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noun
- The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to
- The organization of the body with to its functions. -Sir M. Hale
- Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
- Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn - Sir W. Scott
- An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.
- To come to terms of . - Macaulay
- The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.
- Many of those quotations from the Old Testament were probably intended as nothing more than accommodations. - Paley
- (context, Commerce) A loan of money
- (context, Commerce) An accommodation bill or note.
- an offer of substitute goods to fulfill a contract, which will bind the purchaser if accepted
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noun
- the process by which the culture of an isolated society changes on contact with a different one
- the process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that he/she inhabits
Some social scientists reverse the meanings of enculturation and acculturation. Primary socialization is sometimes called enculturation, while secondary socialization is sometimes called acculturation.
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| active |
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noun
- A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
adjective (WikiSaurus?-link, active)
- Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; — opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.
- Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble; as, an active child or animal.
- In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; — opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct.
- active laws
- active hostilities
- an active volcano
- Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; — opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.
- Requiring or implying action or exertion; — opposed to sedentary or to tranquil; as, active employment or service; active scenes.
- Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative; — opposed to speculative or theoretical; as, an active rather than a speculative statesman.
- Brisk; lively; as, an active demand for corn.
- Implying or producing rapid action.
- an active disease
- an active remedy
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- Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
- Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
- Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
- (italbrac, gay sexual slang)
- (italbrac, of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner
- such a role in anal sex
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| adaptation |
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noun
- (uncountable) The quality of being adapted; adaption; adjustment.
- (uncountable) Adjustment to extant conditions: as, adjustment of a sense organ to the intensity or quality of stimulation; modification of some thing or its parts that makes it more fit for existence under the conditions of its current environment
- (countable)Something which has been adapted; variation.
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| adjustment |
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noun
- a small change; a minor correction; a modification
- I adjusted my Wiktionary preferences to enlarge the edit box.
- The credit card company made an to my account to waive the late fee.
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| affinal |
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adjective
- (context, family) Of a family relationship by marriage of a relative (or through affinity), as opposed to consanguinity; in-law.
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| affine |
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noun
- (genealogy) A relative by marriage.
verb (affines, affining, affined)
- To refine.
adjective
- (Mathematics) Assigning finite values to finite quantities.
- (mathematics) Describing a function expressible as f(x)=ax+b (which is not linear, but is similar).
- Of or pertaining to a transformation that maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points.
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| affinity |
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noun (affinities)
- A family relationship through marriage of a relative, as opposed to consanguinity. (e.g. sister-in-law).
- A kinsman or kinswoman of such relationship. Affinal kinsman or kinswoman.
- Any romantic relationship.
- Any passionate love for something.
- (chemistry) An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds
- The attraction between an antibody and an antigen
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| age group |
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noun
- A demographic grouping based on age.
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| anomie |
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noun
- Alienation or social instability caused by erosion of standards and values.
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| antidisestablishmentarian |
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noun
- One who believes that the Church of England should retain its formal constitutional relationship with the state.
adjective
- Of or relating to the belief that the Church of England should retain its formal constitutional relationship with the state.
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| antisocial |
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adjective
- Unwilling or unable to associate normally with other people
- Antagonistic, hostile, or unfriendly toward others; menacing
- Opposed to social order or the principles of society
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verb (assimilat, ing)
- To incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion.
- To incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind.
- To absorb a group of people into a community.
- To compare something to another similar one.
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| assimilation |
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noun
- The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.
- The metabolic conversion of nutriments into tissue.
- (context, by extension) The absorption of new ideas into an existing cognitive structure.
- (linguistics) The modification of a sound such that it becomes similar to an adjacent sound.
- The adoption, by a minority group, of the customs and attitudes of the dominant culture.
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