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  • 1 terms

    terms 1. BANK Bedingungen fpl, Konditionen fpl; Modalitäten fpl (provisos); Ausstattung f (of loan); 2. FIN Konditionen fpl; 3. GEN, LAW Wortlaut m (of agreement); Bedingungen fpl • come to terms GEN sich einigen • come to terms with sb LAW mit jmdm. handelseinig werden, sich mit jmdm. einigen (contract law) • in real terms STAT, ECON zu konstanten Preisen, in realen Größen (real, in realen Größen, in konstanten Preisen) • in terms of GEN in Form von, als, im Sinne, ausgedrückt in, hinsichtlich • in terms of banking BANK bankmäßig • in terms of constitutional law LAW staatsrechtlich • not on any terms GEN unter gar keinen Umständen • on the same terms GEN zu den gleichen Bedingungen

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  • 2 term

    {tə:m}
    I. 1. срок, период
    during his TERM of office докато беше на служба/заемаше този пост
    presidential TERM президентски мандат
    2. платежен срок, ден на плащане (обик. на 3 месеца)
    to owe a TERM's rent дължа наем за 3 месеца
    3. семестър, учебен срок
    during TERM през учебно време
    4. съдебна сесия
    5. мат. член
    6. лог. член (на силогизъм)
    7. термин
    рl изрази, фразеология, език
    in TERMs of approval одобрително
    in flatterin/glowing TERMs ласкаво, хвалебствено
    in TERMs of с езика на, от гледна точка на, превърнат в, изчислен с
    in TERM s of science на езика на/от гледна точка на науката
    his work is not profitable in TERMs of money работата му не e изгодна от парична гледна точка
    in TERMs of metrical measures превърнато в метрична система
    in set TERMs ясно, определено, решително, недвусмислено
    8. ост. край, граница
    9. край на периода на нормалната бременност
    she has reached her TERM време e да ражда (за бременна жена)
    10. мед. менструация, период
    11. рl условия на договор и пр., условия за плащане, цена, хонорар
    what are your TERMs for lessons? колко вземате за уроци? on easy TERMs на износна цена, при изгодни условия
    not on any TERM на никаква цена, за нищо на света
    on these TERM s при тези условия
    to come to TERM s отстъпвам, приемам условията, примирявам се (with с)
    the enemy came to TERMs неприятелят капитулира
    to bring someone to TERMs принуждавам някого да се съгласи на/да приеме условията ми
    on TERMs of friendship/equality, etc. на приятелски/равни и пр. начала
    12. лични отношения
    to be on good/friendly TERMs with в добри/приятелски отношения съм с
    we are not on speaking TERMs не се познаваме, само се знаем, не си говорим, скарани сме
    13. ист. рим. граничен стълб, често с бюста на бога Термин
    TERM of reference компетенция, ресор, инструкции
    II. v наричам, назовавам, определям като
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    {tъ:m} n 1. срок, период; during his term of office докато беше на (2) {tъ:m} v наричам, назовавам, определям като.
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    член; срочен; срок; термин; условие; триместър; период; понятие; именувам; наричам; назовавам;
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    1. 1 ист. рим. граничен стълб, често с бюста на бога Термин 2. 1 лични отношения 3. 1 рl условия на договор и пр., условия за плащане, цена, хонорар 4. during his term of office докато беше на служба/заемаше този пост 5. during term през учебно време 6. his work is not profitable in terms of money работата му не e изгодна от парична гледна точка 7. i. срок, период 8. ii. v наричам, назовавам, определям като 9. in flatterin/glowing terms ласкаво, хвалебствено 10. in set terms ясно, определено, решително, недвусмислено 11. in term s of science на езика на/от гледна точка на науката 12. in terms of approval одобрително 13. in terms of metrical measures превърнато в метрична система 14. in terms of с езика на, от гледна точка на, превърнат в, изчислен с 15. not on any term на никаква цена, за нищо на света 16. on terms of friendship/equality, etc. на приятелски/равни и пр. начала 17. on these term s при тези условия 18. presidential term президентски мандат 19. she has reached her term време e да ражда (за бременна жена) 20. term of reference компетенция, ресор, инструкции 21. the enemy came to terms неприятелят капитулира 22. to be on good/friendly terms with в добри/приятелски отношения съм с 23. to bring someone to terms принуждавам някого да се съгласи на/да приеме условията ми 24. to come to term s отстъпвам, приемам условията, примирявам се (with с) 25. to owe a term's rent дължа наем за 3 месеца 26. we are not on speaking terms не се познаваме, само се знаем, не си говорим, скарани сме 27. what are your terms for lessons? колко вземате за уроци? on easy terms на износна цена, при изгодни условия 28. край на периода на нормалната бременност 29. лог. член (на силогизъм) 30. мат. член 31. мед. менструация, период 32. ост. край, граница 33. платежен срок, ден на плащане (обик. на 3 месеца) 34. рl изрази, фразеология, език 35. семестър, учебен срок 36. съдебна сесия 37. термин
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    term[tə:m] I. n 1. срок, период; in the short ( medium, long) \term в кратко- (средно- дълго) срочен план; for \term of o.'s life до живот; пожизнен; to serve o.'s \term излежавам си наказанието; \term of patent срок на действие на патент; \term of priority приоритетен срок; \term of validity срок на валидност; срок на действие; \term of years юрид. срочно право; 2. pl условия, клаузи (на договор и пр.); условия за плащане, цена; хонорар; usual \terms обикновени условия на експлоатация; \terms of reference компетенция, мандат, права (на комисия и пр.); \term of trade условия на търговия, външнотърговски баланс; \term structure of interest rates структура на лихвените проценти в зависимост от сроковете; on these \terms при тези условия; to come to ( to make) \terms 1) постигам споразумение; 2) капитулирам, предавам се; to bring the enemy to \terms принуждавам неприятеля да капитулира, да приеме условията; on easy \terms при износни условия, на износна цена; not on any \terms на никаква цена, за нищо на света; 3. лични отношения; to be on good ( friendly) \terms with в добри (приятелски) отношения съм с; we are not on speaking \terms не си говорим, скарани сме; 4. семестър, срок; during \term през семестъра, през учебно време; to keep o.'s \terms редовно записвам семестри; to eat o.'s \terms уча за адвокат; 5. термин; pl изрази, език, фразеология; начин на изразяване; in \terms of с езика на; от гледище на; превърнат в; изчислен с; in \terms of approval одобрително; in \terms of figures с езика на цифрите; in set \terms определено, решително; to be thinking in \terms of ( doing s.th.) възнамерявам да, стремя се към, гледам с едно око на; 6. съдебна сесия; 7. ост. край, граница; to set ( put) a \term to определям края на; to have reached o.'s \term време е да ражда (за бременна жена); 8. мед. менструация; 9. платежен срок, ден за плащане (обикн. на 3 месеца); 10. мат. член; елемент; лог. член (на силогизъм); \term by \term почленно; absolute \term постоянен (свободен) член; член на уравнение, който не съдържа неизвестна величина; dominant \term главен (основен) член; \term of fraction член на дроб; 11. ист., рим. граничен стълб, често с бюста на бог Термин; II. v наричам, назовавам; определям като; изразявам.

    English-Bulgarian dictionary > term

  • 3 term

    [tə:m] 1. noun
    1) (a (usually limited) period of time: a term of imprisonment; a term of office.) doba
    2) (a division of a school or university year: the autumn term.) semester
    3) (a word or expression: Myopia is a medical term for short-sightedness.) izraz
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    2. verb
    (to name or call: That kind of painting is termed `abstract'.)
    - in terms of
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    I [tə:m]
    noun
    termin, strokoven izraz; beseda, izraz; plural izrazi, način izražanja, govor(jenje); termin, rok, čas (doba) trajanja; commerce plačilni rok, čas dospelosti menice; plural določbe, pogoji (v pogodbi); cena; honorar; odnosi; British English kvartal, plačilni dan, termin za plačanje; juridically zasedanje, čas (sodnega) zasedanja; določeni čas posesti (zakupa, najema); British English university trimesečje, trimester; semester; mathematics člen; logic pojem; medicine obsolete menstruacija; obsolete mejnik, mejni kamen; geography skrajna, končna črta ali točka
    in plain terms — odkrito, naravnost
    not on any terms — pod nobenimi pogoji, za nobeno ceno
    inclusive terms — skupaj s postrežbo, z razsvetijavo
    reasonable terms — pametne, sprejemljive cene
    terms of delivery economy dobavni pogoji
    to be on good (bad) terms with s.o. — biti s kom v dobrih (slabih) odnosih
    to be on (familiar) terms with s.o. — biti prijatelj s kom
    to be not on speaking terms with s.o. — ne govoriti s kom, biti sprt (skregan) s kom
    what are your terms? — kakšne so vaše cene? kaj zahtevate?
    to bring s.o. to terms — naložiti komu svoje pogoje
    to come to terms — popustiti, odnehati
    to make terms, to come to terms with s.o. — pogoditi se, sporazumeti se s kom
    to set a term to s.o. — staviti komu termin
    II [tə:m]
    transitive verb
    imenovati, označevati

    English-Slovenian dictionary > term

  • 4 term

    1. noun
    1) (word expressing definite concept) [Fach]begriff, der

    legal/medical term — juristischer/medizinischer Fachausdruck

    term of reproach — Vorwurf, der

    in terms of money/politics — unter finanziellem/politischem Aspekt

    2) in pl. (conditions) Bedingungen

    he does everything on his own terms — er tut alles, wie er es für richtig hält

    come to or make terms [with somebody] — sich [mit jemandem] einigen

    come to terms [with each other] — sich einigen

    come to terms with something — (be able to accept something) mit etwas zurechtkommen; (resign oneself to something) sich mit etwas abfinden

    terms of reference — (Brit.) Aufgabenbereich, der

    3) in pl. (charges) Konditionen

    their terms are... — sie verlangen...

    4)

    in the short/long/medium term — kurz-/lang-/mittelfristig

    5) (Sch.) Halbjahr, das; (Univ.): (one of two/three/four divisions per year) Semester, das/Trimester, das/Quartal, das

    during term — während des Halbjahres/Semesters usw.

    out of term — in den Ferien

    end of term — Halbjahres-/Semesterende usw.

    6) (limited period) Zeitraum, der; (period of tenure)

    term [of office] — Amtszeit, die

    7) (period of imprisonment) Haftzeit, die
    8) in pl. (mode of expression) Worte

    praise in the highest terms — in den höchsten Tönen loben

    9) in pl. (relations)

    be on good/poor/friendly terms with somebody — mit jemandem auf gutem/schlechtem/freundschaftlichem Fuß stehen

    2. transitive verb
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    [tə:m] 1. noun
    1) (a (usually limited) period of time: a term of imprisonment; a term of office.) die Zeitdauer
    2) (a division of a school or university year: the autumn term.) das Semester
    3) (a word or expression: Myopia is a medical term for short-sightedness.) der Ausdruck
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    - academic.ru/112873/terms">terms
    2. verb
    (to name or call: That kind of painting is termed `abstract'.) bezeichnen als
    - come to terms
    - in terms of
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    [tɜ:m, AM tɜ:rm]
    I. n
    1. (of two) Semester nt; (of three) Trimester nt
    half-\term kurze Ferien, die zwischen den langen Ferien liegen, z.B. Pfingst-/Herbstferien
    2. (set duration of job) Amtszeit f
    \term of office Amtsperiode f, Amtszeit f
    3. (period of sentence)
    \term of imprisonment Haftdauer f
    prison \term Gefängnisstrafe f
    4. ECON ( form: duration of contract) Laufzeit f, Dauer f
    \term of a policy Vertragslaufzeit f
    5. no pl (anticipated date of birth) Geburtstermin m
    her last pregnancy went to \term bei ihrer letzten Schwangerschaft hat sie das Kind bis zum Schluss ausgetragen; (period)
    \term of pregnancy Schwangerschaft f
    6. (range) Dauer f
    in the long/medium/short \term lang-/mittel-/kurzfristig
    7. (phrase) Ausdruck m
    \term of abuse Schimpfwort nt
    \term of endearment Kosewort nt
    in layman's \terms einfach ausgedrückt
    to be on friendly \terms with sb mit jdm auf freundschaftlichem Fuß stehen
    generic \term Gattungsbegriff m
    in glowing \terms mit Begeisterung
    legal \term Rechtsbegriff m
    technical \term Fachausdruck m
    in no uncertain \terms unmissverständlich
    she told him what she thought in no uncertain \terms sie gab ihm unmissverständlich zu verstehen, was sie dachte
    II. vt
    ▪ to \term sth:
    I would \term his behaviour unacceptable ich würde sein Verhalten als inakzeptabel bezeichnen
    ▪ to \term sb [as] sth jdn als etw bezeichnen, jdn etw nennen
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    [tɜːm]
    1. n
    1) (= period of time) Dauer f, Zeitraum m; (of contract) Laufzeit f; (= limit) Frist f

    to set a term (of three years) for sth — etw (auf drei Jahre) befristen

    in the long/short term — auf lange/kurze Sicht

    at term (Fin) — bei Fälligkeit; (Med) zur rechten Zeit

    2) (SCH three in one year) Trimester nt; (four in one year) Vierteljahr nt, Quartal nt; (two in one year) Halbjahr nt; (UNIV) Semester nt

    end-of-term exam — Examen nt am Ende eines Trimesters etc

    during or in term(-time) — während der Schulzeit; (Univ) während des Semesters

    3) (= expression) Ausdruck m
    4) (MATH, LOGIC) Term m

    in terms of production we are doing well — was die Produktion betrifft, stehen wir gut da

    in terms of money — geldlich, finanziell

    5) pl (= conditions) Bedingungen pl

    terms of surrender/service/sale/payment — Kapitulations-/Arbeits-/Verkaufs-/Zahlungsbedingungen pl

    terms of reference (of committee etc) — Aufgabenbereich m; (of thesis etc) Themenbereich m

    to buy sth on credit/easy terms — etw auf Kredit/auf Raten kaufen

    not on any terms — unter gar keinen Umständen

    to accept sb on his/her own terms — jdn nehmen, wie er/sie ist

    6) termspl

    (= relations) to be on good/bad terms with sb — gut/nicht (gut) mit jdm auskommen

    2. vt
    nennen, bezeichnen
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    term [tɜːm; US tɜrm]
    A s
    1. ( besonders Fach)Ausdruck, Bezeichnung f:
    legal term juristischer Fachausdruck;
    term of abuse Schimpfwort n, Beleidigung f; → endearment, technical 2
    2. pl Ausdrucksweise f, Worte pl, Denkkategorien pl:
    in terms ausdrücklich, in Worten;
    praise sb in the highest terms jemanden in den höchsten Tönen loben;
    condemn sth in the strongest terms etwas schärfstens verurteilen;
    in no uncertain terms unmissverständlich, klipp und klar umg;
    a) in Form von (od gen),
    b) im Sinne von (od gen),
    c) hinsichtlich (gen), bezüglich (gen),
    d) vom Standpunkt (gen), von … her,
    e) verglichen mit, im Verhältnis zu;
    in terms of literature literarisch (betrachtet), vom Literarischen her;
    in terms of purchasing power in Kaufkraft umgerechnet;
    think in economic terms in wirtschaftlichen Kategorien denken;
    think in terms of money (nur) in Mark und Pfennig denken; → plain1 A 4
    3. pl Wortlaut m:
    be in the following terms folgendermaßen lauten
    4. a) Zeit f, Dauer f:
    term (of imprisonment) JUR Freiheitsstrafe f;
    term of office Amtszeit, -dauer, -periode f;
    for a term of four years für die Dauer von vier Jahren;
    he is too old to serve a second term er ist zu alt für eine zweite Amtsperiode,
    b) (Zahlungs- etc) Frist f:
    on term WIRTSCH auf Zeit;
    in the long term auf lange Sicht, langfristig gesehen;
    term deposit WIRTSCH Termingeld n, -einlage f;
    term insurance WIRTSCH Risikolebensversicherung f
    5. WIRTSCH
    a) Laufzeit f (eines Vertrags etc)
    b) Termin m:
    set a term einen Termin festsetzen;
    at term zum festgelegten Termin
    6. a) Br SCHULE, UNIV Trimester n
    b) US UNIV Semester n, SCHULE Halbjahr n
    7. JUR Sitzungsperiode f
    8. pl (Vertrags- etc)Bedingungen pl, Bestimmungen pl:
    terms of delivery WIRTSCH Liefer(ungs)bedingungen;
    terms of trade Austauschverhältnis n (im Außenhandel);
    on easy terms zu günstigen Bedingungen;
    on the terms that … unter der Bedingung, dass …;
    come to terms handelseinig werden, sich einigen ( beide:
    with mit);
    come to terms with sich abfinden mit;
    come to terms with the past die Vergangenheit bewältigen;
    come to terms with the future die Zukunft(sentwicklungen) akzeptieren;
    bring to terms jemanden zur Annahme der Bedingungen bringen; → equal A 10, reference A 3
    9. pl Preise pl, Honorar n:
    what are your terms? was verlangen Sie?;
    I’ll give you special terms ich mache Ihnen einen Sonderpreis
    10. pl Beziehungen pl, Verhältnis n (zwischen Personen):
    be on good (bad, friendly) terms with auf gutem (schlechtem, freundschaftlichem) Fuße stehen mit;
    they are not on speaking terms sie sprechen nicht (mehr) miteinander
    11. pl gute Beziehungen pl:
    be on terms with sb mit jemandem gutstehen
    12. MATH
    a) Glied n:
    term of a sum Summand m (hinzuzuzählende Zahl),
    b) Ausdruck m (einer Gleichung)
    c) Geometrie: Grenze f (einer Linie)
    13. Logik: Begriff m: → contradiction 2, major A 5 a
    14. ARCH Grenzstein m, -säule f
    15. PHYSIOL
    a) errechneter Entbindungstermin:
    carry to (full) term ein Kind austragen;
    go ( oder be taken) to term ausgetragen werden;
    she is near her term sie steht kurz vor der Niederkunft,
    b) obs Menstruation f
    B v/t (be)nennen, bezeichnen als:
    he may be what is termed an egghead but … er mag das sein, was man einen Eierkopf nennt, aber …
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    1. noun
    1) (word expressing definite concept) [Fach]begriff, der

    legal/medical term — juristischer/medizinischer Fachausdruck

    term of reproach — Vorwurf, der

    in terms of money/politics — unter finanziellem/politischem Aspekt

    2) in pl. (conditions) Bedingungen

    he does everything on his own terms — er tut alles, wie er es für richtig hält

    come to or make terms [with somebody] — sich [mit jemandem] einigen

    come to terms [with each other] — sich einigen

    come to terms with something — (be able to accept something) mit etwas zurechtkommen; (resign oneself to something) sich mit etwas abfinden

    terms of reference — (Brit.) Aufgabenbereich, der

    3) in pl. (charges) Konditionen

    their terms are... — sie verlangen...

    4)

    in the short/long/medium term — kurz-/lang-/mittelfristig

    5) (Sch.) Halbjahr, das; (Univ.): (one of two/three/four divisions per year) Semester, das/Trimester, das/Quartal, das

    during term — während des Halbjahres/Semesters usw.

    end of term — Halbjahres-/Semesterende usw.

    6) (limited period) Zeitraum, der; (period of tenure)

    term [of office] — Amtszeit, die

    7) (period of imprisonment) Haftzeit, die
    9) in pl. (relations)

    be on good/poor/friendly terms with somebody — mit jemandem auf gutem/schlechtem/freundschaftlichem Fuß stehen

    2. transitive verb
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    (school) n.
    Semester - n. n.
    Ausdruck -¨e m.
    Bedingung f.
    Begriff -e m.
    Frist -en f.
    Laufzeit -en f.
    Termin -e m.

    English-german dictionary > term

  • 5 term *****

    [tɜːm]
    1. n
    1) (limit) termine m, (period) periodo
    2) Scol trimestre m, Law sessione f

    the autumn/spring/summer term — il primo/secondo/terzo trimestre

    3) (word, expression) termine m, vocabolo

    to tell sb sth in no uncertain terms — dire qc chiaro e tondo a qn, dire qc a qn senza mezzi termini

    in terms of... — in termini di...

    4)

    terms npl — (conditions) condizioni fpl, Comm prezzi mpl, tariffe fpl

    terms of reference — termini mpl (stabiliti)

    "easy terms" Comm — "facilitazioni di pagamento"

    reduced terms for pensioners — agevolazioni fpl per i pensionati

    to come to terms with — (person) arrivare a un accordo con, (problem) affrontare, accettare

    5)

    terms npl; (relations) to be on good terms with — avere buoni rapporti con, essere in buoni rapporti con

    2. vt
    (name) definire

    English-Italian dictionary > term *****

  • 6 term

    term [tɜ:m]
    termes ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (e), 1 (f), 3 (a), 3 (d) trimestre ⇒ 1 (b) session ⇒ 1 (c) mandat ⇒ 1 (c) peine ⇒ 1 (d) échéance ⇒ 1 (g) appeler ⇒ 2 conditions ⇒ 3 (a) tarifs ⇒ 3 (c) accord ⇒ 3 (e)
    1 noun
    (a) (period, end of period) terme m; (of pregnancy) terme m;
    ∎ in the long/short term à long/court terme;
    ∎ to reach (full) term (pregnancy) arriver ou être à terme;
    ∎ to set or put a term to sth mettre fin ou un terme à qch
    (b) British School & University trimestre m;
    ∎ in or during term (time) pendant le trimestre;
    ∎ autumn term trimestre m d'automne, premier trimestre m
    (c) Law & Politics (of court, parliament) session f; (of elected official) mandat m;
    ∎ the president is elected for a four-year term le président est élu pour (une période ou une durée de) quatre ans;
    ∎ during my term of office (gen) pendant que j'étais en fonction; Politics pendant mon mandat
    (d) (in prison) peine f;
    ∎ term of imprisonment peine f de prison;
    ∎ to serve one's term purger sa peine
    (e) (word, expression) terme m;
    ∎ medical/legal term terme m médical/juridique;
    ∎ she spoke of you in very flattering terms elle a parlé de vous en (des) termes très flatteurs;
    ∎ she told him what she thought in no uncertain terms elle lui a dit carrément ce qu'elle pensait;
    ∎ he condemned the invasion in the strongest possible terms il a condamné l'invasion avec la dernière énergie
    (f) Mathematics & (in logic) terme m
    (g) Finance (of bill of exchange) (terme m d')échéance f;
    appeler, nommer;
    ∎ I wouldn't term it a scientific book exactly je ne dirais pas vraiment que c'est un livre scientifique;
    ∎ critics termed the play a total disaster les critiques ont qualifié la pièce d'échec complet
    (a) (conditions → of employment) conditions fpl; (→ of agreement, contract) termes mpl;
    ∎ under the terms of the agreement selon les termes de l'accord;
    ∎ Law terms and conditions of sale/of employment conditions fpl de vente/d'emploi;
    ∎ what are the inquiry's terms of reference? quelles sont les attributions ou quel est le mandat de la commission d'enquête?;
    ∎ what are your terms? quelles sont vos conditions?;
    ∎ to dictate terms to sb imposer des conditions à qn;
    ∎ she would only accept on her own terms elle n'était disposée à accepter qu'après avoir posé ses conditions;
    ∎ not on any terms à aucun prix, à aucune condition
    ∎ we must think in less ambitious terms il faut voir moins grand;
    ∎ he refuses to consider the question in international terms il refuse d'envisager la question d'un point de vue international;
    ∎ in personal terms, it was a disaster sur le plan personnel, c'était une catastrophe;
    ∎ in financial terms financièrement parlant, en matière de finance
    (c) (rates, tariffs) conditions fpl, tarifs mpl;
    ∎ we offer easy terms nous proposons des facilités de paiement;
    ∎ on easy terms avec facilités de paiement;
    ∎ weekly terms (in hotel) tarifs mpl à la semaine;
    ∎ special terms for families tarifs mpl spéciaux pour les familles
    ∎ to be on good terms with sb être en bons termes avec qn;
    ∎ we're on the best of terms nous sommes en excellents termes;
    ∎ we remained on friendly terms nos relations sont restées amicales;
    ∎ on equal terms d'égal à égal;
    ∎ they're no longer on speaking terms ils ne se parlent plus
    (e) (agreement) accord m;
    ∎ to make terms or to come to terms with sb arriver à ou conclure un accord avec qn
    ∎ to come to terms with sth se résigner à qch, arriver à accepter qch;
    ∎ she'll have to come to terms with her problems eventually tôt ou tard elle devra faire face à ses problèmes
    en ce qui concerne, pour ce qui est de;
    ∎ in terms of profits, we're doing well pour ce qui est des bénéfices, tout va bien;
    ∎ I was thinking more in terms of a Jaguar je pensais plutôt à une Jaguar;
    ∎ we really should be thinking more in terms of foreign competition il nous faudrait davantage tenir compte de ou penser davantage à la concurrence étrangère
    ►► Finance term bill effet m à terme;
    Finance terms of credit conditions fpl de crédit;
    Finance term day (jour m du) terme m;
    Finance term deposit dépôt m à terme;
    Finance term draft traite f à terme;
    Finance terms of exchange termes mpl d'échange;
    term insurance assurance f à terme;
    Finance term loan (money lent) prêt m à terme (fixe); (money borrowed) emprunt m à terme (fixe);
    term of notice période f de préavis;
    American School & University term paper dissertation f trimestrielle;
    terms of payment modalités fpl de paiement, conditions fpl ou termes mpl de paiement;
    Economics terms of trade termes mpl de l'échange

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  • 7 term

    /tə:m/ * danh từ - hạn, giới hạn, định hạn =to set a term to one's expenses+ giới hạn việc tiêu pha của mình - thời hạn, kỳ hạn =a term of imprisonment+ hạn tù =term of office+ nhiệm kỳ, thời gian tại chức =to have reached her term+ đến kỳ ở cữ (đàn bà) - phiên (toà), kỳ học, quý, khoá =the beginning of term+ bắt đầu kỳ học =Michaelmas (Hilary, Easter, Trinity) term+ kỳ học mùa thu (mùa đông, mùa xuân, mùa hạ) - (số nhiều) điều kiện, điều khoản =the terms of a treaty+ những điều khoản của một hiệp ước =not on any terms+ không với bất cứ một điều kiện nào =to dictate terms+ bắt phải chịu những điều kiện =to make terms with+ thoả thuận với, ký kết với - (số nhiều) giá, điều kiện =on easy terms+ với điều kiện trả tiền dễ dãi =on moderate terms+ với giá phải chăng - (số nhiều) quan hệ, sự giao thiệp, sự giao hảo, sự đi lại =to be on good terms with someone+ có quan hệ tốt với ai =to be on speaking terms with someone+ quen biết ai có thể chuyện trò với nhau được; có quan hệ đi lại với ai, giao thiệp với ai - thuật ngữ =technical term+ thuật ngữ kỹ thuật - (số nhiều) lời lẽ, ngôn ngữ =in set terms+ bằng những lời lẽ dứt khoát rõ ràng =in terms of praise+ bằng những lời khen ngợi - (toán học) số hạng * ngoại động từ - gọi, đặt tên là, chỉ định; cho là =he terms himself a doctor+ hắn tự xưng là bác sĩ

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  • 8 Creativity

       Put in this bald way, these aims sound utopian. How utopian they areor rather, how imminent their realization-depends on how broadly or narrowly we interpret the term "creative." If we are willing to regard all human complex problem solving as creative, then-as we will point out-successful programs for problem solving mechanisms that simulate human problem solvers already exist, and a number of their general characteristics are known. If we reserve the term "creative" for activities like discovery of the special theory of relativity or the composition of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony, then no example of a creative mechanism exists at the present time. (Simon, 1979, pp. 144-145)
       Among the questions that can now be given preliminary answers in computational terms are the following: how can ideas from very different sources be spontaneously thought of together? how can two ideas be merged to produce a new structure, which shows the influence of both ancestor ideas without being a mere "cut-and-paste" combination? how can the mind be "primed," so that one will more easily notice serendipitous ideas? why may someone notice-and remember-something fairly uninteresting, if it occurs in an interesting context? how can a brief phrase conjure up an entire melody from memory? and how can we accept two ideas as similar ("love" and "prove" as rhyming, for instance) in respect of a feature not identical in both? The features of connectionist AI models that suggest answers to these questions are their powers of pattern completion, graceful degradation, sensitization, multiple constraint satisfaction, and "best-fit" equilibration.... Here, the important point is that the unconscious, "insightful," associative aspects of creativity can be explained-in outline, at least-by AI methods. (Boden, 1996, p. 273)
       There thus appears to be an underlying similarity in the process involved in creative innovation and social independence, with common traits and postures required for expression of both behaviors. The difference is one of product-literary, musical, artistic, theoretical products on the one hand, opinions on the other-rather than one of process. In both instances the individual must believe that his perceptions are meaningful and valid and be willing to rely upon his own interpretations. He must trust himself sufficiently that even when persons express opinions counter to his own he can proceed on the basis of his own perceptions and convictions. (Coopersmith, 1967, p. 58)
       he average level of ego strength and emotional stability is noticeably higher among creative geniuses than among the general population, though it is possibly lower than among men of comparable intelligence and education who go into administrative and similar positions. High anxiety and excitability appear common (e.g. Priestley, Darwin, Kepler) but full-blown neurosis is quite rare. (Cattell & Butcher, 1970, p. 315)
       he insight that is supposed to be required for such work as discovery turns out to be synonymous with the familiar process of recognition; and other terms commonly used in the discussion of creative work-such terms as "judgment," "creativity," or even "genius"-appear to be wholly dispensable or to be definable, as insight is, in terms of mundane and well-understood concepts. (Simon, 1989, p. 376)
       From the sketch material still in existence, from the condition of the fragments, and from the autographs themselves we can draw definite conclusions about Mozart's creative process. To invent musical ideas he did not need any stimulation; they came to his mind "ready-made" and in polished form. In contrast to Beethoven, who made numerous attempts at shaping his musical ideas until he found the definitive formulation of a theme, Mozart's first inspiration has the stamp of finality. Any Mozart theme has completeness and unity; as a phenomenon it is a Gestalt. (Herzmann, 1964, p. 28)
       Great artists enlarge the limits of one's perception. Looking at the world through the eyes of Rembrandt or Tolstoy makes one able to perceive aspects of truth about the world which one could not have achieved without their aid. Freud believed that science was adaptive because it facilitated mastery of the external world; but was it not the case that many scientific theories, like works of art, also originated in phantasy? Certainly, reading accounts of scientific discovery by men of the calibre of Einstein compelled me to conclude that phantasy was not merely escapist, but a way of reaching new insights concerning the nature of reality. Scientific hypotheses require proof; works of art do not. Both are concerned with creating order, with making sense out of the world and our experience of it. (Storr, 1993, p. xii)
       The importance of self-esteem for creative expression appears to be almost beyond disproof. Without a high regard for himself the individual who is working in the frontiers of his field cannot trust himself to discriminate between the trivial and the significant. Without trust in his own powers the person seeking improved solutions or alternative theories has no basis for distinguishing the significant and profound innovation from the one that is merely different.... An essential component of the creative process, whether it be analysis, synthesis, or the development of a new perspective or more comprehensive theory, is the conviction that one's judgment in interpreting the events is to be trusted. (Coopersmith, 1967, p. 59)
       In the daily stream of thought these four different stages [preparation; incubation; illumination or inspiration; and verification] constantly overlap each other as we explore different problems. An economist reading a Blue Book, a physiologist watching an experiment, or a business man going through his morning's letters, may at the same time be "incubating" on a problem which he proposed to himself a few days ago, be accumulating knowledge in "preparation" for a second problem, and be "verifying" his conclusions to a third problem. Even in exploring the same problem, the mind may be unconsciously incubating on one aspect of it, while it is consciously employed in preparing for or verifying another aspect. (Wallas, 1926, p. 81)
       he basic, bisociative pattern of the creative synthesis [is] the sudden interlocking of two previously unrelated skills, or matrices of thought. (Koestler, 1964, p. 121)
        11) The Earliest Stages in the Creative Process Involve a Commerce with Disorder
       Even to the creator himself, the earliest effort may seem to involve a commerce with disorder. For the creative order, which is an extension of life, is not an elaboration of the established, but a movement beyond the established, or at least a reorganization of it and often of elements not included in it. The first need is therefore to transcend the old order. Before any new order can be defined, the absolute power of the established, the hold upon us of what we know and are, must be broken. New life comes always from outside our world, as we commonly conceive that world. This is the reason why, in order to invent, one must yield to the indeterminate within him, or, more precisely, to certain illdefined impulses which seem to be of the very texture of the ungoverned fullness which John Livingston Lowes calls "the surging chaos of the unexpressed." (Ghiselin, 1985, p. 4)
       New life comes always from outside our world, as we commonly conceive our world. This is the reason why, in order to invent, one must yield to the indeterminate within him, or, more precisely, to certain illdefined impulses which seem to be of the very texture of the ungoverned fullness which John Livingston Lowes calls "the surging chaos of the unexpressed." Chaos and disorder are perhaps the wrong terms for that indeterminate fullness and activity of the inner life. For it is organic, dynamic, full of tension and tendency. What is absent from it, except in the decisive act of creation, is determination, fixity, and commitment to one resolution or another of the whole complex of its tensions. (Ghiselin, 1952, p. 13)
       [P]sychoanalysts have principally been concerned with the content of creative products, and with explaining content in terms of the artist's infantile past. They have paid less attention to examining why the artist chooses his particular activity to express, abreact or sublimate his emotions. In short, they have not made much distinction between art and neurosis; and, since the former is one of the blessings of mankind, whereas the latter is one of the curses, it seems a pity that they should not be better differentiated....
       Psychoanalysis, being fundamentally concerned with drive and motive, might have been expected to throw more light upon what impels the creative person that in fact it has. (Storr, 1993, pp. xvii, 3)
       A number of theoretical approaches were considered. Associative theory, as developed by Mednick (1962), gained some empirical support from the apparent validity of the Remote Associates Test, which was constructed on the basis of the theory.... Koestler's (1964) bisociative theory allows more complexity to mental organization than Mednick's associative theory, and postulates "associative contexts" or "frames of reference." He proposed that normal, non-creative, thought proceeds within particular contexts or frames and that the creative act involves linking together previously unconnected frames.... Simonton (1988) has developed associative notions further and explored the mathematical consequences of chance permutation of ideas....
       Like Koestler, Gruber (1980; Gruber and Davis, 1988) has based his analysis on case studies. He has focused especially on Darwin's development of the theory of evolution. Using piagetian notions, such as assimilation and accommodation, Gruber shows how Darwin's system of ideas changed very slowly over a period of many years. "Moments of insight," in Gruber's analysis, were the culminations of slow long-term processes.... Finally, the information-processing approach, as represented by Simon (1966) and Langley et al. (1987), was considered.... [Simon] points out the importance of good problem representations, both to ensure search is in an appropriate problem space and to aid in developing heuristic evaluations of possible research directions.... The work of Langley et al. (1987) demonstrates how such search processes, realized in computer programs, can indeed discover many basic laws of science from tables of raw data.... Boden (1990a, 1994) has stressed the importance of restructuring the problem space in creative work to develop new genres and paradigms in the arts and sciences. (Gilhooly, 1996, pp. 243-244; emphasis in original)

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  • 9 term

    1. [tɜ:m] n
    1. 1) период, срок; время; продолжительность

    the Labour Party tried to achieve this during its various terms of office - лейбористская партия пыталась добиться этого в периоды своего пребывания у власти

    for (the) term of (one's) life - на всю жизнь, пожизненно

    2) срок тюремного заключения
    3) срок квартальных платежей
    2. 1) семестр, четверть

    Lady day /spring/ term - весенний семестр ( с 25 марта по 24 июня)

    midsummer /summer/ term - летний семестр ( с 24 июня по 29 сентября)

    Michaelmas /autumn/ term - осенний семестр ( с 29 сентября по 25 декабря)

    Christmas /winter/ term - зимний семестр ( с 25 декабря по 25 марта)

    in term (time), during term - в течение /в ходе/ семестра

    to keep terms - заниматься, посещать занятия [ср. тж. 4]

    2) триместр

    autumn [winter, spring] term - осенний [зимний, весенний] триместр

    3) сессия (судебная и т. п.)
    3. обыкн. pl
    1) условия

    terms of payment [of an agreement, of a treaty] - условия оплаты [соглашения, договора]

    by the terms of article 50 - по условиям /в силу/ статьи 50

    on /upon/ terms - а) на каких-л. условиях; on beneficial terms - на выгодных условиях; б) обсуждаемый; [ср. тж. 4]

    to dictate terms (to smb.) - диктовать (кому-л.) условия

    to have smth. on hire purchase terms - приобрести что-л. в кредит

    to come to terms with smb., to make terms with smb. - а) прийти к соглашению /договориться/ с кем-л.; б) принять чьи-л. условия; пойти на уступки; примириться с кем-л.; to come to terms with the inevitable - примириться с неизбежным; a man with whom we have yet to come to terms - человек, к которому нам нужно привыкнуть

    to bring smb. to terms - заставить кого-л. принять условия

    2) условия оплаты

    what are your terms? - каковы ваши условия?, сколько вы берёте?

    make /name/ your own terms - назовите вашу цену

    4. обыкн. pl отношения

    on terms - а) в дружеских отношениях; we are not on terms - мы не ладим (между собой); б) разг. на равных основаниях, на равной ноге; [ср. тж. 3, 1)]

    on /upon/ good [bad, friendly] terms - в хороших [в плохих, в дружеских] отношениях

    to be on visiting terms with smb. - быть в приятельских отношениях с кем-л.; бывать у кого-л., поддерживать знакомство с кем-л.

    to keep terms with smb. - иметь /вести/ дела с кем-л.; поддерживать отношения с кем-л. [ср. тж. 2, 1)]

    5. 1) термин

    technical [scientific] term - специальный [научный] термин

    term for smth. - термин для обозначения чего-л.

    contradiction in terms - противоречие в терминах; противоречивое утверждение

    2) выражение; слово

    a term of reproach - форма выражения упрёка; слово со значением упрёка

    6. pl выражения, язык, способ выражаться

    in set terms - определённо, ясно

    to express smth. in poetic [mathematical] terms - выразить что-л. поэтически /на языке поэзии/ [математически /на языке математики/]

    in broad terms the history of Shakespeare studies is familiar - в общем и целом /в общих чертах/ история изучения Шекспира известна

    I told him in no uncertain terms - я сказал ему совершенно определённо /недвусмысленно/

    how dare you address me in such terms? - как ты смеешь так со мной разговаривать?

    7. уст. граница, предел

    to set /to put/ a term to smth. - положить конец /поставить предел/ чему-л.

    8. уст.
    1) цель, конечная точка
    2) исходная, отправная точка; начало
    9. уст. назначенное время; срок
    10. юр.
    1) аренда на срок; срок выполнения обязательств
    2) назначенный день уплаты аренды (тж. term day)
    11. мед.
    1) нормальный период беременности; своевременное разрешение от бремени

    term infant - ребёнок, родившийся в срок

    to have reached (full) term - ≅ подошло время родов

    2) pl уст. менструация
    12. мат., лог. член, элемент; терм

    major [minor] term - предикат [субъект] суждения

    to bring /to reduce/ to its lowest terms - (предельно) упростить

    13. физ. энергетический уровень; терм
    14. архит. колонна со скульптурой, пьедестал с бюстом; терм

    ♢ terms of reference - а) круг ведения, мандат; компетенция; б) способ мыслить; философия; (теоретическая) модель; their terms of reference differ from ours - их мир /их шкала ценностей/ отличается от нашего /от нашей/

    in terms of - а) языком; in terms of approval - одобрительно; in terms of high praise - весьма похвально; б) в терминах; на языке, в переводе на язык; in terms of this theory - на языке /в терминах/ данной теории; to express one parameter in terms of another - выразить один параметр через другой; в) в смысле; с точки зрения; в отношении; в аспекте; в том, что касается; in terms of money - с корыстной точки зрения

    2. [tɜ:m] v
    выражать, называть

    I term it sheer nonsense - по-моему, это чистый вздор

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  • 10 ♦ term

    ♦ term /tɜ:m/
    n.
    1 termine; parola, vocabolo: He always uses the proper term, usa sempre la parola giusta; He used strong terms, disse delle parole grosse; ( logica) the terms of a syllogism, i termini di un sillogismo; (mat.) This expression has four terms, quest'espressione ha quattro termini; scientific terms, termini scientifici; in plain terms, in parole povere; technical terms, termini tecnici; voci tecniche; to speak in general terms, parlare in modo vago; to speak in glowing terms, avere parole di caloroso apprezzamento; term of endearment, appellativo affettuoso; vezzeggiativo
    2 (pl.) rapporti; relazioni: to be on bad terms with sb., avere rapporti tesi con q.; on friendly terms, in rapporti di amicizia; to be on intimate terms with sb., essere intimo di q.; essere in intimità con q.; I am on good terms with him, sono in buoni rapporti con lui
    3 durata; periodo ( di tempo); trimestre scolastico; sessione: the term of an insurance policy, la durata d'una polizza assicurativa; (leg.) term of imprisonment, periodo di detenzione; pena detentiva; spring term, il secondo trimestre (scolastico)
    4 (polit., ecc.; = term of office) periodo di permanenza in carica; mandato: Thomas Jefferson was President of the USA for two successive terms, Thomas Jefferson fu Presidente degli USA per due mandati successivi
    5 (pl.) termini; condizioni; clausole: the terms of surrender, le condizioni di resa; terms of sale [payment], condizioni di vendita [pagamento]; the terms of a contract, i termini di un contratto; le condizioni contrattuali; on the usual terms, alle solite condizioni; the terms of a will, le clausole di un testamento; under the terms, secondo le clausole ( del contratto); to dictate the terms, dettare le condizioni; favourable terms, condizioni favorevoli
    6 (pl.) prezzi; tariffe
    7 (archeol.) termine; erma
    8 [u] (= full term) (med.) termine ( della gestazione): She had her baby at full term, ha portato la gravidanza a termine; to be near one's term, essere prossima al parto
    ● (fin.) term bill, cambiale (o tratta) a tempo vista □ term day, giorno di scadenza □ ( banca) term deposit, deposito a termine (o vincolato) □ (ass.) term insurance, assicurazione temporanea sulla vita □ ( banca) term loan, mutuo (o prestito) a termine (o rateizzato) □ ( Borsa) term settlement, liquidazione periodica □ (econ.) terms of trade, ragione di scambio □ to bring sb. to terms, ridurre q. alla ragione; convincere q. a venire a un accordo □ to come to terms with, accettare, farsi una ragione di (qc. di spiacevole o doloroso) □ in terms of, in termini di □ (leg.) to make terms, accordarsi □ not on any term, a nessun patto □ on equal terms, alla pari; su un piede d'eguaglianza □ to serve a term ( in prison), scontare una condanna (in carcere) □ We aren't on speaking terms, non ci parliamo; non ci rivolgiamo la parola.
    (to) term /tɜ:m/
    v. t.
    chiamare; definire; denominare; designare: A hybrid of a male ass and a mare is termed a mule, l'ibrido di un asino e una cavalla si chiama mulo
    ● He terms himself an artist, si autoproclama un artista.

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  • 11 term

    § ვადა; სემესტრი; ტერმინი; სახელდება, გამოხატვა
    §
    1 პირობა
    acceptable / unacceptable terms მისაღები / მიუღებელი პირობები
    ●●they came to terms შეთანხმებას მიაღწიეს
    2 ვადა
    term of office / lease თანამდებობაზე ყოფნის / იჯარის ვადა
    3 სასწავლო სემესტრი
    4 დამოკიდებულება
    to be on friendly / good / bad terms მეგობრულ / კარგ / ცუდ დამოკიდებულებაში ყოფნა
    to make terms with smb. შეთანხმება (შეთანხმდებიან)
    5 ტერმინი
    ●●she spoke of you in very flattering terms ძალიან გაქო
    in general / simple terms ზოგადად / მარტივად რომ ვთქვათ
    6 წოდება (უწოდებს)
    I term it a disgrace მე ამას უმსგავსობას / სამარცხვინოს ვუწოდებ
    long-term გრძელვადიანი, ხანგრძლივი
    we doubt the propriety of this term in this context ჩვენი აზრით, ეს სიტყვა ამ კონტექსში არ არის მართებული
    we are on intimate terms ახლო ურთიერთობა გვაქვს // ახლო მეგობრობა გვაკავშირებს
    to haggle over the terms პირობებზე კამათი / ვაჭრობა
    to be on friendly terms with smb.. ვინმესთან მეგობრული დამოკიდებულების ქონა

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  • 12 Historical Portugal

       Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.
       A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.
       Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140
       The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."
       In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.
       The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.
       Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385
       Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in
       Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.
       The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.
       Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580
       The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.
       The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.
       What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.
       By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.
       Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.
       The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.
       By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.
       In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.
       Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640
       Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.
       Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.
       On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.
       Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822
       Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.
       Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.
       In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the
       Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.
       Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.
       Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.
       Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910
       During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.
       Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.
       Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.
       Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.
       Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.
       As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.
       First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26
       Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.
       The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.
       Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.
       The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74
       During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."
       Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.
       For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),
       and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.
       The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.
       With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.
       During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.
       The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.
       At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.
       The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.
       Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76
       Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.
       Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.
       In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.
       In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.
       In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.
       The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until
       UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.
       Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000
       After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.
       From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.
       Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.
       Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.
       In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.
       In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.
       Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.
       Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.
       The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.
       Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.
       Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).
       All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.
       The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.
       After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.
       Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.
       Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.
       From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.
       Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.
       In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.
       An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

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    Multiple Entries: S.E.     SE     saber     se     ser     sé
    saber 1 sustantivo masculino knowledge;
    saber 2 ( conjugate saber) verbo transitivo 1
    a) ‹nombre/dirección/canción› to know;
    no lo sé I don't know; no sé cómo se llama I don't know his name; ¡yo qué sé! how (on earth) should I know! (colloq); que yo sepa as far as I know; sé algo de algo to know sth about sth; sé muy poco de ese tema I know very little about the subject; no sabe lo que dice he doesn't know what he's talking about sin que lo supiéramos without our knowing; ¡si yo lo hubiera sabido antes! if I had only known before!; ¡cómo iba yo a sé que …! how was I to know that …! 2 ( ser capaz de): ¿sabes nadar? can you swim?, do you know how to swim?; sabe escuchar she's a good listener; sabe hablar varios idiomas she can speak several languages verbo intransitivo
    ◊ ¿quién sabe? who knows?;
    sé de algo/algn to know of sth/sb; yo sé de un lugar donde te lo pueden arreglar I know of a place where you can get it fixed
    b) (tener noticias, enterarse):
    yo supe del accidente por la radio I heard about the accident on the radio
    a) ( tener sabor) (+ compl) to taste;
    ◊ sabe dulce/bien it tastes sweet/nice;
    sé a algo to taste of sth; no sabe a nada it doesn't taste of anything; sabe a podrido it tastes rotten
    b) ( causar cierta impresión): me sabe mal or no me sabe bien tener que decírselo I don't like having to tell him
    saberse verbo pronominal ( enf) ‹lección/poema› to know
    se pron pers 1 seguido de otro pronombre: sustituyendo a
    ◊ le, les: ya sé lo he dicho ( a él) I've already told him;
    ( a ella) I've already told her; (a usted, ustedes) I've already told you; ( a ellos) I've already told them; 2 ( en verbos pronominales):
    ◊ ¿no sé arrepienten? [ellos/ellas] aren't they sorry?;
    [ ustedes] aren't you sorry?; sé secó/secaron ( refl) he dried himself/they dried themselves; sé secó el pelo ( refl) she dried her hair; sé hizo un vestido ( refl) she made herself a dress; ( caus) she had a dress made; sé lo comió todo ( enf) he ate it all 3
    a) ( voz pasiva):
    ◊ sé oyeron unos gritos there were shouts, I (o we etc) heard some shouts;
    sé publicó el año pasado it was published last year
    b) ( impersonal):
    sé castigará a los culpables those responsible will be punished
    c) (en normas, instrucciones):
    ◊ ¿cómo sé escribe tu nombre? how is your name spelled?, how do you spell your name?;
    sé pica la cebolla bien menuda chop the onion finely
    ser ( conjugate ser) cópula 1 ( seguido de adjetivos) to be
    ◊ ser expresses identity or nature as opposed to condition or state, which is normally conveyed by estar. The examples given below should be contrasted with those to be found in estar 1 cópula 1 es bajo/muy callado he's short/very quiet;
    es sorda de nacimiento she was born deaf; es inglés/católico he's English/(a) Catholic; era cierto it was true; sé bueno, estate quieto be a good boy and keep still; que seas muy feliz I hope you'll be very happy; (+ me/te/le etc) ver tb imposible, difícil etc 2 ( hablando de estado civil) to be; es viuda she's a widow; ver tb estar 1 cópula 2 3 (seguido de nombre, pronombre) to be; ábreme, soy yo open the door, it's me 4 (con predicado introducido por `de'): soy de Córdoba I'm from Cordoba; es de los vecinos it belongs to the neighbors, it's the neighbors'; no soy de aquí I'm not from around here 5 (hipótesis, futuro): ¿será cierto? can it be true? verbo intransitivo 1
    b) (liter) ( en cuentos):
    ◊ érase una vez … once upon a time there was …
    2
    a) (tener lugar, ocurrir):
    ¿dónde fue el accidente? where did the accident happen?
    ◊ ¿qué habrá sido de él? I wonder what happened to o what became of him;
    ¿qué es de Marisa? (fam) what's Marisa up to (these days)? (colloq); ¿qué va a ser de nosotros? what will become of us? 3 ( sumar):
    ◊ ¿cuánto es (todo)? how much is that (altogether)?;
    son 3.000 pesos that'll be o that's 3,000 pesos; somos diez en total there are ten of us altogether 4 (indicando finalidad, adecuación) sé para algo to be for sth; ( en locs)
    ◊ a no ser que (+ subj) unless;
    ¿cómo es eso? why is that?, how come? (colloq); como/cuando/donde sea: tengo que conseguir ese trabajo como sea I have to get that job no matter what; hazlo como sea, pero hazlo do it any way o however you want but get it done; el lunes o cuando sea next Monday or whenever; puedo dormir en el sillón o donde sea I can sleep in the armchair or wherever you like o anywhere you like; de ser así (frml) should this be so o the case (frml); ¡eso es! that's it!, that's right!; es que …: ¿es que no lo saben? do you mean to say they don't know?; es que no sé nadar the thing is I can't swim; lo que sea: cómete una manzana, o lo que sea have an apple or something; estoy dispuesta a hacer lo que sea I'm prepared to do whatever it takes; o sea: en febrero, o sea hace un mes in February, that is to say a month ago; o sea que no te interesa in other words, you're not interested; o sea que nunca lo descubriste so you never found out; (ya) sea …, (ya) sea … either …, or …; sea como sea at all costs; sea cuando sea whenever it is; sea donde sea no matter where; sea quien sea whoever it is; si no fuera/hubiera sido por … if it wasn't o weren't/hadn't been for … ( en el tiempo) to be;
    ◊ ¿qué fecha es hoy? what's the date today?, what's today's date;
    serían las cuatro cuando llegó it must have been (about) four (o'clock) when she arrived; ver tb v impers sé v impers to be; sé v aux ( en la voz pasiva) to be; fue construido en 1900 it was built in 1900 ■ sustantivo masculino 1
    a) ( ente) being;
    ◊ sé humano/vivo human/living being
    b) (individuo, persona):
    2 ( naturaleza):
    sé see
    ◊ saber, ser

    saber sustantivo masculino knowledge, learning, information
    saber
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (una cosa) to know: no sé su dirección, I don't know her address
    para que lo sepas, for your information
    que yo sepa, as far as I know
    2 (hacer algo) to know how to: no sabe nadar, he can't swim
    3 (capacidad, destreza) sabe dibujar muy bien, he knows how to draw really well
    4 (comportarse, reaccionar) can: no sabe aguantar una broma, she can't take a joke
    no sabe perder, he's a bad loser
    5 (tener conocimientos elevados sobre una materia) sabe mucho de música, she knows a lot about music
    6 (enterarse) to learn, find out: lo llamé en cuanto lo supe, I called him as soon as I heard about it
    7 (estar informado) sabía que te ibas a retrasar, he knew that you were going to be late
    8 (imaginar) no sabes qué frío hacía, you can't imagine how cold it was
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (sobre una materia) to know [de, of]: sé de un restaurante buenísimo, I know of a very good restaurant
    2 (tener noticias) (de alguien por él mismo) to hear from sb (de alguien por otros) to have news of sb (de un asunto) to hear about sthg
    3 (tener sabor) to taste [a, of]: este guiso sabe a quemado, this stew tastes burnt
    4 (producir agrado o desagrado) to like, please: me supo mal que no viniera, it upset me that he didn't come Locuciones: el saber no ocupa lugar, you can never learn too much
    me ha sabido a poco, I couldn't get enough of it
    quién sabe, who knows
    vas a saber lo que es bueno, I'll show you what's what
    vete a saber, God knows
    a saber, namely
    se pron pers
    1 (reflexivo) 3ª pers sing (objeto directo) (a sí mismo) himself (a sí misma) herself: se cuida mucho, she takes good care of herself (un animal a sí mismo) itself (objeto indirecto) (a sí mismo) (for o to) himself (a sí misma) (for o to) herself (un animal a sí mismo) for o to itself: el león se lamía las heridas, the lion licked its wounds plural (objeto directo) (a sí mismos) themselves (indirecto) (for o to) themselves
    2 frml 2.ª pers sing (objeto directo) (a usted mismo) yourself plural (a ustedes mismos) yourselves: dejen de minusvalorarse, stop underestimating yourselves
    3 (recíproco) each other, one another: se adoran, they adore each other
    4 (impersonal) cualquiera se puede equivocar, anyone can make a mistake
    se puede ir en tren, you can go by train
    se prohíbe aparcar, parking is forbidden
    4 (pasiva) la casa se construyó en 1780, the house was built in 1780
    se pron pers
    1 (objeto indirecto) 3.ª persona sing (masculino) (to o for) him (femenino) (to o for) her (plural) (to o for) them: se lo dedicó a Carla, he dedicated it to Carla
    se lo deletreé, I spelt it for him
    se lo susurró al oído, he whispered it in her ear
    2 2.ª persona (a usted o ustedes) (to o for) you: no se lo reprocho, I don't reproach you
    ser
    I sustantivo masculino
    1 being: es un ser despreciable, he's despicable
    ser humano, human being
    ser vivo, living being
    2 (esencia) essence: eso forma parte de su ser, that is part of him
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (cualidad) to be: eres muy modesto, you are very modest
    2 (fecha) to be: hoy es lunes, today is Monday
    ya es la una, it's one o'clock
    3 (cantidad) eran unos cincuenta, there were about fifty people (al pagar) ¿cuánto es?, how much is it?
    son doscientas, it is two hundred pesetas Mat dos y tres son cinco, two and three make five
    4 (causa) aquella mujer fue su ruina, that woman was his ruin
    5 (oficio) to be a(n): Elvira es enfermera, Elvira is a nurse
    6 (pertenencia) esto es mío, that's mine
    es de Pedro, it is Pedro's
    7 (afiliación) to belong: es del partido, he's a member of the party
    es un chico del curso superior, he is a boy from the higher year
    8 (origen) es de Málaga, she is from Málaga
    ¿de dónde es esta fruta? where does this fruit come from?
    9 (composición, material) to be made of: este jersey no es de lana, this sweater is not (made of) wool
    10 ser de, (afinidad, comparación) lo que hizo fue de tontos, what she did was a foolish thing
    11 (existir) Madrid ya no es lo que era, Madrid isn't what it used to be
    12 (suceder) ¿qué fue de ella?, what became of her?
    13 (tener lugar) to be: esta tarde es el entierro, the funeral is this evening 14 ser para, (finalidad) to be for: es para pelar patatas, it's for peeling potatoes (adecuación, aptitud) no es una película para niños, the film is not suitable for children
    esta vida no es para ti, this kind of life is not for you
    15 (efecto) era para llorar, it was painful
    es (como) para darle una bofetada, it makes me want to slap his face
    no es para tomárselo a broma, it is no joke
    16 (auxiliar en pasiva) to be: fuimos rescatados por la patrulla de la Cruz Roja, we were rescued by the Red Cross patrol
    17 ser de (+ infinitivo) era de esperar que se marchase, it was to be expected that she would leave Locuciones: a no ser que, unless
    como sea, anyhow
    de no ser por..., had it not been for
    es más, furthermore
    es que..., it's just that...
    lo que sea, whatever
    o sea, that is (to say)
    sea como sea, in any case o be that as it may
    ser de lo que no hay, to be the limit 'sé' also found in these entries: Spanish: A - abalanzarse - abandonarse - abarcar - abaratarse - abastecimiento - abatirse - abogada - abogado - abrazarse - abuela - aburrida - aburrido - acabarse - acaramelada - acaramelado - acaso - acentuarse - acercarse - achacar - achantarse - achuchar - aclimatarse - acomodarse - acto - actual - acuerdo - acumularse - acusarse - adelantarse - adherirse - adivinarse - administración - admitir - adónde - adscribirse - afanarse - aferrarse - agachar - agarrar - aglomerarse - agradecer - ahorcarse - aire - alargarse - alejarse - alma - alquilar - alrededor - alta English: A - ablaze - abstain - accessible - acclaim - accomplished - account - account for - accustom - actual - actually - address - administration - admit - adrift - advance - advantage - adventure - advice - advise - after - after-sales - ago - agree - ahead - aid - alienate - alike - alive - all - almost - alone - already - also - alter - always - ambit - ambush - ammunition - anonymous - another - anticipate - antiquated - antisexist - antsy - applaud - approach - apt - archives - arguable
    SE
    tr[saʊɵ'iːst]
    (= southeast) SE
    ABBR
    = southeast SE
    * * *
    (= southeast) SE

    English-spanish dictionary > SE

  • 14 Silk Yarns

    Silk yarns are composed of a number of silk filaments twisted together, usually 8 to 12 to form a thread. The filaments have a natural coating of gum which gives strength and elasticity, but reduces lustre. The gum must be boiled off if lustre is wanted, which may be done either in the yarn state or when woven in cloth. Silk yarns are divided into two classes, " thrown silk" and " spun silk," the first being yarns that are made by the processes of reeling and throwing, and the second consisting of yarns spun from waste silk. Thrown Silk, or Net Silk comprises organzine and tram yarns, organzine being made from the most perfect cocoons and used for warps. Tram is made from the inferior cocoons and used as weft. All silk contains a proportion of natural gum, and the amount of gum removed give rise to the following terms: - Boiled-off Silk - Yarn which has had all the gum removed, and has the highest sheen (see Boiled-off). Hard Silk - Yarn that has not undergone any boiling-off process. Ecru Silk - Yarn boiled to remove about 3 per cent to 5 per cent of the gum by light washing in lukewarm water. Souple Silk - Yarn boiled to remove about one-sixth of the gum. Bengal Silk - See Bengal Silk. Berlin Silk - A silk yarn made for fancy hand work. It is produced by doubling from 4 to 8 twisted singles grege by a right-hand twist; then again doubling three of these with a left-hand twist. The thread is very round, smooth, and hard, also known as cordon-net. Blond Silk - A special silk yarn made by doubling three grege threads left-hand twist, then doubling three of these together with right-hand twist. Brights - Silk which has been entirely de-gummed in the skein and then dyed. Bourette, Bourrette Yarn - A low grade of silk yarn made from the waste produced by schappe spinning. Canton Silk - See Canton Silk. Chiffon Twist - Single raw silk threads, 50 or more turns per inch. Used for chiffons, crepe-de-chines, etc. Crepe-de-Chine - Hard twist tram silk, about 40 to 70 turns per inch. Made from 3 to 5 raw silk ends. Usually woven as weft. Crepe Georgette - Hard twist raw silk usually made from two threads 13/15 deniers, 50 or more turns, both right and left twist, used for crepe georgettes as warp and weft. Crepe Twist - This is tram silk hard twisted, having from 30 to 100 turns per inch. Used for making fabrics of a crepe character both all silk and mixtures. Cordonnet Silk - See Berlin Silk; also under Cordonnet. Eri Silk - A raw silk obtained from the wild silkworm " Attacus ricini." Flock Silk - A general term used to indicate silk yarns made from the outer uneven parts of the cocoon. Floss Silk - Used principally for embroidery purposes. It is a thrown silk and made by doubling two thick raw singles with right-hand twist together with a left-hand twist. Galette Silk - A coarse silk yarn made from waste. Grenadine Silk - Organzine silk with a large number of turns per inch. Jaspe Silk - Silk warps printed in the hank. Ombre Silk - Skein dyed yarn in a gradation of shades, which run in sequence of depth of colour, varying from five up to forty shades. Schappe Silk - A spun silk yarn which is made from silk degummed by the maceration process used on the Continent (see Schappe Silk). Soie Ondee - See Soie Ondee. Silk Yarns - In addition to the foregoing yarns see under the following terms for further silk yarns: - Cable, Cevennes, Chappe, Chine, Clochepeid, Crocheting, Crue (see Ecru), Cuite Cusier, Cusirino, Degummed, Docken, Doup-pion. Ecru, Embroidery, Etschingo, Filature, Filature a 1'Europeune, Filet, Florette, Fringe, Goffered, Grege, Gum Hainin, Hard, Kahing, Knitting, Lousy, Marabout, Maybasch, Melange, Mele, Mi-cuit, Minchcw, Nett, Noil, Organzine, Ouvrees, Oval, Pearlina, Pel, Pelo, Poie, Pure dye Silk, Raw (see Grege), Re-reels, Retorse, Senegal, Sewing, Simonita, Soft Singles, Soie Ondee, Souple, Spun, Steeped, Strafilato, Stumba, Thrown, Tors San File, Tram, Tramette, Tsatlees, Tussah, Twist, Washed, Zaguri.

    Dictionary of the English textile terms > Silk Yarns

  • 15 fighting

    ˈfaɪtɪŋ
    1. сущ. бой, сражение;
    битва, борьба, война, драка bitter, fierce, hard, heavy ≈ жестокое сражение clean fighting ≈ честный бой dirty fighting ≈ нечестный бой fighting breaks out, rages ≈ бой разражается hand-to-hand fighting house-to-house fighting Syn: battle, scuffle
    2. прил. боевой fighting arm fighting machine fighting fund бой, сражение - hand-to-hand * рукопашный бой - street * уличные бои - house-to-house * борьба за каждый дом - he did not do any * он не сражался /не участвовал в боях/ схватка;
    бой;
    драка - * at close quarters ближний бой (бокс) борьба > * the problem (американизм) (политика) уклонение от решительных действий;
    отговорки, уклончивость воинственный, боевой - * speech воинственная речь - to be on * terms with smb. быть на ножах с кем-л. (военное) боевой - * qualities боевые качества, боевая характеристика - * compartment боевое отделение - * troops строевые части - * retreat отход с боем - * efficiency боеспособность - * method метод ведения боевых действий fighting pres. p. от fight ~ боевой;
    fighting arm род войск;
    fighting machine ав. боевая машина;
    самолет-истребитель;
    fighting fund боевой фонд, избирательный фонд (политической партии) ~ бой, сражение;
    драка, борьба;
    house-to-house fighting борьба за каждый дом;
    street fighting уличные бои ~ боевой;
    fighting arm род войск;
    fighting machine ав. боевая машина;
    самолет-истребитель;
    fighting fund боевой фонд, избирательный фонд (политической партии) ~ боевой;
    fighting arm род войск;
    fighting machine ав. боевая машина;
    самолет-истребитель;
    fighting fund боевой фонд, избирательный фонд (политической партии) ~ боевой;
    fighting arm род войск;
    fighting machine ав. боевая машина;
    самолет-истребитель;
    fighting fund боевой фонд, избирательный фонд (политической партии) ~ бой, сражение;
    драка, борьба;
    house-to-house fighting борьба за каждый дом;
    street fighting уличные бои house-to-house: house-to-house: ~ fighting уличный бой;
    house-to-house canvassing обход избирателей (с целью агитации за кандидата) ~ бой, сражение;
    драка, борьба;
    house-to-house fighting борьба за каждый дом;
    street fighting уличные бои street: street: ~ attr. уличный;
    street fighting уличные бои;
    street cries крики разносчиков

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > fighting

  • 16 fighting

    1. [ʹfaıtıŋ] n
    1) бой, сражение

    he did not do any fighting - он не сражался /не участвовал в боях/

    2) схватка; бой; драка
    3) борьба

    ♢ fighting the problem - амер. полит. уклонение от решительных действий; отговорки, уклончивость

    2. [ʹfaıtıŋ] a
    1) воинственный, боевой

    fighting speech [policy] - воинственная речь [политика]

    to be on fighting terms with smb. - быть на ножах с кем-л.

    2) воен. боевой

    fighting qualities - боевые качества, боевая характеристика

    НБАРС > fighting

  • 17 delivery

    сущ.
    1)
    а) торг., связь поставка, доставка (заказанных товаров, периодических изданий, писем и др.)

    pattern of message delivery — схема [модель\] доставки сообщения

    ATTRIBUTES:

    scheduled delivery — плановая поставка, поставка по графику

    COMBS:

    conditions of delivery, terms of delivery — условия поставки

    date of delivery — дата доставки [поставки\]

    cost of delivery — стоимость доставки [поставки\]

    time of delivery, life of delivery — срок поставки

    guarantee of delivery — обеспечение [гарантия\] доставки

    point of delivery — пункт назначения доставки; место поставки

    frequency of delivery — периодичность поставок; частота поставок

    on delivery — по доставке; при доставке

    collect [payment, pay, cash\] on delivery — наложенный платеж, оплата при доставке

    for delivery — на доставку [поставку\]; за доставку [поставку\]; к доставке [поставке\]

    charges for delivery — затраты на доставку; плата за доставку

    delivery by — доставка (чем-л., кем-л.)

    delivery by air — воздушная доставка, доставка по воздуху

    to take delivery — принимать поставку (чего-л.)

    We took delivery of three more Boeing 737s in February. — В феврале нам поставили еще три самолета Боинг 737.

    to delay delivery — задерживать поставку [доставку\]

    We do not assume any liability for delays in or failure to make delivery due to conditions over which we have no control. — Мы не принимаем на себя ответственности за задержку и невыполнение поставки по независящим от нас причинам.

    See:
    б) юр., торг. поставка (передача от продавца к покупателю прав владения товарами, имуществом, финансовыми инструментами и т. д.; согласно определению Единообразного торгового кодекса США: добровольная передача от продавца к покупателю права владения финансовым инструментом, товарораспорядительным документом, бумагой, удостоверяющей интерес в движимом имуществе; согласно британскому закону "О продаже товаров" от 1979 г.: добровольная передача права владения товарами от продавца покупателю)
    See:
    в) бирж. (товаров, ценных бумаг, напр., по фьючерсному контракту)
    2) торг., связь поставляемые [доставленные\] товары; доставленная корреспонденция
    3) эк., юр. вручение, передача (документа) (часто требуется для вступления в силу передаваемого документа; напр., физическая передача страхового полиса страхуемому)

    delivery of patent — выдача патента; вручение патента

    See:
    4)
    а) общ. исполнение, обеспечение, предоставление (услуги, информации)

    Integrated Food Safety Information Delivery System — Интегрированная система предоставления информации о безопасности пищевых продуктов

    See:
    б) тех., c.-х. питание (током и т. п.), снабжение (водой и т. п.), подача (угля и т. п.)

    delivery at fixed intervals — подача (напр., воды) по графику

    See:
    5) общ. передача, выдача (напр., преступника государству и т. п.)

    * * *
    поставка: 1) поставка или получение конкретного финансового инструмента в случае исполнения срочного биржевого контракта; 2) передача ценной бумаги новому владельцу.
    * * *
    . 1) передача товара покупателю; 2) вид договора купли-продажи, по которому поставщик (продавец, изготовитель или коммерческий посредник) обязуется в установленный договором срок передать потребителю (покупателю) в собственность продукцию, предназначенную для его хозяйственной деятельности; 3) на бирже - прекращение обязательств по фьючерсному контракту путем передачи покупателю реального товара. . The transfer of the cash commodity from the seller of a futures contract to the buyer of a futures contract. Each futures exchange has specific procedures for delivery of a cash commodity. Some futures contracts, such as stock index contracts, are cash settled. Словарь экономических терминов 1 .
    * * *
    Ценные бумаги/Биржевая деятельность
    прекращение обязательств по фьючерсному контракту путем предложения реального товара

    Англо-русский экономический словарь > delivery

  • 18 serve

    1. transitive verb
    1) (work for) dienen (+ Dat.)
    2) (be useful to) dienlich sein (+ Dat.)

    this car served us well — dieses Auto hat uns gute Dienste getan

    if my memory serves me right — wenn mich mein Gedächtnis nicht täuscht

    3) (meet needs of) nutzen (+ Dat.)

    serve a/no purpose — einen Zweck erfüllen/keinen Zweck haben

    serve its purpose or turn — seinen Zweck erfüllen

    4) (go through period of) durchlaufen [Lehre]; absitzen, verbüßen [Haftstrafe]

    serve [one's] time — (undergo apprenticeship) seine Lehrzeit durchmachen; (undergo imprisonment) seine Zeit absitzen

    5) (dish up) servieren; (pour out) einschenken (to Dat.)
    6) (render obedience to) dienen (+ Dat.) [Gott, König, Land]
    7) (attend) bedienen
    8) (supply) versorgen

    serves three — (in recipe) für drei Personen od. Portionen

    9) (provide with food) bedienen
    10) (make legal delivery of) zustellen
    11) (Tennis etc.) aufschlagen
    12)

    serve[s] or it serves him right! — (coll.) [das] geschieht ihm recht!

    2. intransitive verb
    1) (do service) dienen

    serve as chairman — das Amt des Vorsitzenden innehaben

    serve on a jury — Geschworener/Geschworene sein

    2) (be employed; be soldier etc.) dienen
    3) (be of use)

    serve to do something — dazu dienen, etwas zu tun

    serve for or as — dienen als

    5) (attend in shop etc.) bedienen
    6) (Eccl.) ministrieren
    7) (Tennis etc.) aufschlagen

    it's your turn to serve — du hast Aufschlag

    3. noun
    see academic.ru/66102/service">service 1. 8)
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    [sə:v] 1. verb
    1) (to work for a person etc eg as a servant: He served his master for forty years.) servieren
    2) (to distribute food etc or supply goods: She served the soup to the guests; Which shop assistant served you (with these goods)?) dienen
    3) (to be suitable for a purpose: This upturned bucket will serve as a seat.) dienen
    4) (to perform duties, eg as a member of the armed forces: He served (his country) as a soldier for twenty years; I served on the committee for five years.) dienen
    5) (to undergo (a prison sentence): He served (a sentence of) six years for armed robbery.) absitzen
    6) (in tennis and similar games, to start the play by throwing up the ball etc and hitting it: He served the ball into the net; Is it your turn to serve?) aufschlagen
    2. noun
    (act of serving (a ball).) der Aufschlag
    - server
    - serving
    - it serves you right
    - serve an apprenticeship
    - serve out
    - serve up
    * * *
    [sɜ:v, AM sɜ:rv]
    I. n (in tennis, etc.) Aufschlag m; (in volleyball) Angabe f
    II. vt
    ▪ to \serve sb jdn bedienen
    are you being \served, madam? werden Sie schon bedient, gnädige Frau?
    2. (present food, drink)
    ▪ to \serve sth etw servieren [o geh auftragen]; (make ready to eat) etw anrichten
    what's a good wine to \serve with this dish? welchen Wein kann man zu diesem Gericht reichen?
    dinner is \served es ist angerichtet
    to \serve alcohol Alkohol ausschenken
    to \serve a meal ein Essen servieren
    3. (be enough for)
    ▪ to \serve sb für jdn reichen
    all recipes will \serve 4 to 5 people alle Rezepte ergeben 4 bis 5 Portionen
    4. (work for)
    ▪ to \serve sth einer S. dat dienen; (stronger) einer S. dat treue Dienste erweisen
    she \served the church faithfully for many years sie war jahrelang im Dienst der Kirche aktiv
    to \serve sb's interests jds Interessen dienen
    to \serve the public im Dienste der Öffentlichkeit stehen
    5. (complete due period)
    ▪ to \serve sth etw ableisten
    to \serve one's apprenticeship seine Lehrzeit absolvieren
    to \serve five years as president eine fünfjährige Amtszeit als Präsident/Präsidentin durchlaufen
    to \serve time/a sentence LAW eine Haftstrafe verbüßen [o fam absitzen]
    to \serve terms in office Amtszeiten durchlaufen
    ▪ to \serve sth etw versorgen
    7. (perform a function)
    to \serve a purpose einen Zweck erfüllen
    this does not \serve any useful purpose das hat keinen praktischen Wert
    if my memory \serves me right wenn ich mich recht erinnere
    to \serve the ball Aufschlag haben; (in volleyball) Angabe haben
    9. LAW (formally deliver)
    ▪ to \serve sb with sth, to \serve sth on [or upon] sb jdm etw zustellen
    to \serve sb with papers jdm Papiere zustellen
    to \serve sb with a subpoena [or summons] [or writ] jdn vorladen
    10.
    ▶ to \serve time [for sth] ( fam) eine Haftstrafe [wegen einer S. gen] absitzen fam
    ▶ this \serves him right ( fam) das geschieht ihm recht
    III. vi
    1. (provide food, drink) servieren
    \serve hot or cold kalt oder warm servieren
    2. (work for) dienen
    ▪ to \serve as sth als etw fungieren
    she \served as an interpreter sie fungierte als Dolmetscherin
    ▪ to \serve on sth etw dat angehören
    to \serve in the army in der Armee dienen
    to \serve on a committee einem Ausschuss angehören
    to \serve on the council im Stadtrat sein, ÖSTERR, SCHWEIZ sitzen
    to \serve on a jury Geschworene(r) f(m) sein
    ▪ to \serve as [or for] sth als etw dienen
    are these boxes sturdy enough to \serve as tables? sind diese Kisten stabil genug, um als Tische zu dienen?
    to \serve as a reminder/warning als Erinnerung/Mahnung dienen
    4. (be acceptable) seinen Zweck erfüllen, gehen fam; (suffice) genügen; (be of use) helfen
    this old penknife will \serve dieses alte Taschenmesser tut's fam
    5. (in tennis, etc.) aufschlagen; (in volleyball) angeben
    * * *
    [sɜːv]
    1. vt
    1) (= work for) dienen (+dat); (= be of use) dienlich sein (+dat), nützen (+dat)

    he served his country/the company well — er hat sich um sein Land/die Firma verdient gemacht

    he has served our cause faithfully — er hat sich um unsere Sache verdient gemacht, er hat unserer Sache treue Dienste geleistet

    it serves no useful purpose —

    that will serve my needs — das ist genau (das), was ich brauche

    2) (= work out) abdienen, ableisten; term of office durchlaufen; apprenticeship durchmachen; sentence verbüßen, absitzen (inf)
    3) (= supply) transport, gas etc versorgen
    4) (in shop) bedienen

    to serve sb with 5 kilos of potatoes — jdm 5 kg Kartoffeln bringen or geben

    I'm being served, thank you — danke, ich werde schon bedient or ich bekomme schon (inf)

    5) (esp in restaurant) food, drink servieren; (= put on plate) aufgeben; guests bedienen; (waiter) bedienen, servieren (+dat); (= pour drink for) einschenken (+dat); wine etc einschenken; rations verteilen (to an +acc)

    dinner is served (butler) — das Essen or es ist aufgetragen; (host, hostess) darf ich zu Tisch bitten?

    "serves three" (on packet etc) — "(ergibt) drei Portionen"

    6) Mass, Communion ministrieren bei
    7) (TENNIS ETC) ball aufschlagen

    to serve a summons on sb, to serve sb with a summons — jdn vor Gericht laden

    9) (old: treat) behandeln

    to serve sb ill — jdm einen schlechten Dienst erweisen, jdm übel mitspielen

    it serves him right for being so greedy (inf) — das geschieht ihm ganz recht, was muss er auch so gierig sein!

    it would have served you right if... (inf) — es wäre dir ganz recht geschehen, wenn...

    10) (stallion etc) decken
    2. vi
    1) (= do duty) dienen
    2) (MIL) dienen
    3) (at table) aufgeben; (waiter, butler etc) servieren (at table bei Tisch)
    4)

    to serve as, to serve for — dienen als

    it serves to show/explain... — das zeigt/erklärt...

    these facts merely serve to prove my point — diese Fakten dienen lediglich dazu, mein Argument zu beweisen

    5) (ECCL) ministrieren
    Aufschlag m
    * * *
    serve [sɜːv; US sɜrv]
    A v/i
    1. dienen, Dienst tun ( beide auch MIL), im Dienst stehen, angestellt sein ( alle:
    with bei):
    serve under sb MIL unter jemandem dienen
    2. servieren, bedienen
    3. fungieren, amtieren ( beide:
    as als):
    serve on a committee einem Ausschuss angehören;
    serve on a jury als Geschworener fungieren
    4. dienen, nützen:
    it serves to do sth es dient dazu, etwas zu tun;
    it serves to show his cleverness daran kann man seine Klugheit erkennen
    5. genügen:
    it will serve das wird genügen oder den Zweck erfüllen;
    nothing serves but … hier hilft nichts als …
    6. günstig sein, passen:
    as occasion serves bei passender Gelegenheit
    7. dienen (as, for als):
    8. WIRTSCH bedienen:
    9. a) Tennis etc: aufschlagen, servieren:
    XY to serve Aufschlag XY;
    serve for the set (match) zum Satzgewinn (Matchgewinn) aufschlagen;
    serve to sb’s forehand ( into [ oder at] sb’s body) jemandem auf die Vorhand (auf den Körper) aufschlagen
    b) Volleyball: aufgeben
    10. KATH ministrieren
    B v/t
    1. jemandem, auch Gott, seinem Land etc dienen, im Dienst stehen bei: → memory 1
    2. jemandem dienlich sein, helfen (Person, Sache)
    3. seine Dienstzeit ( auch MIL) ableisten, seine Lehre machen, JUR (auch Eishockey etc) eine Strafe verbüßen, absitzen
    4. a) ein Amt innehaben, ausüben
    b) Dienst tun in (dat), ein Gebiet, einen Personenkreis betreuen, versorgen
    5. einer Sache, einem Zweck dienen, einer Sache nützen:
    serve its purpose seinen Zweck erfüllen (of als; in doing zu tun);
    it serves no purpose es dient keinem Zweck;
    serve some private ends privaten Zwecken dienen
    6. genügen (dat), (aus)reichen für:
    that is enough to serve us a month damit kommen wir einen Monat (lang) aus;
    “serves four” „ergibt vier Portionen“
    7. jemanden, auch WIRTSCH einen Kunden bedienen
    8. auch serve up Essen etc servieren, auftragen, reichen:
    dinner is served! es ist serviert oder angerichtet!;
    serve sth up fig umg etwas auftischen
    9. MIL ein Geschütz etc bedienen
    10. versorgen ( with mit):
    11. umg
    a) jemanden schändlich etc behandeln
    b) jemandem etwas zufügen:
    serve sb a trick jemandem einen Streich spielen;
    serve sb out es jemandem besorgen umg oder heimzahlen;
    (it) serves him right! (das) geschieht ihm ganz recht!
    12. befriedigen:
    serve one’s desire seiner Begierde frönen;
    serve the time sich der Zeit anpassen
    13. oft serve out aus-, verteilen
    14. ZOOL eine Stute etc decken
    15. Tennis etc: den Ball aufschlagen:
    serve an ace ein Ass servieren
    16. JUR jemandem eine Vorladung etc zustellen: → summons A 2, writ1 1
    17. TECH umwickeln
    18. SCHIFF das Tau bekleiden
    C s → service1 A 25
    * * *
    1. transitive verb
    1) (work for) dienen (+ Dat.)
    2) (be useful to) dienlich sein (+ Dat.)
    3) (meet needs of) nutzen (+ Dat.)

    serve a/no purpose — einen Zweck erfüllen/keinen Zweck haben

    serve its purpose or turn — seinen Zweck erfüllen

    4) (go through period of) durchlaufen [Lehre]; absitzen, verbüßen [Haftstrafe]

    serve [one's] time — (undergo apprenticeship) seine Lehrzeit durchmachen; (undergo imprisonment) seine Zeit absitzen

    5) (dish up) servieren; (pour out) einschenken (to Dat.)
    6) (render obedience to) dienen (+ Dat.) [Gott, König, Land]
    7) (attend) bedienen
    8) (supply) versorgen

    serves three — (in recipe) für drei Personen od. Portionen

    11) (Tennis etc.) aufschlagen
    12)

    serve[s] or it serves him right! — (coll.) [das] geschieht ihm recht!

    2. intransitive verb
    1) (do service) dienen

    serve on a jury — Geschworener/Geschworene sein

    2) (be employed; be soldier etc.) dienen

    serve to do something — dazu dienen, etwas zu tun

    serve for or as — dienen als

    5) (attend in shop etc.) bedienen
    6) (Eccl.) ministrieren
    7) (Tennis etc.) aufschlagen
    3. noun
    see service 1. 8)
    Phrasal Verbs:
    * * *
    n.
    Aufschlag (Tennis) m. v.
    aufschlagen (Tennis) v.
    bedienen v.
    dienen v.
    servieren v.

    English-german dictionary > serve

  • 19 serve

    [sɜ:v, Am sɜ:rv] n
    (in tennis, etc) Aufschlag m; ( in volleyball) Angabe f vt
    1) (in hotel, restaurant, shop)
    to \serve sb jdn bedienen;
    are you being \served, madam? werden Sie schon bedient, gnädige Frau?
    2) (present food, drink)
    to \serve sth etw servieren [o ( geh) auftragen]; ( make ready to eat) etw anrichten;
    what's a good wine to \serve with this dish? welchen Wein kann man zu diesem Gericht reichen?;
    dinner is \served es ist angerichtet;
    to \serve alcohol Alkohol ausschenken;
    to \serve a meal ein Essen servieren
    to \serve sb für jdn reichen;
    all recipes will \serve 4 to 5 people alle Rezepte ergeben 4 bis 5 Portionen
    4) ( work for)
    to \serve sth etw dat dienen;
    ( stronger) etw dat treue Dienste erweisen;
    she \served the church faithfully for many years sie war jahrelang im Dienst der Kirche aktiv;
    to \serve sb's interests jds Interessen dienen;
    to \serve the public im Dienste der Öffentlichkeit stehen
    to \serve sth etw ableisten;
    to \serve one's apprenticeship seine Lehrzeit absolvieren;
    to \serve five years as president eine fünfjährige Amtszeit als Präsident/Präsidentin durchlaufen;
    to \serve a prison sentence eine Haftstrafe absitzen ( fam)
    to \serve terms in office Amtszeiten fpl durchlaufen
    to \serve sth etw versorgen
    to \serve a purpose einen Zweck erfüllen;
    this does not \serve any useful purpose das hat keinen praktischen Wert;
    if my memory \serves me right wenn ich mich recht erinnere
    to \serve the ball Aufschlag haben;
    ( in volleyball) Angabe haben
    to \serve sb with sth;
    to \serve sth on [or upon] sb jdm etw zustellen;
    to \serve sb with papers jdm Papiere zustellen;
    to \serve sb with a subpoena [or summons] [or writ] law jdn vorladen
    PHRASES:
    to \serve time [for sth] ( fam) eine Haftstrafe [wegen einer S. gen] absitzen ( fam)
    this \serves him right ( fam) das geschieht ihm recht vi
    1) (provide food, drink) servieren;
    \serve hot or cold kalt oder warm servieren
    2) ( work for) dienen;
    to \serve as sth als etw fungieren;
    she \served as an interpreter sie fungierte als Dolmetscherin;
    to \serve on sth etw dat angehören;
    to \serve in the army in der Armee dienen;
    to \serve on a committee einem Ausschuss angehören;
    to \serve on the council im Stadtrat sein;
    to \serve on a jury Geschworene(r) f(m) sein
    3) ( function)
    to \serve as [or for] sth als etw dienen;
    are these boxes sturdy enough to \serve as tables? sind diese Kisten stabil genug, um als Tische zu dienen?;
    to \serve as a reminder/ warning als Erinnerung/Mahnung dienen
    4) ( be acceptable) seinen Zweck erfüllen, gehen ( fam) ( suffice) genügen;
    ( be of use) helfen;
    this old penknife will \serve dieses alte Taschenmesser tut's ( fam)
    5) (in tennis, etc.) aufschlagen;
    ( in volleyball) angeben

    English-German students dictionary > serve

  • 20 dead zone

    1. мертвая зона (в неразрушающем контроле)
    2. зона отсутствия связи
    3. зона нечувствительности
    4. застойная зона

     

    застойная зона
    —
    [А.С.Гольдберг. Англо-русский энергетический словарь. 2006 г.]

    Тематики

    EN

     

    зона нечувствительности
    Часть статической характеристики объекта, соответствующая ограниченному диапазону изменения его входных координат, в котором значения выходных координат практически не изменяются.
    [Сборник рекомендуемых терминов. Выпуск 107. Теория управления.
     Академия наук СССР. Комитет научно-технической терминологии. 1984 г.]

    зона нечувствительности
    Максимальный интервал изменения входного сигнала, в пределах которого выходной сигнал сохраняет свое значение неизменным.
    [ ГОСТ 9988-84]

    EN

    dead band
    dead zone
    finite range of values within which a variation of the input variable does not produce any measurable change in the output variable
    Note – When this type of characteristic is intentional, it is sometimes called a neutral zone.
    [IEV ref 351-24-14]

    FR

    zone d'insensibilité
    zone morte
    plage finie de valeurs à l’intérieur de laquelle une variation de la variable d'entrée n'entraîne pas de variation mesurable de la variable de sortie
    Note – Lorsqu'une caractéristique de ce genre a été introduite intentionnellement, on l'appelle parfois zone neutre.
    [IEV ref 351-24-14]

    Тематики

    • автоматизация, основные понятия

    EN

    DE

    • Totzone, f

    FR

     

    зона отсутствия связи
    мертвая зона
    Область, где отсутствует уверенный приём радиосигналов от передатчика базовой станции. Для перекрытия областей неуверенного приема обычно устанавливают дополнительные ретрансляторы.
    [Л.М. Невдяев. Телекоммуникационные технологии. Англо-русский толковый словарь-справочник. Под редакцией Ю.М. Горностаева. Москва, 2002]

    Тематики

    • электросвязь, основные понятия

    Синонимы

    EN

     

    мертвая зона
    Прилегающая к поверхности ввода зона, в которой подлежащие обнаружению несплошности не выявляются.
    [BS EN 1330-4:2000. Non-destructive testing - Terminology - Part 4: Terms used in ultrasonic testing].
    Единица измерения
    мм
    [Система неразрушающего контроля. Виды (методы) и технология неразрушающего контроля. Термины и определения (справочное пособие). Москва 2003 г.]

    Тематики

    • виды (методы) и технология неразр. контроля

    EN

    Англо-русский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > dead zone

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