General - English meaning

adjective

Generally believed or recognized to be valid or correct.

Usage examples:

He wasn't handsome in the accepted sense

verb

Consent to receive or undertake (something offered).

Usage examples:

He accepted a pen as a present

adjective

Generally agreed to be satisfactory or right

Usage examples:

"speed bump" now seems to be the generally accepted term for those ridges in the road that slow tra…

adjective

Close to the actual, but not completely accurate or exact.

Usage examples:

The approximate time of death

verb

Come close or be similar to something in quality, nature, or quantity.

Usage examples:

A leasing agreement approximating to ownership

adjective

Not completely accurate but close

Usage examples:

The train's approximate time of arrival is 10.30., the approximate cost will be about $600., can yo…

noun

A baseball ground.

Usage examples:

‘it's the biggest ballpark in baseball right now,’ gonzalez moaned.

noun

A place with a field for playing ball games, especially baseball games, and seats around it for people who are watching

Usage examples:

Some people were selling tickets outside the ballpark., the stadium will be replaced by a new ballp…

adjective

A ballpark estimate or figure is a number that is a guess, but one that you believe is near the correct number

Usage examples:

We'll have to go away and cost this carefully, but as a ballpark figure i'd say that it'll be about…

adjective

Forming an essential foundation or starting point; fundamental.

Usage examples:

Certain basic rules must be obeyed

noun

The essential facts or principles of a subject or skill.

Usage examples:

I learnt the basics of programming on a course

noun

A simple high-level computer programming language that uses familiar english words, designed for beginners and formerly used widely.

Usage examples:

You could write your own software in the basic programming language

adjective

Having a distance larger than usual from side to side; wide.

Usage examples:

A broad staircase

noun

A woman.

Usage examples:

I get drunk, follow the pretty broads, and make a fool of myself

adjective

Very wide

Usage examples:

He flashed a broad grin at us., the magazine covers a broad range of subjects., he explained it in …

adjective

Occurring, found, or done often; prevalent.

Usage examples:

Salt and pepper are the two most common seasonings

noun

A piece of open land for public use.

Usage examples:

We spent the morning tramping over the common looking for flowers

adjective

Found frequently in many places or among many people

Usage examples:

Money worries are a common problem for people raising children., guilt and forgiveness are themes c…

adjective

Based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed.

Usage examples:

A conventional morality had dictated behaviour

adjective

Following the usual practices of the past

Usage examples:

We were raised in a conventional, middle-class family., it’s a conventional hot-water heater (= of …

adjective

Relating to accepted or traditional ways of doing something

Usage examples:

Conventional accounting/business practices/methods, it is estimated that over one-third of sub-prim…

adjective

Having existed or done something for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.

Usage examples:

The ceremony was an established event in the annual calendar

verb

Set up on a firm or permanent basis.

Usage examples:

The scheme was established in 1975

adjective

Generally accepted or familiar, esp. because of having a long history

Usage examples:

An established procedure

adjective

Covering or affecting a large area.

Usage examples:

An extensive garden

adjective

Covering a large area; having a great range

Usage examples:

Extensive grounds a school with extensive grounds, extensive repairs extensive repairs to the motor…

adjective

Having a frizzy texture or appearance.

Usage examples:

Fuzzy fake-fur throw pillows

adjective

Not clear or not easily heard, seen, or understood

Usage examples:

Is the picture always fuzzy on your tv?, the basic facts of the story are starting to emerge though…

adjective

(of an image) having shapes that do not have clear edges, or (of a sound, especially from a television, radio, etc.) not clear, usually because of other unwanted noises making it difficult to hear

Usage examples:

Is the picture always fuzzy on your tv?, you can pick up a lot of stations on the car radio but the…

adjective

Covered by a haze.

Usage examples:

It was a beautiful day but quite hazy

adjective

Hazy air or weather is not clear, especially because of heat

Usage examples:

Hazy sunshine, the hazy days of summer

adjective

Not remembering things clearly

Usage examples:

Hazy memories of childhood

adjective

Not clearly explained, described, or shown

Usage examples:

When your project's goals are ill-defined, it can be impossible to plan the necessary steps to achi…

adjective

Lacking exactness and accuracy of expression or detail.

Usage examples:

The witness could give only vague and imprecise descriptions

adjective

Not accurate or exact

Usage examples:

As all the data have not yet been collected, the figures are still imprecise.

adjective

Lasting for an unknown or unstated length of time.

Usage examples:

They may face indefinite detention

adjective

Not exact or not clear; without clear limits

Usage examples:

It was a wonderful opportunity, but it meant leaving family and friends for an indefinite period, p…

adjective

Not exact, not clear, or without clear limits

Usage examples:

Indefinite period the project has been postponed for an indefinite period., indefinite number many …

adjective

Not quite accurate or correct.

Usage examples:

An inexact description

adjective

Not known in detail or not completely accurate

Usage examples:

Economics is an inexact science.

adjective

Not exact or not known in detail

Usage examples:

Estimates of the numbers involved remain inexact.

adjective

Not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached.

Usage examples:

A loose tooth

noun

Loose play.

Usage examples:

He was in powerful form in the loose

verb

Set free; release.

Usage examples:

The hounds have been loosed

noun

The ideas, attitudes, or activities that are shared by most people and regarded as normal or conventional.

Usage examples:

They withdrew from the mainstream of european politics

adjective

Belonging to or characteristic of the mainstream.

Usage examples:

Mainstream pop music

verb

Bring into the mainstream.

Usage examples:

Vegetarianism has been mainstreamed

adjective

A non-specific disease or condition does not result from any one particular cause

Usage examples:

Chest pain is a non-specific symptom that can have cardiac or no cardiac causes.

adjective

Following or conforming to the traditional or generally accepted rules or beliefs of a religion, philosophy, or practice.

Usage examples:

Burke's views were orthodox in his time

adjective

(of beliefs, ideas, or activities) following generally accepted beliefs or standards

Usage examples:

Orthodox methods of teaching, any questioning of conservative orthodoxy was viewed as an act of bet…

adjective

Traditional, and accepted by most people

Usage examples:

Orthodox economic theory has failed to explain the role of technological change in society., orthod…

adjective

Taking everything into account.

Usage examples:

The governors and head have overall responsibility for managing the school

adverb

Taken as a whole; in all.

Usage examples:

Overall, 10,000 jobs will go

noun

A loose-fitting coat or one-piece garment worn over ordinary clothes for protection against dirt or heavy wear.

Usage examples:

Men in grubby blue overalls

adjective

Liked or admired by many people or by a particular person or group.

Usage examples:

She was one of the most popular girls in the school

adjective

Liked, enjoyed, or admired by many people or by most people in a particular group

Usage examples:

In-line skating is increasingly popular., contrary to popular belief, air travel is less dangerous …

adjective

Existing at a particular time; current.

Usage examples:

The unfavourable prevailing economic conditions

verb

Prove more powerful or superior.

Usage examples:

It is hard for logic to prevail over emotion

adjective

Existing and accepted

Usage examples:

The prevailing view is that economic growth is likely to slow down.

adjective

Widespread in a particular area or at a particular time.

Usage examples:

The social ills prevalent in society today

adjective

Existing commonly or happening frequently

Usage examples:

Drought conditions have been prevalent across the area for several years., he was surprised by the …

adjective

Existing or happening often

Usage examples:

Prevalent among sb/sth the use of feedback services is becoming more prevalent among small business…

adjective

Of or concerning the people as a whole.

Usage examples:

Public concern

noun

Ordinary people in general; the community.

Usage examples:

The library is open to the public

adjective

(especially of something undesirable) of common occurrence; widespread.

Usage examples:

Male chauvinism was rife in medicine

adverb

In an unchecked or widespread manner.

Usage examples:

Speculation ran rife that he was an arms dealer

adjective

Having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level.

Usage examples:

They had to carry the victim across the rough, stony ground

adverb

In a manner that lacks gentleness; harshly or violently.

Usage examples:

Treat 'em rough but treat 'em fair

noun

A disreputable and violent person.

Usage examples:

The rear of the column was attacked by roughs

adjective

Extending or performed in a long, continuous curve.

Usage examples:

Sweeping, desolate moorlands

noun

Dirt or refuse collected by sweeping.

Usage examples:

The sweepings from the house

verb

Clean (an area) by brushing away dirt or litter.

Usage examples:

I've swept the floor

adjective

Existing in or as part of a tradition; long-established.

Usage examples:

The traditional festivities of the church year

adjective

Following or belonging to the ways of behaving or beliefs that have been established for a long time

Usage examples:

The traditional two-parent family, traditional southern cooking, the traditional politeness of japa…

noun

An advocate of maintaining tradition, especially so as to resist change.

Usage examples:

Traditionalists feared that the character of the building might be lost

adjective

Advocating the upholding or maintenance of tradition.

Usage examples:

A latin prayer used by traditionalist catholics

adjective

Lacking in detail; broad and general.

Usage examples:

The discussion was brief and undetailed

adjective

(of a person's eyes or gaze) not focusing on a particular person or thing.

Usage examples:

Her eyes became unfocused with deep thought

verb

Make or become blurred or unable to see clearly.

Usage examples:

I found it helpful to slightly unfocus my eyes

adjective

Not seeing clearly

Usage examples:

Bowman looked up at her, his gaze slightly unfocused., the portrait looks more like an unfocused sn…

adjective

Relating to or done by all people or things in the world or in a particular group; applicable to all cases.

Usage examples:

Universal adult suffrage

noun

A thing having universal effect, currency, or application.

Usage examples:

If laws are thought of in some other way - for example, as involving relations of necessitation amo…

proper noun

A us film production company formed in 1912.

adjective

Not specific; vague.

Usage examples:

He was unspecific about his relationship with marian

adjective

Not clear or exact, or not relating to one particular thing

Usage examples:

Diagnosis is difficult because the signs and symptoms are unspecific., he made vague and unspecific…

adjective

Of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning.

Usage examples:

Many patients suffer vague symptoms

adjective

Not clearly stated, described, or explained, or not clearly seen or felt

Usage examples:

She had a vague feeling that something had gone terribly wrong., i have only a vague memory of the …

adjective

Of great or more than average width.

Usage examples:

A wide road

adverb

To the full extent.

Usage examples:

His eyes opened wide

noun

A ball that is judged to be too wide of the stumps for the batsman to play, for which an extra is awarded to the batting side.

adjective

Found or distributed over a large area or number of people.

Usage examples:

There was widespread support for the war

Widely circulated or diffused

adjective

Existing or happening in many places or among many people

Usage examples:

Minnesota has experienced widespread flooding.

adjective

Made of wool.

Usage examples:

A red woolly hat

noun

A garment made of wool, especially a pullover.

Usage examples:

Bargain hunters snapped up everything from winter woollies to suits and evening wear.

adjective

Made of wool, or made of something that looks like wool

Usage examples:

A woolly hat/jumper, it's the woolly thinking behind the book that i find so infuriating., i can't …