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admission
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n 1: the act of admitting someone to enter; "the surgery was
performed on his second admission to the clinic" [syn:
admission, admittance]
2: an acknowledgment of the truth of something
3: the fee charged for admission [syn: entrance fee,
admission, admission charge, admission fee, admission
price, price of admission, entrance money]
4: the right to enter [syn: entree, access, accession,
admission, admittance]
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ambition
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n 1: a cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own
business" [syn: ambition, aspiration, dream]
2: a strong drive for success [syn: ambition, ambitiousness]
v 1: have as one's ambition
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ammunition
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n 1: projectiles to be fired from a gun [syn: ammunition,
ammo]
2: any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be
used as a weapon of mass destruction
3: information that can be used to attack or defend a claim or
argument or viewpoint; "his admission provided ammunition for
his critics"
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coition
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n 1: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman;
the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and
excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur [syn: sexual
intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation,
coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual
relation, relation, carnal knowledge]
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competition
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n 1: a business relation in which two parties compete to gain
customers; "business competition can be fiendish at times"
2: an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or
more contestants [syn: contest, competition]
3: the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams
were in fierce contention for first place" [syn:
competition, contention, rivalry] [ant: cooperation]
4: the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his
rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
[syn: rival, challenger, competitor, competition,
contender]
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condition
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n 1: a state at a particular time; "a condition (or state) of
disrepair"; "the current status of the arms negotiations"
[syn: condition, status]
2: an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of
something else [syn: condition, precondition,
stipulation]
3: a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing;
"the human condition"
4: information that should be kept in mind when making a
decision; "another consideration is the time it would take"
[syn: circumstance, condition, consideration]
5: the state of (good) health (especially in the phrases `in
condition' or `in shape' or `out of condition' or `out of
shape') [syn: condition, shape]
6: an illness, disease, or other medical problem; "a heart
condition"; "a skin condition"
7: (usually plural) a statement of what is required as part of
an agreement; "the contract set out the conditions of the
lease"; "the terms of the treaty were generous" [syn:
condition, term]
8: the procedure that is varied in order to estimate a
variable's effect by comparison with a control condition
[syn: condition, experimental condition]
v 1: establish a conditioned response
2: develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice;
especially to teach self-control; "Parents must discipline
their children"; "Is this dog trained?" [syn: discipline,
train, check, condition]
3: specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or
agreement; make an express demand or provision in an
agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the
house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the
dates of the payments" [syn: stipulate, qualify,
condition, specify]
4: put into a better state; "he conditions old cars"
5: apply conditioner to in order to make smooth and shiny; "I
condition my hair after washing it"
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fission
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n 1: reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of
the cell into two more or less equal parts
2: a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into
smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy [syn:
fission, nuclear fission]
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fruition
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n 1: the condition of bearing fruit
2: enjoyment derived from use or possession
3: something that is made real or concrete; "the victory was the
realization of a whole year's work" [syn: realization,
realisation, fruition]
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ignition
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n 1: the process of initiating combustion or catching fire
2: the mechanism that ignites the fuel in an internal-combustion
engine [syn: ignition, ignition system]
3: the act of setting something on fire [syn: ignition,
firing, lighting, kindling, inflammation]
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intermission
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n 1: the act of suspending activity temporarily
2: a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation
of something [syn: pause, intermission, break,
interruption, suspension]
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intuition
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n 1: instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
2: an impression that something might be the case; "he had an
intuition that something had gone wrong" [syn: intuition,
hunch, suspicion]
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mission
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n 1: an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to
carry on religious work [syn: mission, missionary post,
missionary station, foreign mission]
2: an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters; "the
planes were on a bombing mission" [syn: mission, military
mission]
3: a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a
confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a
message" [syn: mission, charge, commission]
4: the organized work of a religious missionary [syn: mission,
missionary work]
5: a group of representatives or delegates [syn: deputation,
commission, delegation, delegacy, mission]
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nutrition
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n 1: (physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being
nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates
food and uses it for growth and maintenance
2: a source of materials to nourish the body [syn: nutriment,
nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment,
alimentation, victuals]
3: the scientific study of food and drink (especially in humans)
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obstetrician
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n 1: a physician specializing in obstetrics [syn:
obstetrician, accoucheur]
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omission
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n 1: a mistake resulting from neglect [syn: omission, skip]
2: something that has been omitted; "she searched the table for
omissions"
3: any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken
words or phrases [syn: omission, deletion]
4: neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over
something
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opposition
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n 1: the action of opposing something that you disapprove or
disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of
resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from
the newspapers he went ahead" [syn: resistance,
opposition]
2: the relation between opposed entities [syn: opposition,
oppositeness]
3: the act of hostile groups opposing each other; "the
government was not ready for a confrontation with the
unions"; "the invaders encountered stiff opposition" [syn:
confrontation, opposition]
4: a contestant that you are matched against [syn: opposition,
opponent, opposite]
5: a body of people united in opposing something
6: a direction opposite to another
7: an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing
military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his
enemies" [syn: enemy, foe, foeman, opposition]
8: the major political party opposed to the party in office and
prepared to replace it if elected; "Her Majesty's loyal
opposition"
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optician
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n 1: a worker who makes glasses for remedying defects of vision
[syn: optician, lens maker]
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patrician
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adj 1: befitting a person of noble origin; "a patrician nose"
2: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or
aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic
Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family";
"blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle
blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South";
"aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician
tastes" [syn: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue,
blue-blooded, gentle, patrician]
n 1: a person of refined upbringing and manners
2: a member of the aristocracy [syn: aristocrat, blue blood,
patrician]
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permission
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n 1: approval to do something; "he asked permission to leave"
2: the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
[syn: license, permission, permit]
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petition
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n 1: a formal message requesting something that is submitted to
an authority [syn: request, petition, postulation]
2: reverent petition to a deity [syn: prayer, petition,
orison]
v 1: write a petition for something to somebody; request
formally and in writing
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physician
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n 1: a licensed medical practitioner; "I felt so bad I went to
see my doctor" [syn: doctor, doc, physician, MD,
Dr., medico]
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politician
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n 1: a leader engaged in civil administration
2: a person active in party politics [syn: politician,
politico, pol, political leader]
3: a schemer who tries to gain advantage in an organization in
sly or underhanded ways
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position
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n 1: the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he
put the lamp back in its place" [syn: position, place]
2: a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons [syn:
military position, position]
3: a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what
follows from the positivist view" [syn: position, view,
perspective]
4: the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an
attitude of surrender" [syn: position, posture,
attitude]
5: the relative position or standing of things or especially
persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the
novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not
enjoy a favorable position in American life" [syn: status,
position]
6: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office,
spot, billet, place, situation]
7: the spatial property of a place where or way in which
something is situated; "the position of the hands on the
clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of
furniture on the stage" [syn: position, spatial relation]
8: the appropriate or customary location; "the cars were in
position"
9: (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player;
"what position does he play?"
10: the act of putting something in a certain place [syn:
placement, location, locating, position,
positioning, emplacement]
11: a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the
unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose
between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate
situation" [syn: situation, position]
12: a rationalized mental attitude [syn: position, stance,
posture]
13: an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an
argument or dispute; "there are two sides to every question"
[syn: side, position]
14: an item on a list or in a sequence; "in the second place";
"moved from third to fifth position" [syn: place,
position]
15: the post or function properly or customarily occupied or
served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his
place"; "in lieu of" [syn: stead, position, place,
lieu]
16: the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or
axiom
v 1: cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
2: put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your
things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent
of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
[syn: put, set, place, pose, position, lay]
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precondition
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n 1: an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of
something else [syn: condition, precondition,
stipulation]
2: an assumption that is taken for granted [syn: given,
presumption, precondition]
3: a condition that is a prerequisite
v 1: put into the required condition beforehand
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premonition
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n 1: a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of
foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge
would dismiss the case" [syn: foreboding, premonition,
presentiment, boding]
2: an early warning about a future event [syn: forewarning,
premonition]
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prohibition
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n 1: a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920
the 18th amendment to the Constitution established
prohibition in the US"
2: a decree that prohibits something [syn: prohibition, ban,
proscription]
3: the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic
beverages was prohibited in the United States by a
constitutional amendment [syn: prohibition, prohibition
era]
4: refusal to approve or assent to
5: the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an
instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in
their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic
beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance" [syn:
prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance]
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scission
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n 1: the act of dividing by cutting or splitting
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suspicion
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n 1: an impression that something might be the case; "he had an
intuition that something had gone wrong" [syn: intuition,
hunch, suspicion]
2: doubt about someone's honesty [syn: misgiving, mistrust,
distrust, suspicion]
3: the state of being suspected; "he tried to shield me from
suspicion"
4: being of a suspicious nature; "his suspiciousness destroyed
his marriage" [syn: suspicion, suspiciousness]
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tradition
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n 1: an inherited pattern of thought or action
2: a specific practice of long standing [syn: custom,
tradition]
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transition
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n 1: the act of passing from one state or place to the next
[syn: passage, transition]
2: an event that results in a transformation [syn: conversion,
transition, changeover]
3: a change from one place or state or subject or stage to
another
4: a musical passage moving from one key to another [syn:
transition, modulation]
5: a passage that connects a topic to one that follows
v 1: cause to convert or undergo a transition; "the company had
to transition the old practices to modern technology"
2: make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to
another); "The airline transitioned to more fuel-efficient
jets"; "The adagio transitioned into an allegro"
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transmission
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n 1: the act of sending a message; causing a message to be
transmitted [syn: transmission, transmittal,
transmitting]
2: communication by means of transmitted signals
3: the fraction of radiant energy that passes through a
substance [syn: transmittance, transmission]
4: an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
[syn: infection, contagion, transmission]
5: the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via
the driveshaft to the live axle [syn: transmission,
transmission system]
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tuition
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n 1: a fee paid for instruction (especially for higher
education); "tuition and room and board were more than
$25,000" [syn: tuition, tuition fee]
2: teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired
privately) [syn: tutelage, tuition, tutorship]
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vision
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n 1: a vivid mental image; "he had a vision of his own death"
2: the ability to see; the visual faculty [syn: sight,
vision, visual sense, visual modality]
3: the perceptual experience of seeing; "the runners emerged
from the trees into his clear vision"; "he had a visual
sensation of intense light" [syn: vision, visual
sensation]
4: the formation of a mental image of something that is not
perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular
imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals
what the world could be" [syn: imagination,
imaginativeness, vision]
5: a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural
appearance; "he had a vision of the Virgin Mary"
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imbibition
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n 1: (chemistry) the absorption of a liquid by a solid or gel
2: the act of consuming liquids [syn: drinking, imbibing,
imbibition]
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priscian
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