable from its competitors”).
- (baseball) Initialism of corner infielder.
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- (espionage) Alternative form of rezident.
- (diplomacy) A diplomatic representative who resides in a foreign country, usually of inferior rank to an ambassador.
- (law) A legal permanent resident, someone who maintains residency.
- A bird which does not migrate during the course of the year.
- A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
- (medicine) A physician receiving postgraduate medical training in a hospital or clinic.
- a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital
- someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
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- (espionage) A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
- (music) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
- (uncountable) Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
- (cricket) The area of the stumps that is blocked by the batsman so as to defend the wicket.
- (law) In commercial law, a buyer’s purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for.
- A lid.
- In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
- (philately) An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
- (India) A bag or packet.
- (military) A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
- (construction) The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
- (cricket) A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30° forward of square; a fielder in this position.
- A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
- The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
- (cricket) A backup incase any player sustains injury during nets or midseries. Originally have to be declared part of squad before match.
- A cover charge.
- A cloth or similar material, often fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa or food to protect it from dust, rain, insects, etc. when not being used.
- The top sheet of a bed.
- (combinatorics, topology) A collection (or family) of subsets of a given set, whose union contains every element of said original set.
- (cricket) A tarpaulin or other device used to cover the wicket during rain, to prevent it getting wet.
- The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
- (insurance) An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something
- fire that makes it difficult for the enemy to fire on your own individuals or formations
- a false identity and background (especially one created for an undercover agent)
- a recording of a song that was first recorded or made popular by somebody else
- bedding that keeps a person warm in bed
- the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book
- the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
- a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink
- a natural object that covers or envelops
- covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
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- (military, law enforcement, transitive) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.
- (transitive, broadcasting) To air or run locally originated material in place of network material during an internal spot break in a syndicated program.
- (sports, transitive) To defend (mark) a particular player or area.
- (transitive) To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- (intransitive) To act as a replacement.
- (transitive) To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
- (transitive) To provide insurance coverage for.
- (transitive) To deal with or include someone or something.
- (transitive) To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- (transitive, of a publication) To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
- (music, transitive) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
- (transitive) To traverse or put behind a certain distance.
- (transitive) To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
- (transitive) To supply with funds; to settle or pay the costs for; to foot the bill for.
- (transitive) To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
- (transitive) To have as an assignment or responsibility.
- (transitive) To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
- (chess, transitive) To protect or control (a piece or square).
- (transitive) To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
- (transitive) To protect from attack in general, to guard.
- (transitive) To provide an alibi for (someone); to provide excuses or apologia for (someone); to carry water for someone.
- (transitive) To be enough money for.
- form a cover over
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- hide from view or knowledge
- include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
- hold within range of an aimed firearm
- cover as if with a shroud
- copulate with a female, used especially of horses
- invest with a large or excessive amount of something
- protect by insurance
- make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
- be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game
- protect or defend (a position in a game)
- be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
- provide with a covering or cause to be covered
- to take an action to protect against future problems
- spread over a surface to conceal or protect
- maintain a check on; especially by patrolling
- put something on top of something else
- sit on (eggs)
- play a higher card than the one previously played
- be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of
- provide for
- span an interval of distance, space or time
- help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming their responsibilities
- clothe, as if for protection from the elements
- travel across or pass over
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- (espionage, informal) An intelligence service.
- (law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
- A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
- (business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
- (uncountable) Companionship.
- (A group of) adversaries, enemies, or rivals; unwanted company.
- A small group of birds or animals.
- A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
- (military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.
- (uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
- (nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
- a unit of firefighters including their equipment
- the state of being with someone
- a social gathering of guests or companions
- a band of people associated temporarily in some activity
- a social or business visitor
- an institution created to conduct business
- organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)
- small military unit; usually two or three platoons
- crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship
verb
noun
- (espionage) An intelligence asset.
- (accounting) Any item recorded on the left-hand side of a balance sheet.
- (software) Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.
- (slang, usually in the plural) A woman's breasts or buttocks or a man's genitalia.
- A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.
- a useful or valuable quality
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- (espionage) A company doing legitimate business while also serving as a front for espionage.
- A proprietor or owner.
- A body of proprietors, taken collectively.
- A monk who had reserved goods and belongings to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.
- The rights of a proprietor.
- an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
adj
- Of or relating to property or ownership.
- Owning something; having ownership.
- (of a person) Possessive, jealous, or territorial.
- Privately owned.
- Created or manufactured exclusively by the owner or licensee of intellectual property rights, as with a patent or trade secret.
- Nonstandard and controlled by one particular organization.
- protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights
noun
- (espionage, uncountable) Abbreviation of signals intelligence.
- (countable) An Earth-orbiting satellite used to intercept signals.
- (countable, uncountable, computing) A signal sent to a process by its controlling terminal when a user wishes to interrupt the process.
- intelligence information gathered from communications intelligence or electronics intelligence or telemetry intelligence
noun
- (espionage, slang) An undercover agent, spy, or intelligence analyst.
- (informal) A ghost or phantom.
- A hobgoblin.
- (informal) A scare or fright.
- (US, slang, medicine) A psychiatrist.
- (slang, gambling) A player who engages in hole carding by attempting to glimpse the dealer's hole card when the dealer checks under an ace or a 10 to see if a blackjack is present.
- (philosophy) A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
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- (espionage) Initialism of surveillance detection route.
- (finance) Initialism of special drawing right.
- (television, retronym) Initialism of standard dynamic range.
- (computing, electronics) Initialism of single data rate.
- (social sciences) Initialism of socially desirable responding.
- (UK, military) Initialism of Strategic Defence Review, a review of the United Kingdom's defence policy.
- (telecommunications) Initialism of software defined radio.
- Initialism of standard dynamic range
- (mathematics) Initialism of system of distinct representatives.
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- (espionage, intransitive) To operate as a double agent.
- (music, intransitive, usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
- (intransitive) To serve a second role or have a second purpose. [with as]
- (intransitive) To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
- (theater) To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).
- (transitive) To fold over so as to make two folds.
- (radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
- (military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
- (nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).
- (transitive) To repeat exactly; copy.
- (transitive, sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
- To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
- (transitive, often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
- (transitive) To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
- (music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
- (ambitransitive, sometimes with "for") To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).
- (card games, intransitive) To double down.
- (bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
- (intransitive) To go or march at twice the normal speed.
- (transitive) To multiply by two.
- (baseball) To get a two-base hit.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
- (intransitive) To turn sharply, following a winding course.
- hit a two-base hit
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
- increase twofold
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
- make or do or perform again
- make a demand for (a card or suit)
adj
- (music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
- Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
- Folded in two; composed of two layers.
- Having two aspects; ambiguous.
- Of twice the quantity.
- Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
- False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
- Designed for two (people, cars, etc.).
- (music) Of time, twice as fast.
- Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
- Stooping; bent over.
- having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
- twice as great or many
- consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
- having two meanings with intent to deceive
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- large enough for two
adv
noun
- (music) Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
- (cricket) The achievement of 1000 runs and 100 wickets taken in a single season.
- (Christianity) A double feast.
- (dominoes) A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
- A drink with two portions of alcohol.
- (soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
- (darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
- (programming) A double-precision floating-point number.
- (historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
- (rowing) A boat for two scullers.
- (bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
- A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
- Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”).
- A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
- A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
- (music) A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.
- A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
- A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
- (darts) A hit on this ring.
- (sports) The feat of scoring twice in one game.
- Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
- (sports, chiefly swimming and track) The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
- (baseball) A two-base hit.
- (historical, Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
- (billiards, snooker) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
- raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
- a quantity that is twice as great as another
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