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commissioning
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n 1: the act of granting authority to undertake certain
functions [syn: commission, commissioning]
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conditioning
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n 1: a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes
dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its
environment
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cunning
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adj 1: attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness
or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little
apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby" [syn:
cunning, cute]
2: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for
wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a
slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily
old attorney" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy,
guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky,
wily]
3: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the
cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious
solution to the problem" [syn: clever, cunning,
ingenious]
n 1: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
[syn: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness,
guile, slyness, wiliness]
2: crafty artfulness (especially in deception)
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listening
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n 1: the act of hearing attentively; "you can learn a lot by
just listening"; "they make good music--you should give
them a hearing" [syn: listening, hearing]
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partitioning
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n 1: an analysis into mutually exclusive categories [syn:
breakdown, partitioning]
2: 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]
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positioning
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adj 1: causing to fall into line or into position [syn:
aligning, positioning]
n 1: the act of putting something in a certain place [syn:
placement, location, locating, position,
positioning, emplacement]
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punning
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n 1: a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his
constant punning irritated her" [syn: pun, punning,
wordplay, paronomasia]
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repositioning
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n 1: the act of placing in a new position
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running
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adj 1: (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream; "as mountain
stream with freely running water"; "hovels without
running water" [ant: standing(a)]
2: continually repeated over a period of time; "a running joke
among us"
3: of advancing the ball by running; "the team's running plays
worked better than its pass plays" [ant: pass(a),
passing(a)]
4: executed or initiated by running; "running plays worked
better than pass plays"; "took a running jump"; "a running
start" [ant: standing(a)]
5: measured lengthwise; "cost of lumber per running foot" [syn:
linear, running(a)]
6: (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing; "in
running (or working) order"; "a functional set of brakes"
[syn: running(a), operative, functional, working(a)]
n 1: (American football) a play in which a player attempts to
carry the ball through or past the opposing team; "the
defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put
great emphasis on running" [syn: run, running, running
play, running game]
2: the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he
broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit" [syn: run,
running]
3: the state of being in operation; "the engine is running
smoothly"
4: the act of administering or being in charge of something; "he
has responsibility for the running of two companies at the
same time"
5: the act of participating in an athletic competition involving
running on a track [syn: track, running]
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shunning
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n 1: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from
happening [syn: avoidance, turning away, shunning,
dodging]
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stunning
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adj 1: commanding attention; "an arresting drawing of people
turning into animals"; "a sensational concert--one never
to be forgotten"; "a stunning performance" [syn:
arresting, sensational, stunning]
2: causing great astonishment and consternation; "the strike
came as a stunning protest against management"; "a stunning
defeat"
3: causing or capable of causing bewilderment or shock or
insensibility; "laid the poor fellow senseless with one
stunning blow"; "a stunning detonation with volumes of black
smoke"
4: strikingly beautiful or attractive; "quite stunning with
large dark eyes and a beautiful high-bosomed figure";
"stunning photographs of Canada's wilderness areas"
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auditioning
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gunning
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petitioning
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sunning
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dunning
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