Facet - English meaning

noun

The space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet.

Usage examples:

In any triangle, the longest side is opposite the largest angle

verb

Direct or incline at an angle.

Usage examples:

He angled his chair so that he could watch her

noun

A fish hook.

Usage examples:

You will be pleased too, if you find a trout at one of our angles

noun

A particular part or feature of something.

Usage examples:

Personal effectiveness in all aspects of life

verb

(of a planet) form an aspect with (another celestial body).

Usage examples:

The sun is superbly aspected by your ruler mars on the 19th

noun

One part of a situation, problem, subject, etc.

Usage examples:

Aspect of which aspects of the job do you most enjoy?, his illness affects almost every aspect of h…

noun

A small piece, part, or quantity of something.

Usage examples:

Give the duck a bit of bread

verb

Past of bite.

verb

Put a bit into the mouth of (a horse).

Usage examples:

However, they can experience behavioral problems when ridden, many coming back to bad experiences w…

adjective

Typical of a particular person, place, or thing.

Usage examples:

He began with a characteristic attack on extremism

noun

A feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify them.

Usage examples:

Certain defining characteristics of the school emerge from the study

noun

A part or element of a larger whole, especially a part of a machine or vehicle.

Usage examples:

An assembly plant for imported components

adjective

Constituting part of a larger whole; constituent.

Usage examples:

The component elements of the armed forces

One of the individual parts making up a larger entity

adjective

Being a part of a whole.

Usage examples:

The constituent minerals of the rock

noun

A member of an area which elects a representative to a legislative body.

Usage examples:

The mp is playing on his constituents' sense of regional identity to win votes

noun

A person represented by an elected official

Usage examples:

The senator mails a newsletter to his constituents every two months., oxygen is a constituent of air.

noun

An individual fact or item.

Usage examples:

We shall consider every detail of the bill

verb

Give full information about.

Usage examples:

The report details proposals to improve public transport

noun

A particular fact or item of information, often noticed only after giving something your close attention, or such facts or items considered as a group

Usage examples:

[ c ] we have a report of a serious accident on route 23, but so far no details., [ u ] she showed …

noun

A measurable extent of a particular kind, such as length, breadth, depth, or height.

Usage examples:

The final dimensions of the pond were 14 ft x 8 ft

verb

Form or shape (something) to particular measurements.

Usage examples:

The seats and backrests are dimensioned to withstand high loads from items such as unsecured luggage

noun

A measurement of something in a particular direction, esp. its height, length, or width

Usage examples:

The dimensions of the room are 26 feet by 15 feet., the new script gave the story a psychological d…

noun

An essential or characteristic part of something abstract.

Usage examples:

The death had all the elements of a great tabloid story

noun

One of the parts of something that makes it work, or a quality that makes someone or something effective

Usage examples:

The heating element of a toaster, having a second income is an important element for most home buye…

noun

The front part of a person's head from the forehead to the chin, or the corresponding part in an animal.

Usage examples:

She was scarlet in the face and perspiring profusely

verb

Short for typeface.

noun

The front of the head including the eyes, nose, and mouth

Usage examples:

Cal hid his face in his hands., we climbed the north face of mount washington., they are faced with…

noun

A circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result.

Usage examples:

His skill was a factor in ensuring that so much was achieved

verb

Another term for factorize.

Usage examples:

Last year researchers factored a number 155 digits long

noun

A fact or situation that influences a result

Usage examples:

Economic factors had a lot to do with their decision to sell the company., in 6×3=18, 6 and 3 are f…

noun

A distinctive attribute or aspect of something.

Usage examples:

A well-appointed house with interesting decorative features

verb

Have as a prominent attribute or aspect.

Usage examples:

The hotel features a large lounge, a sauna, and a coin-operated solarium

noun

A noticeable or important characteristic or part

Usage examples:

This car has excellent safety features., she has fine, delicate features (= parts of the face)., th…

noun

Any of the foods or substances that are combined to make a particular dish.

Usage examples:

Mix all of the ingredients together

noun

One of the parts in a mixture

Usage examples:

Combine all the ingredients for the stew., fig. she viewed color as an essential ingredient of good…

noun

One of the parts of something that is needed in order for a particular job, business, etc. to succeed

Usage examples:

Basic/key/main ingredient policymakers see capital investment as a key ingredient in an economic re…

noun

An amount or section which, when combined with others, makes up the whole of something.

Usage examples:

Divide the circle into three equal parts

verb

(of two things) move away from each other.

Usage examples:

His lips parted in a smile

adverb

To some extent; partly (often used to contrast different parts of something).

Usage examples:

The city is now part slum, part consumer paradise

adjective

Used to single out an individual member of a specified group or class.

Usage examples:

The action seems to discriminate against a particular group of companies

noun

A detail.

Usage examples:

He is wrong in every particular

adjective

Special or single, or this and not any other

Usage examples:

Is there a particular restaurant you’d like to eat at?, what in particular (= special things) did y…

noun

A portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole.

Usage examples:

A piece of cheese

verb

Assemble something from parts or pieces.

Usage examples:

The dinosaur was pieced together from 119 bones

noun

A part of something

Usage examples:

A piece of cake/chicken/pizza, the vase lay on the floor in pieces (= broken into small parts)., sh…

noun

A flat surface on which a straight line joining any two points on it would wholly lie.

Usage examples:

The horizontal plane

adjective

Completely level or flat.

Usage examples:

A plane surface

verb

(of a bird or an airborne object) soar without moving the wings; glide.

Usage examples:

Seagulls swooped and planed overhead

noun

The tapered, sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object.

Usage examples:

The point of his dagger

verb

A fielding position on the off side near the batsman.

noun

A part of a whole.

Usage examples:

A portion of the jetty still stands

verb

Divide (something) into parts; share out.

Usage examples:

Every month you send the agency a single payment that is portioned out to each of your creditors un…

verb

Consider or think of in a specified way.

Usage examples:

She regarded london as her base

noun

Attention to or concern for something.

Usage examples:

The court must have regard to the principle of welfare

verb

To consider or think about something in a particular way, or to look carefully at someone or something

Usage examples:

Laura is highly regarded by her colleagues., the dog regarded me with suspicion as i approached the…

noun

A feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.

Usage examples:

The director had a lot of respect for douglas as an actor

verb

Admire (someone or something) deeply, as a result of their abilities, qualities, or achievements.

Usage examples:

She was respected by everyone she worked with

noun

Admiration for someone or something that you believe has good ideas or qualities

Usage examples:

I believe people had more respect for teachers back then., some drivers don’t have any respect for …

noun

Any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up.

Usage examples:

I unscrewed every section of copper pipe, from the roof tank to the hot-water cylinder

verb

Divide into sections.

Usage examples:

She began to section the grapefruit

noun

A part of something

Usage examples:

Dad always reads the sports section of the newspaper., he lived in a poor section of town., you’ll …

noun

A faculty by which the body perceives an external stimulus; one of the faculties of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch.

Usage examples:

The bear has a keen sense of smell which enables it to hunt at dusk

verb

Perceive by a sense or senses.

Usage examples:

With the first frost, they could sense a change in the days

verb

The faculty through which the external world is apprehended

noun

A position to the left or right of an object, place, or central point.

Usage examples:

A town on the other side of the river

verb

Support or oppose in a conflict, dispute, or debate.

Usage examples:

He felt that max had betrayed him by siding with beatrice

verb

Slope or lean in a particular direction; diverge or cause to diverge from the vertical or horizontal.

Usage examples:

A ploughed field slanted up to the skyline

noun

A sloping position.

Usage examples:

The hedge grew at a slant

adjective

Sloping.

Usage examples:

Slant pockets

verb

Leave (someone) without the means to move from somewhere.

Usage examples:

Two of the firm's trucks are stranded in france

noun

The shore of a sea, lake, or large river.

Usage examples:

A heron glided to rest on a pebbly strand

noun

A single thin length of something such as thread, fibre, or wire, especially as twisted together with others.

Usage examples:

Strands of coloured wool

noun

The outside part or uppermost layer of something.

Usage examples:

The earth's surface

adjective

Relating to or found on the surface of something.

Usage examples:

Surface layers

verb

Rise or come up to the surface of the water or the ground.

Usage examples:

He surfaced from his dive

noun

A method, style, or manner of doing something; an optional or alternative form of action.

Usage examples:

I hated their way of cooking potatoes

adverb

At or to a considerable distance or extent; far (used before an adverb or preposition for emphasis).

Usage examples:

His understanding of what constitutes good writing is way off target

suffix

Equivalent to -ways.