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Friday, September 25, 2009

4.11 Communicate

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communicate
/kəˈmjunɪkeɪt/
(transitive & intransitive) If you communicate an idea, you make someone else understand your idea, usually by using words.
communicative
communication

4.12 Concentrate

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concentrate
/'kɑnsɪntɹet/
  1. (intransitive) If you concentrate on something, you use most of your time and work there.

  2. (intransitive) If you concentrate on something, you think about it and not about other things.

  3. (intransitive), (usually passive) If something is concentrated somewhere, there is a lot of it in that place.


concentration
concentrator

4.13 Confer

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confer
/kən'fəɹ/
  1. (intransitive) If two or more people confer, they find out each other's opinion.
  2. (transitive) If something is conferred on somebody, it is given to them, often officially.
reconfer
conference

4.14 Contrast

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contrast
Noun
/'kɑntɹæst/
Verb
/kən'tɹæst/
Noun
(countable) A Contrast is the difference you find when you compare something or someone.
Verb
(transitive) If you contrast two things, you look for or explain the differences between them.
contrasting
contrastive

4.15 Cycle

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cycle
/'sɑikəl/
  1. (countable) A cycle is a number of regular thing that happen again and again.
  2. (countable) A cycle is a short way of saying bicycle or motorcycle.
bicycle
cyclical

4.16 Debate

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debate
/dɪ'bet/
Noun
(countable & uncountable) A debate is an exchange of ideas looking at different sides of an issue.
Verb
(transitive & intransitive) If you debate something, you consider its positive and negative points, often by talking with other people in a formal situation such as government.
debater
debatable

4.17 Despite

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despite
/dɪ'spɑɪt/
If x happens despite y, it is surprising that x happens because y usually stops it.
If you do something despite yourself, you didn't plan or want to do it.
spite

4.18 Dimension

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dimensional
/dɪ'mɛnʃɪn/
(countable) A dimension is a part of a problem, issue, or situation.
(countable) A dimension is a direction of measurement in space time, usually width, depth, and height.
dimensional
3-dimensional

4.19 Domestic

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domestic
/do'mɛstɪk/
  1. Kept by humans; tame; applied to animals.
  2. Related to a household.
domesticated
domestication
domicile

4.20 Emerge

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emerge
/i'məɹdʒ/
  1. (intransitive) If you emerge, you come out of something.
  2. (intransitive) If a pattern or picture emerges, it becomes clear.
emergent
emergence
emergency