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wind 1: wind up (ed: wound up)
/ˈwaɪnd ʌp/ |
1. When you ~ an activity, you finish it or stop doing it.
The President is about to ~ his visit to Somalia... 2. When someone ~ a business or other organization, they stop running it and close it down completely. (BUSINESS) The Bank of England seems determined to ~ the company. 3. If you wind up in a particular place, situation, or state, you are in it at the end of a series of actions, events, or experiences, even though you did not originally intend to be. Little did I know that I would actually wind up being on the staff. Both partners of the marriage ~ unhappy. You know you're going to ~ in court over this. = finish up, end up |
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wind 2: wind up (ed: wound up)
/ˈwaɪnd ʌp/ |
1. to turn or twist something several times around something else: The hair is divided into sections and wound around heated rods.
2. also wind up: to turn part of a machine around several times, in order to make it move or start working: Did you remember to wind the clock? |
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wind 3: wind up (ed: wound up)
/ˈwaɪnd ʌp/ |
(BrE, informal) to deliberately say or do sth in order to annoy sb: Calm down! Can't you see he's only winding you up? ◆ That can't be true! You're winding me up. This woman really wound me up. She kept talking over me.
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knob /nɔb US nɑːb/
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a round handle or thing that you turn to open a door, turn on a television etc: He thought the door was locked, but he turned the ~ and the door opened.
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connotation /ˌkɔnəˈteɪʃən US ˌkɑː-/
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an idea suggested by a word in addition to its main meaning; a quality or an idea that a word makes you think of that is more than its basic meaning
:The word 'professional' has ~s of skill and excellence. negative ~s. The word 'professional' has ~s of skill and excellence |
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polysemous (a) /pəˈlɪsɪməs, ˌpɔlɪˈsiːməs US ˌpɑːliˈsiːməs/ polysemy
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a ~ word has two or more different meanings
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homograph /ˈhɔməgrɑːf, ˈhəu- US ˈhɑːməgræf, ˈhou-/
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a word that is spelled the same as another, but is different in meaning, origin, grammar, or pronunciation: 'Bow' meaning the front of a ship, 'bow' meaning a loop made in a string or ribbon and 'bow' meaning a device used to shoot arrows are all ~s.
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archaic /ɑːˈkeɪ-ɪk US ɑːr-/
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1. old and no longer used: 'Thou art' is an ~ form of 'you are'.
2. very old-fashioned: The system is ~ and unfair and needs changing. |
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NB (also N.B. AmE, BrE) /'en b'iː/
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used in writing to make sb take notice of a particular piece of information that is important (from Latin 'nota bene'): ~ The office will be closed from 1 July. ~ The opinions stated in this essay do not necessarily represent those of the Church of God Missionary Society.
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e.g., eg /iːˈdʒiː/
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exempli gratia. a Latin phrase which means 'for example'. It can be pronounced as 'e.g.' or 'for example'
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i.e. /ˌaɪ ˈiː/
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written before a word or phrase that gives the exact meaning of something you have just written or said
The film is only open to adults, i.e. people over 18. |
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calendar month
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1. one of the 12 months of the year
2. a period of time from a specific date in one month to the same date in the next month, for example from April 4th to May 4th |
