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1. wrong construction; misinterpretation: to put a misconstruction upon an action.
2. an act or instance of misconstruing. |
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| 1. to break down into constituent parts; dissect; dismantle. |
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1. to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
2. to interrupt, hinder, or oppose the passage, progress, course, etc., of.
3. to block from sight; to be in the way of (a view, passage, etc.). |
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1. to build or form by putting together parts; frame; devise.
2. Geometry . to draw (a figure) fulfilling certain given conditions. |
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1. anything presented to the sight or view, especially something of a striking or impressive kind: The stars make a fine spectacle tonight.
2. a public show or display, especially on a large scale: The coronation was a lavish spectacle.
3. spectacles, eyeglasses, especially with pieces passing over or around the ears for holding them in place.
4. Often, spectacles.
a. something resembling spectacles in shape or function.
b. any of various devices suggesting spectacles, as one attached to a
semaphore to display lights or different colors by colored glass.
5. Obsolete . a spyglass. |
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1. the action, process, or faculty of looking back on things past.
2. a survey of past events or experiences. |
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| 1. one own's sense of view |
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1. to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
2. to indulge in conjectural thought.
3. to engage in any business transaction involving considerable risk or the chance of large gains, especially to buy and sell commodities, stocks, etc., in the expectation of a quick or very large profit. |
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1. the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition.
2. the act of breaking; state of being broken.
3. a break, breach, or split.
4. the characteristic manner of breaking: a material of unpredictable fracture. |
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1. breach; violation; infringement: an infraction of the rules.
2. Medicine/Medical: an incomplete fracture of a bone. |
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1. to subject to refraction.
2. to determine the refractive condition of (an eye). |
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1. pertaining to fractions; comprising a part or the parts of a unit; constituting a fraction: fractional numbers.
2. comparatively small; inconsiderable or insignificant: The profit on the deal was fractional. |
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1. (of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial: The grand jury indicted him for murder.
2. to charge with an offense or crime; accuse of wrongdoing; castigate; criticize: He tends to indict everyone of plotting against him. |
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1. the act or manner of dictating for reproduction in writing.
2. the act or manner of transcribing words uttered by another.
3. words that are dictated or that are reproduced from dictation.
4. the playing or singing of music to be notated by a listener, especially as a technique of training the ear.
5. music notated from dictation. |
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1. able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
2.expected, especially on the basis of previous or known behavior: His complaints are so predictable. |
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1. disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful: a vindictive person.
2. proceeding from or showing a revengeful spirit: vindictive rumors. |
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