Vicissitudes - English meaning

noun

The action or process of altering or being altered.

Usage examples:

Careful alteration of old buildings

noun

The repeated occurrence of two things in turn.

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The regular alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables

verb

Make (someone or something) different; alter or modify.

Usage examples:

Both parties voted against proposals to change the law

noun

An act or process through which something becomes different.

Usage examples:

The change from a nomadic to an agricultural society

noun

The process of developing or being developed.

Usage examples:

She traces the development of the novel

noun

The process of growing or changing and becoming more advanced

Usage examples:

[ u ] a good diet and lots of exercise are essential for a child’s healthy growth and development.,…

noun

Growth or changes that make something become more advanced

Usage examples:

The first year of the plan is primarily focused on organizational development., he was recruited to…

noun

A decline in economic, business, or other activity.

Usage examples:

A downturn in the housing market

noun

A reduction in the amount or success of something

Usage examples:

A downturn in car sales

noun

A reduction in the amount or success of something, such as a country's economic activity

Usage examples:

Economic/market downturn thousands of workers have lost their jobs in the economic downturn., there…

noun

The state or act of not staying the same, especially in opinions, behaviour, or love

Usage examples:

As a leader, he is notorious for his inconstancy., the inconstancies of the human heart

noun

The state of being unstable; lack of stability.

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Political and economic instability

noun

The condition of being likely to change, esp. unexpectedly

Usage examples:

Teenagers often go through periods of emotional instability.

noun

The fact of a situation being likely to change, in a way that is worrying, or the changes that happen

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Political/economic instability investors should keep in mind the political and economic instability…

noun

(in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.

Usage examples:

The persistence of the larval tail during metamorphosis

noun

A complete change of character, appearance, or condition

Usage examples:

[ c ] she underwent a metamorphosis from a steady player into a ruthless aggressor on the court.

noun

The action of modifying something.

Usage examples:

The parts supplied should fit with little or no modification

noun

Something that is changed slightly, esp. to improve it or make it more acceptable or less extreme

Usage examples:

[ u ] behavior modification, [ c ] several modifications have been made in the proposals.

noun

A change to something, usually to improve it

Usage examples:

Modification of the firmware to run more programs is fairly simple., slight/minor modification the …

noun

The action or process of mutating.

Usage examples:

The mutation of punk's angry energy into something more thuggish and mindless

noun

A change to an opposite direction, position, or course of action.

Usage examples:

A dramatic reversal in population decline in the alps

verb

Move backwards.

Usage examples:

The lorry reversed into the back of a bus

adjective

Going in or turned towards the direction opposite to that previously stated.

Usage examples:

The trend appears to be going in the reverse direction

noun

A complete change of direction or action.

Usage examples:

The gall actuates a reverse of photosynthesis

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

noun

A device for making and breaking the connection in an electric circuit.

Usage examples:

The guard hit a switch and the gate swung open

verb

Change the position, direction, or focus of.

Usage examples:

The company switched the boats to other routes

verb

Device for making or breaking the connections in a circuit

noun

A marked change in form, nature, or appearance.

Usage examples:

British society underwent a radical transformation

noun

A complete change in the appearance or character of something or someone

Usage examples:

[ c ] this plan means a complete transformation of our organization.

noun

The process of changing completely the character or appearance of something in order to improve it

Usage examples:

Thanks to senior management's commitment to modifying planning infrastructures and processs, the co…

noun

The process or a period of changing from one state or condition to another.

Usage examples:

Students in transition from one programme to another

verb

Undergo or cause to undergo a process or period of transition.

Usage examples:

He transitioned into filmmaking easily

noun

The process of changing, or a change from one form or condition to another

Usage examples:

[ u ] it was a neighborhood in transition from jewish to italian with a sprinkling of irish., [ c ]…

noun

The action of changing or the state of being changed into another form.

Usage examples:

The transmutation of the political economy of the post-war years was complete

noun

The process of changing one element to another, either naturally or by nuclear reaction

verb

Move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

The big wheel was turning

noun

An act of moving something in a circular direction round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

A safety lock requiring four turns of the key

verb

Move around an axis or a center