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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

2.11 Community

Word Pronunciation Definition Related Forms
community /kəˈmjunəti/ (countable) A community is a group of people living in the same area and having a similar background or similar interests. commune
communitarian

2.12 Complex

Word Pronunciation Definition Related Forms
complex Adjective
/kəmˈplɛks/ 
Noun
/ˈkɑmplɛks/
Adjective
Complex means to have lots of parts or pieces. 
Noun

  1. A group of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
  2. A psychologically based dislike or fear of a particular thing.
complexity
complexness

2.13 Compute

Word Pronunciation Definition Related Forms
compute /kəm'pʲut/ (transitive & intransitive) If you compute an answer, you calculate it or find it, usually using mathematics. computer
computation

2.14 Conclude

Word Pronunciation Definition Related Forms
conclude /kən'klud/ (transitive & intransitive) To conclude is to end a meeting, letter, essay, or other type of interaction. conclusion
conclusive

2.15 Conduct

Word Pronunciation Definition Related Forms
conduct Verb
/kənˈdʌkt/
Noun
/ˈkɑndʌkt/
Verb
  1. (transitive) If you conduct an activity or process, you do it or carry it out.
  2. (transitive & intransitive) If you conduct music, you stand in front of the musicians and show them how to sing or play.
  3. (transitive); (only of **self); (formal) The way you conduct yourself is the way you act or treat others.
  4. (transitive & intransitive) If something conducts energy, if lets the energy to move through or along it.
Noun
(uncountable); (formal) A person's conduct is the way they act or treat others.
conductive

2.16 Consequent

Word Pronunciation Definition Related Forms
consequent /'kɑnsɪkwɛnt/ If something is consequent to something else, it comes as a result. consequence
consequential
consequental
consequentally

2.17 Construct

Word Pronunciation Definition Related Forms
construct Noun
/'kɑnstɹəkt/
Verb
/kən'stɹəkt/
Noun
A construct is a concept, model, or idea.
Verb
To construct something is to build it, as in constructing a house or a sentence.
construction
structure

2.18 Consume

Word Pronunciation Definition Related Forms
consume /kənˈsuːm/
  1. (transitive) If you consume energy, resources, time, etc, you use it and it is no longer available.
  2. (transitive) If you consume alcohol, food, etc., you eat or drink it.
  3. (transitive) If a fire consumes something, it burns it until it's gone.

  4. (transitive) If you are consumed by a thought or idea, you cannot think about anything else.

consumer
consuming
consumption
consumerism
consumable

2.19 Credit

Word Pronunciation Definition Synonyms
credit /'kɹɛdɪt/ Noun
  1. (uncountable) Credit is an agreement to buy something and pay later.
  2. (uncountable) Credit is positive words or feelings.
  3. (countable) A credit is a course or part of a course that you complete at college or university.

  4. (countable) A credit is record of money put in an account.

Verb
  1. (transitive) If you credit an account, you add money to it.

  2. (transitive) If you credit somebody with something, you say that they did it.
  3. (transitive); (formal) If you credit something, you believe it.
approval
praise
respect
points

2.20 Culture

Word Pronunciation Definition Related Forms
culture /'kəltʃəɹ/ A culture is a common history, set of beliefs, or way of life within a group of people. cultured
cultural