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dig
dig
/dɪɡ/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
- A plodding and laborious student.
- A thrust; a poke.
- A tool for digging.
- A defensive pass of the ball that has been attacked by the opposing team.
- A cutting, sarcastic remark.
- A rare or interesting vinyl record bought second-hand.
Synonyms: excavation, jab, jibe.
2. Verb
- To move hard-packed earth out of the way, especially downward to make a hole with a shovel. Or to drill, or the like, through rocks, roads, or the like. More generally, to make any similar hole by moving material out of the way.
- To get by digging; to take from the ground; often with up.
- To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
- To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.
- To investigate, to research, often followed by out or up.
- To thrust; to poke.
- To defend against an attack hit by the opposing team by successfully passing the ball
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republic
republic
[ɹɪˈpʌblɪk]
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
- A state, which may or may not be a monarchy, in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate.
- One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.
Cộng hòa
frequent
frequent
/ˈfɹiː.kwənt/
Meaning:
1. Adjective
- Done or occurring often; common.
- Occurring at short intervals.
- Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
- Full; crowded; thronged.
- Often or commonly reported.
Synonyms: continual, recurring, regular, steady.
Antonyms: rare, uncommon.
thường xuyên
mere
mere
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A body of standing water, such as a lake or a pond. More specifically, it can refer to a lake that is broad in relation to its depth. Also included in place names such as Windermere.
Chỉ đơn thuần
recreation
recreation
/ɹɛkɹiˈeɪʃən/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.
Synonyms: leisure.
giải trí
exhibit
exhibit
/ɛɡ-/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- An instance of exhibiting.
- That which is exhibited.
- A public showing; an exhibition.
- An article formally introduced as evidence in a court.
Synonyms: showing, exhibition, exposition, show.
2. Verb
- To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
- To demonstrate.
- To submit (a physical object) to a court as evidence.
- To put on a public display.
- To administer as a remedy.
Synonyms: demonstrate, show, display, show, show off.
Triển lãm
odour
odour
/ˈoʊdəɹ/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive.
- A strong, pervasive quality.
- Esteem.
- Something which produces a scent; incense, a perfume.
Synonyms: esteem, repute, perfume, scent.
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entertain
entertain
/ˌɛntɚˈteɪn/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- Entertainment; pleasure.
- Reception of a guest; welcome.
2. Verb
- To amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably.
- To have someone over at one’s home for a party or visit.
- To receive and take into consideration; to have a thought in mind.
- To take or keep in one’s service; to maintain; to support; to harbour; to keep.
- To meet or encounter, as an enemy.
- To lead on; to bring along; to introduce.
giải trí
thereby
thereby
/ðɛɹˈbaɪ/
Meaning:
1. Adverb
- By it; by that; by that means, or as a consequence of that.
Synonyms: eo ipso, therefore.
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adjust
adjust
/əˈdʒʌst/
Meaning:
1. Verb
- To modify.
- To improve or rectify.
- To settle an insurance claim.
- To change to fit circumstances.
Synonyms: change, edit, modify, set.
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wheat
wheat
/wiːt/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
- A light brown colour, like that of wheat.
2. Adjective
- Wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.
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unconscious
unconscious
/ˌʌnˈkɑnʃəs/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- Unconscious mind
2. Adjective
- Not awake; having no awareness.
- Without directed thought or awareness.
- Engaged in skilled performance without conscious control.
Synonyms: down for the count, insentient, lost to the world, oblivious, out of it, out on one’s feet, unaware, in the zone, on a roll.
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widespread
widespread
Meaning:
1. Adjective
- Affecting a large area (e.g. the entire land or body); broad in extent; widely diffused.
Synonyms: extensive, pervasive, prevalent, ubiquitous, universal.
Antonyms: limited.
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venture
venture
/ˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
- An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen.
- The thing risked; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
Synonyms: accident, chance, contingency, stake.
2. Verb
- To undertake a risky or daring journey.
- To risk or offer.
- To dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success. Used with at or on
- To put or send on a venture or chance.
- To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
- To say something.
liên doanh
prescription
prescription
/pɝˈskɹɪpʃən/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The act of prescribing a rule, law, etc..
- Also called extinctive prescription or liberative prescription. A time period within which a right must be exercised, otherwise it will be extinguished.
- Also called acquisitive prescription. A time period after which a person who has, in the role of an owner, uninterruptedly, peacefully, and publicly possessed another’s property acquires the property. The described process is known as acquisition by prescription and adverse possession.
- A written order, as by a physician or nurse practitioner, for the administration of a medicine or other intervention. See also scrip.
- The prescription medicine or intervention so prescribed.
- The formal description of the lens geometry needed for spectacles, etc..
- The act or practice of laying down norms of language usage, as opposed to description, i.e. recording and describing actual usage.
- An instance of a prescriptive pronouncement.
- A plan or procedure to obtain a given end result; a recipe.
- Circumscription; restraint; limitation.
Synonyms: recipe, Rx, ℞, forescript.
2. Adjective
- (of a drug, etc.) only available with a physician or nurse practitioner’s written prescription
Đơn thuốc
register
register
/ˈɹɛdʒ.ɪs.tɚ/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A machine that tabulates the amount of sales transactions, makes a permanent and cumulative record of them, and has a drawer in which cash can be kept.
- A point of sale.
Synonyms: till.
2. Noun
- A formal recording of names, events, transactions etc.
- A book of such entries.
- An entry in such a book.
- The act of registering.
- A certificate issued by the collector of customs of a port or district to the owner of a vessel, containing the description of a vessel, its name, ownership, and other material facts. It is kept on board the vessel, to be used as evidence of nationality or as a muniment of title.
- One who registers or records; a registrar; especially, a public officer charged with the duty of recording certain transactions or events.
- A distinct horizontal (or, more rarely, vertical) section of a work of art or inscription that is divided into several such sections
- A device that automatically records a quantity.
- The part of a telegraphic apparatus that automatically records the message received.
- A list of received calls in a phone set.
- A small unit of very fast memory that is directly accessible to the central processing unit, and is mostly used to store inputs, outputs or intermediate results of computations.
- The exact alignment of lines, margins and colors.
- The inner part of the mould in which types are cast.
- The range of a voice or instrument.
- An organ stop.
- A style of a language used in a particular context.
- A grille at the outflow of a ventilation duct, capable of being opened and closed to direct the air flow.
3. Verb
- To enter in a register.
- To enroll, especially to vote.
- To record, especially in writing.
- To buy the full version of trial software by providing one’s details and payment.
- To express outward signs.
- (mail) To record officially and handle specially.
- To make or adjust so as to be properly or precisely aligned.
- To place one’s name, or have one’s name placed in a register.
- To make an impression.
- To be in proper alignment; to align or correspond exactly.
- To voluntarily sign over for safe keeping, abandoning complete ownership for partial.
Synonyms: enroll, put down.
Antonyms: deregister, unregister.
đăng ký
federal
federal
/ˈfɛdəɹəl/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A law-enforcement official of the FBI; a federal agent.
- A supporter of federation.
- A unionist soldier in the American Civil War.
Synonyms: fed.
2. Adjective
- Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.
- Pertaining to the national government level, as opposed to state, provincial, county, city, or town.
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extraordinary
extraordinary
/ɪksˈtɹɔː(ɹ)dɪnəɹi/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- Anything that goes beyond what is ordinary.
2. Adjective
- Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
- Remarkably good.
- Special or supernumerary.
Synonyms: exceptional, noteworthy, outstanding, unparalleled.
Antonyms: everyday, normal, ordinary, regular, usual.
đặc biệt
equip
equip
/ɪˈkwɪp/
Meaning:
1. Verb
- To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging)
- To dress up; to array; to clothe.
- To prepare (someone) with a skill.
- To equip oneself with (an item).
Synonyms: apparel, dight, fit out, kit out, don, dress, put on.
Trang bị
qualification
qualification
/ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.
- An ability or attribute that aids someone’s chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training.
- A certificate, diploma, or degree awarded after successful completion of a course, training, or exam.
- A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation.
- A quality or attribute.
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ease
ease
/iz/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- Ability, the means to do something, particularly:
- Comfort, a state or quality lacking unpleasantness, particularly:
- Relief, an end to discomfort, particularly:
- A convenience; a luxury.
- A relief; an easement.
Synonyms: ability, dexterity, facility, skill, comfort, peace, free time, leisure, relaxation, rest, peace of mind.
2. Verb
- To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
- To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).
- To give respite to (someone).
- To loosen or slacken the tension on a line.
- To reduce the difficulty of (something).
- To move (something) slowly and carefully.
- To lessen in severity.
- To proceed with little effort.
Synonyms: allay, alleviate, assuage, lessen, reduce, assuage, salve, give someone a break, lay off, lessen, reduce, loosen, relax, slacken, cruise, facilitate, simplify.
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trail
trail
/tɹeɪl/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.
- A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.
- A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.
- A walk in which all the edges are distinct.
Synonyms: dirt track, footpath, path, track, sign, spoor.
2. Verb
- To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).
- To drag (something) behind on the ground.
- To leave (a trail of).
- To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication.
- To hang or drag loosely behind; to move with a slow sweeping motion.
- To run or climb like certain plants.
- To drag oneself lazily or reluctantly along.
- To be losing, to be behind in a competition.
- To carry (a firearm) with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.
- To flatten (grass, etc.) by walking through it; to tread down.
- To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
Đường mòn
immigrant
immigrant
/ˈɪmɪɡɹənt/
Meaning:
1. Noun
- A non-native person who comes to a country from another country in order to permanently settle there.
- A plant or animal that establishes itself in an area where it previously did not exist.
Antonyms: emigrant.
2. Adjective
- Of or relating to immigrants or the act of immigrating.
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destroy
destroy
/dɪˈstɹɔɪ/
Meaning:
1. Verb
- To damage beyond use or repair.
- To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
- To put down or euthanize.
- To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
- To defeat soundly.
- To remove data.
- To sing a song poorly.
- (antiphrasis) To exhaust duly and thus recreate or build up.
- To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.
Synonyms: annihilate, break, demolish, kill, ruin, waste.
Antonyms: build, construct, create, make, raise, repair.
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