Professions - English meaning

noun

Acceptance of the truth or existence of something.

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There was no acknowledgement of the family's trauma

noun

A letter or email to say that you have received something that someone sent to you

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I applied for five jobs, but only got three acknowledgements.

noun

A statement acknowledging the truth of something.

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An admission of guilt

noun

Permission to study at a school or college, or permission to enter a theater or other building

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[ u ] how many students will gain admission to yale?, [ u ] the club refuses admission to those und…

noun

Something that you say or do that shows that you know you have done something dishonest or have not succeeded in doing something

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Admission that the chairman's statement is the first public admission that the board may be conside…

noun

The action or process of affirming something.

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He nodded in affirmation

noun

A statement or sign that something is true

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We welcome the government's affirmation of its intention to act., the reports are an affirmation th…

noun

The act of saying yes or of showing that you mean yes

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"sound familiar?" obama said, rousing a chorus of affirmations., she was nodding in affirmation.

noun

A claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof.

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After leaving he made allegations of corruption against the company

noun

A statement, made without giving proof, that someone has done something wrong or illegal

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The allegations of corruption were not true.

noun

A statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal, but which has not been proved to be true

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Allegation about sth the chief executive of the company resigned last autumn over allegations about…

noun

A formal public statement about a fact, occurrence, or intention.

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The minister was about to make an announcement

noun

Something that someone says officially, giving information about something

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The president made an unexpected announcement this morning., the announcement of the changes has be…

noun

The act of announcing something

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The announcement of the changes has been delayed.

noun

A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief.

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His assertion that his father had deserted the family

noun

A statement that you strongly believe is true

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I certainly don't agree with his assertion that men are better drivers than women.

noun

An affirmation or allegation.

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The petitioners have advanced a number of prayers based on these general and specific allegations a…

noun

A statement in which you say or admit something that you believe, support, or intend to do

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They were imprisoned for their avowal of anti-government beliefs., her public avowals to reduce cri…

noun

A person's regular occupation, profession, or trade.

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Experts who typically conduct their business over the internet

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services, or a particular company that does this, or work in general rather than pleasure

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[ c ] he runs a dry cleaning business., [ u ] i’m in baltimore on business., [ u ] our firm does a …

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services

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In business she is an academic, but all her brothers work in business., be in business currently, f…

noun

The action or sound of calling.

Usage examples:

The calling of a cuckoo

verb

Cry out (a word or words).

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He heard an insistent voice calling his name

noun

An occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.

Usage examples:

He seemed destined for a career as an engineer like his father

verb

Move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.

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The coach careered across the road and went through a hedge

noun

A job for which you are trained and in which it is possible to advance during your working life, so that you get greater responsibility and earn more money

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He’s hoping for a career in social work., she left college to pursue an acting career., the bus car…

verb

State or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.

Usage examples:

The prime minister claimed that he was concerned about third world debt

noun

An assertion that something is true.

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He was dogged by the claim that he had cia links

verb

To state that something is true or is a fact

Usage examples:

[ + (that) clause ] ervin claims (that) he is bankrupt., if no one claims the money, i can keep it.…

noun

A formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime.

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He signed a confession to both the murders

noun

Confession is the activity of telling god or a priest what you have done wrong so god will forgive you.

noun

An activity involving skill in making things by hand.

Usage examples:

The craft of cobbling

verb

Exercise skill in making (an object), typically by hand.

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He crafted the chair lovingly

noun

Skill in knowing how to do or make something, or a job or activity needing such skill

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[ u ] he talked about the craft of writing popular fiction., [ c ] i love to do all kinds of crafts…

noun

A formal or explicit statement or announcement.

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A declaration of love

noun

An official, public, usually written statement

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A customs declaration, a declaration of principles, the american declaration of independence

noun

An official or public statement about something, or the act of making a statement

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Make/sign a declaration the board made a public declaration of support for its chairman., the ilo's…

verb

Give work to (someone) and pay them for it.

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The firm employs 150 people

noun

The state of being employed for wages or a salary.

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I started work in the employ of a grocer

verb

To pay someone to work or do a job for you

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The factory employs 87 workers., jacobs employs this phrase repeatedly.

noun

A paid position of regular employment.

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The scheme could create 200 jobs

verb

Do casual or occasional work.

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He left school and jobbed around as a car parts salesman, warehouseman, and removal man

noun

An act of prodding, thrusting, or wrenching.

noun

A long, narrow mark or band.

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A row of closely spaced dots will look like a continuous line

verb

Stand or be positioned at intervals along.

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A processional route lined by people waving flags

verb

Cover the inside surface of (a container or garment) with a layer of different material.

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A basket lined with polythene

noun

A profession or occupation.

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The boy must begin to learn his métier as heir to the throne

noun

The type of work that you have a natural ability to do well

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Although he had been initially reluctant to give up the law, he found his metier in business.

noun

A job or profession.

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People in professional occupations

adjective

For the sole use of the occupiers of the land concerned.

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An occupation bridge

noun

A place where someone or something is located or has been put.

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The distress call had given the ship's position

verb

Put or arrange (someone or something) in a particular place or way.

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He pulled out a chair and positioned it between them

noun

A public or official announcement dealing with a matter of great importance.

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The issuing by the monarch of a proclamation dissolving parliament

noun

A public announcement, or the act of making it

noun

An emphatic declaration in response to doubt or accusation.

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Her protestations of innocence were in vain

noun

An act of saying something forcefully or complaining about something

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Ignoring my protestations, they went ahead and chopped the tree down., their protestations of loyal…

noun

A bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash.

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A squash racket

verb

Make or move with a loud unpleasant noise.

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Trains racketed by

noun

An object consisting of a net fixed tightly to an oval frame with a long handle, used in various sports for hitting a ball

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A tennis/squash racket, who’s making such a racket?

noun

A round solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its centre.

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There's a particularly good 3d objects tool, which lets you create modelled spheres, cubes, rectang…

verb

Enclose in or as if in a sphere.

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Mourners, sphered by their dark garb

combining form

Denoting a structure or region of spherical form, especially a region round the earth.

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Ionosphere

noun

A definite or clear expression of something in speech or writing.

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Do you agree with this statement?

verb

Officially assess (a child) as having special educational needs.

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A reassessment of statemented children

noun

Something that is said, esp. formally and officially

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The candidate made a statement to the press., a fashion statement, they wore the armbands as a poli…

noun

The action of buying and selling goods and services.

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A move to ban all trade in ivory

verb

Buy and sell goods and services.

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Middlemen trading in luxury goods

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services esp. between countries

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[ u ] foreign trade, [ u ] a trade agreement, [ c ] the building trades, [ u ] he’s an auto mechani…

noun

A strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation.

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Not all of us have a vocation to be nurses or doctors

noun

A solemn promise.

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Who would have guessed someone so young could make such a solemn vow and keep it for over fifty yea…

verb

Solemnly promise to do a specified thing.

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The rebels vowed to continue fighting

idiom

When people talk about walk(s) of life, they are referring to different types of jobs and different levels of society

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Members of the gym include lawyers, teachers, plumbers, and hairdressers - people from all (differe…

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.