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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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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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decommission
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v 1: withdraw from active service; "The warship was
decommissioned in 1998"
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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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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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intromission
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n 1: the act of putting one thing into another [syn:
insertion, introduction, intromission]
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manumission
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n 1: the formal act of freeing from slavery; "he believed in the
manumission of the slaves"
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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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mortician
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n 1: one whose business is the management of funerals [syn:
mortician, undertaker, funeral undertaker, funeral
director]
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musician
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n 1: someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
[syn: musician, instrumentalist, player]
2: artist who composes or conducts music as a profession
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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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partition
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n 1: a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall
divides one room from another) [syn: partition,
divider]
2: (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated
to a particular operating system or application and accessed
as a single unit
3: (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism
4: the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the
creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart [syn:
division, partition, partitioning, segmentation,
sectionalization, sectionalisation]
v 1: divide into parts, pieces, or sections; "The Arab peninsula
was partitioned by the British" [syn: partition,
partition off]
2: separate or apportion into sections; "partition a room off"
[syn: partition, zone]
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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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photoemission
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n 1: an emission of photoelectrons (especially from a metallic
surface)
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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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pretermission
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n 1: letting pass without notice
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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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proposition
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n 1: (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is
either true or false
2: a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a
suggestion we couldn't refuse" [syn: suggestion,
proposition, proffer]
3: an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for
sexual favors)
4: the act of making a proposal; "they listened to her proposal"
[syn: proposal, proposition]
5: a task to be dealt with; "securing adequate funding is a
time-consuming proposition"
v 1: suggest sex to; "She was propositioned by a stranger at the
party"
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recognition
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n 1: the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged;
"the partners were delighted with the recognition of their
work"; "she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition
or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own" [syn:
recognition, acknowledgment, acknowledgement]
2: the process of recognizing something or someone by
remembering; "a politician whose recall of names was as
remarkable as his recognition of faces"; "experimental
psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the
stimulus to its recognition by the observer" [syn:
recognition, identification]
3: approval; "give her recognition for trying"; "he was given
credit for his work"; "give her credit for trying" [syn:
recognition, credit]
4: coming to understand something clearly and distinctly; "a
growing realization of the risk involved"; "a sudden
recognition of the problem he faced"; "increasing recognition
that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic
diseases" [syn: realization, realisation, recognition]
5: (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another
molecule that has a complementary shape; "molecular
recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and
receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization
of molecules into larger biologically active entities"
6: the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of
the national independence of a country; "territorial disputes
were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991"
7: an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid; "the
recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico
and the United States"
8: designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak
in a deliberative body; "he was unable to make his motion
because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman"
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recondition
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v 1: bring into an improved condition; "He reconditioned the old
appliances"
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remission
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n 1: an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the
manifestations of a disease); "his cancer is in remission"
[syn: remission, remittal, subsidence]
2: a payment of money sent to a person in another place [syn:
remittance, remittal, remission, remitment]
3: (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law
case to another court) [syn: remission, remitment,
remit]
4: the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as
pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance [syn:
absolution, remission, remittal, remission of sin]
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submission
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n 1: something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or
estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for
the judgment of others (as in a competition); "several of
his submissions were rejected by publishers"; "what was the
date of submission of your proposal?" [syn: submission,
entry]
2: the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
[syn: submission, compliance]
3: the condition of having submitted to control by someone or
something else; "the union was brought into submission"; "his
submission to the will of God"
4: the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness [syn:
meekness, submission]
5: a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in
a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
6: an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the
decision of an arbiter
7: (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury
as part of the case he is arguing
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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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dismission
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n 1: official notice that you have been fired from your job
[syn: dismissal, dismission, pink slip]
2: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to
depart) [syn: dismissal, dismission, discharge,
firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking]