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noun
- A movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar used to raise the pitch of all strings.
- A leader in the Mafia.
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noun
- The workload of a person or group that handles cases; the relative volume of cases expected to be worked upon.
- As a public defender, Jonas had a crushing and never felt that he could prepare his clients' defenses properly.
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noun
- the work of a social worker who deals with a number of individual clients (cases)
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noun
- Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian society, societies.
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noun
- The source or reason of an event or action
- The goal, aim, principle
- He is fighting for a just .
verb (caus, ing)
- To set off an event or action.
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noun - The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole; as, the centralization of power in the general government; the centralization of commerce in a city.
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noun
- the process of becoming different. (Countable)
- small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination. (Uncountable)
- Can I get for this $100 bill please?
- a replacement, e.g. a change of clothes (Countable)
- (baseball) a change-up pitch
- money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item. For example, a customer who uses a 10-pound note to pay for a £9 item receives one pound in change.
verb (chang, ing)
- (intransitive) To become something different.
- The tadpole changed into a frog.
- Stock prices are constantly changing.
- (rfd-redundant, combine into normal trans/intrans definition line.) (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
- The fairy changed the frog into a prince.
- I had to the wording of the ad so it would fit.
- (transitive) To replace.
- Ask the janitor to come and the lightbulb.
- After a brisk walk, I washed up and changed my shirt.
- (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
- You can't go into the dressing room while she's changing.
- The clowns changed into their costumes before the circus started.
- (rfd-redundant) (figurative) To undergo a significant philosophical adjustment.
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noun (es, -)
- (countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
- The new Ford Fiesta is set to be best in the 'small family' .
- : Often used to imply membership of a large class.
- :: This word has a whole of metaphoric extensions.
- (countable) A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three main classes; upper class, middle class and working class.
- (uncountable) The division of society into classes.
- Jane Austen's works deal with in 18th-century England.
- (uncountable) Admirable behavior; elegance.
- Apologizing for losing your temper, even though you were badly provoked, showed real .
- (context, countable, and, uncountable) A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.
- The was noisy, but the teacher was able to get their attention with a story.
- A series of classes covering a single subject.
- I took the cooking for enjoyment, but I also learned a lot.
- (countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class.
- The of 1982 was particularly noteworthy.
- (countable) A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation.
- I used to fly business , but now my company can only afford economy.
- (context, biology, taxonomy, countable) A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank
- Magnolias belong to the Magnoliopsida.
- (computing) A set of objects possibly differing in state but not behavior.
- (math) A collection of sets definable by a shared property.
- The of all sets is not a set.
verb (classes, classing, classed)
- (transitive) To assign to a class.
- I would this with most of the other mediocre works of the period.
adjective
- (context, UK, slang) great; fabulous
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noun
- discrimination, Discrimination or prejudice that is based on social class.
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adjective
- Not divided into societal or economic groups.
- We lived in a classless state, where all were equal.
- without, Without class or classes.
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noun
- a group of people
- a demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group
- any division of a Roman legion; normally of about 500 men
| | commensal |
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noun
- an organism partaking in such a relationship
adjective - (biology) of a form of symbiosis in which one organism derives a benefit while the other is unaffected
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noun (communit, ies)
- Group of people sharing a common understanding who reveal themselves by using the same language, manners, tradition and law. (see civilization).
- Commune or residential/religious collective.
- The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
- (Ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
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noun
- (uncountable) the action of competing
- The competition for this job is strong.
- (countable) a contest for a prize or award
- The newspaper is featuring a competition to win a car.
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adjective - Related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.
- Consanguineous marriage is customary in many societies, but leads to an increased birth prevalence of infants with severe recessive disorders.http://ambassadors.net/selectedstudy2.htm
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noun
- A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent. A blood relationship.
| | contact |
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noun
- The act of touching physically.
- The establishment of communication (with).
- (colloquial) A contact lens.
- (electrical) a device designed for repetitive connections.
- Touch the to ground and read the number again.
- Someone with whom one is in communication.
- The salesperson had a whole binder full of contacts for potential clients.
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noun
- The act of cooperate, cooperating or being cooperative.
- Active help from a person, organization, et cetera.
- (economics) An association for mutual benefit, such as for purposes of production or purchase.
- (sociology) An activity shared for mutual benefit.
- (context, ecology) A mutually beneficial interaction among organisms living in a limited area.
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noun
- The act of correcting.
- A substitution for an error or mistake.
- Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
- An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
- A decline in a stock market price after a large rise.
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noun
- the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour
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noun
- A number of things collected or closely pressed together; also, a number of things adjacent to each other.
- There was a of toys pushed beneath the couch where the children were playing.
- A group of people congregated or collected into a close body without order.
- After the movie let out, a of people pushed through the exit doors.
- The so-called lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar; the rabble; the mob.
- To fool the with glorious lies. --w:Alfred_Tennyson%2C_1st_Baron_Tennyson, Tennyson.
- He went not with the to see a shrine. -- w:John_Dryden, Dryden.
verb
- To push, to press, to shove.
- To press or drive together; to mass together.
- To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity.
- To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably.
- (nautical) To approach another ship too closely when it has right of way
(Intransitive)
- To press together or collect in numbers; to swarm; to throng
- To urge or press forward; to force one's self; as, a man crowds into a room
- (nautical) (of a square-rigged ship) To carry excessive sail
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noun
- A group or doctrine with religious, philosophical or cultural identity sometimes viewed as a sect, often existent on the margins of society.
- devotion, Devotion to a saint.
- A group that exploits members psychologically and/or financially, typically by making members comply with leadership's demands through certain types of psychological manipulation, popularly called mind control, and through the inculcation of deep-seated anxious dependency on the group and its leaders.
adjective
- Of, or relating to a cult.
- Enjoyed by a small, loyal group.
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noun
- The arts, customs, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation.
- The beliefs, values, behavior and material objects that constitute a people's way of life.
- (microbiology) The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium.
- (anthropology) Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings.
- The collective noun for a group of bacteria.
verb (cultur, ing)
- (transitive) To maintain in an environment suitable for growth (especially of bacteria).
- (transitive) To increase the artistic or scientific interest (in something).
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noun
- Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.
- And teach customs which are not lawful. Acts xvi. 21.
- Moved beyond his , Gama said. Tennyson.
- A More honored in the breach than the observance. Shakespeare
- Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.
- Let him have your , but not your votes. Addison.
- (context, law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription.
- Usage is a fact. Custom is a law. There can be no without usage, though there may be usage without . Wharton.
- (context, obsolete) Familiar acquaintance; familiarity.
- Age can not wither her, nor stale Her infinite variety. Shakespeare
- The customary toll, tax, or tribute.
- Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; to whom . Rom. xiii. 7.
- (plurale tantum) Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported.
verb
- (context, obsolete) (transitive) To make familiar; to accustom.
- (context, obsolete) (transitive) To supply with customers.
- (context, obsolete) (transitive) To pay the customs of.
- (context, obsolete) (intransitive) To have a custom.
- On a bridge he custometh to fight. Spenser.
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adjective
- made in a different way from usual, specially to fit one's needs
- My feet are as big as powerboats, so I need shoes.
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