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abbreviation
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noun
- Person with radical opinions.
- (Hist. " 19th-century England) A member of the most progressive wing of the Liberal Party; someone favouring social reform (but generally stopping short of socialism).
- (Hist. " Early 20th-century France) A member of an influential, centrist political party favouring moderate social reform, a republican constitution, and secular politics.
- (mathematics) The root of a quantity as notated by �n.
- (linguistics) In such logogram, logographic writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its meaning; contrasted with phonetic.
- (linguistics) In Semitic languages, any one of the set of consonants (typically three) that make up a root.
- (chemistry) A group of atoms, joined by covalent bonds, that take part in reactions as a single unit.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the root or root cause of the matter.
- Thorough going or fundamental.
- The spread of the cancer required radical surgery, and the entire organ was removed.
- Favouring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of the matter.
- His beliefs are radical.
- Slang: Extremely incredible.
- That was a radical jump!
- (chemistry) Involving free radicals
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| raj |
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noun
- reign, Reign; rule.
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| reaction |
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noun
- An action or statement in response to a stimulus or other event
- The announcement of the verdict brought a violent .
- You were in the coutroom. What is your ?
- When I last tried to eat strawberries I had a terrible allergic .
- (chemistry) A transformation in which one or more substances is converted into another by combination or decomposition
- In this , the acid and base will neutralize each other, producing a salt.
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noun (reactionaries)
- such a person
adjective
- fanatically opposed to progress or liberalism; very conservative
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| Rebel |
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noun
- a Confederate soldier
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| rebellion |
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noun
- Armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
- Defiance of authority or control.
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| recall |
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noun
- The action or fact of calling someone or something back.
- memory, Memory; the ability to remember.
- In w:Information retrieval, Information retrieval, the fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search
verb
- (transitive) To call back, bring back or summon to a specific place, station etc.
- He was recalled to service after his retirement.
- She was recalled to London for the trial.
- (transitive) To remember, recollect.
- I don't that story.
- (transitive) To request or order someone or something to return, especially that a product or batch of products be returned to its manufacturer for repair or replacement
- (transitive) To cancel or annul, especially of a journey undertaken by an official.
- California voters recalled Governor Gray Davis in 2003.
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verb
- To consider a matter thought already to have been decided.
- Is there any way I can get you to reconsider selling your car?
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| Red |
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noun
- A Communist
adjective
- Communist
- the Army
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noun (referenda, pl2=referendums)
- a direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment
- a note from a diplomat to his government requesting instructions
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| regency |
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noun
- a system of government that substitutes for the reign of a king or queen when that king or queen becomes unable to rule.
- the time during which a regent is in power.
- (Regency) in Great Britain, the time during which w:George IV, George, Prince of Wales, was Regent (1811-1820).
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| regent |
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noun
- One who rules because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled
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| regime |
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noun
- Mode of rule or management
- A form of government, or the government in power (as in a socialist regime)
- A period of rule
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| region |
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noun
- Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special reference to location or extent but viewed as an entity for geographical, social or cultural reasons.
- the equatorial regions
- the temperate regions
- the polar regions
- the upper regions of the atmosphere
- An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union.
- (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
- (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
- (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
- the abdominal regions
- (obsolete) place, Place; rank; station; dignity.
- (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
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noun (uncountable)
- Affection, often excessive, to one's own region and to everything related to it.
- Political tendency to concede forms of politico-administrative autonomy to regions.
- (context, countable, linguistics) A linguistic word or phrase characteristic or limited to a region.
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| regular |
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noun
- A member of the British Army as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve.
- A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
- (Canadian English) A coffee with one cream and one sugar.
adjective
- with constant frequency or pattern.
- normal; ordinary
- obeying rules
- (grammar) (of a verb, plural, etc) following a set or common pattern
- The verb "to walk" is regular.
- The noun "mouse" has the irregular plural "mice".
- frequent or common
- He made visits to go see his mother.
- (snowboarding): Riding with the left foot forward.
- exemplary, Exemplary; excellent example of; utter.
- a genius
- a John Bull
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| relief |
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noun
- the removal of stress or discomfort
- the feeling associated with the removal of stress or dicomfort
- something that relieves
- the person who takes over a shift for another
- Officer Schmidt can finally go home because his has arrived.
- aid or assistance offered in time of need
- court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress
- tax savings.
- a type of artwork in which shapes or figures protrude from a flat background
- the difference made noticeable by a variation in light or color
- (geology) the different elevations of the earth's surface
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noun (usually reparations)
- A payment of time, effort or money to undue past transgression(s).
- The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired; as, the reparation of a bridge or of a highway.
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| repeal |
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verb
- To cancel.
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| repeat |
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noun (Plural: repeats)
- An iteration, a repetition.
- We gave up after the third because it got boring.
- A rerun, something that has been down before.
verb
- To do again (and again).
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| repeater |
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noun (wikipedia, repeater, repeater (electronic device))
- (electronics) an electronic device that receives a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power.
- (firearms) a gun that has a store of cartridges and does not need reloading after each shot.
- (ufology and similar studies) a person who regularly sees unexplained sightings of paranormal phenomenon.
- Note " this term is more commonly used by skeptics of the paranormal, and implies that the witness lacks credibility.
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| report |
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noun
- A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone.
- A by the telecommunications ministry showed that the phone network has a severe capacity problem.
- (ballistics) The loud echo sound from a gun.
- 1883: w:Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson, w:Treasure Island, Treasure Island
- : ...a pistol-shot, flash and , came from the hedge-side.
verb
- (intransitive) (news) To relate details of an event or incident.
- This was our correspondent reporting from Baghdad, Iraq.
- (intransitive) (military) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.
- (transitive): To notify of.
- The nuclear plant reported the incident to the authorities.
- Riots have been reported from a remote province of the country.
- To be accountable.
- The financial director reports to the CEO
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verb
- To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
- To portray by pictorial or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.
- To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet.
- To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress.
- To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe.
- To serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.
- To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
- To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See Presentative, 3.
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noun
- What represent, represents another thing.
- Figure, image or idea that substitute, substitutes reality.
- Theatrical performance.
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| representative |
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noun
- One who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotation.
- I will send a representative to work out the details of the contract.
- A member of the w:US House of Representatives, US House of Representatives.
- All representatives face re-election every two years.
- (mathematics) A designated member of an equivalence class.
- We usually choose 0 and 1 as representatives of the even and odd numbers.
adjective
- Typical; having the same properties of interest as a larger group.
- Are you sure this paper is representative of your child's writing?
- If you took all the fools out of the legislature, it wouldn't be a representative body anymore. — Texas State Senator Carl Parker.
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noun (wikipedia, Republics of Russia)
- A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
- The U.S.A. is a republic; Great Britain is technically a monarchy.
- One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.
- The Republic of Udmurtia is west of the Permian Oblast.
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proper noun
- (context, UK, Ireland) A supporter of the more militant or radical wing of Irish nationalism; a proponent of a united Ireland.
- (context, history, Spain) A supporter of the government side or left-wing side in the Spanish Civil War.
- (context, US, politics) A member or supporter of the Republican Party, generally the more right-wing of the two main political parties.
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noun
- one of the two main US political parties
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| resident |
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noun
- person, animal or plant live, living at a location or in an area
- The w:tiger lily, tiger lily is a of w:Asia, Asia.
- a graduated medical student who is receiving advanced training in a specialty
- She's a in neurosurgery at Mass General.
adjective
- the person on hand who is the strong, strongest in a particular skill or profession
- He is our w:UNIX, UNIX expert.
- a student in the medical profession who watch, watches a licensed doctor in order to learn a skill
- For privacy reason, reasons, she request, requested the nurse to leave.
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noun
- The state of being resolute.
- His stalwart resolution is perhaps admirable, perhaps foolish.
- A statement of intent, a vow (often New Year's resolution).
- My resolution is to cut back on the fast food this year.
- The act of discerning detail.
- (computing) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).
- Printing at higher resolution will cause a reduction in performance.
- (context, computer hardware) The number of pixels in an image that are stored or displayed.
- This monitor's maximum resolution is 800x600.
- A formal statement adopted by an assembly.
- (science) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
- (science) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
- (music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
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adjective
- answerable, Answerable for an act performed or for its consequences; accountable; amenable, especially legally or politically.
- Parent are for their child's behaviour.David Bynoe is responsible.''
- Capable of responding to any reasonable claim; able to answer reasonably for one's conduct and obligations; capable of rational conduct.
- Involving responsibility; involving a degree of personal accountability on the part of the person concerned.
- She has a position in the firm.
- Being a primary cause or agent of some event or action; capable of being credited for something, or of being held liable for something.
- Who is for this mess?
- Able to be trusted; reliable; trustworthy.
- He looks like a guide.
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adjective
- limited within bounds
- available only to certain authorized groups of people
- a area
- one of the classifications of the secrecy of an official document
- (grammar) qualified
- As cat in ginger cat
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| revanche |
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noun
- revenge or retaliation
- the political policy of regaining lost territory
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| revanchist |
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noun
- a revengeful person
adjective
- advocating a policy of revanche
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| revenue |
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noun
- the net gain before subtracting the loss.
- the money flowing into some government or administration cash by taxation
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| revisionism |
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noun
- the advocacy of a revision of some accepted theory, doctrine or a view of historical events
- an evolutionary form of Marxism
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| revolution |
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noun
- A political upheaval in a government or nation state characterized by great change.
- The removal and replacement of a government.
- The turning of an object around an axis.
- In the case of celestial body, celestial bodies - the traversal of one body through an orbit around another body.
- A sudden, vast change in a situation or discipline.
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| revolutionary |
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noun (revolutionaries)
- A revolutionist; a person who revolts.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators.
- (advertising) pertaining to something that portends of great change; overthrowing a standing mindset
- (sciences) pertaining to something that revolves
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| revolutionize |
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verb (revolutioniz, es)
- to radically or significantly change, as in a revolution
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| rider |
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noun
- one who rides, often a horse or motorcycle
- (politics) a provision annexed to a bill under the consideration of a legislature, having little connection with the subject matter of the bill
- an amendment or addition to an entertainer's performance contract, often covering a performer's equipment or food, drinks, and general comfort requirements
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noun
- Historically, one of the three administrative divisions of Yorkshire and some other northern county, counties.
- A path cut through woodland.
- (context, Canadian) Electoral district or constituency.
verb
- (present participle of, ride)
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| right |
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noun
- That which complies with justice, law or reason.
- ''We're on the side of in this contest.
- A legal or moral entitlement.
- You have no to talk to me like that!
- The right side or direction.
- The pharamcy is just on the past the bookshop.
- (context, Politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
- The political holds too much power.
verb
- To correct
- Righting all the wrongs of the war will be impossible.
- To set upright
- The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.
- (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
- When the wind died down, the ship righted.
adjective
- (archaic) straight, Straight, not bent.
- Having reference to a straight line; perpendicular, forming a 90-degree angle.
- The kitchen counter formed a angle with the back wall.
- Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
- I thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were all along.
- appropriate, Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
- Is this the software for my computer?
- healthy, Healthy, sane, competent.
- I'm afraid my father is no longer in his mind.
- Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the right: �
- After the accident, her leg was slighly shorter than her left.
- (archaic, sometimes used in titles) To a great extent or degree.
- Sir, I am glad to meet you...
- Members of the Queen's Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life.
- The Right Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci
- (context, Politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
adverb
- exactly, Exactly, precisely.
- The arrow landed in the middle of the target.
- Luckily we arrived at the start of the film.
- very, Very, extremely, quite.
- I made a stupid mistake there, didn't I?
- Ann Hite, Ghost on Black Mountain,
- : The fog was hard to see through so I was on Tom Pritchard before I saw him.
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noun
- (politics) the more right-wing faction of a group or party
- (sports) the right-hand side of a sports field
- (icehockey) the offensive player who plays to the center's right
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noun
- Something that rips (something).
- Someone who rips (something).
- A legislative bill or act that transfers powers of appointment from the usual holders to a chief executive or a board of officials.
- A murderer who kills and often mutilation, mutilates victims with a blade or similar sharp weapon.
- (context, mining) A hook-like tool used to tear away ore, rock, etc.
- (context, UK, slang) Something that is an excellent example of its kind.
- (computing) software, Software that extracts content from files or storage media.
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| rooster |
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noun (plural: roosters)
- A male of domestic fowl.
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| royal |
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noun
- (colloquial) A royal person; a member of a royal family.
adjective
- Of or relating to a monarch or their family.
- Having the air or demeanour of a monarch.
- (nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
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| royalty |
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noun (royalt, ies)
- a monarchs or other people of royal rank, plus their families, treated as a group
- the rank, status, power or authority of a monarch
- a royal right or prerogative, such as the exploitation of a natural resource; the granting of such a right; payment received for such a right
- (context, by extension) payment made to a writer, composer, inventor etc for the sale or use of intellectual property, invention etc.
- (context, poker, slang) A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
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noun
- the hindquarters of an animal; a cut of beef or veal from the rump
- the buttocks
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