The definitions in this dictionary are based on LONGMAN Dictionary of Contemporary English.
accurate |
correct and true in every detail |
advocacy |
defense, support, endorsement |
biased |
Unfairly prejudiced for or against someone or something. |
blink |
flicker, quick back and forth movement |
chronological |
arranged in order of occurrence, arranged according to the dates on which events occurred. |
cite |
to quote (a passage, book, author, etc.), especially as an authority |
component |
ingredient, single piece which forms part of a larger whole |
contest |
a contest is a struggle to win power or control, challenge |
convert |
transform, change |
crib |
to copy school or college work dishonestly from someone else. |
decrease |
to become less or go down to a lower level; reduce; decline |
elbow |
the bend or joint of the human arm between upper arm and forearm |
encode |
put data into digital form, encrypt, convert a message into code |
ensure |
make certain |
exaggerated |
overstated, made to seem greater or more important than it really is |
expansion |
enlargement, increase, spread; development |
feed |
To supply a signal to the input of a system, subsystem, equipment, or electronic component, such as a transmission line or antenna; to put information into a computer over a period of time. |
flicker |
to burn or shine with an unsteady light that goes on and off quickly. |
fluctuate |
keep changing and becoming higher and lower |
horizontal |
parallel to the horizon, flat, level |
import |
bring from another place |
increase |
enlarge, add to, augment; multiply; raise, heighten, intensify |
indent |
to set in or back from the margin, as the first line of a paragraph |
inherently |
Permanently existing in something; inseparably attached or connected; naturally pertaining to. |
intersperse |
insert here and there, disperse, scatter |
label |
text which appears on a computerized note |
narrow |
tight, strait; reduced; narrow-minded; not wide |
navigation |
when you click on words pictures etc in order to move between documents that are connected on the internet. |
orientation |
direction in which one can read text or see a picture |
palm |
personal computer of a small size and limited ability |
peripheral |
auxiliary equipment that is connected to a computer (printer, keyboard, etc.) |
poem |
literary work that is written in verse |
prohibit |
To forbid by authority |
retain |
to continue to use, to continue to hold |
stand for |
be a symbol of; support; represent |
syndicate |
a group of people or organizations who have come together to accomplish a joint effort, To combine or form into. |
take away |
remove something from a place |
truncation |
act of shortening, act of cutting short |
turn upward |
to turn a switch on a machine to increase a setting. Ex. Turn the volume of the radio upward. |
tweak |
to improve system or design by making a slight change |
unique |
singular, matchless |
volatile |
rapidly changing |