vocabulary set3
Emphasize |ˈɛmfəsʌɪz| (also emphasise)
verb [ with obj. ]
1 give special importance or value to (something) in speaking or writing: they emphasize the need for daily, one-to-one contact between parent and child | [ with clause ] : I would emphasize that I am not an economist.
2 lay stress on (a woralso emphasise)
verb [ with obj. ]
1 give special importance or value to (something) in speaking or writing: they emphasize the need for daily, one-to-one contact between parent and child | [ with clause ] : I would emphasize that I am not an economist.
2 lay stress on (a word or phrase) when speaking. his father emphasized the wrong words in his sentence.
3 make (something) more clearly defined: a hip-length jacket which emphasized her shape.
up to
1 as far as: I could reach just up to his waist. • (also up until) until: up to now I hadn't had a relationship.
2 indicating a maximum amount: the process is expected to take up to two years.
3 [ with negative or in questions ]
good enough for: I was not up to her standards. • capable of or fit for: he is simply not up to the job.
also emphasise)
verb [ with obj. ]
1 give special importance or value to (something) in speaking or writing: they emphasize the need for daily, one-to-one contact between parent and child | [ with clause ] : I would emphasize that I am not an economist.
2 lay stress on (a word or phrase) when speaking. his father emphasized the wrong words in his sentence.
3 make (something) more clearly defined: a hip-length jacket which emphasized her shape.
up to
1 as far as: I could reach just up to his waist. • (also up until) until: up to now I hadn't had a relationship.
2 indicating a maximum amount: the process is expected to take up to two years.
3 [ with negative or in questions ]
good enough for: I was not up to her standards. • capable of or fit for: he is simply not up to the job.
4 the responsibility or choice of (someone): it was up to them togauge the problem.
5 informal occupied or busy with: what's he been up to?
uncombed |ʌnˈkəʊmd|
adjective
(of a person's hair) not combed: his hair was matted and uncombed.
disputation |dɪspjuːˈteɪʃ(ə)n, -pjʊˈt-|
noun [ mass noun ]
debate or argument: promoting consensus rather than disputation | [ count noun ] : a lengthy disputation about the rights and wrongs of a particular request.
DERIVATIVES
disputative |dɪˈspjuːtətɪv| adjective
noun
we'll have no politics and no religious disputation in this house: debate, discussion, dispute, argument, arguing,argumentation,dissension,altercation,Disagreement,wrangling, sparring,
disharmony, conflict,contention, controversy; polemics;
discontent |dɪskənˈtɛnt|
noun [ mass noun ]
dissatisfaction with one's circumstances;
lack of contentment: voters voiced discontent with both parties |[ count noun ] : the discontents of the working class.
• [ count noun ] a person who is dissatisfied, typically with the prevailing social or political situation
adjective
dissatisfied. he was discontent with his wages.
DERIVATIVES
discontentment noun
disrespectful |dɪsrɪˈspɛk(t)f(ʊ)l|
adjective
showing a lack of respect or courtesy; impolite: a deeply disrespectful attitude towards women.
DERIVATIVES
disrespectfully adverb
disrespectful
adjective
he was cheeky and disrespectful towards his parents:discourteous, rude, impolite, uncivil, unmannerly, ill mannered, bad-mannered, ungracious, irreverent, inconsiderate; insolent, impudent, impertinent, cheeky, flippant, insubordinate, churlish;
contemptuous,disdainful, derisive, scornful, disparaging, insulting,abusive;
ANTONYMS respectful, polite.
Angry |ˈaŋgri|
adjective (angrier, angriest)
feeling or showing strong annoyance, displeasure, or hostility; full of anger: why are you angry with me? | I'm angry that she didn't call me.• (of the sea or sky) stormy, turbulent, or threatening: the
wild, angry sea.
• (of a wound or sore) red and inflamed. the bruise below his eye looked angry and sore.
DERIVATIVES
angrily adverb
By |bʌɪ|
preposition
1 identifying the agent performing an action:
• after a passive verb: the door was opened by my cousin Annie | damage caused by fire.
• after a noun denoting an action: a clear decision by the electorate | years of hard fund-raising work by local people.
• identifying the author of a text, idea, or work of art: a book by Ernest Hemingway.
2 [ often with verbal noun ] indicating the means of achieving something: malaria can be controlled by attacking the parasite | they substantiate their opinions by the use of precise textual reference | they plan to provide further working capital by means of borrowing.
• indicating a term to which an interpretation is to be assigned: what is meant by ‘fair’?
• indicating a name according to which a person is known: she mostly calls me by my last name.• indicating the means of transport selected for a journey: the cost of travelling by bus | I travelled to
Folkestone by rail.
• indicating the other parent of someone's child or children: Richard is his son by his third wife.
• indicating the sire of a pedigree animal, especially a horse: a black filly by Goldfuerst.
• (followed by a noun without a determiner) in various phrases indicating how something happens: I heard by chance that she has married again | Anderson, by contrast, rejects this view | she ate by candlelight.
3 indicating the amount or size of a margin: the shot missed her by miles | the raising of VAT by 2.5%.
• indicating a quantity or amount: billing is by the minute | the drunken yobbos who turned up by the cartload.
• in phrases indicating something happening repeatedly or progressively, typically with repetition of a unit of time: colours changing minute by minute | the risk becomes worse by the day.• identifying a parameter: a breakdown of employment figures by age and occupation.
• expressing multiplication, especially in dimensions: a map measuring 400 by 600 mm | she multiplied it by 89.
4 indicating a deadline or the end of a particular time period: I've got to do this report by Monday | by now Kelly needed extensive physiotherapy.
5 indicating location of a physical object beside a place or object: remains were discovered by the roadside | the pram was by the dresser.
• past and beyond: I drove by our house.
6 indicating the period in which something happens: this animal always hunts by night.
7 concerning; according to: anything you do is all right by me | she had done her duty by him.
8 used in mild oaths: it was the least he could do, by God | Iswear by Almighty God.
adverb so as to go past: a car flashed by on the other side of the road| he let only a moment go by.
4 the responsibility or choice of (someone): it was up to them togauge the problem.verb [ with obj. ]
1 give special importance or value to (something) in speaking or writing: they emphasize the need for daily, one-to-one contact between parent and child | [ with clause ] : I would emphasize that I am not an economist.
2 lay stress on (a woralso emphasise)
verb [ with obj. ]
1 give special importance or value to (something) in speaking or writing: they emphasize the need for daily, one-to-one contact between parent and child | [ with clause ] : I would emphasize that I am not an economist.
2 lay stress on (a word or phrase) when speaking. his father emphasized the wrong words in his sentence.
3 make (something) more clearly defined: a hip-length jacket which emphasized her shape.
up to
1 as far as: I could reach just up to his waist. • (also up until) until: up to now I hadn't had a relationship.
2 indicating a maximum amount: the process is expected to take up to two years.
3 [ with negative or in questions ]
good enough for: I was not up to her standards. • capable of or fit for: he is simply not up to the job.
also emphasise)
verb [ with obj. ]
1 give special importance or value to (something) in speaking or writing: they emphasize the need for daily, one-to-one contact between parent and child | [ with clause ] : I would emphasize that I am not an economist.
2 lay stress on (a word or phrase) when speaking. his father emphasized the wrong words in his sentence.
3 make (something) more clearly defined: a hip-length jacket which emphasized her shape.
up to
1 as far as: I could reach just up to his waist. • (also up until) until: up to now I hadn't had a relationship.
2 indicating a maximum amount: the process is expected to take up to two years.
3 [ with negative or in questions ]
good enough for: I was not up to her standards. • capable of or fit for: he is simply not up to the job.
4 the responsibility or choice of (someone): it was up to them togauge the problem.
5 informal occupied or busy with: what's he been up to?
uncombed |ʌnˈkəʊmd|
adjective
(of a person's hair) not combed: his hair was matted and uncombed.
disputation |dɪspjuːˈteɪʃ(ə)n, -pjʊˈt-|
noun [ mass noun ]
debate or argument: promoting consensus rather than disputation | [ count noun ] : a lengthy disputation about the rights and wrongs of a particular request.
DERIVATIVES
disputative |dɪˈspjuːtətɪv| adjective
noun
we'll have no politics and no religious disputation in this house: debate, discussion, dispute, argument, arguing,argumentation,dissension,altercation,Disagreement,wrangling, sparring,
disharmony, conflict,contention, controversy; polemics;
discontent |dɪskənˈtɛnt|
noun [ mass noun ]
dissatisfaction with one's circumstances;
lack of contentment: voters voiced discontent with both parties |[ count noun ] : the discontents of the working class.
• [ count noun ] a person who is dissatisfied, typically with the prevailing social or political situation
adjective
dissatisfied. he was discontent with his wages.
DERIVATIVES
discontentment noun
disrespectful |dɪsrɪˈspɛk(t)f(ʊ)l|
adjective
showing a lack of respect or courtesy; impolite: a deeply disrespectful attitude towards women.
DERIVATIVES
disrespectfully adverb
disrespectful
adjective
he was cheeky and disrespectful towards his parents:discourteous, rude, impolite, uncivil, unmannerly, ill mannered, bad-mannered, ungracious, irreverent, inconsiderate; insolent, impudent, impertinent, cheeky, flippant, insubordinate, churlish;
contemptuous,disdainful, derisive, scornful, disparaging, insulting,abusive;
ANTONYMS respectful, polite.
Angry |ˈaŋgri|
adjective (angrier, angriest)
feeling or showing strong annoyance, displeasure, or hostility; full of anger: why are you angry with me? | I'm angry that she didn't call me.• (of the sea or sky) stormy, turbulent, or threatening: the
wild, angry sea.
• (of a wound or sore) red and inflamed. the bruise below his eye looked angry and sore.
DERIVATIVES
angrily adverb
By |bʌɪ|
preposition
1 identifying the agent performing an action:
• after a passive verb: the door was opened by my cousin Annie | damage caused by fire.
• after a noun denoting an action: a clear decision by the electorate | years of hard fund-raising work by local people.
• identifying the author of a text, idea, or work of art: a book by Ernest Hemingway.
2 [ often with verbal noun ] indicating the means of achieving something: malaria can be controlled by attacking the parasite | they substantiate their opinions by the use of precise textual reference | they plan to provide further working capital by means of borrowing.
• indicating a term to which an interpretation is to be assigned: what is meant by ‘fair’?
• indicating a name according to which a person is known: she mostly calls me by my last name.• indicating the means of transport selected for a journey: the cost of travelling by bus | I travelled to
Folkestone by rail.
• indicating the other parent of someone's child or children: Richard is his son by his third wife.
• indicating the sire of a pedigree animal, especially a horse: a black filly by Goldfuerst.
• (followed by a noun without a determiner) in various phrases indicating how something happens: I heard by chance that she has married again | Anderson, by contrast, rejects this view | she ate by candlelight.
3 indicating the amount or size of a margin: the shot missed her by miles | the raising of VAT by 2.5%.
• indicating a quantity or amount: billing is by the minute | the drunken yobbos who turned up by the cartload.
• in phrases indicating something happening repeatedly or progressively, typically with repetition of a unit of time: colours changing minute by minute | the risk becomes worse by the day.• identifying a parameter: a breakdown of employment figures by age and occupation.
• expressing multiplication, especially in dimensions: a map measuring 400 by 600 mm | she multiplied it by 89.
4 indicating a deadline or the end of a particular time period: I've got to do this report by Monday | by now Kelly needed extensive physiotherapy.
5 indicating location of a physical object beside a place or object: remains were discovered by the roadside | the pram was by the dresser.
• past and beyond: I drove by our house.
6 indicating the period in which something happens: this animal always hunts by night.
7 concerning; according to: anything you do is all right by me | she had done her duty by him.
8 used in mild oaths: it was the least he could do, by God | Iswear by Almighty God.
adverb so as to go past: a car flashed by on the other side of the road| he let only a moment go by.
5 informal occupied or busy with: what's he been up to?
uncombed |ʌnˈkəʊmd|
adjective
(of a person's hair) not combed: his hair was matted and uncombed.
disputation |dɪspjuːˈteɪʃ(ə)n, -pjʊˈt-|
noun [ mass noun ]
debate or argument: promoting consensus rather than disputation | [ count noun ] : a lengthy disputation about the rights and wrongs of a particular request.
DERIVATIVES
disputative |dɪˈspjuːtətɪv| adjective
noun
we'll have no politics and no religious disputation in this house: debate, discussion, dispute, argument, arguing,argumentation,dissension,altercation,Disagreement,wrangling, sparring,
disharmony, conflict,contention, controversy; polemics;
discontent |dɪskənˈtɛnt|
noun [ mass noun ]
dissatisfaction with one's circumstances;
lack of contentment: voters voiced discontent with both parties |[ count noun ] : the discontents of the working class.
• [ count noun ] a person who is dissatisfied, typically with the prevailing social or political situation
adjective
dissatisfied. he was discontent with his wages.
DERIVATIVES
discontentment noun
disrespectful |dɪsrɪˈspɛk(t)f(ʊ)l|
adjective
showing a lack of respect or courtesy; impolite: a deeply disrespectful attitude towards women.
DERIVATIVES
disrespectfully adverb
disrespectful
adjective
he was cheeky and disrespectful towards his parents:discourteous, rude, impolite, uncivil, unmannerly, ill mannered, bad-mannered, ungracious, irreverent, inconsiderate; insolent, impudent, impertinent, cheeky, flippant, insubordinate, churlish;
contemptuous,disdainful, derisive, scornful, disparaging, insulting,abusive;
ANTONYMS respectful, polite.
Angry |ˈaŋgri|
adjective (angrier, angriest)
feeling or showing strong annoyance, displeasure, or hostility; full of anger: why are you angry with me? | I'm angry that she didn't call me.• (of the sea or sky) stormy, turbulent, or threatening: the
wild, angry sea.
• (of a wound or sore) red and inflamed. the bruise below his eye looked angry and sore.
DERIVATIVES
angrily adverb
By |bʌɪ|
preposition
1 identifying the agent performing an action:
• after a passive verb: the door was opened by my cousin Annie | damage caused by fire.
• after a noun denoting an action: a clear decision by the electorate | years of hard fund-raising work by local people.
• identifying the author of a text, idea, or work of art: a book by Ernest Hemingway.
2 [ often with verbal noun ] indicating the means of achieving something: malaria can be controlled by attacking the parasite | they substantiate their opinions by the use of precise textual reference | they plan to provide further working capital by means of borrowing.
• indicating a term to which an interpretation is to be assigned: what is meant by ‘fair’?
• indicating a name according to which a person is known: she mostly calls me by my last name.• indicating the means of transport selected for a journey: the cost of travelling by bus | I travelled to
Folkestone by rail.
• indicating the other parent of someone's child or children: Richard is his son by his third wife.
• indicating the sire of a pedigree animal, especially a horse: a black filly by Goldfuerst.
• (followed by a noun without a determiner) in various phrases indicating how something happens: I heard by chance that she has married again | Anderson, by contrast, rejects this view | she ate by candlelight.
3 indicating the amount or size of a margin: the shot missed her by miles | the raising of VAT by 2.5%.
• indicating a quantity or amount: billing is by the minute | the drunken yobbos who turned up by the cartload.
• in phrases indicating something happening repeatedly or progressively, typically with repetition of a unit of time: colours changing minute by minute | the risk becomes worse by the day.• identifying a parameter: a breakdown of employment figures by age and occupation.
• expressing multiplication, especially in dimensions: a map measuring 400 by 600 mm | she multiplied it by 89.
4 indicating a deadline or the end of a particular time period: I've got to do this report by Monday | by now Kelly needed extensive physiotherapy.
5 indicating location of a physical object beside a place or object: remains were discovered by the roadside | the pram was by the dresser.
• past and beyond: I drove by our house.
6 indicating the period in which something happens: this animal always hunts by night.
7 concerning; according to: anything you do is all right by me | she had done her duty by him.
8 used in mild oaths: it was the least he could do, by God | Iswear by Almighty God.
adverb so as to go past: a car flashed by on the other side of the road| he let only a moment go by. d or phrase) when speaking. his father emphasized the wrong words in his sentence.
3 make (something) more clearly defined: a hip-length jacket which emphasized her shape.
up to
1 as far as: I could reach just up to his waist. • (also up until) until: up to now I hadn't had a relationship.
2 indicating a maximum amount: the process is expected to take up to two years.
3 [ with negative or in questions ]
good enough for: I was not up to her standards. • capable of or fit for: he is simply not up to the job.
4 the responsibility or choice of (someone): it was up to them togauge the problem.
5 informal occupied or busy with: what's he been up to?
uncombed |ʌnˈkəʊmd|
adjective
(of a person's hair) not combed: his hair was matted and uncombed.
disputation |dɪspjuːˈteɪʃ(ə)n, -pjʊˈt-|
noun [ mass noun ]
debate or argument: promoting consensus rather than disputation | [ count noun ] : a lengthy disputation about the rights and wrongs of a particular request.
DERIVATIVES
disputative |dɪˈspjuːtətɪv| adjective
noun
we'll have no politics and no religious disputation in this house: debate, discussion, dispute, argument, arguing,argumentation,dissension,altercation,Disagreement,wrangling, sparring,
disharmony, conflict,contention, controversy; polemics;
discontent |dɪskənˈtɛnt|
noun [ mass noun ]
dissatisfaction with one's circumstances;
lack of contentment: voters voiced discontent with both parties |[ count noun ] : the discontents of the working class.
• [ count noun ] a person who is dissatisfied, typically with the prevailing social or political situation
adjective
dissatisfied. he was discontent with his wages.
DERIVATIVES
discontentment noun
disrespectful |dɪsrɪˈspɛk(t)f(ʊ)l|
adjective
showing a lack of respect or courtesy; impolite: a deeply disrespectful attitude towards women.
DERIVATIVES
disrespectfully adverb
disrespectful
adjective
he was cheeky and disrespectful towards his parents:discourteous, rude, impolite, uncivil, unmannerly, ill mannered, bad-mannered, ungracious, irreverent, inconsiderate; insolent, impudent, impertinent, cheeky, flippant, insubordinate, churlish;
contemptuous,disdainful, derisive, scornful, disparaging, insulting,abusive;
ANTONYMS respectful, polite.
Angry |ˈaŋgri|
adjective (angrier, angriest)
feeling or showing strong annoyance, displeasure, or hostility; full of anger: why are you angry with me? | I'm angry that she didn't call me.• (of the sea or sky) stormy, turbulent, or threatening: the
wild, angry sea.
• (of a wound or sore) red and inflamed. the bruise below his eye looked angry and sore.
DERIVATIVES
angrily adverb
By |bʌɪ|
preposition
1 identifying the agent performing an action:
• after a passive verb: the door was opened by my cousin Annie | damage caused by fire.
• after a noun denoting an action: a clear decision by the electorate | years of hard fund-raising work by local people.
• identifying the author of a text, idea, or work of art: a book by Ernest Hemingway.
2 [ often with verbal noun ] indicating the means of achieving something: malaria can be controlled by attacking the parasite | they substantiate their opinions by the use of precise textual reference | they plan to provide further working capital by means of borrowing.
• indicating a term to which an interpretation is to be assigned: what is meant by ‘fair’?
• indicating a name according to which a person is known: she mostly calls me by my last name.• indicating the means of transport selected for a journey: the cost of travelling by bus | I travelled to
Folkestone by rail.
• indicating the other parent of someone's child or children: Richard is his son by his third wife.
• indicating the sire of a pedigree animal, especially a horse: a black filly by Goldfuerst.
• (followed by a noun without a determiner) in various phrases indicating how something happens: I heard by chance that she has married again | Anderson, by contrast, rejects this view | she ate by candlelight.
3 indicating the amount or size of a margin: the shot missed her by miles | the raising of VAT by 2.5%.
• indicating a quantity or amount: billing is by the minute | the drunken yobbos who turned up by the cartload.
• in phrases indicating something happening repeatedly or progressively, typically with repetition of a unit of time: colours changing minute by minute | the risk becomes worse by the day.• identifying a parameter: a breakdown of employment figures by age and occupation.
• expressing multiplication, especially in dimensions: a map measuring 400 by 600 mm | she multiplied it by 89.
4 indicating a deadline or the end of a particular time period: I've got to do this report by Monday | by now Kelly needed extensive physiotherapy.
5 indicating location of a physical object beside a place or object: remains were discovered by the roadside | the pram was by the dresser.
• past and beyond: I drove by our house.
6 indicating the period in which something happens: this animal always hunts by night.
7 concerning; according to: anything you do is all right by me | she had done her duty by him.
8 used in mild oaths: it was the least he could do, by God | Iswear by Almighty God.
adverb so as to go past: a car flashed by on the other side of the road| he let only a moment go by.
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