Seconding - English meaning

verb

Distribute (resources or duties) for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

In past years we didn't allocate enough funds to infrastructure maintenance

verb

Distribute according to a plan or set apart for a purpose

verb

To give something as a share of a total amount

Usage examples:

State funds will not be allocated to the program next year.

verb

Assign a job or role to (someone).

Usage examples:

She has been appointed to the board

verb

To choose someone officially for a job or responsibility

Usage examples:

We've appointed three new teachers this year., he's just been appointed (as) director of the publis…

verb

To arrange a date or time when a meeting or other event will happen

Usage examples:

A date has been appointed for the election.

verb

Officially agree to or accept as satisfactory.

Usage examples:

The budget was approved by parliament

verb

To have a good opinion of someone or something

Usage examples:

I wish my mother approved of my friends., finally the court approved the sale of the property.

verb

To accept, allow, or officially agree to something

Usage examples:

The measure was approved by the senate committee on local and municipal affairs., the aluminum prod…

verb

Allocate (a job or duty).

Usage examples:

Congress had assigned the task to the agency

noun

Another term for assignee (sense 1).

Usage examples:

This agreement shall be binding upon the parties and their successors and assigns

verb

To give a particular job or piece of work to someone

Usage examples:

[ + two objects ] un troops were assigned the task of rebuilding the hospital., the case has been a…

verb

Join or fasten (something) to something else.

Usage examples:

Attach your safety line to the bridge

verb

To fasten, join, or connect something

Usage examples:

Attach something to something i attached a photo to my application form., use this cable to attach …

verb

To join a file such as a document, picture, or computer program, to an email

noun

The rear surface of the human body from the shoulders to the hips.

Usage examples:

He lay on his back

adverb

In the opposite direction from the one that one is facing or travelling towards.

Usage examples:

He moved back a pace

verb

Give financial, material, or moral support to.

Usage examples:

He had a newspaper empire backing him

verb

Praise formally or officially.

Usage examples:

He was commended by the judge for his courageous actions

verb

To formally praise or mention with approval someone or something

Usage examples:

Lamos should be commended for creating important opportunities for minority actors., the reporter d…

verb

To formally praise someone or something

Usage examples:

Commend someone for something the judge commended her for her bravery., commend someone on somethin…

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 …

verb

Declare one's public approval or support of.

Usage examples:

The report was endorsed by the college

noun

Give support or one's approval to

verb

To make a public statement of your approval or support for something or someone

Usage examples:

We’re not endorsing tax increases., my wife has publicly endorsed lunny for city council., he endor…

verb

Grant to (someone) the use of (something) on the understanding that it will be returned.

Usage examples:

Stewart asked me to lend him my car

verb

To give something to someone for a short period of time, expecting it to be given back

Usage examples:

Can you lend me a few dollars till payday?

verb

If a bank or other financial organization lends money to someone, it gives them money for a period of time which they then pay back with interest

Usage examples:

Britain's building societies chiefly lend money for house purchase., lend $5,000/£2bn/€1m, etc. to …

verb

Go in a specified direction or manner; change position.

Usage examples:

She moved to the door

noun

A change of place, position, or state.

Usage examples:

She made a sudden move towards me

verb

Change location

verb

Support or actively encourage (a cause, venture, etc.); further the progress of.

Usage examples:

Some regulation is still required to promote competition

verb

Assign to a higher position

verb

To advertise something in order to sell it

Usage examples:

The new model cars are being heavily promoted on television., a new campaign has been launched to p…

verb

Appoint (someone) to a different post or role.

Usage examples:

He had been reassigned to another post

verb

To give an employee a different job, or to arrange for an employee to work in a different place

Usage examples:

It is unclear if the district will hire more mental-health professionals or reassign existing perso…

verb

Move to a new place and establish one's home or business there.

Usage examples:

Sixty workers could face redundancy because the firm is relocating

verb

To move to a new place

Usage examples:

[ i ] the company will relocate, but a new home has not been chosen yet., big contracts make the re…

verb

To move to a different place to work, or to be moved to a different place to work

Usage examples:

Many businesses in the region have closed or relocated abroad., relocate (sb/sth) to/from/in somewh…

verb

Cause to go or be taken to a particular destination; arrange for the delivery of, especially by post.

Usage examples:

We sent a reminder letter but received no reply

verb

Variant spelling of scend (noun).

verb

The push or surge created by a wave.

verb

Move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance.

Usage examples:

A team from the power company came to shift the cables away from the house

noun

A slight change in position, direction, or tendency.

Usage examples:

A shift in public opinion

verb

Move very slightly

verb

Move from one place to another.

Usage examples:

He intends to transfer the fund's assets to the treasury

noun

An act of moving something or someone to another place, organization, team, etc.

Usage examples:

A transfer of wealth to the eu's poorer nations

verb

Move from one place to another