preparing (verb)

  • 81Turkish vocabulary — This article is a companion to Turkish grammar and contains some information that might be considered grammatical. The purpose of this article is mainly to show the use of some of the yapım ekleri structural suffixes of the Turkish language, as… …

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  • 82Prostitution — Whore , prostitute , and The oldest profession redirect here. For other uses of whore or whores , see Whore (disambiguation). For the 1967 French film, see The Oldest Profession (film) …

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  • 83assign — To make an option seller perform his obligation to assume a short futures position (as a seller of a call option) or a long futures position (as a seller of a put option). Chicago Board of Trade glossary * * * assign as‧sign [əˈsaɪn] verb… …

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  • 84season — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 of the year ADJECTIVE ▪ dry, hurricane, monsoon, rainy, wet ▪ In this climate there are no real changes of temperature, just a wet and a dry season. ▪ s …

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  • 85welcome — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, enthusiastic, friendly, hearty (esp. AmE), great, rapturous (esp. BrE), rousing, special, tumultuous (esp. BrE) …

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  • 86like, as —    Problems often arise in choosing between like and as. Here are two examples, both from the New York Times and both wrong: Advertising agencies may appear as [make it like] homespun enterprises to the American public ; On the surface it looks… …

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  • 87like, as —    Problems often arise in choosing between like and as. Here are two examples, both from the New York Times and both wrong: Advertising agencies may appear as [make it like] homespun enterprises to the American public ; On the surface it looks… …

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  • 88dash — [[t]dæ̱ʃ[/t]] dashes, dashing, dashed 1) VERB If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly. [V adv/prep] Suddenly she dashed down to the cellar... [V adv/prep] She dashed in from the garden. N SING Dash is also a noun. ...a 160 …

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  • 89dispatch — [[t]dɪspæ̱tʃ[/t]] dispatches, dispatching, dispatched (in BRIT, also use despatch) 1) VERB If you dispatch someone to a place, you send them there for a particular reason. [FORMAL] [V n adv/prep] He had been continually dispatching scouts ahead …

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  • 90raid — [[t]re͟ɪd[/t]] ♦♦♦ raids, raiding, raided 1) VERB When soldiers raid a place, they make a sudden armed attack against it, with the aim of causing damage rather than occupying any of the enemy s land. → See also air raid [V n] The guerrillas… …

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