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jaundice
medical condition in which the skin, the white part of the eyes, etc. turn yellow; (v.) affect with jaundice; affect with prejudice, envy, or hostility; bias

Longman:

[ uncountable]
a medical condition in which your skin and the white part of your eyes become yellow

(پزشکی) زردی، یرقان، دچار یرقان کردن، برشک و حسد درافتادن

jaundiced
yellowed; prejudiced (envious, hostile, or resentful) from long and disappointing experience of human affairs; (ex.) with a jaundiced eye

Longman:

1. thinking that people or things are bad, especially because you have had bad experiences in the past:
** He has a very jaundiced view of the world.
** She viewed politics and politicians with a jaundiced eye (=in a jaundiced way).

2. suffering from jaundice

لغت مورد نظر شما یافت نشد.

jaunt
trip; short journey

Longman:

[ countable]
a short trip for pleasure:
** a weekend jaunt

گردش، تفریح، مسافرت کوچک، تفرخ کردن، سفر کوچک کردن

jaunty
cheerful and pleased with life; lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree; dapper in appearance; (ex.) jaunty person/hat

Longman:

1. showing that you are confident and happy:
** He had a jaunty walk.
** Her hat was set at a jaunty angle.

2. jaunty music is fast and makes you feel happy:
** a jaunty tune


(Adjective) خود نما، خود ساز، جلف، مغرور، گستاخ، لاقید، زرنگ

jeopardize
endanger; imperil; put at risk; (n.) jeopardy: danger

Longman:

[ transitive]
to risk losing or spoiling something important:
** large-scale military offensives which could jeopardize the UN peace process

( jeopard ) بخطر انداختن

jest
playful remark or act; (v.) act or speak playfully

Longman:

[ countable]
something you say that is intended to be funny, not serious [= joke]:
** I wasn't sure whether to treat her words as a jest.
in jest:
** His serious face told me that he was not speaking in jest.

لطیفه، بذله، شوخی، بذله گویی، خوش طبعی، طعنه،گوشه، کنایه، عمل، کردار، طعنه زدن، تمسخر کردن،استهزا کردن، ببازی گرفتن، شوخی کردن، مزاح گفتن

jetsam
things thrown from a ship (to lighten the ship)

Longman:

[ uncountable]
things that are thrown from a ship and float on the sea towards the shore


(Noun) کالایی که برای سبک کردن کشتی بدریا می ریزند، کالای اب اورد

jettison
throw overboard (from a ship or plane)

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to get rid of something or decide not to do something any longer:
** The scheme was jettisoned when the government found it too costly.

2. to throw things away, especially from a moving plane or ship

بدریا ریزی کالای کشتی، (مجازا) از شر چیزی راحت شدن، بیرون افکندن

jibe
agree; be in harmony with; gibe

Longman:

[ countable]
an unkind remark intended to make someone seem silly:
** She was tired of his cheap jibes.

(د.ن.) ناگهان باین سو و ان سو حرکت کردن (بادبان)، موافقت کردن، تطبیق کردن

jingoist
extremely aggressive and militant patriot; warlike chauvinist; (n.) jingoism: extreme nationalism

لغت مورد نظر شما یافت نشد.واژه‌ها‌ی پیشنهادی:

jocose
given to(having a tendency of) joking


(Adjective) شوخ، شنگ، شوخی آمیز، فکاهی، بذله گویی

jocular
said or done in jest or playfully; marked by joking

Longman:

joking or humorous:
** He sounded in a jocular mood.


(Adjective) شوخ، شوخی آمیز، فکاهی

jocund
merry


(Adjective) خوش، فرحناک، سر چنگ، بشاش

jollity
gaiety; cheerfulness; (adj.) jolly: merry; gay

Longman:

[ uncountable]
when people are happy and enjoying themselves:
** a night of riotous jollity


(Noun) خوشی، عیشی، کیف، عیاشی، زیور

jostle
shove; bump; push against (someone) rather roughly; (ex.) jostled by the crowds

Longman:

1. [intransitive and transitive] to push or knock against someone in a crowd, especially so that you can get somewhere or do something before other people
jostle for:
** Followers of the president jostled for position in front of the TV cameras.

2. [intransitive] to compete for something such as attention or a reward:
** A thousand thoughts were jostling around inside my mind.

تنه، هل، تکان، تنه زدن

jovial
good-natured; merry; cheerful

Longman:

friendly and happy:
** He addressed me in a jovial manner.


(Adjective) طرب انگیز، خوش گذران، عیاش، سعید

jubilation
rejoicing; great joy

Longman:

[ uncountable]
[formal] happiness and pleasure because you have been successful:
** There was jubilation that a local team had come first.


(Noun) هل هله، شادی، جشن، شادمانی

judiciary
judicial branch of government

Longman:

the judiciary: all the judges in a country who, as a group, form part of the system of government

( judicial ) قضایی، شرعی، وابسته بدادگاه

judicious
sound on judgment; wise

Longman:

done in a sensible and careful way:
** a judicious choice


(Adjective) دارای قوه قضاوت سلیم

jug
pitcher; container for holding liquids

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a container with a wide curved opening at the top and a handle, used especially at meals for pouring liquids [= pitcher American English]
** a milk jug

2. a deep round container with a very narrow opening at the top and a handle, used for holding liquids [= pitcher British English]

3. the amount of liquid that a jug will hold
jug of:
** a jug of water

4. jugs:[not polite] a woman's breasts


(Noun) پارچ، تُنگ، کوزه

**

** - a pitcher/jug of ice water
** - یک پارچ/تُنگ آب یخ
(Noun) (عامیانه) هلفدونی، زندان
(Verb - transitive) (عامیانه) زندانی کردن، حبس کردن
(Verb - transitive) آب‌پز کردن (به ویژه خرگوش)، در دیزی پختن (به ویژه خرگوش)

juggernaut
irresistible crushing force; overwhelming advancing force that crushes everything in its path

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a very large vehicle that carries goods over long distances [= semi American English]

2. a very powerful force, organization etc whose effect or influence cannot be stopped:
** the juggernaut of industrialization


(Noun) نیروی عظیم منهدم کننده، نیروی تخریبی مهیب

jumble
mix in a confused way

Longman:

1. [singular] a lot of different things mixed together in an untidy way, without any order
jumble of:
** a jumble of old toys
** Inside she was a jumble of emotions.

2. things to be sold at a jumble sale [= rummage American English]

کیک کوچک شبیه حلقه، درهم امیختگی، شلوغی، تکان تکان خوردن، سواری کردن

juncture
crisis; point in time; joining point; joint; act of joining

Longman:

[ countable usually singular]
a particular point in an activity or period of time:
** At this juncture, I suggest we take a short break.
** The talks are at a critical juncture (=very important point).


(Noun) اتصال، الحاق، پیوستگی، مفصل، درزگاه، ربط

junket
trip especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense

Longman:

an expensive trip paid for by government money or by a business for people they employ - used to show disapproval

سفر تفریحی، سفر، خوش گذرانی کردن، سور زدن، سفرتفریحی کردن

junta
group of persons joined in political intrigue; cabal; group of military officers ruling a country after seizing power (by force)

Longman:

[ countable]
a military government that has gained power by using force


(Noun) دسته بندی، حزب، دسته، انجمن سری

juridical
of the law and its administration; (cf.) judicial: of courts of law; (cf.) judiciary

Longman:

relating to judges or the law


(Adjective) (رسمی) قضایی، حقوقی، قانونی، شرعی، فقهی

jurisdiction
right and power to apply the law; authority

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the right to use an official power to make legal decisions, or the area where this right exists
jurisdiction over somebody/something:
** The committee has jurisdiction over all tax measures.


(Noun) حوزه قضایی، قلمرو قدرت

jurisprudence
science of law

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the science or study of law


(Noun) حقوق الهی، فقه

juxtapose
place side by side; (cf.) next

Longman:

[ transitive]
[formal] to put things together, especially things that are not normally together, in order to compare them or to make something new
juxtapose something with something:
** a style of decor that juxtaposes antiques with modern furniture


(Verb - transitive) پیش هم گذاشتن، پهلوی هم گذاشتن

kaleidoscope
tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass, etc. produce interesting symmetrical effects; series of changing events; ex. kaleidoscope of european history; (cf.) beautiful

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a pattern, situation, or scene that is always changing and has many details or bright colours
kaleidoscope of:
** a kaleidoscope of cultures

2. a tube with mirrors and pieces of coloured glass at one end, which shows coloured patterns when you turn it


(Noun) لوله شکل نما، لوله اشکال نما، تغییر پذیربودن

karat
unit of weight for precious stones; measure of the purity of gold

Longman:

an American spelling of carat


(Noun) قیراط، واحد وزن جواهرات

ken
range of knowledge; (ex.) beyond one’s ken

Longman:

beyond your ken: if something is beyond your ken, you have no knowledge or understanding of it:
** mysteries beyond our ken

نظر، بینش، بصیرت

kernel
central or vital part; core; whole seed (as of corn)

Longman:

[ countable]
1. the part of a nut or seed inside the shell or the part inside the stone of some fruits

2. [usually singular] one of the small yellow pieces on a corn cob

3. [usually singular] the most important part of a statement, idea, plan etc [= core]
kernel of:
** This evidence is the kernel of the defendants' case.

4. [usually singular] a very small part or amount of something
kernel of:
** There may be a kernel of truth in what he says.

مغز، هسته، مغزهسته، خستو، تخم، دانه هسته اصلی، شالوده

killjoy
grouch; spoilsport; one who intentionally spoils the pleasure of others

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who spoils other people's pleasure

خرمگس معرکه، کسی که عیش دیگری را منقص می کند، سرخر

kindle
start a fire; ignite; inspire; arouse

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
1. if you kindle a fire, or if it kindles, it starts to burn

2. to make someone feel interested, excited, hopeful etc
kindle something in somebody:
** A love of poetry was kindled in him by his mother.

روشن شدن، گرفتن، برافروختن

kindred
related; belonging to the same group; similar in nature or character; (ex.) kindred languages; (n.) relative; kin; kinship

Longman:

[ uncountable]
your whole family [↪ kin]

خویش، خویشاوند، قوم و خویشی، وابستگی

kinetic
producing motion; of motion

Longman:

relating to movement:
** kinetic energy


(Adjective) جنبشی، وابسته بحرکت، وابسته به نیروی محرکه

kismet
fate; destiny; (ex.) kismet is the arabic word for fate.

Longman:

[ uncountable]
[literary] the things that will happen to you in your life [= fate]


(Noun) قسمت، سرنوشت

kleptomaniac
person who has a compulsive desire to steal

Longman:

[ countable]
someone suffering from kleptomania


(Noun) عاشق سرقت، علاقمند به دزدی

knack
special talent; art

Longman:

1. [singular] a natural skill or ability [↪ talent]
knack for doing something:
** Some people seem to have a knack for making money.
knack of doing something:
** Thomson's knack of scoring vital goals makes him important to the team.

2. have a knack of doing something: British English to have a tendency to do something:
** He has a knack of saying the wrong thing.

صدای شکستگی، صدای شلاق، استعداد، حقه، طرح، ابتکار، زرنگی، مهارت

knave
untrustworthy person; rogue; scoundrel; jack; (n.) knavery

Longman:

[ countable]
1. the playing card with a value between the ten and queen [= jack]:
** the knave of hearts ➔ card1 (7)

2. [old-fashioned] a dishonest boy or man

رند، ادم رذل، فرومایه، پست و حقیر

knead
mix; work dough; mix and work into a uniform mass (with the hands); (ex.) knead dough

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to press a mixture of flour and water many times with your hands:
** Knead the dough for three minutes.

2. to press someone's muscles many times to help cure pain or to help someone relax

خمیر کردن، ورزیدن، سرشتن، امیختن، مالیدن

kneel
go down on one’s knee(s)

Longman:

[ intransitive]
to be in or move into a position where your body is resting on your knees:
** Tom knelt down and patted the dog.
kneel on:
** She knelt on the floor and put more wood on the fire.

زانو زدن

knell
tolling of a bell especially to indicate a funeral, disaster, etc.; sound of the funeral bell; (v.)

Longman:

[ countable]
[literary] the sound of a bell being rung slowly because someone has died

ناقوس عزارا بصدا دراوردن، صدای ضربه ناقوس، صدای زنگ

knit
contract into wrinkles; grow together; join together closely; make (a fabric or garment) by interwining yarn or thread; (ex.) knit the brow; (ex.) the bones should knit together in a few weeks.

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
1. past tense and past participle knitted to make clothing out of wool, using two knitting needles [↪ crochet]:
** My grandmother taught me how to knit.
** She's knitting a sweater.
knit somebody something:
** Emily knitted him some socks.

2. to use a plain (=basic) knitting stitch:
** Knit one, purl one.

3. past tense and past participle knit to join people, things, or ideas more closely together, or to be joined closely together
knit together:
** In a good report, individual sentences knit together in a clear way that readers can follow.
closely/tightly etc knit: (=with all the members having close relationships)
** a closely knit community
** Harold is part of a tightly knit team.

4. past tense and past participle knit a bone that knits after being broken grows into one piece again
knit together:
** The pin holds the bones in place while they knit together.

5. knit your brows: to show you are worried, thinking hard etc by moving your eyebrows together

بافتن، کشبافی کردن، بهم پیوستن، گره زدن، بستن زمان گذشته ساده فعل Knit قسمت سوم فعل Knit

knoll
little round hill; hillock

Longman:

[ countable]
a small round hill

نوک تپه، قله، تیزی یا برامدگی خاک از اب، ماهور

knotty
intricate; difficult; tangled; (cf.) knot

Longman:

1. difficult to solve:
** a knotty problem

2. knotty wood contains a lot of hard round places where branches once joined the tree


(Adjective) گره دار، غامض

kudos
honor; glory; acclaim or praise for exceptional achievement

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the state of being admired and respected for being important or for doing something important:
** He acquired kudos just by appearing on television.


(Noun) جلال، تجلیل، ستایش کردن

labile
likely to change; unstable; (ex.) emotionally labile; n. lability


(Adjective) ناپایدار

laborious
demanding much work or care; tedious

Longman:

taking a lot of time and effort
laborious process/task/business etc:
** Collecting the raw materials proved a long and laborious task.
** the laborious business of drying the crops


(Adjective) زحمت کش، ساعی، دشوار، پرزحمت

labyrinth
maze

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a large network of paths or passages which cross each other, making it very difficult to find your way [= maze]
labyrinth of:
** a labyrinth of underground tunnels

2. something that is very complicated and difficult to understand
labyrinth of:
** Decisions are frequently delayed in the labyrinth of Whitehall committees.


(Noun) شکنج، لابیرنت، دخمه پرپیچ وخم، ماز، پلکان مارپیچ، (مجازا) پیچیدگی، چیز بغرنج

lace
cord used to draw and tie together two opposite edges (as of a shoe); delicate fabric made of fine threads; v: draw together by tying a lace

Longman:

1. a fine cloth made with patterns of many very small holes:
** a handkerchief trimmed with lace
** lace curtains

2. a string that is pulled through special holes in shoes or clothing to pull the edges together and fasten them

پر از سوراخ، پر از سوراخ کردن بند کفش، تر، توری، نوار، قیطان، بندکفش را بستن، یراق دوزی کردن، بنددار کردن

laceration
torn ragged wound; (v.) lacerate: tear (the skin as with broken glass); wound

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
a cut in your skin
laceration to:
** multiple lacerations to the upper arms


(Noun) دریدگی، پارگی

lachrymose
producing tears; tearful

Longman:

often crying [= tearful]


(Adjective) اشک زا، اشکبار، اشکی، غصه دار

lackadaisical
lacking interest or effort; lacking purpose or zest; lazy; halfhearted; languid

Longman:

not showing enough interest in something or not putting enough effort into it:
** David has a rather lackadaisical approach to his work.


(Adjective) نازدار، بی حال، بی اشتیاق

lackluster
lacking luster(shine; gloss); dull

بی نور، تاریک، بدون زرق وبرق، تار وبی برق

laconic
brief and to the point; using few words; terse

Longman:

using only a few words to say something


(Adjective) کم حرف، مختصر گو، کوتاه، موجز

lag
move or develop more slowly; straggle; (ex.) lag behind the rest; (n.)

Longman:

1. [intransitive and transitive] to move or develop more slowly than others
lag behind:
** She stopped to wait for Ian who was lagging behind.
** Britain is lagging behind the rest of Europe.

2. to cover water pipes etc with a special material to prevent the water inside them from freezing or the heat from being lost:
** We've had the hot-water tank lagged.

کندی، لنگی، واماندگی، عقب ماندگی، عقب ماندن، لنگیدن، تاخیر کردن پس افت، تاخیر

laggard
slow; sluggish; (n.) one who lags; straggler

Longman:

[ countable]
someone or something that is very slow or late

ادم کند دست، ادم دست سنگین، عقب مانده

lagoon
shallow body of water or lake near a sea; lake separated from a sea by sandbars or coral reefs

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a lake of sea water that is partly separated from the sea by rocks, sand, or coral:
** a coastal lagoon

2. a small lake which is not very deep, near a larger lake or river


(Noun) تالاب، مرداب

laity
laypersons; laymen; persons not connected with the clergy

Longman:

the laity: all the members of a religious group apart from the priests [↪ layman]


(Noun) عوام، مردم غیر روحانی، ناشی، غیر فنی وغیر علمی

lament
grieve; express sorrow; (n.) lamentation

Longman:

1. [intransitive and transitive] to express feelings of great sadness about something:
** The nation lamented the death of its great war leader.

2. [transitive] to express annoyance or disappointment about something you think is unsatisfactory or unfair
lament that:
** He lamented that people had expected too much of him too soon.
** She lamented the fact that manufacturers did not produce small packs for single-person households.
lament the lack/absence/decline etc of something:
** Steiner lamented the lack of public interest in the issue.

تاسف خوردن، زاریدن، سوگواری کردن، سوگواری، ضجه وزاری کردن

lampoon
ridicule; (n.) written attack ridiculing or satirizing a person, group, or institution

Longman:

[ transitive]
to criticize someone or something in a humorous way that makes them seem stupid:
** The Prime Minister was frequently lampooned in political cartoons.

هجو، کنایه، هجو کردن

lance
pierce with a lance; cut into; (n.) spearlike weapon

Longman:

[ countable]
a long thin pointed weapon that was used in the past by soldiers riding on horses

نیزه، ضربت نیزه، نیشتر زدن، نیزه زدن

lancet
small surgical tool for making incisions

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a small very sharp pointed knife with two cutting edges, used by doctors to cut skin and flesh [= scalpel]

2. lancet window/arch: a tall narrow window or arch that is pointed at the top


(Noun) نیشتر، هرچیزی شبیه نیشتر، پنجره نوک تیز

languid
lacking energy or vitality; weary; sluggish; listless

Longman:

1. slow or lazy and involving very little energy or activity:
** He greeted Charles with a languid wave of his hand.
** We spent a languid afternoon by the pool.

2. lazy and involving very little activity


(Adjective) سست، ضعیف، بی حال، اهسته، خمار

languish
lose animation or strength

Longman:

[ intransitive]
1. if someone languishes somewhere, they are forced to remain in a place where they are unhappy
languish in:
** Shaw languished in jail for fifteen years.

2. if something languishes, it fails to improve and develop or become successful [↪ founder; ≠ flourish]:
** The housing market continues to languish.
** The shares are languishing at just 46p after yesterday's fall.
** West Ham United are currently languishing at the bottom of the league.

بیحال شدن، افسرده شدن، پژمرده شدن، بیمار عشق شدن، باچشمان پر اشتیاق نگاه کردن، باچشمان خمار نگریستن

languor
lack of physical or mental energy; lassitude; depression

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. a pleasant feeling of laziness:
** Lying there beside her, he was filled with an agreeable languor.

2. when the air is heavy and there is no wind:
** the languor of a hot afternoon


(Noun) مستی، ضعف، فتور، ماندگی، پژمردگی

lank
long and thin; (ex.) lank, gaunt, abraham lincoln

Longman:

lank hair is thin, straight, and unattractive


(Adjective) لاغر، نحیف، خمیده، خمار

lap
take in food or drink with one’s tongue; splash gently; ex. waves lapping the shore; (n.) front area from the waist to the knees of a seated person

Longman:

[ countable]
1. the upper part of your legs when you are sitting down [= knee]
on somebody's lap:
** Shannon sat on her mother's lap.
in somebody's lap:
** His hands were folded in his lap.

2. a single journey around a race track:
** Rubens Barrichello finished a lap ahead of his team-mate.
lap of honour: British English
/victory lap: American English (=a lap to celebrate winning)
** The entire team took a victory lap in front of their cheering fans.

3. American English a single journey from one end of a swimming pool to another
do/run/swim a lap:
** Every morning she swims 50 laps in the pool.

4. part of journey: a part of a long journey [= leg]
lap of:
** The last lap of their journey was by ship.

5. in the lap of luxury: having an easy and comfortable life with a lot of money, possessions etc:
** She wasn't used to living in the lap of luxury.

دامن لباس، لبه لباس، سجاف، محیط، محل نشو ونما،اغوش، سرکشیدن، حریصانه خوردن، لیس زدن، با صدا چیزی خوردن، شلپ شلپ کردن، تاه کردن، پیچیدن

larceny
theft; (ex.) petit larceny

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
the act or crime of stealing


(Noun) دستبرد، دزدی، سرقت

larder
pantry; place where food is kept

Longman:

[ countable]
a small room or large cupboard for storing food in a house [↪ pantry]


(Noun) دولابچه، گنجه خوراک، خوراکی

largess
generous gift (given to people who do not have enough)


(Noun) بخشش، دهش، انعام، سخاوت، آزادگی، مساعدت، وسعت نظر، گشاده دستی، بخشیدگی

lascivious
lustful

Longman:

showing strong sexual desire, or making someone feel this way:
** a lascivious wink


(Adjective) شهوانی، هرزه، شهوت انگیز

lassitude
languor; weariness; listlessness

Longman:

[ uncountable]
tiredness and lack of energy or interest [= weariness]


(Noun) سستی، سستی تب، تب سبک، رخوت، خماری، بی میلی

latch
fastening or lock consisting of a movable bar that fits into a notch; (v.) close with a latch

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a small metal or plastic object used to keep a door, gate, or window closed:
** Gwen lifted the latch and opened the gate.

2. a type of lock for a door that you can open from the inside by turning a handle, but that you need a key to open from the outside
on the latch: (=shut but not locked)
** Ray went out, leaving the door on the latch.

ضامن، چفت قفل کردن، چفت کردن، محکم نگاه داشتن، بوسیله کلون محکم کردن، چفت

latent
present but not yet noticeable or active; dormant; hidden; (n.) latency; (cf.) potential

Longman:

something that is latent is present but hidden, and may develop or become more noticeable in the future [↪ dormant]
latent in:
** The virus remains latent in the body for many years.
** latent aggression


(Adjective) پنهان، ناپیدا، پوشیده، درحال کمون، مکنون
(Adjective) راکد، نهفته

lateral
of or coming from the side

Longman:

1. relating to the sides of something, or movement to the side:
** The wall is weak and requires lateral support.

2. relating to positions, jobs, relationships etc that are at the same level or rank:
** Employees can expect lateral moves to different departments, to gain experience.

جانبی، عرضی پهلویی، جانبی، افقی، واقع درخط افقی، جنبی

latitude
freedom from narrow limitations

Longman:

1. the distance north or south of the equator (=the imaginary line around the middle of the world), measured in degrees [↪ longitude]

2. latitudes: an area at a particular latitude:
** The birds breed in northern latitudes.
** the oceans of the lower latitude

3. [formal] freedom to choose what you do or say
considerable/greater latitude: (=a lot of freedom to choose)
** Pupils enjoy considerable latitude in deciding what they want to study.
latitude in/for:
** Employees should have some latitude in organizing their work.


(Noun) عرض جغرافیایی، آزادی عمل، وسعت، عمل، بی قیدی

laud
praise; (n.) (adj.) laudable: praiseworthy; (adj.) laudatory: expressing praise

Longman:

[ transitive]
[formal] to praise someone or something

ستایش کردن، تمجید کردن، مدح کردن، ستایش

lavish
liberal; wasteful; generous or wasteful in giving or using; abundant; profuse; great; (ex.) decorated lavishly; v. give in abundance

Longman:

1. large, impressive, or expensive:
** a royal palace on a lavish scale
** a lavish lifestyle
** The food was lavish.

2. very generous
lavish with/in:
** We were always lavish with financial aid in times of crisis.
** He was always lavish in his praise of my efforts.

فراوانی، وفور، ولخرجی، اسراف کردن، ولخرجی کردن، افراط کردن

lax
careless; negligent; not paying enough attention; (ex.) lax service

Longman:

not strict or careful enough about standards of behaviour, work, safety etc [= slack]
lax in (doing) something:
** The company has been lax in carrying out its duties.
** lax security


(Adjective) لخت، سست، شل، سهل انگار، اهمال کار، لینت مزاج، شل کردن، ول کردن، رهاکردن

layman
man who is not a cleric; man who is nonprofessional

Longman:

[ countable]
1. someone who is not trained in a particular subject or type of work, especially when they are being compared with someone who is [≠ expert]:
** To the layman (=laymen in general) all these plants look pretty similar.
** If you don't understand what the doctor says, ask to have it explained in layman's terms (=in simple language).

2. someone who is not a priest but is a member of a church


(Noun) شخص عامی
(Noun) عامی، شخص غیر روحانی، خارج از حرفه یا فن خاصی، شخص غیر وارد، ناویژه کار

leash
restraining rope fastened to the collar of an animal (to control it); (ex.) a dog on a leash

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a piece of rope, leather etc fastened to a dog's collar in order to control it [= lead British English]
on/off a leash:
** At her side on a leash trotted a small grey dog.
** Never leave your dog off the leash outside a store.

2. keep/have somebody on a leash: to control someone - used humorously:
** Marcus keeps you on a short leash, does he?

افسار سگ وحیوانات مشابه، افسار بستن، بند زدن، (شکار) دسته سه تایی

leave-taking
farewell or departure

Longman:

[ countable]
[literary] an act of saying goodbye when you go away


(Noun) خداحافظی، وداع، بدرودگویی، بدرود

leaven
add leaven to; cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven; n: agent, such as yeast, that causes dough to rise (by fermentation); element that lightens or enlivens

Longman:

1. a substance, especially yeast, that is added to a mixture of flour and water so that it will swell and can be baked into bread [↪ unleavened]

2. [literary] something that makes an event or situation less boring, serious, or sad

خمیر مایه، خمیر ترش، عامل کارگر، مخمر کردن، خمیرکردن، ور اوردن

lechery
gross lewdness; lustfulness; (adj.) lecherous; (n.) lecher: lecherous man

Longman:

[ uncountable]
sexual desire or pleasure that is considered bad because it is not part of a romantic relationship:
** There was a hint of lechery in his eyes.


(Noun) شهوترانی، هرزگی

lectern
reading desk or stand for a public speaker

Longman:

[ countable]
an object with a sloping surface that you put an open book or notes on while you are speaking to people in public


(Noun) میز مخصوص قرائت، میز جاکتابی، تریبون

leery
(of someone) suspicious; wary; cautious

Longman:

careful in the way that you deal with something or someone because you do not trust them [= wary]
leery of:
** I was very leery of him after I found out he had lied to Jennifer.


(Adjective) ناقلا

leeway
room to move; margin; latitude; (ex.) leeway for the deadline

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. freedom to do things in the way you want to
leeway in:
** The government does not have much leeway in foreign policy.
leeway to do something:
** Try to give teenagers more leeway to make their own decisions.

2. make up leeway: British English if you have to make up leeway, you have to do extra work because you have not done as much work as you should have done:
** We've got quite a lot of leeway to make up.


(Noun) یک ورشدگی کشتی در اثر باد، حرکت یکوری، انحراف،(مجازا) مهلت، عقب افتادگی، راه گریز

legacy
gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor

Longman:

[ countable]
1. something that happens or exists as a result of things that happened at an earlier time
legacy of:
** The invasion left a legacy of hatred and fear.
legacy from:
** a legacy from the colonial period

2. money or property that you receive from someone after they die [= inheritance]:
** She received a small legacy from her aunt.


(Noun) میراث ، ارث

legato
(of music) played smoothly

Longman:

music that is played legato is played very smoothly, so that each note connects to the next one without a pause


(Noun) (موسیقی) پیوسته، ارام ومتناسب با الحان پی در پی

legend
explanatory list of symbols on a map

Longman:

1. [uncountable and countable] an old, well-known story, often about brave people, adventures, or magical events [↪ myth]
legend of:
** the legend of St George and the dragon
** ancient Greek legends
according to legend:
** According to legend, he escaped by leaping from the cliffs into the sea.
** Legend has it that prisoners were brought here to be executed.

2. [countable] someone who is famous and admired for being extremely good at doing something
tennis/footballing/music etc legend:
** We must put more money into the sport if we want to create the tennis legends of the future.
** a marvellous player who was a legend in his own lifetime. ➔ living legend: at living1 (6)

3. [literary] words that have been written somewhere, for example on a sign:
** A sign above the door bore the legend `patience is a virtue'.

4. [technical] the words that explain a picture or map


(Noun) افسانه، نوشته روی سکه ومدال، نقش، شرح، فهرست، علائم واختصارات

legerdemain
sleight(dexterity) of hand; (cf.) light of hand

Longman:

[ uncountable]
when you deceive people cleverly:
** economic legerdemain


(Noun) تردستی، حقه بازی، حیله، شعبده

legislature
legislating branch of government; (cf.) legislate: make laws

Longman:

[ countable]
an institution that has the power to make or change laws
state/national/federal etc legislature:
** the state legislature of Virginia


(Noun) هیئت مقننه، مجلس، قوه مقننه

leniency
mildness; permissiveness; (adj.) lenient: not severe in judgment or punishment


(Noun) نرمی، ملایمت، اسان گیری، ارفاق

leonine
like a lion

Longman:

like a lion in character or appearance

شیر مانند، شیر سان، شیر خوی

lethal
deadly

Longman:

1. causing death, or able to cause death [↪ fatal]:
** a lethal dose of heroin
** a lethal weapon
** death by lethal injection
** a lethal cocktail of drink and pills
lethal to:
** These chemicals are lethal to fish.

2. [informal] likely to be powerful or dangerous - often used humorously:
** They were all drinking lethal amounts of tequila!
** Higher taxes and higher inflation were a lethal combination.


(Adjective) وابسته به مرگ کشنده، مهلک، مرگ اور

lethargic
drowsy; dull; (n.) lethargy: state of sluggishness and inactivity

Longman:

feeling as if you have no energy and no interest in doing anything [= lazy]:
** The hot weather was making us all lethargic.


(Adjective) بیحال، سست

levee
earthen or stone embankment to prevent flooding; cf. raise

Longman:

[ countable]
a special wall built to stop a river flooding


(Noun) مجلس پذیرایی، سلام عام، بارعام دادن، خاکریز، بند، لنگرگاه

levitate
rise and float in the air (especially by magical means); (cf.) light

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
to rise and float in the air by magic, or to make someone or something do this


(Verb - transitive) (فرا روان شناسی) از زمین بلند کردن، به پرواز درآمدن
(Verb - intransitive) از زمین بلند شدن، پرواز کردن، برخاستن، بلند شدن، شناور شدن

levity
lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity; lightness of manner

Longman:

[ uncountable]
[formal] lack of respect or seriousness when you are dealing with something serious [≠ gravity]


(Noun) سبک، سبک سری، رفتار سبک، لوسی

levy
impose (a fine); collect (a payment); impose or collect (a tax); (ex.) levy a tax on tobacco

Longman:

[ transitive]
to officially say that people must pay a tax or charge
levy a tax/charge/fine etc (on something):
** a new tax levied on all electrical goods

وضع مالیات، مالیات بندی، مالیات، خراج، وصولمالیات، باج گیری، تحمیل، نام نویسی، مالیات بستنبر، جمع اوری کردن

lewd
lustful

Longman:

using rude words or movements that make you think of sex:
** lewd comments


(Adjective) هرزه، ناشی از هرزگی، شهوت پرست

lexicographer
compiler of a dictionary; (cf.) lexicography: work of compiling a dictionary


(Noun) لغت نویس

lexicon
dictionary

Longman:

1. the lexicon: all the words and phrases used in a language or that a particular person knows

2. an alphabetical list of words with their meanings, especially on a particular subject or in a particular language:
** a lexicon of geographical terms


(Noun) فرهنگ، کتاب لغت، قاموس، واژه نامه، دیکسیونر
(Noun) لغت نامه، قاموس

liability
drawback; handicap; debts; obligation; responsibility; condition of being liable; (adj.) liable: likely; responsible (for paying)

Longman:

1. [uncountable] legal responsibility for something, especially for paying money that is owed, or for damage or injury
liability for:
** Tenants have legal liability for any damage they cause.
liability to:
** your liability to capital gains tax
liability to do something:
** The court ruled there was no liability to pay any refund.

2. liabilities:[technical] the amount of debt that must be paid [≠ assets]

3. [singular] someone or something that is likely to cause problems for someone:
** A kid like Tom would be a liability in any classroom.
liability to:
** The outspoken minister has become a liability to the government.

4. liability to something:[law] the amount that something is likely to be affected by a particular kind of problem, illness etc


(Noun) مسئولیت، دین، بدهی، فرض، شمول، احتمال،(درمحاسبات) بدهکاری، استعداد، سزاواری

liaison
contact that keeps parties in communication; communication between groups; one that maintains communication; go-between; secret love affair; (v.) liaise: keep a connection

Longman:

1. [singular, uncountable] the regular exchange of information between groups of people, especially at work, so that each group knows what the other is doing
liaison between:
** close liaison between the army and police
liaison with:
** better liaison with other agencies
in liaison with something:
** The project has been set up in liaison with the art department.

2. also liaison officer[countable] someone whose job is to talk to different departments or groups and to tell each of them about what the others are doing
liaison to:
** Renee Ball, liaison to the State Parks Authority

3. [countable] asecret sexual relationship between a man and a woman, especially a man and a woman who are married but not to each other [↪ affair]


(Noun) رابطه نامشروع، بستگی، رابطه، ارتباط، رابط

libel
defamatory written statement; act of writing something that smears a person’s character; (v.) (adj.) libelous

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
when someone writes or prints untrue statements about someone so that other people could have a bad opinion of them [↪ slander]
for libel:
** Holt sued the newspaper for libel.
a libel action/case/trial: (=a court case against someone for libel)
** restrictions on press freedom, such as libel laws

افترا، تهمت، توهین، هجو، افترا زدن

libertine
debauched person; dissolute or licentious person; cf. free

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who leads an immoral life and always looks for pleasure, especially sexual pleasure

هرزه، افسار گسیخته، کسیکه پابند مذهب نیست، بادهگسار وعیاش، غلام آزاد شده

libidinous
lustful


(Adjective) ( libidinal ) وابسته به شهوت جنسی

libido
psychic and emotional energy or urges behind human activity; sexual desire

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
someone's desire to have sex


(Noun) شور جنسی، شهوت جنسی، هوس، تحریک شهوانی

libretto
text of an opera or oratorio; (cf.) book

Longman:

[ countable]
the words of an opera or musical play


(Noun) کتاب اشعار اپرا ( opera )، اشعار اپرا

license
official or legal permission; latitude of action or speech; excessive freedom that causes harm or damage; v.

Longman:

[ transitive usually passive]
to give official permission for someone to do or produce something, or for an activity to take place
be licensed to do something:
** a restaurant which is licensed to sell alcohol
** The vaccine has been licensed by the US Food and Drug Administration.


(Verb - transitive) ( licence ) اجازه، پروانه، جواز، جواز شغل، اجازه رفتن دادن، پروانه دادن، مرخص کردن

licentious
amoral; lewd and lascivious; unrestrained

Longman:

behaving in a sexually immoral or uncontrolled way


(Adjective) هرزه، ول، شهوتران، بد اخلاق، مبنی بر هرزگی

lien
legal claim or right on a property

Longman:

[ countable + on]
the legal right to keep something that belongs to someone who owes you money, until the debt has been paid


(Noun) (حق) حق تصرف مال یا ملکی تاهنگامیکه بدهی وابسته به ان داده شود، حق رهن، حق گروی، طحال، سپرز

ligneous
like wood


(Adjective) چوبی، چوبسان

lilliputian
extremely small; (cf.) lilliput in gulliver’s travels

Longman:

extremely small compared to the normal size of things

وابسته به کشور لیلی پوت (Lilliput)، لیلی پوتی ریزه اندام کوته فکر، تنگ نظر

limber
flexible; supple; pliable; (v.)

Longman:

to do gentle exercises in order to prepare your muscles for a race, competition etc

خمیده، سربزیر، مطیع، تاشو، خم شو، نرم، خم کردن،تاکردن، خمیده کردن، تمرین نرمش کردن

limbo
region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; prison (slang); (ex.) purgatory and limbo

Longman:

1. [singular, uncountable] a situation in which nothing happens or changes for a long period of time, and it is difficult to make decisions or know what to do, often because you are waiting for something else to happen first
be in limbo:
** I'm in limbo now until I know whether I've got the job.
limbo of:
** the limbo of his eight years in jail

2. the limbo: a West Indian dance in which the dancer leans backwards and goes under a stick that is lowered gradually


(Noun) کنار دوزخ، برزخ

limn
draw; outline; describe; (cf.) line ?


(Verb - transitive) مصورکردن، تذهیب کردن (کتاب وغیره)، رنگ آمیزی کردن، اب رنگ زدن

limp
walk lamely; (adj.) lacking firmness; weak

Longman:

not firm or strong:
** a limp handshake
** His body suddenly went limp and he fell down on the floor.

عمل لنگیدن، شلیدن، لنگ، شل، لنگی، شلیدن، لنگیدن، سکته داشتن

limpid
crystal clear

Longman:

clear or transparent:
** limpid blue eyes


(Adjective) زلال، صاف، ناب، روشن، خالص

lineage
descent; ancestry

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
[formal] the way in which members of a family are descended from other members [↪ line, ancestry]:
** a family of ancient lineage


(Noun) سطربندی، سطر شماری
(Noun) سویه، دودمان، اصل ونسب، اجداد، اعقاب

lineaments
features especially of the face; distinctive shape or contour of the face; (cf.) line

لغت مورد نظر شما یافت نشد.واژه‌ها‌ی پیشنهادی:

linger
loiter or dawdle; be slow in leaving; delay going; continue or persist; be slow to disappear; (ex.) the smell lingered for days.

Longman:

[ intransitive]
1. also linger on to continue to exist, be noticeable etc for longer than is usual or desirable:
** a taste that lingers in your mouth
** Unfortunately the tax will linger on until April.

2. also linger on to stay somewhere a little longer, especially because you do not want to leave
linger over:
** They lingered over coffee and missed the last bus.
** I spent a week at Kandersteg and could happily have lingered on.

3. [always + adverb/preposition] to continue looking at or dealing with something for longer than is usual or desirable
linger on/over:
** Mike let his eyes linger on her face.
** There's no need to linger over this stage of the interview.

4. also linger on to continue to live although you are slowly dying:
** He surprised all the doctors by lingering on for several weeks.

درنگ کردن، تاخیر کردن، دیر رفتن، مردد بودن، دماخر را گذراندن

linguistic
pertaining to language

Longman:

related to language, words, or linguistics:
** a child's linguistic development


(Adjective) وابسته به زبان شناسی

lionize
treat (a person) as a celebrity

Longman:

[ transitive]
to treat someone as being very important or famous


(Verb - transitive) مورد توجه زیاد قرار گرفتن، شیر کردن

liquidate
settle accounts; pay off (a debt); clear up; eliminate; kill or abolish

Longman:

1. to close a business or company and sell the things that belong to it, in order to pay its debts

2. to pay a debt:
** The stock was sold to liquidate the loan.

3. [informal] to kill someone or destroy something that is causing a problem

تسویه کردن، حساب را واریز کردن، برچیدن، از بین بردن، مایع کردن، بصورت نقدینه دراوردن، سهام

list
tilt (as of a ship); lean over (to one side)

Longman:

[ countable]
1. [formal] (=make a list)
top a list: (=be the most important thing or person on a list)
on a list:
a long/short list:
price list:
shopping list : (=a list of things you want to buy)
grocery list: American English (=a list of food you need to buy)
wine list : (=a list of wines available in a restaurant)
waiting list : (=a list of people who are waiting for something)
mailing list : (=a list of people that a company sends information to)
check list : (=a list of things you need to check)
guest list : (=a list of people invited somewhere)
list of:
** a list of activities planned for Saturday
** Make a list of all the things you have to do.
** The first person on my list is Mrs Gilling.
** a long list of words to learn
** Do you have an up-to-date price list?
** Mr Jones has been on the waiting list for an operation for 6 months.

2. be high/low on a list (of something): alsobe at the top/bottom of a list to be considered very important or not very important:
** A good car is high on my list of priorities.

فهرست، صورت، لیست، در فهرست وارد کردن، فهرست کردن، در لیست ثبت کردن

listless
lacking in spirit or energy; languid

Longman:

feeling tired and not interested in things:
** The heat was making me listless.


(Adjective) بی میل، بی توجه

litany
supplicatory prayer; prayer in which the priest calls out and the people replies in the same words

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a long list of problems, excuses etc - used to show disapproval
litany of:
** an endless litany of complaints

2. a long prayer in the Christian church in which the priest says a sentence and the people reply


(Noun) مناجات ودعای دسته جمعی بطور سوال وجواب، مناجات وعبادت تهلیل دار

lithe
flexible; supple; (cf.) limber

Longman:

having a body that moves easily and gracefully:
** the strong lithe bodies of gymnasts


(Adjective) نرم، خم شو، لاغر اندام

litigation
lawsuit; (n.) litigant: one party in a lawsuit; (v.) litigate

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the process of taking claims to a court of law:
** The threat of litigation can be a deciding factor in some business decisions.


(Noun) دعوی قضایی

litotes
understatement for emphasis; (ex.) “not bad(=pretty good)”


(Noun) تاکید معکوس، طنز ملایم، (ادبیات، فن بیان) کاربرد عبارت منفی برای تاکید بر جنبه‌ی مثبت آن (به طور مثلا استفاده از "این مسئله‌ی کوچکی نیست" به‌جای گفتن "این مسئله‌ی بزرگی است" و یا "کم خوشحال نشد" به‌جای گفتن "خیلی خوشحال شد"

litter
waste material thrown away (as bits of paper scattered untidily); (v.) cover untidily with scattered litter

Longman:

1. waste: [uncountable] waste paper, cans etc that people have thrown away and left on the ground in a public place [= rubbish, trash, garbage]:
** People who drop litter can be fined in some cities.
** a town with a litter problem

2. a group of baby animals that a mother gives birth to at the same time
litter of:
** a litter of kittens

3. small grains of a dry substance that is put in a container that a cat uses as a toilet indoors:
** cat litter
** a litter tray

4. forest: [uncountable] leaf litter dead leaves and other decaying plants on the ground in a forest

5. a litter of something:[literary] a group of things that look very untidy:
** A litter of notes, papers, and textbooks were strewn on the desk.

تخت روان، کجاوه، محمل، برانکار یا چاچوبی که بیماران را با ان حمل میکنند، اشغال، نوزادانی که جانوری در یک وهله میزاید، زایمان، ریخته وپاشیده،زاییدن، اشغال پاشیدن

livid
lead-colored; black and blue (as from a bruise); ashen; enraged; extremely angry

Longman:

1. extremely angry [= furious]:
** She was absolutely livid that he had lied.

2. [formal] a mark on your skin that is livid is dark blue and grey:
** livid bruises

3. [literary] a face that is livid is very pale


(Adjective) سربی رنگ، کبود، کبود شده، کوفته، خاکستری رنگ

loath
reluctant; unwilling; disinclined; (ex.) romeo and juliet were both loath for him to go.

Longman:

be loath to do something:[formal] to be unwilling to do something [= reluctant]:
** Sarah was loath to tell her mother what had happened.


(Adjective) بی میل،ببزار ،متنفر

loathe
detest; (adj.) loathsome: arousing loathing; offensive; ex. loathsome smell

Longman:

[ transitive not in progressive]
to hate someone or something very much [= detest]:
** He loathes their politics.
loathe doing something:
** I absolutely loathe shopping.


(Verb - transitive) نفرت داشتن از، بیزار بودن، بد دانستن، منزجر بودن،بیزار کردن، سبب بیزاری شدن

lode
metal-bearing vein(long deposit of an ore)

Longman:

[ countable usually singular]
an amount of ore (=metal in its natural form) found in a layer between stones


(Noun) ( load ) (د.گ.-انگلیس) راه ابی( way water )، رگه معدن،سنگ طلا، هرچیزشبیه راه ابی

loft
room or space under the roof; attic

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a room or space under the roof of a building, usually used for storing things in [= attic]:
** Our neighbours have just done a loft conversion (=changed the loft into bedrooms).

2. a raised area in a barn used for keeping hay or other crops:
** a hayloft

3. part of a room: American English a raised area above the main part of a room, usually used for sleeping

4. type of apartment: a space above a business, factory etc that was once used for storing goods, but has been changed into living space:
** She's just bought a loft in Manhattan.

5. for birds: a set of cages used to keep pigeons in

اطاق زیر شیروانی، اطاق نزدیک سقف، کبوترخانه،اسمان، فراز، سقف، بلند کردن، در زیر شیروانی قراردادن، توپ هوایی زدن

lofty
very high

Longman:

1. [literary] lofty mountains, buildings etc are very high and impressive:
** He stayed at the ISH, from whose lofty heights he could see across New York.

2. lofty ideas, beliefs, attitudes etc show high standards or high moral qualities - use this to show approval:
** lofty ideals of equality and social justice
** He had set himself the lofty goal of reaching the world's top five.

3. seeming to think you are better than other people - used to show disapproval:
** She has such a lofty manner.

ارجمند، رفیع، عالی، بلند، بزرگ، بلند پایه، مغرورانه

log
record of a voyage or flight; record of day-to-day activities; section of a trunk; (v.)

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a thick piece of wood from a tree:
** a roaring log fire

2. an official record of events, especially on a journey in a ship or plane:
** The captain always keeps a log.

3. a logarithm

(. vt . vi . n ):کنده، قطعه ای ازدرخت که اره نشده، سرعت سنج کشتی، کارنامه، صورت عملیات، سفرنامه کشتی، گزارش سفرنامه کشتی، گزارش سفرهواپیما، گزارش روزانه عملیات هیئت یاعملیات موتور یا ماشین وغیره، کندن کنده درخت،درسفرنامه واردکردن، (. n ): ( logarithm ثبت کردن وقایع

loiter
hang about/around; stand idly about; linger

Longman:

[ intransitive]
1. to stand or wait somewhere, especially in a public place, without any clear reason [= hang about, hang around]:
** Five or six teenagers were loitering in front of the newsagent's.

2. to move or do something slowly, or to keep stopping when you should keep moving

درنگ کردن، تاخیر کردن، دیر پاییدن، معطل کردن، با تنبلی حرکت کردن کسی که در رفتن تعلل کند، پرسه زن

loll
lounge about

Longman:

1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to sit or lie in a very lazy and relaxed way [= lounge]
loll around/about/beside etc:
** He lolled back in his chair.

2. [intransitive and transitive] if your head or tongue lolls or if you loll your head, you allow it to hang in a relaxed uncontrolled way


(Verb - intransitive) لمیدن، لم دادن

**

** - loll something out
** - (Verb - transitive) (زبان) آویزان کردن/(Verb - intransitive) (زبان) آویزان بودن
** - on weekends he lolls about in pajamas at home
** - در تعطیلی آخر هفته پیژامه می‌پوشد و در خانه لم می‌دهد
** - the girl lolled out her tongue in derision
** - دخترک با تمسخر زبان خود را بیرون آورد

longevity
long life; long duration

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. the amount of time that someone or something lives
longevity of:
** the greater longevity of women compared with men
** The worms have a longevity of about two years.

2. long life or the long time that something lasts:
** The ancient Chinese claimed that garlic promoted longevity.

3. the amount of time that something lasts
longevity of:
** the longevity of an athlete's career


(Noun) طول عمر، درازی عمر، دیرپایی، دراز عمری

lookout
act of keeping watch; high place commanding a wide view; person who keeps watch

Longman:

1. be on the lookout for somebody/something: to continuously watch a place or pay attention in order to find something you want or to be ready for problems or opportunities [↪ look out for]:
** We're always on the lookout for new business opportunities.
** Police were on the lookout for anyone behaving suspiciously.

2. keep a lookout: to keep watching carefully for something or someone, especially for danger
keep a lookout for:
** We were instructed to keep a lookout for enemy aircraft.
** When you're driving, keep a sharp lookout (=watch extra carefully) for cyclists.

3. person: [countable] someone whose duty is to watch carefully for something, especially for danger

4. place: [countable] a place for a lookout to watch from

مراقب، دیدهبان، دیدگاه، چشم انداز، دورنما، دید،مراقبت، عمل پاییدن، نظریه

loom
appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged, indistinct, or distorted form); (ex.) the shadow of the gallows loomed threateningly. (n.) apparatus for making thread into cloth

Longman:

[ intransitive]
1. [always + adverb/preposition] to appear as a large unclear shape, especially in a threatening way
loom up/out/ahead etc:
** Suddenly a mountain loomed up in front of them.

2. if a problem or difficulty looms, it is likely to happen very soon:
** An economic crisis is looming on the horizon.

3. loom large: to seem important, worrying, and difficult to avoid:
** Fear of failure loomed large in his mind.

کارگاه بافندگی، دستگاه بافندگی، نساجی، جولایی، متلاطم شدن(دریا)، ازخلال ابریا مه پدیدار شدن، ازدور نمودار شدن، بزرگ جلوه کردن، رفعت، بلندی، جلوه گری از دور، پدیدار از خلال ابرها

lope
gallop slowly

Longman:

[ intransitive always + adverb/preposition]
to run easily with long steps
lope along/across/up etc:
** He loped off down the corridor.

خرامیدن، رقصیدن، جست وخیز کردن، شلنگ انداختن،تاخت رفتن (اسب وغیره)، بجستوخیز دراوردن، جست وخیزوشلنگ تخته، تاخت، حرکت خرامان

lopsided
heavier or larger on one side than the other; ex. lopsided way of walking

Longman:

1. having one side that is lower or heavier than the other:
** a lopsided grin

2. unequal or uneven, especially in an unfair way:
** a lopsided 8-0 victory


(Adjective) یک وری، متمایل بیک طرف، بی قرینه، کج، غیر متعادل

loquacious
talkative; (n.) loquacity

Longman:

a loquacious person likes to talk a lot [= talkative]


(Adjective) پرگو، وراج، پرحرف

lot
object used in making a determination at random; fate; piece of land

Longman:

1. a lot:[informal][informal] (=a very large amount or number)
** He spends an awful lot of time on the computer.
a lot to do/learn/say etc:
** I still have a lot to learn.
** It's a great city, with lots to see and do.

2. a lot:[informal] if someone or something is a lot better, faster, easier etc, they are much better, faster etc [= much]:
** My headache's lots better, thanks.
** She has a lot more contact with clients these days.
** You'll get there a lot quicker if you take the motorway.
** The house is a lot tidier now Chris has left home.

3. a lot: used to say that something happens to a great degree or often:
** Things have changed a lot since I was a child.
** Paul travels a lot on business.
** I've been worrying a lot about my health.
** She likes you a lot.

4. have a lot on your plate:[informal] to have a large number of problems to deal with or a large amount of work to do

5. have a lot on your mind: to have a lot of problems that you are worried about:
** 'You're quiet today.' 'I've got a lot on my mind.'

بسی، بسیار، چندین، قواره، تکه، سهم، بخش، بهره،قسمت، سرنوشت، پارچه، قطعه، توده انبوه، قرعه،محوطه، قطعه زمین، جنس عرضه شده برای فروش، کالا،بقطعات تقسیم کردن (با out )، تقسیم بندی کردن، جورکردن، بخش کردن، سهم بندی کردن

lottery
contest in which winners are selected in a drawing of lots

Longman:

1. a game used to make money for a state or a charity in which people buy tickets with a series of numbers on them. If their number is picked by chance, they win money or a prize[↪ raffle, draw]:
** a lottery ticket
** Do you really think winning the lottery would make you happy?
national/state lottery:

2. a system of choosing who will get something by choosing people's names by chance
by lottery:
** The State Department issues 55,000 visas each year by lottery.

3. a lottery: a situation in which what happens depends on chance and is not certain to be successful:
** That's the trouble with capitalism. It's a lottery.


(Noun) قرعه کشی، بخت ازمایی، لاطاری، (مجازا) امر شانسی، کارالله بختی، شانسی، قرعه

lounge
stand, sit, or lie in a lazy, relaxed way

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a waiting room at an airport:
** the departure lounge

2. a public room in a hotel or other building, that is used by many people as a place to relax:
** the television lounge

3. the main room in a house where people relax, watch television etc [= living room]

4. a lounge bar

5. a cocktail bar

لمیدن، لم دادن، محل استراحت ولم دادن، اطاق استراحت، سالن استراحت، صندلی راحتی، تن اسایی، وقت گذرانی به بطالت

lout
clumsy person; (adj.) loutish; (cf.) from countryside ?

Longman:

[ countable]
a rude, violent man [= yob]

سرفرود اوردن، ادم بی دست وپا، ادم نادان ونفهم،بیشعور دانستن، ریشخندکردن، نفهمی نشان دادن، ولگردی کردن

low
moo; make the sound of a cow

Longman:

1. if a number, temperature, or level is in the low 20s, 30s etc, it is between 21 and 23, 31 and 33 etc:
** Tonight, temperatures in most areas will be in the low 50s.

2. height:a) having a top that is not far above the ground [≠ high]:
** a low wall
** a long low buildingb) at a point that is not far above the ground or near the bottom of something [≠ high]:
** low clouds
** The sun was low in the sky now.
** Store raw meat on the lowest shelf.c) below the usual height [≠ high]:
** a low bridge
** a low ceiling
** The river is very low today.

3. standards/quality: bad, or below an acceptable or usual level or quality [= poor; ≠ high]:
** Their safety standards seem to be pretty low.
** Cost-cutting has led to a lower quality of service.
** the children's low achievement in school

4. supply: if you are low on something, or if your supply of something is low, there is not much of it left
be/get/run low (on something):
** We're running low on gas.
** Stocks are getting low.

5. sound: a low voice or sound is quiet or deep:
** I heard a low moaning noise.
** The volume is too low - turn it up.
** a low whisper

پست، کوتاه، دون، فرومایه، پایین، آهسته، پست و مبتذل، سر به زیر، فروتن، افتاده، کم، اندک، خفیف، مشتعل شدن، زبانه کشیدن (moo) صدای گاو، مع مع کردن

lubricate
apply a lubricant to; (n.) lubricant: substance that reduces friction

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to put a lubricant on something in order to make it move more smoothly:
** Lubricate all moving parts with grease.

2. [informal] to help things to happen without any problems:
** Vic's working day is lubricated by endless cups of coffee.

روان سازنده، چرب کردن، لیز کردن روغن زدن، روان کردن

lucid
easily understood; clear; intelligible; (n.) lucidity

Longman:

1. expressed in a way that is clear and easy to understand:
** You must write in a clear and lucid style.

2. able to understand and think clearly, used especially about someone who is not always able to do this:
** In her more lucid moments the old lady would talk about her past.


(Adjective) شفاف، روشن، واضح، درخشان، زلال، براق، سالم

lucrative
profitable; producing wealth

Longman:

a job or activity that is lucrative lets you earn a lot of money [= profitable]
lucrative business/market/contract etc:
** He inherited a lucrative business from his father.


(Adjective) سودمند، پرمنفعت، نافع، موفق

lucre
money; profit; (ex.) filthy lucre

Longman:

filthy lucre:[informal] money or wealth - used to show disapproval


(Noun) سود، پول، مال

ludicrous
laughable; ridiculous; trifling

Longman:

completely unreasonable, stupid, or wrong [= ridiculous]:
** It is ludicrous to suggest that I was driving under the influence of alcohol.
** The court granted him the ludicrous sum of £100 in damages.
** That's a ludicrous idea.


(Adjective) خنده اور، مضحک، مزخرف، چرند

lugubrious
mournful; sorrowful

Longman:

very sad and serious - sometimes used humorously [= melancholy, morose]:
** his lugubrious tear-stained face


(Adjective) محزون (بطور اغراق آمیز یا مضحک)، اندوهگین، غم انگیز، حزن انگیز، تعزیت آمیز

lull
moment of calm; period of reduced activity; (ex.) a lull in the rain; (v.) cause to become less active; cause to sleep or rest; (ex.) lull the opponents into a false sense of security; (cf.) lullaby

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to make someone feel calm or as if they want to sleep:
** The hum of the tyres on the road lulled her to sleep.

2. to make someone feel safe and confident so that they are completely surprised when something bad happens
lull somebody into (doing) something:
** The police lulled me into believing that they did not suspect us.
** Earthquakes here are rare and this has lulled people into a false sense of security (=made people think they were safe when they were not).

ارام کردن، فرونشاندن، ساکت شدن، لالایی خواندن،ارامش، سکون، ارامی

lumber
move heavily or clumsily; (ex.) the bear lumbered through the woods; (n.) timber

Longman:

1. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to move in a slow, awkward way
lumber up/towards/into/along etc:
** They lumbered along slowly.
** A blue bus lumbered past.

2. [informal] to give someone a job or responsibility that they do not want
get/be lumbered with something:
** A career was less easy once I was lumbered with a husband and children.

3. to cut down trees in a large area and prepare them to be sold

تخته، الوار، تیربریده، الوار را قطع کردن، چوب بری کردن، سنگین حرکت کردن، سلانه سلانه راه رفتن

lumen
unit of light energy (one candle’s worth)


(Noun) واحد تشعشع برابر مقدار نوری که از یک شمع معمولی بین المللی ساطع میگردد، (کالبد شناسی)حفره یا مجرای عضو لوله ای شکل، (گیاه‌شناسی) حفره سلولی درون جدار گیاه

luminary
celebrity (in a specific field); dignitary; object that gives light (as a celestial body)

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who is very famous or highly respected for their skill at doing something or their knowledge of a particular subject:
** luminaries of Parisian society

جسم روشن، جرم اسمانی، جرم نورافکن اسمانی، ادم نورانی، پر فروغ، شخصیت تابناک

luminous
shining (esp. in the dark); issuing light; (ex.) luminous paint/road signs

Longman:

1. shining in the dark:
** luminous paint
** Her large dark eyes were almost luminous.

2. very brightly coloured, especially in green, pink, or yellow [= Day Glo]:
** luminous green socks


(Adjective) درخشان، فروزان، روشنی بخش، نورانی، تابان
(Adjective) درخشان، شب نما

lunar
pertaining to the moon

Longman:

relating to the moon or to travel to the moon:
** studies of the lunar surface
** a lunar eclipse


(Adjective) قمری، ماهی، وابسته بماه، ماهتابی، کمرنگ

lunatic
insane; (ex.) lunatic asylum

Longman:

[ countable]
1. someone who behaves in a crazy or very stupid way - often used humorously:
** This hotel is run by a lunatic!

2. [old-fashioned] a very offensive word for someone who is mentally ill:
** a dangerous lunatic

3. the lunatic fringe: the small group of people in a political group or organization who have the most extreme opinions or ideas

دیوانه، مجنون، ماه زده

lurid
wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome; horrible; (ex.) lurid details of the murder

Longman:

1. a description, story etc that is lurid is deliberately shocking and involves sex or violence [= explicit]:
** lurid headlines
** He told me in lurid detail what would happen to me.

2. too brightly coloured [= gaudy]:
** a lurid orange dress


(Adjective) رنگ پریده، ترسناک، تیره، مستهجن، بطورترسناک یاغم انگیز، موحش، شعله تیره، شعله دودنما، رنگ زرد مایل به قرمز، کم رنگ وپریده، زننده

lurk
stealthily lie in waiting; slink; exist unperceived

Longman:

[ intransitive ]
1. to wait somewhere quietly and secretly, usually because you are going to do something wrong
lurk in/behind/beneath/around etc:
** She didn't see the figure lurking behind the bushes.

2. if something such as danger, a feeling etc lurks somewhere, it exists, but you may not see it or know about it:
** a dark formless danger, lurking in the shadows

3. if you lurk in a chat room on the Internet, you read what other people are writing to each other, but you do not write any messages yourself
lurk in:
** I think it's sort of creepy how people lurk in chat rooms.

کمین کردن، در تکاپو بودن، درکمین شکار بودن، درانتظار فرصت بودن، دزدکی عمل کردن، در خفا انجام دادن

luscious
pleasing to taste or smell; delicious

Longman:

1. extremely good to eat or drink:
** a luscious and fragrant dessert wine

2. [informal] very sexually attractive:
** her luscious body


(Adjective) خوشمزه، لذیذ، شیرین، دلپذیر، شهوت انگیز

lush
(of a plant or grass) growing very well

Longman:

1. plants that are lush grow many leaves and look healthy and strong:
** a lush green mountainous island
** The fields were lush with grass and flowers.

2. very beautiful, comfortable, and expensive [= luxurious]:
** lush carpets

پر اب، ابدار، شاداب، پرپشت، با شکوه، مست کردن،مشروبخوار، الکلی

lust
intense sexual desire; intense eagerness; (v.)

Longman:

1. [uncountable and countable] very strong sexual desire, especially when it does not include love:
** My feelings for Lauren were pure lust.

2. [singular, uncountable] a very strong desire to have something, usually power or money -used to show disapproval
lust for:
** Hitler's lust for power

3. (a) lust for life: a strong determination to enjoy life as much as possible - used to show approval:
** the happy-go-lucky lust for life so typical of southern Italy

شهوت، هوس، حرص واز، شهوت داشتن

luster
shine; gloss (of a polished surface)

Longman:

[ singular, uncountable]
the American spelling of lustre

زرق وبرق، درخشندگی، جلوه، درخشش، لوستر، درخشیدن،جلوه داشتن، برق زدن

lustrous
shining; brilliant; (ex.) lustrous hair

Longman:

shining in a soft, gentle way:
** Her hair was beautifully dark and lustrous.


(Adjective) فروزنده، رخشان، رخشنده، پر زرق وبرق، پر جلوه

luxuriant
abundant; growing healthily and in large amounts; excessively ornate; rich and splendid; fertile; ex. luxuriant forests/prose; (cf.) luxurious, luxuriate

Longman:

1. growing strongly and thickly:
** luxuriant black hair
** luxuriant vegetation

2. beautiful and pleasant to watch or listen to:
** the film's luxuriant visuals


(Adjective) وافر، مجلل، انبوه، پربرکت

luxuriate
take pleasure in great comfort

Longman:

[ intransitive usually + adverb/preposition]
to relax and enjoy something
luxuriate in:
** He ran a hot bath and luxuriated in it for half an hour.

پربرکت شدن، حاصلخیز شدن، پرپشت شدن، فراوان شدن،وفور یافتن، شکوه یافتن، اب وتاب زیاد دادن، درتجمل زیستن، خوشگذران

macabre
gruesome; grisly; ghastly; (cf.) of death

Longman:

very strange and unpleasant and connected with death or with people being seriously hurt:
** a macabre tale
** a macabre sense of humour


(Adjective) وابسته برقص مرگ، مهیب، ترسناک، خوفناک

mace
ceremonial staff used as a symbol of authority; clublike medieval weapon

Longman:

1. a spice made from the dried shell of a nutmeg

2. a heavy ball with sharp points on a short metal stick, used in the past as a weapon

3. a decorated stick that is carried by an official in some ceremonies as a sign of power [↪ sceptre]

پوست جوز، گل جوز، راف، گرز( gorz )، کوپال، چماق زدن، گول زدنی، فریب، چماق

macerate
soften by soaking in liquid; waste away; (ex.) macerate powdered wood to make paper

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
to make something soft by leaving it in water, or to become soft in this way

لاغر کردن، (مجازا) ظلم کردن بر، زجر دادن، خیساندن، خیس شدن

machiavellian
crafty; double-dealing; of the political doctrine of machiavelli, which holds that craft and deceit are justified in pursuing political power

وابسته به عقاید سیاسی ' ماکیاولی'

machinations
evil schemes or plots; schemes or plots to achieve an evil end; (v.) machinate

Longman:

[ plural]
secret, clever, and often unfair methods used to achieve something - used in order to show disapproval
machinations of:
** the political machinations of far right groups

لغت مورد نظر شما یافت نشد.واژه‌ها‌ی پیشنهادی:

maculated
spotted; stained; (cf.) immaculate

لغت مورد نظر شما یافت نشد.واژه‌ها‌ی پیشنهادی:
** maculate

madrigal
pastoral song; song for several singers without instruments

Longman:

[ countable]
a song for several singers without musical instruments, popular in the 16th century


(Noun) شعر بزمی، سرود عاشقانه چند نفری

maelstrom
violent whirlpool; violent or tublent situation; cf. stream

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a confusing situation full of events or strong emotions that is difficult to understand or deal with [= whirlpool]
maelstrom of:
** a maelstrom of conflicting emotions

2. dust or water that moves very quickly in circles:
** A spinning maelstrom of rain swept around the mountain.

3. a violent storm


(Noun) طوفان یا گرداب شدید

magisterial
authoritative; imperious; commanding; of a magistrate; (ex.) magisterial study of roman law; (ex.) magisterial manner

Longman:

1. a magisterial way of behaving or speaking shows that you think you have authority:
** his magisterial voice

2. a magisterial book is written by someone who has very great knowledge about a subject:
** his magisterial study of the First World War

3. [only before noun] connected with or done by a magistrate


(Adjective) امرانه، دیکتاتوروار، مطلق، دارای اختیار

magistrate
official with power to administer the law

Longman:

[ countable]
someone, not usually a lawyer, who works as a judge in a local court of law, dealing with less serious crimes [= Justice of the Peace]


(Noun) رئیس کلانتری، رئیس بخش دادگاه، دادرس

magnanimity
generosity; (adj.) magnanimous: generous


(Noun) جوانمردی، راد مردی، بزرگواری، بزرگی طبع، علو طبع، بلند همتی

magnate
person of prominence or influence; powerful or influential person (in business or industry); (ex.) oil magnate

Longman:

[ countable]
a rich and powerful person in industry or business [= tycoon]
steel/oil/shipping etc magnate:
** a powerful media magnate


(Noun) نجیب زاده، ادم متنفذ، متشخص

magniloquent
boastful; pompous


(Adjective) پر اب و تاب، قلنبه نویس، غرا

magnitude
greatness (in size or extent); extent

Longman:

1. [uncountable] the great size or importance of something
magnitude of:
** They didn't seem to appreciate the magnitude of the problem.
of such/this/similar etc magnitude:
** We did not think the cuts would be of this magnitude.
** an increase of this order of magnitude (=size)

2. [technical] the degree of brightness of a star

3. [technical] the force of an earthquake


(Noun) بزرگی، عظمت حجم، قدر، اهمیت، شکوه
(Noun) بزرگی، اندازه، مقدار

maim
mutilate; injure lastingly; disable; cripple; (ex.) maimed for life

Longman:

[ transitive]
to wound or injure someone very seriously and often permanently:
** Landmines still kill or maim about 300 people every month.

کسی را معیوب کردن، معیوب شدن، اختلال یا ازکارافتادگی عضوی، صدمه، جرج، ضرب و جرح، نقص عضو، چلاق کردن

makeshift
temporary expedient or substitute (in the case of urgent need); (ex.) makeshift shelter

Longman:

made to be used for a short time only when nothing better is available:
** The refugees slept in makeshift tents at the side of the road.

موقت، بدلی چاره، وسیله، چاره موقتی، ادم رذل

maladroit
clumsy; not skillful; awkward; bungling

Longman:

not clever or sensitive in the way you deal with people


(Adjective) بی مهارت، ناشی، بی دست وپا، ناهنجار، زشت

malady
illness

Longman:

[ countable]
1. [formal] a serious problem in society

2. an illness


(Noun) ناخوشی، فاسد شدگی، بیماری، مرض

malaise
uneasiness; vague feeling of ill health (without any particular pain or appearance of disease)

Longman:

[ singular, uncountable]
1. a general problem that is difficult to describe in an exact way:
** a general malaise within society

2. a general feeling that you are slightly ill or not happy in your life


(Noun) ( malease ) (پزشکی) ناراحتی، بیقراری، احساس مرض

malapropism
comic misuse of a word; (cf.) mrs. malapropos

Longman:

[ countable]
an amusing mistake that you make when you use a word that sounds similar to the word you intended to say but means something completely different


(Noun) استعمال غلط وعجیب وغریب لغات، سو استعمال کلمات

malapropos
inappropriate; (adv.)

نابهنگام، بیموقع، بی محل، نابجا، نامناسب

malcontent
person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs; discontented person; (adj.) discontented

Longman:

[ countable]
[formal] someone who is likely to cause trouble because they are not happy with the way things are organized - used in order to show disapproval

یاغی، سرکش، متمرد، ناراضی، اماده شورش

malediction
curse

Longman:

[ countable]
a wish that something bad will happen to someone [= curse]


(Noun) لعنت، بدگویی، لعن

malefactor
evildoer; criminal

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who does bad or illegal things


(Noun) بدکار، تبه کار، جانی، جنایت کار، جنایت آمیز

maleficent
doing evil; (n.) maleficence


(Adjective) زیان اور، تبه کار، شریر، شیطان، بدجنس

malevolent
wishing evil; exhibiting ill will; (n.) malevolence

Longman:

a malevolent person wants to harm other people [= evil; ≠ benevolent]
malevolent look/stare/smile etc:
** He gave her a dark, malevolent look.


(Adjective) بدخواه، بدنهاد، (درموردستاره بخت) نحس

malfeasance
wrongdoing; misconduct (by a public official)

Longman:

[ uncountable]
illegal or dishonest activity

بدکاری، بدکرداری، شرارت، کار خلاف قانون

malicious
hateful; spiteful; expressing malice; (n.) malice: desire to harm others; spite

Longman:

very unkind and cruel, and deliberately behaving in a way that is likely to upset or hurt someone:
** a malicious girl
malicious gossip/rumour:
** Who is responsible for these malicious rumours?


(Adjective) بد اندیش، از روی بدخواهی، از روی عناد

malign
speak evil of; bad-mouth(criticize spitefully); defame; (adj.) harmful; (ex.) malign influence

Longman:

[ transitive usually passive]
to say unpleasant things about someone that are untrue [= slander]:
** She had seen herself repeatedly maligned in the newspapers.
** a much maligned politician

(پزشکی) بدخیم، بدنهاد، بدخواهی کردن، بدنام کردن

malignant
tending to cause death; highly injurious; aggressively malevolent; (ex.) malignant tumor

Longman:

1. a malignant disease is one such as cancer, which can develop in an uncontrolled way and is likely to cause someone's death [≠ benign]:
** She developed a malignant tumour in her breast.

2. [formal] showing that you hate someone:
** a malignant look


(Adjective) بدطینت، خطرناک، زیان اور، صدمه رسان، کینه جو،بدخواه، متمرد، سرکش، (پزشکی)بدخیم

malingerer
one who feigns illness to escape duty; (v.) malinger: feign illness to avoid work


(Noun) سرباز یا ملوانی که خود را بناخوشی میزند و اززیر کار شانه خالی میکند

malleable
(of a metal) capable of being shaped by pounding(beating); pliable; (of someone) impressionable( easily influenced); easily controlled; tractable

Longman:

1. [technical] something that is malleable is easy to press or pull into a new shape:
** malleable steel

2. [formal] someone who is malleable can be easily influenced or changed by other people:
** a malleable child


(Adjective) چکش خور، نرم وقابل انعطاف

malodorous
foul-smelling

Longman:

smelling unpleasant [= smelly]


(Adjective) بد بو

mammal
vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young

Longman:

[ countable]
a type of animal that drinks milk from its mother's body when it is young. Humans, dogs, and whales are mammals.


(Noun) پستاندار

mammoth
gigantic; enormous

Longman:

[ only before noun]
extremely large [= enormous, gigantic]:
** Reforming the prison system would be a mammoth task.
** a mammoth corporation

(جانورشناسی) ماموت، فیل بزرگ دوره ماقبل تاریخ

manacle
restrain; handcuff; (n.)

Longman:

[ countable usually plural]
an iron ring on a chain that is put around the wrist or ankle of a prisoner

دست بند (مخصوص دزدان وغیره)، قید، بند، زنجیر، بخو، دستبند زدن، زنجیرکردن

mandate
order; charge; authoritative command; power to govern another country; power to given to a government; region under administration; (v.) give a mandate to; place under a mandate; (ex.) mandated territory

Longman:

1. if a government or official has a mandate to make important decisions, they have the authority to make the decisions because they have been elected by the people to do so
mandate to do something:
** The President was elected with a clear mandate to tackle violent crime.
mandate for:
** a popular mandate for election reform
mandate from:
** I sought a mandate from my constituents to oppose this tax.
have/be given a mandate:
** Sometimes a President thinks he has more of a mandate than he really does.

2. [countable] an official instruction given to a person or organization, allowing them to do something:
** Matters debated in meetings do not become a mandate automatically.

3. the power given to one country to govern another country

وکالت نامه، قیمومت، حکم، فرمان، تعهد، اختیار

mandatory
obligatory; compulsory; of a mandate

Longman:

if something is mandatory, the law says it must be done [= compulsory, obligatory; ↪ discretionary]
mandatory for:
** Crash helmets are mandatory for motorcyclists.
** Murder carries a mandatory life sentence.
** The Council has made it mandatory for all nurses to attend a refresher course every three years.

اجباری الزامی، الزام اور

maneuver
strategic military or naval movement (done for training purposes); carefully planned process; stratagem; (v.) carry out a military maneuver; use maneuvers in gaining an end

Longman:

the American spelling of manoeuvre

( manoeuvre ) مانور، تمرین نظامی

mange
skin disease (esp. of domestic animals) marked by loss of hair

Longman:

[ uncountable]
a skin disease of animals that makes them lose their fur


(Noun) گری، گر، جرب، کچلی

mangle
tear or cut to pieces; mutilate or disfigure; (ex.) badly mangled bodies

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to damage or injure something badly by crushing or twisting it:
** The trap closed round her leg, badly mangling her ankle.

2. to spoil something such as a speech or piece of music, by saying or playing it badly:
** The orchestra had mangled Bach's music.

(پارچه بافی) دستگاه پرس، له کردن، بریدن، پاره کردن، خرد کردن

mangy
shabby; wretched; suffering from mange; of bad appearance

Longman:

1. suffering from mange:
** thin mangy dogs

2. [informal] dirty and in bad condition:
** a mangy-looking rug


(Adjective) گر، مبتلا به جرب، مبتلا به گری، جرب دار

maniacal
raging mad; insane; (n.) maniac: insane person; cf. mania: disorder of the mind; intense enthusiasm

Longman:

behaving as if you are crazy


(Adjective) دیوانه،بیخود

manifest
evident; visible; obvious; (v.) show plainly

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to show a feeling, attitude etc:
** The shareholders have manifested their intention to sell the shares.
manifest something in/as/through something:
** A dog's protective instincts are manifested in increased alertness.

2. manifest itself: to appear or to become easy to see:
** His illness began to manifest itself at around this time.

بازنمود کردن، بارز، اشکار، اشکار ساختن، معلوم کردن، فاش کردن، اشاره، خبر، اعلامیه، بیانیه، نامه

manifestation
outward demonstration; manifesting; indication of the presence of something; (ex.) manifestation of his pronounced musical bent

Longman:

1. [countable] a very clear sign that a particular situation or feeling exists
manifestation of:
** These latest riots are a clear manifestation of growing discontent.

2. [uncountable and countable] the act of appearing or becoming clear
manifestation of:
** Manifestation of the disease often doesn't occur until middle age.


(Noun) اشکار سازی، ظهور، ابراز

manifesto
public declaration of principles; statement of policy

Longman:

[ countable]
a written statement by a political party, saying what they believe in and what they intend to do:
** the Labour Party's election manifesto
** The Tories are due to publish their manifesto tomorrow.


(Noun) اشعاریه، بیانیه، اعلامیه، اعلامیه دادن

manifold
many in number or kind; numerous; varied

Longman:

many and of different kinds:
** The reasons for this situation are manifold.

چند تا، چند برابر، بسیار، زیاد، متعدد، گوناگونی،متنوع کردن، چند برابرکردن

manipulate
operate with one’s hands; control or play upon (people, forces, etc.) artfully; maneuver; (ex.) how to manipulate publicity and men; (adj.) manipulative

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to make someone think and behave exactly as you want them to, by skilfully deceiving or influencing them:
** He was one of those men who manipulated people.
** You have the constant feeling you are being manipulated.
manipulate somebody into (doing) something:
** The thought that any parent would manipulate their child into seeking fame just appalled me.

2. to work skilfully with information, systems etc to achieve the result that you want:
** software designed to store and manipulate data
** You can integrate text with graphics and manipulate graphic images.

3. to move and press bones or muscles to remove pain in them

4. to use skill in moving or handling something:
** The workmen manipulated some knobs and levers.


(Verb - transitive) بادست عمل کردن، با استادی درست کردن، بامهارت انجام دادن، اداره کردن، دستکاری کردن
(Verb - transitive) دستکاری کردن

mannered
affected; not natural; (ex.) mannered way of speech

Longman:

1. well-mannered/bad-mannered etc: polite, impolite etc in the way you behave in social situations:
** He is the most well-mannered, well-behaved boy I know.

2. behaviour, speech, or writing that is mannered is not natural and is intended to make people admire you - used in order to show disapproval:
** Hickstone gave a very mannered performance in the lead role.


(Adjective) دارای سبک یا رفتار بخصوص، تصنعی

mannerism
distinctive behavioral trait; affected style in art (according to a set of styles)

Longman:

[ countable]
a way of speaking or moving that is typical of a particular person:
** He has the same mannerisms as his father.


(Noun) اطوار واخلاق شخصی، سبک بخصوص نویسنده

manoeuver
strategicmilitary or navalmovement(done for training purposes); carefullyplannedprocess; stratagem; (v.) carry out a militarymaneuver; use maneuvers in gaining an end

( manoeuvre ) مانور، تمرین نظامی

mantle
loose sleeveless outer garment; cloak; something that covers or envelops; the layer of the earth between the crust and the core

Longman:

1. take on/assume/wear the mantle of something:[formal] to accept or have an important duty or job:
** It is up to Europe to take on the mantle of leadership in environmental issues.

2. a mantle of snow/darkness etc:[literary] something such as snow or darkness that covers a surface or area:
** A mantle of snow lay on the trees.

3. a loose piece of outer clothing without sleeves, worn especially in former times

4. a cover that is put over the flame of a gas or oil lamp to make it shine more brightly

5. the part of the Earth around the central core

شنل زنانه، بالاپوش، ردا، پوشش، کلاه توری

manumit
emancipate; free from slavery or bondage

بنده را آزاد کردن، آزادی بخشیدن

mar
spoil the appearance of

Longman:

[ transitive]
to make something less attractive or enjoyable [= spoil]:
** Their wedding was marred by the death of Jenny's mother a week earlier.
** A frown marred his handsome features.

اسیب رساندن، زیان رساندن، معیوب کردن، ناقص کردن،بی اندام کردن، صدمه زدن، اسیب

maraud
move in search of plunder; (ex.) marauding army

نهب وغارت کردن، بقصد غارت حمله کردن، دله دزدی یاتلاش کردن، غارت کردن، چپاول کردن

margin
border; room; allowance beyond what is needed; (ex.) margin of safety

Longman:

[ countable]
1. the empty space at the side of a page:
** Someone had scribbled a note in the margin.
** Use double spacing and wide margins to leave room for comments.

2. the difference in the number of votes, points etc that exists between the winners and the losers of a competition or election
by a wide/narrow/significant etc margin:
** They're a world-class team and it was no surprise that they won by such a wide margin.
by a margin of 10 points/100 votes etc:
** The bill was approved by a margin of 55 votes.

3. the difference between what it costs a business to buy or produce something and what they sell it for:
** Margins are low and many companies are struggling.
** Within 10 years they had a gross profit margin of 50%.

4. [usually singular] an additional amount of something such as time, money, or space that you include in order to make sure that you are successful in achieving something:
** It'll take about 30 minutes to dry but I'd allow a safety margin of, say, another 10 minutes.

5. margin of error: the degree to which a calculation might or can be wrong:
** The survey has a margin of error of 2.1%.


(Noun) (کاغذ، نوشته) حاشیه

**

** - leave a margin
** - حاشیه گذاشتن
** - in the margin
** - در حاشیه
(Noun) (رودخانه، دریاچه و غیره) حاشیه، کنار، کناره، کرانه، لب، لبه
(Noun) اختلاف، تفاوت، فاصله
**

** - by a wide / narrow margin
** - با تفاوت زیاد / کم، با اختلاف زیاد / کم
** - the escaped danger by a narrow margin
** - خطر از بیخ گوشش رد شد
(Noun) مازاد، مقدار اضافی، ذخیره
(Noun) حد، سرحد، مرز، کنار، حاشیه
(Noun) (بازرگانی) سود ناخالص، مابه‌التفاوت، محل، جا

marginal
of a margin; barely within a limit; (ex.) marginal effect/writing ability

Longman:

1. a marginal change or difference is too small to be important:
** a marginal increase in the unemployment figures
** a marginal improvement in profits

2. [technical] relating to a change in cost, value etc when one more thing is produced, one more dollar is earned etc:
** marginal revenue

3. marginal seat/constituency: a seat in a parliament or similar institution, which can be won or lost by a small number of votes

4. marginal people or groups not are considered powerful or important [≠ mainstream]:
** The album contains too many songs by marginal bands.

5. [only before noun] written in a margin:
** marginal notes


(Adjective) (یاداشت، تفسیر) (مربوط به) حاشیه، حاشیه‌ای، کناری

**

** - marginal notes
** - حواشی
(Adjective) ناچیز، کم، کم‌اهمیت، جزئی، اندک
**

** - have a marginal effect on something
** - تاثیر کمی بر چیزی داشتن
** - marginal land
** - زمین نیمه‌بایر، زمین نیمه کشاورزی، زمین کم محصول
(Adjective) فرعی، جنبی، جانبی
(Adjective) (بازرگانی، اقتصاد) نهایی
(Adjective) (مجلس) (حوزه، کرسی) حاشیه‌ای، میان مرزی، بینابینی، محل مناقشه
(Adjective) (مجلس) کرسی حاشیه‌ای، کرسی میان‌مرزی

marital
pertaining to marriage

Longman:

[ only before noun]
relating to marriage:
** marital problems
** the increase in marital breakdown
marital bliss: (=the state of being very happily married - used humorously)


(Adjective) شوهری، زوجی، ازدواجی، نکاحی

maritime
bordering on(adjacent to) the sea; nautical; of the ships or the sea; (ex.) maritime provinces

Longman:

[ only before noun]
1. relating to the sea or ships [= marine]:
** San Francisco has lost nearly all of its maritime industry.

2. near the sea:
** the Canadian maritime provinces


(Adjective) بحری، دریایی، وابسته به بازرگانی دریایی، وابسته بدریانوردی، استان بحری یاساحلی

marked
noticeable; targeted for vengeance or attack; (ex.) marked improvement/man

Longman:

1. [only before noun] very easy to notice [= noticeable]:
** a marked lack of enthusiasm
** The patient showed a marked improvement in her condition after changing medication.
** Miller's organized desk stood in marked contrast to the rest of the office.

2. marked man/woman: a person who is in danger because someone wants to harm them


(Adjective) نشاندار
(Adjective) مشخص، علامت دار

maroon
leave helpless on a deserted island or coast; adj. red brown

Longman:

[ uncountable]
a dark brownish red colour

(گیاه‌شناسی) شاه بلوط اروپایی، در جزیره دور افتاده یا جاهای مشابهی رها شدن یا گیر افتادن رنگ زرشکی ، رنگ خرمایی مایل بقرمز

marred
damaged; disfigured; (v.) mar: spoil; disfigure

لغت مورد نظر شما یافت نشد.واژه‌ها‌ی پیشنهادی:
** maraudmarried

marrow
soft fatty tissue that fills most bone cavities and is the source of blood cells

Longman:

1. the soft fatty substance in the hollow centre of bones [= bone marrow]:
** a bone marrow transplant

2. a large long dark green vegetable that grows on the ground

3. chilled/frozen/shocked etc to the marrow:[literary] very cold, shocked etc


(Noun) مغز استخوان، مخ، مغز، قسمت عمده، جوهر

marshal
put in order; guide ceremoniously to the correct place; (ex.) marshal the children into the museum; n: military officer; official

Longman:

[ countable]
1. an officer of the highest rank in the army or air force of some countries:
** Marshal Zhukov
** the Marshal of the Royal Airforce

2. an official in charge of an important public event or ceremony:
** Heston has been named grand marshal of the parade.

3. a person who controls crowds, traffic etc at a sports event or other public event:
** I could see a marshal on the finish line waving a yellow flag.

4. federal/US marshal: a police officer employed by the national government to make sure people do what a court order says they must do

5. American English the officer in charge of a fire department

مارشال، ارتشبد، کلانتر، سردسته، به ترتیب نشان دادن، راهنمایی کردن با(تشریفات)، مرتب کردن

marsupial
one of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch(pocket of skin or leather); (cf.) kangaroo, opossum, wombat

Longman:

[ countable]
an animal such as akangaroo which carries its babies in a pocket of skin on its body

جانور کیسه دار

martial
warlike; of war; (ex.) martial art/law

Longman:

[ only before noun]
connected with war and fighting:
** martial music

جنگی، لشکری، جنگجو، نظامی

martinet
strict disciplinarian; person who demands total obedience to rules and orders; (cf.) jean martinet

Longman:

[ countable]
[formal] someone who is very strict and makes people obey rules exactly [= disciplinarian]:
** The woman in charge was a martinet who treated us like children.


(Noun) ادم با انضباط وسخت گیر، سخت گیری وانضباط خشک، منجنیق سنگ انداز

martyr
one who voluntarily suffers death for his or her religion or cause; great sufferer; (ex.) martyr to his rheumatism

Longman:

[ countable]
1. someone who dies for their religious or political beliefs and is admired by people for this:
** St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr
martyr to:
** He was a martyr to the cause of racial harmony.
** The army has been held back because the government is reluctant to make martyrs of the protesters.

2. someone who tries hard to get other people's sympathy by complaining about how hard their life is - used to show disapproval:
** I think she rather relishes the role of martyr.

3. be a martyr to something:[spoken] to suffer a lot because of an illness, problem, or bad situation:
** She's a martyr to her arthritis.

شهید، فدایی، شهید راه خدا کردن

mash
crush into mash; convert into mash; (n.) mixture of ground grain and nutrients fed to livestock and fowl

Longman:

[ transitive]
to crush something, especially a food that has been cooked, until it is soft and smooth:
** Mash the bananas.

خیساندهه مالت، خمیر نرم، خوراک همه چیز درهم، درهم وبرهمی، نرم کردن، خردکردن، خمیر کردن، شیفتن،مفتون کردن، لاس زدن، دلربایی

masochist
person who enjoys his own pain; (cf.) masochism

لغت مورد نظر شما یافت نشد.واژه‌ها‌ی پیشنهادی:

mason
one who builds or works with stone or brick; (n.) masonry: work of a mason; stonework or brickwork

Longman:

[ countable]
a stonemason

بنا، بنای سنگ کار، خانه ساز، عضو فراموشخانه،فراماسون، باسنگ ساختن، بناکردن

masquerade
wear a mask or disguise; pretend; (n.) costume party or ball at which masks are worn; pretense; disguise

Longman:

1. a formal dance or party where people wear masks and unusual clothes

2. [uncountable and countable] a way of behaving or speaking that hides your true thoughts or feelings [= pretence]:
** She didn't really love him, but she kept up the masquerade for the children's sake.

بالماسکه، رقص بانقاب های مضحک وناشناس، تغییرقیافه، به لباس مبدل در آمدن، قیافه ظاهری بخود دادن، لباس مبدل

mass
christian religious ceremony; (cf.) mass: ceremony of the eucharist

Longman:

1. [informal] a large amount of something, or a lot of people or things:
** Masses of books covered every surface in the room.

2. crowd: [singular] a large crowd
mass of:
** There was a mass of people around the club entrance.
** The road was blocked by a solid mass of protesters.

3. the masses: all the ordinary people in society who do not have power or influence:
** The trains provided cheap travel for the masses.

4. the mass of people/the population/workers etc: most of the people in a group or society [= the majority]:
** The war is strongly supported by the mass of the population.

5. church ceremony: also Massa) [uncountable and countable] the main ceremony in some Christian churches, especially the Roman Catholic Church, which celebrates the last meal that Jesus Christ ate:
** What time do you go to mass?
morning/evening/midnight etc Mass:
** Will I see you at morning Mass?
say/celebrate Mass: (=perform this ceremony as a priest) ➔ High Massb) [countable] a piece of music written to be performed at the ceremony of mass:
** Mozart's Mass in C minor

انبوه، توده، جرم مراسم عشا ربانی، توده، کپه، گروه، جمع، جرم، حجم،قسمت عمده، جمعاوری کردن، توده مردم

masticate
chew

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
to chew food

چاوش کردن، جویدن، نرم کردن، خمیر کردن، بزاقی کردن

mat
not shiny; matte; having a dull finish; (n.) flat piece of material used as a floor covering; (v.)

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a small piece of thick rough material which covers part of a floor:
** Wipe your feet on the mat.

2. a small flat piece of wood, cloth etc which protects a surface, especially on a table:
** a beer mat (=a mat for putting a glass of beer on)
** a mouse mat (=for a computer mouse) ➔ place mat

3. a piece of thick soft material used in some activities for people to sit on, fall onto etc:
** a yoga mat
** a prayer mat

4. go to the mat (for somebody/something): to do everything you can to solve a difficult problem, win an argument, support someone etc:
** The mayor is willing to go to the mat on this issue.

5. a thick mass of something such as hairs or leaves [↪ matted]
mat of:
** a floating mat of vegetation

بوریا، حصیر، کفش پاک کن، پادری، زیر بشقابی، زیرگلدانی، بوریا پوش کردن، باحصیر پوشاندن، درهم گیرکردن

materialism
preoccupation with physical comforts and things; excessive regard for worldly concerns (rather than spiritual matters)

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. the belief that money and possessions are more important than art, religion, moral beliefs etc - used in order to show disapproval:
** a reaction to a world full of shallow materialism

2. the belief that only physical things really exist


(Noun) مادیت، ماده گرایی، ماده پرستی

maternal
motherly; (n.) maternity: motherhood

Longman:

1. typical of the way a good mother behaves or feels [↪ paternal]:
** Annie was wonderfully warm and maternal.
** She seems to have a strong maternal instinct (=desire to have babies and take care of them).

2. relating to a mother or to being a mother [↪ paternal]:
** the relationship between maternal age and infant mortality

3. maternal grandfather/aunt etc: your mother's father, sister etc


(Adjective) مادری، مادروار، مادرانه، امی، از مادری

matinee
dramatic or musical performance given in the afternoon

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a performance of a play or film in the afternoon

2. [informal] sexual intercourse in the daytime

نمایش یا برنامه یاجشن بعدازظهر

matriarch
woman who rules a family or larger social group

Longman:

[ countable]
a woman, especially an older woman, who controls a family or a social group [↪ patriarch]


(Noun) رئیسه خانواده، مادر

matriculate
enroll (in college or graduate school); (cf.) matrix

Longman:

[ intransitive]
to officially begin studying at a university or, in the US, at a school or college
matriculate at:
** Aged only 15, he matriculated at the University of Leipzig.
** matriculated students

در دفتر دانشگاه یا دانشکده نام نویسی کردن، نامنویسی کردن، در دانشکده یادانشگاه پذیرفته شدن،قبول کردن، پذیرفتن

matrimony
state of being married

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the state of being married [= marriage]:
** They were joined together in holy matrimony.


(Noun) زناشویی، عروسی، ازدواج، نکاح

matrix
point of origin; array of numbers or algebraic symbols; mold or die; (ex.) the matrix of western civilization

Longman:

[ countable]
1. an arrangement of numbers, letters, or signs in rows and columns that you consider to be one amount, and that you use in solving mathematical problems:
** a matrix table

2. a situation from which a person or society can grow and develop:
** the cultural matrix

3. a living part in which something is formed or develops, such as the substance from which your fingernails grow

4. a mould (=hollow container) into which melted metal, plastic, etc is poured to form a shape

5. the rock in which hard stones or jewels have formed


(Noun) زهدان، رحم، بچه دان، موطن، جای پیدایش
(Noun) ماتریس

maudlin
effusively sentimental

Longman:

1. talking or behaving in a sad, silly, and emotional way, especially when drunk
get/grow/become maudlin:
** Sir Ralph was becoming maudlin after his third glass of claret.

2. a maudlin song, story, film etc tries too hard to make people feel emotions such as love or sadness and seems silly:
** a song that is tender without being maudlin


(Adjective) (باحرف بزرگ) اسم خاص مونث، مریم مجدلیه، ضعیفوخیلی احساساتی، سرمست

maul
handle roughly; batter; injure by beating; (ex.) mauled by his overexcited fans; (n.) heavy long-handled hammer

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. if an animal mauls someone, it injures them badly by tearing their flesh:
** A mentally ill man was mauled after climbing into the lions' enclosure at London Zoo.

2. to strongly criticize something, especially a new book, play etc:
** Her latest book was absolutely mauled by the critics.

3. to touch someone in a rough sexual way which they think is unpleasant:
** What makes you think you've got the right to maul me like that?

4. [informal] to defeat someone very easily - used especially in sports reports:
** Stanford have looked quite good lately. They absolutely mauled Notre Dame last weekend.

چکش چوبی، تخماق، چماق، گرز، توپوز، ضربت سنگین،باچکش زدن یاکوبیدن، خردکردن، له کردن، صدمه زدن

mausoleum
monumental tomb; large stately tomb; (cf.) mau solos

Longman:

[ countable]
a large stone building made specially to contain the body of a dead person, or the dead bodies of an important family:
** the Lenin Mausoleum


(Noun) ارامگاه بزرگ، مقبره

mauve
pale purple

Longman:

[ uncountable]
a pale purple colour


(Noun) (رنگ) ارغوانی روشن، قفایی

maverick
rebel; nonconformist (in a group)

Longman:

[ countable]
an unusual person who has different ideas and ways of behaving from other people, and is often very successful:
** He's always been a bit of a maverick.


(Noun) حیوان بیصاحب، ادم بی سرپرست، تک رو، مستقل

mawkish
mushy(sentimental) and gushy; icky-sticky sentimental; excessively and objectionably sentimental

Longman:

showing too much emotion in a way that is embarrassing [= sentimental]:
** a mawkish love story


(Adjective) حالت تهوع نسبت به غذای بد مزه، کسل کننده، بطورزننده احساساتی

maxim
proverb; truth pithily stated

Longman:

[ countable]
a well-known phrase or saying, especially one that gives a rule for sensible behaviour


(Noun) پند، مثل، گفته اخلاقی، قاعده کلی، اصل

mayhem
injury to body; crime of willfully maiming or crippling a person; violent disorder; (ex.) mayhem in the zoo; (cf.) maim

Longman:

[ uncountable]
an extremely confused situation in which people are very frightened or excited [= chaos]:
** There was complete mayhem after the explosion.
cause/create/wreak mayhem:
** For some children, the first fall of snow is an opportunity to create mayhem.


(Noun) (حقوق) ضرب وشتم، جرح

meager
scanty; inadequate


(Adjective) ( meagre ) لاغر، نزار، بی برکت، بی چربی، نحیف، ناچیز

mealy-mouthed
indirect in speech (when something unpleasant must be said); hypocritical; evasive

Longman:

not brave enough or honest enough to say clearly and directly what you really think - used in order to show disapproval:
** Most people felt Mr Major fought a pretty mealy-mouthed campaign in which radical ideas were either dropped or blunted.


(Adjective) فاقد صراحت لهجه، اهل گوشه و کنایه

meander
wind or turn in its course; follow a winding or turning course; move aimlessly and idly

Longman:

[ intransitive]
1. if a river, stream, road etc meanders, it has a lot of bends rather than going in a straight line
meander along/across/down etc:
** The river meandered gently along the valley floor.

2. [always + adverb/preposition] to walk somewhere in a slow relaxed way rather than take the most direct way possible
meander along/through etc:
** Cows still meander through these villages.

3. alsomeander on if a conversation or piece of writing meanders on, it is too long and has no purpose or structure

پیچ، خم، دور، گردش، راه پر پیچ وخم، پیچ وخم داشتن، مسیر پیچیده ای را طی کردن، چماب

meddlesome
interfering; (v.) meddle: interfere

Longman:

a meddlesome person becomes involved in situations that do not concern them, in a way that annoys people [= interfering]:
** a meddlesome old woman


(Adjective) فضول، مداخله گر

mediate
settle a dispute through the services of an outsider; act as an intermediary; produce by mediating; (ex.) mediate a cease-fire

Longman:

1. [intransitive and transitive] to try to end a quarrel between two people, groups, countries etc
mediate between:
** UN officials mediated between the rebel fighters and the government.
** The former president has agreed to mediate the peace talks.
mediate in:
** The court was set up to mediate in civil disputes.

2. [formal][technical] to change the effect or influence of something, especially to make the effect less bad:
** Exercise may mediate the effects of a bad diet.

میانی، وسطی، واقع درمیان، غیر مستقیم، میانجی گری کردن، وساطت کردن، پابمیان گذاردن، درمیان واقع شدن

mediocre
ordinary; commonplace; neither good nor bad

Longman:

not very good [= second rate]:
** I thought the book was pretty mediocre.
** a mediocre student


(Adjective) حد وسط، متوسط، میانحال، وسط

meditation
reflection; thought; (v.) meditate

Longman:

1. the practice of emptying your mind of thoughts and feelings, in order to relax completely or for religious reasons:
** Yoga involves breathing exercises, stretching, and meditation. ➔ transcendental meditation

2. [countable usually plural, uncountable] the act of thinking deeply and seriously about something:
** She found him sitting alone, deep in meditation.
** Rob interrupted his father's meditations.

3. [countable usually plural] serious thoughts about a particular subject
meditation on:
** meditations on death and loss


(Noun) عبادت، تفکر، اندیشه، تعمق

medium
element that is a creature’s natural environment; nutrient setting in which microorganisms are cultivated; appropriate occupation or means of expression; channel of communication; compromise; middle position between extremes; intervening substance through which something else is transmitted

Longman:

1. of middle size, level, or amount:
** What size shirt does he wear - small, medium or large?
(of) medium height/length/build:
** She's of medium height.
** hair of medium length
** Fry the onions over a medium heat until they are golden.
** medium to large companies! Use average, not 'medium', when you want to say that someone's level of skill or activity is neither high nor low: Her standard is average (NOT Her standard is medium).

2. alsomedium rare meat that is medium or medium rare is partly cooked but still slightly pink inside [↪ rare, well-done]

3. medium dry: medium dry wine is slightly sweeter than dry wine

4. medium brown/blue etc: a colour which is neither light nor dark:
** His jacket's a medium brown colour.

(پزشکی) محیط کشت، میانجی، واسطه، وسیله، متوسط، معتدل، رسانه رسانه، واسطه، متوسط

medley
mixture

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a group of songs or tunes sung or played one after the other as a single piece of music
medley of:
** He played a medley of Beatles songs.

2. [usually singular] a mixture of different types of the same thing which produces an interesting or unusual effect
medley of:
** an exotic medley of smells
** a medley of architectural styles

3. a swimming race in which the competitors swim using four different strokes:
** the 400 metres individual medley

امیخته، اختلاط، مختلط، رنگارنگ، زد وخورد، (موسیقی)قطعه موسیقی مختلط

meek
submissive; patient and long-suffering

Longman:

very quiet and gentle and unwilling to argue with people:
** He was always so meek and mild.

فروتن، افتاده، بردبار، حلیم، باحوصله، ملایم، بیروح، خونسرد، مهربان، نجیب، رام

megalomania
mania for doing grandiose things; mental disorder characterized by delusions of wealth, power, or importance

Longman:

[ uncountable]
when someone wants to have a lot of power for themselves and enjoys having control over other people's lives, sometimes as part of a mental illness


(Noun) مرض بزرگ پنداری خویش، جنون انجام کارهای بزرگ

melancholy
gloomy; morose; blue; (n.) (adj.) melancholic; cf. melancholia

Longman:

very sad:
** The music suited her melancholy mood.

مالیخولیا، سودا، سودا زدگی، غمگین

melee
fight

Longman:

[ countable usually singular]
a situation in which a lot of people rush around in a confused way:
** Luckily no one was hurt in the melée.


(Noun) ستیزه، غوغا، مغلوبه شدن جنگ

mellifluous
(of words or a voice) sweetly or smoothly flowing; melodious; having a pleasant tune

Longman:

a mellifluous voice or piece of music sounds pleasantly smooth


(Adjective) شیرین، ملیح

memento
token; reminder of the past; keepsake; (ex.) memento of your visit

Longman:

[ countable]
a small thing that you keep to remind you of someone or something
memento of:
** I kept the bottle as a memento of my time in Spain.


(Noun) خاطره، یادگاری، نشان، یاداور

memoir
memoirs; autobiography; biography

Longman:

[ countable]
1. memoirs: [plural] a book by someone important and famous in which they write about their life and experiences:
** Lady Thatcher had just published her memoirs.

2. [formal] a short piece of writing about a person or place that you knew well, or an event that you experienced


(Noun) یادداشت، تاریخچه، سرگذشت، شرح حال، خاطره

memorial
something, such as a monument or holiday, intended to honor the memory of a person or event; adj: commemorative

Longman:

[ only before noun]
done or made in order to remind people of someone who has died
memorial service/ceremony:
** A memorial service will be held at 7 pm on Saturday.

یادگار، یادبود، لوحه یادبود، وابسته به حافظه

memorialize
commemorate

Longman:

[ transitive]
to do something so that a person or event will be remembered by people


(Verb - transitive) برسم یادگار نگاه داشتن، یاداوری کردن

menace
threat; (v.) threaten

Longman:

1. [countable] something or someone that is dangerous [= threat]
menace of:
** It's the only way to deal with the menace of drug dealing.
menace to:
** That man's a menace to society. He should be locked away.
** the growing menace of oil pollution at sea

2. [uncountable] a threatening quality, feeling, or way of behaving:
** There was menace in his voice.
air/sense of menace:
** There was a sense of menace as the sky grew darker.

3. [countable] a person, especially a child that is annoying or causes trouble [= nuisance]:
** My little brother's a real menace.

4. with menaces:[law] if someone asks another person for something with menaces, they use threats of violence to get what they want:
** He was charged with demanding money with menaces.

تهدید، چیزی که تهدید کننده است، مخاطره، تهدیدکردن، ارعاب کردن، چشم زهره رفتن

menagerie
collection of wild animals on exhibition; zoo

Longman:

[ countable]
a group of wild animals kept privately or for the public to see


(Noun) نمایشگاه جانوران، جایگاه دام ودد، دامگاه

mendacious
lying; habitually dishonest; (n.) mendacity

Longman:

not truthful:
** mendacious propaganda

دروغگو، کاذب

mendicant
beggar; (adj.) living as a beggar

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who asks people for money in order to live, usually for religious reasons

( mendiant ) گدا، درویش، دربدر، سائل، گدایی کننده

menial
suitable for servants; lowly; mean; (n.) someone who does menial work (esp. servant in a house)

Longman:

menial work is boring, needs no skill, and is not important:
** a menial job
** She did menial tasks about the house.

پست، نوکر مابانه، چاکر، نوکر، ادم پست

mentor
counselor; teacher

Longman:

[ countable]
an experienced person who advises and helps a less experienced person


(Noun) ناصح، مربی، مرشد

mercantile
concerning trade or merchants

Longman:

[ only before noun]
concerned with trade [= commercial]:
** mercantile law


(Adjective) تجارتی، بازرگانی

mercenary
motivated solely by money or gain; (n.)

Longman:

[ countable]
a soldier who fights for any country or group that will pay him:
** an army of foreign mercenaries
** a mercenary soldier

سرباز مزدور، ادم اجیر، پولکی

mercurial
capricious; quick and changing; fickle; containing the element mercury; (ex.) mercurial temper; (cf.) mood

Longman:

1. [literary] having feelings that change suddenly and without warning:
** an actor noted for his mercurial temperament

2. [literary] quick and clever:
** her mercurial wit

3. [technical] containing mercury

سیمابی، جیوه دار، چالاک، تند، متغیر، متلون

meretricious
flashy; tawdry; attractive on the surface but of no real value; (ex.) meretricious argument/jewel; cf. prostitute

Longman:

something that is meretricious seems attractive but has no real value or is not based on the truth:
** meretricious research


(Adjective) وابسته به فاحشه، فاحشه وار، زرق وبرق دار وبد

merger
combination (of two business corporations); act of merging

Longman:

[ countable]
the joining together of two or more companies or organizations to form one larger one
merger of/between:
** a proposed merger between two of the largest software companies
merger with:
** There has been a lot of talk about a merger with another leading bank.
** merger negotiations


(Noun) ممزوج کننده، یکی شدن دو یا چند شرکت، ادغام، امتزاج

merit
deserve; (adj.) meritorious: deserving reward or praise

Longman:

1. [countable] an advantage or good feature of something
merit of:
** The film has the merit of being short.
** The merit of the report is its realistic assessment of the changes required.
** The great merit of the project is its flexibility and low cost.
** Each of these approaches to teaching has its merits.
** Tonight's meeting will weigh up the relative merits of the two candidates.

2. [formal] a good quality that makes someone or something deserve praise:
** There is never any merit in being second best.
have (some) merit/be of merit: (=be good)
** The suggestion has some merit.
on merit:
** Students are selected solely on merit (=because they are good).
artistic/literary merit:
** a film lacking any artistic merit

3. judge/consider etc something on its (own) merits: to judge something only on what you see when you look at it rather than on what you know from other people or things:
** It's important to judge each case on its merits.

شایستگی، سزاواری، لیاقت، استحقاق، شایسته بودن، استحقاق داشتن

mesmerize
hypnotize; (n.) mesmerism; (cf.) franz mesmer

Longman:

[ transitive usually in passive]
if you are mesmerized by someone or something, you cannot stop watching them or listening to them because they are so attractive or have such a powerful effect [= captivate]:
** The first time I saw Diana I was mesmerized by her beauty.


(Verb - transitive) هیپنوتیزم کردن، هیپنوتیزم شدن

metallurgical
pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores; (n.) metallurgy: science that deals with extracting metals from ores

وابسته به فن استخراج وذوب فلزات

metamorphosis
change of form; (ex.) metamorphosis of caterpillar to butterfly; (v.) metamorphose: change by metamorphosis

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
1. [formal] a process in which something changes completely into something very different [= transformation]:
** It took me some time to undergo the metamorphosis from teacher to lecturer.
** the metamorphosis of China under Deng's economic reforms

2. a process in which a young insect,frog etc changes into another stage in its development:
** Beetles undergo a complete metamorphosis in their life cycle.


(Noun) تغییر شکل، دگرگونی، دگردیسی

metaphor
implied comparison; (cf.) simile

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
1. a way of describing something by referring to it as something different and suggesting that it has similar qualities to that thing [↪ simile]:
** She uses some wonderful images and metaphors in her writing.
** a very creative use of metaphor

2. mixed metaphor: the use of two different metaphors at the same time to describe something, especially in a way that seems silly or funny

3. something that represents a general idea or quality
metaphor for:
** Their relationship is a metaphor for the failure of communication in the modern world.


(Noun) استعاره، مجاز

**

** - mix one's metaphors
** - مجازآمیزی کردن، استعاره‌ها را به هم آمیختن، استعاره‌ها را عوضی به کار بردن
** - a mix metaphor
** - مجازآمیزی
(Noun) (هنر) سمبل، تصویر، ایماژ

metaphysical
pertaining to speculative philosophy; of metaphysics; (n.) metaphysics: branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality

Longman:

concerned with the study of metaphysics:
** A lot of scientists don't like discussing metaphysical matters.

وابسته بعلم ماورا طبیعی، علوم معقول

mete
measure; distribute; administer; (ex.) mete out justice/ punishment

Longman:

if you mete out a punishment, you give it to someone
mete something ↔ out to:
** He felt he had a right to mete out physical punishment to the children.
** Judges are meting out harsh sentences for car theft.

(. n ): خط مرزی، کرانه، سنگ مرزی، سرحد،(. vi &. vt . n ): اندازه گرفتن، پیمودن، دادن، سهم دادن، پیمانه

meteoric
like a meteor; swift; momentarily brilliant; (ex.) meteoric rise to fame; (n.) meteor

Longman:

1. happening very suddenly and quickly:
** her meteoric rise from dancer to professional actress
** The company has experienced meteoric growth.
** The scandal ended his meteoric political career.

2. [technical] from ameteor:
** meteoric iron


(Adjective) شهابی، درخشان وزودگذر

meter
arrangement of words in the form of poetry (by accentual rhythm)

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a machine that measures and shows the amount of something you have used or the amount of money that you must pay
water/gas/electricity meter:
** A man came to read the electricity meter.
** The taxi driver left the meter running while I ran in to pick up my bags.

2. a machine that measures the level of something
sound-level/light etc meter:

3. also parking meter a machine which you put money into when you park your car next to it

4. the American spelling ofmetre

( metre ) اندازه، وسیله اندازه گیری، مقیاس، میزان،کنتور، مصرف سنج، وزن شعر، نظم، سجع وقافیه، متر،با متر اندازه گیری کردن، سنجیدن، اندازه گیری کردن، بصورت مسجع ومقفی در اوردن متر، اندازه گیر، سنجنده

methodical
systematic; (n.) method: systematic method of procedure

Longman:

1. a methodical way of doing something is careful and uses an ordered system:
** He always checked every detail in a methodical way.
** a methodical approach to answering questions

2. a methodical person always does things carefully, using an ordered system:
** She's a very methodical person.
** He had a neat, methodical mind.


(Adjective) اسلوب دار،مرتب،منظم،باروش

meticulous
excessively careful (with great attention to detail); painstaking; scrupulous

Longman:

very careful about small details, and always making sure that everything is done correctly:
** He kept meticulous accounts.
** Their planning and preparation were meticulous.
** He cleaned the tools with meticulous care.
** The book describes his journey in meticulous detail.
meticulous in:
** He was meticulous in his use of words.
meticulous about:
** He has always been so meticulous about his appearance.


(Adjective) باریک بین، خیلی دقیق، وسواسی، ترسو، کمرو

metrical
metric; written in the form of poetry; (ex.) metrical translation of homer

Longman:

written in the form of poetry, with a pattern of strong and weak beats


(Adjective) (شعر) وابسته به وزن شعر و foot، وزنی، آهنگین، به صورت نظم، وزن دار
(Adjective) وابسته به اندازهگیری، وابسته به درازا سنجی، متری (رجوع شود به: metric)

metropolis
large city

Longman:

[ countable]
a very large city that is the most important city in a country or area:
** The city has become a huge, bustling metropolis.


(Noun) کلان شهر، شهر بزرگ، مادرشهر

mettle
courage (to continue bravely in spite of difficulties); spirit; (adj.) mettlesome

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. courage and determination to do something even when it is very difficult
test/show/prove your mettle:
** a crisis which will test the minister's mettle

2. on your mettle: British English if you are on your mettle, you are ready to try as hard as possible because your abilities are being tested:
** We'll have to be on our mettle from the start.
keep/put somebody on their mettle:
** This was just his way of keeping me on my mettle.


(Noun) خمیره، فطرت، جنس، گرمی، غیرت، جرات

miasma
swamp gas; heavy vaporous atmosphere often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence; noxious atmosphere or influence

Longman:

[ singular]
1. dirty air or a thick unpleasant mist that smells bad:
** He looked up at me through a miasma of cigarette smoke.
** A foul miasma lay over the town.

2. an evil influence or feeling that seems to surround a person or place
miasma of:
** The miasma of defeat hung over them.


(Noun) بخار بد بو، دم یادمه بد بو، بخار یا دمه مسموم کننده

microcosm
small representative world; world in miniature; ex. microcosm of english society

Longman:

[ countable]
a small group, society, or place that has the same qualities as a much larger one [↪ macrocosm]
microcosm of:
** New York's mix of people is a microcosm of America.
in microcosm:
** All the problems of society can be seen here in microcosm.

جهان کوچک، عالم صغیر، بدن

migrant
changing its habitat; wandering; (ex.) migrant birds/workers; (n.) one that migrates

Longman:

[ countable]
1. someone who goes to live in another area or country, especially in order to find work [↪ emigrant, immigrant]
migrant worker/labourer:
** A lot of factory work is done by migrant workers.
economic migrant: (=someone who goes to live in another country because they are likely to find a better job there)

2. a bird or animal that travels regularly from one part of the world to another

کوچ کننده، مهاجر، سیار، جانور مهاجر، کوچگر

migratory
wandering; (v.) migrate: move from one region and settle in another; move periodically from one region to another

Longman:

involved in or relating to migration:
** migratory birds

وابسته به مهاجرت، مهاجرت کننده، جابجا شونده

milieu
social environment; means of expression; (ex.) feel out of one’s milieu; (ex.) his proper milieu is watercolor.

Longman:

[ countable]
the things and people that surround you and influence the way you live and think:
** Proust's work reflected his own social and cultural milieu.
** She never felt happy in a student milieu.


(Noun) محیط، اجتماع، قلمرو، دور وبر، اطراف

militant
combative; bellicose; (n.)

Longman:

a militant organization or person is willing to use strong or violent action in order to achieve political or social change:
** militant political activists
** a militant animal rights group
** After the assassination of Martin Luther King, black leaders became more militant.

ستیزگر، اهل نزاع وکشمکش، جنگ طلب

militate
work against; (ex.) militate against the chances of promotion; (cf.) serve as a soldier

Longman:

to prevent something or make it less likely to happen:
** Environmental factors militate against building the power station in this area.

جنگیدن، نبرد کردن، ستیزه کردن

militia
army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers

Longman:

[ countable]
a group of people trained as soldiers, who are not part of the permanent army:
** He joined the local militia as soon as he was 16.
** a militia leader
** a left-wing militia group


(Noun) جنگجویان غیر نظامی، نیروی نظامی (بومی)، امنیه، مجاهدین

millennium
thousand-year period (as in the new testament); hoped-for period of happiness and prosperity

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a period of 1000 years:
** people who have inhabited this land for millennia

2. the time when a new 1000-year period begins:
** the beginning of a new millennium
** events which took place at the turn of the last millennium


(Noun) هزار سال، هزارمین سال، هزاره

mime
pantomime(act without dialogue); mimicry; v: mimic; pantomime

Longman:

the use of movements to express what you want to say without using words, or a play where the actors use only movements:
** The children learn through role-play, dance and mime.
** They will perform a short mime later.
** a professional mime artist

نمایش خنده اور، تقلید، نمایش بدون گفتگو، تقلید دراوردن

mimicry
imitation


(Noun) تقلید، شکلک سازی

minatory
menacing; threatening

Longman:

threatening to hurt someone or something


(Adjective) تهدید آمیز، تهدیدکننده

mincing
affectedly dainty(delicate); (v.) mince: cut (esp. meat) into very small pieces; walk with exaggerated primness; walk in an unnatural way, taking little short steps; (ex.) the actor minced across the stage; (cf.) mincemeat; cf. mincer


(Adjective) ناز، نازدار، پر ادا واطوار، قیمه شده

mingle
mix together in close association

Longman:

1. [intransitive and transitive] if two feelings, sounds, smells etc mingle, they mix together with each other:
** Add the mint and allow the flavours to mingle.
mingle with:
** Her perfume mingled with the smell of woodsmoke from the fire.
be mingled with something:
** Her excitement was mingled with a slight feeling of fear.

2. [intransitive] if you mingle at a party, you move around the room and talk to lots of different people
mingle with:
** She was eager to mingle with the other guests.

ممزوج شدن، امیختن، بخاطر اوردن، ذکر کردن، مخلوط کردن

miniature
small model; small painting; (adj.) small

Longman:

[ only before noun]
much smaller than normal:
** miniature roses
** a miniature railway
** He looked like a miniature version of his father.

نقاشی باتذهیب، مینیاتور، کوچک، کوتاه کوچک

minion
servile dependent; obsequious follower

Longman:

[ countable usually plural]
someone's minions are the people who just obey their orders and do unskilled work - used humorously:
** I was shown into the office by one of her minions.

شخص یا جانور سوگلی، نوکریا وابسته چاپلوس، معشوق

miniscule
extremely small


(Adjective) رجوع شود به: minuscule

minuscule
extremely small

Longman:

extremely small [= minute]:
** a minuscule amount of food
** Her office is minuscule.

کوچک، خرد ،حرف کوچک

minute
extremely small; (cf.) minutes: official record of the proceedings at a meeting

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a unit for measuring time. There are 60 minutes in one hour:
** It takes me ten minutes to walk to work.
** The train arrived at four minutes past eight.
** He returned a few minutes later.
** I'll meet you at the car in five minutes.
a one/two/three etc minute something:
** a ten minute bus ride

2. the last minute: the last possible time, just before it is too late
at the last minute:
** He cancelled his trip to England at the last minute.
until the last minute:
** If you leave your essay until the last minute, you'll almost certainly panic.➔ last-minute

3. by the minute: also every minute, minute by minute used to say that something continues quickly becoming greater, stronger etc:
** She was getting angrier by the minute.
** His voice was getting stronger every minute.

4. love/enjoy/hate etc every minute (of something):[informal] if you love, enjoy etc every minute of an activity or experience, you love, enjoy etc all of it:
** I went camping for a week and enjoyed every minute of it.

5. within minutes: very soon after something has happened:
** The ambulance was there within minutes.
within minutes of doing something:
** He had his car stolen within minutes of arriving at the office.

دقیقه، دم، آن، لحظه، پیش نویس، مسوده، یادداشت، (به صورت جمع) گزارش وقایع، خلاصه مذاکرات، خلاصه ساختن، صورت جلسه نوشتن، پیش نویس کردن بسیار خرد، ریز، جزئی، کوچک

minutiae
petty or trivial details; (cf.) minutia

Longman:

[ plural]
very small and exact details
minutiae of:
** I'm not interested in the minutiae of the research, just its conclusions.


(Plural) جزئیات کم اهمیت، فروع

mirage
unreal reflection; optical illusion

Longman:

[ countable]
1. an effect caused by hot air in a desert, which makes you think that you can see objects when they are not actually there

2. a dream, hope, or wish that cannot come true [= illusion]:
** Perhaps we are just chasing a mirage.


(Noun) سراب، کوراب، نقش بر اب، امر خیالی، وهم

mire
entangle; stick in swampy ground; stick or sink in mire; (n.) bog; deep mud; (ex.) sucked deeper into the mire

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. deep mud:
** The wheels got stuck in the mire.

2. the mire: a bad or difficult situation that you cannot seem to escape from [= quagmire]:
** The Party sank deeper into the mire of conflict.

3. drag somebody's name through the mire: to say bad things about someone in public, so that other people have a bad opinion of them

گل وشل، باتلاق، کثافت، لجن، گرفتاری، درمنجلاب فروبردن، در گل فرو بردن یارفتن

mirth
merriment; laughter

Longman:

[ uncountable]
[literary] happiness and laughter:
** Her body began to shake with mirth.


(Noun) خوشی، خوشحالی، نشاط، شادی، عیش، شنگی

misadventure
mischance; ill luck; (ex.) death by misadventure

Longman:

1. death by misadventure: the official name for a death caused by an accident:
** A verdict of death by misadventure was recorded.

2. [literary] bad luck or an accident


(Noun) رویداد ناگوار، حادثه ناگوار، بدبختی، بلا

misanthrope
one who hates mankind; misanthropist


(Noun) مردم گریز، انسان گریز

misapprehension
error; misunderstanding; (v.) misapprehend

Longman:

[ countable]
[formal] a mistaken belief or a wrong understanding of something [= misunderstanding]
under a misapprehension:
** You seem to be under a misapprehension.
** I think we should clear up this misapprehension.


(Noun) سو تفاهم، عدم درک

miscellaneous
made up of a variety of parts

Longman:

[ only before noun]
a miscellaneous set of things or people includes many different things or people who do not seem to be connected with each other:
** a miscellaneous assortment of books
** They receive a grant of £1094 to cover the cost of miscellaneous expenses.


(Adjective) گوناگون، متفرقه
(Adjective) متفرقه

miscellany
mixture of writings on various subjects; collection of various items

Longman:

[ countable]
a group of different things
miscellany of:
** He earned his living from a miscellany of jobs.


(Noun) مجموعه ای از مطالب گوناگون، متنوعات

mischance
ill luck

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
bad luck, or a situation that results from bad luck:
** If by some mischance the government get elected again, I think taxes will rise.


(Noun) بدبختی، بدشانسی، رویداد بد، حادثه ناگوار

mischief
behavior (of children) causing trouble with no serious harm; damage; harm; (ex.) mischief to the crops; adj. mischievous: causing mischief; playfully troublesome

Longman:

1. [uncountable] bad behaviour, especially by children, that causes trouble or damage, but no serious harm:
** Now run along, and don't get into mischief.
** They've got enough toys to keep them out of mischief for a while.
** If you can't see Nick, you can be sure he's up to some mischief (=behaving badly and causing trouble or damage).

2. [uncountable] the pleasure or enjoyment of playing tricks on people or embarrassing them:
** Kiki's eyes were bright with mischief.

3. make mischief:[informal] to deliberately cause quarrels or unfriendly feelings between people
make mischief between:
** I didn't want to make mischief between them.

4. do yourself a mischief:[informal] to injure yourself slightly:
** If you try to lift that box, you'll do yourself a mischief.

5. [formal] damage or harm that is done to someone or to their property:
** The jury cleared him of the charge of criminal mischief.


(Noun) بدسگالی، موذیگری، اذیت، شیطنت، شرارت

misconduct
immoral behavior; bad management; (v.)

Longman:

[ uncountable]
bad or dishonest behaviour by someone in a position of authority or trust:
** a doctor who has been accused of professional misconduct
** He was fired for serious misconduct.
** She was found guilty of gross misconduct (=very serious misconduct).

خلاف کاری، سو رفتار، بد اخلاقی، بدرفتاری

misconstrue
interpret incorrectly; misinterpret; misjudge

Longman:

[ transitive]
to misunderstand something that someone has said or done:
** His behaviour could easily be misconstrued.

بد تعبیر کردن،بد تفسیر کردن،در فهمیدن مقصود(کسی)اشتباه کردن

miscreant
wretch; wrongdoer; villain; (ex.) kindness to the miscreant; (cf.) believe

Longman:

[ countable]
[formal] a bad person who causes trouble, hurts people etc

بی وجدان، (ادم) پست، (ادم) خدا نشناس، (شخص) بیدین، رافضی، بدعت گذار، خبیث

misdemeanor
minor crime; misdeed; wrongdoing


(Noun) ( misdemeanour ) گناه، بزه، تخطی از قانون

miserly
stingy; mean

Longman:

1. a miserly amount or quantity is one that is much too small [= measly, paltry]:
** We were offered a miserly 4% pay rise.

2. a miserly person is not generous and does not like spending money [= mean]


(Adjective) چشم تنگ، خسیس

misgivings
doubts

لغت مورد نظر شما یافت نشد.واژه‌ها‌ی پیشنهادی:
** misgiving

mishap
unfortunate accident

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
a small accident or mistake that does not have very serious results:
** I had a slight mishap with one of the glasses.
** a series of mishaps
without mishap:
** Only one horse finished the course without mishap.


(Noun) رویداد ناگوار، بدبختی، قضا، حادثه بد

misnomer
wrong or improper name; incorrect designation

Longman:

[ countable]
a wrong or unsuitable name:
** 'Silent movie' is a misnomer since the movies usually had a musical accompaniment.


(Noun) نام غلط، نام عوضی، اسم بی مسمی

misogamy
hatred of marriage


(Noun) بیزاری از ازدواج

misogynist
hater of woman; (cf.) misogyny

Longman:

[ countable]
a man who hates women


(Noun) کسیکه اززن بیزار است،زن گریز

missile
object to be thrown or projected

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a weapon that can fly over long distances and that explodes when it hits the thing it has been aimed at:
** a nuclear missile
** a missile attack

2. an object that is thrown at someone in order to hurt them:
** Demonstrators threw missiles at the police.


(Noun) اسلحه پرتاب کردنی، گلوله، موشک، پرتابه

missive
letter; written statement; (cf.) sent

Longman:

[ countable]
a letter - often used humorously:
** An anonymous missive had been pushed under her door.

نامه رسمی

mite
very small object or insect-like creature; small coin

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a very small creature that lives in plants, carpets etc

2. [spoken] a small child, especially one that you feel sorry for:
** Poor mite! You must be starving!

3. a mite: slightly [= a bit]:
** She's a mite shy.
** It's a mite too big for the box.

4. a mite of something:[old-fashioned] a small amount of something


(Noun) (جانورشناسی) کرم ریز، کرم پنیر

mitigate
appease; moderate; make or become less in force or intensity

Longman:

[ transitive]
to make a situation or the effects of something less unpleasant, harmful, or serious [= alleviate]:
** Measures need to be taken to mitigate the environmental effects of burning more coal.

سبک کردن، تخفیف دادن، تسکین دادن

mnemonic
pertaining to memory; assisting the memory; n: device, such as formula or rhyme, used as a mnemonic aid

Longman:

[ countable]
something such as a poem or a sentence that you use to help you remember a rule, a name etc

حفظی، نام حفظی وابسته به قوه حافظه

mobile
movable; not fixed; (n.) mobility

Longman:

1. not fixed in one position, and easy to move and use in different places:
** mobile air-conditioners

2. moving or able to move from one job, area, or social class to another:
** a more mobile workforce
** People these days are much more socially mobile.
** an upwardly mobile (=moving to a higher social scale)professional

3. able to move or travel easily [≠ immobile]:
** She's more mobile now that she has her own car.

4. mobile library/shop/clinic etc: a shop etc that is kept in a vehicle and driven from place to place:
** Two mobile units provide healthcare in rural villages.

5. mobile mouth/face/features:[written] features that can change their expression quickly:
** His mobile features registered amusement.

متحرک، سیار متحرک، قابل حرکت، قابل تحرک، سیال

mock
ridicule; deride; imitate often in derision

Longman:

1. [formal] to laugh at someone or something and try to make them look stupid by saying unkind things about them or by copying them [= make fun of]:
** Opposition MPs mocked the government's decision.
** 'Running away?' he mocked.
** It's easy for you to mock, but we put a lot of work into this play.

2. [formal] to make something seem completely useless:
** Violent attacks like this mock the peace process.

to make a full-size model of something so that it looks real

ساختگی، تقلیدی، تقلید در آوردن، استهزا کردن، دست انداختن، تمسخر

mode
prevailing style; current fashion; manner; way of doing something; (ex.) in the latest mode; (ex.) simple mode of life

Longman:

[ countable]
1. [formal] a particular way or style of behaving, living or doing something
mode of:
** the most efficient mode of transport
** They have a relaxed mode of life that suits them well.
** Western modes of thought

2. a particular way in which a machine or piece of equipment can operate:
** Set the monitor to 256 colour mode.
** To get out of the 'auto' mode on the camera, turn the knob to 'M'.

3. be in work mode/holiday mode etc:[informal] to have a particular feeling or way of thinking or behaving, because of the situation you are in:
** With only minutes to go, we were now in panic mode.

4. be the mode: to be fashionable at a particular time:
** Long skirts were then the mode.

5. one of various systems of arranging notes in music, such as major and minor in Western music


(Noun) باب، وجه
(Noun) رسم، سبک، اسلوب، طرز، طریقه، مد، وجه

modicum
limited quantity; small amount; (ex.) he does not have a modicum of sense; (cf.) moderate

Longman:

a modicum of something:[formal] a small amount of something, especially a good quality:
** a modicum of common sense


(Noun) مقدار کم، مقدار یا قسمت کوچک، اندک

modish
fashionable; conforming to the current fashion

Longman:

[old-fashioned] modish ideas, designs etc are modern and fashionable


(Adjective) شیک، مدپرست

modulate
tone down in intensity; change the intensity or tone of; regulate; change from one musical key to another; ex. modulate from e to g

Longman:

1. to change the sound of your voice

2. [transitive] to change a process or activity to make it more controlled, slower, less strong etc:
** These drugs modulate the disease process.

3. to move from one key to another in a piece of music using a series of related chords

4. to change the form of a radio signal so that it can be broadcast more effectively


(Verb - transitive) تلقیق کردن، سوار کردن
(Verb - transitive) تعدیل کردن، میزان کردن، بمایه دراوردن، زیروبم کردن،برابری کردن، مطابق کردن، (موسیقی)یک پرده یامقام،تغییر پرده ومقام دادن، تحریردادن، تنظیم کردن، ملایم کردن، نرم کردن، تلحین کردن، (برق)فرکانس و نوسانات امواج الکتریکی را تغییردادن، میزان کردن رادیو

mogul
powerful person; (ex.) oil moguls; (cf.) mogol, moghul; (cf.) mongolian

Longman:

[ countable]
movie/media/gambling etc mogul: a businessman or businesswoman who has great power and influence in a particular industry

مغول، شخص بزرگ وبا نفوذ

molecule
the smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance that has all the properties of that substance

Longman:

[ countable]
the smallest unit into which any substance can be divided without losing its own chemical nature, usually consisting of two or more atoms:
** The molecules of oxygen gas contain just two atoms.

مادیزه مولکل

mollify
soothe an angry person

Longman:

[ transitive]
to make someone feel less angry and upset about something [= placate]:
** He attempted to mollify her.
** Nature reserves were set up around new power stations to mollify local conservationists.

فرو نشاندن، ارام کردن، نرم کردن، تسکین دادن، خواباندن

mollycoddle
pamper; coddle; baby; indulge excessively

Longman:

[ transitive]
to treat someone too kindly and to protect them too much from anything unpleasant:
** He had been mollycoddled as a young boy.

ادم ناز پرورده، شخص زن صفت، ناز کشیدن

molt
periodically shed or cast off hairs or feathers (for replacement by a new growth)

Longman:

the American spelling of moult

(جانورانی مانند مار) پوست انداختن، (پرندگان) تولک رفتن، پر ریختن، (جانوران شاخدار) شاخ انداختن، مو ریختن

**

** - birds molt once or twice a year
** - پرندگان سالی یک یا دو بار پر میریزند پوست اندازی، تولک، پرریزی، موریزی، شاخ ریزی، کریچ شاخ یا پر یا پوست انداخته شده
**

** - I found a snake molt
** - من یک پوست مار پیدا کردم

molten
melted; (ex.) molten lava

Longman:

[ usually before noun]
molten metal or rock has been made into a liquid by being heated to a very high temperature:
** molten iron
molten lava: (=liquid rock from a volcano)

گداخته، اب شده، ریخته، ریختگی، ذوب شده

momentous
very important; (n.) moment; (cf.) momentary

Longman:

a momentous event, change, or decision is very important because it will have a great influence on the future:
** a momentous decision
** Momentous events are taking place in the US.
** His colleagues all recognized that this was a momentous occasion.
** one of the most momentous days in British sport


(Adjective) مهم، خطیر، واجب، با اهمیت

momentum
quantity of motion of a moving body; impetus; moving force

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. the ability to keep increasing, developing, or being more successful
gain/gather momentum:
** The campaign for reform should start to gather momentum in the new year.
** incentives to maintain the momentum of European integration
** Governments often lose momentum in their second term of office.
momentum of:
** the momentum of increasing immigration
momentum towards:
** the momentum towards economic union

2. the force that makes a moving object keep moving
gain/gather momentum: (=move faster)
** The wheel was allowed to roll down the slope, gathering momentum as it went.
** Pratt, without losing any momentum at all, passed them both and won the race.

3. the force or power that is contained in a moving object and is calculated by multiplying its weight by its speed
momentum of:
** the momentum of a particle

مقدار حرکت، مقدار جنبش انی، نیروی حرکت انی

monarchy
government under a single ruler

Longman:

1. the system in which a country is ruled by a king or queen:
** the abolition of the monarchy

2. a country that is ruled by a king or queen [↪ republic]

3. the monarchy: the king or queen of a country, and his or her family:
** People are going to be questioning the role of the monarchy more and more.


(Noun) سلطنت، پادشاهی، حکومت سلطنتی، حکومت پادشاهی، رژیم سلطنتی
(Noun) خانواده‌ی سلطنتی

monastic
related to monks or monasteries; removed from worldly concerns

Longman:

1. relating to monks or life in a monastery:
** the monastic life
** a monastic community
** Roman Catholic monastic orders (=groups of monks)

2. similar to a monk's way of living, for example quiet, simple, or not having sex:
** He led a rather monastic lifestyle.

رهبانی

monetary
pertaining to money

Longman:

[ only before noun]
relating to money, especially all the money in a particular country:
** the government's tight monetary policy
** objects of little monetary value


(Adjective) پولی

mongrel
plant or animal (esp. a dog) of mixed breed; adj.

Longman:

[ countable]
a dog that is a mix of several different breeds

دورگه، دو تخمه، پست نژاد

monochromatic
having only one color


(Adjective) وابسته به یا دارای یک رنگ، تک‌رنگه، تک‌رنگ، تک‌فام (monochroic هم می‌گویند)
(Adjective) تولید کننده‌ی تابش‌گری الکتروماگنتیک دارای یک طول موج واحد یا طول موج‌های تقریبا برابر
(Adjective) وابسته به رنگ کوری

monochrome
painting in only one color; (adj.)

Longman:

1. in shades of only one colour, especially shades of grey:
** We looked out over the grey, monochrome landscape.

2. a monochrome picture or screen uses only the colours black, white, and grey [≠ colour]:
** a monochrome computer monitor


(Adjective) (تصویر، تلویزیون و غیره) تک رنگ، تک فام
(Noun) تصویر تک‌رنگ، نقاشی تک‌رنگ، عکس تک‌رنگ
(Noun) استفاده از یک رنگ، تک‌رنگ‌کاری

monogram
design composed of one or more initials of a name; (v.)

Longman:

[ countable]
a design that is made using the first letters of someone's names and is put on pieces of clothing or other possessions


(Noun) طغرا،امضای هنر پیشگی

monograph
scholarly article

Longman:

[ countable]
an article or short book that discusses a subject in detail

ویژه نگاشت، رساله درباره یک موضوع، امضا با یکحرف، تک پژوهش

monolithic
solidly uniform; unchangeable; unyielding; n. monolith: large block of stone

Longman:

1. a monolithic building is very large, solid, and impressive

2. a monolithic organization, political system etc is very large and powerful and difficult to change:
** a monolithic movie company

یک پارچه

monotheism
belief in one god

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the belief that there is only one God [↪ polytheism]

توحید، یکتا پرستی، اعتقاد به خدای واحد

monotony
sameness leading to boredom; monotonousness; adj. monotonous; (cf.) monotone

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the quality of being always the same, which makes something boring, especially someone's life or work
monotony of:
** She wanted to escape the monotony of her everyday life.
relieve/break the monotony:
** He suggested a card game to relieve the monotony of the journey.


(Noun) بی تنوعی، یکاهنگی، بی زیر وبم، یکنواختی

monumental
massive; impressively large; built as a monument

Longman:

1. [usually before noun] a monumental achievement, piece of work, etc is very important and is usually based on many years of work:
** a monumental contribution to the field of medicine
** Charles Darwin's monumental study, 'The Origin of Species'

2. [only before noun] extremely large, bad, good, impressive etc:
** Banks and building societies were yesterday accused of monumental incompetence.
** a monumental task
** There was a monumental traffic jam on the freeway.

3. relating to a monument or built as a monument:
** a monumental arch


(Adjective) یادگاری،درخور،یادگار ،تاریخی،ماندگار،هویدا،معلوم،زیاد

moodiness
fits of depression or gloom; (adj.) moody: given to changeable moods; subject to periods of depression; gloomy (cf.) mood: state of mind or emotion

لغت مورد نظر شما یافت نشد.واژه‌ها‌ی پیشنهادی:

moratorium
legal delay of payment or action; (ex.) declare moratorium on the building of new houses

Longman:

[ countable usually singular]
1. an official stopping of an activity for a period of time
moratorium on:
** a moratorium on nuclear testing

2. a law or an agreement that gives people more time to pay their debts:
** a two-year moratorium on interest payments


(Noun) (حقوق) مهلت قانونی، استمهال

morbid
given to unwholesome or unhealthy thought; moody; characteristic of disease; (ex.) morbid curiosity; n. morbidity; (cf.) disease

Longman:

1. with a strong and unhealthy interest in unpleasant subjects, especially death
morbid fascination/curiosity:
** a morbid fascination with instruments of torture
** The trip was made all the worse by Frankie's morbid fear of flying.
** His head was full of morbid thoughts.

2. relating to or caused by a disease:
** a morbid gene


(Adjective) ناسالم، ناخوش، ویژه ناخوشی، مریض، وحشت اور

mordant
biting; sarcastic; stinging; (apprec.) incisive; cutting; (ex.) mordant pen/wit

Longman:

mordant wit/satire/humour:[formal] unkind and insulting humour etc that is also funny [= biting]:
** The play's mordant comedy makes for compelling viewing.

زننده، جگرسوز، گوشه دار، نیش دار، (رنگرزی) ماده ثابت کننده، ماده ثبات بکار بردن

mores
conventions; moral standards; moral customs

Longman:

[ plural]
the customs, social behaviour, and moral values of a particular group:
** contemporary social and sexual mores

عادات، اداب، رسوم

morgue
mortuary; place where bodies are kept before burial or cremation

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a building or room, usually in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept until they are buried or cremated [= mortuary]

2. a place that has become very quiet and dull - used humorously:
** This place is like a morgue.


(Noun) مرده خانه، جای امانت مردگانی که هویت انها معلوم نیست، بایگانی راکد

moribund
dying; at the point of death; (cf.) death

Longman:

1. a moribund organization, industry, etc is no longer active or effective and may be coming to an end:
** The region's heavy industry is still inefficient and moribund.
** A cut in interest rates will help the country's moribund housing market.

2. [literary] slowly dying:
** The patient was moribund by the time the doctor arrived.


(Adjective) درحال نزع، در سکرات موت، روبه مرگ

morose
ill-humored; sullen; sullenly melancholy

Longman:

bad-tempered, unhappy, and silent:
** Daniel seems very morose and gloomy.


(Adjective) ترشرو، کج خلق، عبوس، وسواسی

mortar
vessel in which substances are crushed with a pestle

Longman:

1. a mixture of cement or lime, and sand and water, used in building for holding bricks or stones together

2. a heavy gun that fires bombs or shells in a high curve:
** A cameraman was killed when his vehicle came under mortar fire.
** a mortar attack

3. a stone bowl in which substances are crushed with a pestle (=tool with a heavy round end):
** You'll need a pestle and mortar to grind the spices.

هاون، هاون داروسازی، خمپاره، شفته، ساروج کردن، باخمپاره زدن

mortician
undertaker; (cf.) death

Longman:

[ countable]
someone whose job is to arrange funerals and prepare bodies to be buried [= undertaker British English]


(Noun) مقاطعه کار کفن ودفن، متصدی کفن ودفن

mortify
humiliate by embarrassing excessively; shame; punish the flesh; discipline (one’s body) by self-denial; ex. mortified by her blunder; (ex.) mortify the flesh; (cf.) cause to die

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to cause someone to feel extremely embarrassed or ashamed

2. mortify the flesh/yourself: to try to control your natural physical desires and needs by making your body suffer pain

پست کردن، ریاضت دادن، کشتن، ازردن، رنجاندن

mosaic
picture made of small colorful inlaid tiles; (adj.)

Longman:

1. a pattern or picture made by fitting together small pieces of coloured stone, glass etc:
** rooms decorated with wall paintings and mosaics
** a 3rd century Roman mosaic floor

2. [countable usually singular] a group of different things that exist next to each other or together
mosaic of:
** The forest floor was a mosaic of autumn colours.
** the complex mosaic of world cultures

وابسته به موسی، موسوی، (باحرف کوچک) موزاییک،باموزاییک اراستن، تکه تکه بهم پیوستن

mote
small speck (esp. of dust)

Longman:

[ countable]
a very small piece of dust

دره، خس، ریزه، خال، نقطه، خرده، اتم

motif
theme; recurrent thematic element in a musical or literary work; single or repeated pattern; figure

Longman:

[ countable]
1. an idea, subject, or image that is regularly repeated and developed in a book, film, work of art etc:
** The theme of creation is a recurrent motif in Celtic mythology.

2. a small picture or pattern used to decorate something plain:
** a white T-shirt with a blue fish motif

3. an arrangement of notes that is often repeated in a musical work


(Noun) موتیف، موضوع، اصل، مایه اصلی، شکل عمده

motility
ability to move spontaneously; (adj.) motile: moving spontaneously

لغت مورد نظر شما یافت نشد.واژه‌ها‌ی پیشنهادی:
** modality

motley
multi-colored (as of a garment worn by a jester); mixed; heterogeneous; (cf.) jester: one who jests (as a paid fool at medieval courts)

Longman:

[ only before noun]
a motley collection/crew/assortment etc: a group of people or things that are very different from each other and do not seem to belong together:
** I looked at the motley bunch we were sailing with and began to feel uneasy about the trip.
** His pockets contained a motley collection of coins, movie ticket stubs, and old candies.

رنگارنگ، امیخته، مختلط، لباس رنگارنگ دلقک ها، لباس چهل تکه

mottled
blotched in coloring; spotted; (ex.) mottled face; v. mottle: mark with blotches of different colors

Longman:

covered with spots or coloured areas
mottled with:
** The book's pages were mottled with brown stains.
** His red, mottled face showed the effect of too much whisky.


(Adjective) ابرهای،موجی،رنگارنگ،خالخال،لکه لکه

motto
brief statement used to express a principle

Longman:

[ countable]
a short sentence or phrase giving a rule on how to behave, which expresses the aims or beliefs of a person, school, or institution:
** 'Be prepared' is the motto of the boy scouts.


(Noun) شعار، سخن زبده، پند، اندرز، حکمت

mountebank
charlatan; boastful pretender

Longman:

[ countable]
a dishonest person who tricks and deceives people

شارلاتان، ادم حقه باز، حقه بازی کردن

muddle
confuse; mix up confusedly; (n.) state of confusion

Longman:

1. be in a muddle/get into a muddle: British Englisha) to be confused:
** I'm in such a muddle, I'd completely forgotten you were coming today.
be in a muddle/get into a muddle over/about:
** My grandmother tends to get into a muddle over names.b) to be untidy or in a disorganized state:
** Sorry about the mess - we're in a bit of a muddle at the moment.
** All my files have got into a muddle somehow.

2. [countable usually singular, uncountable] when there is confusion about something, and things are done wrong as a result:
** Our accountant finally managed to sort out the muddle.
muddle over/about:
** There was a bit of a muddle over our hotel reservations.

گیج کردن، خراب کردن، درهم وبرهم کردن، گیجی، تیرگی

muggy
(of weather) warm and damp

Longman:

[informal] muggy weather is unpleasantly warm and the air seems wet [= humid]


(Adjective) گرم، خفه، مرطوب، گرفته

mulct
defraud a person of something; swindle; (ex.) mulct the boy of his legacy

جریمه، تاوان، لکه، عیب، جریمه کردن

multifarious
varied; greatly diversified; (ex.) multifarious activities

Longman:

of many different kinds:
** multifarious business activities


(Adjective) گوناگون، متعدد، بسیار، دارای انواع مختلف

multiform
having many forms


(Adjective) چند شکلی، بسیار شکل، بسیار شکلی

multilingual
having many languages; fluent in several languages

Longman:

using, speaking, or written in several different languages [↪ bilingual, monolingual]:
** the problems of a multilingual classroom
** a multilingual phrasebook


(Adjective) چندزبانه، چندزبانی

**

** - a multilingual dictionary
** - واژنامه‌ی چند زبانی

multiplicity
state of being numerous or multiple; large number; (ex.) multiplicity of details; (adj.) multiple: of more than one element

Longman:

[ singular, uncountable]
a large number or great variety of things
multiplicity of:
** the multiplicity of courses available to language students


(Noun) کثرت، تعدد
(Noun) تعدد، بسیار

mundane
worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday; of the ordinary; (ex.) mundane existence; (cf.) world

Longman:

1. ordinary and not interesting or exciting [= boring]:
** Initially, the work was pretty mundane.
** The mundane task of setting the table can be fun on holidays.

2. concerned with ordinary daily life rather than religious matters [= worldly]


(Adjective) این جهانی، دنیوی، خاکی

munificent
very generous in giving; (ex.) munificent benefactor; (n.) munificence

Longman:

very generous:
** a munificent gift


(Adjective) بخشنده، کریم

mural
wall painting

Longman:

[ countable]
a painting that is painted on a wall, either inside or outside a building [↪ fresco]

دیواری، دیوار نما، واقع بر روی دیوار

murky
dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague; (ex.) murky night/fog; (n.) murk: partial or complete darkness; gloom

Longman:

1. dark and difficult to see through:
** murky water

2. complicated and difficult to understand [= obscure]:
** The laws on intellectual property are murky.
** the murky waters (=complicated subject) of sexuality and jealousy

3. involving dishonest or illegal activities that are kept secret [= shady]:
** a murky world of fraud and secret deals
** a politician with a murky past

تیره

murmur
low, indistinct, continuous sound; (v.) (cf.) mumble

Longman:

1. [intransitive and transitive] to say something in a soft quiet voice that is difficult to hear clearly:
** 'Well done,' murmured George.
** The girl murmured something polite, and smiled.
** Julie turned over and murmured in her sleep.

2. to make a soft, low sound:
** The wind murmured through the trees.

3. [literary] especially British English to complain to friends and people you work with, but not officially

زمزمه، سخن نرم، شکایت، شایعات، زمزمه کردن

muse
ponder at length; (n.) source of inspiration (esp. of a poet)

Longman:

1. [transitive] to say something in a way that shows you are thinking about it carefully:
** 'Somewhere,' he mused, 'I've heard your name before.'

2. [intransitive] to think about something for a long time
muse on/over/about/upon:
** He mused on how different his life would have been, had he not met Louisa.

اندیشه کردن، تفکر کردن، در بحر فکر فرو رفتن، تعجب کردن، در شگفت ماندن، شگفت، (باحرف بزرگ) الهه شعروموسیقی

musky
having the odor of musk; (n.) musk: odorous substance secreted by an asian deer

مشکبار، مشک دار

muster
gather; assemble (troops); (ex.) muster up one’s strength for the ordeal; (n.)

Longman:

1. [transitive] alsomuster up something to get enough courage, confidence, support etc to do something, especially with difficulty [= summon (up)]
muster (up) the courage/confidence/energy etc to do something:
** Finally I mustered up the courage to ask her out.
** Senator Newbolt has been trying to muster support for his proposals.
** 'It's going to be fine,' replied David, with as much confidence as he could muster.

2. [intransitive and transitive] if soldiers muster, or if someone musters them, they come together in a group [= gather]:
** In April 1185, he began to muster an army.

(ارتش) لیست اسامی، فراخواندن، احضار کردن، جمعاوری کردن، جمع شدن، جمعاوری، اجتماع، ارایش، صف

musty
stale (in odor or taste); spoiled by age; (cf.) moist

Longman:

a musty room, house, or object has an unpleasant smell, because it is old and has not had any fresh air for a long time:
** the musty smell of old books


(Adjective) کپک زده، بوی ناگرفته، پوسیده، کهنه

mutability
ability to change in form; fickleness; (adj.) mutable: able to change; fickle; (cf.) mutate; (cf.) mutant


(Noun) تغییر پذیری، (مجازا) بی ثباتی، بیقراری، تلون

mute
silent; without speech; not pronounced; unable to speak; (n.) one who is incapable of speech; (v.) soften the sound, color, shade of

Longman:

1. [written] someone who is mute does not speak, or refuses to speak [= silent]:
** Billy continued to stand there, mute and defiant.

2. someone who is mute is unable to speak

گنگ، لال، بی صدا، بی زبان، صامت، کسر کردن، خفه کردن

muted
silent; muffled; toned down; (ex.) muted traffic noise

Longman:

[ usually before noun]
1. muted sounds, voices etc are quieter than usual [= subdued]:
** Everyone was sitting round discussing the accident in muted voices.

2. a muted reaction to something is not expressed strongly:
** There was muted agreement from most of the people in the room.
** The speech received only a muted response from the unions.

3. a muted colour or light is soft and gentle, not bright:
** muted pinks and blues

4. a muted musical instrument has been made to sound softer

لغت مورد نظر شما یافت نشد.واژه‌ها‌ی پیشنهادی:

mutilate
maim; injure lastingly; deprive of a limb or an essential part

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to severely and violently damage someone's body, especially by cutting or removing part of it:
** The prisoners had been tortured and mutilated.
** extra protection for mental patients who might mutilate themselves

2. to damage or change something so much that it is completely spoiled:
** The sculpture was badly mutilated in the late eighteenth century.


(Verb - transitive) ناقص، فلج، قلب وتحریف شده، بی اندام کردن، اخته کردن، ناقص کردن، فلج کردن، تحریف شدن
(Verb - transitive) معیوب کردن

mutinous
unruly; rebellious; (ex.) mutinous teenagers; n. mutiny: open rebellion; (cf.) mutineer

Longman:

1. [written] showing by your behaviour or appearance that you do not want to obey someone [= rebellious]:
** There was a mutinous look in Rosie's eyes.

2. involved in a mutiny


(Adjective) یاغی

mutter
utter (complaining words) indistinctly in low tones

Longman:

1. [intransitive and transitive] to speak in a low voice, especially because you are annoyed about something, or you do not want people to hear you
mutter to yourself:
** 'I never want to come here again,' he muttered to himself.
** Elsie muttered something I couldn't catch and walked off.
** 'He's such an unpleasant man,' Alyssia muttered under her breath.
mutter about:
** What are you two muttering about?

2. [intransitive] to complain about something or express doubts about it, but without saying clearly and openly what you think
mutter about:
** Some senators muttered darkly about the threat to national security.

من من، غرغر، لند لند، سخن زیر لب، من من کردن،جویده سخن گفتن، غرغر کردن

myopic
nearsighted; lacking foresight; (n.) myopia

Longman:

1. unwilling or unable to think about the future, especially about the possible results of a particular action - used in order to show disapproval [= short-sighted]:
** the government's myopic attitude to environmental issues

2. unable to see things clearly that are far away [= short-sighted BrE; = near-sighted AmE]


(Adjective) وابسته به نزدیک بینی ،نزدیک بین

myriad
very large number; (adj.) (cf.) ten thousand

Longman:

[ usually before noun]
very many:
** the myriad causes of homelessness
a myriad:
** We were plagued by a myriad tiny flies.

ده هزار، هزارها، بیشمار

mystic
of hidden meaning and spiritual power; (ex.) mystic ceremonies; (n.) (cf.) mysticism

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who practises mysticism

متصوف، اهل تصوف، اهل سر، رمزی

nadir
lowest point; point on the celestial sphere diametrically opposite the zenith

Longman:

[ singular]
the time when a situation is at its worst:
** By 1932, the depression had reached its nadir.


(Noun) نظیرالسمت، حضیض، ذلت، سمت القدم

naivete
quality of being unsophisticated; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility; (adj.) naive(na¨ıve): ingenuous; lacking worldliness; simple; credulous


(Noun) ( naivety ) سادگی، بی ریایی، خام دستی

naivety
qualityof being unsophisticated; simplicity;artlessness;gullibility; (adj.) naive(na¨ıve): ingenuous;lacking worldliness; simple; credulous


(Noun) ( naivete ) سادگی، بی ریایی، خام دستی

narcissist
conceited person; (n.) narcissism; (cf.) narcissus


(Noun) عاشق خود

narrative
related to telling a story; (n.) narrated account; story; (v.) narrate: tell (a story); (cf.) narration

Longman:

1. [countable] a description of events in a story, especially in a novel:
** At several points in the narrative the two stories cross.

2. [uncountable] the process or skill of telling a story

قصه، شرح، داستان، داستان سرایی، حکایت، روایت روایت، شرح

nascent
incipient; coming into being or existence; (ex.) nascent ability in music

Longman:

[ usually before noun]
coming into existence or starting to develop:
** the country's nascent democracy
** their nascent industries


(Adjective) پیدایش یافته، درحال تولد

natal
connected with birth; (cf.) prenatal; (cf.) postnatal

Longman:

relating to birth:
** Green turtles return to their natal island to breed.

زایشی، مولودی

natation
swimming


(Noun) فنشنا، شناوری، شناگری

natty
neatly or smartly dressed; dapper; smart; (ex.) natty dresser

Longman:

neat and fashionable in appearance:
** a natty suit
** He was a natty dresser.

اراسته، قشنگتر، پاکیزه، ماهر، چالاک

nausea
feeling of sickness and desire to vomit; disgust; cf. seasickness

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the feeling that you have when you think you are going to vomit (=bring food up from your stomach through your mouth) [= sick]
feeling/wave of nausea:
** A feeling of nausea suddenly came over me.


(Noun) دل اشوب، حالت تهوع، حالت استفراغ، انزجار

nauseate
cause to become sick; fill with disgust; fill nausea

Longman:

[ transitive]
to make someone feel that they are going to vomit:
** The thought of food nauseated me.
** She felt dizzy and nauseated.


(Verb - transitive) بالااوردن، حالت تهوع دست دادن، متنفر ساختن، ازرغبت انداختن، منزجرکردن

nauseous
causing nausea; feeling nausea

Longman:

1. feeling that you are going to vomit [= sick]:
** I felt slightly nauseous.
** The taste made me nauseous.

2. [formal] making you feel that you are going to vomit:
** a nauseous smell


(Adjective) تهوع اور

nautical
pertaining to ships or navigation

Longman:

relating to ships, boats, or sailing:
** nautical equipment


(Adjective) دریایی، مربوط به دریانوردی، ملوانی

navigable
(of a body of water) wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; (of a ship or aircraft) able to be steered

Longman:

a river, lake etc that is navigable is deep and wide enough for ships to travel on


(Adjective) قابل کشتیرانی

nebula
diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas; galaxy

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a mass of gas and dust among the stars, which often appears as a bright cloud in the sky at night

2. a galaxy (=mass of stars) which appears as a bright cloud in the sky at night


(Noun) (ستاره‌شناسی) سحابی (توده‌های عظیم گاز و گرد مابین فواصل ستارگان جاده شیری)
(Noun) (چشم پزشکی) تاری مختصر قرنیه
(Noun) افشانه، داروی افشاندنی

nebulous
vague; hazy; cloudy; of a nebula; (ex.) nebulous proposal

Longman:

1. an idea that is nebulous is not at all clear or exact [= vague]:
** 'Normality' is a rather nebulous concept.

2. a shape that is nebulous is unclear and has no definite edges:
** a nebulous ghostly figure


(Adjective) (مربوط به) سحابی‌ها
(Adjective) (مایعات، غیره) کدر، تیره، تار
(Adjective) (افکار، خاطرات و غیره) مغشوش، درهم برهم، آشفته، مبهم، گنگ، نامشخص، نامعلوم

necromancy
black magic; sorcery; dealings with the dead; art that professes to communicate with the spirits of the dead so as to predict the future; (cf.) necromancer; cf. necro + divination; (cf.) necro-: death; (ex.) necropolis

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. magic, especially evil magic

2. the practice of claiming to talk with the dead


(Noun) غیبگویی(از طریق ایجاد رابطه با مردگان)

nectar
drink of the gods; sweet liquid collected by bees

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. the sweet liquid that bees collect from flowers

2. thick juice made from particular fruit:
** mango nectar

3. the drink of the gods, in the stories of ancient Greece


(Noun) شراب لذیذ خدایان یونان، شهد، شربت، نوش

nefarious
very wicked

Longman:

evil or criminal:
** nefarious activities such as drug trafficking and fraud


(Adjective) شریر، زشت، نابکار، بدکار، شنیع، ناهنجار

negate
cancel out; nullify; cause to have no effect; deny; n. negation

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to prevent something from having any effect:
** Efforts to expand the tourist industry could be negated by reports that the sea is highly polluted.

2. to state that something does not exist or is untrue [= deny]


(Verb - transitive) نفی کردن، خنثی کردن
(Verb - transitive) منفی کردن، خنثی کردن، بلا اثر کردن

negligence
neglect; failure to take reasonable care; (adj.) negligent: neglectful; lax; not taking enough care

Longman:

[ uncountable]
failure to take enough care over something that you are responsible for:
** negligence in carrying out safety procedures
** The bridge's architect was sued for criminal negligence.


(Noun) قصور، اهمال، فراموشکاری، غفلت، فرو گذاشت

negligible
so small, trifling, or unimportant as to be easily disregarded

Longman:

too slight or unimportant to have any effect [= insignificant]:
** The damage done to his property was negligible.


(Adjective) ناچیز، جزئی، بی اهمیت، قابل فراموشی

nemesis
someone seeking revenge; source of downfall or ruin; (cf.) nemesis

Longman:

[ singular]
1. an opponent or enemy that is likely to be impossible for you to defeat, or a situation that is likely to be impossible for you to deal with
meet/face your nemesis:
** In the final he will meet his old nemesis, Pete Sampras.

2. [literary] a punishment that is deserved and cannot be avoided


(Noun) الهه انتقام، کینه جویی، انتقام، قصاص

neologism
new or newly coined word or phrase

Longman:

[ countable]
a new word or expression, or a word used with a new meaning [= coinage]


(Noun) واژه جدید، لغت اختراعی، نوواژه

neophyte
recent convert; new member of a religious group; beginner; (cf.) plant

Longman:

[ countable]
1. someone who has just started to learn a particular skill, art, job etc

2. a new member of a religious group


(Noun) جدید الایمان، کاراموز، مبتدی، نوچه

nepotism
favoritism (to a relative); (cf.) nephew

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the practice of unfairly giving the best jobs to members of your family when you are in a position of power:
** allegations of nepotism and corruption


(Noun) خیش و قوم پرستی، انتصاب برادر زاده یا خواهر زاده و اقوام نزدیک به مشاغل مهم اداری

nether
lower; (ex.) nether garments/regions

Longman:

[ only before noun]
lower down - often used humorously:
** exploring the nether regions of East Sussex


(Adjective) واقع در پایین، در زیر، زیر، پایین، واقع در زیر

nettle
irritate; annoy; vex; (adj.) nettlesome

Longman:

[ countable]
a wild plant with rough leaves that sting you

(گیاه‌شناسی) گزنه، انواع گزنه تیغی گزنده، بوسیله گزنه گزیده شدن، (مجازا) ایجاد بی صبری و عصبانیت کردن،برانگیختن، رنجه داشتن

nexus
connection

Longman:

[ singular]
a connection or network of connections between a number of people, things, or ideas
nexus of:
** a nexus of social relationships


(Noun) سلسله، پیوند
(Noun) اتصال، رابطه، رابطه داخلی، گروه متحد

nib
beak(bill); pen point

Longman:

[ countable]
1. the pointed metal part at the end of a pen

2. his/her nibs:[old-fashioned][informal] someone in authority or someone who thinks they are important:
** And how's his nibs this morning?

نوک قلم، نوک، دسته، قلم تراشیدن

nicety
precision; accuracy; minute distinction or difference; ex. to a nicety: exactly; precisely; (ex.) distinguish between niceties

Longman:

1. [countable usually plural] a small detail or point of difference, especially one that is usually considered to be part of the correct way of doing something:
** social niceties
** legal niceties
nicety of:
** the niceties of political diplomacy

2. to a nicety:[formal] exactly


(Noun) ظرافت، خوبی، دلپذیری، مطلوبی، احتیاط، دقت

niggardly
meanly stingy; parsimonious; (n.) niggard: stingy person

Longman:

1. a niggardly gift, amount, salary etc is much too small and is given unwillingly:
** niggardly wages
** a niggardly 2% increase

2. unwilling to spend money or be generous [= stingy]:
** a niggardly person

خسیس، چشم تنگ، خسیسانه

niggle
spend too much time on minor points (esp. when finding fault); find fault; (ex.) niggle over details; adj. niggling

Longman:

1. [transitive] if something niggles you, you keep worrying about it or feeling annoyed about it and you cannot forget it [↪ bug]:
** Something's been niggling her all day.
** It niggles me that we can't go home yet and get warm.

2. [intransitive] to argue or make criticisms about small unimportant details:
** She niggled over every detail of the bill.

ور رفتن، وقت گذراندن، خرده گرفتن

nihilist
one who considers traditional beliefs to be groundless and existence meaningless; absolute skeptic; revolutionary terrorist; (cf.) nihilism: belief that nothing has meaning or value; belief that destruction of existing political or social institutions is necessary for future improvement

منکر همه چیز، پوچ گرا

nimble
quick in movement; agile; quick in understanding; ex. nimble climber/mind

Longman:

1. able to move quickly and easily with light neat movements [= agile]:
** nimble fingers
** a nimble climber

2. a nimble mind/brain/wit: an ability to think quickly or understand things easily


(Adjective) چست، جلد، فرز، چابک، چالاک، زرنگ، تردست

nip
snip off; stop something’s growth or development; bite; make numb with cold; (ex.) nip the plan; (ex.) a guard dog nipped the postman; (ex.) fingers nipped by the extreme chill

Longman:

1. [informal] to go somewhere quickly or for a short time [= pop]:
** Have we time to nip down the pub for a quick drink?
** Another car nipped in (=moved quickly into a space) in front of me.
** I've got to nip home and change my clothes.

2. [intransitive and transitive] to bite someone or something lightly:
** She gently nipped the lobe of his ear.
nip at:
** The fish swam all around her and nipped at her legs.

3. nip something in the bud: to prevent something from becoming a problem by stopping it as soon as it starts:
** Try to nip this kind of bad behaviour in the bud.

4. [transitive] British English to suddenly and quickly press something tightly between two fingers, edges, or surfaces [↪ pinch]:
** Sally nipped her cheeks to make them look less pale.
** He nipped his finger in the door.

5. [written] if cold weather or the wind nips at part of your body or at a plant, it hurts or damages it
nip at:
** The frost nipped at our fingers.

ن، گازگرفتن، کش رفتن، جوانه زدن، مانع رشدونموشدن، ببادانتقادگرفتن، دراثرسرما بیحس شدن،صدمهزدن، دردناک بودن، جفت جفت زدن، پریدن، جیم شدن،چیز، چیزی، جزئی، نیش، زخم زبان،سرمازدگی(گیاه وجوانه ها)، طعم تندوتیز(مثل فلفل)، سوزش، دزدی، منگنه، گیره، ذره، خرده

nirvana
in buddhist teachings, the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an impersonal beatitude

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. the final state of complete knowledge and understanding that is the aim of believers in Buddhism

2. a condition of great happiness and a feeling of peace


(Noun) (آیین هندو) نیروانا (پایان دورههای وجود و بازگشت به بودا)، فنا
(Noun) (آیین بودا) رستگاری در اثر از بین بردن خواستهها و شهوات و ادغام روح در روح کل
(Noun) (مجازی) رستگاری، سعادت کامل

nocturnal
done or active at night; (ex.) nocturnal animals/ raids; (cf.) nocturne

Longman:

1. an animal that is nocturnal is active at night:
** Hamsters are nocturnal creatures.

2. happening at night:
** Rebecca paid a nocturnal visit to the flat.


(Adjective) شبانه، عشایی، واقع شونده در شب، نمایش شبانه

noisome
foul smelling; very unpleasant; unwholesome

Longman:

very unpleasant:
** noisome smells


(Adjective) مضر، زیانبخش، بدبو، کریه، نامطلوب

nomadic
wandering; (n.) nomad: tribe who migrates from place to place

Longman:

1. nomadic people are nomads:
** nomadic herdsmen

2. if someone leads a nomadic life, they travel from place to place and do not live in any one place for very long:
** The son of an airforce pilot, he had a somewhat nomadic childhood.


(Adjective) چادر نشین، وابسته به کوچ گری

nomenclature
terminology(system of specialized words); system of names or naming things

Longman:

[ uncountable]
a system of naming things, especially in science
nomenclature of:
** the nomenclature of science
** zoological nomenclature


(Noun) فهرست واژه ها و اصطلاحات یک علم یا یک فن، مجموعه لغات، نام، فهرست علائم و اختصارات

nominal
in name only; of a name; trifling; (of a sum of money) very small; (cf.) nominate: propose as a candidate; appoint

Longman:

1. nominal sum/charge/fee etc: a very small sum of money, especially when compared with what something would usually cost or what it is worth:
** A nominal charge is made for use of the tennis courts.

2. officially described as being something, when this is not really true:
** the nominal head of the rebellion
** Their conversion to Christianity was only nominal.

3. nominal value/rate/income etc:[technical] a nominal value etc does not show what something is really worth or really costs, because it does not take into account changes in the price of other goods and services [≠ real]:
** If prices rise and the nominal wage remains constant, the real wage falls.

4. relating to nouns or used as a noun:
** the nominal use of the present participle

اسمی اسمی، صوری، جزئی، کم قیمت

nonchalance
indifference; lack of concern; composure; adj. nonchalant: unconcerned; cool; indifferent; (ex.) nonchalant attitude to his debts


(Noun) سهل انگاری، لاقیدی، پشت گوش فراخی

noncommittal
neutral; refusing commitment to a particular opinion; unpledged; undecided


(Adjective) رد کننده، غیر صریح، غیر مشخص

nondescript
undistinctive; ordinary; ordinary-looking; ex. nondescript fellow in a crowd

Longman:

someone or something that is nondescript looks very ordinary and is not at all interesting or unusual:
** a rather nondescript suburban house

غیرقابل طبقه بندی، وصف ناپذیر، نامعین

nonentity
person of no importance; nonexistence

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who has no importance or power and who is not special in any way [= nobody]


(Noun) چیز غیر موجود، جیز وهمی و خیالی، عدم

nonplus
put at a loss; bring to a halt by confusion; perplex; cf. no more

پریشانی، اشفتگی، بی تصمیمی، بی تصمیم، بی تصمیم بودن، پریشان کردن

nonsense
speech or writing with no meaning; foolish behavior or language; (ex.) make (a) nonsense of: spoil; cause to fail

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. stupid/untrue: ideas, opinions, statements etc that are not true or that seem very stupid [= rubbish British English]
** 'I'm a prisoner in my own home.' 'Nonsense!'
absolute/utter/complete nonsense:
** 'Nobody cares about me.' 'That's absolute nonsense, Mary!'
nonsense about:
** all this nonsense about health foods
** If you ask me, these modern teaching methods are a load of nonsense (=a lot of nonsense).
** He was talking utter nonsense as usual.
be a nonsense: British English
** The government's housing policy is a nonsense.
** By 1832 the idea had become an economic nonsense.
it is (a) nonsense to do something:
** It is nonsense to say that mistakes are never made.

2. annoying behaviour: behaviour that is stupid and annoying:
** You're to stop that nonsense, do you hear me?
not stand/put up with/take any nonsense: (=not accept such behaviour)
** She won't stand any nonsense from the kids in her class.

3. without meaning: speech or writing that has no meaning or cannot be understood:
** Computer programs look like complete nonsense to me.

4. make (a) nonsense of something: British English to make an action, system, or plan useless or ineffective:
** Having the army still in power makes a nonsense of last year's elections.

5. nonsense poems/verse/rhymes: poetry that is humorous because it does not have a sensible meaning

یاوه، مهمل، مزخرف، حرف پوچ، بیمعنی، خارج از منطق

noose
loop formed in a rope

Longman:

a ring formed by the end of a piece of rope, which closes more tightly as it is pulled, used especially for killing someone by hanging them

کمند، خفت، دام، بند، تله، در کمند انداختن

nostalgia
homesickness; longing for the past; (ex.) nostalgia for the clothes of 1920s; (adj.) nostalgic

Longman:

[ uncountable]
a feeling that a time in the past was good, or the activity of remembering a good time in the past and wishing that things had not changed
nostalgia for:
** nostalgia for the good old days
** He looked back on his university days with a certain amount of nostalgia.
** a wave of nostalgia for how great life was in the 1960s


(Noun) دلتنگی برای میهن، احساس غربت

nostrum
questionable medicine; quack medicine; (cf.) our (remedy)

Longman:

[ countable]
an idea that someone thinks will solve a problem easily, but will probably not help at all:
** an economic nostrum


(Noun) دارویی که علاج هر درد باشد، علاج هر چیز

notable
conspicuous; worthy of note; remarkable; important; distinguished; noted

Longman:

[ usually before noun]
important, interesting, excellent, or unusual enough to be noticed or mentioned
notable feature/example:
** A notable feature of the church is its unusual bell tower.
notable achievement/success/victory:
** Every country in the world signed the treaty, with one notable exception - the United States.
notable for:
** The town is notable for its busy open-air market.

شخص بر جسته، چیز برجسته، جالب توجه

notch
v-shaped cut in a surface; (v.)

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a level on a scale that measures something, for example quality or achievement:
** Her new book is several notches above anything else she has written.
** Jackson raised his voice by a notch.
** The Spartans turned it up a notch in the second half.

2. a V-shaped cut or hole in a surface or edge:
** Cut a notch near one end of the stick.

3. a passage between two mountains or hills

شکاف، بریدگی، شکاف چوبخط، سوراخ کردن، شکاف ایجادکردن، چوبخط زدن، فرورفتگی

notoriety
disrepute; ill fame

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the state of being famous or well-known for something that is bad or that people do not approve of
of notoriety:
** John is already a writer of some notoriety.
gain/win/achieve notoriety (for something):
** The local church has gained notoriety for being different.

انگشت نمایی، رسوایی، بدنامی

nourish
provide with food necessary for life and growth

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to give a person or other living thing the food and other substances they need in order to live, grow, and stay healthy:
** The cream contains vitamin A to nourish the skin.
** a well nourished baby

2. [formal] to keep a feeling, idea, or belief strong or help it to grow stronger:
** We need to nourish our hopes and dreams.


(Verb - transitive) قوت دادن، غذا دادن، خوراک دادن، تغذیه

nourishment
something that nourishes; food

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. the food and other substances that people and other living things need to live, grow, and stay healthy:
** lack of proper nourishment
** The soil provides nourishment for plant roots.

2. something that helps a feeling, idea, or belief to grow stronger
emotional/intellectual/spiritual nourishment:
** a child starved for emotional nourishment


(Noun) غذا، قوت، خوراک، تغذیه

nova
star that suddenly becomes much brighter and then returns to its original brightness

Longman:

[ countable]
a star which explodes and suddenly becomes much brighter for a short time➔ supernova


(Noun) (نج.) ستاره ای که نور ان چند روزی زیاد شده ودوباره کم شود، فانی ستاره، نو اختر

novelty
something new; newness; (adj.) novel: new; original

Longman:

1. [uncountable] the quality of being new, unusual, and interesting
novelty of:
** the novelty of the ideas
** Many toys have no attraction beyond their novelty value.
** It was fun for a while, but the novelty wore off (=it became boring).

2. [countable] something new and unusual which attracts people's attention and interest:
** Then the Internet was still something of a novelty.

3. an unusual, small, cheap object, often given as a present:
** a selection of novelties and t-shirts
** a novelty key-ring


(Noun) تازگی، نوظهوری، چیز تازه، چیز نو

novice
beginner

Longman:

[ countable]
1. someone who has no experience in a skill, subject, or activity [= beginner]:
** The computer course is ideal for novices.
novice at:
** I'm still a complete novice at the sport.
** This trail is not recommended for novice bikers.

2. someone who has recently joined a religious group to become a monk or nun


(Noun) تازه کار، نو اموز، مبتدی، جدیدالایمان، ادم ناشی،نوچه

noxious
harmful; (cf.) obnoxious

Longman:

harmful or poisonous [= toxic]:
** noxious fumes


(Adjective) مضر، مهلک

nuance
shade of slight difference in meaning or color; subtle distinction

Longman:

[ countable]
a very slight, hardly noticeable difference in manner, colour, meaning etc [↪ subtlety]:
** He was aware of every nuance in her voice.
nuance of:
** the painting's delicate nuances of color, tone, and texture
** subtle nuances of meaning


(Noun) فرق جزئی، اختلاف مختصر، نکات دقیق وظریف

nubile
marriageable; of marriageable age; (cf.) connubial

Longman:

a woman who is nubile is young and sexually attractive - sometimes used humorously


(Adjective) قابل ازدواج و همسری

nugatory
worthless; futile

Longman:

having no value


(Adjective) پوچ، بی اثر، ناچیز

nullify
make invalid; make null; invalidate

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to officially state that something has no legal force:
** The election results were nullified because of voter fraud.

2. [formal] to make something lose its effect or value:
** Recent inflation could nullify the economic growth of the last several years.

بی اثر کردن، لغو کردن

numismatist
person who collects coins; (n.) numismatics: study or collection of money, coins, and medals

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who collects and studies coins and medals

لغت مورد نظر شما یافت نشد.

nuptial
related to marriage or the wedding ceremony; n. nuptials: wedding ceremony

Longman:

[ only before noun]
relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony [↪ wedding]:
** a nuptial mass
** nuptial bliss


(Adjective) وابلسته بعروسی، نکاحی، عروسی، زفافی

nurse
suckle; take care of (as a nurse); bear in mind; ex. nursing mother; (ex.) nurse a hope/grudge against someone

Longman:

[ countable]
1. someone whose job is to look after people who are ill or injured, usually in a hospital:
** The nurse is coming to give you an injection.
** The school nurse sent Sara home.
** a male nurse
** a senior nurse
** a student nurse (=someone who is learning to be a nurse)
** a psychiatric nurse (=a nurse for people who are mentally ill)
** a community nurse

2. a woman employed to look after a young child [= nanny]

پرستار، دایه، مهد، پرورشگاه، پروراندن، پرستاری کردن، شیر خوردن، باصرفه جویی یا دقت بکار بردن

nurture
nourish; feed; educate; rear; care for while it is growing or developing; foster; cultivate; (n.) something that nourishes; rearing

Longman:

[ transitive usually passive]
1. to help a plan, idea, feeling etc to develop:
** European union is an ideal that has been nurtured since the post-war years.
** a hatred of foreigners nurtured by the media

2. to feed and take care of a child or a plant while it is growing:
** plants nurtured in the greenhouse

پرورش، تربیت، تغذیه، غذا، بزرگ کردن (کودک)، باراوردن بچه، پروردن

nutrient
nourishing substance; (adj.) providing nourishment

Longman:

[ countable]
a chemical or food that provides what is needed for plants or animals to live and grow:
** The plant absorbs nutrients from the soil.


(Noun) (رسمی) ماده‌ی غذایی

**

** - soil nutrients
** - مواد مغذی خاک
(Adjective) (رسمی) غذایی، مغذی، مقوی

nutrition
process of nourishing or being nourished; (cf.) malnutrition

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. the process of giving or getting the right type of food for good health and growth [↪ malnutrition]:
** Nutrition and exercise are essential to fitness and health.
** a nutrition expert
poor/good nutrition:
** Poor nutrition can cause heart disease in later life.

2. the science that deals with the effects of food, vitamins etc on people's health


(Noun) تغذیه، تقویت، قوت گیری، قوت، خوراک، غذا

nutritious
providing nourishment

Longman:

food that is nutritious is full of the natural substances that your body needs to stay healthy or to grow properly:
** Wholemeal bread is more nutritious than white bread.
** Nuts and fruit make nutritious snacks.
** The cookbook contains many simple yet highly nutritious meals.


(Adjective) ( nutritive ) مغذی

oaf
stupid awkward person; (cf.) elf

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who is stupid or awkward, especially a man


(Noun) بچه ای که پریان بجای بچه حقیقی بگذارند، بچه ناقص الخلقه، ساده لوح

oath
solemn promise; blasphemous use of sacred words to express strong feelings; swear-word; (ex.) “for christ’s sake”

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a formal and very serious promise
oath of loyalty/allegiance/obedience etc (to somebody):
** an oath of allegiance to the Queen
swear/take an oath:
** Servicemen have to swear an oath of loyalty to their country.
** The president took the oath of office (=promised to do a government job well before beginning it).

2. a formal promise to tell the truth in a court of law
on/under oath:
** The evidence was given under oath.
** Witnesses are required to take the oath (=make this promise).

3. [written] an offensive word or phrase that expresses anger, surprise, shock etc:
** He was shouting out oaths as they led him away.


(Noun) پیمان، سوگند، قسم خوردن

oatmeal
crushed oats used for making porridge

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. British English crushed oats used in cooking, especially for making biscuits or porridge

2. a soft breakfast food made by boiling crushed oats [= porridge British English]

3. a light brown colour


(Noun) ارد جو دوسر، شوربای ارد جو دوسر

obdurate
stubborn; refusing to change one’s belief

Longman:

very determined not to change your beliefs, actions, or feelings, in a way that seems unreasonable [= stubborn]:
** They argued, but he remained obdurate.


(Adjective) سخت دل، بی عاطفه، سرخت، لجوج، سنگدل

obeisance
bow (to show respect and obedience)

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
respect and obedience to someone or something, often shown by bending your head or the upper part of your body
make/pay obeisance (to somebody/something):
** They made obeisance to the sultan.


(Noun) کرنش، احترام، تواضع، تعظیم

obelisk
tall column tapering(becoming gradually narrower toward the end) and ending in a pyramid

Longman:

[ countable]
a tall pointed stone pillar, built to remind people of an event or of someone who has died

ستون هرمی شکل سنگی

obese
excessively fat; (n.) obesity

Longman:

very fat in a way that is unhealthy


(Adjective) فربه، گوشتالو، چاق

obfuscate
confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex; make so confused as to be difficult to understand

Longman:

[ transitive]
to deliberately make something unclear or difficult to understand


(Verb - transitive) گیج کردن، مبهم و تاریک کردن

obituary
death notice (esp. in a newspaper); (adj.)

Longman:

[ countable]
an article in a newspaper about the life of someone who has just died


(Noun) اگهی در گذشت، وابسته به وفات

objective
not influenced by emotions; fair; (n.) goal; aim

Longman:

[ countable]
1. something that you are trying hard to achieve, especially in business or politics [= goal]COLLOCATIONS COLLOCATIONS
achieve/meet an objective:
accomplish an objective: (=achieve an objective)
have an objective:
set an objective: (=decide what your objective is)
main/primary/principal objective:
clear/specific objective:
career objectives:
business objectives:
** He vowed to achieve certain objectives before the end of his presidency.
** the best way to accomplish your objectives
** The degree program has two main objectives.
** Managers should set specific performance objectives for their teams.
** The main objective was to improve children's knowledge of geography.
** A clear objective was set and adhered to.
** One of your first business objectives should be to get your own office.

2. a place that you are trying to reach, especially in a military attack:
** The 4th Division's objective was a town twenty miles to the east.

مقصود، هدف، عینی، معقول قابل مشاهده، بی طرف، علمی و بدون نظر خصوصی، حالت مفعولی، برونی، عینی، هدف، منظور

obligatory
binding; required; compulsory; (v.) oblige: constrain; make grateful; do a favor; accommodate

Longman:

1. [formal] something that is obligatory must be done because of a law, rule etc [= compulsory, mandatory]
it is obligatory for somebody (to do something):
** It is obligatory for companies to provide details of their industrial processes.

2. [only before noun] used humorously to describe something that is always done or included in a particular situation:
** She offered him the obligatory cup of tea.


(Adjective) الزامی، فرضی، واجب، (حقوق) لازم، الزام اور

oblique
indirect; slanting (deviating from the perpendicular or from a straight line); (ex.) oblique reference

Longman:

1. not expressed in a direct way [= indirect]:
** an oblique reference to his drinking problem

2. not looking, pointing etc directly at something:
** an oblique glance

3. oblique line/stroke etc: a sloping line etc

4. oblique angle: an angle that is not 90 degrees

مایل، مورب اریب، مایل، غیر مستقیم، منحرف، حاده یا منفرجه

obliterate
destroy completely; wipe out; (ex.) obliterate the village

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to destroy something completely so that nothing remains:
** Hiroshima was nearly obliterated by the atomic bomb.

2. to remove a thought, feeling, or memory from someone's mind:
** Nothing could obliterate the memory of those tragic events.

3. to cover something completely so that it cannot be seen:
** Then the fog came down, obliterating everything.

ستردن، محو کردن، زدودن، پاک کردن، معدوم کردن

oblivion
obscurity; condition of being completely forgotten; forgetfulness

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. when something is completely forgotten or no longer important
sink/slip/pass etc into oblivion:
** Wind power presents too many advantages to be allowed to sink into oblivion.
** The loser's name has been consigned to oblivion (=completely forgotten).

2. the state of being unconscious or of not noticing what is happening:
** the oblivion of sleep
** He had drunk himself into oblivion.


(Noun) فراموشی، نسیان، از خاطر زدایی، گمنامی

oblivious
inattentive or unmindful; unaware; wholly absorbed; forgetful(having the habit of forgetting)

Longman:

[ not before noun]
not knowing about or not noticing something that is happening around you [= unaware]
oblivious of/to:
** He seemed oblivious to the fact that he had hurt her.
seemingly/apparently oblivious:
** Congress was seemingly oblivious to these events.


(Adjective) فراموشکار، بی توجه

obloquy
slander; disgrace; infamy

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. very strong, offensive criticism

2. loss of respect and honour


(Noun) بدگویی، ناسزاگویی، سرزنش، افترا

obnoxious
offensive; disagreeable; (ex.) obnoxious smell

Longman:

very offensive, unpleasant, or rude:
** She's really obnoxious.
** an obnoxious idea
** obnoxious odours


(Adjective) گزنداور، مضر، زیان بخش، نفرت انگیز، منفور

obscure
dark; vague; unclear; not well known; (ex.) obscure meaning/village; (v.) darken; cover; make unclear; ex. obscure the moon/meaning

Longman:

1. not well known and usually not very important:
** an obscure poet
** The details of his life remain obscure.

2. difficult to understand:
** obscure legal phrases
** For some obscure reason, the group is very popular.

تیره، تار، محو، مبهم، نامفهوم، گمنام، تیره کردن،تاریک کردن، مبهم کردن، گمنام کردن

obsequious
slavishly attentive; servile; full of servile compliance; sycophantic

Longman:

very eager to please or agree with people who are powerful - used in order to show disapproval [= servile]:
** an obsequious smile


(Adjective) چاپلوس، متملق، سبزی پاک کن، فرمانبردار

obsequy
funeral ceremony

مجلس ترحیم یا تجلیل متوفی، فرمانبرداری

obsessive
related to thinking about something constantly; of an obsession; preoccupying; (n.) obsession: compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea; compulsive idea; (v.) obsess: preoccupy the mind of excessively

Longman:

thinking or worrying about something all the time, so that you do not think about other things enough - used to show disapproval:
** an obsessive concern with cleanliness and order
obsessive about (doing) something:
** I try to stay fit, but I'm not obsessive about it.


(Adjective) عقده ای، دستخوش یک فکر یا میل قوی

obsidian
black volcanic rock

Longman:

[ uncountable]
a type of rock that looks like black glass


(Noun) (سنگ شناسی- سنگ آتشفشانی سیاه و شیشه مانند) ابسدین

obsolete
outmoded; no longer used

Longman:

no longer useful, because something newer and better has been invented [↪ out-of-date]:
** obsolete weapons
** computer hardware that quickly became obsolete
** Will computers render (=make) books obsolete?


(Adjective) منسوخ، مهجور، متروکه، کهنه، از کار افتاده
(Adjective) مهجور، غیرمتداول، متروک

obstetrician
physician specializing in delivery(assisting in giving birth) of babies; (n.) obstetrics; (cf.) midwife

Longman:

[ countable]
a doctor who has special training in obstetrics


(Noun) ماما، متخصص زایمان، قابله، پزشک متخصص زایمان

obstinate
stubborn; hard to control or treat; (ex.) obstinate cough; (n.) obstinacy

Longman:

1. determined not to change your ideas, behaviour, opinions etc, even when other people think you are being unreasonable [= stubborn]:
** He was the most obstinate man I've ever met.
** Don't be so obstinate!
** an obstinate refusal to obey

2. [only before noun] British English difficult to deal with or get rid of:
** obstinate stains
** a complex and obstinate issue


(Adjective) کله شق، لجوج، سرسخت، خود رای، خیرهسر

obstreperous
boisterous; noisy and uncontrollable

Longman:

noisy and refusing to do what someone asks [↪ awkward]


(Adjective) غوغایی، پرهیاهو، پر سر و صدا، لجوج، دعوایی

obtrude
push (oneself or one’s ideas) forward or intrude; impose (oneself or one’s ideas) on others; butt in; stick out or extrude; thrust out; (ex.) obtrude a on b; (adj.) obtrusive; (n.) obtrusion; (cf.) unobtrusive

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
if something obtrudes, or you obtrude something, it becomes noticeable where it is not wanted ➔ intrude

بدون تقاضا چیزی را مطرح کردن، مزاحم شدن، متحمل شدن بر، جسارت کردن

obtuse
blunt; not sharp; stupid; slow in understanding

Longman:

slow to understand things, in a way that is annoying:
** 'But why?' said Charles, being deliberately obtuse.


(Adjective) بیحس، کند ذهن، منفرجه، زاویه ۹۰ تا ۱۸۰ درجه

obviate
make unnecessary; get rid of; (ex.) obviate the need

Longman:

[ transitive]
[formal] to prevent or avoid a problem or the need to do something [= eliminate]:
** The new treatment obviates the need for surgery.


(Verb - transitive) مرتفع کردن، رفع کردن، رفع نیاز کردن

occident
the west


(Noun) باختر، غرب، مغرب، مغرب زمین، اروپا، باختری

occlude
shut; close; obstruct; (ex.) a blood clot occluded an artery.


(Verb - transitive) بستن، مسدود کردن، خوردن

occult
mysterious; secret; supernatural; beyond human comprehension; (cf.) mysterious to human ?; op. bare

Longman:

the occult: mysterious practices and powers involving magic andspirits:
** He was a strange man who dabbled in the occult.

از نظر پنهان کردن، مخفی کردن، پوشیده، نهانی، سری،رمزی، مکتوم، اسرار آمیز، مستتر کردن

oculist
physician who specializes in treatment of the eyes

Longman:

[ countable]
a doctor who examines and treats people's eyes


(Noun) چشم پزشک، عینک ساز

odds
chances; probability; disagreement; (ex.) the odds are that it will rain. (ex.) at odds with

Longman:

[ plural]
1. probability: the odds: how likely it is that something will or will not happen:
** The odds are (=it is likely) that he will commit the same crime again.
the odds of:
** You can narrow the odds of a nasty accident happening in your home by being more safety-conscious.
the odds against:
** The odds against a plane crash are around a million to one.
** I'm afraid that the odds are heavily against her winning (=it is not likely).
** The odds are in favour of a Russian victory (=it is likely).
** What are the odds (=how likely is it) that they will mess up?
** a new company that has beaten the odds and succeeded (=it was not likely to succeed, but it did)

2. difficulties: difficulties which make a good result seem very unlikelyCOLLOCATIONS COLLOCATIONS
against (all) the odds : (=although there are great difficulties)
overcome the odds : (=succeed although there are great difficulties)
battle against the odds:
the odds are stacked against somebody : (=there are great difficulties)
impossible odds:
enormous/heavy/overwhelming odds:
** Against all the odds, he recovered from his terrible injuries.
** The South Africans overcame the odds to beat Australia.
** The hospital's director has been battling against the odds to improve patient care.
** The odds are stacked against the young birds, especially in winter.
** Their job was to hold on despite impossible odds, in order to give the rest of the army time to strike.
** a little company that battled its way, despite enormous odds, to success

3. be at odds:a) to disagree
be at odds with:
** Briggs found himself at odds with his colleagues.
be at odds over/on:
** The two politicians were at odds over what was the truth.b) if two statements, descriptions, actions etc are at odds with each other, they are different although they should be the same
be at odds with:
** Mark's account of what happened is at odds with Dan's.
** She gave him a sweet smile, totally at odds with the look of dislike in her eyes.

4. the numbers that show how much money you will win if you bet on the winner of a horse race or other competition:
** The odds are 6-1.
odds of:
** At odds of 10-1 he bet a hundred pounds.
(at) long/short odds: (=high or low numbers, that show a high or low risk of losing)
** Everyone was surprised when Desert Zone won the race, at very long odds.
lay/offer (somebody) odds: British English
** They are laying odds of 8-1 that the Conservatives will win the next election.

5. it makes no odds:[spoken] used to say that what someone does or what happens is not important:
** Pay me now or later - it makes no odds.

نابرابری، فرق، احتمال و وقوع، تمایل بیک سو،احتمالات، شانس، عدم توافق، مغایرت

odious
arousing strong dislike; hateful(causing hatred); vile

Longman:

extremely unpleasant:
** an odious little man


(Adjective) کراهت اور، نفرت انگیز

odium
detestation; quality of being odious; hatefulness; disrepute (resulting from hateful conduct)

Longman:

[ uncountable]
a strong feeling of hatred that a lot of people have for someone because of something they have done:
** Internationally Reagan attracted odium for his militarism.


(Noun) نفرت، دشمنی، عداوت، رسوایی، زشتی، بدنامی

odoriferous
giving off an odor

Longman:

odorous


(Adjective) بدبو، زننده، بودار، دارای بو

odorous
having an odor

Longman:

having a smell:
** odorous gases


(Adjective) بودار، بدبو، متعفن

odyssey
long, eventful, adventurous journey

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a series of experiences that teach you something about yourself or about life:
** a spiritual odyssey

2. a long journey with a lot of adventures or difficulties
on an odyssey:
** They departed Texas on a three-year odyssey that took them as far as Japan.


(Noun) قطعه منظوم رزمی منسوب به هومر شاعر یونانی حاویشرح مسافرتهای پر حادثه 'ادیسه'

offensive
attacking; insulting; distasteful; (v.) offend: violate; hurt the feelings of; (n.) offense: offending; violating of a moral or social code; crime; attack; (ex.) first offense

Longman:

1. very rude or insulting and likely to upset people [≠ inoffensive]:
** I found her remarks deeply offensive.
offensive to:
** crude jokes that are offensive to women
** offensive behaviour

2. [formal] very unpleasant:
** an offensive smell

3. for attacking ➔ defensive1 (1)
** Jan was convicted of possessing an offensive weapon.
** The troops took up offensive positions.

4. relating to getting points and winning a game, rather than stopping the other team from getting points [≠ defensive]:
** the Jets' offensive strategy

مهاجم، متجاوز، اهنانت اور، رنجاننده، کریه، زشت،یورش، حمله

offhand
casual; done without prior thought or preparation

Longman:

1. British English not very friendly towards someone when you are talking to them:
** She said you were a bit offhand with her this afternoon.
** an offhand tone of voice

2. said or done without thinking or planning:
** an offhand remark

بی تامل، بداهه، بدون مقدمه، بدون تهیه

officious
meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one’s services; overly eager in offering unwanted services or advices; (ex.) officious bellboy

Longman:

too eager to tell people what to do - used to show disapproval:
** an officious traffic warden


(Adjective) فضول، مداخله کن، فضولانه، ناخواسته

ogle
look at amorously; make eyes at; (ex.) old men ogling young girls

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
to look at someone in a way that shows you think they are sexually attractive - used in order to show disapproval:
** I didn't like the way he was ogling me.

چشم چرانی کردن، چشم چرانی، نگاه عاشقانه کردن، باچشم غمزه کردن، عشوه

olfactory
concerning the sense of smell

Longman:

[ only before noun]
connected with the sense of smell:
** the olfactory cells in the nose

وابسته بحس بویایی

oligarchy
government by a privileged few

Longman:

1. a small group of people who run a country or organization, or a country that is run by a small group of people

2. when a country or organization is run by a small group of people:
** Eventually oligarchy took over from democracy.


(Noun) حکومت معدودی از اغنیا و ثروتمندان

ominous
threatening; of an evil omen

Longman:

making you feel that something bad is going to happen:
** 'How long will she be ill?' he asked. There was an ominous silence.
** The car is making an ominous rattling sound.


(Adjective) بدشگون، نامیمون، شوم، بدیمن

omnipotent
all-powerful; having unlimited power

Longman:

able to do everything [= all-powerful]

قادر مطلق، قادر متعال

omnipresent
universally present; ubiquitous

Longman:

present everywhere at all times


(Adjective) حاضر در همه جا

omniscient
all-knowing

Longman:

knowing everything:
** the book's omniscient narrator


(Adjective) واقف بهمه چیز

omnivorous
eating both plant and animal food; devouring everything

Longman:

1. an animal that is omnivorous eats both meat and plants [↪ carnivorous, herbivorous]

2. [formal] interested in everything, especially in all books:
** an omnivorous reader


(Adjective) همه چیز خور، وابسته بجانوران همه چیز خور

onerous
burdensome

Longman:

work or a responsibility that is onerous is difficult and worrying or makes you tired:
** an onerous task


(Adjective) سنگین، گران، شاق، دشوار، طاقت فرسا

onomatopoeia
words formed in imitation of natural sounds

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the use of words that sound like the thing that they are describing, for example 'hiss' or 'boom'

تسمیه صوفی، تسمیه تقلیدی، صداواژه

onslaught
vicious assault; fierce attack; (ex.) unexpected onslaught of the enemy

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a large violent attack by an army
onslaught on/against:
** In December they launched a full-scale onslaught on the capital.

2. strong criticism of someone
onslaught on/against:
** his public onslaught on the Conservatives
under the onslaught of something:
** He praised his wife for her dignity under the onslaught of the tabloid press.

3. the onslaught of something: the effect of something that is unpleasant and could cause damage:
** plants that will survive the onslaught of winter


(Noun) یورش، حمله

onus
burden; responsibility

Longman:

[ singular]
the responsibility for something
the onus is on somebody to do something:
** The onus is on the prosecution to provide proof of guilt.


(Noun) بار، تعهد، مسئولیت

ooze
(of a thick liquid) pass or flow slowly; (n.) mud or thick liquid as at the bottom of a river

Longman:

[ intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]
1. if a thick liquid oozes from something or if something oozes a thick liquid, that liquid flows from it very slowly
ooze from/out of/through:
** The ice cream was melting and oozing out of its wrapper.
** A cut on his cheek was still oozing blood.

2. to show a lot of a particular quality or feeling:
** Andrew laughed gently, oozing charm.

شیره، شهد، چکیده، جریان، جاری، رسوخ، لجنزار، بستردریا، تراوش کردن، اهسته جریان یافتن، بیرون دادن،لای

opalescent
iridescent; lustrous; like an opal; (n.) opalescence

Longman:

[literary] having colours that shine and seem to change:
** an opalescent sky

شیری رنگ، کدری

opaque
dark; not transparent; (n.) opacity

Longman:

[ usually before noun]
1. opaque glass or liquid is difficult to see through and often thick [≠ transparent]:
** a shower with an opaque glass door

2. [formal] difficult to understand:
** an opaque style of writing

مات، غیر شفاف، مبهم، کدر، شیشه یا رنگ مات

opiate
medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction; sleep producing drug containing opium

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a drug that contains opium. Opiates can be used to reduce severe pain and help people to sleep.

2. something that makes people stop thinking about the problems in their lives so that they stop trying to make their lives better - used to show disapproval:
** Hollywood movies were seen as an opiate for the people.

افیون دار، خواب اور، مخدر، تکسین دهنده

opportune
timely; well-chosen

Longman:

1. an opportune moment/time: a time that is suitable for doing something:
** I waited, hoping for an opportune moment to discuss the possibility of a raise.

2. done at a very suitable time [≠ inopportune]:
** an opportune remark
** The law reforms were opportune and important.


(Adjective) بجا، بموقع، بهنگام، درخور، مناسب

opportunist
individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances; (n.) opportunism

Longman:

[ countable]
1. someone who uses every opportunity to gain power, money, or unfair advantages - used to show disapproval:
** Voters dislike opportunists - politicians who change their policies according to opinion polls.

2. someone who commits a crime because they have a chance to, and not because they planned to:
** Most burglars are opportunists.
** an opportunist crime

فرصت طلب، نان بنرخ روز خور

opprobrium
infamy; disgrace arising from shameful conduct; vilification(slander); scorn; contempt; (ex.) opprobrium hurled against him; (adj.) opprobrious: expressing contempt; shameful or infamous

Longman:

[ uncountable]
strong criticism or disapproval, especially expressed publicly


(Noun) رسوایی، ننگ، خفت، زشتی، ناسزایی

optician
maker and seller of eyeglasses

Longman:

[ countable]
1. someone who tests people's eyes and sellsglasses in a shop [= optometrist American English]

2. someone who makes lenses for glasses


(Noun) عینک ساز، عینک فروش، دوربین ساز، دوربین فروش

optimist
person who looks on the bright side; (n.) optimism

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who believes that good things will happen [≠ pessimist]:
** He's an eternal optimist (=he always believes that good things will happen).


(Noun) خوش بین

optimum
most favorable; optimal; (n.) most favorable condition

Longman:

[ only before noun]
the best or most suitable for a particular purpose or in a particular situation:
** optimum conditions for growth
** This design makes the optimum use of the available space.

بهینه بهینه، مقدار مطلوب، حالت مطلوب، درجه لازم

optional
not compulsory; left to one’s choice; (n.) option: act of choosing; choice; freedom or power to choose; something available as a choice; (ex.) have no option; (ex.) two options

Longman:

if something is optional, you do not have to do it or use it, but you can choose to if you want to [≠ compulsory]:
** three optional courses
** The other excursions are optional.
optional extra: British English
** Leather seats are an optional extra.


(Adjective) اختیاری، انتخابی

optometrist
one who fits glasses to remedy visual defects

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who tests people's eyes and orders glasses for them [= optician British English]


(Noun) عینک ساز

opulence
extreme wealth; luxuriousness; abundance; adj. opulent: possessing great wealth; abundant

توانگری، دولتمندی، وفور، سرشار

opus
work (esp. musical composition); (ex.) magnum opus: masterpiece; (cf.) opera

Longman:

[ usually singular]
1. a piece of music by a great musician, numbered according to when it was written:
** Beethoven's Opus 95

2. [formal] an important work of art by a famous writer, painter etc


(Noun) اثر، کار، نوشته، قطعه موسیقی

oracular
of an oracle; prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous; hard to understand; n. oracle: wiser person; prophecy made by an oracle

Longman:

from or like an oracle


(Adjective) سروشی، وابسته به غیبگویی، الهامی، وابسته به وحی

orator
public speaker

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who is good at making speeches and persuading people


(Noun) سخن پرداز، سخنران، ناطق، خطیب، مستدعی

oratorio
dramatic poem set to music; long musical work with singing but without acting; (cf.) cantata

Longman:

[ countable]
a long piece of music in which a large group of people sing


(Noun) قطعه موسیقی و اواز همراه با گفتار

ordain
decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine; install as a minister, priest, or rabbi; (n.) ordainment; cf. ordination

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to officially make someone a priest or religious leader [↪ ordination]:
** Desmond Tutu was ordained in 1960.
ordain somebody (as) something:
** The church voted to allow women to be ordained as priests.

2. [formal] to order that something should happen
ordain that:
** The King ordained that deer should not be hunted without a royal licence.


(Verb - transitive) ترتیب دادن، مقدر کردن، وضع کردن، امر کردن، فرمان دادن

ordeal
severe trial or affliction; difficult experience; trial(test of patience or endurance); affliction

Longman:

[ countable]
a terrible or painful experience that continues for a period of timeCOLLOCATIONS COLLOCATIONS
go though an ordeal:
face an ordeal:
survive an ordeal:
recover from an ordeal:
spare somebody the ordeal of doing something : (=not make someone have to do something)
terrible/dreadful ordeal:
terrifying ordeal:
ordeal of:
** She then had to go through the ordeal of giving evidence.
** She was forced to face the ordeal of withdrawal symptoms.
** He was beginning to wonder if he would survive the ordeal.
** Teresa had a transplant in 1989 and was just recovering from that ordeal when she suffered a brain hemorrhage.
** Soon the whole terrifying ordeal would be over.


(Noun) امتحان سخت برای اثبات بیگناهی، کار شاق

ordinance
decree; authoritative order

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a law, usually of a city or town, that forbids or restricts an activity:
** a city ordinance that says parks must be closed at 11 p.m.

2. an order given by a ruler or governing organization:
** a Royal ordinance


(Noun) فرمان، امر، حکم، مشیت، تقدیر، ایین

ordination
ceremony conferring holy orders; ceremony of ordaining a priest

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
the act or ceremony in which someone is made a priest [↪ ordain]:
** the ordination of women


(Noun) انتصاب، برگماری، دسته بندی، سنخیت

orgy
wild drunken revelry; unrestrained indulgence in an activity; (ex.) orgy of shopping

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a wild party with a lot of eating, drinking, and sexual activity:
** the drunken orgies of their youth

2. sexual activity in a group

3. an orgy of something: used to emphasize that people suddenly do a lot of a particular activity, especially far too much of it:
** an orgy of spending
** an orgy of violence


(Noun) (روم و یونان قدیم) مجالس عیاشی و میگساری بافتخارخدایان، میگساری عیاشی

orient
get one’s bearings; adjust; make familiar with a situation; orientate

Longman:

1. be oriented to/towards/around something/somebody: to give a lot of attention to one type of activity or one type of person:
** a course that is oriented towards the needs of businessmen
** A lot of the training is orientated around communications skills.
** The organization is strongly oriented towards research

2. orient yourself:a) to find exactly where you are by looking around you or using a map [↪ disorient, disorientated]:
** She looked at the street names, trying to orient herself.b) to become familiar with a new situation
orient yourself to:
** It takes new students a while to orientate themselves to college life.

خاور، کشورهای خاوری، درخشندگی بسیار، مشرق زمین،شرق، بطرف خاور رفتن، جهت یابی کردن، بجهت معینی راهنمایی کردن، میزان کردن

orientation
act of finding oneself in society; orienting

Longman:

1. [uncountable and countable] the type of activity or subject that a person or organization seems most interested in and gives most attention to
orientation towards/to:
** The company needs to develop a stronger orientation towards marketing its products.
** How can we get students to adopt a serious orientation to learning?
orientation of:
** He was unhappy with the commercial orientation of the organization.

2. [uncountable and countable] the political opinions or religious beliefs that someone has
political/religious orientation:
** The meeting is open to everyone, whatever their political or religious orientation.
** The party has a broadly socialist orientation.

3. sexual orientation: the fact that someone is heterosexual or homosexual:
** Discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation is still far too widespread.

4. a period of time during which people are trained and prepared for a new job or course of study:
** This is orientation week for all the new students.

5. [countable] the angle or position of an object, or the direction in which it is facing


(Noun) اشنایی، راهنمایی، جهت یابی
(Noun) گرایش، جهت، جهت یابی

orifice
mouth-like opening; small opening (esp. to a cavern or passage of the body); (cf.) mouth

Longman:

[ countable]
1. one of the holes in your body, such as your mouth, nose etc:
** various bodily orifices

2. a hole or entrance


(Noun) روزنه، سوراخ

ornate
excessively or elaborately decorated

Longman:

covered with a lot of decoration:
** an ornate gold mirror


(Adjective) بیش ازحد اراسته، مزین، مصنوع، پر اب و تاب

ornithologist
scientific student of birds; (n.) ornithology: scientific study of birds

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who studies birds


(Noun) پرنده شناس

orthodox
traditional; (of someone) conservative in belief; adhering to an established doctrine

Longman:

1. orthodox ideas, methods, or behaviour are accepted by most people to be correct and right [= conventional]:
** orthodox medical treatments
** He challenged the orthodox views on education.

2. someone who is orthodox has the opinions and beliefs that are generally accepted as being right, and does not have new or different ideas:
** Orthodox economists believe that a recession is now inevitable.
** an orthodox Marxist

3. believing in all the traditional beliefs, laws, and practices of a religion:
** an orthodox Jew


(Adjective) فریور، درست، دارای عقیده درست، مطابق عقاید کلیسای مسیح، مطابق مرسوم، پیرو کلیسای ارتدکس

orthography
correct spelling; (cf.) ortho-: straight; correct; ex. orthodontics

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the way in which words are spelled


(Noun) درست نویسی، املا، املا صحیح

oscillate
vibrate pendulum-like; waver

Longman:

[ intransitive]
1. to keep changing between two extreme amounts or limits:
** The stock market is oscillating wildly at the moment.
oscillate between:
** His income oscillated between £1500 and £2000 a month.

2. [formal] to keep changing between one feeling or attitude and another
oscillate between:
** Her attitude towards me oscillated between friendship and hostility.

3. to move backwards and forwards in a regular way:
** The needle on the dial began to oscillate.

4. if an electric current oscillates, it changes direction very regularly and very frequently

نوسان کردن، تاب خوردن، از این سو به ان سو افتادن،مردد بودن

osseous
made of bone; bony


(Adjective) استخوانی

ossify
change or harden into bone; become hard and unchanging in one’s ideas

Longman:

1. [formal] to become unwilling to consider new ideas or change your behaviour

2. to change into bone or to make something change into bone

استخوانی شدن، استخوانی کردن، سخت کردن

ostensible
apparent; appearing as such; professed( pretended); pretended; (ex.) ostensible purpose of the expedition

Longman:

seeming to be the reason for or the purpose of something, but usually hiding the real reason or purpose
ostensible reason/purpose/aim:
** The ostensible reason for his resignation was ill health.


(Adjective) نمایان، ظاهر، قابل نمایش، صوری

ostentatious
showy; trying to attract attention; pretentious; n. ostentation: showy display

Longman:

1. something that is ostentatious looks very expensive and is designed to make people think that its owner must be very rich:
** She carried her car keys on an ostentatious gold key ring.
** an ostentatious display of wealth

2. someone who is ostentatious likes to show everyone how rich they are:
** He was vain and ostentatious.

متظاهر، خودنما، خودفروش

ostracize
banish from a group; exclude from public favor; ban; (ex.) his friends ostracized him. (n.) ostracism

Longman:

[ transitive]
if a group of people ostracize someone, they refuse to accept them as a member of the group:
** She was afraid that if she spoke up her colleagues would ostracize her.
** He was ostracized by the other students.


(Verb - transitive) با ارا عمومی تبعید کردن، از حقوق اجتماعی و سیاسی محروم کردن، از وجهه عمومی انداختن

oust
expel; drive out; force out; (n.) ouster: ousting

Longman:

[ transitive]
to force someone out of a position of power, especially so that you can take their place
oust somebody from something:
** The Communists were finally ousted from power.


(Verb - transitive) برکنار کردن، دورکردن، اخراج کردن

outcast
one that has been excluded from a society; (adj.)

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who is not accepted by the people they live among, or who has been forced out of their home:
** Smokers often feel as though they are being treated as social outcasts.

مطرود، رانده، دربدر، منفور

outfit
clothing or equipment for a special purpose; (ex.) cowboy outfit

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a set of clothes worn together, especially for a special occasion:
** She bought a new outfit for the party.
** a cowboy outfit

2. [informal] a group of people who work together as a team or organization:
** My outfit was sent to Italy during the war.
** a small advertising outfit in San Diego

3. British English a set of equipment that you need for a particular purpose or job [= kit]:
** a tyre repair outfit

تجهیز، ساز وبرگ، همسفر، گروه، بنه سفر، توشه،لوازم فنی، سازو برگ اماده کردن، تجهیز کردن

outgoing
sociable; eager to mix socially with others

Longman:

1. someone who is outgoing likes to meet and talk to new people:
** We're looking for someone with an outgoing personality.

2. outgoing president/chancellor etc: someone who will soon finish their time as president etc

3. [only before noun] going out or leaving a place [≠ incoming]:
** the tray for outgoing mail
** outgoing phone calls

بیرون رونده،صادر شونده

outlandish
bizarre; peculiar; unconventional

Longman:

strange and unusual:
** outlandish clothes
** Her story seemed so outlandish.


(Adjective) بیگانه وار، عجیب و غریب

outlaw
fugitive from the law (excluded from legal protection); v: declare (someone) to be an outlaw; deprive of the protection of the law; declare illegal; (ex.) drinking has been outlawed.

Longman:

[ transitive]
to completely stop something by making it illegal:
** The bill would have outlawed several types of guns.

یاغی، متمرد، قانون شکن، چموش، یاغی شمردن،غیرقانونی اعلام کردن، ممنوع ساختن

outlook
point of view; view from a particular place; expectation for the future; prospect; (ex.) outlook on life; ex. pleasing outlook; (ex.) weather outlook

Longman:

[ countable]
1. your general attitude to life and the world
outlook on:
** He's got a good outlook on life.
** Exercise will improve your looks and your outlook.
positive/optimistic outlook:
** She still has an optimistic outlook for the future.

2. [usually singular] what is expected to happen in the future
outlook for:
** The outlook for the weekend is unsettled, with periods of heavy rain.
** The outlook for sufferers from this disease is bleak.
economic/financial/political etc outlook:
** a gloomy economic outlook in Western Europe

3. a view from a particular place:
** a very pleasing outlook from the bedroom window


(Noun) چشم انداز، دور نما، منظره، چشم داشت، نظریه

outmoded
no longer in fashion or use; no longer stylish; old-fashioned

Longman:

no longer fashionable or useful [= outdated]:
** outmoded ideas


(Adjective) غیر متداول،از مد افتاده

outrage
act of extreme violence or viciousness; resentful anger; (v.) commit an outrage on; produce anger in; (adj.) outrageous: offensive

Longman:

1. [uncountable] a feeling of great anger and shock:
** The response to the jury's verdict was one of outrage.
** a sense of moral outrage
outrage at/over:
** environmentalists' outrage at plans to develop the coastline
public/popular outrage:
** The case generated public outrage.

2. [countable] an event that produces great anger and shock, especially because it is cruel or violent:
** bomb outrages in London
** This is an outrage!

تخطی، غضب، هتک حرمت، از جا در رفتن، سخت عصبانی شدن، بی حرمت ساختن، بی عدالتی کردن

outskirts
fringes; outer borders (as of a city); (ex.) outskirts of boston

Longman:

[ plural]
the parts of a town or city that are furthest from the centre
on the outskirts (of something):
** They live on the outskirts of Paris.

کنار ،پیرامون،حومه حولو حوش

outspoken
candid; blunt

Longman:

expressing your opinions honestly and directly, even when doing this might annoy some people:
** an outspoken critic of the education reforms


(Adjective) پرحرف، رک و راست، رک

outstrip
outrun; surpass; outdo

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to do something better than someone else or be more successful:
** We outstripped all our competitors in sales last year.

2. to be greater in quantity than something else:
** Demand for new aircraft production is outstripping supply.

3. to run or move faster than someone or something else:
** Speeding at 90 mph, Denny outstripped police cars for an hour.

پیش افتادن از، عقب گذاشتن، پیشی جستن از

outwit
outsmart; defeat by behaving more cleverly

Longman:

[ transitive]
to gain an advantage over someone using tricks or clever plans:
** a wolf that had outwitted hunters for years

زرنگ تر بودن از، گول زدن

ovation
enthusiastic applause

Longman:

[ countable]
if a group of people give someone an ovation, they clap to show approval:
** The Chancellor's entrance was greeted with a standing ovation (=everyone stood up).
** Fans gave the rock group a thunderous ovation.


(Noun) ستایش و استقبال، شادی و سرور عمومی، تحسین حضار

overbearing
bossy; domineering and arrogant; decisively important; (ex.) overbearing manner/importance; v. overbear: dominate

Longman:

always trying to control other people without considering their wishes or feelings [= domineering]:
** a bossy, overbearing wife


(Adjective) مغرور، از خود راضی، منکوب گر، طاقت فرسا، غالب،قاطع

overblown
inflated; exaggerated

Longman:

made to seem greater or more impressive than something really is [= exaggerated]:
** He's not really a scientist; he's just an overblown technician.


(Adjective) پر از شکوفه، رانده شده در اثرباد

oversee
watch over and direct; supervise; (n.) oversight: unintentional failure to notice or do something; supervision

Longman:

[ transitive]
to be in charge of a group of workers and check that a piece of work is done satisfactorily [= supervise]:
** A team leader was appointed to oversee the project.

سرکشی کردن به، مباشرت کردن بر، سرپرستی کردن

overt
open to view; public; not secret; (cf.) covert

Longman:

overt actions are done publicly, without trying to hide anything [≠ covert]:
** an overt attempt to silence their political opponents
** Overt race discrimination is illegal.


(Adjective) فاش، اشکار، معلوم، واضح، نپوشیده، عمومی

overthrow
topple; (n.)

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to remove a leader or government from power, especially by force [= oust]:
** Rebels were already making plans to overthrow the government.

2. to get rid of the rules, ideas, or systems of a society

بر انداختن، بهم زدن، سرنگون کردن، منقرض کردن،مضمحل کردن، موقوف کردن، انقراض

overture
musical introduction to a long musical piece; first offer or proposal (to begin talks in the hope of reaching an agreement); (ex.) overtures for peace

Longman:

1. a short piece of music written as an introduction to a long piece of music, especially anopera

2. overtures: [plural] an attempt to begin a friendly relationship with a person, country etc:
** They began making overtures to the Irish government.
** She had rejected his overtures.

3. be an overture: if an event is an overture to a more important event, it happens just before it and makes you expect it

سوراخ، شکاف، اغاز عمل، پیش در امد، افشا، کشف،مطرح کردن، باپیش در امداغاز کردن

overturn
turn over; capsize; topple

Longman:

1. [intransitive and transitive] if you overturn something, or if it overturns, it turns upside down or falls over on its side:
** Leslie jumped to her feet, overturning her chair.
** His car overturned, trapping him inside.

2. overturn a decision/verdict etc: to change a decision or result so that it becomes the opposite of what it was before:
** His conviction was overturned by the Court of Appeal.

3. to suddenly remove a government from power, especially by using violence [= overthrow]

واژگونی، واژگون کردن، برانداختن، مضمحل کردن، چپه کردن یا شدن

overweening
arrogant; presumptuous

Longman:

too proud and confident - used to show disapproval [= arrogant]:
** overweening ambition


(Adjective) بسیار مغرور

overwhelm
(of water) cover completely; defeat completely by much greater force; (ex.) overwhelmed by grief

Longman:

[ transitive usually passive]
1. emotion: if someone is overwhelmed by an emotion, they feel it so strongly that they cannot think clearly
be overwhelmed by something:
** Harriet was overwhelmed by a feeling of homesickness.
be overwhelmed with something:
** The children were overwhelmed with excitement.
** Grief overwhelmed me.

2. too much: if work or a problem overwhelms someone, it is too much or too difficult to deal with
be overwhelmed by something:
** We were overwhelmed by the number of applications.
overwhelm somebody with something:
** They would be overwhelmed with paperwork.

3. surprise somebody: to surprise someone very much, so that they do not know how to react
be overwhelmed by something:
** I was completely overwhelmed by his generosity.
** We were overwhelmed by the sheer size of the place.

4. to defeat an army completely:
** In 1532 the Spaniards finally overwhelmed the armies of Peru.

5. [literary] if water overwhelms an area of land, it covers it completely and suddenly


(Verb - transitive) سراسر پوشاندن، غوطه ور ساختن، پایمال کردن، مضمحل کردن، مستغرق دراندیشه شدن، دستپاچه کردن، درهمشکستن

overwrought
nervous or excited; extremely agitated; hysterical; wrought-up; (cf.) wrought: made or done

Longman:

very upset, nervous, and worried:
** Clara was tired and overwrought after all the problems of the last few days.


(Adjective) پر کار، کار برده، تهیه شده از روی مهارت، عصبی

ovoid
egg-shaped; (cf.) ovum; (cf.) ovulate

Longman:

shaped like an egg

( ovoidal ) جسمتخم مرغی، تخم مرغی شکل

pachyderm
thick-skinned animal

Longman:

[ countable]
an animal with thick skin, such as an elephant


(Noun) (جانورشناسی) جانور پوست کلفت(مثل کرگدن)

pacifist
one opposed to force; antimilitarist; (adj.) (n.) pacifism: opposition to war as a means of resolving disputes

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who believes that wars are wrong and who refuses to use violence


(Noun) ( pacificist ) صلح جو، ارامش طلب

pacify
soothe; make calm or quiet; subdue; bring peace to

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to make someone calm, quiet, and satisfied after they have been angry or upset:
** 'You're right,' Rita said, in order to pacify him.

2. to stop groups of people from fighting or protesting, often by using force:
** Economic reforms are needed to pacify and modernize the country.

ارام کردن، فرونشاندن، تسکین دادن

padre
chaplain (in the armed forces)

Longman:

[ countable]
a priest, especially one in the army


(Noun) پدر روحانی، کشیش، قاضی عسکر

paean
song of praise or joy; (ex.) paeans celebrating the victory

Longman:

[ countable]
a happy song of praise, thanks, or victory


(Noun) پیروزی نامه، رجز، پیروزی نامه نوشتن

painstaking
taking pains; showing hard work; taking great care; very careful and through

Longman:

[ usually before noun]
very careful and thorough:
** The work had been done with painstaking attention to detail.
** Chris described in painstaking detail what had happened.


(Adjective) رنجبر، زحمت کش، ساعی، رنج برنده

palatable
agreeable; pleasing to the taste

Longman:

1. palatable food or drink has a pleasant or acceptable taste [≠ unpalatable]:
** a very palatable wine

2. an idea, suggestion etc that is palatable is acceptable [≠ unpalatable]
palatable to:
** They changed the wording of the advertisement to make it more palatable to women.
** The truth, as always, is slightly less palatable.


(Adjective) مطبوع به ذائقه، خوش طعم، لذیذ، دلپذیر

palate
roof of the mouth; sense of the taste

Longman:

1. the roof (=top inside part) of your mouth ➔ cleft palate, soft palate

2. the sense of taste, and especially your ability to enjoy or judge food:
** It tasted very strange, at least to my untrained palate.
** a collection of dishes to tempt your palate


(Noun) سق، سقف دهان، کام، ذائقه، طعم، چشیدن

palatial
of or suitable for a palace; magnificent

Longman:

a palatial building etc is large and beautifully decorated:
** a palatial country residence


(Adjective) کاخی، مجلل

paleontology
study of prehistoric life or fossils; (cf.) paleo-: ancient or prehistoric; (ex.) paleography: study of ancient written documents

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the study of fossils (=ancient bones, plants etc that have been preserved in rock)


(Noun) مبحث زیست شناسی دوران قدیم، دیرین شناسی

palette
board on which painter mixes pigments( coloring matters)

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a thin, curved board that an artist uses to mix paints, holding it by putting his or her thumb through a hole at the edge

2. the colours that a particular artist uses or the colours in a particular painting

3. the choice of colours or shapes that are available in a computer program


(Noun) لوحه سوراخ دار بیضی یا مستطیل مخصوص رنگ آمیزی نقاشی، جعبه رنگ نقاشی

palimpsest
parchment or piece of writing material used for second time after original writing has been erased

Longman:

[ countable]
an ancient document on which the original writing has been covered over with new writing

نسخه خطی یا دست نوشته ای که نوشته روی ان پاک شده ودوباره رویش نوشته باشند

pall
become boring; grow tiresome

Longman:

[ intransitive not in progressive]
if something palls, it becomes less interesting or enjoyable because you have experienced it before:
** Gradually, the novelty of city life began to pall.

پارچه ضخیم روی تابوت یا قبر، تابوت محتوی مرده،حائل، پرده، با پرده یا روپوش پوشاندن، بیزارشدن،بیذوق شدن، ضعیف شدن، ضعیف کردن

pallet
small poor bed; (ex.) straw pallet

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a large frame, used for storing or carrying heavy things:
** wooden pallets

2. a rough cloth bag filled with straw, used in the past for sleeping on


(Noun) مالهچوبی(معماری وغیره)، ماله مخصوص کوزهگران،ماله صافکاری، تخته پهن، تشک کاهی

palliate
ease pain (without curing); make less severe or offensive (a crime or illness)

Longman:

[ transitive]
to reduce the effects of illness, pain etc without curing them:
** Chosen carefully, the oils may not only palliate but also cure the condition.


(Verb - transitive) تسکین دادن، موقتا ارام کردن

pallid
pale; wan; (ex.) pallid complexion

Longman:

1. very pale, especially in a way that looks weak or unhealthy:
** pallid cheeks

2. not very interesting:
** a pallid performance


(Adjective) رنگ رفته، کم رنگ، رنگ پریده، محو

palm
conceal in the palm of the hand; palm off: pass off; (ex.) palm off some bad oranges onto the lady/the painting as a real renoir

Longman:

[ countable]
1. the inside surface of your hand, in which you hold things
in somebody's palm:
** She looked at the coins in her palm.
** He held the pebble in the palm of his hand.

2. also palm tree a tropical tree which grows near beaches or in deserts, with a long straight trunk and large pointed leaves at the top:
** coconut palms

3. hold/have somebody in the palm of your hand: to have a strong influence on someone, so that they do what you want them to do

4. read somebody's palm: to tell someone what is going to happen to them in the future by looking at the lines on their hand

نخل، نخل خرما، نشانهپیروزی، کامیابی، کف دست انسان،کف پای پستانداران، کف هرچیزی، پهنه، وجب، با کف دست لمس کردن، کش رفتن، رشوه دادن

palpable
tangible; (of something bad) easily perceptible; obvious; (ex.) palpable blunder

Longman:

1. a feeling that is palpable is so strong that other people notice it and can feel it around them [≠ impalpable]:
** There was a palpable sense of relief among the crowd.

2. [only before noun]complete:
** What he said is palpable nonsense.


(Adjective) پرماس پذیر، پرماسیدنی، حس کردنی، قابل لمس، اشکار،واضح

palpitate
throb; beat rapidly; flutter; tremble; (ex.) her heart began to palpitate.

Longman:

[ intransitive]
if your heart palpitates, it beats quickly in an irregular way

تپیدن، تپش کردن، تند زدن(نبض)، لرزیدن

paltry
insignificant; petty; trifling; contemptible; (ex.) paltry sum; (cf.) trash

Longman:

1. a paltry amount of something is too small to be useful or important:
** paltry sum of money
** He received only a paltry £25 a day.

2. [formal] unimportant or worthless:
** paltry issues


(Adjective) ( paultry ) اشغال، چیز اشغال و نا چیز، جزئی

pan
criticize harshly

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a round metal container that you use for cooking, usually with one long handle and a lid [= saucepan]:
** a frying pan
** pots and pans
** Cook the pasta in a large pan of boiling water.

2. a metal container for baking things in [= tin British English]
** a cake pan

3. a wide, usually round, open container with low sides, used for holding liquids

4. toilet: British English the bowl of a toilet

5. go down the pan:[informal] to be wasted or become useless or ruined:
** The business is rapidly going down the pan.

ماهی تابه، روغن داغ کن، تغار، کفه ترازو، کفه، جمجمه،گودال اب، (افسانه یونان) خدای مزرعه وجنگل وجانوران وشبانان، استخراج کردن، سرخ کردن،ببادانتقاد گرفتن، بهم پیوستن، متصل کردن، بهم جورکردن، قاب، پیشوندی بمعنی همه و سرتاسر

panacea
cure-all; remedy for all diseases

Longman:

[ countable]
something that people think will make everything better and solve all their problems [= cure-all]
panacea for:
** There is no panacea for the country's economic problems.


(Noun) اکسیر، نوشدارو، علاج عام، اسقولوفندریون

panache
flair; manner of doing things without any difficulty (causing admiration); flamboyance; bunch of feathers (on a helmet); (ex.) with great panache

Longman:

[ uncountable]
a way of doing things that makes them seem easy and exciting, and makes other people admire you [↪ style]
with panache:
** They played and sang with great panache.


(Noun) پر کلاه،پرخود،تل،خودفروشی،خودنمایی،جلوه

pandemic
widespread; affecting the majority of people; n: pandemic disease; (cf.) all people

Longman:

[ countable]
a disease that affects people over a very large area or the whole world [↪ endemic, epidemic]:
** the AIDS pandemic

همه جا گیر، ناخوشی همه گیر، جانگیر

pandemonium
wild tumult(commotion); wild noisy disorder; (cf.) paradise lost

Longman:

[ uncountable]
a situation in which there is a lot of noise because people are angry, confused or frightened [= chaos]:
** There was complete pandemonium in the kitchen.
** When the verdict was read pandemonium broke out in the courtroom.


(Noun) مرکز دوزخ، کاخ شیطان، دوزخ، غوغا

pander
cater to (the low desires of others)

Longman:

to give someone anything they want in order to please them, even if it seems unreasonable or unnecessary - used to show disapproval:
** Some newspapers feel they have to pander to the prejudices of their readers.
** Highly trained staff will pander to your every whim.

( panderer ) جاکش، واسطه کار بد، جاکشی کردن

panegyric
formal praise; encomium; (ex.) i don’t deserve such panegyrics.

Longman:

[ countable]
[old-fashioned][formal] a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something a lot


(Noun) ( panegyrical ) ستایش آمیز، مدیحه، ستایش

pang
sudden sharp feeling of pain

Longman:

[ countable]
a sudden feeling of pain, sadness etc
pang of jealousy/guilt/remorse/regret:
** She felt a sudden pang of guilt.
** hunger pangs


(Noun) درد سخت، اضطراب سخت و ناگهانی، تیر کشیدن، درد،سوزش ناگهانی، حمله سخت

panoramic
denoting an unobstructed and comprehensive view; (n.) panorama: unbroken view of a wide area


(Adjective) وسیع، چشم اندازدار

pantomime
acting without dialogue; (v.)

Longman:

1. [uncountable and countable] a type of play for children that is performed in Britain around Christmas, in which traditional stories are performed with jokes, music, and songs

2. [uncountable and countable] a method of performing using only actions and not words, or a play performed using this method [= mime]

3. [countable] British English a situation or behaviour that is silly

نمایش صامت مخصوصا با ماسک، تقلید در اوردن

papyrus
ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant

Longman:

1. a plant like grass that grows in water

2. a type of paper made from papyrus and used in ancient Egypt, or a piece of this paper


(Noun) (گیاه‌شناسی) بردی، پاپیروس، درخت کاغذ

parable
short simple story teaching a moral

Longman:

[ countable]
a short simple story that teaches a moral or religious lesson, especially one of the stories told by Jesus in the Bible


(Noun) تمثیل، حکایت تمثیلی، مَثَل (داستان ساده و کوتاه با معنی اخلاقی یا مذهبی)

paradigm
model; example that serves as a model; pattern; list of all the inflectional forms of a word

Longman:

[ countable]
1. [technical] a model or example that shows how something works or is produced
paradigm of:
** the basic paradigm of the family tree

2. [formal] a very clear or typical example of something
paradigm of:
** Pius XII remained the paradigm of what a pope should be.


(Noun) ایه کتاب مقدس که مثالی را متضمن است، نمونه

paradox
something apparently contradictory in nature (that may nonetheless be true); statement that looks false but is actually correct

Longman:

1. [countable] a situation that seems strange because it involves two ideas or qualities that are very different:
** It's a paradox that in such a rich country there can be so much poverty.

2. [countable] a statement that seems impossible because it contains two opposing ideas that are both true:
** The paradox is that fishermen would catch more fish if they fished less.

3. [uncountable] the use of statements that are a paradox in writing or speech


(Noun) قولِ تناقض آمیز، جمع اضداد، ضد و نقیض، تناقض گویی، تعارض، شطحیه، لغزواره، فراباور

**

** - it's a paradox that...
** - عجیب است که...، این چه معمایی است که...، این چه رازی است که...
(Noun) آدم معمایی، جمع اضداد، وضع معماگونه، وضع نابه‌روال

paragon
model of perfection; (ex.) paragon of virtue

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who is perfect or is extremely brave, good etc - often used humorously
paragon of:
** a paragon of virtue

معیار، مقیاس رفعت و خوبی، نمونه کامل، رقابت کردن،بعنوان نمونه بکار بردن، برتری یافتن

parallel
similar; analogous; corresponding; (n.) parallel line; person or thing that is parallel (to another); similarity; ex. know of no parallel to the case; (ex.) without parallel; (v.) be similar to; make parallel; (ex.) your experience parallels mine; (cf.) unparalleled

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a relationship or similarity between two things, especially things that exist or happen in different places or at different times
parallel with:
** Entering the world of fine art, she found many parallels with the world of fashion.
parallel between:
** There are many parallels between Yeats and the Romantic poets.
** books that attempt to draw parallels between brains and computers

2. in parallel with somebody/something: together with and at the same time as something else:
** She wanted to pursue her own career in parallel with her husband's.

3. have no parallel/be without parallel: be greater, better, worse etc than anything else:
** The poverty of hill farmers had no parallel.

4. an imaginary line drawn on a map of the Earth, that is parallel to the equator:
** the 38th parallel

موازی همز مان موازی، متوازی، (مجازا) برابر، خط موازی، موازی کردن،برابر کردن

parallelism
state of being parallel; similarity; analogy

Longman:

[ singular, uncountable]
the state of being parallel with something:
** There is a parallelism between fatigue and the ability to sleep.

موازات، برابری، همسانی، مشابهت، ترادف عبارات،اشتراک وجه، تقارن

parameter
limit; independent variable; (ex.) parameters of the problem; (ex.) within the parameters of the budget

Longman:

[ countable usually plural]
a set of fixed limits that control the way that something should be done:
** The inquiry has to stay within the parameters laid down by Congress.


(Noun) پارامتر
(Noun) نسبت میان تقاطع دو سطح، مقدار معلوم و مشخص،پارامتر، مقداری از یک مدار

paramount
foremost in importance; supreme; (cf.) para-: beyond; above; (ex.) paranormal

Longman:

more important than anything else:
** During a war the interests of the state are paramount, and those of the individual come last.
** Women's role as mothers is of paramount importance to society.

فائق، حاکم عالی مقام، برتر، بزرگتر، برترین

paramour
illicit lover

Longman:

[ countable]
[literary] someone who you have a romantic or sexual relationship with, but who you are not married to


(Noun) یار، فاسق، رفیقه، عاشق، معشوقه، مول، موله

paranoia
psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution; (n.) (adj.) paranoid, paranoiac

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. an unreasonable belief that you cannot trust other people, or that they are trying to harm you or have a bad opinion of you

2. a mental illness that makes someone believe that they are very important and that people hate them and are trying to harm them


(Noun) (پزشکی) جنونایجاد سو ذن شدید و هذیان گویی و فقدانبصیرت، پارانویا

paraphernalia
equipment; odds and ends used in a particular activity; personal belongings; (ex.) photographic paraphernalia; (cf.) married woman’s property exclusive of her dowry

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. a lot of small things that belong to someone, or are needed for a particular activity:
** an electric kettle and all the paraphernalia for making tea and coffee
** travelling paraphernalia

2. the things and events that are connected with a particular activity, especially those which you think are unnecessary:
** all the usual paraphernalia of bureaucracy

(حق.- مدنی) اموال شخصی زن، اثاثالبیت، اثا ، اسباب، لوازم، متعلقات، ضمائم، لفافه

paraphrase
restate a passage in one’s own words while retaining thought of author; (n.) restatement of a text in other words

Longman:

[ transitive]
to express in a shorter, clearer, or different way what someone has said or written:
** To paraphrase Finkelstein, mathematics is a language, like English.

نقل بیان با حفظ معنی ولی با شرح در کلمات و به شکل دیگر

parasite
animal or plant living on another; toady; sycophant; cf. para-: beside

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a plant or animal that lives on or in another plant or animal and gets food from it

2. [informal] a lazy person who does not work but depends on other people - used to show disapproval


(Noun) انگل، طفیلی، صدای مزاحم، پارازیت

parched
extremely dry; very thirsty; (v.) parch: make or become extremely dry (by exposure to heat)

Longman:

1. very dry, especially because of hot weather:
** the parched African landscape
** He raised the water bottle to his parched lips.

2. be parched: to be very thirsty

لغت مورد نظر شما یافت نشد.واژه‌ها‌ی پیشنهادی:

parchment
writing material made from the skin of a sheep or goat

Longman:

1. a material used in the past for writing on, made from the skin of a sheep or a goat

2. thick yellow-white writing paper, sometimes used for official documents

3. a document written on parchment


(Noun) کاغذ پوست، نسخه خطی روی پوست اهو

pare
cut away the outer covering or skin of (with a knife); trim; (ex.) pare apples/expenses

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to cut off the outer layer of something, using a sharp knife:
** Pare the rind from the fruit.

2. to reduce the amount, number, or size of something as much as you can:
** The firm has not been able to pare costs fast enough to match competitors.
** The country's defences have been pared to the bone (=reduced as far as possible).

to reduce something, especially by making a lot of small reductions:
** The list was pared down for the final interviews.

سرشاخه چیدن، قسمت های زائد چیزی را چیدن، تراشیدن،چیدن، کاستن، پوست کندن

pariah
social outcast; (ex.) mariah the pariah

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who everyone hates and avoids [= outcast]


(Noun) منفور، از طبقه پست در هندوستان

parish
area in the care of a single priest and served by one main church

Longman:

[ countable]
1. the area that a priest in some Christian churches is responsible for:
** Father Doyle moved to a new parish.

2. a small area, especially a village, that has its own local government
** elections to the parish council


(Noun) بخش یا ناحیه قلمرو کشیش کلیسا، بخش، شهر، محله،شهرستان، قصبه، اهل محله

parity
equality; close resemblance; (cf.) disparate

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. the state of being equal, especially having equal pay, rights, or power [= equality]
parity with:
** Women workers are demanding parity with their male colleagues.

2. equality between the units of money from two different countries


(Noun) توازن، زوجیت
(Noun) برابری، تساوی، زوج بودن، تعادل، جفتی

parlance
language; manner of speaking; idiom; (ex.) in legal/common parlance

Longman:

1. in medical/advertising etc parlance: expressed in the words that a particular group of people would use:
** In military parlance this is known as a fast retreat.

2. in common parlance: expressed in the words that most people use:
** These schemes are known in common parlance as 'private pensions'.


(Noun) مکالمه، مناظره، گفتگو، طرز سخن گفتن

parley
conference (between opponents); (cf.) speak

Longman:

[ countable]
a discussion in which enemies try to achieve peace

گفتگوی دو نفری، مذاکره درباره صلح موقت، مکالمه کردن، مذاکره کردن

parochial
narrow in scope or outlook; provincial; related to parishes

Longman:

1. only interested in things that affect your local area - used in order to show disapproval:
** Local newspapers tend to be very parochial.

2. relating to a particular church and the area around it:
** the parochial church council


(Adjective) بلوکی، بخشی، ناحیه ای، محدود، کوته نظر

parody
humorous imitation; spoof; takeoff; travesty; (v.)

Longman:

1. a piece of writing, music etc or an action that copies someone or something in an amusing way
parody of:
** a brilliant parody of classical dance
in a parody of something:
** He swung the door wide open in a parody of welcome.
** Her performance contains a strong element of self-parody (=when someone makes fun of their own style).

2. [countable] something that is not a correct or acceptable example of something
parody of:
** Although his comment was a parody of the truth, Diana was upset by it.
** The trial was a parody of justice (=very unfair).

استقبال شعری، نوشته یا شعری که تقلید از سبک دیگری باشد، تقلید مسخره آمیزکردن

paroxysm
fit or attack of pain, laughter, rage; sudden outburst

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a sudden expression of strong feeling that you cannot control
paroxysm of:
** Had she cut her wrists in a paroxysm of guilt?

2. a sudden, short attack of pain, coughing, shaking etc


(Noun) (پزشکی) گهگیری، حمله ناگهانی مرض، تشنج

parquet
floor made of wood strips inlaid in a mosaic like matter; (cf.) strip: long narrow piece

Longman:

[ uncountable]
small flat blocks of wood fitted together in a pattern that cover the floor of a room:
** a parquet floor

اجر موزاییک، اجرچوبی کف اطاق، محل ارکسترنمایش،پایین صحنه، باچوب فرش کردن

parry
ward off a blow; deflect; (ex.) he parried the unwelcome question very skillfully

Longman:

1. [intransitive and transitive] to defend yourself against someone who is attacking you by pushing their weapon or hand to one side [= deflect]:
** It is far easier to parry a direct blow than to stop it forcibly.

2. [transitive] to avoid answering a question that is difficult to answer or that someone does not want to answer:
** He parried all her questions about his work.

دفع کردن حمله حریف، دور کردن، دفع حمله، دورسازی،طفره رفتن

parsimony
stinginess; excessive frugality; (adj.) parsimonious


(Noun) خست، امساک، صرفه جویی، کم خرجی

partial
incomplete; favoring one side over another; having a liking for something

Longman:

1. not complete:
** The exhibition was only a partial success.
** a partial solution to traffic congestion in Oxford

2. be partial to something:[formal] to like something very much:
** I'm very partial to cream cakes.

3. unfairly supporting one person or one group against another [≠ impartial]

جانبدار، طرفدار، مغرض، جزئی، ناتمام، بخشی، قسمتی،متمایل به، علاقمند به جزئی، پارهای، طرفدارانه، غیر منصفانه

partiality
state of being partial; inclination; favorable bias; special fondness; preference

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. unfair support of one person or one group against another [= bias]:
** the problem of partiality in news reporting

2. partiality for something:[formal] a special liking for something:
** a partiality for Moorish architecture


(Noun) طرفداری، جانبداری، تعصب، غرض

partisan
one-sided; prejudiced; committed to a party (with dislike of any others); (n.) strong supporter of a party; guerrilla

Longman:

1. strongly supporting a particular political party, plan or leader, usually without considering the other choices carefully:
** British newspapers are highly partisan.

2. relating to the fighting of an armed group against an enemy that has taken control of its country:
** the nature of partisan warfare

( partizan ) شمشیر پهن ودسته بلند، طرفدار، حامی،پیرو متعصب، پارتیزان

partition
divide into parts

Longman:

1. a thin wall that separates one part of a room from another

2. the action of separating a country into two or more independent countries
partition of:
** the partition of India

تیغه، دیواره، وسیله یا اسباب تفکیک، حد فاصل،اپارتمان، تقسیم به بخش های جز کردن، تفکیک کردن،جدا کردن جز بندی کردن، افراز

parvenu
upstart; newly rich person

Longman:

[ countable]
[formal][old-fashioned] an insulting word for someone from a low social position who has suddenly become rich and powerful

تازه بدوران رسیده

pass
off present falsely; represent falsely to be

Longman:

1. go past: [intransitive and transitive] to come up to a particular place, person, or object and go past them:
** The crowd parted to let the truck pass.
** He gave me a smile as he passed.
** We passed a group of students outside the theatre.
** I pass the sports centre on the way to work.

2. move/go: [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to go or travel along or through a place:
** He passed along the corridor to a small room at the back of the building.
** We passed through the gates into a courtyard behind.
** We were just passing through (=travelling through a place) and thought we'd drop in to see you.

3. put: [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to put something around, through, or across something else:
** He passed the rope carefully around the post.

4. road/river etc: [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] a road, river, or railway line that passes a place goes through or near the place:
** The road passes right through the town centre.
** The main railway line passes just north of Manchester.

5. give: [transitive] to hold something in your hand and give it to someone else:
** Pass the salt, please.
pass somebody something:
** Can you pass me that bag by your feet?
pass something to somebody:
** She passed a cup of tea to the headmaster.
** I passed the note back to her. ➔ pass around:

گذر، جواز، گذراندن، گذشتن، تصویب شدن گذشتن، عبور کردن، رد شدن، سپری شدن، تصویب کردن،قبول شدن، رخ دادن، قبول کردن، تمام شدن، وفات کردن،پاس، سبقت گرفتن از، خطور کردن، پاس دادن، رایج شدن،اجتناب کردن، گذر، عبور، گذرگاه، راه، گردونه، گدوک، پروانه، جواز، گذرنامه، بلیط

passe
old-fashioned; past the prime

Longman:

no longer modern or fashionable


(Adjective) قدیمی، از مد افتاده، نارایج، دیروزین
(Adjective) از کار افتاده، پیر

passive
not active; acted upon; receiving an action without acting in return; accepting without resistance

Longman:

1. someone who is passive tends to accept things that happen to them or things that people say to them, without taking any action [↪ impassive]:
** Kathy seems to take a very passive role in the relationship.
** their passive acceptance of their fate

2. a passive verb or sentence has as its subject the person or thing to which an action is done, as in 'His father was killed in a car accident.' ➔ active1 (6)

منفعل انفعالی، مفعول، تاثر پذیر، تابع، بیحال، دستخوش عامل خارجی، غیر فعال، مطیع وتسلیم، کنش پذیر

paste
smooth viscous mixture as of flour(powder made by crushing grain) and water (used as an adhesive); (v.) cause to adhere by applying paste

Longman:

1. meat/fish/tomato etc paste: a soft smooth food, made by crushing meat, fish etc

2. a soft thick mixture that can easily be shaped or spread:
** Mix the powder with enough water to make a smooth paste.

3. a type of glue that is used for sticking paper onto things:
** wallpaper paste

4. pieces of glass that are used in jewellery to look like valuable stones

خمیر، چسب، سریش، گل یا خمیر، نوعی شیرینی، چسباندن، چسب زدن به، خمیر زدن

pastiche
imitation of another’s style in musical composition or in writing; work of art openly imitating the works of other artists

Longman:

1. a piece of writing, music, film etc that is deliberately made in the style of someone or something else [↪ parody]
pastiche of:
** The film is a pastiche of the Hollywood Wild West.

2. a work of art that consists of a variety of different styles put together

3. the practice of making a piece of writing, music, film etc using the style of something else or using a variety of different styles


(Noun) تقلید ادبی یا صنعتی از اثار استادان فن

pastoral
rural; of rural life; idyllic; of a pastor

Longman:

1. relating to the duties of a priest, minister etc towards the members of their religious group:
** his pastoral work among the congregation

2. [literary] typical of the simple peaceful life in the country:
** a charming pastoral scene

3. relating to the duties of a teacher in advising students about their personal needs rather than their schoolwork:
** pastoral care at the school

چوپانی،شبانی،روستایی،دشتی،کشیشی

pastry
paste of flour and water (eaten when baked)

Longman:

1. a mixture of flour, butter, and milk or water, used to make the outer part of baked foods such as pies

2. a small sweet cake, made using pastry:
** a Danish pastry


(Noun) کماج وکلوچه ومانند انها، شیرینی پزی، شیرینی

patent
obvious; easily seen; open for the public to read; of or protected by a patent; (ex.) patent to everyone; (n.)

Longman:

a special document that gives you the right to make or sell a newinvention or product that no one else is allowed to copy
patent on/for:
** He applied for a patent for a new method of removing paint.
** He wants to take out a patent on his new type of dustbin.
** The drugs are protected by patent.

اشکار، دارای حق امتیاز، امتیازی، بوسیله حق امتیازمحفوظ مانده، دارای حق انحصاری، گشاده، مفتوح، آزاد،محسوس، حق ثبت اختراع، امتیاز نامه، امتیاز یاحق انحصاری بکسی دادن، اعطا کردن (امتیاز)

pathetic
causing sadness, compassion, pity; touching

Longman:

1. something or someone that is pathetic is so useless, unsuccessful, or weak that they annoy you:
** You're pathetic! Here, let me do it.
** I know it sounds pathetic now, but at the time I was frightened.
** Vic made a pathetic attempt to apologise.

2. making you feel pity or sympathy:
** The child looked a pathetic sight.

دارای احساسات شدید، رقت انگیز، تاثراور، موثر،احساساتی، حزن اور، سوزناک

pathological
pertaining to disease; (n.) pathology: study of disease

Longman:

1. pathological behaviour or feelings happen regularly, and are strong, unreasonable, and impossible to control:
** a pathological hatred of women
** a pathological liar

2. a mental or physical condition that is pathological is caused by disease:
** pathological conditions such as cancer

3. relating to pathology


(Adjective) وابسته به ناخوشی شناسی

pathos
tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings; (ex.) pathos that runs through the novel

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the quality that a person, situation, film, or play has that makes you feel pity and sadness:
** the pathos of the woman trying to keep her lover


(Noun) عامل وموجد ترحم وتاثر، ترحم، گیرندگی

patina
green crust on old bronze works or copper; tone slowly taken by varnished painting

Longman:

[ singular]
1. a greenish layer that forms naturally on the surface of copper or bronze

2. a smooth, shiny surface that gradually develops on wood, leather etc

3. a patina of wealth/success etc: the appearance of being wealthy, successful etc


(Noun) ( patine ) زنگ مفرغ، جرم سبز، زنگار، قاب

patois
local or provincial dialect

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
a spoken form of a language used by the people of a small area and different from the national or standard language


(Noun) لهجه ولایتی وشهرستانی، لهجه محلی، لهجه عوام

patriarch
father and ruler of a family or tribe

Longman:

[ countable]
1. an old man who is respected as the head of a family or tribe ➔ matriarch

2. a bishop in the early Christian church

3. a bishop of the Orthodox Christian churches who is very high in rank


(Noun) پدرشاه، رئیس خانواده، ریش سفید قوم، ایلخانی، شیخ،بزرگ خاندان، پدرسالار

patrician
noble; aristocratic; (n.) person of high rank; aristocrat; (cf.) member of the governing classes in ancient rome; (cf.) plebian

Longman:

1. typical of a member of the highest class in society:
** a patrician manner

2. belonging to the high class of people that governed in ancient Rome

نجیب زاده، اعیان زاده، شریف، اشرافی

patrimony
property inherited from a father

Longman:

[ singular, uncountable]
property given to you after the death of your father, which was given to him by your grandfather etc [= inheritance]


(Noun) ار پدری، ثروت موروثی، میرا

patronize
support; act superior toward; treat in a condescending manner; be a customer of; (n.) patron: one that supports; regular customer; (n.) patronage; (cf.) boycott

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to talk to someone in a way which seems friendly but shows that you think they are not as intelligent or do not know as much as you:
** Don't patronize me!
** The program focuses on kids' interests without patronizing them.

2. to use or visit a shop, restaurant etc

3. to support or give money to an organization or activity

رئیس وار رفتار کردن، تشویق کردن، نگه داری کردن،مشتری شدن

paucity
scarcity; dearth

Longman:

[ singular]
less than is needed of something [= lack]
paucity of:
** a paucity of information


(Noun) عدد کم، معدود، اندک، قلت، کمی، کمیابی، ندرت

pauper
very poor person

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who is very poor


(Noun) گدا، بی نوا، (حقوق) معسر یا عاجز از پرداخت

peccadillo
slight offense or fault; (cf.) sin

Longman:

[ countable]
something bad which someone does, especially involving sex, which is not regarded as very serious or important:
** The public is willing to forgive him for his peccadillos.


(Noun) لغزش، اشتباه کوچک

pecuniary
pertaining to money

Longman:

relating to or consisting of money [↪ financial]:
** He was trying to get a pecuniary advantage for himself.


(Adjective) پولی، نقدی، مالی، جریمه دار

pedagogue
teacher; (cf.) child leader

Longman:

[ countable]
[formal] a teacher, especially one who thinks they know a lot and is strict in the way they teach


(Noun) ( pedagog ) اموزگار، معلم، اموزگار علم فروش

pedagogy
teaching; art of education

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the practice of teaching or the study of teaching


(Noun) فن اموزش وپرورش کودک، للگی، تربیت

pedant
scholar who overemphasizes book learning, trivial details of learning, or technicalities

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who pays too much attention to rules or to small unimportant details, especially someone who criticizes other people in an extremely annoying way:
** 'That's not exactly what it means.' 'Pedant.'


(Noun) فضل فروش، عالم نما، کرم کتاب

pedantic
bookish; showing off learning; marked by an excessive ostentatious concern for book learning; (n.) pedantry

Longman:

paying too much attention to rules or to small unimportant details
pedantic about:
** Some people can be very pedantic about punctuation.


(Adjective) وابسته به عالم نمایی وفضل فروشی

peddle
travel about selling (wares); (cf.) foot

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to sell goods to people, especially goods that people disapprove of because they are illegal, harmful, or of not very high quality [↪ push, deal]:
** They were accused of peddling drugs.
** people who peddle cigarettes to young children

2. to try to sell things to people, especially by going from place to place:
** Farmers come to Seoul to peddle rice.
** a door-to-door salesman peddling his wares (=selling his goods)

3. to try to persuade people to accept an opinion or idea which is wrong or false:
** politicians peddling instant solutions to long-standing problems

دوره گردی کردن، طوافی کردن

pedestal
support or base as for a pillar or statue

Longman:

[ countable]
1. the base on which a pillar or statue stands:
** a Grecian bust on a pedestal

2. a solid vertical post that supports something such as a table:
** the pedestal of the dentist's chair
pedestal basin: British English (=a bowl to wash your hands in, supported by a pedestal)

3. put/place somebody on a pedestal: to admire someone so much that you treat them or talk about them as though they are perfect:
** Women are both put on a pedestal and treated like second-class citizens.


(Noun) پایه ستون، پایه مجسمه، شالوده، محور، روی پایه قرار دادن، بلند کردن، ترفیع دادن

pedestrian
ordinary; dull; unimaginative(lacking in imagination); going on foot; (ex.) pedestrian prose; (n.)

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who is walking, especially along a street or other place used by cars

پیاده، وابسته به پیاده روی، مبتذل، بیروح

pediatrician
physician specializing in children’s diseases; n. pediatrics

Longman:

the American spelling of paediatrician


(Noun) پزشک متخصص اطفال، ویژه گر بیماریهای کودکان

pedigree
ancestry; lineage

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
1. the parents and other past family members of an animal or person, or an official written record of this

2. the history and achievements of something or someone, especially when they are good and should be admired [↪ background]:
** Founded in 1781, the school has an excellent pedigree.
** a scientist's academic pedigree


(Noun) شجره نامه، نسب نامه، دودمان، تبار، اشتقاق، ریشه،نژاد

peer
one who has equal standing with another; nobleman; v: look intently; (n.) peerage; (cf.) peeress

Longman:

[ countable]
1. [formal] your peers are the people who are the same age as you, or who have the same type of job, social class etc:
** American children did less well in math than their peers in Japan.
** Staff members are trained by their peers. ➔ peer group, peer pressure

2. a member of the British nobility [↪ House of Lords, peerage]

همتا، جفت، قرین، همشان، عضو مجلس اعیان، صاحب لقباشرافی، رفیق، برابر کردن، هم درجه کردن، بدرجهاشرافی (مثل کنت وغیره) رسیدن، برابر بودن با،بدقتنگریستن، باریک شدن، نمایان شدن، بنظررسیدن، همال

peerless
having no equal; incomparable

Longman:

[written] better than any other:
** the peerless blues musician B.B. King


(Adjective) بی همتا

peevish
bad-tempered; irritable; (v.) peeve: make angry

Longman:

easily annoyed by small and unimportant things [↪ bad-tempered]:
** The kids were peevish after so long in the car.


(Adjective) کج خلق، زودرنج، تند مزاج، ناراضی، عبوس، پست

pejorative
(of a word or phrase) suggesting that someone is of little value; negative in connotation; having a belittling effect; (ex.) many women now considers “housewife” a pejorative expression, because it patronized them.

Longman:

a word or expression that is pejorative is used to show disapproval or to insult someone:
** For hard-line Republicans, the word 'liberal' had become a pejorative term.

تنزل دهنده، تحقیر آمیز، واژه تحقیری

pell-mell
in confusion; disorderly; (ex.) dash pell-mell

Longman:

quickly and in an uncontrolled way:
** The children ran pell-mell out of school.

درهم و برهم، شلوغ پلوغ، هرکی هرکی، قر و قاتی

**

** - the box contained a pell-mell assortment of American novels
** - جعبه حاوی مجموعهی درهم و برهمی از رمانهای امریکایی بود با بینظمی، به طور درهم و برهم، به طور قر و قاتی
**

** - all the books that were heaped pell-mell around him
** - همه کتابهایی که به طور قر و قاتی دور او انباشته شده بود
** - the infantry retread pell-mell
** - پیاده نظام با بینظمی عقب نشینی کرد باشتاب، عجولانه، سراسیمه
**

** - he hesitated to enter the room pell-mell
** - او از این که بیپروا وارد اتاق بشود تردید کرد درهم و برهمی، بی نظمی، شلوغ پلوغی (pellmell هم مینویسند)
**

** - the pell-mell of life's casual happenings
** - در هم و برهمی رویدادهای الله بختی زندگی

pellucid
transparent; limpid(crystal clear); clear in meaning; easy to understand

Longman:

very clear [= transparent]:
** a pellucid stream

شفاف، حائل ماورا ، بلورین، روشن، سلیس

pen
fenced enclosure for animals; confining space; (ex.) sheep pen; (v.) confine in a pen; enclose

Longman:

1. [uncountable and countable] an instrument for writing or drawing with ink [↪ pencil, biro]:
** a ballpoint pen
** a felt-tip pen
in pen:
** Please fill out the form in pen.
** a pen and ink drawing

2. [countable] a small piece of land enclosed by a fence to keep farm animals in:
** a sheep pen ➔ playpen

3. put/set pen to paper: to begin to write

4. a short form of penitentiary

5. [informal] apenalty, used especially when talking about football

قلم، خودکار

penance
self-imposed punishment for sin; (ex.) do penance for one’s sins; (cf.) penitent

Longman:

1. something that you must do to show that you are sorry for something you have done wrong, especially in some religions
do/perform penance:
** We prayed and did penance together.
penance for:
** as a penance for his sins

2. [singular] something that you have to do but do not enjoy doing:
** Working in the garden was a kind of penance.

توبه وطلب بخشایش، پشیمانی، ریاضت، وادار به توبه کردن

penchant
strong inclination; strong liking (esp. for something that is disapproved of by other people); (ex.) penchant for fast cars

Longman:

a/somebody's penchant for something: if you have a penchant for something, you like that thing very much and try to do it or have it often:
** a penchant for fast cars


(Noun) میل شدید، علاقه، ذوق، میل وافر، امادگی

pendant
hanging down from something; pending; (n.) ornament (hanging from a necklace etc.)

Longman:

[ countable]
a jewel, stone etc that hangs from a thin chain that you wear around your neck [↪ necklace]:
** a ruby pendant

معلق، اویخته، لنگه، قرین، شیب، نامعلوم، بی تکلیف،ضمیمه شده، اویز شده، اویزه

pendent
hanging down from something; pending; (n.) ornament (hanging from a necklace etc.)

Longman:

hanging from something:
** a pendent lamp

آویخته، آویزان، معلق پیش آمده معوق، بلاتکلیف، در شرف تصمیم گیری، در دست انجام یا داوری، قریب الوقوع رجوع شود به: pendant

pending
not yet decided or settled; impending; (ex.) pending decision; prep. while awaiting; until; (ex.) delay the decision pending his return

Longman:

while waiting for something, or until something happens:
** Sales of the drug have been stopped, pending further research.

درطی، درمدت، تازمانی که، امر معلق، متکی

pendulous
hanging; suspended

Longman:

hanging down loosely and swinging freely:
** pendulous breasts


(Adjective) نوسانی

penetrate
enter into; pierce; permeate; see through; grasp the inner significance of; understand

Longman:

1. go through: [intransitive and transitive] to enter something and pass or spread through it, especially when this is difficult [↪ pierce]:
** bullets that penetrate thick armour plating
** Sunlight barely penetrated the dirty windows.
penetrate into:
** Explorers penetrated deep into unknown regions.

2. to start to sell things to an area or country, or to have an influence there:
** Few U.S. companies have successfully penetrated the Japanese electronics market.

3. to succeed in becoming accepted into a group or an organization, sometimes in order to find out their secrets:
** KGB agents had penetrated most of their intelligence services.

4. [formal]a) [transitive] to succeed in understanding something:
** Science has penetrated the mysteries of nature.b) [intransitive and transitive] to be understood, with difficulty:
** What could I say that would penetrate his thick skull?

5. if a man penetrates someone, he puts his penis into a woman's vagina or into someone's anus when having sex

نفوذ کردن در، بداخل سرایت کردن، رخنه کردن

penitent
repentant; (n.)

Longman:

feeling sorry because you have done something wrong, and are intending not to do it again [= repentant]:
** a penitent expression

توبه کار، پشیمان، تائب، اندوهناک، نادم

penology
study of prison management and criminal rehabilitation

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the study of prisons and the punishment of criminals


(Noun) کیفرشناسی، اداره زندان

pensive
dreamily or deeply thoughtful; sadly thoughtful; thoughtful with a hint of sadness; contemplative; cf. think over

Longman:

thinking a lot about something, especially because you are worried or sad [↪ thoughtful]:
** Jan looked pensive.


(Adjective) اندیشناک، متفکر، افسرده، پکر، گرفتار غم، محزون

penumbra
partial shadow (in an eclipse); (cf.) almost shadow

Longman:

[ countable]
an area of slight darkness


(Noun) شبه ظل، نیم سایه، سایه روشن

penury
extreme poverty; stinginess; (adj.) penurious: very poor; stingy

Longman:

[ uncountable]
[formal] the state of being very poor [= poverty]:
** He died in penury in 1644.


(Noun) احتیاج، فقر، تنگدستی، نیازمندی زیاد، خست

peon
landless agricultural worker; bond servant; menial worker; (n.) peonage

Longman:

[ countable]
1. someone who does boring or physically hard work for low pay - used humorously

2. someone in Mexico or South America who works as a type of slave to pay back debts


(Noun) فراش، غلام، ، پادو، پیک، قاصد، پاسبان

perceptive
insightful; showing a good ability at perceiving and understanding; aware; wise; of perception

Longman:

someone who is perceptive notices things quickly and understands situations, people's feelings etc well - used to show approval:
** a perceptive young man
** highly perceptive comments
** You're right. That's very perceptive of you.


(Adjective) حساس و باهوش

percussion
striking one object against another sharply; ex. percussion instrument; (n.) striking together of two bodies; sound caused by percussion

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. musical instruments such as drums, bells etc which you play by hitting them:
** Tonight we have Paul Duke on percussion (=playing a percussion instrument).
** a range of percussion instruments ➔ brass (2), stringed instrument, wind instrument, woodwind

2. the percussion (section): the people in an orchestra or band that play musical instruments such as drums, bells etc

3. [formal] the sound or effect of two things hitting each other with great force


(Noun) ضربت، دق، (موسیقی) اسباب های ضربی مثل طبل ودنبک

perdition
damnation; complete ruin; hell

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. punishment after death

2. complete destruction or failure:
** an alcoholic on the road to perdition


(Noun) تباهی، فنا، نیستی، مرگ روحانی

peregrination
journey; (v.) peregrinate

Longman:

[ countable]
a long journey:
** His peregrinations took him to India.


(Noun) مسافرت دور،جهانگردی،دربدری

peremptory
demanding and leaving no choice; imperative; ex. peremptory decree/knock

Longman:

peremptory behaviour, speech etc is not polite or friendly and shows that the person speaking expects to be obeyed immediately:
** a peremptory demand for silence


(Adjective) قطعی، بی چون وچرا، امرانه، خود رای، شتاب آمیز

perennial
something long-lasting; perennial plant; (adj.) lasting through the year or many years; lasting for a long time; enduring

Longman:

1. continuing or existing for a long time, or happening again and again:
** Lack of resources has been a perennial problem since the beginning.
** Teddy bears are a perennial favorite with children.

2. a plant that is perennial lives for more than two years [↪ annual]

همیشگی، دائمی، ابدی، جاودانی، پایا، همه ساله

perfidious
treacherous; disloyal; (n.) perfidy: treachery

Longman:

someone who is perfidious is not loyal and cannot be trusted [= treacherous]


(Adjective) پیمان شکن، خائن

perforate
pierce; put a hole through

Longman:

[ transitive]
to make a hole or holes in something:
** A broken rib had perforated her lung.

سوراخ کردن سوراخ کردن، سفتن، منگنه کردن، رسوخ کردن

perfunctory
done routinely and with little care; superficial; not thorough; lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; ex. perfunctory kiss

Longman:

a perfunctory action is done quickly, and is only done because people expect it:
** She gave him a perfunctory smile.
** The applause was perfunctory.


(Adjective) باری به هر جهت، سرسری، بی مبالات

perigee
point of moon’s orbit when it is nearest the earth; (cf.) apogee


(Noun) (نج.) حضیض (نقطه ای از مدار سیاره که بزمین نزدیکترباشد)

perimeter
outer boundary; length of the outer boundary; circumference

Longman:

[ countable]
1. the border around an enclosed area such as a military camp
perimeter of:
** the perimeter of the airfield
perimeter fence/wall:
** A mine blew a hole in the perimeter wall.

2. the whole length of the border around an area or shape
perimeter of:
** Calculate the perimeter of the rectangle.


(Noun) (هن.) پیرامون، محیط، فضای احاطه کننده
(Noun) پیرامون، محیط

peripatetic
walking about from place to place (to work); moving; (ex.) peripatetic school of philosophy

Longman:

travelling from place to place, especially in order to do your job:
** a peripatetic music teacher

وابسته به فلسفه ارسطو، راه رونده، گردش کننده،سالک، دوره گرد، پیاده رو

peripheral
of a periphery; marginal; outer; of minor importance; not central; (ex.) peripheral nerve/interest

Longman:

1. [formal] not as important as other things or people in a particular activity, idea, or situation:
** a diplomat who had a peripheral role in the negotiations
** Her involvement in the case was peripheral.
peripheral to:
** The romance is peripheral to the main plot of the movie.

2. [formal] in the outer area of something, or relating to this area:
** the city's peripheral suburbs
** the peripheral nervous system

3. peripheral vision: your ability to see things to the side of you when you look straight ahead

4. [technical] peripheral equipment can be connected to a computer and used with it


(Adjective) جنبی، پیرامونی
(Adjective) پیرامونی، دوره ای، وابسته به محیط، (مجازا) خارجی،ثانوی

periphery
outside edge especially of a round surface; perimeter; (ex.) periphery of the town

Longman:

1. [countable usually singular] the edge of an area
periphery of:
** the periphery of the crowd
on/at the periphery:
** a residential area on the periphery of the city ➔ outskirts

2. on/at the periphery (of something): a person or thing that is on the periphery of something is not one of the main people or things involved in it:
** extremists on the periphery of the animal rights movement
** Homeopathy is on the periphery of medical practice.


(Noun) (هن.) پیرامون، دوره، محیط، حدود
(Noun) جنب، پیرامون

perjury
false testimony while under oath; (v.) perjure oneself: testify falsely under oath

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the crime of telling a lie after promising to tell the truth in a court of law, or a lie told in this way:
** Hall was found guilty of perjury.


(Noun) نقض عهد، سوگند شکنی، گواهی دروغ

perk
any gain above stipulated salary; (ex.) perquisites such as free meals and a car

Longman:

[ countable usually plural]
something that you get legally from your work in addition to your wages, such as goods, meals, or a car:
** theatre tickets and other perks
perk of:
** the perks of working at a large law firm
** I only eat here because it's free - one of the perks of the job.

سربالاگرفتن، سینه جلو دادن، خود راگرفتن، باد کردن،اراستن، صاف کردن، جوشیدن

permeable
that can be permeated; penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through; (v.) permeate: spread or flow throughout; charge

Longman:

material that is permeable allows water, gas etc to pass through it [≠ impermeable]:
** the permeable cell membrane


(Adjective) نشت پذیر، نفوذ پذیر

permissive
allowing much freedom; lenient; (ex.) permissive society

Longman:

not strict, and allowing behaviour that many other people would disapprove of:
** parents who are too permissive
** a permissive society


(Adjective) اسان گیر، مجاز، روا.

pernicious
very harmful; deadly; very destructive; (ex.) pernicious effect/anemia

Longman:

very harmful or evil, often in a way that you do not notice easily:
** the pernicious effects of poverty
** the media's pernicious influence


(Adjective) زیان اور، مضر، کشنده، نابود کننده، مهلک

peroration
conclusion of an oration; perorating; (v.) perorate: conclude a speech; speak at great length

Longman:

[ countable]
1. the last part of a speech, in which the main points are repeated

2. [formal] a long speech that sounds impressive but does not have much meaning


(Noun) نطق

perpetrate
commit an offense; do (something wrong)

Longman:

[ transitive]
to do something that is morally wrong or illegal [↪ commit]:
** Who could have perpetrated such a dreadful crime?


(Verb - transitive) مرتکب شدن، مرتکب کردن، مقصر بودن

perpetual
everlasting

Longman:

[ usually before noun]
1. continuing all the time without changing or stopping [= continuous]:
** the perpetual noise of the machines
** a little girl with a perpetual smile

2. repeated many times in a way that annoys you [= continual]:
** my mother's perpetual nagging

3. [literary] permanent:
** the perpetual snows of the mountaintops

همیشگی، ابدی، مدام ابدی، همیشگی

perpetuate
make perpetual; make something last for a long time; preserve from extinction; (n.) perpetuity

Longman:

[ transitive]
to make a situation, attitude etc, especially a bad one, continue to exist for a long time:
** an education system that perpetuates the divisions in our society


(Verb - transitive) همیشگی کردن، دائمی کردن، جاودانی ساختن

perquisite
any gain above stipulated salary; (ex.) perquisites such as free meals and a car

Longman:

[ countable]
aperk1


(Noun) (حقوق) چیز اکتسابی، عایدی اکتسابی، حاصل، زحمتوهنرشخصی، عایدی اضافه برحقوق

persevere
continue steadily in spite of difficulties

Longman:

[ intransitive]
to continue trying to do something in a very determined way in spite of difficulties - use this to show approval:
** It can be tricky at first, but persevere.
persevere with:
** He persevered with his task until he had succeeded in collecting an armful of firewood.
persevere in (doing) something:
** She had persevered in her claim for compensation.

پشتکارداشتن، استقامت بخرج دادن، ثابت قدم ماندن

persist
continue in existence; last; continue in a course of action in spite of opposition; (ex.) persist in/with something; (adj.) persistent

Longman:

1. [intransitive and transitive] to continue to do something, although this is difficult, or other people oppose it
persist in (doing) something:
** He persisted in his refusal to admit responsibility.
persist with:
** She persisted with her studies in spite of financial problems.
** 'I don't think it's right,' John persisted.

2. [intransitive] if something bad persists, it continues to exist or happen:
** If the pain persists, you must see a doctor.

سماجت کردن، پافشاری کردن، اصرار کردن، ایستادگی

personable
attractive (in personality or appearance)

Longman:

someone who is personable is attractive and pleasant


(Adjective) خوش سیما، جذاب، با شخصیت، شخصی

personify
represent (an inanimate object) as a person; be the embodiment or perfect example of; (ex.) she is evil/patience personified; (n.) personification

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to have a lot of a particular quality or be a typical example of something:
** Carter personifies the values of self-reliance and hard work.
kindness/generosity etc personified:
** Bertha was kindness personified.

2. to think of or represent a quality or thing as a person
personify something as somebody:
** Time is often personified as an old man.

دارای شخصیت کردن، شخصیت دادن به، رل دیگری بازی کردن

perspicacious
(of someone) having insight; penetrating; astute

Longman:

good at judging and understanding people and situations [= perceptive]


(Adjective) زیرک، بینا، تیزهوش

perspicuity
clearness of expression; freedom from ambiguity


(Noun) روشنی، وضوح، صراحت، شفافی، روشن بینی، روش فکری،تیز بینی، زیرکی، عاقلی

perspicuous
(of something) plainly expressed; easy to understand; (ex.) perspicuous comments


(Adjective) واضح، صریح، روشن، شفاف

pert
(esp. of a girl or young woman) impertinent; forward; trim; jaunty; (ex.) pert young miss/hat

Longman:

1. a girl or woman who is pert is amusing, but slightly disrespectful:
** Angie gave him one of her pert little glances.

2. a pert part of the body is small, firm, and attractive:
** a pert bottom

بی پرده، گستاخ، پر رو، جسور، ماهر، غنچه دار، قشنگ، سرحال ( peart ) گستاخ، جسور، سالم وبا روح

pertinacious
holding tenaciously to an action; stubborn; persistent

Longman:

continuing to believe something or to do something in a very determined way [= tenacious]


(Adjective) لجوج، خودسر، خیره سر، کله شق، سمج

pertinent
suitable; to the point; relevant

Longman:

directly relating to something that is being considered [= relevant]:
** He asked me a lot of very pertinent questions.
pertinent to:
** The last point is particularly pertinent to today's discussion.


(Adjective) وابسته، مربوط

**

** - pertinent to the matter under discussion
** - مربوط به مطلب مورد بحث
** - your question was not pertinent
** - پرسش شما نامربوط بود
** - data pertinent to federal aid
** - داده‌های وابسته به کمک دولت فدرال
(Adjective) وارد، بجا، جور
**

** - his criticisms are as pertinent today as they were a hundred years ago
** - انتقادات او امروزه همانقدر وارد است که صد سال پیش

perturb
disturb greatly


(Verb - transitive) اشفتن، ناراحت کردن، مزاحم شدن

peruse
read through with care; (n.) perusal

Longman:

[ transitive]
[formal] to read something, especially in a careful way:
** She leant forward to peruse the document more closely.


(Verb - transitive) بررسی کردن، بدقت خواندن

pervasive
spread throughout; (v.) pervade: (of smells, ideas, feelings) spread throughout; charge; permeate

Longman:

existing everywhere:
** the pervasive influence of television
** the all-pervasive mood of apathy


(Adjective) فراگیر، نافذ، فراگیرنده

perverse
purposely continuing to do something wrong; stubbornly wrongheaded; perverted; directed away from what is right; wicked and unacceptable; (ex.) perverse satisfaction; (ex.) hannibal lecter in a perverse mood; (n.) perversity

Longman:

behaving in an unreasonable way, especially by deliberately doing the opposite of what people want you to do:
** He gets perverse satisfaction from embarrassing people.


(Adjective) منحرف، در خطا، گمراه، هرزه، فاسد

perversion
corruption; turning from right to wrong

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
1. a type of sexual behaviour that is considered unnatural and unacceptable

2. the process of changing something that is natural and good into something that is unnatural and wrong, or the result of such a change
perversion of:
** a perversion of the true meaning of democracy


(Noun) بدراهی، انحراف، انحراف جنسی یا اخلاقی

pervert
corrupt; turn from right to wrong; misuse; (ex.) perverted sexual desire/scientific knowledge; (n.) person whose sexual behavior is not natural

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to change something in an unnatural and often harmful way:
** Genetic scientists are often accused of perverting nature.

2. to influence someone so that they begin to think or behave in an immoral way [= corrupt]:
** TV violence perverts the minds of young children.

3. pervert the course of justice: to deliberately prevent a fair examination of the facts about a crime

منحرف کردن، از راه راست بدرکردن، گمراه شدن، مرتد،بدراه، منحرف

pessimism
belief that life is basically bad or evil; gloominess; tendency to take the gloomiest possible view of a situation; (adj.) pessimistic

Longman:

[ uncountable]
a tendency to believe that bad things will happen [≠ optimism]
pessimism about/over:
** There is deep pessimism about the future.


(Noun) بدبینی، صفت بد، بدی مطلق، فلسفه بدبینی

pestilent
causingplague; tending to causedeath;baneful; (n.) pestilence: fatal epidemic disease(esp.bubonic plague)


(Adjective) مهلک، طاعونی، طاعون اور

pestilential
causing plague; tending to cause death; baneful; (n.) pestilence: fatal epidemic disease (esp. bubonic plague)

Longman:

1. [literary] extremely unpleasant and annoying

2. causing disease


(Adjective) وابسته به طاعون یا افت

pestle
tool for mashing or grinding substances in a hard bowl or mortar

Longman:

[ countable]
a short stick with a heavy round end, used for crushing things in a mortar (=a special bowl)

دسته هاون، (در گفتگو) ران گوسفند، ران خوک، خرد کردن،پودر ساختن

petrify
turn to stone; cause to become stonelike; stun or paralyze

سنگ کردن یا شدن، متحجر کردن، گیج کردن، ازکارانداختن

petty
trivial; unimportant; very small; small-minded; petty-minded

Longman:

1. a petty problem, detail etc is small and unimportant [= trivial]:
** petty squabbles
** petty restrictions

2. unkind and caring too much about small unimportant things:
** How can she be so petty?
** petty jealousy and spitefulness

3. petty crime: a crime that is not serious, for example stealing things that are not very valuable

4. petty criminal/thief etc: a criminal whose crimes are not very serious

5. a petty official is not important - used especially when they use their power as if they were important:
** Some petty bureaucrat wanted all the documents in triplicate.

جزئی، خرد، کوچک، غیر قابل ملاحظه، فرعی

petulant
touchy; peevish; ill-tempered

Longman:

behaving in an unreasonably impatient and angry way, like a child


(Adjective) زودرنج، شرم اور، ادم جسور، کج خلق، ترشرو

phalanx
formation of infantry carrying overlapping shields and long spears; group of men packed together (for attack or defense)

Longman:

[ countable]
a large group of people or things standing close together so that it is difficult to go through them
phalanx of:
** A solid phalanx of policemen blocked the road.


(Noun) بند انگشت، دسته بهم فشرده پیاده نظام سنگین اسلحه

pharisaical
pertaining to the pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous; hypocritical

لغت مورد نظر شما یافت نشد.واژه‌ها‌ی پیشنهادی:

pharisee
pharisee: member of an ancient jewish group that emphasized strict observance of the mosaic law (considering themselves very holy); hypocritical self-righteous person

(مجازا) زهد فروش، ریاکار، فریسی

phenomena
observable facts; subjects of scientific investigation; sg. phenomenon: observable fact; very unusual person, thing, or event; marvel; wonder; (cf.) phenomenon; adj. phenomenal: very unusual; extraordinary; of a phenomenon; (ex.) phenomenal strength


(Noun) حادثه،عارضه،عرض،نمود،تجلی،اثر طبیعی،نادره،شخص برجسته

philanderer
faithless lover; flirt

Longman:

[ countable]
a man who has sex with many women, without intending to have any serious relationships


(Noun) مردلاس زن،زن دنبال کن

philanthropist
lover of mankind; doer of good; (n.) philanthropy

Longman:

[ countable]
a rich person who gives a lot of money to help poor people


(Noun) خیرخواه بشر، ادم نیک اندیش، بشردوست

philatelist
stamp-collector; (n.) philately: stamp collecting


(Noun) تمبر شناس

philistine
narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain; uncultured person who is indifferent to artistic and cultural values; member of an ancient people in palestine; op. aesthete

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who does not like or understand art, literature, music etc:
** When it comes to art, the man's a philistine.

( philistia ) ادم هرزه، ادم بی فرهنگ وبی ذوق ومادی

philology
study of language or words

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the study of words and of the way words and languages develop


(Noun) علم زبان، زبان شناسی تاریخی وتطبیقی واژه شناسی

phlegmatic
calm and unexcitable; not easily disturbed; cf. phlegm: sticky mucus produced in the respiratory tract

Longman:

calm and not easily excited or worried:
** The taxi driver, a phlegmatic man in middle age, showed no surprise at this request.


(Adjective) بلغمی مزاج، شخص خونسرد وبی رگ

phobia
morbid fear

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
a strong unreasonable fear of something
phobia about:
** Owen has a phobia about snakes.
** Some children suffer from school phobia.


(Noun) (روان‌شناسی) ترس (بیمارگونه)، هراس، واهمه، وحشت
(Noun) نفرت، تنفر، بیزاری

phoenix
symbol of immortality or rebirth; (ex.) phoenix rising from its ashes

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a magic bird that is born from a fire, according to ancient stories

2. rise like a phoenix from the ashes: to become successful again after seeming to have failed completely


(Noun) ققنوس (اسطوره‌ی مصر، پرنده‌ای که حدود ۵۰۰ سال عمر می‌کند و سپس خود را آتش می‌زند و از خاکستر او پرنده‌ی تازه‌ای بر می‌خیزد)

phylum
major classification, second to kingdom, of plants and animals; category ranking below a kingdom and above a class; division

Longman:

[ countable]
one of the large groups into which scientists divide plants, animals, and languages


(Noun) ( phylon ) نژاد، قبیله، اجداد، سلسله، دودمان، راسته

physiognomy
face (as showing the character and the mind); art of judging human character from facial features

Longman:

[ countable]
the general appearance of a person's face


(Noun) سیما شناسی، قیافه شناسی، سیما، چهره، صورت

physiological
pertaining to the science of the function of living organisms; (n.) physiology


(Adjective) ( physiologic ) وابسته به علم وظایف اعضا ، ساختمانی، وابسته به علم فیزیولوژی

piebald
of different colors; mottled; spotted in different colors (esp. in black and white); (ex.) piebald horse; (cf.) pie + bald

Longman:

a piebald animal has black and white areas on its body:
** a piebald horse

پیسه، ابلق، دورنگ، رنگارنگ، ناجور، خلنگ

piecemeal
one part at a time; gradually; in stages; (ex.) read a novel piecemeal

Longman:

a process that is piecemeal happens slowly and in stages that are not regular or planned properly:
** The buildings have been adapted in a piecemeal fashion.
** a piecemeal approach to the problem

به اجزا ریز تقسیم کردن، خردخرد، تکه تکه، بتدریج،تدریجی

pied
piebald; variegated(many-colored); multicolored

Longman:

[ only before noun]
used in the names of birds that are black and white:
** a pied wagtail


(Adjective) ابلق، رنگارنگ، گوناگون، پرنده رنگارنگ

piety
devoutness; reverence for god; (adj.) pious

Longman:

[ uncountable]
when you behave in a way that shows respect for your religion [↪ pious]:
** an act of Christian piety


(Noun) پارسایی، پرهیز گاری، خداترسی، تقوا

pigment
coloring matter (usually powder to be mixed with water or oil)

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
a natural substance that makes skin, hair, plants etc a particular colour:
** Melanin is the dark brown pigment of the hair, skin and eyes.
** The artist Sandy Lee uses natural pigments in her work.


(Noun) رنگیزه، رنگ دانه، ماده رنگی، ماده ملونه، باماده رنگی رنگ کردن

pilfer
steal things of small value; filch; snitch

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
to steal things that are not worth much, especially from the place where you work
pilfer from:
** She was sacked after being caught pilfering from the till.

دله دزدی کردن، کش رفتن

pillage
plunder

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
if soldiers pillage a place in a war, they steal a lot of things and do a lot of damage [= plunder]

غارت، تاراج، یغما، غارت کردن

pillory
punish by placing in a wooden frame or pillory; subject or expose to criticism and ridicule; (n.)

Longman:

[ transitive usually passive]
if someone is pilloried, they are publicly criticized by a lot of people, especially in newspapers etc:
** The education secretary was pilloried by the press for his latest proposals.

قاپوق، نوعی الت شکنجه قدیمی که سر ودست مجرم را ازسوراخ کوچک تخته سنگی گذارنده وفشار میدادند

pinch
squeeze between the thumb and a finger, or other edges; (ex.) i had to pinch myself to make sure i wasn’t dreaming. (n.) amount that can be held between the thumb and a finger

Longman:

1. [transitive] to press a part of someone's skin very tightly between your finger and thumb, especially so that it hurts:
** We have to stop her pinching her baby brother.
** He pinched her cheek.

2. [informal] to steal something, especially something small or not very valuable:
** Someone's pinched my coat!

3. [transitive] to press something between your finger and thumb:
** Pinch the edges of the pastry together to seal it.

4. [intransitive and transitive] if something you are wearing pinches you, it presses painfully on part of your body, because it is too tight:
** Her new shoes were pinching.

5. somebody has to pinch themselves: used when a situation is so surprising that the person involved needs to make sure that they are not imagining it:
** Sometimes she had to pinch herself to make sure it was not all a dream.

نیشگون گرفتن، قاپیدن، مضیقه، تنگنا، موقعیت باریک،سربزنگاه، نیشگون، اندک، جانشین

pine
long for; yearn; languish from longing or grief; decline

Longman:

1. [uncountable and countable] alsopine tree a tall tree with long hard sharp leaves that do not fall off in winter:
** an ancient pine forest

2. [uncountable] the pale wood of pine trees, used to make furniture, floors etc:
** a pine table

غم و اندوه، از غم و حسرت نحیف شدن، نگرانی، رنج وعذاب دادن، غصه خوردن، (گیاه‌شناسی) کاج، چوب کاج، صنوبر

pinion
restrain or immobilize by binding the wings or legs; (n.) bird’s wing

Longman:

[transitive always + adverb/preposition] to hold or tie someone's arms or legs very tightly, so that they cannot move freely:
** My arms were pinioned behind me by the policemen.

قسمت دوراز مرکز بال پرنده، بال، چرخدنده جناحی، پرو بال پرنده را کندن، دست کسی رابستن، کفتربند کردن

pinnace
small boat


(Noun) کشتی کوچک پارویی، زن، زنجاکش

pinnacle
peak; highest point; acme; (ex.) pinnacle of fame

Longman:

1. [singular] the most successful, powerful, exciting etc part of something:
** the pinnacle of academic achievement
pinnacle of:
** She had reached the pinnacle of her political career.
at the pinnacle of something:
** The bank was then at the pinnacle of England's financial system.

2. a high mountain top

3. a pointed stone decoration, like a small tower, on a building such as a church or castle

اوج، منتهی درجه، قله نوک تیز، راس، برج

pious
devout; religious; (n.) piety

Longman:

1. having strong religious beliefs, and showing this in the way you behave [↪ piety]:
** He was a quiet, pious man.

2. if you describe what someone says as pious talk, words etc, you mean that they are trying to sound good or moral but you do not believe that they are sincere or will really do what they say:
** pious speeches by politicians about 'family values'

3. pious hope/wish: something that you want to be true or to happen, but that is very unlikely:
** All these agreements and ideas remain little more than pious hopes in the present climate.


(Adjective) دیندار، پرهیزگار، زاهد، متقی، پارسا، وارسته

piquant
pleasantly tart-tasting; spicy; pleasantly stimulating; ex. piquant situation when my old enemy asked for my help

Longman:

1. having a pleasantly spicy taste:
** a piquant wild mushroom sauce

2. interesting and exciting


(Adjective) تندوبامزه، گوشه دار، گزنده، هشیارکننده

pique
irritation; resentment from wounded pride (eg. loss in a contest); (v.) provoke; arouse; annoy; cause to feel resentment; (ex.) pique her curiosity

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. a feeling of being annoyed or upset, especially because someone has ignored you or insulted you:
** He stormed out in a fit of pique.

2. a type of material made of cotton, silk, or rayon

مشاجره، رنجش، انزجار، تحریک کردن، زخم زبان زدن،پارچه راه راه نخی، پیکه، منبت کاری

piscatorial
pertaining to fishing; (cf.) pisces

Longman:

relating to fishing or people who go fishing


(Adjective) ( piscatory )وابسته به ماهیگیری، وابسته به صیدماهی

pitfall
hidden danger; concealed trap

Longman:

[ countable usually plural]
a problem or difficulty that is likely to happen in a particular job, course of action, or activity
pitfall of:
** He gave me advice on how to avoid the pitfalls of the legal process.
** the pitfalls associated with the purchase of a used car


(Noun) دام، تله، گودال سرپوشیده

pith
core or marrow; sponge-like substance in the center of stems; essence; substance

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. a white substance just under the outside skin of oranges and similar fruit:
** Peel the oranges with a sharp knife to remove all pith.

2. a soft white substance that fills the stems of some plants

(کالبد شناسی) مغز تیره، مغز حرام، مغز میوه، مخ استخوان،اهمیت، قوت، پر معنی و عمیق

pithy
concise and meaningful; substantial; meaty

Longman:

if something that is said or written is pithy, it is intelligent and strongly stated, without wasting any words:
** Press releases must be short and pithy.
** a series of pithy quotations


(Adjective) شبیه مغز، پرمغز، مختصر و مفید، موثر

pittance
small amount (of money); small allowance or wage

Longman:

[ singular]
a very small amount of money, especially wages, that is less than someone needs or deserves
earn/be paid a pittance:
** The musicians earn a pittance.
work/be sold for a pittance:
** The crop was sold for a pittance.
** She raised three children on a pittance.


(Noun) مبلغ جزئی، چندرقاز، کمک هزینه مختصر

pivotal
of a pivot; central; critical; crucial

Longman:

more important than anything else in a situation, system etc:
** The Bank of England has a pivotal role in the London money market.
pivotal to:
** The talks are pivotal to the success of the country.


(Adjective) محوری، اساسی، موثر

placate
pacify; bring peace to; conciliate; appease

Longman:

[ transitive]
to make someone stop feeling angry [= appease]:
** These changes did little to placate the unions.


(Verb - transitive) ارام کردن، تسکین دادن، اشتی کردن

placebo
harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a harmless substance given to a sick person instead of medicine, without telling them it is not real. Placebos are often used in tests in which some people take real medicine and others take a placebo, so that doctors can compare the results to see if the real medicine works properly.

2. placebo effect: when someone feels better after taking a placebo, even though it has not had any effect on their body


(Noun) (پزشکی) دوای مریض راضی کن، داروی دل خوش کنک و بی اثر، مایه تسکین

placid
peaceful; calm; (ex.) placid child/lake

Longman:

1. a placid person does not often get angry or upset and does not usually mind doing what other people want them to:
** a large, placid baby
** She sat still, placid and waiting.

2. calm and peaceful:
** The lake was placid and still under the moonlight.


(Adjective) ارام، راحت، متین

plagiarize
steal another’s ideas or writings and pass them off as one’s own; (ex.) ideas plagiarized from my article; (n.) plagiarism; (cf.) kidnap

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
to take words or ideas from another person's work and use them in your work, without stating that they are not your own:
** He accused other scientists of plagiarizing his research.

( plagiarist ) اثار ادبی دیگران را سرقت کردن

plaintive
expressing sorrow; mournful; (ex.) plaintive song

Longman:

a plaintive sound is high, like someone crying, and sounds sad
plaintive cry/voice/sound etc:
** the plaintive cry of the seagull


(Adjective) ناله آمیز، محزون، شکوهآمیز، سوزناک

plait
braid; intertwine; interweave strands or lengths of; make by weaving strands together; (ex.) plaited hair; (n.) braided length as of hair o fabric; (cf.) pigtail, ponytail

Longman:

[ transitive]
British English to twist three long pieces of hair or rope over and under each other to make one long piece [= braid American English]
** She plaited her hair hurriedly.
** a plaited leather belt

موی بافته، پیچیدن گیسو، تاه، چین، گیس بافته، تاه زدن، چین دار کردن

plane
carpenter’s tool for smoothing and leveling wood; (v.) (cf.) flat

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a vehicle that flies in the air and has wings and at least one engineCOLLOCATIONS COLLOCATIONS
a plane takes off: (=it goes into the air from the ground)
a plane lands/touches down: (=it arrives on the ground from the air)
by plane:
a plane taxies: (=it moves on the ground)
get on/board a plane:
on a plane:
get off a plane:
catch a plane:
fly a plane: (=be the pilot of a plane)
plane crash:
** The plane will take off in twenty minutes.
** Our plane landed at O'Hare airport in Chicago.
** It's much quicker to go by plane.
** The plane taxied along the runway.
** Matt boarded a plane for San Diego.
** She slept on the plane.
** Over 40 people died in the plane crash.

2. level: a level or standard of thought, conversation etc:
** The two newspapers are on completely different intellectual planes.

3. a tool that has a flat bottom with a sharp blade in it, used for making wooden surfaces smooth

4. a plane tree

5. a completely flat surface in geometry

هواپیما، رنده کردن، با رنده صاف کردن، صاف کردن،پرواز، جهش شبیه پرواز، سطح تراز، هموار، صاف، مسطح صفحه، سطح، مستوی، هواپیما

plaster
paste that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls; (v.)

Longman:

1. a substance used to cover walls and ceilings with a smooth, even surface. It consists of lime, water, and sand.

2. plaster of Paris

3. a piece of thin material that is stuck on to the skin to cover a small wound [= bandaid American English]

4. in plaster: if you have a leg or arm in plaster, you have a plaster cast around it because a bone is broken and needs to be kept in place while it mends

گچ، خمیر مخصوص اندود دیوار و سقف، دیوار را با گچ و ساروج اندود کردن، گچ زدن، گچ مالیدن، ضماد انداختن، مشمع انداختن روی

plasticity
ability to be molded; (adj.) plastic: capable of being shaped or molded; (ex.) plastic material such as clay

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the quality of being easily made into any shape, and of staying in that shape until someone changes it


(Noun) اندام پذیری، شکل پذیری، قالب پذیری، حالت پلاستیکی،نرمی، انعطاف

platitude
trite remark; commonplace statement; (adj.) platitudinous

Longman:

[ countable]
a statement that has been made many times before and is not interesting or clever - used to show disapproval:
** His excuse was the platitude 'boys will be boys.'


(Noun) بیمزگی، بیاتی، پیش پاافتادگی، ابتذال

platonic
purely spiritual; theoretical; without sensual desire

Longman:

a relationship that is platonic is just friendly and is not a sexual relationship:
** a platonic friendship


(Adjective) پیرو افلاطون، افلاطونی

plaudit
praise; enthusiastic approval; round(succession or series) of applause; (cf.) applaud

هلهله شادی، صدای افرین، تمجید، دست زدن

plausible
conceivably true; having a show of truth but open to doubt; specious

Longman:

1. reasonable and likely to be true or successful [≠ implausible]:
** His story certainly sounds plausible.
** a plausible explanation

2. someone who is plausible is good at talking in a way that sounds reasonable and truthful, although they may in fact be lying:
** a plausible liar


(Adjective) باورکردنی، پذیرفتنی، قابل استماع، محتمل

plebeian
common; vulgar; pertaining to the common people; (n.) common people in ancient rome; (cf.) patrician

Longman:

relating to ordinary people and what they like, rather than to people from a high social class - used to show disapproval:
** a man with plebeian tastes

آدم طبقه سوم، خشن و رذل، دانشجوی سال اول نیروی دریایی (روم قدیم) توده مردم، طبقه سوم، خشن، بی ادب

plebiscite
direct vote by the entire electorate (on an important issue)

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
a system by which everyone in a country or area votes on an important decision that affects the whole country or area
plebiscite on:
** a plebiscite on independence


(Noun) همه پرسی، مردم خواست، رای قاطبه مردم، مراجعه بارا عمومی

plenary
(of power) complete; full; fully attended by all qualified members; (ex.) plenary power

Longman:

[ only before noun]
1. involving all the members of a committee, organization etc:
** The conference ended with a plenary debate.

2. plenary powers are complete powers with no limit:
** He was given plenary powers to negotiate with the rebels.

کامل، جامع، غیر مقید، شامل تمام اعضا

plenitude
abundance; plenty; great amount; completeness; fullness; (cf.) plenary, plenty

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. a plenitude of something: a large amount of something:
** a plenitude of wealth

2. completeness or fullness


(Noun) ( plentitude ) کمال، سرشاری، وفور، فراوانی

plethora
excess; overabundance; (ex.) a plethora of excuses

Longman:

a plethora of something:[formal] a very large number of something, usually more than you need:
** a plethora of suggestions


(Noun) ازدیاد خون در یک نقطه، افراط، ازدیاد

pliable
flexible; easily influenced; yielding; adaptable

Longman:

1. able to bend without breaking or cracking:
** a shoe made of soft, pliable leather

2. easily influenced and controlled by other people:
** Senior officials would have preferred a more pliable government.


(Adjective) خم پذیر، خم شو، انحنا پذیر، نرم شدنی، قابل انعطاف

pliant
flexible; easily influenced

Longman:

1. soft and moving easily in the way that you want:
** Isabel was pliant in his arms.
** her pliant lips

2. easily influenced and controlled by other people:
** Pliant judges have been a problem in the past.


(Adjective) نرم، خم شو، راضی شو، زود راضی شو، دمدمی مزاج، تاشو

plight
difficult condition; condition or state (esp. a bad state or condition); predicament

Longman:

[ usually singular]
a very bad situation that someone is in
plight of:
** the desperate plight of the flood victims
** the country's economic plight

متعهد شدن، تعهد دادن، گرفتاری، مخمصه

ploy
stratagem to gain an advantage; tactic; (ex.) management ploy

Longman:

[ countable]
a clever and dishonest way of tricking someone so that you can get an advantage:
** His usual ploy is to pretend he's ill.
ploy to do something:
** a smart ploy to win votes


(Noun) تمحید، عمل، اقدام، کار، امر، ورزش، خوشی، وجد

pluck
courage; (v.) pull off or out; pull out the hair or feathers of; (adj.) plucky: courageous; brave

Longman:

1. [written] to pull something quickly in order to remove it
pluck something from/off etc something:
** He plucked a couple of plastic bags from the roll.
** Reaching up, she plucked an apple off the tree.

2. pluck your eyebrows: to make your eyebrows the shape you want, by pulling out some of the hairs

3. take somebody/something away: [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to take someone away from a place or situation that is dangerous or unpleasant in a quick and unexpected way
pluck somebody/something from/out of something:
** Some refugee children were plucked out of the country in a number of mercy missions.
** She was plucked from obscurity (=made suddenly famous) by a Hollywood film producer.
** Three survivors were plucked to safety after being in the sea for 7 hours.

4. to pull the feathers off a dead chicken or other bird before cooking it

5. pluck up (the) courage (to do something): to force yourself to be brave and do something you are afraid of doing:
** He finally plucked up enough courage to ask her out.

شهامت، شجاعت، تصمیم، دل وجرات، انقباض، کندن، چیدن،کشیدن، بصدا دراوردن، گلچین کردن، لخت کردن، ناگهان کشیدن

plumage
feathers of a bird;

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the feathers covering a bird's body:
** the parrot's brilliant blue plumage


(Noun) پرهای زینتی، پر وبال، پرشاهین

plumb
exactly vertical; (n.) weight on the end of a line; v: examine very carefully or critically in order to understand; measure depth (by sounding); (ex.) plumb the depth of

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. plumb the depths (of despair/misery/bad taste etc): to feel an unpleasant emotion in a very extreme way, or to behave in a way that is extremely unpleasant or morally bad:
** When his wife left him, Matt plumbed the very depths of despair.
** That night they plumbed the depths of treachery and horror, and murdered the king as he slept.

2. to succeed in understanding something completely [= fathom]:
** Psychologists try to plumb the deepest mysteries of the human psyche.

to connect a piece of equipment such as a washing machine to the water supply

ژرف پیما، شاقول عمودی، گلوله سربی راست، بطور عمودی، عمودا، درست، عینا، لوله کشی کردن، ژرف یابی کردن، عمق پیمودن، عمودی قرار دادن، با شاقول آزمودن، با سرب مهر و موم کردن، شاقولی افتادن، عمود بودن، سرب

plumber
one who installs and repairs pipes and plumbing( pipes)

Longman:

[ countable]
someone whose job is to repair water pipes, baths, toilets etc


(Noun) لوله کش

plume
feather, esp. large or showy one; something that rises into the air (like the shape of a feather); (ex.) plume of smoke

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a cloud of smoke, dust etc which rises up into the air
plume of smoke/dust/gas/spray etc:
** A black plume of smoke rose above the city.

2. a large feather or bunch of feathers, especially one that is used as a decoration on a hat

پر، پر ارایشی، پر کلاه زنان، تل، باپر اراستن،ارایش دادن

plummet
fall sharply; fall straight down; (ex.) stock prices plummeted.

Longman:

[ intransitive]
1. to suddenly and quickly decrease in value or amount [= plunge]
plummet from something to something:
** Profits plummeted from £49 million to £11 million.
** House prices have plummeted down.

2. to fall suddenly and quickly from a very high place [= plunge]:
** The plane plummeted towards the earth.

گلوله سربی، وزنه شاقول، شاقول، ژرف پیما،سرازیرشدن، نازل شدن، سرنگون وارافتادن

plump
pleasantly fat; nicely rounded

Longman:

1. slightly fat in a fairly pleasant way - used especially about women or children, often to avoid saying the word fat:
** The nurse was a cheerful plump woman.
** The baby's nice and plump. ➔ see usage note fat1

2. round and full in a way that looks attractive:
** plump, soft pillows
** plump juicy tomatoes

گوشتالو، فربه، چاق وچله، فربه ساختن، گوشتالو کردن، چاق شدن، صدای تلپ تلپ، محکم افتادن یا افکندن

plutocracy
society ruled by the wealthy

Longman:

[ countable]
a ruling class or government that consists of rich people, or a country that is governed by rich people


(Noun) حکومت اغنیا ، حکومت توانگران، طبقه ثروتمند

podiatrist
doctor who treats ailments of the feet; chiropodist; n. podiatrics

Longman:

[ countable]
a doctor who takes care of people's feet and treats foot diseases [= chiropodist British English]

لغت مورد نظر شما یافت نشد.واژه‌ها‌ی پیشنهادی:

podium
pedestal; raised platform

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a small raised area for a performer, speaker, or musical conductor to stand on

2. American English a high sloping surface for putting an open book or notes on while you are giving a speech to a lot of people - some people think that this use is incorrect [= lectern]:
** Several speakers took the podium (=spoke from it) that night.


(Noun) بالکن جایگاه مخصوص، لژ سلطنتی

poignancy
quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion; (adj.) poignant: touching; deeply moving; (of sorrow, grief, etc.) painful; keenly distressing to the mind; (ex.) poignant memory/anxiety; (cf.) prick


(Noun) تیزی، زنندگی، تلخی، ناگواری، حادی

poise
good judgment with composure; balance; (v.) place in a carefully balanced position

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. a calm, confident way of behaving, combined with an ability to control your feelings or reactions in difficult situations:
** Louisa seems to have much more poise and confidence.

2. a graceful way of moving or standing, so that your body seems balanced and not awkward:
** the poise of a dancer
** She's pretty, but lacks poise.

توازن، وضع، وقار، ثبات، نگاه داری، اونگ یا وزنه ساعت، وزنه متحرک، بحالت موازنه دراوردن، ثابت واداشتن

polar
of a pole; characterized by opposite extremes; (ex.) polar opposites

Longman:

1. close to or relating to the North Pole or the South Pole:
** As our climate warms up, the polar ice caps will begin to melt.

2. polar opposite/extreme: something that is the complete or exact opposite of something else:
** Ortega's cheerful landscapes are the polar opposites of Miller's dark, troubled portraits.

3. [technical] relating to one of the poles of a magnet


(Adjective) قطبی، وابسته به قطب شمال وجنوب، دارای قطب مغناطیسی یا الکتریکی، متقارن، متقابل، متضاد
قطبی

polarity
state of having two opposite qualities

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
1. [formal] a state in which people, opinions, or ideas are completely different or opposite to each other
polarity between:
** the polarity between the intellect and the emotions

2. the state of having either a positive or negative electric charge


(Noun) قطبش، تمایل قطبی، توجه به قطب، تضاد، تقارن

polarize
split into opposite extremes or camps

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
to divide into clearly separate groups with opposite beliefs, ideas, or opinions, or to make people do this:
** The issue has polarized the country.

قطبش دادن، دوقطبی ساختن، بصورت متضاد در اوردن،متقارن کردن قطبی کردن

polemic
attack or defense of an opinion; controversy or refutation; argument in support of point of view; (n.) polemics: art of debate or controversy

Longman:

1. a written or spoken statement that strongly criticizes or defends a particular idea, opinion, or person:
** Before long, the dispute degenerated into fierce polemics.

2. the practice or skill of making written or spoken statements that strongly criticize or defend a particular idea, opinion, or person

جدلی، اهل جدل، بحث، بحث وجدل

polemical
aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious (rather than simply expressing opinions)

Longman:

using strong arguments to criticize or defend a particular idea, opinion, or person:
** The reforms were attacked in a highly polemical piece in the 'New Yorker'.

( polemicist ) جدلی، مجادله آمیز

politic
prudent; judicious; well judged; expedient; well devised

Longman:

sensible and likely to gain you an advantage [= prudent]
it is politic to do something:
** It would not be politic to ignore the reporters.


(Adjective) دیپلوماسی، اراسته، مهذب، با سیاست، سیاس، سیاسی،نماینده سیاسی، زندانی سیاسی

polity
(particular form of) political organization; form of government of nation or state; (ex.) student polity

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
a particular form of political or government organization, or a condition of society in which political organization exists


(Noun) طرز حکومت، طرز اداره، سیاست

polygamist
one who has more than one spouse at a time; (cf.) bigamy; (cf.) polyandry


(Noun) مرد چند زنه، معتقد به تعدد زوجات، چندگان

polyglot
speaking several languages; multilingual; (ex.) polyglot person/society; (n.)

Longman:

speaking or using many languages [= multilingual]:
** a polyglot population

چند زبانی، متکلم بچند زبان

pomposity
self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt(pompous person); (adj.) pompous: self-important


(Noun) دبدبه، شکوه، اب وتاب، جلوه وشکوه

ponderous
having great weight; weighty; unwieldy; lacking lightness; dull; (ex.) ponderous body/style of writing

Longman:

1. slow or awkward because of being very big and heavy:
** an elephant's ponderous walk

2. boring, very serious, and seeming to progress very slowly:
** a ponderous and difficult book
** The system, though ponderous, works.


(Adjective) وزین، سنگین، خیلی سنگین، خیلی کودن

pontifical
pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious; (cf.) pontiff: pope; bishop

Longman:

1. relating to the Pope

2. speaking as if you think your judgment or opinion is always right

وابسته به پاپ یا اسقف، جامه اسقفی

pore
study industriously; ponder; scrutinize; (ex.) pore over the book; (n.)

Longman:

[ countable]
one of the small holes in your skin that liquid, especially sweat, can pass through, or a similar hole in the surface of a plant

سوراخ ریز، منفذ، روزنه، خلل وفرج، در دریای تفکرغوطه ور شدن، (با over )بمطالعه دقیق پرداختن، با دقتدیدن

porous
full of pores; like a sieve

Longman:

1. allowing liquid, air etc to pass slowly through many very small holes:
** porous material

2. easy to pass through or get into something:
** the porous border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic


(Adjective) ( porose =) خلل وفرج دار، متخلل، پر منفذ

porridge
soft food made by boiling oatmeal

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. oats that are cooked with milk or water and served hot for breakfast [= oatmeal American English]

2. a period of time spent in prison
do porridge: (=spend time in prison)


(Noun) (در اصل) شوربا، آش
(Noun) (در بریتانیا) پُرِج، حلیم، حریره، فرنی

**

** - do porridge
** - (در بریتانیا) (عامیانه) در زندان بودن، تو هلفتونی بودن، آب خنک خوردن

portend
foretell; presage; be a sign or warning of; (n.) portent: sign; omen; forewarning

Longman:

[ transitive]
to be a sign that something is going to happen, especially something bad:
** strange events that portend disaster


(Verb - transitive) از پیش خبر دادن، پیشگویی کردن، حاکی بودن

portly
stout; corpulent

Longman:

someone who is portly, especially an old man, is fat and round:
** a portly old gentleman


(Adjective) هیکل وار،تنومند،جثه دار،با وقار

pose
assume a particular posture; put forward; present; affect a particular attitude (to impress others); (ex.) pose a threat; (n.)

Longman:

1. cause problem: [transitive] to exist in a way that may cause a problem, danger, difficulty etc
pose a threat/danger/risk:
** Officials claim the chemical poses no real threat.
pose something to/for somebody/something:
** The events pose a challenge to the church's leadership.
** Rising unemployment is posing serious problems for the administration.

2. to sit or stand in a particular position in order to be photographed or painted, or to make someone do this
pose for:
** We posed for photographs.

3. pose a question: to ask a question, especially one that needs to be carefully thought about:
** In her book she poses the question,'How much do we need to be happy?'

4. pose as somebody: to pretend to be someone else, in order to deceive people:
** Bryce was caught posing as a lawyer.

5. to impress people: [intransitive] to dress or behave like a rich and fashionable person in order to make other people notice you or admire you

(. vi &. vt . n ): مطرح کردن، گذاردن، قراردادن، اقامه کردن، ژست گرفتن، وانمود شدن، قیافه گرفتن، وضع،حالت، ژست، قیافه گیری برای عکسبرداری، (. vt ):( baffle ، puzzle ، question )سوال پیچ کردن باسئوال گیر انداختن

poseur
person who pretends to be sophisticated, elegant, etc., to impress others; person who poses; (cf.) pose


(Noun) ( poser ) وانمود کن، ژستو، قیافه گیر، پرسش دشوار

posterity
descendants; future generations; (ex.) go down to posterity; (cf.) posterior, anterior

Longman:

[ uncountable]
all the people in the future who will be alive after you are dead
preserve/record/keep etc something for posterity:
** a priceless work of art that must be kept for posterity


(Noun) آیندگان، نسل‌های آینده، نوادگان، پسینیان

**

** - we want to leave a better world for our posterity
** - می‌خواهیم دنیای بهتری را تحویل نسل‌های آینده‌ی خود بدهیم
(Noun) (رسمی) اخلاق، اعقاب

posthumous
after death (as of child born after father’s death or book published after author’s death); coming or occurring after one’s death; (ex.) posthumous fame/novel

Longman:

happening, printed etc after someone's death:
** a posthumous collection of his articles


(Adjective) متولد شده پس از مرگ پدر (درمورد طفل)، منتشر شده پس از مرگ نویسنده

postmortem
autopsy; (adj.) occurring after death; of a postmortem

پس از مرگ، معاینه پس از مرگ، مرده را معاینه وکالبد شکافی کردن پس از واقع، پس از مرگ

postulate
self-evident truth; something assumed without proof; (v.) assume the truth of (as a basis of an argument)

Longman:

[ transitive]
[formal] to suggest that something might have happened or be true
postulate that:
** It has been postulated that the condition is inherited.

انگاره، پذیره، مسلم فرض کردن تقاضا، درخواست، ادعا، قیاس منطقی، بدیهی شمرده،لازم دانستن، قیاس منطقی کردن، فرض نمودن

posture
assume an affected pose; act artificially; (n.) pose; attitude

Longman:

1. [uncountable and countable] the way you position your body when sitting or standing
good/bad etc posture:
** Poor posture can lead to muscular problems.
** her upright posture

2. [singular] the way you behave or think in a particular situation
posture towards:
** He tends to adopt a defensive posture towards new ideas.

وضع، حالت، پز، چگونگی، طرز ایستادن یا قرار گرفتن،قرار دادن

potable
suitable for drinking; drinkable

Longman:

potable water is safe to drink

اشامیدنی، نوشیدنی، قابل شرب

potent
powerful; convincing; persuasive; greatly influential

Longman:

1. having a very powerful effect or influence on your body or mind [= powerful]:
** potent drugs
** a potent symbol of oppression
** Advertising is a potent force in showing smoking as a socially acceptable habit.
** A good company pension scheme remains a potent weapon for attracting staff.

2. powerful and effective:
** The treaty requires them to get rid of their most potent weapons.

3. a man who is potent is able to have sex or able to make a woman pregnant [≠ impotent]


(Adjective) قوی، پرزور، نیرومند

potentate
monarch; sovereign

Longman:

[ countable]
a ruler in the past, who had great power over his people


(Noun) پادشاه، سلطان، شخص توانا، فرمانروای مقتدر

potential
expressing possibility; latent; (n.) capacity for growth

Longman:

[ only before noun]
likely to develop into a particular type of person or thing in the future [= possible]
potential customer/buyer/client:
** new ways of attracting potential customers
potential benefit/problem:
** the potential benefits of the new system
potential danger/threat/risk:
** the potential risks to health associated with the drug

عامل بالقوه، عامل، بالفعل، ذخیره ای، نهانی، پنهانی، دارای استعداد نهانی، پتانسیل پتانسیل، بالقوه

potion
dose (of liquids); liquid dose

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a drink intended to have a special or magical effect on the person who drinks it, or which is intended to poison them:
** a magic potion
** a love potion

2. a medicine, especially one that seems strange or old-fashioned


(Noun) جرعه، دارو یا زهر ابکی، شربت عشق، شربت عشق دادن به

potpourri
heterogeneous mixture; medley; mixture of dried flower petals a pot (to give a pleasant smell to a room)

Longman:

1. [uncountable] a mixture of pieces of dried flowers and leaves kept in a bowl to make a room smell pleasant

2. [singular] a mixture of things that are not usually put together, for example different pieces of music or writing
potpourri of:
** a potpourri of literary styles


(Noun) محفظه عطر، عطر گل، تنوع، مخلوط درهم وبرهم

poultice
soothing application applied to sore and inflamed portions of the body

Longman:

[ countable]
something that is put on someone's skin to make it less swollen or painful, often made of a wet cloth with milk, herbs, or clay on it


(Noun) ضماد، ضماد روی محل درد گذاشتن

practicable
feasible

Longman:

a practicable way of doing something is possible in a particular situation:
** The only practicable course of action is to sell the company.
** It is their duty to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the equipment is safe.
it is practicable (for somebody) to do something:
** It may not always be practicable to follow exactly the recommendations.


(Adjective) عملی، قابل اجرا، صورت پذیر، عبور کردنی

practical
based on experience; of or acquired through practice (rather than theory); useful; (ex.) practical man

Longman:

1. real: relating to real situations and events rather than ideas, emotions etc [↪ theoretical]:
** Candidates should have training and practical experience in basic electronics.
** the practical problems of old age
** They provide financial and practical help for disabled students.
** a combination of theoretical and practical training
** They haven't thought about the practical consequences of the new regulations.
** In practical terms, this means spending more time with each student.

2. effective: practical plans, methods etc are likely to succeed or be effective in a situation [≠ impractical]:
** It doesn't sound like a very practical solution.
** a practical way of achieving greater efficiency
** Unfortunately, there's no practical alternative to driving.
** a practical guide to buying and selling a house

3. clear thinking: a practical person is good at dealing with problems and making decisions based on what is possible and what will really work [≠ impractical]:
** She's a very practical person.
** I was very shocked, but tried to be practical and think what to do.

4. suitable: useful or suitable for a particular purpose or situation [≠ impractical ]:
** Skirts aren't very practical in my kind of work.

5. using your hands: good at repairing or making things:
** I'm not very practical - I can't even change a light bulb.


(Adjective) کابردی، عملی، بکار خور، اهل عمل

pragmatic
practical (as opposed to idealistic); concerned with practical worth or impact of something; (ex.) pragmatic test of the skill

Longman:

dealing with problems in a sensible, practical way instead of strictly following a set of ideas [↪ dogmatic]:
** Williams took a more pragmatic approach to management problems.


(Adjective) ( pragmatics )عملی، فعال، واقع بین، فلسفه واقع بینی واقعیت گرایی
(Adjective) کاربسته، عملی، عملگرا

pragmatist
practical person; (n.) pragmatism: pragmatic way of dealing with things

پیرو فلسفه عملی، مصلحت گرای

prance
move about in a spirited manner (proudly and confidently)

Longman:

[ intransitive]
1. [always + adverb/preposition] to walk or dance with high steps or large movements, especially in a confident way
prance around:
** We used to prance around our bedroom pretending to be pop stars.

2. if a horse prances, it moves with high steps

خرامش از روی تکبر، جفتک زدن، با تکبر راه رفتن،(در موراسب) روی دو پا بلندشدن، سوار اسب چموش شدن

prank
mischievous trick

Longman:

[ countable]
a trick, especially one which is played on someone to make them look silly:
** a childish prank

شوخی، شوخی امیخته با فریب، شوخی خرکی، مزاح، شوخ طبعی، شوخی زننده، تزئین کردن

prate
talk idly; speak foolishly; boast idly

Longman:

[ intransitive]
[old use] to talk in a meaningless, boring way about something

هرزه درایی کردن، پچ پچ، ورور، یاوه گویی، وراجی،پرگویی، یاوه گویی کردن، وراجی کردن

prattle
talk idly; babble; (n.) (cf.) prate

Longman:

[ intransitive]
to talk continuously about silly and unimportant things
prattle away/on:
** What's Sarah prattling on about?

پرگویی کردن، حرف مفت زدن، ورزدن، ورور

preamble
introductory statement

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
[formal] a statement at the beginning of a book, document, or talk, explaining what it is about
preamble to:
** the preamble to the American Constitution
** Harding gave him the news without preamble (=without saying anything else before it).


(Noun) سراغاز مقدمه کتاب، مقدمه سند، دیباجه، مقدمه و راهنمای نظام نامه یا مقررات، توضیحات، مقدمه نوشتن

precarious
unsafe; lacking in stability; uncertain; risky; ex. precarious living

Longman:

1. a precarious situation or state is one which may very easily or quickly become worse:
** Her health remained precarious, despite the treatment.
** the company's precarious financial position

2. likely to fall, or likely to cause someone to fall:
** a precarious mountain trail


(Adjective) عاریه ای بسته بمیل دیگری، مشروط بشرایط معینی،مشکوک، مصر، التماس کن، پرمخاطره

precedent
preceding (in time, rank, etc.)

Longman:

1. an action or official decision that can be used to give support to later actions or decisions:
** a legal precedent
set/create a precedent:
** UN involvement in the country's affairs would set a dangerous precedent.
precedent for:
** precedents for what courts will accept as 'fair'

2. [uncountable and countable] something of the same type that has happened or existed before
precedent for:
** There's not much precedent for men taking leave when their baby is born.
without precedent:
** An epidemic on this scale is without precedent.

3. [uncountable] the way that things have always been done
break with precedent: (=do something in a new way)

مقدم، سابقه، نمونه سابقه داشتن، مقدم بر، مسبوق به سابقه، ماقبل

precept
practical rule guiding conduct; (ex.) mother’s precept

Longman:

[ countable]
a rule on which a way of thinking or behaving is based:
** basic moral precepts


(Noun) حکم، امر، فرمان، امریه، خطابه، مقررات، نظامنامه،پند، قاعده اخلاقی

precinct
division of a city for election or police purposes; precincts: space that surrounds a building; (ex.) precincts of the college

Longman:

1. an area of a town where people can walk and shop, and where cars are not allowed

2. one of the areas that a town or city is divided into, so that elections or police work can be organized more easily

3. the main police station in a particular area of a town or city

4. precincts: [plural] the area that surrounds an important building:
** the precincts of the cathedral


(Noun) حد، مرز، محوطه، بخش، حوزه، حدود

precipice
cliff; dangerous position; (ex.) on the edge of the precipice

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a very steep side of a high rock, mountain or cliff:
** A loose rock tumbled over the precipice.

2. a dangerous situation in which something very bad could happen:
** The stock market is on the edge of a precipice.


(Noun) صخره پرتگاه، پرتگاه، سراشیبی تند

precipitant
something that causes a substance in a chemical solution to separate out in solid form op. solvent

شتابزده، جدا شدنی، تعلیق، شدنی، باعجله، عامل رسوب

precipitate
hurl downward; throw headlong; hasten; cause to happen sooner; condense and fall as rain or snow; cause (a solid substance) to be separated from a solution; (adj.) hasty; rash; premature; sudden

Longman:

1. [formal] to make something serious happen suddenly or more quickly than was expected [= hasten]:
** The riot was precipitated when four black men were arrested.

2. to separate a solid substance from a liquid by chemical action, or to be separated in this way

to force someone or something into a particular state or condition:
** The drug treatment precipitated him into a depression.

بشدت پرتاپ کردن، شتاباندن، بسرعت عمل کردن، تسریع کردن، سر اشیب تند داشتن، ناگهان سقوط کردن، غیرمحلول وته نشین شونده، جسم تعلیق شونده یا متراسب،خیلی سریع، بسیار عجول، ناگهانی، رسوب شیمیایی

precipitous
steep; overhasty; precipitate

Longman:

1. very sudden:
** a precipitous decline in stock prices

2. dangerously high or steep:
** a precipitous path

3. [formal] happening or done too quickly, and not thought about carefully:
** a precipitous marriage


(Adjective) شتابناک، از روی عجله، بی مهابا

precis
abstract; concise summing up of main points; concise summary of a text

Longman:

[ countable]
especially British English a statement which gives the main idea of a piece of writing, speech etc [= summary; = abstract AmE]
** a précis of the report

خلاصه رئوس مطالب، تلخیص، چکیده مطلب، خلاصه نوشتن

precise
exact

Longman:

1. precise information, details etc are exact, clear, and correct [= exact]:
** precise sales figures
** It was difficult to get precise information.
** 'She's a lot older than you, isn't she?' 'Fifteen years, to be precise.'

2. [only before noun] used to emphasize that you are referring to an exact thing [= exact]:
** At that precise moment, her husband walked in.
** The precise cause of the disease is unknown.
** the precise location of the ship
** the precise nature of their agreement

3. someone who is precise is very careful about small details or about the way they behave:
** a precise, careful woman
** with precise movements of his hands


(Adjective) دقیق، موبه‌مو (درست)

**

** - at that precise moment
** - درست در همان لحظه/درست سرِ موقع
** - to be precise
** - به عبارت دقیق‌تر/اگر بخواهیم دقیق‌تر بگوییم
(Adjective) معین، خاص، مشخص
(Adjective) (شخص، زهن) دقیق، موشکاف، باریک‌بین
**

** - prime and precise
** - وسواسی/سختگیر/مشکل‌پسند

preclude
make impossible; prevent; exclude; eliminate

Longman:

[ transitive]
[formal] to prevent something or make something impossible:
** rules that preclude experimentation in teaching methods
preclude somebody from doing something:
** Age alone will not preclude him from standing as a candidate.


(Verb - transitive) مانع جلو راه ایجاد کردن، مسدود کردن

precocious
advanced in development; (n.) precocity

Longman:

a precocious child shows intelligence or skill at a very young age, or behaves in an adult way - sometimes used to show disapproval in British English:
** a precocious child who walked and talked early


(Adjective) زود رس، پیش رس، نابهنگام، باهوش

precursor
forerunner; predecessor

Longman:

[ countable]
[formal] something that happened or existed before something else and influenced its development
precursor of/to:
** a precursor of modern jazz


(Noun) پیشرو، منادی، ماده متشکله جسم جدید

predator
predatory animal or bird; predatory person; creature that seizes and devours another animal; person who robs or exploits others; (adj.) predatory: living by preying on other organisms; plundering; (n.) predation

Longman:

[ countable]
1. an animal that kills and eats other animals [↪ prey]

2. someone who tries to use another person's weakness to get advantages:
** a sexual predator


(Noun) ( predatorial ، predatory =)درنده، غارتگر، یغماگر،تغذیه کننده از شکار

predecessor
former occupant of a post

Longman:

[ countable]
1. someone who had your job before you started doing it [≠ successor]:
** Kennedy's predecessor as president was the war hero Dwight Eisenhower.

2. a machine, system etc that existed before another one in a process of development [≠ successor]:
** The new BMW has a more powerful engine than its predecessor.


(Noun) اسبق، سابق، قبلی، جد، اجداد، (درجمع) پیشنیان
ماقبل، سلف

predetermine
determine in advance; predestine; settle or decide beforehand; influence markedly


(Verb - transitive) قبلا مقدر کردن، قبلا تعیین کردن

predicament
difficult situation; tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma

Longman:

[ countable]
a difficult or unpleasant situation in which you do not know what to do, or in which you have to make a difficult choice:
** the country's economic predicament
** She went to the office to explain her predicament.
in a predicament:
** Other married couples are in a similar predicament.


(Noun) مخمصه، حالت، وضع نامساعد، وضع خطرناک

predilection
preference; partiality

Longman:

[ countable]
[formal] if you have a predilection for something, especially something unusual, you like it very much
predilection for:
** Mrs Lane's predilection for gossip


(Noun) تمایل قبلی، رجحان، برگزیدگی، جانبداری

predispose
give an inclination toward (in advance); make susceptible to; (ex.) predispose people to certain cancer; (n.) predisposition

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to make someone more likely to suffer from a particular health problem
predispose somebody to something:
** Diabetes predisposes patients to infections.

2. to make someone more likely to behave or think in a particular way
predispose somebody to something:
** Parents who smoke predispose children to smoking.


(Verb - transitive) مستعد کردن، زمینه را مه یا ساختن

preeminent
outstanding; superior


(Adjective) سرامد، مقدم، برتر، افضل

preempt
prevent in advance; head off(forestall); forestall by acting first; appropriate for oneself before others; supplant; take the place of; displace; (ex.) preempt any attempts; (adj.) preemptive

باحق شفعه خریدن، حق تقدم پیدا کردن، پیشدستی کردن قبضه کردن، به انحصار دراوردن

preen
make oneself tidy in appearance; feel selfsatisfaction or pride; (of a bird) smooth or clean (feathers) with the beak; (ex.) preen oneself on; (cf.) prune

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
1. if a bird preens or preens itself, it cleans itself and makes its feathers smooth using its beak

2. to spend time making yourself look tidier and more attractive
preen yourself:
** a girl preening herself in the mirror

3. to look proud and feel pleased because of something you have done
preen yourself:
** He enjoyed the applause, preening himself like a pop star.

سنجاق سینه، خودرا اراستن، با منقار وزبان خود را اراستن، بخود بالیدن

prefatory
introductory; of a preface

Longman:

[ only before noun]
forming a preface or introduction:
** a few prefatory remarks


(Adjective) (prefatorial) دیباچه‌ای، پیش گفتاری

prefigure
be a sign of; foreshadow

Longman:

[ transitive]
[formal] to be a sign that something will happen later


(Verb - transitive) از پیش نشان دادن، از پیش تصور کردن، قبلا اعلام کردن، قبلا نشان دادن

prehensile
capable of grasping or holding (esp. by wrapping around); (ex.) prehensile tails

Longman:

a prehensile tail, foot etc can curl around things and hold on to them


(Adjective) گیرکننده، گیرنده، قابض، مخصوص گرفتن و چیدن برگ،دارای استعداد هنری، درک کننده

prelate
church dignitary; priest of high position in the church (esp. bishop)

Longman:

[ countable]
a bishop, cardinal, or other important priest in the Christian church


(Noun) مطران، خلیفه، اسقف اعظم، کشیش ارشد

prelude
introduction; introductory performance or event; forerunner

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a prelude to something: if an event is a prelude to a more important event, it happens just before it and makes people expect it:
** Living together as a prelude to marriage is now considered acceptable in many countries.

2. a short piece of music, especially one played at the beginning of a longer musical piece or before a church ceremony:
** Chopin's preludes
** an organ prelude

پیش درامد، مقدمه، قسمت مقدماتی

premeditate
plan in advance; (ex.) premeditated murder

قبلا فکر چیزی را کردن، مطالعه قبلی کردن

premise
assumption; postulate; proposition upon which an argument is based

Longman:

1. premises: [plural]the buildings and land that a shop, restaurant, company etc uses:
** Schools may earn extra money by renting out their premises.
** business premises
off the premises:
** The manager escorted him off the premises.
on the premises:
** The wonderful desserts are made on the premises.

2. [countable] also premiss British English a statement or idea that you accept as true and use as a base for developing other ideas:
** The idea that there is life on other planets is the central premise of the novel.
premise that:
** the premise that an accused person is innocent until they are proved guilty

قضیه ثابت یا اثبات شده، بنیاد واساس بحث، صغری وکبرای قیاس منطقی، فرض قبلی، فرضیه مقدم، فرض منطقی کردن

premonition
forewarning; presentiment; foreboding

Longman:

[ countable]
a strange feeling that something, especially something bad, is going to happen
premonition of:
** a premonition of death
premonition that:
** When Anne didn't arrive, Paul had a premonition that she was in danger.


(Noun) تحذیر، اخطار، برحذر داشتن، فکر قبلی

premonitory
serving to warn

Longman:

giving a warning that something unpleasant is going to happen:
** premonitory symptoms of the disease


(Adjective) اخطار کننده، تحذیر کننده، برحذر دارنده

preponderance
superiority of power, quantity, etc.; (v.) preponderate: be greater in power, weight, or importance; adj. preponderant

Longman:

1. a preponderance of something: if there is a preponderance of people or things of a particular type in a group, there are more of that type than of any other:
** There is a preponderance of female students in the music department.

2. a preponderance of the evidence:[law] most of the evidence in a law case


(Noun) برتری، مزیت، فضیلت، فزونی، سنگین تری

prepossessing
attractive; (cf.) preoccupying ?

Longman:

looking attractive or pleasant:
** a prepossessing smile


(Adjective) کشنده،جاذب،مجذوب کننده،جلب توجه کننده،گیرنده،جالب

preposterous
absurd; completely unreasonable; ridiculous

Longman:

completely unreasonable or silly [= absurd]:
** The whole idea sounds absolutely preposterous!


(Adjective) نامعقول، غیر طبیعی، مهمل، مضحک

prerogative
privilege; unquestionable right; (cf.) ask before

Longman:

[ countable usually singular]
a right that someone has, especially because of their importance or social position
prerogative of:
** Education was once the prerogative of the elite.
** Arriving late is a woman's prerogative.
** the royal prerogative (=the rights of kings and queens)

حق ویژه، امتیاز مخصوص، حق ارثی، امتیاز

presage
foretell; be a warning or sign of; (n.) presentiment; foreboding; omen

Longman:

[ transitive]
[formal] to be a sign that something is going to happen, especially something bad:
** The large number of moderate earthquakes that have occurred recently could presage a larger quake soon.

نشانه، نشان، علامت، فال نما، شگون، گواهی دادن بر،خبردادن از، پیشگویی کردن

prescience
ability to foretell the future; knowledge of actions before they occur; (adj.) prescient


(Noun) پیش دانی، اگاهی از پیش، علم غیب، الهام

presentiment
premonition; foreboding; feeling something will happen; anticipatory fear

Longman:

[ countable]
[formal] a strange feeling that something is going to happen, especially something bad [= premonition]
presentiment of:
** a presentiment of disaster


(Noun) عقیده قبلی نسبت بچیزی، احساس وقوع امری از پیش،روشن بینی قبلی، دلهره

prestige
respect or admiration; impression produced by achievements or reputation; (adj.) causing admiration; adj. prestigious: having prestige

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the respect and admiration that someone or something gets because of their success or important position in society
prestige of:
** the prestige of having your work shown at a top London gallery
** The king wanted to enhance his prestige through war.
** This little-known British firm has now gained considerable prestige.
** the personal prestige attached to owning a large property


(Noun) حیثیت، اعتبار، ابرو، نفوذ، قدر ومنزلت

presume
take for granted; assume; act overconfidently; take liberties; presume on/upon: take unfair advantage of (someone’s kindness or connection); (n.) presumption

Longman:

1. [transitive] to think that something is true, although you are not certain [= assume]:
** Each of you will make a speech, I presume?
** 'Are his parents still alive?' 'I presume so.'
presume that:
** I presume we'll be there by six o'clock.
presume somebody/something to be somebody/something:
** From the way he talked, I presumed him to be your boss.
be presumed to do something:
** The temple is presumed to date from the first century BC.

2. to accept something as true until it is shown to not be true, especially in law [= assume]:
** We must presume innocence until we have evidence of guilt.
be presumed dead/innocent etc:
** Their nephew was missing, presumed dead.

3. [formal] to behave without respect or politeness by doing something that you have no right to do
presume to do something:
** I would never presume to tell you what to do.

4. [formal] to accept something as being true and base something else on it [= presuppose]:
** The Ancient History course presumes some knowledge of Greek.
presume that:
** I presume that someone will be there to meet us when we arrive.

5. presume on/upon somebody's friendship/generosity etc: to unfairly ask someone for more than you should, because they are your friend, are generous etc:
** It would be presuming on his generosity to ask him for money.

فرض کردن، مسلم دانستن، احتمال کلی دادن، فضولی کردن

presumptuous
going beyond what is right; excessively forward; arrogant; taking liberties

Longman:

doing something that you have no right to do and that seems rude
is it presumptuous (of somebody) to do something:
** Would it be presumptuous of me to ask why you are so miserable?


(Adjective) گستاخ، جسور، مغرور، خود بین

pretend
feign; pretend to: claim to possess; make pretensions to; (ex.) i don’t pretend to much expertise; (n.) pretense

Longman:

1. [intransitive and transitive] to behave as if something is true when in fact you know it is not, in order to deceive people or for fun
pretend (that):
** We can't go on pretending that everything is OK.
** Let's pretend we're on the moon.
pretend to do something:
** She pretended not to notice.
** He's not asleep - he's just pretending.
** To pretend ignorance of the situation would be irresponsible.
** I can't marry her and to pretend otherwise would be wrong.

2. [transitive usually in negatives] to claim that something is true, when it is not
pretend (that):
** I can't pretend I understand these technical terms. (=I admit I do not understand them)
pretend to do/be something:
** The book doesn't pretend to be for beginners.

وانمود کردن، بخود بستن، دعوی کردن

pretension
pretentiousness; claim (without foundation); ex. i make no pretensions to skill as an artist.

Longman:

[ countable usually plural, uncountable]
1. an attempt to seem more important, more intelligent, or of a higher class than you really are
pretension to:
** Lilith resented Adam's pretensions to superiority.
** the humbleness and lack of pretension of Jordan's cafe

2. a claim to be or do something
pretension(s) to be something:
** The group don't have any pretensions to be pop stars.
pretension to:
** a large village with pretensions to the status of a small town


(Noun) وانمود، ادعا، دعوی، خودفروشی، تظاهر، قصد

pretentious
ostentatious; showy; pompous; making unjustified claims; overambitious; (ex.) pretentious films that claim to be art

Longman:

if someone or something is pretentious, they try to seem more important, intelligent, or high class than they really are in order to be impressive [≠ unpretentious]:
** a pretentious film


(Adjective) پرمدعا، پرجلوه، پر ادعا ومتظاهر

preternatural
beyond what is normal in nature; supernatural; ex. preternatural strength/forces

Longman:

1. beyond what is usual or normal:
** He felt possessed of a preternatural strength and fearlessness.

2. strange, mysterious, and unnatural:
** the preternatural green light


(Adjective) غیر عادی، غیر طبیعی، مافوق طبیعی

pretext
excuse

Longman:

[ countable]
a false reason given for an action, in order to hide the real reason
pretext for:
** The incident provided the pretext for war.
on/under the pretext of doing something:
** Tom called at her apartment on the pretext of asking for a book.
on/under the pretext that:
** He left immediately on the pretext that he had a train to catch.
** He'll phone on some pretext or other.


(Noun) بهانه، عذر، دستاویز، مستمسک، بهانه اوردن

prevail
be widespread; triumph over; gain victory; prevail on: persuade; induce; (ex.) justice has prevailed; (ex.) prevail on someone to do something

Longman:

[ intransitive not in progressive]
1. if a belief, custom, situation etc prevails, it exists among a group of people at a certain time
prevail in/among etc:
** the economic conditions which prevail in England and Wales
** I admired the creativity which prevailed among the young writers.

2. if a person, idea, or principle prevails in a fight, argument etc, they are successful in the end:
** Justice will prevail.
common sense prevails/reason prevails: (=a sensible decision is made)
** He considered lying, but then common sense prevailed.
prevail over/against:
** Your inner strength will enable you to prevail over life's obstacles.

to persuade someone
prevail on/upon somebody to do something:
** She prevailed upon her father to say nothing.

چربیدن، غالب آمدن، مستولی شدن، شایع شدن

prevalent
widespread; generally accepted

Longman:

common at a particular time, in a particular place, or among a particular group of people
prevalent in/among etc:
** Solvent abuse is especially prevalent among younger teenagers.
** the prevalent belief in astrology


(Adjective) رایج، شایع، متداول، فائق، مرسوم، برتر

prevaricate
lie; hide the truth (by equivocating)

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
to try to hide the truth by not answering questions directly:
** 'I'm not sure,' he prevaricated.

دوپهلو حرف زدن، زبان بازی کردن، دروغ گفتن

prey
target of a hunt; victim; (v.) hunt and eat as prey; victimize; (ex.) cats prey on mice.

Longman:

1. an animal, bird etc that is hunted and eaten by another animal [= predator]:
** a tiger stalking its prey

2. bird/beast of prey: a bird or animal which lives by killing and eating other animals

3. be/fall prey to somebody/something: if someone falls prey to someone or something bad, they are harmed or affected by them:
** Street children in this part of the world often fall prey to drug dealers.
** They are prey to nameless fears.

4. easy prey:a) someone who can easily be deceived or harmed:
** He was easy prey for the two conmen who called at his house.b) an animal which is easily caught by another:
** Fish at the surface of the water are easy prey for eagles.

شکار، نخجیر، صید، طعمه، قربانی، دستخوش، صید کردن،دستخوش ساختن، طعمه کردن

prim
proper to the point of affectation; very precise and formal; exceedingly proper

Longman:

1. very formal and careful in the way you speak and behave, and easily shocked by anything rude:
** She looked prim and nervous in her best hat and coat.
** a very prim and proper young lady

2. prim clothes are neat and formal:
** a prim suit

برگ نو، یاسم، نوار ابیض، رسمی وخشک، خیلی محتاط،تمیز، رسمی وخشک بودن، خود را گرفتن، اراستن

primal
first in rank or importance; being first in time; original; (ex.) man’s primal innocence

Longman:

[ only before noun]
primal feelings or actions seem to belong to a part of people's character that is ancient and animal-like:
** a primal fear of the unknown


(Adjective) اولیه، بسیار قدیمی

primary
first in rank or importance; principal; earliest in time; (ex.) primary stages; (n.) (cf.) first

Longman:

1. [usually before noun] most important [= main]:
** Our primary concern is to provide the refugees with food and healthcare.
** Many of the villagers rely on fishing as their primary source of income.
primary purpose/aim/objective:
** Their primary objective is to make money.
** Personal safety is of primary importance.

2. especially British English relating to the education of children between five and eleven years old [= elementary AmE; ↪ secondary]:
** a primary teacher
** primary education
** teaching at primary level

3. happening or developing before other things:
** a primary tumour
** Counselling was given as a primary therapy for depression.

ابتدایی، مقدماتی، نخستین، عمده، اصلی اولیه، ابتدای، عمده

primate
group of mammals including humans

Longman:

[ countable]
a member of the group of animals that includes humans and monkeys

پیشوا، راسته پستانداران نخستین پایه، کشیش ارشد

prime
period of ideal or peak condition; earliest or beginning stage; (ex.) in the prime of life; (ex.) prime of the year(spring); (adj.) first in importance or rank; first; (v.) make ready; prepare

Longman:

[ only before noun]
1. most important [= main]:
** Smoking is the prime cause of lung disease.
** Our prime concern is providing jobs for all young school leavers.
** He was named as the prime suspect in the murder investigation.
** Good management is of prime importance in business.

2. of the very best quality or kind:
** prime rib of beef
** prime agricultural land
** The hotel is in a prime location overlooking the valley.

3. be a prime candidate/target (for something): to be the person or thing that is most suitable or most likely to be chosen for a particular purpose:
** The school is a prime candidate for closure.
** Old people are a prime target for thieves.

4. prime example: a very typical example of something:
** Blakey Hall is a prime example of a 19th century building.

اول، عمده، نخست، زبده، درجه یک اغاز، بهار جوانی، کمال، بهترین قسمت، نخستین،اولیه، اصلی، برجسته، عمده، بار کردن، تفنگ را پرکردن، بتونه کاری کردن، قبلا تعلیم دادن، اماده کردن، مجهز ساختن، تحریک کردن

primogeniture
seniority by birth; state of being the firstborn child; right of the eldest child (to inherit the entire property of one or both parents)

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the system by which property that is owned by a man goes to his oldest son after his death


(Noun) نخست زادگی، ارشدیت، حق ارشدی

primordial
existing at the beginning (of time); rudimentary

Longman:

1. existing at the beginning of time or the beginning of the Earth:
** the primordial seas

2. primordial feelings are very strong and seem to come from the part of people's character that is ancient and animal-like:
** He was driven on by a primordial terror.

3. the primordial soup: the mixture of gases and other substances that people believe existed before the beginning of life on Earth

بسیار کهن، خاستگاهی، اصل نخستین، عنصر نخستین،اساسی، اصلی

primp
groom oneself with care; adorn oneself

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
to make yourself look attractive by arranging your hair, putting on make-up etc:
** She spends hours primping in front of the mirror.

مزین ساختن، اراستن، مرتب ومنظم ساختن

pristine
unspoiled; remaining in a pure state; characteristic of earlier times; primitive; (ex.) an old book in pristine condition

Longman:

1. extremely fresh or clean:
** a pristine white shirt

2. something that is pristine is in the same condition as when it was first made:
** The car has been restored to pristine condition.

3. not spoiled or damaged in any way:
** pristine African rainforest


(Adjective) پیشین، اولی، طبیعی ودست نخورده، تر وتازه

privation
lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life; hardship; want; (cf.) deprive

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
[formal] a lack or loss of the things that everyone needs, such as food, warmth, and shelter:
** the privations of wartime


(Noun) محرومیت، محروم سازی، تعلیق مقام، سختی

privy
secret; hidden; not public; made a participant in something secret; (ex.) privy chamber government; (ex.) be privy to a discussion; (cf.) private

Longman:

1. be privy to something: sharing in the knowledge of facts that are secret:
** Colby was privy to the committee's decisions.

2. [old use] secret and private

صمیمی، محرم اسرار، اختصاصی، دزدکی، مستراح

prize
pry; move with a lever; value highly; esteem; (ex.) his most prized possession; (n.) something captured during war-time (esp. an enemy ship)

Longman:

[ countable]
1. something that is given to someone who is successful in a competition, race, game of chance etc:
** In this month's competition you could win a prize worth £3000.
** The first prize has gone to Dr John Gentle.
prize for:
** The prize for best photography has been won by a young Dutch photographer.
** Scientists from Oxford shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1945.
** The prizes are awarded (=given)every year to students who have shown original thinking in their work.

2. something that is very valuable to you or that it is very important to have:
** Fame was the prize.

3. no prizes for guessing something:[spoken] used to say that it is very easy to guess something:
** No prizes for guessing what she was wearing.

انعام، جایزه، ممتاز، غنیمت، ارزش بسیار قائل شدن،مغتنم شمردن

probe
explore with a probe or tools; investigate; (n.) slender instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity; device designed to investigate an unknown region; thorough investigation; (ex.) space probe

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
1. to ask questions in order to find things out, especially things that other people do not want you to know
probe into:
** I don't want to probe too deeply into your personal affairs.
** Police probed claims that he had sold drugs.

2. to look for something or examine something, using a long thin object:
** Jules probed the mud gingerly with a stick.

جستجو، کاوش، تحقیق، نیشتر، رسیدگی، اکتشاف جدید،غور وبررسی کردن کاوش کردن، تفحص کردن، کاوشگر

probity
uprightness; honesty; incorruptibility

Longman:

[ uncountable]
[formal] complete honesty:
** I have always found Bentner to be a model of probity in our dealings.


(Noun) پاکدامنی، راستی، پیروی دقیق از اصول

problematic
causing a problem; open to doubt; doubtful; unsettled; questionable; (ex.) whether the arena will ever be completed is problematic.

Longman:

involving problems and difficult to deal with:
** The reforms could turn out be highly problematic.


(Adjective) ( problematical ) مسئله ای، غامض، گیج کننده، حیرت اور

proclivity
inclination; natural tendency (esp. towards something bad)

Longman:

[ countable]
[formal] a tendency to behave in a particular way, or to like a particular thing - used especially about something bad
proclivity to/towards/for:
** The child showed no proclivity towards aggression.
** his sexual proclivities


(Noun) تمایل (بارتکاب بدی)، تمایل طبیعی بچیز بد

procrastinate
postpone; delay or put off

Longman:

[ intransitive]
[formal] to delay doing something that you ought to do, usually because you do not want to do it [= put off]:
** People often procrastinate when it comes to paperwork.

بدفع الوقت گذراندن، معوق گذاردن

procurement
obtaining; (v.) procure: obtain by effort; obtain (a prostitute) for another


(Noun) بدست اوری، تهیه

prod
poke (with a pointed object); stir up; urge; goad to action; (n.) pointed object used to prod; prodding

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
1. to quickly push something or someone with your finger or a pointed object [= poke]:
** 'Don't go to sleep,' she said, prodding me in the ribs.
prod at:
** Theo prodded at the dead snake.

2. to make someone do something by persuading or reminding them that it is necessary, especially when they are lazy or unwilling
prod somebody into (doing) something:
** It had prodded Ben into doing something about it.
** The strike may prod the government into action.

سیخ زدن، سک زدن، برانگیختن، ترغیب

prodigal
wasteful; reckless with money; profuse; (ex.) a mind prodigal of ideas; (n.) prodigality

Longman:

[ usually before noun]
1. prodigal son/daughter: someone who leaves their family and home without the approval of their family, but who is sorry later and returns

2. spending money, wasting time etc in a careless way [= extravagant]:
** a prodigal lifestyle

ولخرج، مسرف، اسراف اور، متلف، پر تجمل

prodigious
enormous; marvelous; extraordinary; (ex.) prodigious amount/memory

Longman:

[ usually before noun]
very large or great in a surprising or impressive way
prodigious amounts/quantities of something:
** Some galaxies seem to release prodigious amounts of energy.
** the artist's prodigious output


(Adjective) حیرت اور، شگفت، غیر عادی، شگرف

prodigy
highly gifted child; person with exceptional talents; marvel; wonder

Longman:

[ countable]
a young person who has a great natural ability in a subject or skill
child/infant prodigy:
** Mozart was a musical prodigy.


(Noun) چیز غیر عادی، اعجوبه، شگفتی، بسیار زیرک

profane
violate; desecrate (something holy); treat unworthily; be profane for; (adj.) secular; nonreligious; irreverent for holy things

Longman:

1. showing a lack of respect for God or holy things:
** profane language

2. related to ordinary life, not religion or holy things [= secular; ≠ sacred]:
** sacred and profane art

کفر آمیز، بدزبان، بی حرمتی کردن

profligate
wasteful (of money); dissipated; wildly immoral; dissolute; (n.) profligate person; (n.) profligacy

Longman:

1. wasting money or other things in a careless way [= wasteful]:
** profligate spending
** the profligate use of energy resources

2. behaving in an immoral way and not caring that your behaviour is bad

هرزه، بی بند وبار، فاسد الاخلاق، ولخرج

profound
deep; not superficial; complete; (ex.) profound thinker/remark/silence/deafness; (n.) profundity

Longman:

1. having a strong influence or effect
profound effect/influence/impact/consequence etc:
** Tolstoy's experiences of war had a profound effect on his work.
** The mother's behaviour has a profound impact on the developing child.
** profound changes in society

2. showing strong, serious feelings [= deep]:
** a profound sense of guilt

3. showing great knowledge and understanding [= deep]:
** a profound question
** Jenner is a profound thinker.

4. deep or far below the surface of something [= deep]:
** Her work touches something profound in the human psyche.

5. complete:
** profound deafness

عمیق، ژرف

profusion
great amount; plenty; overabundance; excess; lavish expenditure; (ex.) profusion of choices; (adj.) profuse: plentiful; copious; giving or given abundantly; extravagant

Longman:

[ singular,uncountable]
a very large amount of something
profusion of:
** The house was overflowing with a profusion of strange ornaments.
in profusion:
** Cornflowers grow in profusion in the fields.


(Noun) فراوانی، بخشش، اسراف، سرشاری، وفور

progenitor
ancestor

Longman:

[ countable]
1. [formal] someone who first thought of an idea
progenitor of:
** a progenitor of cubism

2. [technical] a person or animal that lived in the past, to whom someone or something living now is related [= ancestor]


(Noun) جد، نیا، پدر بزرگ، اجداد، پیشرو، نمونه

progeny
children; offspring; descendants

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. the babies of animals or plants [= offspring]

2. someone's children - used humorously [= offspring]:
** Sarah with her numerous progeny

3. something that develops from something else
progeny of:
** Connolly's book is the progeny of an earlier TV series.


(Noun) اولاد، فرزند، اخلاف، سلاله، دودمان

prognosis
forecasted course of a disease; prediction; (cf.) prognostic

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a doctor's opinion of how an illness or disease will develop [↪ diagnosis]
good/poor prognosis:
** Doctors said Blake's long-term prognosis is good.

2. [formal] a judgment about the future, based on information or experience
prognosis of:
** a hopeful prognosis of the country's future development


(Noun) پیش بینی مرض، بهبودی از مرض در اثر پیش بینی جریان مرض، پیش بینی، مال اندیشی

prognosticate
predict (according to present indications)

پیش بینی کردن، تشخیص دادن قبلی مرض

prohibitive
so high as to prohibit purchase or use; tending to prevent the purchase or use of something; prohibiting; inclined to prevent or forbid; (ex.) prohibitive tax

Longman:

1. prohibitive costs are so high that they prevent people from buying or doing something:
** The cost of land in Tokyo is prohibitive.

2. a prohibitive rule prevents people from doing things:
** prohibitive regulations


(Adjective) ( prohibitory ) منعی، گران، جلوگیری کننده

projectile
missile; fired or thrown object (such as stone or bullet)

Longman:

[ countable]
1. an object that is thrown at someone or is fired from a gun or other weapon, such as a bullet, stone, or shell

2. projectile vomiting:[informal] when someone vomits with a lot of force, especially because they have drunk too much alcohol - used humorously

جسم پرتاب شونده، مرمی، موشک، پرتابه

proletarian
member of the working class; blue collar guy; (n.) proletariat: working class (who have to work for wages)

عضو طبقه کارگر، کارگر، وابسته بکارگر، کارگری

proliferate
grow rapidly (in numbers); spread; multiply; n. proliferation

Longman:

[ intransitive]
if something proliferates, it increases quickly and spreads to many different places:
** Computer courses continue to proliferate.

پربار شدن، زیاد شدن، کثیر شدن، بسط وتوسعه یافتن

prolific
producing offspring or fruit in abundance; fertile; fecund; abundantly fruitful; producing abundant works; (ex.) prolific writer

Longman:

1. a prolific artist, writer etc produces many works of art, books etc:
** Handel's prolific output of opera

2. a prolific sports player produces a lot of runs, goals etc:
** the most prolific goalscorer this decade

3. an animal or plant that is prolific produces many babies or many other plants

4. existing in large numbers:
** the prolific bird life


(Adjective) پرزا، حاصلخیز، بارور، نیرومند، پرکار، فراوان

prolixity
tedious wordiness; verbosity; (adj.) prolix: wordy; verbose; diffuse


(Noun) دراز نویسی، اطناب، پرگویی، روده درازی

prologue
introduction (to a poem or play)

Longman:

[ countable usually singular]
1. the introduction to a play, a long poem etc [↪ epilogue]

2. [literary] an act or event that leads to a more important event
prologue to:
** a prologue to the final abandonment of trams in London

پیش درامد، سراغاز، مقدمه، پیش گفتار

prolong
lengthen; extend; draw out

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to deliberately make something such as a feeling or activity last longer [= lengthen]:
** I was trying to think of some way to prolong the conversation.

2. prolong the agony:[informal] to make an unpleasant or anxious time last longer, especially when people are waiting for news:
** There's no point in prolonging the agony any longer.


(Verb - transitive) ( prolongate =) طولانی کردن، امتداد دادن، دراز کردن،امت داد یافتن، بتاخیر انداختن، طفره رفتن، بطول انجامیدن

prominent
protruding(sticking out); conspicuous; notable; eminent

Longman:

1. important:
** a prominent Russian scientist
play a prominent part/role (in something):
** Mandela played a prominent role in the early years of the ANC.
** The World Cup will have a prominent place on the agenda.

2. something that is in a prominent place is easily seen
prominent place/position:
** The statue was in a prominent position outside the railway station.

3. something that is prominent is large and sticks out:
** a prominent nose


(Adjective) برجسته، والا

promiscuous
mixed indiscriminately; indiscriminate; not choosing carefully; indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners; irregular, particularly sexually; (ex.) promiscuous life/girl; (n.) promiscuity

Longman:

1. having many sexual partners:
** the risks of promiscuous sexual behaviour

2. [old use] involving a wide range of different things


(Adjective) بیقاعده، بیقید در امور جنسی

promontory
headland

Longman:

[ countable]
a long narrow piece of land which sticks out into the sea:
** a rocky promontory


(Noun) دماغه بلند، راس، پرتگاه، برامدگی، دماغه

promote
advance in rank; advance; help to flourish; advocate; help actively in forming; publicize or popularize; ex. milk promotes health; (ex.) promote a match/bill; (ex.) promote a new product

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. encourage: to help something to develop or increase:
** a meeting to promote trade between Taiwan and the U.K.
** Fertilizer promotes leaf growth.

2. to give someone a better, more responsible job in a company [≠ demote]
promote somebody to something:
** Helen was promoted to senior manager.

3. to help sell a new product, film etc by offering it at a reduced price or by advertising it:
** She's in London to promote her new book.

4. [usually passive] British English if a sports team is promoted, they play in a better group of teams the next year [≠ relegate]
promote somebody to something:
** They have been promoted to the First Division.

5. persuade: to try to persuade people to support or use something:
** John Major promoted the idea of a classless society.


(Verb - transitive) ترفیع دادن، ترقی دادن، ترویج کردن

prompt
cause; urge; provoke; provide a cue (for an actor); adj: done without delay; done at the right time; punctual; on time; (n.) reminder or cue

Longman:

1. [transitive] to make someone decide to do something
prompt somebody to do something:
** What prompted you to buy that suit?

2. [transitive] to make people say or do something as a reaction:
** The decision prompted an outcry among prominent US campaigners.

3. [transitive] to help a speaker who pauses, by suggesting how to continue:
** 'I can't decide.' said Beatrice. 'Decide what?' prompted Marlon.

4. [transitive] to ask someone to do something on a computer:
** A message will appear which will prompt you for certain information.

5. to remind an actor of the next words in a speech

بیدرنگ، سریع کردن، بفعالیت واداشتن، برانگیختن،سریع، عاجل، اماده، چالاک، سوفلوری کردن

promulgate
announce; proclaim a doctrine or law; make known by official publication

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to spread an idea or belief to as many people as possible

2. to make a new law come into effect by announcing it officially


(Verb - transitive) اعلام کردن، انتشار دادن، ترویج کردن

prone
inclined to; likely to (suffer); prostrate; lying with the front downward; (ex.) prone to disease/make mistakes; ex. accident-prone

Longman:

1. likely to do something or suffer from something, especially something bad or harmful
prone to:
** Some plants are very prone to disease.
prone to do something:
** Kids are all prone to eat junk food.
accident-prone/injury-prone etc:
** He's always been accident-prone.

2. [formal] lying down with the front of your body facing down [= prostrate]:
** His eyes shifted to the prone body on the floor.


(Adjective) متمایل، مستعد، مهیا، درازکش، دمر

prong
pointed projecting part

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a thin sharp point of something such as a fork that has several points:
** sticking out like the prongs of a garden fork

2. one of two or three ways of achieving something which are used at the same time
prong of:
** the second prong of the attack

چنگک، چنگال، تیزی چنگال، تیزی دندان، شاخه رود یا نهر، شعبه، زبانه، با چنگک سوراخ کردن، با چنگک صاف کردن (زمین)، دارای چنگک یا چنگال کردن

pronounced
distinct; very noticeable; (ex.) pronounced limp

Longman:

very great or noticeable:
** a pronounced Polish accent
** This disability is more pronounced in men.


(Adjective) معلوم،مشخص،قطعی،مسلم

prop
support placed under or against something; (v.)

Longman:

[ transitive always + adverb/preposition]
to support something by leaning it against something, or by putting something else under, next to, or behind it
prop something against/on something:
** He propped his bike against a tree.
** Can we prop the window open with something?

1. to prevent something from falling by putting something against it or under it:
** The builders are trying to prop up the crumbling walls of the church.
prop something ↔ up against:
** paintings propped up against the wall

2. to help an economy, industry, or government so that it can continue to exist, especially by giving money:
** The government introduced measures to prop up the stock market.

3. prop yourself up: to hold your body up by leaning against something
prop yourself up on/against/with:
** She propped herself up on one elbow.

حائل، نگه دار، پایه، تیر، شمع (درمعدن)، نگهداشتن، پشتیبانی کردن، حائل کردن یا شدن

propagate
increase in number by producing young; multiply; spread; (ex.) most plants propagate by seed; ex. newspaper propagating their ideas

Longman:

1. [formal] to spread an idea, belief etc to many people:
** The group launched a website to propagate its ideas.

2. if you propagate plants, or if they propagate, they start to grow from a parent plant to produce new plants:
** Propagate your plants in fresh soil.

3. if an animal, insect, etc propagates itself or is propagated, it increases in number [= reproduce]

گستردن، (بوسیله تولید مثل) تکثیر کردن، زیاد کردن،پروردن، قلمه زدن، منتشرکردن، انتشار دادن پخش کردن، پخش شدن، رواج دادن

propellant
substance which propels or drives forward (such as an explosive charge or a rocket fuel)

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
1. an explosive for firing a bullet or rocket

2. gas which is used in an aerosol to spray out a liquid


(Noun) ( propellent ) عامل، انگیزه، محرک، نیروی محرکه

propensity
natural inclination

Longman:

[ countable usually singular]
[formal] a natural tendency to behave in a particular way
propensity to do something:
** the male propensity to fight
propensity for:
** He seems to have a propensity for breaking things.


(Noun) تمایل طبیعی، میل باطنی، رغبت، گرایش

prophetic
of a prophet or prophecy; having to do with predicting the future; (n.) prophecy; (v.) prophesy; (n.) prophet

Longman:

correctly saying what will happen in the future:
** It turned out to be a prophetic piece of journalism.
** Lundgren's warnings proved prophetic.


(Adjective) نبوتی، مبنی بر پیشگویی

prophylactic
used to prevent disease; (n.) something prophylactic; condom; (n.) prophylaxis: prevention of disease

Longman:

intended to prevent disease:
** prophylactic antibiotics

مانع بروز مرض، پیشگیری کننده، پیشگیر

propinquity
nearness (in space or relationship); proximity; kinship

Longman:

[ uncountable + of/to]
the fact of being near someone or something, or of being related to someone [= proximity]


(Noun) نزدیکی، خویشی، شباهت، قرابت، مجاورت

propitiate
appease; conciliate; make peaceful; (adj.) propitiatory

Longman:

[ transitive]
[formal] to make someone who has been unfriendly or angry with you feel more friendly by doing something to please them [= appease]


(Verb - transitive) خشم را فرو نشاندن، استمالت کردن، تسکین دادن

propitious
favorable; auspicious; advantageous; fortunate; ex. propitious day/sign

Longman:

good and likely to bring good results:
** a propitious moment
propitious for:
** Conditions after the 1905 revolution were propitious for stable development.


(Adjective) خوش یمن، میمون، شفیع، خیر خواه، مساعد

proponent
supporter; backer; opposite of opponent

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who supports something or persuades people to do something [= advocate; ↪ opponent]
proponent of:
** Steinem has always been a strong proponent of women's rights.
leading/main/major proponent:
** Dr George is one of the leading proponents of this view.


(Noun) استدلال کننده، توضیح دهنده، طرفدار

propound
put forth for consideration or analysis; set forth; (ex.) propound a problem/theory

Longman:

[ transitive]
[formal] to suggest an idea, explanation etc for other people to consider:
** The theory of natural selection was first propounded by Charles Darwin.


(Verb - transitive) مطرح کردن، پیشنهاد کردن، ارائه دادن، تقدیم کردن،رواج دادن

propriety
fitness; quality of being proper; correct conduct; conformity to prevailing customs and usages; (cf.) proprietor, proprietary

Longman:

1. [singular,uncountable] correctness of social or moral behaviour [≠ impropriety]
propriety of:
** They discussed the propriety of treating ill children against the wishes of the parents.
with propriety:
** They conducted themselves with propriety.

2. the proprieties: especially British English the accepted rules of correct social behaviour:
** strict in observing the proprieties


(Noun) تناسب، نزاکت، قواعد متداول ومرسوم رفتارواداب سخن،مراعات اداب نزاکت، برازندگی

propulsive
driving forward; (n.) propulsion

دافع، بیرون ریزنده

prosaic
lacking in imagination; dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact(concerned with facts, not imagination or feelings); factual; (cf.) prose

Longman:

boring or ordinary:
** a prosaic writing style
** The reality, however, is probably more prosaic.


(Adjective) خالی از لطف، کسل کننده، وابسته به نثر، نثری

proscenium
part of stage in front of curtain; front arch of a stage

Longman:

[ countable]
the part of a theatre stage that is in front of the curtain:
** the proscenium arch (=the arch over the stage where the curtain can be attached)


(Noun) صحنه نمایش، جلو صحنه، پیشگاه، پیش صحنه

proscribe
prohibit; ostracize; banish; outlaw

Longman:

[ transitive]
to officially say that something is not allowed to exist or be done [= forbid, prohibit]:
** The Act proscribes discrimination on the grounds of race.


(Verb - transitive) تبعید کردن، ممنوع ساختن، تحریم کردن، نهی کردن، بددانستن، بازداشتن از

proselytize
(induce someone to) convert to a religion or belief; (n.) proselyte: new convert to a doctrine or religion

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
to try to persuade someone to join a religious group, political party etc - used especially when you disapprove of this

بدین تازه ای وارد شدن یاکردن

prosody
art of versification; study of the metrical structure of verse

Longman:

[ uncountable]
the patterns of sound and rhythm in poetry and spoken language, or the rules for arranging these patterns


(Noun) علم عروض، علم بدیع، قواعد بدیعی وعروضی

prosper
become successful (esp. financially); thrive; grow well; (ex.) children prospering under his care

Longman:

[intransitive] if people or businesses prosper, they grow and develop in a successful way, especially by becoming rich or making a large profit:
** Businesses across the state are prospering.

کامکار شدن، رونق یافتن، موفق شدن، کامیاب شدن،پیشرفت کردن

prosperity
good fortune and financial success; physical well-being

Longman:

[ uncountable]
when people have money and everything that is needed for a good life:
** a time of economic prosperity
prosperity of:
** the future prosperity of the country


(Noun) موفقیت، کامیابی، کامکاری

prosperous
successful; rich; affluent; well-to-do; welloff

Longman:

rich and successful:
** a prosperous landowner


(Adjective) کامیاب، موفق، کامکار

prostrate
stretch out full on ground; make prostrate; enervate; ex. prostrating illness; (adj.) lying face down; having lost all strength

Longman:

1. lying on your front with your face towards the ground:
** They found him lying prostrate on the floor.
prostrate body/figure/form:

2. too shocked, upset, weak etc to be able to do anything
prostrate with:
** Julie was prostrate with grief after her father's death.

بخاک افتاده (درحال عبادت یا خضوع)، روی زمینخوابیده، دمر خوابیده، افتادن، درمانده وبیچاره شدن

protagonist
leader or noticeable supporter of an idea; chief character in a play or story

Longman:

[ countable]
1. the most important character in a play, film, or story [= main character]

2. one of the most important people taking part in a competition, battle, or struggle:
** the main protagonists in the conflict

3. one of the most important supporters of a social or political idea
protagonist of:
** a protagonist of educational reform


(Noun) بازیگر عمده، پیشقدم، پیش کسوت، سردسته

protean
able to take on many forms; versatile; (cf.) proteus: sea god to change his shape at will

Longman:

able to keep changing or to do many things


(Adjective) شبیه Proteus ، متغیر، شکل پذیر، گوناگون، متلون

protege
person receiving protection and support from a patron

Longman:

[ countable]
someone, especially a young person, who is taught and helped by someone who has influence, power, or more experience:
** She attempted to encourage her young protégé.


(Noun) تحت الحمایه، حمایت شده، شاگرد، نوچه

protocol
diplomatic etiquette; ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats; first copy of a treaty before its ratification; (ex.) protocol demands that the queen meet him at the airport.

Longman:

1. [uncountable] a system of rules about the correct way to behave on an official occasion:
** a breach of diplomatic protocol

2. [formal]a) an international agreement between two or more countries:
** the Montreal protocol on the protection of the ozone layerb) a written record of a formal or international agreement, or an early form of an agreement

3. an established method for connecting computers so that they can exchange information

4. [technical] a set of rules that are followed when doing a scientific experiment or giving someone medical treatment


(Noun) پیوند نامه، مقاوله نامه، موافقت مقدماتی، پیش نویس سند، (در فرانسه) اداب ورسوم، تشریفات، مقاوله نامه نوشتن

prototype
original work used as a model by others

Longman:

[ countable]
1. the first form that a new design of a car, machine etc has, or a model of it used to test the design before it is produced
prototype of/for:
** a working prototype of the new car

2. someone or something that is one of the first and most typical examples of a group or situation


(Noun) نخستین بشر، اصل ماده، نخستین افریده، نمونه اصلی،شکل اولیه، مدل پیش الگو، پیش گونه
(Noun) نمونه اولیه

protract
prolong; lengthen in time; draw out


(Verb - transitive) طول دادن، دراز کردن، امت داد دادن، کش دادن

protrude
stick out; jut; project; (ex.) protruding teeth

Longman:

[ intransitive]
to stick out from somewhere
protrude from:
** The envelope was protruding from her bag.

برامدگی داشتن، جلو آمده بودن، تحمیل کردن

protuberance
protrusion; swelling; bulge

Longman:

[ countable]
[formal] something that sticks out:
** This dinosaur is recognizable by the protuberance on the top of its head.

( protuberancy ) برامدگی، قلنبگی، تورم، بادکردگی

provenance
place of origin; origin or source of something; ex. gunpowder is of chinese provenance; (cf.) come

Longman:

[ uncountable]
[formal] the place where something originally came from:
** The provenance of the paintings is unknown.
(of) dubious/doubtful provenance: (=used to suggest that something may have been stolen)
** artworks of doubtful provenance


(Noun) زادگاه، منشا ، اصل، حد، منطقه قدرت یا درک

provender
dry food for livestock; fodder


(Noun) علیق، علوفه، خواربار، اذوقه، غذا، علیق دادن

proverb
adage; someone or something well known for notoriety; (adj.) proverbial: of a proverb; widely known; adv. proverbially

Longman:

[ countable]
a short well-known statement that gives advice or expresses something that is generally true. 'A penny saved is a penny earned' is an example of a proverb [↪ saying]

مثل، ضرب المثل، گفتار حکیمانه، مثل زدن

providence
quality of being provident; divine care; god’s care; providence: god; (ex.) it seemed like providence that the doctor happened to be there; (adj.) providential: of divine providence; fortunate


(Noun) مشیت الهی، صرفه جویی، اینده نگری

provident
providing for future needs; displaying foresight; thrifty; preparing for emergencies; op. improvident

Longman:

careful and sensible in the way you plan things, especially by saving money for the future


(Adjective) ( providential ) صرفه جو، اینده نگر، مال اندیش،خوشبخت، مشیتی

provincial
pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; narrow; unsophisticated

Longman:

1. relating to or coming from a province:
** a provincial election
** the provincial government of Quebec

2. relating to or coming from the parts of a country that are not near the capital:
** a provincial town

3. old-fashioned and not interested in anything new or different - used to show disapproval:
** provincial attitudes

استانی، ایالت نشین، کوته فکر، ایالتی

provision
act of providing; something provided; preparatory measure; provisions: necessary supplies (esp. food); stipulation; condition in an agreement; (ex.) according to the provisions of the agreement

Longman:

1. [countable usually singular, uncountable] when you provide something that someone needs now or in the future
provision of:
** the provision of childcare facilities
provision for:
** provision for people with disabilities
** He made provisions for his wife and his children in his will.

2. provisions: food, drink, and other supplies, especially for a journey:
** We had enough provisions for two weeks.

3. a condition in an agreement or law:
** The agreement includes a provision for each side to check the other side's weapons.
under the provisions of something:
** Under the provisions of the Act, employers must supply safety equipment.

توشه، تهیه، تدارک، شرط، بند، ماده، قوانین، سورسات رساندن، مقررداشتن، شرط کردن تهیه، قید

provisional
tentative; temporary

Longman:

likely or able to be changed in the future:
** a provisional government
** We accept provisional bookings by phone.

موقت، موقتی، شرطی، مشروط موقت

proviso
stipulation; condition in an agreement; provision

Longman:

[ countable]
a condition that you ask for before you will agree to something
with the proviso that:
** The money was given to the museum with the proviso that it is spent on operating costs.


(Noun) شرط، قید، بند، جمله شرطی

provocative
arousing anger or sexual interest; annoying; ex. provocative in tight jeans; (v.) provoke: incite to anger; cause (an unpleasant action or feeling); (n.) provocation

Longman:

1. provocative behaviour, remarks etc are intended to make people angry or upset, or to cause a lot of discussion
provocative comment/remark/statement:
** The minister's provocative remarks were widely reported in the press.
** a provocative act by a terrorist group
** She was accused of being deliberately provocative.

2. provocative clothes, movements, pictures etc are intended to make someone sexually excited:
** provocative images of young girls

محرک، برانگیزنده، عصبانی کننده

prowess
extraordinary ability; military bravery; (ex.) prowess in battle

Longman:

[ uncountable]
[formal] great skill at doing something:
** his physical prowess
** military prowess


(Noun) دلاوری

proximity
nearness; (adj.) proximate

Longman:

[ uncountable]
[formal] nearness in distance or time
proximity to:
** We chose the house for its proximity to the school.
proximity of:
** the proximity of the Bahamas to the States
** Here the rich and the poor live in close proximity (=very near to each other).


(Noun) نزدیکی، مجاورت

proxy
authorized agent; authority to act for another

Longman:

1. by proxy: if you do something by proxy, you arrange for someone else to do it for you:
** You can vote by proxy.

2. [uncountable and countable] someone who you choose to represent you, especially to vote for you
proxy for:
** a husband acting as proxy for his wife

3. [formal] something used to represent something else that you want to measure


(Noun) وکیل، نماینده، وکالت، وکالتنامه، بنمایندگی دیگری رای دادن

prude
excessively modest or proper person (who is easily shocked by improper things, esp. of a sexual nature); n. prudery; (adj.) prudish: excessively concerned with propriety

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who is very easily shocked by anything relating to sex - used to show disapproval


(Noun) امل، متظاهر، کوته فکر

prudent
cautious; careful; prudential

Longman:

sensible and careful, especially by trying to avoid unnecessary risks:
** prudent house buyers
it is prudent (for somebody) to do something:
** It might be prudent to get a virus detector for the network.


(Adjective) ( prudential ) محتاط، از روی احتیاط

prune
cut away; trim

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to cut off some of the branches of a tree or bush to make it grow better:
** The roses need pruning.

2. especially British English to make something smaller by removing parts that you do not need or want:
** The company is pruning staff in order to reduce costs.
** The original version of the text has been pruned quite a bit.

(گیاه‌شناسی) الو، گوجه برقانی، الو بخارا، اراستن، سرشاخه زدن، هرس کردن هرس کردن

prurient
having or causing lustful desires and thoughts; arousing immoderate sexual desire

Longman:

having or showing too much interest in sex - used to show disapproval:
** prurient interests


(Adjective) خارش دار، کرمکی، دارای فکر شهوانی، هرزه

pry
inquire impertinently (someone else’s private affairs); use leverage to raise or open something; prize; n. pries: tool for prying

Longman:

1. [intransitive] to try to find out details about someone else's private life in an impolite way:
** I don't want to pry, but I need to ask you one or two questions.
pry into:
** reporters prying into the affairs of celebrities

2. [transitive always + adverb/preposition] especially American English to force something open, or force it away from something else [= prize British English]
pry something open/away/off etc:
** We finally managed to pry the door open with a screwdriver.

3. away from prying eyes: in private, where people cannot see what you are doing

to get money or information from someone with a lot of difficulty:
** If you want to know his name, you have to pry it out of her.

بادقت نگاه کردن، کاوش کردن، فضولانه نگاه کردن، بادیلم یا اهرم بلند کردن، اهرم، دیلم، کنجکاوی،فضولی، فضول

pseudonym
pen name; fictitious name assumed by an author; (adj.) pseudonymous

Longman:

[ countable]
an invented name that a writer, artist etc uses instead of their real name
under a pseudonym:
** He wrote under the pseudonym 'Silchester'.


(Noun) اسم مستعار، تخلص

psyche
soul; mind

Longman:

[ countable usually singular]
someone's mind, or their deepest feelings, which control their attitudes and behaviour:
** Freud's account of the human psyche
** A characteristic of the feminine psyche is to seek approval from others.


(Noun) (افسانه یونان) شاهزاده زیبایی که ' کوپید' ( Cupid )بدام عشقش گرفتارشد، روان، روح

psychiatrist
doctor who treats mental diseases

Longman:

[ countable]
a doctor trained in the treatment of mental illness [↪ psychologist]


(Noun) روانپزشک

psychic
of psyche; mental; of or possessing extraordinary mental powers

Longman:

[ no comparative]
1. relating to the power of the human mind to do strange or surprising things that cannot be explained by reason:
** a spiritual healer with psychic powers
** a documentary on psychic phenomena

2. someone who is psychic has the ability to know what other people are thinking or what will happen in the future [↪ clairvoyant]:
** You don't have to be psychic to know what Maggie is thinking.

3. affecting the mind rather than the body:
** psychic disorders (=illnesses)

روحی، روانی، ذهنی، واسطه، پدیده روحی

psychopathic
pertaining to mental dearrangement; (n.) psychopath: person with an antisocial personality disorder

وابسته به ناخوشی دماغی

psychosis
mental disorder; (adj.) (n.) psychotic

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
a serious mental illness that can change your character and make you unable to behave in a normal way [↪ psychotic]


(Noun) بیماری روانی، جنون

psychosomatic
of the influence of the mind on the body (esp. with respect to disease)

Longman:

1. a psychosomatic illness is caused by fear or anxiety rather than by a physical problem
psychosomatic illness/symptoms/disorder etc:
** Children are just as susceptible to psychosomatic conditions as adults.

2. relating to the relationship between the mind and physical illness

روانتنی کسی که دچار اختلال روان تنی است

pterodactyl
extinct flying reptile; (cf.) wing+finger

Longman:

[ countable]
a large flying animal that lived many millions of years ago


(Noun) (دیرین شناسی) راسته ای از سوسماران بالدار عهد ژوراسیک سفلی تا عهد مسوزوئیک

pucker
gather into wrinkles or folds; (n.) wrinkle or fold

Longman:

1. [intransitive and transitive] if part of your face puckers, or if you pucker it, it becomes tight or stretched, for example because you are going to cry or kiss someone:
** Her mouth puckered, and she started to cry.

2. [intransitive] if cloth puckers, it gets lines or folds in it and is no longer flat

( puchery ) چروک، چین، جمع شدگی، چروک شدن، درهم کشیدن

pudding
hot sweet dish

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
1. especially British English a hot sweet dish, made from cake, rice, bread etc with fruit, milk or other sweet things added

2. especially American English a thick sweet creamy dish, usually made with milk, eggs, sugar, and flour, and served cold:
** chocolate pudding

3. a sweet dish served at the end of a meal
for pudding:
** There's ice-cream for pudding. ➔ dessert

4. a hot dish made of a mixture of flour, fat etc, with meat or vegetables inside:
** steak and kidney pudding


(Noun) دسر محتوی ارد برنج وتخم مرغ شبیه فرنی

puerile
childish; immature; (cf.) puer: boy

Longman:

silly and stupid [= childish]:
** a puerile joke


(Adjective) ( silly ، childish ، juvenile =) بچگانه، کودکانه،احمقانه

pugilist
boxer; (cf.) pugilism: boxing

Longman:

[ countable]
[old-fashioned][formal] aboxer

مشت زن، ستیزه گر، ستیزه جو، دعوایی

pugnacity
combativeness; disposition to fight; (adj.) pugnacious: (of people) belligerent; combative in nature


(Noun) ستیزه جویی

puissant
powerful; strong; potent; (n.) puissance: power


(Adjective) توانا، نیرومند

pulchritude
beauty; comeliness; (adj.) pulchritudinous

Longman:

[ uncountable]
[formal] physical beauty


(Noun) زیبایی، خوش اندامی، قشنگی

pulmonary
pertaining to the lungs

Longman:

[ only before noun]
relating to the lungs, or having an effect on the lungs


(Adjective) ریوی، وابسته به ریه

pulpit
raised platform used in preaching (in a church)

Longman:

[ countable usually singular]
a raised structure inside a church at the front that a priest or minister stands on when they speak to the people
in/from the pulpit:
** Rev. Dawson addressed the congregation from the pulpit.


(Noun) منبر، سکوب خطابه، بالای منبر رفتن

pulsate
throb; beat regularly; vibrate regularly

Longman:

[ intransitive]
1. to make sounds or movements that are strong and regular like a heart beating:
** I could see the veins in his neck pulsating.
** pulsating music

2. [literary] to be strongly affected by a powerful emotion or feeling
pulsate with:
** The whole city seemed to pulsate with excitement.

زدن (نبض)، جهند کردن، تپیدن (قلب)، تکان دادن،بضربان افتادن

pulse
rhythmical throbbing of arteries; brief sudden change in a normally constant quantity; (v.) pulsate

Longman:

1. the number of heart beats per minute
take/feel somebody's pulse: (=count how many times someone's heart beats in a minute, usually by feeling their wrist)
** Her pulse raced (=beat very quickly) with excitement.

2. a strong regular beat in music:
** the distant pulse of a steel band

3. an amount of sound, light, or electricity that continues for a very short time

4. feelings/opinions: [uncountable] the ideas, feelings, or opinions that are most important to a particular group of people or have the greatest influence on them at a particular time:
** Clinton had an uncanny ability to sense the pulse of the nation.

5. seeds such as beans, peas, and lentils that you can eat


(Noun) نبض، تپش، ضربان

**

** - to take somebody's pulse
** - نبض کسی را گرفتن (سنجیدن)
** - her pulse beats fast
** - نبض او تند می‌زند
** - the political pulse of the country
** - (مجازی) نبض سیاسی کشور
(Noun) تپ تپ، پت پت
**

** - the pulse of an engine
** - پت پت موتور
(Noun) (موسیقی) ضرب، ریتم
(Noun) (برق، الکترونیک) پالس، تکانه، تپ، ضربه
**

** - a pulse of light
** - یک تپ نور
** - a pulse of sound
** - یک تپ صدا
** - pulse generator
** - ضربه ساز، تپ ساز
(Verb - intransitive) (نبض) تپیدن، زدن، تپش داشتن، ضربان داشتن، (زخم) زُق زُق کردن
**

** - feel/take somebody's pu;se
** - نبض کسی را گرفتن
** - pulse through something
** - در امتداد یا درون چیزی تپیدن، (به طور آهنگین) زدن یا ضربان داشتن
(Verb - intransitive) ارتعاش داشتن، مرتعش بودن، لرزیدن
(Verb - intransitive) سرشار بودن، مشحون بودن، آکنده بودن
(Noun) (در جمع) حبوبات، بنشن

pulverize
crush or grind into very small particles

Longman:

[ transitive usually passive]
1. to crush something into a powder:
** The seeds can be used whole or pulverized into flour.

2. [informal] to completely defeat someone:
** Stewart completely pulverized the opposition.

ساییدن، نرم کردن، پودر کردن، نرم کوبیدن

pummel
pommel; beat or pound with fists

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to hit someone or something many times quickly, especially using your fists (=closed hands) [= beat]:
** Diane leaned over and pummeled the pillows.
pummel something with something:
** She flew at him, pummelling his chest with her fists.
pummel at:
** The cook pummelled at the dough.
** The platoon was pummeled by heavy machine-gun fire.

2. to completely defeat someone at a sport

( poundbeat =) کوبیدن، زدن، له کردن

punctilious
minutely attentive (perhaps too much so) to fine points; stressing niceties of conduct or form; (n.) punctilio, punctiliousness: careful attention payed to every small exact detail

Longman:

very careful to behave correctly and follow rules
punctilious about:
** Joe was always punctilious about repaying loans.


(Adjective) دقیق، نکته سنج، بسیار مبادی اداب

pundit
authority on a subject; expert; learned person

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who is often asked to give their opinion publicly of a situation or subject
political/media/TV etc pundits:
** If you believe the fashion pundits, we'll all be wearing pink this year.


(Noun) دانشمند، واردبکار

pungent
stinging; acrid; sharp in taste or smell; (of speech or writing) caustic; (n.) pungency

Longman:

1. having a strong taste or smell
pungent smell/aroma/odour etc:
** the pungent odour of garlic

2. [formal] pungent speech or writing is clever and direct, and usually criticizes someone or something strongly:
** He expressed some fairly pungent criticisms.


(Adjective) پر ادویه، تند، زننده، گوشه دار، تیز، نوک تیز،سوزناک

punitive
punishing; (ex.) punitive measures

Longman:

[ usually before noun]
1. intended to punish someone
punitive action/measures etc:
** The agency sent a letter, but took no punitive action.
** The jury awarded punitive damages (=money paid to someone who is the victim of a crime).
** The government is expected to take punitive steps against offenders.

2. punitive taxes/price increases etc: taxes etc that are so high that it is difficult for people to pay them:
** The US could impose punitive tariffs on exports.

کیفری،تنبیهی،جزائی،سیاست آمیز،متضمن مجازات

puny
tiny; weak; insignificant

Longman:

1. a puny person is small, thin, and weak:
** a puny little guy
** puny arms

2. not effective or impressive
puny effort/attempt:
** a puny attempt at humour
** Our efforts look puny beside Fred's.

3. a puny amount of money is too small:
** She was awarded a puny £1,000 in compensation.


(Adjective) ریزه اندام، ضعیف، درجه پست، کوچک، قد کوتاه

purchase
secure grasp or hold; firm grasp or footing

Longman:

[ transitive]
to buy something:
** You can purchase insurance on-line.
** the growing demand to purchase goods on credit
** Where did you purchase the car?
purchase from:
** Tickets may be purchased in advance from the box office.

خرید، خریداری کردن خریداری، ابتیاع، خرید، در آمد سالیانه زمین

purgatory
place of spiritual expiation; temporary state or place in which the souls must expiate their sins

Longman:

1. [uncountable] something that makes you suffer - used humorously:
** Sewing is relaxation for some, purgatory for others.

2. Purgatory: in Roman Catholic belief, a place where the souls of dead people suffer until they are pure enough to enter heaven


(Noun) (عالم) بزرخ، وسیله تطهیر، تطهیری، پالایشی، در برزخ قرار دادن

purge
remove or get rid of something or someone unwanted; eliminate; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify (esp. of sin, guilt, or defilement); (n.)

Longman:

1. [transitive] to force people to leave a place or organization because the people in power do not like them
purge something of somebody/something:
** He sought to purge the Democrat party of conservatives.
purge somebody/something from something:
** plans to purge ethnic minorities from rebel-controlled areas

2. [transitive] to remove something that is thought to be harmful or unacceptable
purge something of somebody/something:
** an initiative to purge the PC market of software pirates
** Local languages were purged of Russian words.
purge somebody/something from something:
** It's hard to imagine now that Lawrence's novels were purged from public libraries.

3. [transitive] to destroy something that is no longer needed:
** The system automatically purges unread emails after two weeks.

4. [literary] to remove bad feelings
purge somebody/something of something:
** We have to begin by purging our minds of prejudice.
** Any doubts about his leadership were purged by the courage of his performance.

5. [transitive] to take a substance that makes your bowels empty:
** Anorexics may overeat before purging themselves or vomiting.

پاک کردن، تهی کردن، خالی کردن، زدودن، تنقیه کردن،تطهیر کردن، تبرئه کردن، تطهیر، پالایش، سرشاخه زنی،مسهل، کارکن، تصفیه حزب یا دولت از عناصر نادلخواه پاکسازی کردن

purport
intention; purpose; meaning; (v.) claim; profess; ex. order which purports to be signed by the general

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
[formal] to claim to be or do something, even if this is not true
purport to do something:
** Two undercover officers purporting to be dealers infiltrated the gang.
be purported to be something:
** The document is purported to be 300 years old.

مفاد،معنی،فحوا،مقصود

purported
alleged; claimed; reputed or rumored; (ex.) purported satanists

لغت مورد نظر شما یافت نشد.واژه‌ها‌ی پیشنهادی:
** purport

purse
pucker; contract (lips) into wrinkles; (n.) wallet

Longman:

1. a small bag in which women keep paper money, coins, cards etc [= wallet American English]
** Julie opened her handbag and took out her purse.b) also change purse, coin purse American English a small bag used to hold coins, used especially by women

2. a bag in which a woman carries her money and personal things [= handbag British English]
** I locked the door and dropped the keys in my purse.

3. the amount of money that a person, organization, or country has available to spend:
** Election expenses are met from the public purse (=money controlled by the government).
** A visit to the new county museum will set the family purse back by around £12.

4. the amount of money given to someone who wins a sports event, such as a boxing match or a car race:
** They will compete for a $100,000 purse.

5. the purse strings: used to refer to the control of spending in a family, company, country etc
hold/control the purse strings:
** It all comes down to who holds the purse strings.
** She keeps tight control over the purse strings.

کیسه، جیب، کیسه پول، کیف پول، پول، دارایی، وجوهات خزانه، غنچه کردن، جمع کردن، پول دزدیدن، جیب بری کردن

purveyor
furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer; (v.) purvey: supply (eg. food); furnish; (cf.) provide

Longman:

[ countable usually plural]
a business that supplies goods, services, or information:
** purveyors of farmyard fresh poultry


(Noun) اذوقه رسان

pushy
disagreeably aggressive

Longman:

someone who is pushy does everything they can to get what they want from other people - used in order to show disapproval:
** a pushy salesman


(Adjective) بازور، تحمیل کنننده

pusillanimous
cowardly; lacking courage; fainthearted

Longman:

frightened of taking even small risks [= cowardly]


(Adjective) ترسو، ضعیف، بزدل، جبون

putative
supposed; reputed; generally regarded as such; (ex.) putative father of the child

Longman:

[ only before noun]
believed or accepted by most people:
** the putative father of her child


(Adjective) مشهور، قلمداد شده، مفروض، مورد قبول عامه

putrefy
make or become putrid; (n.) putrefaction

Longman:

[ intransitive]
if a dead animal or plant putrefies, it decays and smells very bad

گندیدن، متعفن شدن، پوسیدن، فاسد شدن، چرک نشستن،چرک کردن، گنداندن

putrescent
becoming putrid; putrefying


(Adjective) ( putrescible ) گندیده، فساد پذیر

putrid
decayed and foul-smelling; foul; rotten; decayed; n. putridity

Longman:

1. dead animals, plants etc that are putrid are decaying and smell very bad:
** the putrid smells from the slaughterhouses

2. [informal] very unpleasant:
** a putrid green colour


(Adjective) فاسد، متعفن

puzzle
baffle or confuse by a difficult problem; ponder over a problem in an effort to solve; clarify or solve by reasoning; (ex.) puzzle out the answer; (n.)

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a game or toy that has a lot of pieces that you have to fit together [↪ jigsaw]:
** a child's wooden puzzle

2. a game in which you have to think hard to solve a difficult question or problem:
** a crossword puzzle

3. [usually singular] something that is difficult to understand or explain
puzzle of:
** the puzzle of how the sun works
** The meaning of the poem has always been a puzzle.
** He thought he had solved the puzzle.

4. piece of the puzzle: a piece of information that helps you to understand part of a difficult question, mystery etc

گیچ کردن، اشفته کردن، متحیر شدن، لغز، معما،چیستان، جدول معما

pyromaniac
person with an insane desire to set things on fire

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who suffers from a mental illness that gives them a strong desire to start fires

لغت مورد نظر شما یافت نشد.واژه‌ها‌ی پیشنهادی:

quack
charlatan; impostor

Longman:

[ intransitive]
to make the sound that ducks make

( quacksalver ) ( charlatan =) شارلاتان، زبان باز صدای اردک، قات قات، ادم شارلاتان، چاخان، دروغی،ساختگی، قلابی، قات قات کردن، صدای اردک کردن، دوایقلابی دادن

quadruped
four-footed animal; (adj.) (cf.) biped

Longman:

[ countable]
an animal that has four legs [↪ biped]

(جانورشناسی) چهار پا، جانور چهار پا، ستور

quaff
drink with zest; drink with relish(zest; hearty enjoyment);

Longman:

[ transitive]
to drink a lot of something quickly [= knock back]:
** Wedding guests quaffed champagne.

زیاد نوشیدن، سر کشیدن، جرعه

quagmire
bog; marsh; soft, wet, boggy land; predicament; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself

Longman:

[ countable usually singular]
1. an area of soft wet muddy ground:
** In the rainy season the roads become a quagmire.

2. a difficult or complicated situation:
** The Balkan situation became a political and military quagmire.


(Noun) مرداب، باتلاق، در لجن انداختن

quail
cower; shrink back in fear; lose heart

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
a small fat bird with a short tail that is hunted for food or sport, or the meat from this bird

(جانورشناسی) بلدرچین، وشم، بدبده، شانه خالی کردن، ازمیدان دررفتن، ترسیدن، مردن، پژمرده شدن، لرزیدن،بی اثر بودن، دلمه شدن

quaint
odd in an old-fashioned way; odd; oldfashioned; picturesque

Longman:

unusual and attractive, especially in an old-fashioned way:
** a quaint little village in Yorkshire


(Adjective) خیلی ظریف، از روی مهارت، عجیب و جالب

qualified
limited; restricted; (v.) qualify: limit the meaning of; modify

Longman:

1. having suitable knowledge, experience, or skills, especially for a particular job
well/suitably/highly qualified:
** Dawn is well qualified for her new role.
qualified to do something:
** The guides are qualified to lead groups into the mountains.
** If you don't speak German, you're not qualified to comment.

2. having passed a professional examination
qualified doctor/teacher/accountant etc:
** There are qualified instructors on hand to advise you.
highly/fully qualified:
** a fully qualified nurse
** a professionally qualified social worker
** Are you medically qualified?
qualified to do something:
** He's qualified to teach biology at high school level.

3. [usually before noun] limited in some way [↪ partial]
qualified approval/support:
** The proposal received qualified approval.
** The program was considered a qualified success.
** Is it worth the money? The answer is a qualified yes.


(Adjective) شایسته، قابل، دارای شرایط لازم، مشروط

qualify
reach a necessary standard; limit the meaning of something stated

Longman:

1. have a right: [intransitive and transitive] to have the right to have or do something, or to give someone this right:
** Free school lunches are given to children who qualify.
qualify for:
** You may qualify for unemployment benefit.
qualify somebody/something for something:
** Membership qualifies you for a discount on purchases.

2. to pass an examination or finish a course of study that you need in order to do something
qualify as:
** I finally qualified as a pilot.
** After qualifying, doctors spend at least two years working in hospitals.

3. be considered something: [intransitive] to have all the necessary qualities to be considered to be a particular thing
qualify as:
** It doesn't qualify as a date if you bring your children with you.

4. if something qualifies you to do something, you have the necessary skills, knowledge, ability etc to do it
qualify somebody for something:
** Fluency in three languages qualifies her for work in the European Parliament.
qualify somebody to do something:
** The certificate qualifies you to work as a dental assistant.

5. to reach the necessary standard to enter or continue in a competition or sports event
qualify for:
** She qualified for a spot on the U.S. Olympic speed skating team.

محدود کردن، تعیین کردن، قدرت راتوصیف کردن، از بدی چیزی کاستن، منظم کردن، کنترل کردن صلاحیت داشتن، واجد شرایط شدن، توصیف کردن

qualms
uneasy feelings; misgivings; uneasy fears especially about matters of conscience; (ex.) i have no qualms about giving this assignment to helen.

لغت مورد نظر شما یافت نشد.واژه‌ها‌ی پیشنهادی:
** qualmish

quandary
dilemma; state of uncertainty; (ex.) she is in a quandary about whether to go.

Longman:

[ countable]
a difficult situation or problem, especially one in which you cannot decide what to do
in a quandary:
** Kate was in a quandary over whether to go or not.


(Noun) سرگردانی، گیجی، تحیر، حیرت، معما

quarantine
isolation of a person, place, or ship to prevent spread of infection; (v.) isolate in quarantine

Longman:

[ uncountable]
a period of time when a person or animal is kept apart from others in case they are carrying a disease
in quarantine:
** The monkeys were kept in quarantine for 31 days.

قرنتینه، قرنطینه، محل قرنطینه، قرنطینه کردن

quarry
dig into (to get stone);

Longman:

1. [countable] a place where large amounts of stone or sand are dug out of the ground:
** a slate quarry

2. the person or animal that you are hunting or chasing:
** Briefly, the hunter and his quarry glared at each other.

لاشه شکار، شکار، صید، توده انباشته، شیشه الماسی چهارگوش، اشکار کردن، معدن سنگ

quash
crush; suppress; squash; subdue; annul; (ex.) quash a rebellion/the decision of the low court

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to officially say that a legal judgment or decision is no longer acceptable or correct [= overturn]:
** The High Court later quashed his conviction for murder.
** The decision was quashed by the House of Lords.

2. to say or do something to stop something from continuing:
** A hospital chief executive has quashed rumours that people will lose their jobs.
** The government immediately moved to quash the revolt.


(Verb - transitive) نقض کردن، باطل کردن، الغا کردن، با ضربه زدن، له کردن، فرو نشاندن

quay
dock; wharf; pier; landing place (for boats)

Longman:

[ countable]
a place in a town or village where boats can be tied up or can stop to load and unload goods


(Noun) اسکله، دیوار ساحلی

queasy
experiencing nausea; nauseated; easily nauseated; squeamish; (ex.) feel a little queasy

Longman:

1. feeling that you are going to vomit:
** The sea got rougher, and I began to feel queasy.

2. American English feeling uncomfortable because an action seems morally wrong
queasy about:
** Many Democrats felt queasy about the issue.


(Adjective) ( queazy ) تهوع اور، لطیف مزاج، وسواسی، زیاد دقیق

queer
strange; eccentric; deviating from the normal

Longman:

1. [taboo] an offensive word used to describe someone who is homosexual, especially a man. Do not use this word.

2. [old-fashioned] strange or difficult to explain:
** She gave a queer laugh.
** Hank was beginning to feel a little queer.

3. queer in the head:[old-fashioned] slightly crazy

عجیب و غریب، غیر عادی، خل، خنده دار، مختل کردن،گرفتار شدن

quell
suppress; put an end to; put down forcibly; extinguish; quiet; (ex.) “army quells rebellion” in newspaper; cf. kill

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to end a situation in which people are behaving violently or protesting, especially by using force [= put down]
quell the violence/disturbance/riot etc:
** Police used live ammunition to quell the disturbances.

2. [literary] to reduce or stop unpleasant feelings such as fear, doubt, or worry:
** 'Jerry?' she called, trying to quell the panic inside her.


(Verb - transitive) فرونشاندن، سرکوبی کردن، تسکین دادن

quench
assuage or satisfy (thrust); slake; douse or extinguish; put out; suppress

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. quench your thirst: to stop yourself feeling thirsty, by drinking something:
** We stopped at a small bar to quench our thirst.

2. quench a fire/flames: to stop a fire from burning:
** a desperate bid to quench the raging flames


(Verb - transitive) فرو نشاندن، دفع کردن، خاموش کردن، اطفا

querulous
given to complaining; complaining; fretful; whining

Longman:

someone who is querulous complains about things in an annoying way:
** 'But why can't I go?' he said in a querulous voice.


(Adjective) کج خلق، زود رنج، گله مند، ستیز جو، شکوه گر

query
inquiry; question; (v.)

Longman:

[ countable]
a question that you ask to get information, or to check that something is true or correct
query about:
** Give us a ring if you have any queries about the contract.
** Staff are always available to answer your queries.

پرس و جو، استفسار ( quaere ) جستار، سوال تحقیق و باز جویی کردن، پرسیدن، استنطاق کردن، پرسش، سوال، تردید، جستار، استفسار

queue
line (of waiting people or vehicles)

Longman:

[ countable]
1. British English a line of people waiting to enter a building, buy something etc, or a line of vehicles waiting to move [= line American English]
be/stand/wait in a queue:
** We stood in a queue for half an hour.
** You'll have to join the queue.
queue of:
** a queue of people waiting for the bus
queue for:
** the queue for the toilets
queue to do something:
** There was a long queue to get into the cinema.
the front/head/back/end of a queue:
** At last we got to the front of the queue.

2. British English all the people who are waiting to have or get something:
** You'll have to join the housing queue.
queue for:
** the queue for kidney transplant operations
** It is possible to jump the queue (=get something before people who have been waiting longer) if you are prepared to pay for your treatment.

3. a list of jobs that a computer has to do in a particular order:
** the print queue

4. a number of telephone calls to a particular number that are waiting to be answered

صف، صف بستن، در صف گذاشتن صف اتوبوس و غیره، صف، در صف ایستادن

quibble
minor objection or complaint; (v.) raise minor objections; carp; cavil

Longman:

[ intransitive]
to argue about small unimportant details
quibble about/over:
** Let's not quibble over minor details.

کنایه، نیش کلام، نیرنگ در سخن، زبان بازی کردن،ایهام گویی کردن، محاجه، محاجه کردن

quicksilver
mercury

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. [old use] the metal mercury

2. [literary] something that is like quicksilver changes or moves quickly in a way that you do not expect:
** His mood changed like quicksilver.

( mercury =) جیوه

quiescent
dormant; temporarily inactive; at rest; (n.) quiescence

Longman:

not developing or doing anything, especially when this is only a temporary state


(Adjective) ساکن
(Adjective) ساکن، خاموش

quietude
tranquility; calmness

Longman:

[ uncountable]
[formal] calmness, peace, and quiet [= calm]


(Noun) ( quietness ) ارامش، سکون

quintessence
purest and highest embodiment; perfect example; apotheosis; most essential element; (ex.) quintessence of wit; (adj.) quintessential; (cf.) fifth essence

Longman:

the quintessence of something:[formal] a perfect example of something:
** John is the quintessence of good manners.


(Noun) پنجمین و بالاترین عنصر وجود، عنصر پنجم یعنی 'اثیر'یا 'اتر'، جوهر، اصل

quip
taunt; clever sarcastic remark; (v.)

Longman:

[ transitive]
to say something clever and amusing:
** 'Giving up smoking is easy,' he quipped. 'I've done it hundreds of times.'

کنایه، گوشه، مزه ریختن، طعنه، بذله، طنز، لطیفه،طعنه زدن، ایهام گفتن

quirk
sudden sharp turn or twist; startling twist; caprice; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity of behavior; (ex.) by a quirk of fate

Longman:

[ countable]
1. something strange that happens by chance
quirk of:
** Years later, by a strange quirk of fate, she found herself sitting next to him on a plane.

2. a strange habit or feature of someone's character, or a strange feature of something:
** Like every computer, this one has its little quirks.


(Noun) تزئینات یا خصوصیات خط نویسی شخص، خصوصیات، تغییرناگهانی، حیاط، تغییرفکر، دمدمی، مزاجی، تناقض گویی، تغییر جهت دادن (بطور سریع)

quisling
traitor who aids invaders; (cf.) vidkun quisling

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who helps an enemy country that has taken control of their own country


(Noun) حاکم دست نشانده اجنبی

quiver
tremble; shake; (n.)

Longman:

[ intransitive]
to shake slightly because you are cold, or because you feel very afraid, angry, excited etc [= tremble]:
** The child was quivering in her arms.
** Her mouth quivered slightly as she turned away.
quiver with indignation/anger etc:
** I lay there quivering with fear.
** His voice was quivering with rage.

ترکش، تیردان، بهدف خوردن، درتیر دان قرار گرفتن،لرزیدن، ارتعاش

quixotic
idealistic but impractical; (cf.) don quixote

Longman:

quixotic ideas or plans are not practical and are based on unreasonable hopes of improving the world:
** This is a vast, exciting, and perhaps quixotic project.


(Adjective) خیالپرست، ارمان گرای، وابسته به دان کیشوت

quizzical
curious; suggesting puzzlement (without saying); questioning; teasing; mocking; bantering; (ex.) quizzical glance

Longman:

a quizzical expression is one that shows that you do not understand something and perhaps think it is slightly amusing
a quizzical look/expression/smile:
** He sat and watched her, a quizzical look on his face.


(Adjective) عجیب و غریب، شوخ، مبهوت، مات

quorum
minimal number of members necessary to conduct a meeting

Longman:

[ singular]
the smallest number of people who must be present at a meeting so that official decisions can be made:
** We need a quorum of 7.


(Noun) حد نصاب، اکثریت لازم برای مذاکرات

quotidian
daily; commonplace; customary; (ex.) quotidian routine

Longman:

ordinary, and happening every day

روزانه، یومیه، روزمره، پیش پا افتاده

rabble
mob; noisy crowd

Longman:

[ singular]
a noisy crowd of people
rabble of:
** a rabble of angry youths

دسته، توده طبقات پست، ازدحام، اراذل و اوباش، بااراذل و اوباش حمله کردن به

rabid
of or suffering rabies; like a fanatic; extremely zealous; furious; (cf.) rabies: hydrophobia

Longman:

1. having very extreme and unreasonable opinions:
** a group of rabid right-wing fanatics

2. a rabid animal is suffering from rabies

بد اخلاق، متعصب، خشمگین، هار، وابسته به هاری

rabies
disease passed on by the bite of an infected animal (causing madness and death)

Longman:

[ uncountable]
a very dangerous disease that affects dogs and other animals, and that you can catch if you are bitten by an infected animal


(Noun) (پزشکی) گزیدگی سگ هار، بیماری هاری

raconteur
story-teller; one who tells stories with wit and skill

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who is good at telling stories in an interesting and amusing way


(Noun) داستانسرا، قصه گوی زبردست

raffle
lottery; (v.) award as a prize in a raffle; (ex.) raffle off a new car

Longman:

[ countable]
a competition or game in which people buy numbered tickets and can win prizes:
** a woman selling raffle tickets

نوعی بازی قدیمی، لاتار، بخت ازمایی کردن

rag
scrap of cloth; (adj.) ragged: old and torn; seeming unfinished and imperfect; (ex.) ragged debut/ performance

Longman:

1. a small piece of old cloth, for example one used for cleaning things:
** He wiped his boots dry with an old rag.
** an oily rag

2. a newspaper, especially one that you think is not particularly important or of good quality:
** He writes for the local rag.

3. in rags: wearing old torn clothes:
** Children in rags begged money from the tourists.

4. from rags to riches: becoming very rich after starting your life very poor:
** He likes to tell people of his rise from rags to riches. ➔ rags-to-riches

5. a piece of ragtime music

کهنه، لته، ژنده، لباس مندرس، کهنه شدن، بی مصرف شدن

ragamuffin
dirty child in torn clothes; person wearing tattered clothes

Longman:

[ countable]
a dirty young child wearing torn clothes


(Noun) ژولیده، ادم کثیف و بی سر و پا، ژنده پوش

rail
complain bitterly; scold; rant; (ex.) the weaker railing against injustices

Longman:

1. the railway system [↪ train]:
** the American rail system
** a high-speed rail network
** Passengers want a better rail service.
** the Channel Tunnel and its rail links with London
by rail:
** We continued our journey by rail.
** I need to buy a rail ticket.
** cheap rail fares

2. one of the two long metal tracks fastened to the ground that trains move along

3. a bar that is fastened along or around something, especially to stop you from going somewhere or from falling:
** Several passengers were leaning against the ship's rail. ➔ guardrail, handrail

4. a bar that you use to hang things on:
** a towel rail
** a curtain rail

5. go off the rails: to start behaving in a strange or socially unacceptable way:
** At 17 he suddenly went off the rails and started stealing.

سرزنش، توبیخ، سرکوفت، طعنه، ریل خط اهن، خط اهن،نرده، نرده کشیدن، توبیخ کردن

raiment
clothing; garments; (ex.) i have no raiment fit to wear.

Longman:

[ uncountable]
[literary] clothes


(Noun) جامه، پوشاک، ملبوس پوشاندن

rake
immoral or dissolute person

Longman:

1. a gardening tool with a row of metal teeth at the end of a long handle, used for making soil level, gathering up dead leaves etc:
** a garden rake

2. a man who has many sexual relationships, drinks too much alcohol etc

3. [singular] the angle of a slope:
** the rake of the stage

شیار، اثر، شن کش، چنگک، چنگال، خط سیر، جای پا،جاده باریک، شکاف، خمیدگی، شیب، هرزه، فاجر، بداخلاق، فاسد، رگه، سفر، با سرعت جلو رفتن، با چنگکجمع کردن، جمع اوری کردن

rakish
jaunty; stylish; sporty; morally corrupt; dissolute; ex. he wore his hat at a rakish and jaunty angle.

Longman:

1. if a man looks rakish, or wears rakish clothes, he dresses nicely and looks confident and relaxed [= stylish]:
** a rakish uniform

2. at a rakish angle: if you wear a hat at a rakish angle, you do not wear it straight, and this makes you look relaxed and confident

3. [old-fashioned] a rakish man has a lot of sexual relationships, wastes money, and drinks too much alcohol


(Adjective) پست، هرزه، بدکار، فاجر، جلف و زننده

rally
come or bring together; call up or summon (forces, vital powers, etc.); revive or recuperate (after illness or difficulty); (n.) act of rallying; mass gathering

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a large public meeting, especially one that is held outdoors to support a political idea, protest etc:
** About 1,000 people attended the rally in Hyde Park.
** We decided to hold a rally to put pressure on the government.
** a mass rally (=large rally) in support of the pay claim
political/election/peace etc rally:
** He was shot dead while addressing an election rally. ➔ pep rally

2. a car race on public roads:
** a rally driver

3. an occasion when something, especially the value of shares, becomes stronger again after a period of weakness or defeat:
** a late rally in the Tokyo stock market

4. a continuous series of hits of the ball between players in a game such as tennis

صف ارایی کردن، دوباره جمع اوری کردن، دوباره بکارانداختن، نیروی تازه دادن به، گرد آمدن، سرو صورت تازه گرفتن، پشتیبانی کردن، تقویت کردن، بالا بردن قیمت

ram
male sheep; (v.) strike or drive against with a heavy impact

Longman:

1. [intransitive and transitive] to run or drive into something very hard:
** In the latest raid, thieves used his van to ram a police car.
ram into:
** He lost control of his truck and rammed into a van, killing two people.

2. [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to push something into a position, using great force:
** First, you'll have to ram the posts into the ground.
** I rammed my foot down on the brake.

3. ram something down somebody's throat: to try to make someone accept an idea or opinion by repeating it many times, especially when they are not interested

4. ram something home: to make sure someone fully understands something by emphasizing it and by providing a lot of examples, proof etc:
** a police video ramming home the dangers of driving fast in fog

قوچ، گوسفند نر، دژکوب، پیستون منگنه ابی، تلمبه،کلوخ کوب، کوبیدن، فرو بردن، بنقطه مقصود رسانیدن،سنبه زدن، باذژکوب خراب کردن، برج حمل _ حافظه با دستیابی اتفاقی

ramble
wander aimlessly (physically or mentally); digress

Longman:

[ intransitive]
1. to talk for a long time in a way that does not seem clearly organized, so that other people find it difficult to understand you:
** She's getting old and she tends to ramble a bit.

2. to go on a walk in the countryside for pleasure [↪ hike]:
** There's plenty to discover as you ramble around this little island.

3. a plant that rambles grows in all directions

to talk or write for a long time in a way that other people find boring [= go on]
ramble on about:
** My father kept rambling on about the war.

ولگردی، سر گردانی، پریشانی، بی هدفی، کردن، پرسه زدن

ramification
branching out; subdivision; one branch of a system; one of the results following from an action or decision; (ex.) ramifications of a business/the decision

Longman:

[ countable usually plural]
an additional result of something you do, which may not have been clear when you first decided to do it [↪ implications]:
** an agreement which was to have significant ramifications for British politics
ramification of:
** the practical ramifications of taking on a new job
legal/political/economic etc ramifications:
** the environmental ramifications of the road-building program


(Noun) انشعاب، شاخه شاخگی

ramify
branch out; divide into branches or subdivisions

شاخه شاخه شدن، منشعب شدن، شاخه دادن، شاخه بستن

ramp
slope; inclined plane or roadway (connecting two levels)

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a slope that has been built to connect two places that are at different levels:
** Ramps are needed at exits and entrances for wheelchair users.

2. a road for driving onto or off a large main road [= slip road British English]
** Take the Lake Drive ramp at Charles Street.
off-/on-ramp:
** They missed the off-ramp to Manhattan.

سرازیرشدن، خزیدن، صعود کردن، بالا بردن یاپایین اوردن، سکوب سراشیب، سرازیر، پله سراشیب، پیچ، دست انداز، پلکان، سطح شیب دار

rampant
growing or spreading uncontrollably; growing in profusion; unrestrained; (ex.) rampant lawlessness/ weed

Longman:

1. if something bad, such as crime or disease, is rampant, there is a lot of it and it is very difficult to control [↪ rife, widespread]:
** Pickpocketing is rampant in the downtown area.
** rampant inflation

2. a plant that is rampant grows and spreads quickly, in a way that is difficult to control

شایع، منتشرشده، فراوان، حکمفرما

rampart
defensive mound of earth

Longman:

[ countable usually plural]
a wide pile of earth or a stone wall built to protect a castle or city in the past

بارو، استحکامات، دارای استحکامات کردن، برج و باروساختن

ramshackle
(of a building or vehicle) poorly constructed; rickety; falling apart

Longman:

a ramshackle building or vehicle is in bad condition and in need of repair [= tumbledown]:
** a ramshackle old cottage


(Adjective) متزلزل، ناپایدار، شل، لکنتی، بدخلق

rancid
having the odor of stale or decomposing fat; rank

Longman:

oily or fatty food that is rancid smells or tastes unpleasant because it is no longer fresh:
** rancid butter


(Adjective) ترشیده، بو گرفته، باد خورده، فاسد، نامطبوع، متعفن

rancor
long-lasting hatred; bitterness; (ex.) negotiation without rancor; (adj.) rancorous

( rancour ) بدخواهی، خصومت دیرین، عداوت، کینه

random
without definite purpose, plan, or aim; haphazard; ex. random shots; (ex.) chosen at random

Longman:

1. happening or chosen without any definite plan, aim, or pattern:
** The company has introduced random drug testing of its employees.
** A few random shots were fired.
** We looked at a random sample of 120 families.
** a random selection of women who were in the shop

2. at random: without any definite plan, aim, or pattern
choose/select/pick something at random:
** The gang picked their victims at random.

تصادفی، بختانه مسیر ناگهانی، خط سیر اتقافی، فکر تصادفی،غیرعمدی

rank
offensive in odor or flavor

Longman:

1. the position or level that someone holds in an organization, especially in the police or the army, navy etc
rank of:
** officers below the rank of Colonel
** He held (=had) the rank of Chief Inspector.
rise to/be promoted to/attain the rank of something:
** During the war Harold had risen to the rank of major.
high/senior/low/junior rank:
** an officer of junior rank
** He was sentenced to prison and stripped of his rank (=had his rank taken from him).

2. the ranks:a) all the members of the army, navy etc who are not officers:
** He rose from the ranks to become a Field Marshal (=he became an officer after starting as an ordinary soldier).

3. break ranks: to behave in a way which is different from other members of a group, especially when they expect your support
break ranks with:
** He was the first to break ranks with Ceausescu and publicly criticise his policies.

4. line: [countable]a rank of people or things is a line or row of them
rank of:
** Silently, ranks of police edged closer to the crowds.
** Everyone lines up in ranks, all facing the instructor.
rank after rank/rank upon rank: (=a lot of things or people in a row)
** On the shelves were rank after rank of liquor bottles.

5. pull rank (on somebody):[informal] to use your authority over someone to make them do what you want, especially unfairly:
** You may just have to pull rank and tell them.

(درمورد جانور) طلب شده، ترتیب، نظم، شکل، سلسله،مقام، صف، ردیف، قطار، رشته، شان، رتبه، اراستن،منظم کردن، درجه دادن، دسته بندی کردن، انبوه،ترشیده، جلف رتبه، رتبه بندی کردن

rankle
irritate; fester; annoy

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
if something rankles, you still remember it angrily because it upset you or annoyed you a lot:
** His comments still rankled.

چرک نشستن، چرک جمع کردن، جان گدازبودن، جانسوزبودن، عذاب دادن

ransack
search thoroughly; pillage (going through a place); (ex.) enemy soldiers ransacked the town.

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to go through a place, stealing things and causing damage:
** The whole flat had been ransacked.

2. to search a place very thoroughly, often making it untidy
ransack something for something:
** She ransacked the wardrobe for something to wear.


(Verb - transitive) جستجو کردن، زیاد کاوش کردن، غارت کردن، چپاول کردن، لخت کردن، چپاول

rant
speak violently or excitedly; rave; talk excitedly showing anger; scold; make a grandiloquent speech; (ex.) the priest ranted about the devil.

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
to talk or complain in a loud excited and rather confused way because you feel strongly about something
rant about:
** She was still ranting about the unfairness of it all.
** Why don't you stop ranting and raving for a minute and listen?

( ranten =) لفاظی کردن، یاوه سرایی کردن، بیهوده گفتن،سرزنش کردن، یاوه سرایی، بیهوده گویی

rapacious
voracious; ravenous; taking everything one can; excessively grasping; plundering; subsisting on live prey; (ex.) rapacious birds

Longman:

always wanting more money, goods etc than you need or have a right to [= greedy]:
** rapacious landlords


(Adjective) درنده خو، ژیان

rapport
close relationship; emotional closeness; harmony

Longman:

[ singular, uncountable]
friendly agreement and understanding between people [↪ relationship]
rapport with/between:
** He had an excellent rapport with his patients.
establish/build up/develop (a) rapport:
** He built up a good rapport with the children.


(Noun) نسبت، ربط، توافق، مناسبت، سازگاری

rapt
engrossed; absorbed; enchanted; (ex.) rapt listener

Longman:

so interested in something that you do not notice anything else:
** They listened with rapt attention.
** the rapt expression on his face


(Adjective) مسحور، ربوده شده، برده شده، مجذوب

rapture
great joy and delight; ecstasy; (adj.) rapturous

Longman:

[ uncountable]
1. [literary] great excitement and happiness:
** The boys gazed up at him in rapture.

2. be in raptures/go into raptures:[formal] to express or feel great pleasure and happiness about something
be in raptures/go into raptures over/about/at:
** She went into raptures about the climate, the food, the spring flowers.

از خود بیخودی، شعف وخلسه روحانی، حالت جذب وانجذاب، وجد روحانی، ربایش، جذبه، شور، بوجد اوردن،از خود بیخود کردن، خلسه

rare
(of air) thin in density; rarefied; (ex.) rare air of the mountains

Longman:

1. not seen or found very often, or not happening very often [≠ common; ↪ unusual]:
** This species of plant is becoming increasingly rare.
** I only saw Helen on the rare occasions when I went into her shop.
it is rare (for somebody/something) to do something:
** It is rare to find such an interesting group of people.
** It is very rare for her to miss a day at school.

2. meat that is rare has only been cooked for a short time and is still red [↪ underdone, well-done]:
** I like my steak rare.

3. [old-fashioned] very good or surprising:
** We had a rare old time at the party.


(Adjective) نادر، کمیاب، کم، رقیق، لطیف، نیم پخته

rarefied
made less dense (of a gas); (v.) rarefy: make less dense; (n.) rarefaction

Longman:

[ usually before noun]
1. a rarefied place, organization, or type of activity is only available to or understood by a small group of people - used to show disapproval:
** the rarefied atmosphere of academia

2. rarefied air is the air in high places, which has less oxygen than usual

لغت مورد نظر شما یافت نشد.واژه‌ها‌ی پیشنهادی:

rasp
(of a sound) grate on (eg. nerves); make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; rub with something rough; (ex.) the cat’s tongue rasped my hand.

Longman:

1. to make a rough unpleasant sound:
** my father's rasping voice
** 'Stop!' he rasped.

2. [transitive] to rub a surface with something rough

سوهان زدن، تراش دادن، با صدای سوهان گوش را ازردن،سوهان، صدای سوهان

raspy
making a harsh noise; grating; harsh


(Adjective) دارای صدای گوش خراش

ratify
approve formally; confirm; verify

Longman:

[ transitive]
to make a written agreement official by signing it
ratify a treaty/an agreement/a decision etc:
** We hope that the republics will be willing to ratify the treaty.

بتصویب رساندن، تصویب کردن

ratiocination
reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises; (v.) ratiocinate: reason logically


(Noun) استدلال

ration
fixed portion; (v.) distribute as rations

Longman:

1. [uncountable and countable] a fixed amount of something that people are allowed to have when there is not enough, for example during a war
food/clothes/meat etc ration:
** the weekly meat ration
** a coal ration of 4 kg a month
on ration:
** Even wool was on ration in the war.

2. rations: a fixed amount of food given to a soldier or member of a group:
** emergency food rations
** The prisoners were queuing for their meagre rations (=small rations).
** We were on short rations (=given a smaller amount than usual).

3. [singular] an amount of something that you think is reasonable or normal
ration of:
** holidaymakers who like a generous ration of open-air activity

(نظ.) جیره، مقدار جیره روزانه، سهم، خارج قسمت،سهمیه، سهم دادن، جیره بندی کردن

rational
(of a person) having reason; (of ideas) based on reason; logical

Longman:

1. rational thoughts, decisions etc are based on reasons rather than emotions [≠ irrational]:
** Parents need to be fully informed so they can make a rational decision.
** I'm sure there's a rational explanation for all this.
** It's impossible to have a rational conversation with him.

2. a rational person is able to think calmly and sensibly [≠ irrational]:
** Culley was quite rational at the time of her baby's death.

3. [formal] able to make sensible judgments:
** Man is a rational animal.


(Adjective) گویا، عقلی، عقلایی
(Adjective) مستدل، مدلل، معقول، عقلانی، منطقی

rationale
fundamental reason or principle (on which a system or principle is based); fundamental reason or justification; grounds for an action

Longman:

[ countable usually singular]
[formal] the reasons for a decision, belief etc
rationale behind/for/of:
** The rationale behind the changes is not at all evident.
** The rationale for using this teaching method is to encourage student confidence.


(Noun) توضیح اصول عقاید، اس اساس، بنیاد و پایه

rationalize
make rational; devise false reasons for (one’s behavior); offer an excuse; give a plausible reason for an action in place of a true, less admirable ones; n. rationalization

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
1. if you rationalize behaviour that is wrong, you invent an explanation for it so that it does not seem as bad:
** When he fouls up, Glen always finds a way to rationalize what he's done.

2. British English to make a business more effective by removing unnecessary workers, equipment etc:
** Our systems will be rationalized over the coming months.

عقلا توجیه کردن بااستدلال عقلی توجیه یا تفسیر کردن، منطقی کردن

raucous
(of voice) harsh and unpleasant; (of people) disorderly and boisterous; (ex.) raucous shouts

Longman:

1. sounding unpleasantly loud:
** He burst into raucous laughter.
** raucous cheers

2. impolite, noisy, and violent:
** A group of raucous students spilled out of the bar.
** The atmosphere became increasingly raucous.


(Adjective) ( hoarse =) خشن، زمخت، ناهنجار، خیلی نامرتب

ravage
devastate; plunder; despoil; (ex.) crops ravaged by storms

Longman:

[ transitive usually passive]
to damage something very badly:
** a country ravaged by civil war
** His health was gradually ravaged by drink and drugs.

غارت، یغما، تاخت و تاز، ویرانی، ستمگری، ویران کردن، غارت کردن، تاخت و تاز کردن، بلا زده کردن

rave
overwhelmingly favorable review; (v.) talk wildly as if mad; (ex.) raving lunatic

Longman:

[ intransitive]
1. rave about/over something: to talk about something you enjoy or admire in an excited way [= enthuse]:
** Now I understand why travelers rave about Lapland.
** The customers were raving over our homemade chili.

2. to talk in an angry, uncontrolled, or crazy way
rave at:
** He started raving at me
rave on: British English
** Lisa raved on about how awful it all was.
** He was still ranting and raving the next morning.

دیوانه شدن، جار و جنجال راه انداختن، با بیحوصلگی حرف زدن، دیوانگی، غوغا

ravel
fall apart into tangles; entangle; unravel or untwist

(دربافندگی) شانه مخصوص جداکردن تارهای نخ، پیچ انداختن در، گره دار کردن، دام بلا، چیز در هم پیچیده، نخ گوریده، گوریدگی، از هم جدا کردن الیاف

ravenous
extremely hungry; voracious

Longman:

very hungry [↪ starving]:
** I'm absolutely ravenous.
** a ravenous appetite


(Adjective) بسیار گرسنه، پر ولع، پر اشتیاق

ravine
narrow valley with steep sides; gorge; (cf.) gully, canyon

Longman:

[ countable]
a deep narrow valley with steep sides [= gorge]


(Noun) ابکند، دره تنگ و عمیق، دارای دره تنگ کردن

raze
destroy completely; (ex.) raze the city to the ground

Longman:

[ transitive usually passive]
to completely destroy a town or building:
** In 1162 Milan was razed to the ground by imperial troops.


(Verb - transitive) ویران کردن، محو کردن، تراشیدن

reactionary
strongly opposed to social or political change; opposing progress; politically ultraconservative; n. op. radical

Longman:

very strongly opposed to any social or political change - used to show disapproval:
** reactionary attitudes

ارتجاعی، استبدادی، مرتجع، ادم مرتجع، واکشنی

realm
kingdom; field or sphere; (ex.) not within the realms of possibility

Longman:

[ countable]
1. [written] a general area of knowledge, activity, or thought:
** the spiritual realm
realm of:
** an idea that belongs in the realm of science fiction

2. within the realms of possibility: also not beyond the realm(s) of possibility used, often humorously, to say that something is possible even though you think it is not very likely:
** I suppose it's not beyond the realms of possibility.

3. a country ruled by a king or queen


(Noun) قلمرو سلطان، متصرفات، مملکت، ناحیه

reaper
one who harvests grain; (ex.) the grim reaper; (v.) reap: cut and gather (crop); harvest a crop


(Noun) درو گر، ماشین درو

rebate
return of part of a payment; discount; (v.)

Longman:

[ countable]
an amount of money that is paid back to you when you have paid too much tax, rent etc:
** You may be entitled to a tax rebate.

کاستن، کم کردن، کند کردن، بی ذوق کردن، تخفیف، کاهش

rebuff
reject bluntly; snub; beat back; (ex.) she rebuffed his invitation; (n.)

Longman:

[ countable]
[formal] an unkind or unfriendly answer to a friendly suggestion or offer of help [= snub]:
** He received a humiliating rebuff from his manager.

جلوگیری کردن، رد کردن، منع، رد، دفع

rebuke
scold harshly; criticize severely

Longman:

[ transitive]
[formal] to speak to someone severely about something they have done wrong [= reprimand]
rebuke somebody for doing something:
** Members of the jury were sharply rebuked for speaking to the press.

گوشمالی، توبیخ کردن، ملامت کردن، ملامت، زخم زبان

rebus
representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols; puzzle in which pictures or letters stand for words; (ex.) “r u 18” is a rebus for “are you 18”.


(Noun) معمای مصور، نشاندادن واژه ها بصورت مصور

rebuttal
refutation; response with contrary evidence; (v.) rebut: refute; disprove


(Noun) رد، تکذیب، دفع، عمل متقابل، پس زنی

recalcitrant
disobedient or resisting authority even after being punished; obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly; (ex.) recalcitrant child

Longman:

refusing to do what you are told to do, even after you have been punished [= unruly]:
** a recalcitrant pupil

متمرد، سرسخت، سرکش

recant
disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error; (ex.) recant one’s faith/a statement

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
to say publicly that you no longer have a political or religious belief that you had before

حرف خود را رسما پس گرفتن، گفته خود را تکذیب کردن،بخطای خود اعتراف کردن

recapitulate
summarize

Longman:

[ intransitive and transitive]
[formal] to repeat the main points of something that has just been said [= recap]

رئوس مطالب را تکرار کردن، (زیست شناسی) صفات ارثی را در طی چند نسل تکراری کردن

recast
reconstruct (a sentence, story, statue, etc.); fashion again

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to give something a new shape or a new form of organization:
** an attempt to recast the statement in less formal language

2. to give parts in a play or film to different actors

ازنو ریختن، از نو قالب کردن، از نو طرح کردن

receptive
quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions, etc.); (ex.) receptive to the proposal

Longman:

willing to consider new ideas or listen to someone else's opinions:
** You might find them in a more receptive mood tomorrow.
** a receptive audience
receptive to:
** a workforce that is receptive to new ideas


(Adjective) پذیرنده، پذیرا، شنوا، حاضر بقبول

recess
pause; temporary cessation; alcove; secret inner place; (ex.) parliament in recess; (v.) (cf.) recessive

Longman:

1. a time during the day or year when no work is done, especially in parliament, law courts etc:
** Parliament's summer recess

2. a short period of time between lessons at a school when children can go outdoors and play [= break British English]
** Her favorite things at school are music and recess.

3. a space in the wall of a room, especially for shelves, cupboards etc [= alcove]

4. the recesses of something: the inner hidden parts of something:
** the deep recesses of the cave
** fears hidden away in the darker recesses of her mind

عقب نشینی، پس زنی، پس رفت کردن، بازگشت، فترت،دوره فترت، تعطیل موقتی، تنفس، گوشه، کنار، پستی،تورفتگی، موقتا تعطیل کردن، طاقچه ساختن، مرخصی گرفتن، تنفس کردن

recession
withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
a difficult time when there is less trade, business activity etc in a country than usual:
** the economic recession of the early 1980s
** There is deep recession in the UK.
into/out of recession:
** attempts to pull the country out of recession


(Noun) پس رفت، بازگشت، اعاده، کسادی، بحران اقتصادی

recidivism
habitual return to crime (even after being punished); (n.) recidivist

عود، باز گشت، بازگشت به، تکرار جنایات

recipient
receiver

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who receives something
recipient of:
** the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize

گیرنده، دریافت کننده، وصول کننده

reciprocal
mutual; given and received in return; exchangeable; interacting; (ex.) reciprocal trade agreement

Longman:

a reciprocal arrangement or relationship is one in which two people or groups do or give the same things to each other [↪ mutual]:
** He spoke of the necessity for a reciprocal relationship that would be useful for all sides.
** Such treaties provide reciprocal rights and obligations.

معکوس، دوجانبه متقابل، عمل متقابل، دوجانبه، دو طرفه

reciprocate
do or give something in return; repay in kind; give or take mutually; interchange; move backwards and forwards; (ex.) reciprocate his invitation by inviting him; (n.) reciprocity: reciprocal relationship; mutual interchange of advantages between two groups; ex. reciprocity in trading rights

Longman:

1. [formal] to do or give something, because something similar has been done or given to you:
** When he spoke I was expected to reciprocate with some remark of my own.

2. [transitive] to feel the same about someone as they feel about you:
** It was a hopeless love that could not possibly be reciprocated.

دادن و گرفتن، تلافی کردن، عمل متقابل کردن، معامله بمثل کردن، جبران کردن

recital
act of reciting publicly; detailed account; performance of music or dance (by a solo performer)

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a performance of music or poetry, usually given by one performer:
** a piano recital
recital of:
** a recital of classical favourites

2. [formal] a spoken description of a series of events
recital of:
** a long recital of her adventures


(Noun) از بر خوانی، تک نوازی، رسیتال

recite
repeat aloud (something learned); describe; (ex.) recite his complaints; (n.) recitation

Longman:

1. to say a poem, piece of literature etc that you have learned, for people to listen to:
** She recited a poem that she had learnt at school.

2. [transitive] to tell someone a series or list of things:
** Len recited the breakfast menu - cereal, bacon and eggs, and toast.

از برخواندن، با صدایی موزون خواندن

reckon
count; calculate; regard as; think; suppose

Longman:

[ transitive not in progressive]
1. [spoken] especially British English to think or suppose something
reckon (that):
** Do you reckon he'll agree to see us?
** The police reckon that whoever killed Dad was with him earlier that day.
** 'There's nothing we can do about it.' 'You reckon (=used to express doubt or disagreement)?'

2. to guess a number or amount, without calculating it exactly
reckon (that):
** We reckon that sitting in traffic jams costs us around $9 billion a year in lost output.
reckon something to be something:
** The average selling price for flats in the area was reckoned to be around £11,000.

3. [usually passive] to think that someone or something is a particular kind of person or thing
be reckoned to be something:
** The Lowsons were reckoned to be very good farmers.
** Moving house is reckoned to be nearly as stressful as divorce.
be reckoned as something:
** An earthquake of magnitude 7 is reckoned as a major quake.

4. [formal] to calculate an amount:
** The expression 'full moon' means the fourteenth day of the moon reckoned from its first appearance.

to expect something to happen, when you are making plans:
** We were reckoning on a profit of about half a million a year.
reckon on doing something:
** I was reckoning on getting at least 60% of the votes.

شمردن، حساب پس دادن، روی چیزی حساب کردن، محسوب داشتن، گمان کردن

recline
lie down

Longman:

1. [formal] to lie or lean back in a relaxed way
recline in/on:
** I spent Sunday reclining in a deck chair.
** A solitary figure was reclining on the grass.

2. [intransitive and transitive] if you recline a seat, or if it reclines, you lower the back of the seat so that you can lean back in it
reclining seat/chair:

برپشت خم شدن یا خوابیدن، سرازیر کردن، خم شدن، تکیه کردن، لمیدن

recluse
hermit; loner; (adj.) reclusive

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who chooses to live alone, and does not like seeing or talking to other people:
** She became a recluse after her two sons were murdered.

دور افتاده، تنها، منزوی، گوشه نشین

reconcile
make friendly again (after quarrel); make consistent (two ideas in opposition); correct inconsistencies; ex. reconcile one’s political principles with one’s religious beliefs

Longman:

1. [transitive] if you reconcile two ideas, situations, or facts, you find a way in which they can both be true or acceptable:
** The possibility remains that the two theories may be reconciled.
reconcile something with something:
** Bevan tried to reconcile British socialism with a wider international vision.

2. be reconciled (with somebody): to have a good relationship again with someone after you have quarrelled with them:
** Jonah and his youngest son were, on the surface at least, reconciled.

to make someone able to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation:
** He tried to reconcile his father to the idea of the wedding.
reconcile yourself to something:
** Henry had more or less reconciled himself to Don's death.


(Verb - transitive) صلح دادن، اشتی دادن، تطبیق کردن، راضی ساختن، وفق دادن

recondite
abstruse; not easily understood; profound; secret

Longman:

[formal] recondite facts or subjects are not known about or understood by many people [= obscure]


(Adjective) پوشیده، نهان، مرموز، عمیق، پیچیده

reconnaissance
survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering; v. reconnoiter: make a preliminary inspection of (esp. to gather military information)

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
the military activity of sending soldiers and aircraft to find out about the enemy's forces:
** reconnaissance aircraft
** a reconnaissance mission
** wartime roles such as observation and reconnaissance


(Noun) شناسایی، بازدید مقدماتی، اکتشاف

recount
narrate or tell (a story); count over again

Longman:

[ transitive]
[formal] to tell someone a story or describe a series of events
recount how/what:
** Alan recounted how he and Joyce had met.


(Verb - transitive) برشمردن، یکایک گفتن، تعریف کردن، شمارش مجدد، بازگفتن

recourse
resorting to help when in trouble; (ex.) without recourse to

Longman:

[ singular, uncountable]
something that you do to achieve something or deal with a situation, or the act of doing it:
** We may conclude that he never had recourse to this simple experiment.
without recourse to something: (=without using or doing something)
** a way of solving disputes without recourse to courts of law
** Surgery may be the only recourse.


(Noun) مراجعه، اعاده، چاره، وسیله، توسل، پاتوق، میعادگاه، متوسل شدن به، مراجعه کردن به

recreant
disloyal; cowardly; (n.) disloyal and cowardly person

تسلیم شونده، ترسو، بی وفا، ناسپاس، خائن

recrimination
countercharges; (v.) recriminate

Longman:

[ countable usually plural, uncountable]
when you blame or criticize someone for something that has happened:
** Bitter accusations and recriminations followed the disaster.


(Noun) اتهام متقابل، تهمت متقابل

rectify
set right; correct; (cf.) rect-: right

Longman:

[ transitive]
[formal] to correct something that is wrong [= put right]:
** I did my best to rectify the situation, but the damage was already done.

یکسو کردن، اصلاح کردن تصحیح کردن، برطرف کردن، جبران کردن

rectitude
moral correctness; moral uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment

Longman:

[ uncountable]
behaviour that is honest and morally correct


(Noun) راستی، راستگری، راستی، درستی، درستکاری، صحت، صحتعمل

recumbent
reclining; lying down completely or in part

Longman:

lying down on your back or side


(Adjective) خوابیده، خم، (گیاه‌شناسی) برزمین گستر

recuperate
recover; return to health; regain; (ex.) recuperate losses

Longman:

1. [intransitive] to get better again after an illness or injury [= recover]
recuperate from:
** Coles is recuperating from a sprained ankle.

2. [transitive] especially British English to get back money that you have spent or lost in business [= recoup, recover]:
** We've recuperated our losses.

3. [intransitive] to return to a more normal condition after a difficult time [= recover]:
** Winston proposed several ways for the industry to recuperate.

بهبودی یافتن، نیروی تازه یافتن، حال آمدن

recurrent
occurring again and again

Longman:

happening or appearing several times:
** recurrent minor illnesses
** Political revolution is a recurrent theme in Riley's books.


(Adjective) برگردنده، عود کننده
(Adjective) عود کننده، راجعه، بازگشت کننده، باز رخدادگر

redolent
odorous; fragrant; suggestive (of an odor); (ex.) redolent of onions/mystery

Longman:

1. [formal] making you think of something [= reminiscent]
redolent of:
** a style redolent of the sixties

2. [literary] smelling strongly of something
redolent of/with:
** The bar was redolent with the smell of stale cigarette smoke.

معطر، بودار، حاکی

redoubtable
formidable; causing fear

Longman:

someone who is redoubtable is a person you respect or fear:
** He had never met a more redoubtable fighter.


(Adjective) ترسناک، موحش، مستحکم، سهمناک

redress
remedy; compensation; (ex.) seek redress for the damage to your car; (v.) put right; remedy or rectify (a wrong); make amends for

Longman:

[ transitive]
to correct something that is wrong or unfair:
** Little could be done to redress the situation.
** Affirmative action was meant to redress the balance (=make the situation fair) for minorities.

جبران خسارت، تصحیح، التیام، دوباره پوشیدن، جبران کردن، فریادرسی

reduce
diminish; bring to a weaker or more difficult condition; demote; lower in rank; separate into components by analysis; (ex.) reduced to the ranks; (ex.) reduce the house to rubble; (n.) reduction

Longman:

1. [transitive] to make something smaller or less in size, amount, or price [= cut; ↪ reduction]:
** The governor announced a new plan to reduce crime.
** The helmet law should reduce injuries in motorcycle accidents.
** Small businesses will need to reduce costs in order to survive.
reduce something by something:
** The workforce has been reduced by half.
reduce something (from something) to something:
** All the shirts were reduced to £10.
** The new bridge should reduce travelling time from 50 minutes to 15 minutes.

2. if you reduce a liquid, or if it reduces, you boil it so that there is less of it

3. to become thinner by losing weight [↪ diet]

4. be in reduced circumstances:[old-fashioned] to be poorer than you were before

1. reduce somebody to tears/silence etc: to make someone cry, be silent etc:
** She was reduced to tears in front of her students.

تقلیل دادن، کاستن، ساده کردن کم کردن، کاستن (از)، تنزل دادن، فتح کردن، استحاله کردن، مطیع کردن

redundant
superfluous; more than is necessary; verbose; excessively wordy; repetitious

Longman:

1. if you are redundant, your employer no longer has a job for you:
** Seventy factory workers were made redundant in the resulting cuts.
make a job/position etc redundant:
** As the economy weakens, more and more jobs will be made redundant.

2. not necessary because something else means or does the same thing:
** the removal of redundant information


(Adjective) (واژه یا وند) زاید، زیادی، حشوآمیز، دارای اطناب
(Adjective) زیاده، بیش از حد لزوم، مفرط، مازاد بر احتیاج
(Adjective) (انگلیس) اخراج شده (به خاطر مازاد بودن)، اخراجی

reek
emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke); give off an unpleasant odor; give out smoke; (ex.) reeking chimney; (n.) unpleasant odor; stench

Longman:

[ intransitive]
to have a strong bad smell [= stink]:
** This room absolutely reeks.
reek of:
** He reeked of sweat.

to seem very clearly to have a particular quality or be connected with something bad:
** The whole business reeks of dishonesty.

بخار، بخار دهان، بخار از دهان خارج کردن، متصاعدشدن، بوی بد دادن

refectory
dining hall; room where meals are served (in a school)

Longman:

[ countable]
a large room in a school, college etc where meals are served and eaten [= cafeteria American English]


(Noun) سالن ناهار خوری (بویژه در صومعه)

referendum
direct vote by all the people

Longman:

[ uncountable and countable]
when people vote in order to make a decision about a particular subject, rather than voting for a person
referendum on:
** a referendum on independence
** The city council agreed to hold a referendum on the issue in November.


(Noun) همه پرسی، رفراندم، مراجعه بارا عمومی، کسب تکلیف

refraction
bending of a ray of light


(Noun) شکست، انکسار، تجزیه، انحراف، تخفیف

refractory
unmanageable; disobedient and stubborn; ex. refractory horse

Longman:

1. [formal] deliberately not obeying someone in authority and being difficult to deal with or control [= unruly]

2. [medical] a refractory disease or illness is hard to treat or cure

سرکش، گردنکش، سرسخت، جسم نسوز، مقاوم

refrain
abstain from; resist; forbear; (n.) chorus

Longman:

[ intransitive]
to not do something that you want to do [↪ abstain]
refrain from (doing) something:
** Please refrain from smoking in this area.

برگردان، خود داری کردن، منع کردن، نگاه داشتن

refulgent
effulgent; brilliant; brightly shining; gleaming; ex. refulgent moon


(Adjective) نورافشان، درخشنده، متشعشع، درخشان

refurbish
renovate; make clean, bright, or fresh (make new) again; make bright by polishing; (ex.) refurbish an old theater; (cf.) furbish: polish

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to decorate and repair something such as a building or office in order to improve its appearance [↪ renovate]:
** The Grand Hotel has been completely refurbished.

2. to change and improve a plan, idea, or skill


(Verb - transitive) روشن و تازه کردن

refuse
anything discarded or rejected as worthless; trash

Longman:

1. [intransitive] to say firmly that you will not do something that someone has asked you to do:
** She asked him to leave, but he refused.
refuse to do something:
** I absolutely refuse to take part in anything illegal.
flatly refuse/refuse point-blank (to do something): (=refuse immediately and directly without giving a reason)
** Mom flatly refused to go back into the hospital.
** When he offered all that money, I could hardly refuse (=could not refuse), could I?

2. [intransitive and transitive]to say no to something that you have been offered [= turn down]:
** She refused a second piece of cake.
** The offer seemed too good to refuse.

3. [transitive] to not give or allow someone something that they want, especially when they have asked for it officially
refuse somebody something:
** She was refused a work permit.

سرباز زدن، رد کردن، نپذیرفتن، قبول نکردن، مضایقه تفاله کردن، فضولات، اشغال، ادم بیکاره

refute
disprove; prove to be false; (n.) refutation

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to prove that a statement or idea is not correct [= rebut]
refute a hypothesis/a claim/an idea etc:
** an attempt to refute Darwin's theories

2. to say that a statement is wrong or unfair [= deny]
refute an allegation/a suggestion etc:
** She refuted any allegations of malpractice.


(Verb - transitive) رد کردن، تکذیب کردن، اشتباه کسی را اثبات کردن

regal
royal; of a monarch; (ex.) regal manner

Longman:

typical of a king or queen, suitable for a king or queen, or similar to a king or queen in behaviour, looks etc:
** a ceremony of regal splendour
** James watched with regal detachment.

پادشاهی، شاهوار

regale
entertain

Longman:

to entertain someone by telling them about something:
** Bailey regaled the customers with tales of our exploits.

خوراک لذیذ، مهمانی، سور دادن

regatta
boat or yacht race

Longman:

[ countable]
a sports event at which there are races for rowing boats or sailing boats


(Noun) مسابقه کرجی رانی، پارچه نخی سفت بافت

regeneration
spiritual rebirth; (ex.) regeneration of the prisoners; (v.) regenerate: give or obtain new life; reform spiritually


(Noun) باززاد، نوزایش، تهذیب اخلاق، اصلاح
(Noun) باززایی، احیا

regent
a person who governs in place of a ruler who is ill, absent, or still a child; (adj.) (ex.) the prince regent

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who governs instead of a king or queen, because the king or queen is ill, absent, or still a child

نایب السلطنه، نماینده پادشاه، رئیس، عضو شورا

regicide
murder of a king or queen

Longman:

1. the crime of killing a king or queen

2. someone who kills a king or queen


(Noun) شاه کش، قتل شاه یا حکمروا

regime
method of system or government

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a government, especially one that was not elected fairly or that you disapprove of for some other reason:
** The regime got rid of most of its opponents.
military/totalitarian/fascist regime:
brutal/oppressive/corrupt regime:

2. a particular system - used especially when talking about a previous system, or one that has just been introduced
under a regime:
** Under the new regime, all sheep and cattle will be regularly tested for disease.

3. a special plan of food, exercise etc that is intended to improve your health [= regimen]:
** a dietary regime


(Noun) رژیم، نظام، سازگان، دهناد

**

** - the communist regime
** - رژیم کمونیستی
(Noun) سازگان اجتماعی یا سیاسی
(Noun) دوران حکومت
(Noun) رجوع شود به: regimen

regimen
prescribed course of diet or exercise; prescribed diet and habits; (ex.) daily regimen of a dancer

Longman:

[ countable]
a special plan of food, exercise etc that is intended to improve your health [= regime]
regimen of:
** a regimen of morning stretching exercises
** Patients maintain a strict dietary regimen.


(Noun) (رسمی، پزشکی) رژیم غذایی، پرهیز غذایی

**

** - to be on regimen
** - رژیم داشتن، پرهیز داشتن
** - to go on regimen
** - پرهیز کردن، رژیم گرفتن

regiment
military unit; (v.) subject to strict order; (ex.) regimented society

Longman:

[ countable]
1. a large group of soldiers, usually consisting of several battalions

2. a large number of people, animals, or things
regiment of:
** a regiment of ants


(Noun) (نظامی) هنگ

**

** - to regiment the industries of a country
** - صنایع یک کشور را به نظم درآوردن
(Noun) (مجازی) فوج، لشکر، خیل عظیم، گروه بسیار
(Verb - transitive) (به طعنه) گروه‌بندی کردن، تحت فشار قرار دادن، سختگیری کردن نسبت به، تحت انضباط درآوردن، با انضباط ارتشی برگزار کردن، دسته‌دسته کردن
**

** - an education that regiments children
** - آموزش و پرورشی که بچه‌ها را منضبط می‌کند

rehabilitate
restore to proper condition (health or useful life); restore the former rank of

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to help someone to live a healthy, useful, or active life again after they have been seriously ill or in prison:
** a special unit for rehabilitating stroke patients

2. to make people think that someone or something is good again after a period when people had a bad opinion of them:
** The Prime Minister seems to be trying to rehabilitate the former defence secretary.

3. to improve a building or area so that it returns to the good condition it was in before [↪ renovate]:
** A lot of the older houses have now been rehabilitated.


(Verb - transitive) نوتوان کردن، توانبخشی کردن، دارای امتیازات اولیه کردن، تجدید اسکان کردن، اعاده حیثیت کردن، ترمیم کردن، بحال نخست برگرداندن

reimburse
repay; pay back

Longman:

[ transitive]
[formal] to pay money back to someone when their money has been spent or lost
reimburse somebody for something:
** The company will reimburse you for travel expenses.


(Verb - transitive) باز پرداخت کردن، باز پرداختن، جبران کردن،هزینه کسی یا چیزی را پرداختن، خرج چیزی را دادن

reinstate
restore to a previous condition or position

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. if someone is reinstated, they are officially given back their job after it was taken away

2. to make something such as a law, system, or rule exist again:
** California reinstated the death penalty in 1977.


(Verb - transitive) دوباره گماشتن، دوباره برقرار کردن، از نو به مقام اولیه خود رساندن، تثبیت کردن

reiterate
repeat

Longman:

[ transitive]
[formal] to repeat a statement or opinion in order to make your meaning as clear as possible [= restate]:
** Let me reiterate the most important points.
reiterate that:
** Lawyers reiterated that there was no direct evidence against Mr Evans.


(Verb - transitive) تکرار کردن، تصریح کردن

rejoinder
reply; retort; comeback; (v.) rejoin: say in reply

Longman:

[ countable]
[formal] a reply, especially a rude one:
** He tried to think of a snappy rejoinder.


(Noun) پاسخ دفاعی، جواب، پاسخ دفاعی دادن

rejuvenate
make young again

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to make something work much better or become much better again:
** plans to rejuvenate the inner city areas

2. [usually passive] to make someone look or feel young and strong again:
** I came back from holiday feeling rejuvenated.


(Verb - transitive) دوباره جوان کردن، جوانی از سر گرفتن

relapse
return to a former state (esp. after improvement); n.

Longman:

[ intransitive]
1. to become ill again after you have seemed to improve
relapse into:
** We were afraid he might relapse into a coma.

2. to start to behave badly again
relapse into:
** Clara soon relapsed into her old ways.

برگشت، عود، عودت، مرتد، بحال نخستین برگشتن، عودکردن

relegate
put into a lower or worse place; banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign; (ex.) relegate the old furniture to the children’s room; (ex.) relegated to the second division

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. [formal] to give someone or something a less important position than before
relegate somebody/something to something:
** Women tended to be relegated to typing and filing jobs.

2. if a sports team is relegated, it is moved into a lower division [≠ promote]
relegate something/somebody to something:
** We were relegated to the Fourth Division last year.


(Verb - transitive) انداختن، موکول کردن، محول کردن، واگذار کردن،منتسب کردن

relent
become less severe; give in(surrender); (adj.) relentless: unyielding; continuously severe

Longman:

[ intransitive]
to change your attitude and become less strict or cruel towards someone [= give in]:
** At last her father relented and came to visit her.

نرم شدن، رحم بدل اوردن، پشیمان شدن

relevant
having importance; pertinent; referring to the case in hand; (n.) relevance, relevancy

Longman:

directly relating to the subject or problem being discussed or considered [≠ irrelevant]:
** Relevant documents were presented in court.
** We received all the relevant information.
relevant to:
** What experience do you have that is relevant to this position?


(Adjective) مربوط، مناسب، وابسته، مطابق، وارد

relic
surviving remnant (from an extinct culture); memento; keepsake; relics: corpse; (ex.) ancient relics; (ex.) relics of his travel; (ex.) his relics are buried at x.

Longman:

[ countable]
1. an old object or custom that reminds people of the past or that has lived on from a past time:
** Roman relics found in a field
relic of:
** the books and photos, relics of Rob's university days
** Everything in the house seemed old and untouched, like relics of an ancient time.

2. a part of the body or clothing of a holy person which is kept after their death because it is thought to be holy


(Noun) اثر، اثار مقدس، عتیقه، یادگار، باستانی

religious
of religion; (of a person) pious; having reverence for a deity

Longman:

1. relating to religion in general or to a particular religion:
** I don't share her religious beliefs.
** a religious school
** the dates of major religious observances such as Easter or Christmas

2. believing strongly in your religion and obeying its rules carefully:
** a deeply religious person

مذهبی، راه به، تارک دنیا، روحانی، دیندار

relinquish
give up something (with reluctance); yield; release; (ex.) relinquish power/the claim to the land/his hold on my arm

Longman:

[ transitive]
[formal] to let someone else have your position, power, or rights, especially unwillingly [= give up]:
** No one wants to relinquish power once they have it.
relinquish something to somebody:
** Stultz relinquished control to his subordinate.


(Verb - transitive) ول کردن، ترک کردن، چشم پوشیدن

relish
enjoy; savor; (n.) enjoyment; zest

Longman:

[ transitive]
to enjoy an experience or the thought of something that is going to happen
relish the prospect/thought/idea:
** I don't relish the thought of you walking home alone.
relish the chance/opportunity:
** He relishes the chance to play Hamlet.

ذائقه، مزه، طعم، چاشنی، ذوق، رغبت، اشتها، مزه اوردن، خوش مزه کردن، با رغبت خوردن، لذت بردن از

remediable
reparable

Longman:

able to be corrected or cured:
** remediable problems


(Adjective) درمان پذیر، چاره پذیر، قابل علاج، گزیر پذیر

reminiscence
recollection; (v.) reminisce: recollect the past

Longman:

[ countable,uncountable often plural]
a spoken or written story about events that you remember [↪ memoir]
reminiscence of/about:
** reminiscences of the war


(Noun) خاطره، یادداشت، یاد بود، یاداوری، نشانه

reminiscent
suggestive of something (in the past); of reminiscence

Longman:

1. reminiscent of something: reminding you of something:
** a style strongly reminiscent of Virginia Woolf's novels

2. [literary] thinking about the past:
** Her face wore a reminiscent smile.


(Adjective) یاد بود، خاطره، یاداور

remiss
negligent; careless about a duty

Longman:

[ not before noun]
careless because you did not do something that you ought to have done [= negligent]
remiss in:
** parents who are remiss in their duties
it was remiss of somebody to do something:
** It was remiss of the social services not to notify the police.


(Adjective) بی مبالات، بی قید، غفلت کار، سست

remission
temporary moderation (of disease symptoms); remitting of a debt or punishment; cancelation of a debt; pardon; (ex.) the disease went into remission; ex. christians pray for the remission of sins.

Longman:

1. a period when a serious illness improves for a time
in remission:
** The chemotherapy was successful, and she is now in remission.
** The cancer has gone into remission.

2. a reduction of the time that someone has to spend in prison:
** He was given six months' remission for good behaviour.

3. when you allow someone to keep the money they owe you:
** remission of debts

4. the remission of sins: forgiveness from God for the bad things that you have done


(Noun) بخشش، امرزش، عفو، گذشت، تخفیف، بهبودی بیماری

remit
transmit (money) in payment; free someone from a debt or punishment

Longman:

1. to send a payment:
** Please remit payment by cheque.

2. to free someone from a debt or punishment [↪ unremitting]

to send a proposal, plan, or problem back to someone for them to make a decision about:
** The court remitted the matter to the agency for reconsideration.

ارسال وجه بخشیدن، امرزیدن، معاف کردن، فرو نشاندن، پول رسانیدن، وجه فرستادن

remittance
remitting of money; amount of money remitted

Longman:

1. an amount of money that you send to pay for something

2. when you send money
on remittance of something:
** We will forward the goods on remittance of £10.


(Noun) وجه ارسالی
(Noun) فرستادن پول، پول، پرداخت، تادیه

remnant
remainder

Longman:

[ countable]
1. [usually plural] a small part of something that remains after the rest of it has been used, destroyed, or eaten
remnant of:
** The remnants of a meal stood on the table.

2. a small piece of cloth left from a larger piece and sold cheaply

باقی مانده، بقیه، اثر، بقایا(درجمع)، اثار

remonstrate
protest; objection; (v.) remonstrate: say in protest

Longman:

[ intransitive]
to tell someone that you strongly disapprove of something they have said or done
remonstrate with:
** The Everton manager remonstrated angrily with the referee.

تعرض کردن، با تعرض و نکوهش گفتن

remorse
deep regret for wrongdoing; guilt; selfreproach

Longman:

[ uncountable]
a strong feeling of being sorry that you have done something very bad [↪ regret]:
** Throughout the trial, he had shown no remorse.
remorse for:
** She felt a pang of remorse for what she had done.
be full of remorse/be filled with remorse:
** Filled with remorse, Dillon decided to resign.


(Noun) پشیمانی، افسوس، ندامت، پریشانی، غم

remote
distant in manner; aloof

Longman:

1. far away: far from towns or other places where people live [= isolated]:
** a remote border town
** a fire in a remote mountain area

2. not likely: if a chance or possibility of something happening is remote, it is not very likely to happen [= slight]
remote chance/possibility:
** There's a remote chance that you can catch him before he leaves.
** The prospect of peace seems remote.

3. time: far away in time [= distant]:
** the remote time when dinosaurs walked the earth
a remote ancestor: (=someone related to you, who lived a long time ago)

4. different: very different from something
remote from:
** The Heights was quiet and clean and remote from the busy daily life of the city.

5. person: unfriendly, and not interested in people [= distant]:
** His father was a remote, quiet man.


(Adjective) دور، پرت، دور دست، جزئی، کم، بعید، متحرک
(Adjective) دور، دوردست، بعید

remunerative
(of work) compensating; rewarding; profitable; well-paid; (v.) remunerate: reward; pay (someone) for work or trouble

Longman:

making a lot of money


(Adjective) پاداشی

rend
split; tear apart; (n.) rent; (cf.) heartrending: causing deep sorrow

Longman:

[ transitive]
to tear or break something violently into pieces

پاره کردن، چاک زدن، دریدن، کندن

render
give; deliver; provide; represent in verbal or artistic form; depict; perform; make; translate; (ex.) render the song beautifully

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. to cause someone or something to be in a particular condition
render somebody/something impossible/harmless/unconscious etc:
** He was rendered almost speechless by the news.
** The blow to his head was strong enough to render him unconscious.

2. [formal] to give something to someone or do something, because it is your duty or because someone expects you to:
** an obligation to render assistance to those in need
render a decision/opinion/judgment etc:
** It is unlikely that the court will render an opinion before November 5.
** a bill of $3200 for services rendered (=for something you have done)

3. to express or present something in a particular way
render something as something:
** She made a sound that in print is rendered as 'harrumph.'
render something sth:
** Infrared film renders blue skies a deep black.
render something in something:
** a sculpture rendered in bronze

4. render something into English/Russian/Chinese etc: to translate something into English, Russian etc

5. to spread plaster or cement on the surface of a wall:
** a brick wall that has been rendered and whitewashed

تحویل دادن، تسلیم داشتن، دادن، منتقل کردن،ارائه دادن، ترجمه کردن، دراوردن

rendezvous
meeting place; meeting at a set time or place; (v.)

Longman:

1. [countable] an arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place, often secretly
rendezvous with:
** He made a rendezvous with her in Times Square.
** plans for a secret rendezvous

2. [countable usually singular] a place where two or more people have arranged to meet:
** Boats picked us up at pre-arranged rendezvous.

3. a bar, restaurant etc where people like to meet:
** a popular rendezvous for media people

امدگاه، وعده گاه، پاتوق، میعاد، قرار ملاقات گذاشتن

rendition
rendering; translation; artistic interpretation of a song, etc.

Longman:

1. someone's performance of a play, piece of music etc:
** He gave a moving rendition of Lennon's 'Imagine'.

2. a translation of a piece of writing
rendition of:
** an English rendition of a Greek poem


(Noun) تسلیم، بازگردانی، پرداخت، تحویل، ترجمه، تفسیر

renegade
deserter; traitor; (adj.)

Longman:

[ countable]
someone who leaves one side in a war, politics etc in order to join the opposing side - used to show disapproval:
** a renegade army unit


(Noun) ( runagate )مرتد، از دین برگشته
(Noun) عیسوی مسلمان شده، برگشته، مرتد، خائن

renege
break a promise; deny; go back on; (ex.) renege on the contract/paying off the debt

Longman:

[ intransitive]
[formal] renege on an agreement/deal/promise etc: to not do something you have promised or agreed to do [= go back on]:
** They reneged on a pledge to release the hostages.

انکار کردن، دبه کردن، ترک تابعیت کشور یا دین خودرا کردن، (در گفتگو)گول زدن

renounce
abandon; give up (by formal announcement); disown; repudiate; (ex.) renounce one’s claim to the property/one’s religion; (n.) renunciation

Longman:

[ transitive]
1. if you renounce an official position, title, right etc, you publicly say that you will not keep it any more [= give up]:
** Edward renounced his claim to the French throne.
** She renounced her citizenship.

2. to publicly say or show that you no longer believe in something, or will no longer behave in a particular way [= reject]:
** These groups must renounce violence if there is to be progress towards peace.
** Young people renounced capitalism in favour of peace and love.

انکار کردن، سرزنش یا متهم کردن

renovate
restore to good condition; renew

Longman:

[ transitive]
to repair a building or old furniture so that it is in good condition again:
** The hotel has been renovated and redecorated.


(Verb - transitive) باز نوساختن، نو کردن، تعمیر کردن، از سر گرفتن

renown
fame; (adj.) renowned

Longman:

[ uncountable]
when you are famous and a lot of people admire you for a special skill, achievement, or quality [= acclaim]
international/public etc renown:
** He has won world renown for his films.
** He achieved some renown as a football player.


(Noun) اوازه، نام، شهرت، معروفیت، اشتهار، صیت، مشهور کردن

rent
tear made by rending; rip; split

Longman:

1. [intransitive and transitive] to regularly pay money to live in a house or room that belongs to someone else, or to use something that belongs to someone else:
** Most students rent rooms in their second year.
** I'd rather have my own house than rent.
rent something from somebody:
** Some farmers rent their land from the council.

2. to let someone live in a house, room etc that you own, or use your land, in return for money [= let British English]
rent something (out) to somebody:
** She rents out two rooms to students.

3. to pay money for the use of something for a short period of time [= hire British English]
** Will you rent a car while you're in Spain?

if a house rents at or for an amount of money, that is how much you must pay to use it:
** Houses here rent for at least $2,500 a week.

اجاره، کرایه، مال الاجاره، منافع، اجاره کردن،کرایه کردن، اجاره دادن

reparable
capable of being repaired


(Adjective) قابل جبران، اصلاح پذیر، تعمیر پذیر

reparation
compensation (for loss or wrong); amends; ex. make reparation for the damage; (cf.) repair

Longman:

1. reparations: money paid by a defeated country after a war, for all the deaths, damage etc it has caused:
** The government agreed to pay reparations to victims.

2. [uncountable and countable] when you give something to someone or do something for them because you have done something wrong to them in the past
make reparation (to somebody) for something:
** Offenders must make reparation for their crimes through community service.


(Noun) جبران غرامت، تاوان، تعمیر، عوض، اصلاح

repartee
quick clever reply

Longman:

[ uncountable]
conversation which is fast and full of intelligent and amusing remarks and replies:
** witty repartee


(Noun) حاضر جوابی، جواب شوخی آمیز

repast
meal; feast; banquet

Longman:

[ countable]
a meal

خوراک، ضیافت، غذا خوردن، وقت غذاخوری