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Compensate |
to provide or be an equivalent; make up; make amends (usually followed by for ): His occasional courtesies did not compensate for his general rudeness |
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procurement |
the act of obtaining equipment, materials, or supplies The secretary of defenseargued in favor of increasing the budget forprocurement. |
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Streamline |
designed or organized to give maximumefficiency; compact. To streamline an organization or process means to make it more efficient by removing unnecessary parts of it. They're making efforts to streamline their normally cumbersome bureaucracy. |
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incarnation |
embodiment If you say that someone is the incarnation of a particular quality, you mean that they represent that quality or are typical of it in an extreme form. The regime was the very incarnation of evil. |
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equation |
An equation is a situation in which two or more parts have to be considered together so that the whole situation can be understood or explained. The equation is simple: research breeds new products. The party fears the equation between higher spending and higher taxes. |
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to dilute |
to lessen to reduce the strength, force, or efficiencyof by admixture. |
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scope |
radius The scope of an activity, topic, or piece of work is the whole area which it deals with or includes. Mr. Dobson promised to widen the organization's scope of activity. |
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to accelerate |
to speed up If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster. Growth will accelerate to 2.9 percent next year. |
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neuron |
A neuron is a cell which is part of the nervous system. Neurons send messages to and from the brain. Information is transferred along each neuron by means of (using) an electrical impulse. |
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lobe |
A lobe is a rounded part of something, for example, one of the sections of your brain or lungs, or one of the rounded sections along the edges of some leaves. ...damage to the temporal lobe of the brain. |
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Perception |
Perception is the recognition of things using your senses, especially the sense of sight. Awareness Your perception of something is the way that you think about it or the impression you have of it. He is interested in how our perceptions of death affect the way we live. |
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to attain |
(Formal) If you attain something, you gain it or achieve it, often after a lot of effort. Jim is halfway to attaining his pilot's license. |
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to evolve |
If something evolves or you evolve it, it gradually develops over a period of time into something different and usually more advanced. ...a tiny airline which eventually evolved into Pakistan International Airlines. Popular music evolved from folk songs. |
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so far |
up to a certain point or extent: We were able to plan only so far because of various factors beyond ourcontrol. |
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consternation |
(Formal) Consternation is a feeling of anxiety or fear. His decision caused consternation in the art photography community. |
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suspicion |
A suspicion is a feeling that something is probably true or is likely to happen. I have a sneaking suspicion that they are going to succeed. |
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crop |
The plants or fruits that are collected at harvest time are referred to as a crop. Each year it produces a fine crop of fruit. The U.S. government says that this year's corn crop should be about 8 percent more than last year. |
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vast |
Something that is vast is extremely large. ...Afrikaner farmers who own vast stretches of land. |
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the latter |
When two people, things, or groups have just been mentioned, you can refer to the second of them as the latter. He tracked down his cousin and uncle. The latter was sick. |
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Horticulture |
Horticulture is the study and practice of growing plants. |
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avail |
(Written) If you do something to no avail or to little avail, what you do fails to achieve what you want. His efforts were to no avail. |
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anticipate |
If you anticipate a question, request, or need, you do what is necessary or required before the question, request, or need occurs. What Jeff did was to anticipate my next question. If you anticipate an event, you realize in advance that it may happen and you are prepared for it. At the time we couldn't have anticipated the result of our campaigning. It is anticipated that the equivalent of 192 full-time jobs will be lost. |
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contingency plan |
A contingency plan is a course of action designed to help an organization respond effectively to a significant future event or situation that may or may not happen. |
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synthesis |
(Formal) A synthesis of different ideas or styles is a mixture or combination of these ideas or styles. His novels are a rich synthesis of Balkan history and mythology. |
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Surveillance |
Surveillance is the careful watching of someone, especially by an organization such as the police or the army. He was arrested after being kept under constant surveillance. Police swooped on the home after a two-week surveillance operation |
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swoop |
(Journalism) If police or soldiers swoop on a place, they go there suddenly and quickly, usually in order to arrest someone or to attack the place. The terror ended when armed police swooped on the car. |
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Objective |
Your objective is what you are trying to achieve. Our main objective was the recovery of the child safe and well. If someone is objective, they base their opinions on facts rather than on their personal feelings. I believe that a journalist should be completely objective. |
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debris |
Debris is pieces from something that has been destroyed or pieces of trash or unwanted material that are spread around. A number of people were killed by flying debris. |
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rapport |
If two people or groups have a rapport, they have a good relationship in which they are able to understand each other's ideas or feelings very well. The success depends on good rapport between interviewer and interviewee. |
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synergy |
(Business) If there is synergy between two or more organizations or groups, they are more successful when they work together than when they work separately. Of course, there's quite obviously a lot of synergy between the two companies. |
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Longevity |
(Formal) Longevity is long life. Human longevity runs in families. The main characteristic of the strike has been its longevity. |
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excelling |
If someone excels in something or excels at it, they are very good at doing it. Mary was a better rider than either of them and she excelled at outdoor sports. Academically he began to excel. |
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savvy |
(Informal) If you describe someone as having savvy, you think that they have a good understanding and practical knowledge of something. He is known for his political savvy and strong management skills. |
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proliferate |
(Formal) If things proliferate, they increase in number very quickly. Computerized databases are proliferating fast. |
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adequate |
If something is adequate, there is enough of it or it is good enough to be used or accepted. One in four people worldwide are without adequate homes. She is prepared to offer me an amount adequate to purchase another house. Many students are not adequately prepared for higher education. |
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plot |
When people plot a strategy or a course of action, they carefully plan each step of it. Yesterday's meeting was intended to plot a survival strategy for the party. |
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copious |
A copious amount of something is a large amount of it. I went out for dinner last night and drank copious amounts of red wine. |
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eradication |
(Formal) To eradicate something means to get rid of it completely. They are already battling to eradicate illnesses such as malaria and tetanus. ...a significant contribution toward the eradication of corruption. |
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prevail |
If one side in a battle, contest, or dispute prevails, it wins. He appears to have the votes he needs to prevail. |
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asserting |
If you assert your right or claim to something, you insist that you have the right to it. The republics began asserting their right to govern themselves. These institutions have made the assertion of ethnic identity possible. |
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havoc |
Havoc is great disorder and confusion. Rioters caused havoc in the center of the town. phraseIf one thing plays havoc with another or wreaks havoc on it, it prevents it from continuing or functioning as normal, or damages it. The weather played havoc with airline schedules. |
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privy |
(Formal) If you are privy to something secret, you have been allowed to know about it. Only three people, including a policeman, will be privy to the facts. |
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assertively |
Someone who is assertive states their needs and opinions clearly, so that people take notice. Women have become more assertive in the past decade. Chantelle's assertiveness stirred up his deep-seated sense of inadequacy. |
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anal retentive |
A term used to refer to a person who feels a need to be in control of all aspects of his or her surroundings. Or, in other words, an anal retentive person "can't let go of ****." My anal retentive parents won't let me leave the house without leaving them with an address, name, and phone number for my destination.
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abhorrent |
(Formal) If something is abhorrent to you, you hate it very much or consider it completely unacceptable. Racial discrimination is abhorrent to my council and our staff. |
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excerpt |
a passage or quotation taken or selected from a book, document, film, or the like; extract. ...an excerpt from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker. |
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paradigm |
(Formal) A paradigm is a model for something that explains it or shows how it can be produced. ...a new paradigm of production. |
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catalyst |
You can describe a person or thing that causes a change or event to happen as a catalyst.
I very much hope that this case will prove to be a catalyst for change. Employees are being challenged to develop new ideas and be catalysts for change. |
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auditory |
(Technical) Auditory means related to hearing. Some people are auditory. They just want to hear you ideas. ...the limits of the human auditory range. |
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mileage |
1. The mileage in a particular course of action is its usefulness in getting you what you want. It's obviously important to get as much mileage out of the convention as possible. You're going to get a lot of mileage if you use this approach. 2. Mileage refers to the distance that you have traveled, measured in miles. While most of their mileage may be in and around town, they still want highways for longer trips. |
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narrative |
A narrative is a story or an account of a series of events. ...a fast-moving narrative. I asked the media to no longer include me in any narrative that is incredibly disrespectful to their family. |
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accumulate |
When you accumulate things or when they accumulate, they collect or are gathered over a period of time.
Lead can accumulate in the body until toxic levels are reached.
Snow accumulated in the driveway. His debts kept on accumulating.
when I wrote this book I accumulated all the information |
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integral |
necessary to the completeness of the whole: This point is integral to his plan. |
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perceive |
to recognize, discern, envision, or understand:
I perceive a note of sarcasm in your voice. This is a nice idea but I perceive difficulties in putting it into practice. |
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credibility |
If someone or something has credibility, people believe in them and trust them. After all those lies, his credibility was at a low ebb. (ebb = point of decline) |
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decend |
1. adjectiveA person who is descended from someone who lived a long time ago is directly related to them. Anna is descended from pioneers who settled in Colorado in 1898. 2. verb(Formal) If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downward from a higher to a lower level. Things are cooler and more damp as we descend to the cellar. |
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entity |
(Formal) An entity is something that exists separately from other things and has a clear identity of its own. ...the earth as a living entity. |
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mountaineering |
Mountaineering is the activity of climbing the steep sides of mountains as a hobby or sport. |
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cold spell / cold snap |
A cold snap or cold spell is a short period of cold and icy weather. A transient cold spell. |
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Content |
1. Noun: Usually, contents.- something that is contained: the contents of a box. - the subjects or topics covered in a book or document. 2. Adjektiv: If you are content, you are happy or satisfied. - He says his daughter is quite content. - I'm perfectly content with the way the campaign has gone. |
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contagious |
A feeling or attitude that is contagious spreads quickly among a group of people. Laughing is contagious. A disease that is contagious can be caught by touching people or things that are infected with it. Compare infectious. ...a highly contagious disease of the lungs |
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Savage |
Someone or something that is savage is extremely cruel, violent, and uncontrolled. This was a savage attack on a defenseless young girl. ...the savage wave of violence that swept the country in November 1987. He was savagely beaten. |
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jeopardy |
If someone or something is in jeopardy, they are in a dangerous situation where they might fail, be lost, or be destroyed. A series of setbacks have put the whole project in jeopardy. |
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fragile |
Something that is fragile is easily broken or damaged. He leaned back in his fragile chair. Older drivers are more likely to be seriously injured because of the fragility of their bones. |
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harrowing |
A harrowing experience is extremely upsetting or disturbing. You've had a harrowing time this past month. |
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gaunt |
If someone looks gaunt, they look very thin, usually because they have been very ill or worried. Looking gaunt and tired, he denied there was anything to worry about. |
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fickle |
(To Express Disapproval) If you describe someone as fickle, you disapprove of them because they keep changing their mind about what they like or want. The group has been notoriously fickle in the past. |
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raving |
(Informal) You use raving to describe someone who you think is completely mad. Malcolm looked at her as if she were a raving lunatic. |
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detestable |
(Formal) If you say that someone or something is detestable, you mean you dislike them very much. I find their views detestable. |
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interrogate |
If someone, especially a police officer, interrogates someone, they question them thoroughly for a long time in order to get some information from them. I interrogated everyone even slightly involved. |
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insular |
(To Express Disapproval) If you say that someone is insular, you are being critical of them because they are unwilling to meet new people or to consider new ideas.
They were an insular family. But at least they have started to break out of their old insularity. |
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extract |
If you extract something from a place, you take it out or pull it out. He extracted a small notebook from his hip pocket. |
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harbor |
If you harbor an emotion, thought, or secret, you have it in your mind over a long period of time. He might have been murdered by a former client or someone harboring a grudge. She harboured "outlandish" delusions about ex Mark Walton and Sophie, the jury heard. |
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grudge |
If you have or bear a grudge against someone, you have unfriendly feelings toward them because of something they did in the past. He appears to have a grudge against certain players. |
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delusion |
A delusion is a false idea. I was under the delusion that he intended to marry me. |
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confiscate |
If you confiscate something from someone, you take it away from them, usually as a punishment. The law has been used to confiscate assets from people who have committed minor offenses. |
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rural |
Rural places are far away from large towns or cities. Sophie was from a rural area 100 kilometres from north east Paris. These plants have a tendency to grow in the more rural areas. |
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ambiguous |
If you describe something as ambiguous, you mean that it is unclear or confusing because it can be understood in more than one way. This agreement is very ambiguous and open to various interpretations. The national conference on democracy ended ambiguously. |
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relegate |
If you relegate someone or something to a less important position, you give them this position. Might it not be better to relegate the king to a purely ceremonial function? |
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turmoil |
Turmoil is a state of confusion, disorder, uncertainty, or great anxiety. ...the political turmoil of 1989. |
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afloat |
(Business) If a person, business, or country stays afloat or is kept afloat, they have just enough money to pay their debts and continue operating. A number of efforts were being made to keep the company afloat. |
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predecessor |
Your predecessor is the person who had your job before you. He maintained that he learned everything he knew from his predecessor. |
