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31stretch target — UK US (also stretch goal) noun [C] MANAGEMENT ► a high and difficult level of success that an employee must achieve if they are to be considered to be doing their job in a satisfactory way: »Stretch targets should provide the benchmark under… …
32Stretch — 〈 [strɛ̣tʃ] m. od. n.; Gen.: od. es, Pl.: es [ tʃıs]; meist ohne Artikel; Textilw.〉 elastisches Gewebe, das aus Stretchgarn gefertigt ist; ein Kleid aus Stretch [Etym.: zu engl. stretch »dehnen, spannen«] …
33stretch — [n1] expanse amplitude, area, branch, breadth, bridge, compass, dimension, distance, expansion, extension, extent, gamut, length, orbit, proliferation, purview, radius, range, reach, region, scope, space, span, spread, sweep, tract, wing;… …
34stretch a point — or[strain a point] {v. phr.} To permit something different or more than usual; not tell the exact truth or make an exception. * /Mother stretched a point because it was Christmas time and let the children stay up later than usual./ * /It s… …
35stretch a point — or[strain a point] {v. phr.} To permit something different or more than usual; not tell the exact truth or make an exception. * /Mother stretched a point because it was Christmas time and let the children stay up later than usual./ * /It s… …
36Stretch Island — is an island in Case Inlet in the southern part of Puget Sound in the state of Washington, USA. It forms part of the unincorporated Mason County community of Allyn Grapeview. The island has a land area of 1.2179 km² (300.95 acres) and a… …
37Stretch syncope — is a condition wherein a person experiences fainting while stretching the upper limbs upward with the spine extended, or with bending of the neck all the way backwards.Stretch Syncope (fainting) has may different causes. But it is difficult to… …
38Stretch — Album par Scott Walker Sortie 1973 Durée 41 min 24 s Label Columbia Albums de Scott Walker …
39stretch receptor — n MUSCLE SPINDLE * * * a cell or group of cells found between muscle fibres that responds to stretching of the muscle by transmitting impulses to the central nervous system through the sensory nerves. Stretch receptors are part of the… …
40stretch–out — n: a labor practice in which workers are required to do extra work with slight or no additional pay Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
