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25. collecciǒun n.
13 quotations in 3 senses
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The action or process of gathering: (a) the collecting (of things); (b) the collection (of taxes); a tax collector's district; (c) the accumulation (of morbid matter); a swelling or boil; maken……
27. comparatī̆f, -ī̆ve adj. & n.
Additional spellings:
comparative
8 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Gram. Comparative (degree); (b) second (degree of a fever); (c) without comparatif, without any superior, without equal.
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28. comparisǒun n.
83 quotations in 8 senses
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(a) The act of putting (two things) on a par, of regarding or treating (them) as equal, or of claiming equality; maken comparisoun to (of), to claim equality with (sb. or sth.); (b) an equal, a peer.
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29. composiciǒun n.
45 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The composition, constitution, or structure (of a complex object, organ, etc.); also, complexion, character; (b) a concoction, a compound medicine; (c) the act of making or constructing something……
31. concepciǒun n.
24 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The fact of conceiving or begetting offspring, or of being conceived or begotten; conception; (b) propagation of offspring; (c) pregnancy, childbearing; also, fetus, offspring.
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33. conjuncciǒun n.
31 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) The act or process of joining, combining, or uniting two or more things; the fact of being joined or united, a union; (b) sexual union or intercourse; (c) a juncture or joint.
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34. conjunctī̆f adj.
6 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Gram. Subjunctive (mode); (b) producing cohesion, solidifying.
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35. construcciǒun n.
15 quotations in 3 senses
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Gram. & rhet. (a) Formation or construction of a sentence; rightful (order of) construccioun, normal order of syntactic elements; (b) a rhetorical figure; figure of construccioun.
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38. dātī̆f, ī̆ve adj. & n.
Additional spellings:
ive
10 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Gram. Dative (case), the dative; (b) disposed to give, generous [with play on sense (a)]; (c) of an officer: appointed (i.e. not elected).
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39. declināciǒun n.
14 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A hanging downward; (b) deterioration, degeneration.
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