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Friday, September 18, 2009

3.21 Emphasis

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emphasis
/'ɛmfəsɪs/
(countable & uncountable) Emphasis is the giving of particular attention or importance to something.
emphasize
emphatic
emphatically

3.22 Ensure

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ensure
/ɪnˈʃʊɚ/
  1. (transitive) If X ensures Y, it makes Y certain.
  2. If you ensure that something is correct or that it happens, you check it and fix any problems.
insure
assure
sure

3.23 Exclude

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exclude /ɪks'klud/
(transitive) If you exclude someone or something, you keep them out.
exclusive
exclusively
exclusivity
exclusion
exclusionary

3.24 Framework

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framework
/ˈfɹeɪmwɝk/
  1. (countable) A framework is basic ideas and organization that you can build an argument, a book, a society, etc. around.
  2. (countable) A framework is the structural supports that a building, vehicle, etc. is built around.
structure
construct
organization
composition
infrastructure

3.25 Fund

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fund
/fənd/
Noun
  1. (countable) A fund is an amount of money kept for a specific purpose.
  2. (plural) An organization's or person's funds are the money that it has. 
Verb
(transitive) If you fund something, you give it money for its activities. 
    refund
    defund
    underfunded
    hedgefund
    fundamental

    3.26 Illustrate

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    illustrate
    /'ɪlɪstɹet/
    1. (transitive) If you illustrate something, you draw a picture of it, or you explain it.
    2. (transitive) If you illustrate a book, magazine, poster, etc., you put pictures in it.
    illustration
    illustrator
    illustrative
    illustrational
    illustratively

    3.27 Immigration

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    immigration
    /'ɪmɪgɹɪnt/
    (uncountable) Immigration is the movement of people or animals into an area, usually a country.
    immigrate
    immigrant
    migrate
    migration
    migratory
    emigrate
    emigration

    3.28 Imply

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    imply
    /ɪm'pl͜ɑɪ/
    (transitive) If you imply something, you mean it, but you don't say it directly.
    implicate
    implication
    implicit
    implicitly

    3.29 Initial

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    initial
    /ɪ'nɪʃəl/
    (usually before the noun) The initial period, stages, etc. come near the beginning.
    initially
    initialize

    3.30 Instance

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    instance
    /ˈɪnstəns/
    (countable & uncountable) An instance of something is a time or situation when it happens.
    for instance
    instant
    instantly
    instantaneous
    instantaneously