miscellaneous things

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• miscellaneous — miscellaneous, assorted, heterogeneous, motley, promiscuous are comparable when they mean marked by diversity or variety and are applied to the things that make up a group, a collection, or a mass, or to a group, collection, or mass.… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• miscellaneous — mis‧cel‧la‧ne‧ous [ˌmɪsəˈleɪniəs◂] written abbreviation misc. adjective [only before a noun] made up of many different things or people that are not connected with each other: • I attach a list of other miscellaneous expenses. * * * miscellaneous …   Financial and business terms

• Miscellaneous — Mis cel*la ne*ous, a. [L. miscellaneus mixed, miscellaneous, fr. miscellus mixed, fr. miscere to mix. See {Mix}, and cf. {Miscellany}.] Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• miscellaneous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of various types. 2) composed of things of different kinds. DERIVATIVES miscellaneously adverb. ORIGIN Latin miscellus mixed , from miscere to mix …   English terms dictionary

• miscellaneous — mis|cel|la|ne|ous [ˌmısəˈleıniəs] adj [only before noun] [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: miscellaneus, from miscellus mixed , from miscere to mix ] a miscellaneous set of things or people includes many different things or people who do not… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Miscellaneous Symbols — The Miscellaneous Symbols Unicode block (2600–26FF) contains various glyphs representing things from a variety of categories: Astrological, Astronomical, Chess, Dice, Ideological symbols, Musical notation, Political symbols, Recycling, Religious… …   Wikipedia

• miscellaneous — miscellaneously, adv. miscellaneousness, n. /mis euh lay nee euhs/, adj. 1. consisting of members or elements of different kinds; of mixed character: a book of miscellaneous essays on American history. 2. having various qualities, aspects, or… …   Universalium

• miscellaneous — [[t]mɪ̱səle͟ɪniəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: ADJ n A miscellaneous group consists of many different kinds of things or people that are difficult to put into a particular category. ...a hoard of miscellaneous junk... They eat a lot of meats and dairy foods …   English dictionary

• miscellaneous — mis|cel|la|ne|ous [ ,mısə leıniəs ] adjective only before noun consisting of various kinds of people or things: a drawer full of miscellaneous items a miscellaneous collection of newspaper articles …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• miscellaneous — adjective (only before noun) made up of many different things or people who do not seem to be connected with each other: a miscellaneous assortment of books | miscellaneous expenses …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• miscellaneous — UK [ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəs] / US adjective [only before noun] consisting of various kinds of people or things a drawer full of miscellaneous items a miscellaneous collection of newspaper articles …   English dictionary