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  • 1 rank

    I 1. [ræŋk] noun
    1) (a line or row (especially of soldiers or taxis): The officer ordered the front rank to fire.) rada
    2) ((in the army, navy etc) a person's position of importance: He was promoted to the rank of sergeant/colonel.) hodnosť
    3) (a social class: the lower social ranks.) trieda, vrstva
    2. verb
    (to have, or give, a place in a group, according to importance: I would rank him among our greatest writers; Apes rank above dogs in intelligence.) radiť (sa)
    II [ræŋk] adjective
    1) (complete; absolute: rank stupidity; The race was won by a rank outsider.) úplný
    2) (unpleasantly stale and strong: a rank smell of tobacco.) páchnuci, stuchnutý
    * * *
    • usporiadat
    • vrstva
    • vyslovený
    • zarastený
    • zapáchajúci
    • zjavný
    • živý
    • zamorený burinou
    • zhnitý
    • zoradovat sa
    • skupina
    • šarža
    • skazený
    • šík
    • smradlavý
    • sled
    • služobná hodnost
    • stanovisko autotaxi
    • stupen
    • trieda
    • úroven
    • dvojrad
    • hnusný
    • hnisavý
    • hnisajúci
    • kategória
    • hodnost
    • byt
    • bujný
    • rad
    • raziaci
    • pokazený
    • pokladat sa
    • poradie
    • postavenie
    • miesto
    • najhorší
    • ohavný
    • odporný
    • ocenit sa

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  • 2 level

    ['levl] 1. noun
    1) (height, position, strength, rank etc: The level of the river rose; a high level of intelligence.) úroveň; hladina
    2) (a horizontal division or floor: the third level of the multi-storey car park.) poschodie
    3) (a kind of instrument for showing whether a surface is level: a spirit level.) vodováha
    4) (a flat, smooth surface or piece of land: It was difficult running uphill but he could run fast on the level.) rovina
    2. adjective
    1) (flat, even, smooth or horizontal: a level surface; a level spoonful (= an amount which just fills the spoon to the top of the sides).) rovný
    2) (of the same height, standard etc: The top of the kitchen sink is level with the window-sill; The scores of the two teams are level.) rovnako vysoký, rovnaká úroveň
    3) (steady, even and not rising or falling much: a calm, level voice.) bezvýrazný
    3. verb
    1) (to make flat, smooth or horizontal: He levelled the soil.) vyrovnať
    2) (to make equal: His goal levelled the scores of the two teams.) vyrovnať
    3) ((usually with at) to aim (a gun etc): He levelled his pistol at the target.) namieriť
    4) (to pull down: The bulldozer levelled the block of flats.) vyrovnať
    - level crossing
    - level-headed
    - do one's level best
    - level off
    - level out
    - on a level with
    - on the level
    * * *
    • vodováha
    • vyrovnaný
    • vyrovnat
    • vyrovnávat
    • zacielit
    • zarovnat
    • zamierit
    • stupen
    • urobit rovnakým
    • úroven
    • prispôsobit
    • cielit
    • rovnaký
    • rovný
    • rovná plocha
    • rozumný
    • robit rovnakým
    • rozvážny
    • plochý
    • mierit
    • odstránit rozdiely

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  • 3 under

    1. preposition
    1) (in or to a position lower than, or covered by: Your pencil is under the chair; Strange plants grow under the sea.) pod
    2) (less than, or lower in rank than: Children under five should not cross the street alone; You can do the job in under an hour.) pod; do
    3) (subject to the authority of: As a foreman, he has about fifty workers under him.) pod
    4) (used to express various states: The fort was under attack; The business improved under the new management; The matter is under consideration/discussion.) pod, v
    2. adverb
    (in or to a lower position, rank etc: The swimmer surfaced and went under again; children aged seven and under.) dolu, menej
    * * *
    • za
    • stlmený
    • spodný
    • pri
    • dolný
    • dolu
    • pod
    • pod hladinou
    • podriadený
    • potlacený
    • kratší
    • menší
    • na úpätí
    • menej ako
    • nižší

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  • 4 elevate

    ['eliveit]
    1) (to raise to a higher position or to a higher rank etc: elevated to the post of manager.) povýšiť
    2) (to improve (a person's mind etc): an elevating book.) povzniesť
    - elevating
    - elevator
    * * *
    • zdvihnút
    • povýšit

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  • 5 restore

    [rə'sto:]
    1) (to repair (a building, a painting, a piece of furniture etc) so that it looks as it used to or ought to.) reštaurovať
    2) (to bring back to a normal or healthy state: The patient was soon restored to health.) uzdraviť
    3) (to bring or give back: to restore law and order; The police restored the stolen cars to their owners.) nastoliť, vrátiť
    4) (to bring or put (a person) back to a position, rank etc he once had: He was asked to resign but was later restored to his former job as manager.) znova uviesť
    - restorer
    * * *
    • uzdravovat
    • vrátit
    • vyliecit
    • vzkriesit
    • zreštaurovat
    • znovu zaviest
    • znovu dosadit
    • znovauložit
    • rekonštruovat
    • reštaurovat
    • renovovat
    • opravit
    • navrátit
    • obnovit

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  • 6 create

    [kri'eit]
    1) (to cause to exist; to make: How was the earth created?; The circus created great excitement.) (s)tvoriť; vyvolať
    2) (to give (a rank etc to): Sir John was created a knight in 1958.) menovať
    - creative
    - creatively
    - creativeness
    - creativity
    - creator
    - the Creator
    * * *
    • vytvorit
    • vytvárat
    • vyvolat
    • tvorit
    • pre vytvorenie

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  • 7 prestige

    [pre'sti:ʒ]
    (reputation or influence due to success, rank etc.) prestíž
    * * *
    • prestíž

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  • 8 upper

    1. adjective
    (higher in position, rank etc: the upper floors of the building; He has a scar on his upper lip.) horný
    2. noun
    ((usually in plural) the part of a shoe above the sole: There's a crack in the upper.) zvršok
    3. adverb
    (in the highest place or position: Thoughts of him were upper-most in her mind.) v popredí, navrchu
    - get/have the upper hand of/over someone
    - get/have the upper hand
    * * *
    • vrchný
    • vyšší
    • zvršok (topánky)
    • kabátik
    • horný
    • horný zub
    • horné lôžko

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  • 9 degrading

    adjective (tending to make lower in rank etc or to disgrace: a degrading occupation.) potupný

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  • 10 rise

    1. past tense - rose; verb
    1) (to become greater, larger, higher etc; to increase: Food prices are still rising; His temperature rose; If the river rises much more, there will be a flood; Her voice rose to a scream; Bread rises when it is baked; His spirits rose at the good news.) stúpať, vystupovať
    2) (to move upwards: Smoke was rising from the chimney; The birds rose into the air; The curtain rose to reveal an empty stage.) stúpať
    3) (to get up from bed: He rises every morning at six o'clock.) vstávať
    4) (to stand up: The children all rose when the headmaster came in.) vstať
    5) ((of the sun etc) to appear above the horizon: The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.) vychádzať
    6) (to slope upwards: Hills rose in the distance; The ground rises at this point.) dvíhať sa, vzpriamiť sa
    7) (to rebel: The people rose (up) in revolt against the dictator.) povstať, vzbúriť sa
    8) (to move to a higher rank, a more important position etc: He rose to the rank of colonel.) povýšiť
    9) ((of a river) to begin or appear: The Rhône rises in the Alps.) prameniť, začínať
    10) ((of wind) to begin; to become stronger: Don't go out in the boat - the wind has risen.) dvíhať sa; silnieť
    11) (to be built: Office blocks are rising all over the town.) vyrastať
    12) (to come back to life: Jesus has risen.) vstať z mŕtvych
    2. noun
    1) ((the) act of rising: He had a rapid rise to fame; a rise in prices.) vzostup
    2) (an increase in salary or wages: She asked her boss for a rise.) zvýšenie (platu)
    3) (a slope or hill: The house is just beyond the next rise.) návršie, kopec
    4) (the beginning and early development of something: the rise of the Roman Empire.) počiatok, vzostup
    3. adjective
    the rising sun; rising prices; the rising generation; a rising young politician.) vychádzajúci, stúpajúci, nastupujúci, nádejný
    - late riser
    - give rise to
    - rise to the occasion
    * * *
    • vstat
    • vdacne prijat
    • vzpriamit sa
    • vzchopit sa
    • vzniknút
    • vzdialenost od rozkroku p
    • vyvierat
    • vyplávat
    • vyplávanie k hladine
    • vzbúrit sa
    • vyjst
    • výstup
    • východ
    • vzostup
    • vyvýšenina
    • vyznamenat sa
    • vystupovat na hladinu
    • vznášat sa nahor
    • vykysnutie
    • vyskytnút sa
    • vzmáhat sa
    • vytiahnut sa
    • vzkriesenie
    • vynorit sa
    • výšinka
    • vychádzat
    • vyjst na obzor
    • zdvih
    • zdvíhat sa
    • zaciatok
    • zdroj
    • zbiehavost
    • zdraženie
    • zvýšenie hladiny
    • žriedlo
    • zosilnenie
    • zvýšenie
    • zosilnovanie
    • zvýšit sa
    • skoncit zasadanie
    • skocit na
    • stúpacia trubica
    • stúpnut
    • stúpat
    • stúpanie
    • stupnovat sa
    • stúpacka
    • urobit na povrchu
    • ukázat sa
    • ukázat sa schopný riešit
    • týcit sa
    • ukázat sa v práve
    • prihodit sa
    • prevyšovat
    • priplávat
    • prejavit nadšenie
    • prídavok
    • prilákat k hladine
    • dorást
    • dotiahnut
    • dosiahnut
    • íst nahor
    • kladne reagovat
    • kariéra
    • byt povznesený
    • cniet
    • pociatok
    • pahorok
    • plávat
    • postavit sa
    • pramenit
    • povýšenie
    • povstat
    • pôvod
    • pramen
    • postup
    • povzniest sa
    • kysnút
    • kopcek
    • kysnutie
    • malý kopec
    • naberat na intenzite
    • mohutniet
    • napriamit sa
    • naletiet
    • návršie
    • objavenie sa
    • odpovedat (niecomu)
    • nízky kopec
    • odmenit potleskom
    • objavit sa

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  • 11 stand

    [stænd] 1. past tense, past participle - stood; verb
    1) (to be in an upright position, not sitting or lying: His leg was so painful that he could hardly stand; After the storm, few trees were left standing.) stáť
    2) ((often with up) to rise to the feet: He pushed back his chair and stood up; Some people like to stand (up) when the National Anthem is played.) vstať
    3) (to remain motionless: The train stood for an hour outside Newcastle.) stáť
    4) (to remain unchanged: This law still stands.) platiť
    5) (to be in or have a particular place: There is now a factory where our house once stood.) stáť
    6) (to be in a particular state, condition or situation: As matters stand, we can do nothing to help; How do you stand financially?) stáť
    7) (to accept or offer oneself for a particular position etc: He is standing as Parliamentary candidate for our district.) kandidovať
    8) (to put in a particular position, especially upright: He picked up the fallen chair and stood it beside the table.) postaviť
    9) (to undergo or endure: He will stand (his) trial for murder; I can't stand her rudeness any longer.) stáť; zniesť
    10) (to pay for (a meal etc) for (a person): Let me stand you a drink!) zaplatiť
    2. noun
    1) (a position or place in which to stand ready to fight etc, or an act of fighting etc: The guard took up his stand at the gate; I shall make a stand for what I believe is right.) stanovisko; postoj
    2) (an object, especially a piece of furniture, for holding or supporting something: a coat-stand; The sculpture had been removed from its stand for cleaning.) stojan
    3) (a stall where goods are displayed for sale or advertisement.) stánok
    4) (a large structure beside a football pitch, race course etc with rows of seats for spectators: The stand was crowded.) tribúna
    5) ((American) a witness box in a law court.) svedecká lavica
    - standing 3. noun
    1) (time of lasting: an agreement of long standing.) trvajúci dlho
    2) (rank or reputation: a diplomat of high standing.) postavenie
    4. adjective
    ((of an airline passenger or ticket) costing or paying less than the usual fare, as the passenger does not book a seat for a particular flight, but waits for the first available seat.) náhradný
    5. adverb
    (travelling in this way: It costs a lot less to travel stand-by.) ako náhradník
    - standing-room
    - make someone's hair stand on end
    - stand aside
    - stand back
    - stand by
    - stand down
    - stand fast/firm
    - stand for
    - stand in
    - stand on one's own two feet
    - stand on one's own feet
    - stand out
    - stand over
    - stand up for
    - stand up to
    * * *
    • vanút
    • ustálit sa
    • vystavovat
    • vzdorovat
    • vylúhovat sa
    • zaplatit
    • zastavenie
    • zastávka
    • zniet
    • znášat
    • sledovat kurz
    • stojan
    • stát
    • stanovisko
    • stanovište
    • stolcek
    • stojaté postavenie
    • strpiet
    • statív
    • stoj
    • stánok
    • trvat
    • úroda
    • usadit sa
    • tribúna
    • pripustit
    • prenajímat
    • hladisko
    • držat
    • expozícia
    • hrat z ruky
    • byt zoradený
    • byt v platnosti
    • byt k dispozícii
    • byt stály
    • byt pripravený
    • byt situovaný
    • byt platný
    • celit
    • byt chovaný v stajni
    • byt vysoký
    • byt stojatý
    • rozkladat sa
    • regál
    • rozhodovat
    • platit
    • oplodnovat
    • pódium
    • podstavec
    • pozícia
    • policka
    • poloha
    • pozícia v stoji
    • podriadit sa
    • požiciavat
    • postavit
    • kúpit
    • kotvište
    • mat platnost
    • mat polohu
    • neblednút
    • nepúštat
    • natiahnut
    • obrana
    • odolat

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  • 12 equal

    ['i:kwəl] 1. adjective
    (the same in size, amount, value etc: four equal slices; coins of equal value; Are these pieces equal in size? Women want equal wages with men.) rovnaký
    2. noun
    (one of the same age, rank, ability etc: I am not his equal at running.) rovný (súper)
    3. verb
    (to be the same in amount, value, size etc: I cannot hope to equal him; She equalled his score of twenty points; Five and five equals ten.) rovnať sa
    - equalize
    - equalise
    - equally
    - equal to
    * * *
    • rovnaký
    • rovnat sa
    • rovný

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  • 13 strip

    [strip] 1. past tense, past participle - stripped; verb
    1) (to remove the covering from something: He stripped the old varnish off the wall; He stripped the branch (of its bark) with his knife.)
    2) (to undress: She stripped the child (naked) and put him in the bath; He stripped and dived into the water; They were told to strip to the waist.)
    3) (to remove the contents of (a house etc): The house/room was stripped bare / stripped of its furnishings; They stripped the house of all its furnishings.)
    4) (to deprive (a person) of something: The officer was stripped of his rank for misconduct.)
    2. noun
    1) (a long narrow piece of (eg cloth, ground etc): a strip of paper.) pruh, pás
    2) (a strip cartoon.) kreslený seriál
    3) (a footballer's shirt, shorts, socks etc: The team has a red and white strip.) dres
    - strip-lighting
    - strip-tease
    3. adjective
    a strip-tease show.) striptízový
    * * *
    • vylúpit
    • vystahovat
    • vyzliect (sa)
    • vykonávat striptíz
    • vziat
    • vydojit
    • vyvárat
    • zdemolovanie
    • zbavit rotácie
    • zbavit nepodstatných vecí
    • zodriet
    • zredukovat
    • zvliect sa
    • zoškrabat
    • znicenie
    • zvliect
    • svetelná batéria
    • stahovat
    • stiahnut
    • strhnút závit
    • trasa
    • demontovat bednenie
    • degradovat
    • demontovat
    • prúžok
    • rozobrat
    • pruh
    • pásik
    • ošklbat
    • páskový
    • pás ocele
    • pásový
    • pás
    • poškodenie
    • lišta
    • kreslený seriál
    • odmastovat
    • odfarbit
    • odniest
    • odhalit
    • odstranovat izoláciu
    • odstránit
    • obnažit sa
    • oddestilovat
    • odstranovat povlak
    • odobrat
    • obra
    • olúpit

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  • 14 first

    [fə:st] 1. adjective, adverb
    (before all others in place, time or rank: the first person to arrive; The boy spoke first.) prvý
    2. adverb
    (before doing anything else: `Shall we eat now?' `Wash your hands first!) najskôr
    3. noun
    (the person, animal etc that does something before any other person, animal etc: the first to arrive.) prvý
    - first aid
    - first-born
    - first-class
    - first-hand
    - first-rate
    - at first
    - at first hand
    - first and foremost
    - first of all
    * * *
    • vítazstvo
    • vytriedená ruda
    • výborná
    • základný
    • známka prvého stupna
    • skôr
    • spociatku
    • tovar prvej akosti
    • predovšetkým
    • predný
    • jednicka
    • budúci
    • ako prvý
    • prvé miesto
    • prvé vydanie
    • radšej
    • prvá rýchlost
    • prvý
    • ponajprv
    • koncentrovaná ruda
    • najradšej
    • najelementárnejší
    • najmenší
    • najskôr
    • najzákladnejší

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  • 15 general

    ['‹enərəl] 1. adjective
    1) (of, involving etc all, most or very many people, things etc: The general feeling is that he is stupid; His general knowledge is good although he is not good at mathematics.) všeobecný; celkový
    2) (covering a large number of cases: a general rule.) všeobecný
    3) (without details: I'll just give you a general idea of the plan.) celkový
    4) ((as part of an official title) chief: the Postmaster General.) generálny
    2. noun
    (in the British army, (a person of) the rank next below field marshal: General Smith.) generál
    - generalise
    - generalization
    - generalisation
    - generally
    - General Certificate of Education
    - general election
    - general practitioner
    - general store
    - as a general rule
    - in general
    - the general public
    * * *
    • všeobecne
    • všeobecnost
    • všeobecný
    • široká verejnost
    • taktik
    • stratég
    • generálsky
    • hlavný
    • generál
    • generálny
    • dievca pre všetko
    • obycajnost
    • obycajný
    • obycajný lud
    • obycajne
    • obecný

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  • 16 hierarchy

    ((an) arrangement (of usually people in a group, also things etc) in order of rank, importance etc.) hierarchia
    * * *
    • hierarchia

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  • 17 low

    I 1. [ləu] adjective
    1) (not at or reaching up to a great distance from the ground, sea-level etc: low hills; a low ceiling; This chair is too low for the child.) nízky
    2) (making little sound; not loud: She spoke in a low voice.) tichý
    3) (at the bottom of the range of musical sounds: That note is too low for a female voice.) nízky, hlboký
    4) (small: a low price.) nízky
    5) (not strong; weak or feeble: The fire was very low.) malý, slabý, chabý
    6) (near the bottom in grade, rank, class etc: low temperatures; the lower classes.) nízky, nižší
    2. adverb
    (in or to a low position, manner or state: The ball flew low over the net.) nízko
    - lowly
    - lowliness
    - low-down
    - lowland
    - lowlander
    - lowlands
    - low-lying
    - low-tech
    3. adjective
    low-tech industries/skills.) jednoduchá technológia, primitívna technológia
    - be low on II [ləu] verb
    (to make the noise of cattle; to moo: The cows were lowing.) bučať
    * * *
    • vulgárny
    • zlý
    • slabý
    • surový
    • tichý
    • hlboký
    • bucanie (kravy)
    • bucat
    • dekoltovaný
    • dolný
    • prostý
    • malý
    • necivilizovaný
    • nepriaznivý
    • nízky

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  • 18 order

    ['o:də] 1. noun
    1) (a statement (by a person in authority) of what someone must do; a command: He gave me my orders.) rozkaz; nariadenie
    2) (an instruction to supply something: orders from Germany for special gates.) objednávka
    3) (something supplied: Your order is nearly ready.) zákazka
    4) (a tidy state: The house is in (good) order.) stav
    5) (a system or method: I must have order in my life.) poriadok
    6) (an arrangement (of people, things etc) in space, time etc: in alphabetical order; in order of importance.) poradie
    7) (a peaceful condition: law and order.) poriadok
    8) (a written instruction to pay money: a banker's order.) platobný príkaz
    9) (a group, class, rank or position: This is a list of the various orders of plants; the social order.) druh; poriadok
    10) (a religious society, especially of monks: the Benedictine order.) rád
    2. verb
    1) (to tell (someone) to do something (from a position of authority): He ordered me to stand up.) nariadiť
    2) (to give an instruction to supply: I have ordered some new furniture from the shop; He ordered a steak.) objednať
    3) (to put in order: Should we order these alphabetically?) usporiadať
    3. noun
    1) (a hospital attendant who does routine jobs.) zdravotník, -čka
    2) (a soldier who carries an officer's orders and messages.) ordonanc, vojenský posol
    - order-form
    - in order
    - in order that
    - in order
    - in order to
    - made to order
    - on order
    - order about
    - out of order
    - a tall order
    * * *
    • uznesenie
    • ustanovit
    • usporiadanie
    • velit
    • usporiadat si
    • vypísat
    • zlacnená vstupenka
    • zariadit
    • zákazka
    • zorganizovat si
    • zoradenie
    • slovosled
    • smernica
    • spolocenská vrstva
    • urcit
    • prikázat
    • príkaz
    • druh
    • formácia
    • knazský stav
    • inštrukcia
    • charakter
    • rozkazovat
    • rozkladat
    • rozhodnutie
    • rozkaz
    • riadit
    • rozkázat
    • poradie
    • povolenie
    • poslat
    • pokoj
    • poukážka
    • povaha
    • postupnost
    • poriadok
    • miesto
    • nariadovat
    • nariadenie
    • nariadit
    • nakázat
    • opatrenie
    • objednat
    • objednat si
    • objednávat
    • objednávka

    English-Slovak dictionary > order

  • 19 promotion

    [-ʃən]
    1) (the raising of a person to a higher rank or position: He has just been given (a) promotion.) povýšenie
    2) (encouragement (of a cause, charity etc): the promotion of world peace.) podpora
    3) (the activity of advertising a product etc: He is against the promotion of cigarettes.) propagácia
    * * *
    • reklama
    • postup
    • povýšenie

    English-Slovak dictionary > promotion

  • 20 title

    1) (the name of a book, play, painting, piece of music etc: The title of the painting is `A Winter Evening'.) názov, nadpis
    2) (a word put before a person's name to show rank, honour, occupation etc: Sir John; Lord Henry; Captain Smith; Professor Brown; Dr (Doctor) Peter Jones.) titul
    - title deed
    - title page
    - title rôle
    * * *
    • zákonný nárok
    • šlachtický titul
    • rýdzost zlata
    • titul
    • hodnost
    • oslovenie
    • oprávnenie
    • oznacenie
    • právny titul
    • právna listina
    • právo
    • pomenovanie
    • právny dôvod
    • meno
    • nadpis
    • nárok
    • nápis
    • názov

    English-Slovak dictionary > title

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