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06/29/2008

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Temporary
Definition
Adj : temporary 'tempu'reree"[N.Amer], temp(u)ruree[brit]
1. Not permanent; not lasting
    ex : "we have to make a temporary arrangement"
2. Lacking continuity or regularity
    ex : "employed on a temporary basis"
Noun :  *same
1. A worker (in office) hired on a temporary basis
    ex : "Summer Robert is a temporary manager in my office"
Term
Tense 
Definition
Noun : Tense tens
1. A grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time 
    ex : "That time makes us feel like the past tense"  
Adj : Tense  tens
1. Become streched or tent or taut
    ex : "the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed"
Term
Terminate
Definition
Verb : Terminate 'turmu'neyt
1. Bring to an end or halt
    ex : "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
2. Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
    ex : "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
Term
Text
Definition
Noun : Text tekst
1. The words of something written
    ex : "there were more than a thousand words of text"; "they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech"; "he wants to reconstruct the original text"
Verb : Text tekst
1.  Contact by sending a text message to a mobile phone or other electronic device
     ex : "text me if you are arrive"
Term
Theme
Definition
Noun : Theme theem
1. The subject matter of a conversation 
    ex : "his letters were always on the theme of love"
2.  A unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work
    ex : "it was the usual 'boy gets girl' theme"
Verb : *same
1. Provide with a particular theme or motive
    ex : "the restaurant often themes its menus" 
Term
Theory
Definition

Noun : Theory thee(u)ree

1. A well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena

    ex : "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory"

2. A tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

    ex : "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory

Term
Thereby
Definition

Adverb : Thereby ‘dhehr’bI

1. By that means or because of that

    ex : "He knocked over the red wine, thereby ruining the table cloth"

Term
Thesis
Definition

Noun : Thesis (theses) theesis

1. An unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument

    ex : "Thesis is a final assingment for passing grade to the next level"

Term
Topic
Definition

Noun : Topic topik

1. The subject matter of a conversation or discussion

    ex : "it was a very sensitive topic"

2. Some situation or event that is thought about

    ex : "he kept drifting off the topic"

Term
Trace
Definition

Verb : Trace treys

1. Follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something

    ex : "trace the student's progress"

 

Noun : trace treys

1. A just detectable amount

    ex : "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"

Term
Tradition
Definition

Noun : tradition tru’dishun

1. An inherited pattern of thought or action

2. A specific practice of long standing

    ex : Christmas is a catholic tradition"

Term

Transfer

Definition

Verb : transfer (transferred, transferring) trans’fur

1. Transfer somebody to a different position or location of work

2. Move from one place to another

    ex : "transfer the data"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"

 

Term
Transform
Definition

Verb : transform trans’form

1. Subject to a mathematical transformation

2. Change or alter in form, appearance, or nature

    ex : "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"

Term
Transit
Definition

Noun : transit transit

1. A surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod

Verb : transir transit

1. Make a passage or journey from one place to another

2. Pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)

    ex : "The comet will transit on September 11"

Term
Transmit
Definition

Verb : transmit (transmitted, transmitting) tranz’mit

1. Send from one person or place to another

    ex : "transmit a message"

Term
Transport
Definition

Verb : transport trans’port

1. Move something or somebody around; usually over long distances

   ex : "they are using some truck to transport the rice"

 

Noun : transport trans’port

1. Something that serves as a means of transportation

    ex : "Another transport that people usually use to work is busway"

Term
Trend
Definition

Noun : trend trend

1. A general direction in which something tends to move

    ex : "the trend of the stock market"

 

Term
Trigger
Definition

Noun : trigger trigu(r)

1. Lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun

 

Verb : trigger trigu(r)

1. Put in motion or move to act

    ex : "trigger a reaction"

2. Release or pull the trigger on

    ex : "Trigger a gun"

Term
Ultimate
Definition

Adjective : ultimate ultumut

1. Furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme

    ex : "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life"

 

Noun : ultimate ultumut

1. The finest or most superior quality of its kind

    ex : "the ultimate in luxury"

Term
Undergo
Definition

Verb : undergo (underwent, undergone) ‘under’gow

1. Pass through

    ex : "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "undergo a strange sensation"

Term
Underlie
Definition

Verb : underlie (underlain, underlying) ‘undu’ll

1. Be or form the base for

    ex : "Do not be underlie when you are wrong"

 

Term
Undertake
Definition

Verb : undertake (undertook, undertaken) ‘undur’teyk

1. Accept as a challenge

    ex : "I undertake your challange

Term
Uniform
Definition

Noun : uniform yoonuform

1. Clothing of distinctive design worn by members of a particular group as a means of identification

    ex  : "School uniform makes student feel same each other"

 

Adj : uniform yoonuform

1. Always the same; showing a single form or character in all occurrences

    ex : "a street of uniform tall white buildings"

 

Verb : uniform yoonuform

1. Provide with uniforms

    ex : "The guards were uniformed"

Term
Unify
Definition

Verb : unify ‘yoonu’fl

1. Become one

    ex : "Germany unified officially in 1990"

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