Handbooks - English meaning

noun

The alphabet.

Usage examples:

Millions of children every year learn how to say their abc

abbreviation

American broadcasting company.

adjective

Relating to or denoting american-born people of chinese descent.

Usage examples:

Some abc parents send their children to chinese language schools

noun

An annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables.

Usage examples:

One member of this group happens to have an almanac with all the dates that are meaningful to him i…

noun

A travel guidebook, especially one published by the firm founded by karl baedeker.

Usage examples:

They explore european cities using only a century-old baedeker

noun

A person or animal with whom one spends a lot of time or with whom one travels.

Usage examples:

His travelling companion

verb

Accompany.

Usage examples:

He is companioned by a pageboy

noun

A covering over the hatchway leading to a ship's companionway.

Usage examples:

The room was illumined from the light in the companion, and the dim lantern hung from the deck beam.

noun

A collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject, especially in a book or other publication.

Usage examples:

An invaluable compendium of useful information about language

noun

A book or website listing individuals or organizations alphabetically or thematically with details such as names, addresses, and phone numbers.

Usage examples:

I go down to the mhs library and begin looking at the 1912 city directories, alphabetical listings …

noun

A list of telephone numbers, names, addresses, or other information

Usage examples:

I found your address in the directory of university graduates.

noun

A book that gives a list of names, addresses, or other facts

Usage examples:

Our idea was to create a local directory with information for new residents., be included/listed in…

noun

A unit of measurement equal to half an em and approximately the average width of typeset characters, used especially for estimating the total amount of space a text will require.

Usage examples:

We always place an en between the last two items of a list

prefix

(added to nouns) forming verbs meaning ‘put into or on’.

Usage examples:

Engulf

suffix

(forming verbs from adjectives) denoting the development, creation, or intensification of a state.

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Widen

noun

A person who shows the way to others, especially one employed to show tourists around places of interest.

Usage examples:

A tour guide

verb

Show or indicate the way to (someone).

Usage examples:

He guided her to the front row and sat beside her

verb

Someone employed to conduct others

noun

A direction or order.

Usage examples:

He issued instructions to the sheriff

plural noun

Information about how to do, make, or use something

Usage examples:

Didn’t the dvd player come with any instructions?

adjective

Relating to or done with the hands.

Usage examples:

Manual dexterity

noun

A book giving instructions or information.

Usage examples:

A computer manual

adjective

Done or operated with the hands

Usage examples:

The mail can be sorted faster by machine then by manual sorting., he has callouses on his hands fro…