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noun
- (economics) The purchase of one company by another; a merger without the formation of a new company
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proper noun
- An English surname derived from the transliteration of various Asian surnames, particularly originating from China and Vietnam.
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adjective
- Of, relating to, or involving technology, especially modern scientific technology.
- Caused by replacement of jobs with machines or artificial intelligence technology.
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noun (plural: temporaries)
- One serving for a limited time; short-term employee.
adjective
- For a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
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noun
- A means of payment such as a check or cheque, cash or credit card.
- Your credit card has been declined. You need to provide some other such as cash.
- A formal offer of payment.
- We will submit our to you within the week.
- A railroad car towed behind a steam engine to carry fuel.
- (nautical) A naval ship that functions as a mobile base for other ships.
- submarine tender
- destroyer tender
- (nautical) A boat used for transportation between a ship and shore.
verb
- (formal) To offer, to give.
- 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
- : I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.
- To offer a payment, as at sales or auctions
adjective (tenderer, tenderest)
- Sensitive or pain, painful to be touched.
- Be careful, that area is . - Mike Meyers as the voice of the title character in the movie Shrek.
- Of food, soft and easily chewed.
- The matrix is telling my brain this steak is , succulent and juicy. - Joey Pantolino in the movie ''The Matrix'.'
- Fond, loving, gentle, sweet
- Suzanne was such a and sweet woman to her children.
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noun (plural: thirds)
- (not used in the plural) The person or thing in the third position.
- Jones came in .
- One of three equal parts of a whole.
- He ate a of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.
- (not used in the plural) The third gear of an engine.
- Now put it into .
- (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.
- They sing in thirds.
- (baseball) third base
- The play ended with Jones standing on .
adjective
- The ordinal number, ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.
- The tree from the left is my favorite.
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noun
- (uncountable) The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).
- To save money, they would shop at a store.
- (countable) A bank.
- (countable) Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.
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noun
- a pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, etc.
- a pass entitling the holder to board a train, a plane, or other means of transportation
- a citation for a traffic violation.
- a permit to operate a machine on a building site.
- (informal) a list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.
- Joe Bloggs has joined the party's for the county elections.
- Joe will be running on an anti-crime ticket.
verb
- To issue someone a ticket, as for travel or for a violation of a local or traffic law.
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noun
- (uncountable) The inevitable passing of events from future to present then past.
- Time stops for nobody.
- the ebb and flow of
- (uncountable) A quantity of availability in time.
- More is needed to complete the project.
- You had plenty of , but you waited until the last minute.
- Are you finished yet? Time"s up!
- Our instructor didn't give us enough to complete the test.
- The two of us can never find to see each other any more.
- (countable) A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical indication of a length of time.
- Record the individual times for the processes in each batch.
- Only your best is compared with the other competitors.
- (uncountable, slang) The serving of a prison sentence.
- The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard .
- (uncountable) The time of day; the moment in time, as indicated by a clock or similar device.
- Excuse me, have you got the ?
- What is it, do you guess? Ten o"clock?
- A computer keeps using a clock battery.
- (countable) The measurement under some system of the time of day or moment in time.
- Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different .
- Coordinated Universal Time avoids the complications of Daylight Saving Time.
- (countable) A numerical indication of a particular moment in time.
- At what times do the trains arrive?
- These times were erroneously converted between zones.
- (countable) An instance or occurrence.
- When was the last we went out? I don"t remember.
- See you another .
- That"s three times he"s made the same mistake.
- Okay, but this is the last . No more after that!
- (uncountable) A particular occasion.
- It"s for bed. It"s to sleep.
- Ready for our performance? It"s ! Here we go!
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verb (times, timing, timed)
- To measure time, especially using a clock of some kind.
- To choose the time for.
- The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Superbowl.
- The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.
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noun
- a deposit in a bank that cannot be withdrawn before a specified date
| | turn |
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noun
- A change of direction or orientation.
- Give the handle a , then pull it.
- A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.
- A single loop of a coil.
- A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
- They took turns playing with the new toy.
- One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
- A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.
- (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
- They quote a three-day on parts like those.
- A fit or a period of giddiness.
- I've had a funny turn.
- A change in temperament or circumstance.
- She took a for the worse.
- (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight)
- (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
- (context, poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em
- (context, electricity) the basic coil element that forms a single conducting loop comprised of one insulated conductor.
verb
- (intransitive) Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.
- the Earth turns
- on the spot
- (transitive) To change the direction or orientation of.
- Turn the knob clockwise.
- (intransitive) To change one's direction of travel.
- Turn right here.
- (transitive) To position (something) by folding it.
- Turn the bed covers.
- (transitive) To become.
- The leaves brown in autumn.
- When I asked him for the money, he turned nasty.
- To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.
- The prisoners turned on the warden.
- (transitive) To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.
- She turned the table legs with care and precision.
- (intransitive) To sour or spoil; to go bad.
- This milk has turned; it smells awful.
- (italbrac, usually with over) To complete.
- They say they can the parts in two days.
- (context, transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (context, intransitive, cricket) Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.
- (context, professional wrestling, intransitive) To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.
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noun
- The act of overturning something
- The amount of business transacted in a specified time period
- The company had an annual turnover of $500.000.
- The number of times a stock is replaced after being used or sold, a worker is replaced after leaving, or a property changes hands
- Those apartments have a high turnover because they are so close to the railroad tracks.
- A pastry consisting of pastry or pie crust around sweet, often fruit filling.
- They served apple turnovers for breakfast.
- (sports) A loss of possession of the ball without scoring.
- The Nimrods committed a dismaying 23 turnovers en route to another humiliating loss.
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initialism
- Tennessee Valley Authority
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