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assignment |
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a duty that you are assigned to perform, especially in the armed forces |
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assignment |
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an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) |
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assignment |
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the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another |
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assignment |
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(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance |
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assigning |
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the act of distributing something to designated places or persons |
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allocation |
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(computer science) the assignment of particular areas of a magnetic disk to particular data or instructions |
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allocation |
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the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning |
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allocation |
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a share set aside for a specific purpose |
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airplane maneuver |
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a maneuver executed by an aircraft |
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abdominal delivery |
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the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) |
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acceptation |
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the act of accepting with approval |
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acceptation |
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the accepted meaning of a word |
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acceptation |
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acceptance as true or valid |
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artifice |
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a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) |
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agency |
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how a result is obtained or an end is achieved |
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agency |
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a business that serves other businesses |
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agency |
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an administrative unit of government |
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agency |
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the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent |
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agency |
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the state of being in action or exerting power |
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avoidance |
Noun
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deliberately avoiding |
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ablactation |
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the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal |
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ablactation |
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the cessation of lactation |
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aversion |
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the act of turning yourself, or your gaze, away |
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aversion |
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a feeling of intense dislike |
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averting |
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the act of turning yourself, or your gaze, away |
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averting |
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the act of preventing something from occurring |
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accommodation |
Noun
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(physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye |
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accommodation |
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the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need |
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accommodation |
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living quarters provided for public convenience |
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accommodation |
Noun
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in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality |
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accommodation |
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a settlement of differences |
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accommodation |
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making or becoming suitable |
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apostasy |
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the act of abandoning a party for cause |
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apostasy |
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the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) |
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adaptation |
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(physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) |
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adaptation |
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a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form |
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adaptation |
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the process of changing or adjusting to something |
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alteration |
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the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) |
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alteration |
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the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification) |
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alteration |
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an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
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adjustment |
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the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) |
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adjustment |
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the act of adjusting something to match a standard |
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adjustment |
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making or becoming suitable |
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adjustment |
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an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances |
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adjustment |
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the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions) |
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abnegation |
Noun
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renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others |
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abnegation |
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the denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief |
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aeration |
Noun
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the act of charging a liquid with a gas making it effervescent |
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aeration |
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the process of exposing to air (so as to purify) |
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anathematization |
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the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed |