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  • 1 to find out

    1 (enquire) preguntar, averiguar; (discover) descubrir, enterarse de
    ■ shall I find out the price? ¿pregunto el precio?
    2 (rumble) calar, pillar, descubrir el juego
    ■ the boss found him out el jefe lo caló, el jefe le descubrió el juego
    1 (enquire) informarse ( about, sobre), averiguar
    2 (discover) enterarse ( about, de), (llegar a) saber
    ■ oh God!, if Mary ever finds out... Dios mío!, si llega a enterarse Mary...

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  • 2 what

    what [wɒt]
    qu'est-ce qui ⇒ 1 (a) que ⇒ 1 (a) qu'est-ce que ⇒ 1 (a) quoi ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (b), 1 (d), 1 (f) ce qui ⇒ 1 (b), 1 (f) ce que ⇒ 1 (b), 1 (f), 1 (g) comment ⇒ 1 (c) combien ⇒ 1 (e) quel ⇒ 2 (a), 3
    (a) (in direct questions → as subject) qu'est-ce qui, que; (→ as object) (qu'est-ce) que, quoi; (→ after preposition) quoi;
    ∎ what do you want? qu'est-ce que tu veux?, que veux-tu?;
    ∎ what's happening? qu'est-ce qui se passe?, que se passe-t-il?;
    ∎ what's new? quoi de neuf?;
    ∎ familiar what's up? qu'est-ce qu'il y a?□ ; American (as greeting) quoi de neuf?;
    ∎ what's that for? à quoi cela sert-il?, à quoi ça sert?;
    ∎ what's the matter?, what is it? qu'est-ce qu'il y a?;
    ∎ familiar what's it to you? qu'est-ce que ça peut te faire?;
    ∎ what's that? qu'est-ce que c'est que ça?; (what did you say) quoi?;
    ∎ what's that building? qu'est-ce que c'est que ce bâtiment?;
    ∎ what's your phone number? quel est votre numéro de téléphone?;
    ∎ what's her name? comment s'appelle-t-elle?;
    ∎ what's the Spanish for "light"? comment dit-on "light" en espagnol?;
    ∎ what's the boss like? comment est le patron?;
    ∎ what is life without friends? que vaut la vie sans amis?;
    ∎ familiar what's up with him? qu'est-ce qu'il a?□ ;
    ∎ what did I tell you? (gen) qu'est-ce que je vous ai dit?; (I told you so) je vous l'avais bien dit!;
    ∎ she must be, what, 50? elle doit avoir, quoi, 50 ans?;
    ∎ Mum? - what? - can I go out? Maman? - quoi? - est-ce que je peux sortir?;
    ∎ what are you thinking about? à quoi pensez-vous?;
    ∎ what did he die of? de quoi est-il mort?;
    ∎ what do you take me for? pour qui me prenez-vous?;
    ∎ what could be more beautiful? quoi de plus beau?;
    ∎ formal or humorous to what do I owe this honour? qu'est-ce qui me vaut cet honneur?
    (b) (in indirect questions → as subject) ce qui; (→ as object) ce que, quoi;
    ∎ tell us what happened dites-nous ce qui s'est passé;
    ∎ I wonder what she was thinking about! je me demande ce qui lui est passé par la tête!;
    ∎ I asked what it was all about j'ai demandé de quoi il était question;
    ∎ he didn't understand what I said il n'a pas compris ce que j'ai dit;
    ∎ I don't know what to do je ne sais pas quoi faire;
    ∎ I don't know what to do to help him je ne sais pas quoi faire pour l'aider;
    ∎ I don't know what that building is je ne sais pas ce qu'est ce bâtiment
    ∎ what's that? qu'est-ce que tu dis?;
    ∎ they bought what? quoi, qu'est-ce qu'ils ont acheté?
    ∎ what, another new dress? quoi, encore une nouvelle robe?;
    ∎ what, no coffee! comment ou quoi? pas de café?;
    ∎ he's going into the circus - what! il va travailler dans un cirque - quoi?;
    ∎ I found $350 - you what! j'ai trouvé 350 dollars - quoi?;
    ∎ I told her to leave - you did what! je lui ai dit de partir - tu lui as dit quoi?
    ∎ what's 17 minus 4? combien ou que fait 17 moins 4?;
    ∎ what does it cost? combien est-ce que ça coûte?;
    ∎ what do I owe you? combien vous dois-je?;
    ∎ do you know what he was asking for it? savez-vous combien il en demandait?
    (f) (that which → as subject) ce qui; (→ as object) ce que, quoi;
    ∎ what you need is a hot bath ce qu'il vous faut, c'est un bon bain chaud;
    ∎ they spent what amounted to a week's salary ils ont dépensé l'équivalent d'une semaine de salaire;
    ∎ she has what it takes to succeed elle a ce qu'il faut pour réussir;
    ∎ that's what life is all about! c'est ça la vie!;
    ∎ education is not what it used to be l'enseignement n'est plus ce qu'il était;
    ∎ what is most remarkable is that… ce qu'il y a de plus remarquable c'est que…;
    ∎ it was pretty much what we expected c'était plus ou moins ce qu'on avait imaginé;
    ∎ what's done cannot be undone ce qui est fait est fait;
    ∎ and what is worse… et ce qui est pire…
    (g) (whatever, everything that)
    ∎ they rescued what they could ils ont sauvé ce qu'ils ont pu;
    ∎ say what you will vous pouvez dire ou vous direz tout ce que vous voudrez;
    ∎ say what you will, I don't believe you racontez tout ce que vous voulez, je ne vous crois pas;
    ∎ come what may advienne que pourra
    ∎ an interesting book, what? un livre intéressant, n'est-ce pas ou pas vrai?
    ∎ I'll tell you what… écoute!;
    ∎ you know what…? tu sais quoi…?;
    ∎ I know what j'ai une idée;
    ∎ you'll never guess what tu ne devineras jamais (quoi);
    ∎ familiar documents, reports and what have you or and what not des documents, des rapports et je ne sais quoi encore□ ;
    ∎ familiar and I don't know what et que sais-je encore□ ;
    ∎ familiar and God knows what et Dieu sait quoi;
    ∎ have you got a flat, rooms or what? vous avez un appartement, une chambre ou quoi?;
    ∎ look, do you want to come or what? alors, tu veux venir ou quoi?;
    ∎ a trip to Turkey? - what next! un voyage en Turquie? - et puis quoi encore!;
    ∎ what have we here? mais que vois-je?;
    ∎ what then? et après?;
    ∎ old-fashioned what ho! eh! ho!; (as greeting) salut!;
    ∎ familiar we need to find out what's what il faut qu'on sache où en sont les choses;
    ∎ familiar she told me what was what elle m'a mis au courant;
    ∎ familiar they know what's what in art ils s'y connaissent en art□ ;
    ∎ familiar I'll show him what's what! je vais lui montrer de quel bois je me chauffe!
    (a) (in questions → singular) quel (quelle); (→ plural) quels (quelles);
    ∎ what books did you buy? quels livres avez-vous achetés?;
    ∎ what colour/size is it? de quelle couleur/taille c'est?;
    ∎ (at) what time will you be arriving? à quelle heure arriverez-vous?;
    ∎ what day is it? quel jour sommes-nous?;
    ∎ what good or use is this? à quoi ça sert?
    (b) (as many as, as much as)
    ∎ I gave her what money I had je lui ai donné le peu d'argent que j'avais;
    ∎ he gathered what strength he had il a rassemblé le peu de forces qui lui restaient;
    ∎ what time we had left was spent (in) packing on a passé le peu de temps qui nous restait à faire les valises;
    ∎ they stole what little money she had ils lui ont volé le peu d'argent qu'elle avait;
    ∎ I gave her what comfort I could je l'ai consolée autant que j'ai pu
    ∎ (expressing an opinion or a reaction) what a suggestion! quelle idée!;
    ∎ what a strange thing! comme c'est bizarre!;
    ∎ what a pity! comme c'est ou quel dommage!;
    ∎ what an idiot he is! comme il est bête!, qu'il est bête!;
    ∎ what lovely children you have! quels charmants enfants vous avez!;
    ∎ what a lot of people! que de gens!, que de monde!;
    ∎ you can't imagine what a time we had getting here vous ne pouvez pas vous imaginer le mal qu'on a eu à venir jusqu'ici
    ∎ (in rhetorical questions) what do I care? qu'est-ce que ça peut me faire?;
    ∎ what does it matter? qu'est-ce que ça peut faire?;
    ∎ well, what of it? et bien?, et après?
    ∎ what about lunch? et si on déjeunait?;
    ∎ when shall we go? - what about Monday? quand est-ce qu'on y va? - (et si on disait) lundi?;
    ∎ what about your promise? - what about my promise? et ta promesse? - ben quoi, ma promesse?;
    ∎ familiar what about it? et alors?;
    ∎ do you remember Lauryn? - what about her? tu te souviens de Lauryn? - oui, et alors?;
    ∎ and what about you? et vous donc?
    (why) pourquoi?;
    ∎ what did you say that for? pourquoi as-tu dit cela?;
    ∎ I'm leaving town - what for? je quitte la ville - pourquoi?
    ∎ what if we went to the beach? et si on allait à la plage?;
    ∎ he won't come - and what if he doesn't? (supposing) il ne va pas venir - et alors?
    ∎ what with work and the children I don't get much sleep entre le travail et les enfants, je ne dors pas beaucoup;
    ∎ what with paying for dinner and the cab he was left with no cash après avoir payé le dîner et le taxi, il n'avait plus d'argent;
    ∎ what with one thing and another I never got there pour un tas de raisons je n'y suis jamais allé

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  • 3 what

    1. interrogative adjective
    1) (asking for selection) welch...
    2) (asking for statement of amount) wieviel; with pl. n. wie viele

    what men/money has he? — wie viele Leute/wieviel Geld hat er?

    I know what time it starts — ich weiß, um wieviel Uhr es anfängt

    what more can I do/say? — was kann ich sonst noch tun/sagen?

    what more do you want? — was willst du [noch] mehr?

    3) (asking for statement of kind) was für

    what good or use is it? — wozu soll das gut sein?

    2. exclamatory adjective
    1) (how great) was für

    what impudence or cheek/luck! — was für eine Unverschämtheit od. Frechheit/was für ein Glück!

    2) before adj. and n. (to what extent) was für
    3. relative adjective

    we can dispose of what difficulties there are remaining — wir können die verbleibenden Schwierigkeiten ausräumen

    lend me what money you can — leih mir soviel Geld, wie du kannst

    I will give you what help I can — ich werde dir helfen, so gut ich kann

    4. adverb
    1) (to what extent)
    2)

    what with... — wenn man an... denkt

    what with changing jobs and moving house I haven't had time to do any studying — da ich eine neue Stellung angetreten habe und umgezogen bin, hatte ich keine Zeit zum Lernen

    5. interrogative pronoun
    1) (what thing) was

    what is your name? — wie heißt du/heißen Sie?

    what about...? — (is there any news of...?, what will become of...?) was ist mit...?

    what-d'you-[ma-] call-him/-her/-it, what's-his/-her/-its-name — wie heißt er/sie/es noch

    and/or what have you — und/oder was sonst noch [alles]

    what if...? — was ist, wenn...?

    what is it etc. like? — wie ist es usw.?

    what of it? — was ist dabei?; was soll [schon] dabei sein?

    what do you say — or (Amer.)

    what say we have a rest? — was hältst du davon, wenn wir mal Pause machen?; wie wär's mit einer Pause?

    [I'll] tell you what — weißt du, was; pass mal auf

    [and] what then? — [na] und?

    so what? — na und?

    2) (asking for confirmation)

    what? — wie?; was? (ugs.)

    3) in rhet. questions equivalent to neg. statement

    what is the use in trying/the point of going on? — wozu [groß] versuchen/weitermachen?

    6. relative pronoun
    (that which) was

    what little I know/remember — das bisschen, das ich weiß/an das ich mich erinnere

    this is what I mean:... — ich meine Folgendes:...

    tell somebody what to do or what he can do with something — (coll. iron.) jemandem sagen, wo er sich (Dat.) etwas hinstecken kann (salopp)

    the weather being what it is... — so, wie es mit dem Wetter aussieht,...

    for what it is — in seiner Art

    7. exclamatory pronoun
    * * *
    (whoever, whatever, wherever etc: No matter what happens, I'll go.) gleichgültig wer, was, etc.
    * * *
    [(h)wɒt, AM (h)wʌt]
    I. pron
    1. interrog (asking for specific information) was
    \what happened after I left? was geschah, nachdem ich gegangen war?
    they asked me \what I needed to buy sie fragten mich, was ich kaufen müsse
    \what do you do? was machst du [beruflich]?
    \what's your address? wie lautet deine Adresse?
    \what's that called? wie heißt das?
    \what's your phone number? wie ist deine Telefonnummer?
    \what is your name? wie heißt du?
    \what are you looking for? wonach suchst du?
    \what on earth...? ( fam) was in aller Welt...? fam
    \what on earth are you talking about? wovon redest du da bloß?
    \what in God's/heaven's name...? was um Gottes/Himmels willen...?
    \what in God's name did you think was likely to happen? was, um Gottes willen, hast du gedacht, würde passieren?
    \what the hell [or heck] ...? (fam!)
    \what the fuck...? ( vulg) was zum Teufel...? sl
    \what's the matter [or \what's [up]]? was ist los?
    \what's [up] with Terry this week? was ist diese Woche mit Terry los?
    \what have we [or you] here? was haben wir denn da?
    \what have you here? is that a science project? was ist denn das? ist das ein wissenschaftliches Projekt?
    \what about sb/sth? ( fam) was ist mit jdm/etw?
    \what about Lila? — shall we invite her? was ist mit Lila? — sollen wir sie einladen?
    \what about taking a few days off? wie wäre es mit ein paar Tagen Urlaub?
    hey, \what about going to the movies? he, wie wär's mit Kino?
    \what for? (why) wofür?; ( fam: why is sth being done?) warum
    you want a hammer and a screwdriver? \what for? du möchtest einen Hammer und einen Schraubenzieher? wofür?
    \what are these tools for? wofür ist dieses Werkzeug?
    \what is he keeping it secret for? warum hält er es geheim?
    I'll give you \what for if I catch you doing that again es setzt was, wenn ich dich noch einmal dabei erwische fam
    \what is sb/sth like? wie ist jd/etw?
    \what's the weather like? wie ist das Wetter?
    \what of it? was soll's?
    so not many people replied to the questionnaire — what of it, there were enough es haben also nicht viele Leute auf die Umfrage geantwortet — na und, es waren genug
    \what's on? was gibt's?
    hi everybody, \what's on here? hallo, alle miteinander, was gibt's?
    \what's it to you? was geht dich das an?
    \what if...? was ist, wenn...?
    \what if the train's late? was ist, wenn der Zug Verspätung hat?
    or \what? ( fam) oder was? fam
    are you going to help me or \what? hilfst du mir nun oder was?
    so \what? ( fam) na und? fam
    2. rel (thing or things that) was
    she wouldn't tell me \what he said sie wollte mir nicht erzählen, was er gesagt hatte
    that's \what he said das hat er gesagt
    I can't decide \what to do next ich kann mich nicht entschließen, was ich als nächstes tun soll
    she has no income but \what she gets from him sie hat kein Einkommen außer dem, was sie von ihm bekommt
    that's \what he asked for das ist es, worum er gebeten hat
    \what's more... darüber hinaus..., und außerdem...
    the decorations were beautiful and \what's more, the children made them themselves die Dekoration war schön, und vor allem hatten die Kinder sie selbst gemacht
    and [or or] \what have you ( fam) oder etwas Ähnliches
    for a binder try soup, gravy, cream or \what have you zum Binden nehmen Sie Suppe, Soße, Sahne oder etwas Ähnliches
    3. rel (used as an introduction)
    you'll never guess \what — Laurie won first prize! du wirst es nie erraten — Laurie hat den ersten Preis gewonnen!
    I'll tell you \what ich will dir mal was sagen
    I'll tell you \what — we'll collect the parcel on our way to the station ( fam) weißt du was? wir holen das Paket auf dem Weg zum Bahnhof ab
    4. rel (whatever) was
    do \what you can but I don't think anything will help tu, was du kannst, aber glaub' nicht, dass etwas hilft
    it doesn't matter \what I say — they always criticize me ich kann sagen, was ich will — sie kritisieren mich immer
    come \what may komme, was wolle
    \what sb says goes was jd sagt, gilt
    5. in exclamations (showing disbelief) was; (emphasizing sth surprising or remarkable) was
    \what's this I hear? you're leaving? was höre ich da? du gehst?
    while I was there I stayed with the President — you did what? als ich dort war, habe ich beim Präsidenten gewohnt — du hast was gemacht?
    ... or \what!... oder was!
    is he smart or \what! ist er intelligent oder was!
    6.
    ▶ \what's it called [or \what do you call it] wie heißt es gleich
    it looks like a \what's it called — a plunger? es sieht aus wie ein Dings, ein Tauchkolben
    ▶ \what gives? ( fam) was ist los?
    you've been in a bad mood all day long — \what gives? du bist schon den ganzen Tag schlechter Laune — was ist los?
    ▶ to have \what it takes ( fam) ausgesprochen fähig sein
    ▶ \what is \what ( fam) was Sache ist fam
    I'll teach her \what's \what ich werde ihr beibringen, was Sache ist
    you have to ask the manager about that problem — he knows \what's \what du musst den Manager wegen dieses Problems fragen — er kennt sich aus
    ▶ \what's his/her name [or ( fam)\what do you call him/her] [or (fam!)\what's his/her face] wie heißt er/sie gleich?
    I gave it to \what's her name — the new girl ich habe es dem neuen Mädchen — wie heißt es gleich [noch] — gegeben
    ▶ and \what not ( often pej fam) und was sonst noch alles
    she puts all her figurines and \what not in the glass case there sie stellt ihre Figuren und ähnliches Zeug in die Vitrine dort fam
    ▶ \what say... wie wäre es, wenn...
    \what say we call a tea break? wie wäre es mit einer Pause?
    ▶ \what with... [and all] ( fam) bei all dem/der...
    \what with the drought and the neglect, the garden is in a sad condition bei der Trockenheit und der Vernachlässigung ist der Garten in traurigem Zustand
    I'm very tired, \what with travelling all day yesterday and having a disturbed night ich bin sehr müde, wo ich doch gestern den ganzen Tag gefahren bin und schlecht geschlafen habe
    II. adj inv
    1. (which) welche(r, s)
    \what time is it? wie spät ist es?
    \what books did you buy? was für Bücher hast du gekauft?
    \what size shoes do you take? welche Schuhgröße haben Sie?
    \what sort of car do you drive? was für ein Auto fährst du?
    I don't know \what children she was talking about ich weiß nicht, von welchen Kindern sie sprach
    do you know \what excuse he gave me? weißt du, welche Entschuldigung er mir gegeben hat?
    use \what [little] brain you have and work out the answer for yourself! benutze dein [bisschen] Hirn und erarbeite dir die Antwort selbst! fam
    she took \what [sums of] money she could find sie nahm alles Geld, das sie finden konnte
    he had been robbed of \what little money he had man hat ihm das bisschen Geld geraubt, das er hatte
    3. (used for emphasis) was für
    \what a lovely view! was für ein herrlicher Ausblick!
    \what a fool she was wie dumm sie war
    \what fool I am! ich Idiot!
    \what a day! was für ein Tag!
    \what luck! was für ein Glück!
    \what nonsense [or rubbish]! was für ein Unsinn!
    \what a pity [or shame]! wie schade!
    III. adv inv
    1. (to what extent?) was
    \what do qualifications matter? was zählen schon Qualifikationen?
    \what do you care if I get myself run over? dir ist es doch egal, wenn ich mich überfahren lasse!
    \what does he care about the problems of teenagers? was kümmern ihn die Probleme von Teenagern?
    \what does it matter? was macht's? fam
    2. (indicating approximation) sagen wir
    see you, \what, about four? bis um, sagen wir vier?
    pretty poor show, \what? ziemlich schlechte Show, nicht?
    IV. interj
    1. ( fam: pardon?) was fam
    \what? I can't hear you was? ich höre dich nicht
    2. (showing surprise or disbelief) was
    \what! you left him there alone! was? du hast ihn da allein gelassen?
    * * *
    [wɒt]
    1. pron
    1) (interrog) was

    what is this called? — wie heißt das?, wie nennt man das?

    what is it now?, what do you want now? — was ist denn?

    what's that (you/he etc said)? — WAS hast du/hat er etc da gerade gesagt?, wie or was war das noch mal? (inf)

    what for? — wozu?, wofür?, für was? (inf)

    what's that tool for? —

    what about...? —

    well, what about it? are we going? — na, wie ists, gehen wir?

    you know that restaurant? – what about it? — kennst du das Restaurant? – was ist damit?

    what if...? — was ist, wenn...?

    what-d'you(-ma)-call-him/-her/-it (inf) — wie heißt er/sie/es gleich or schnell

    2) (rel) was

    he knows what it is to suffer — er weiß, was leiden heißt or ist

    that's exactly what I want/said — genau das möchte ich/habe ich gesagt

    do you know what you are looking for? — weißt du, wonach du suchst?

    what I'd like is a cup of tea — was ich jetzt gerne hätte, (das) wäre ein Tee

    what with work and the new baby, life's been very hectic — die ganze Arbeit, das Baby ist da - es ist alles sehr hektisch

    what with one thing and the other — und wie es sich dann so ergab/ergibt, wie das so ist or geht

    and what's more — und außerdem, und noch dazu

    and what have you (inf) — und was sonst noch (alles), und was weiß ich

    See:
    → academic.ru/81882/whatnot">whatnot
    3)

    (with vb +prep see also there) what did he agree to? — wozu hat er zugestimmt?

    he agreed/objected to what we suggested — er stimmte unseren Vorschlägen zu/lehnte unsere Vorschläge ab, er lehnte ab, was wir vorschlugen

    he didn't know what he was agreeing/objecting to — er wusste nicht, wozu er zustimmte/was er ablehnte

    2. adj
    1) (interrog) welche(r, s), was für (ein/eine) (inf)

    what age is he? — wie alt ist er?

    2) (rel) der/die/das

    what little I had — das wenige, das ich hatte

    buy what food you like — kauf das Essen, das du willst

    3)

    (in set constructions) what sort of — was für ein/eine

    4) (in interj also iro) was für (ein/eine)

    what luck! — welch(es) Glück, was für ein Glück, so ein Glück

    what a fool I've been/I am! — ich Idiot!

    3. interj
    was; (dated = isn't it/he etc also) wie

    is he good-looking, or what? — sieht der aber gut aus! (inf)

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    what [wɒt; hwɒt; US wɑt; hwɑt]
    A int pr
    1. was, wie:
    what did he do? was hat er getan?;
    what’s for lunch? was gibt’s zum Mittagessen?
    you want a what? was willst du?
    3. was für ein(e), welch(er, e, es), (vor pl) was für (fragend oder als Verstärkung eines Ausrufs):
    what an idea! was für eine Idee!;
    what book? was für ein Buch?;
    what luck! welch ein Glück!;
    what men? was für Männer?
    4. wie viel:
    what’s two and three?
    B rel pr
    1. (das,) was, auch (der,) welcher:
    this is what we hoped for (gerade) das erhofften wir;
    he sent us what he had promised us er schickte uns (das), was er uns versprochen hatte oder das Versprochene;
    it is nothing compared to what happened then es ist nichts im Vergleich zu dem, was dann geschah;
    he is no longer what he was er ist nicht mehr der, der er war
    2. was (auch immer):
    say what you please sag, was du willst!
    3. but what (negativ) umg außer dem, der ( oder das); außer der ( oder denen), die:
    there was no one but what was excited es gab niemanden, der nicht aufgeregt war
    C adj
    1. was für ein(e), welch(er, e, es):
    I don’t know what decision you have taken ich weiß nicht, was für einen Entschluss du gefasst hast;
    he got what books he wanted er bekam alle Bücher, die er wollte
    2. alle, die;
    alles, was:
    what money I had was ich an Geld hatte, all mein Geld
    3. so viel oder so viele … wie:
    take what time and men you need! nimm dir so viel Zeit und so viele Leute, wie du brauchst!
    D adv
    1. was:
    what does it matter was macht das schon
    2. vor adj was für:
    what happy boys they are! was sind sie (doch) für glückliche Jungen!
    3. teils …, teils:
    what with …, what with … teils durch …, teils durch …
    4. but what (negativ) umg dass:
    not a day but what it rains kein Tag, an dem es nicht regnet
    E int
    1. was!, wie!
    2. (fragend, unhöflich) was?, wie?
    3. Br umg nicht wahr?:
    a nice fellow, what?
    F s Was nBesondere Redewendungen: what about? wie wär’s mit oder wenn?, wie steht’s mit?;
    what about Jack? was ist oder passiert mit Jack?, was machen wir mit Jack?;
    what for? wofür?, wozu?;
    and what have you umg und was nicht sonst noch alles;
    what if? und wenn nun?, (u.) was geschieht, wenn?;
    a) was sonst noch?,
    b) iron sonst noch was?, das fehlte noch! and what not umg und was nicht sonst noch alles;
    what (is the) news? was gibt es Neues?;
    (well,) what of it?, so what? na, wenn schon?, na und?;
    what though? was tut’s, wenn?;
    what with infolge, durch, in Anbetracht (gen);
    I know what ich weiß was, ich habe eine Idee;
    know what’s what umg wissen, was los ist oder wo‘s langgeht; Bescheid wissen;
    and I don’t know what (all) umg und was sonst noch;
    I’ll tell you what
    a) ich will dir (mal) was sagen,
    b) ich weiß was what do you think you are doing? was soll denn das?
    * * *
    1. interrogative adjective
    2) (asking for statement of amount) wieviel; with pl. n. wie viele

    what men/money has he? — wie viele Leute/wieviel Geld hat er?

    I know what time it starts — ich weiß, um wieviel Uhr es anfängt

    what more can I do/say? — was kann ich sonst noch tun/sagen?

    what more do you want? — was willst du [noch] mehr?

    what good or use is it? — wozu soll das gut sein?

    2. exclamatory adjective
    1) (how great) was für

    what impudence or cheek/luck! — was für eine Unverschämtheit od. Frechheit/was für ein Glück!

    2) before adj. and n. (to what extent) was für
    3. relative adjective

    lend me what money you can — leih mir soviel Geld, wie du kannst

    I will give you what help I can — ich werde dir helfen, so gut ich kann

    4. adverb
    2)

    what with... — wenn man an... denkt

    what with changing jobs and moving house I haven't had time to do any studying — da ich eine neue Stellung angetreten habe und umgezogen bin, hatte ich keine Zeit zum Lernen

    5. interrogative pronoun

    what is your name? — wie heißt du/heißen Sie?

    what about...? — (is there any news of...?, what will become of...?) was ist mit...?

    what-d'you-[ma-] call-him/-her/-it, what's-his/-her/-its-name — wie heißt er/sie/es noch

    and/or what have you — und/oder was sonst noch [alles]

    what if...? — was ist, wenn...?

    what is it etc. like? — wie ist es usw.?

    what of it? — was ist dabei?; was soll [schon] dabei sein?

    what do you say — or (Amer.)

    what say we have a rest? — was hältst du davon, wenn wir mal Pause machen?; wie wär's mit einer Pause?

    [I'll] tell you what — weißt du, was; pass mal auf

    [and] what then? — [na] und?

    what? — wie?; was? (ugs.)

    3) in rhet. questions equivalent to neg. statement

    what is the use in trying/the point of going on? — wozu [groß] versuchen/weitermachen?

    6. relative pronoun

    do what I tell you — tu, was ich dir sage

    what little I know/remember — das bisschen, das ich weiß/an das ich mich erinnere

    this is what I mean:... — ich meine Folgendes:...

    tell somebody what to do or what he can do with something — (coll. iron.) jemandem sagen, wo er sich (Dat.) etwas hinstecken kann (salopp)

    the weather being what it is... — so, wie es mit dem Wetter aussieht,...

    7. exclamatory pronoun
    * * *
    pron.
    das pron.
    was pron.
    welch pron.

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  • 4 what

    [(h)wɒt, Am (h)wʌt] pron
    \what happened after I left? was geschah, nachdem ich gegangen war?;
    they asked me \what I needed to buy sie fragten mich, was ich kaufen musste;
    \what do you do? was machst du?;
    \what's your address? wie lautet deine Adresse?;
    \what's that called? wie heißt das?;
    \what's your phone number? was hast du für eine Telefonnummer?;
    \what is your name? wie heißt du?;
    \what on earth...? (fam: emphasizing) was um alles in der Welt...?;
    \what on earth are you talking about? worüber um alles in der Welt sprichst du?;
    \what in God's [or heaven's] name...? was in Gottes Namen...?;
    \what in God's/heaven's name did you think was likely to happen? was in Gottes Namen glaubtest du, würde passieren?;
    \what the hell [or heck] ...? (fam!);
    \what the fuck...? ( vulg) was zum Teufel...? (sl)
    \what's the matter [or \what's up] ? was ist los?;
    \what for? ( why) wofür?;
    you want a hammer and a screwdriver? \what for? du möchtest einen Hammer und einen Schraubenzieher? wofür?;
    \what are these tools for? wofür sind diese Werkzeuge?; (fam: why is sth being done?) warum;
    \what are you talking to me like that for? warum sprichst du so mit mir?;
    \what is he keeping it secret for? warum hält er es geheim?;
    to give sb \what for ( fam);
    I'll give you \what for gleich setzt's was! ( fam)
    I'll give you \what for if I catch you doing that again es wird was setzen, wenn ich dich noch einmal dabei erwische;
    \what is sb/sth like? wie ist jd/etw?;
    \what's the weather like? wie ist das Wetter?;
    \what's on? (what's happening?) was gibt's?;
    hi everybody, \what's on here? hallo alle miteinander, was gibt's?;
    \what about sth/sb/doing sth? ( fam) was ist mit etw/jdm?;
    \what about Lalla? - shall we invite her? was ist mit Lalla? - sollen wir sie einladen?;
    \what about doing sth? ( used to make a suggestion) wie wäre es, etw zu tun?;
    \what about taking a few days off? wie wäre es mit ein paar Tagen Urlaub?;
    let's do something fun - hey, \what about going to the movies? lasst uns etwas Lustiges tun - hey, wie wär's mit Kino?;
    \what of it? was soll's?;
    \what's it to you? das geht dich nichts an;
    so I smoke, \what's it to you? und wenn ich rauche - was geht dich das an?;
    so \what? ( fam) na und? ( fam)
    or \what? ( fam) oder was? ( fam)
    are you going to help me or \what? hilfst du mir nun oder was?;
    \what if...? was ist, wenn...?;
    \what if the train's late? was ist, wenn der Zug Verspätung hat?
    she wouldn't tell me \what he said sie erzählte mir nicht, was er gesagt hatte;
    I can't decide \what to do next ich kann mich nicht entschließen, was ich als nächstes tun soll;
    I'll take a look at \what you have finished ich werde mir anschauen, was du gemacht hast;
    \what we need is a commitment was wir brauchen,ist Engagement;
    \what's more... darüber hinaus..., und außerdem...;
    and [or or] \what have you ( fam) oder etwas Ähnliches;
    for a binder try soup, gravy, cream or \what have you zum Binden nehmen Sie Suppe, Soße, Sahne oder etwas Ähnliches
    you'll never guess \what - Laurie won first prize! du wirst es nie erraten - Laurie hat den ersten Platz gemacht!;
    I'll tell you \what - we'll collect the parcel on our way to the station ( fam) weißt du was? wir holen das Paket auf dem Weg zum Bahnhof ab
    4) relative ( whatever) was;
    do \what you can but I don't think anything will help tu, was du kannst, aber glaub' nicht, dass etwas hilft;
    it doesn't matter \what I say - they always criticize me ich kann sagen, was ich will - sie kritisieren mich immer;
    \what have we/you here? was haben wir denn da?;
    \what have you here? is that a science project? was ist denn das? ist das ein wissenschaftliches Projekt?;
    come \what may komme, was wolle;
    \what sb says goes was jd sagt, gilt;
    we don't like keeping this information secret, but \what the director says goes ich halte diese Information nicht gerne geheim, aber es gilt, was der Direktor sagt
    \what's this I hear? you're leaving? was höre ich da? du gehst?;
    ... or \what!... oder was!;
    is he smart or \what! ist er intelligent oder was!
    PHRASES:
    \what's his/her name [or ( fam) \what do you call him/ her] [or (fam!) \what's his/her face] wie heißt er/sie gleich?;
    I gave it to \what's her name - the new girl ich gab es ihr, wie heißt sie gleich - das neue Mädchen;
    \what's it called [or \what do you call it] wie heißt es gleich;
    it looks like a \what's it called - a plunger? es sieht aus wie ein Dings, ein Tauchkolben;
    \what gives? ( fam) was ist los?;
    you've been in a bad mood all day long - \what gives? du bist schon den ganzen Tag schlechter Laune - was ist los?;
    to have \what it takes ( fam) ausgesprochen fähig sein;
    \what is \what was Sache ist;
    I'll teach her \what's \what ich werde ihr beibringen, was Sache ist;
    to know \what's \what (fam: to have experience) sich akk auskennen;
    you have to ask the manager about that problem - he knows \what's \what du musst den Manager wegen dieses Problems fragen - er kennt sich aus;
    \what say... wie wäre es, wenn...;
    \what say we call a tea break? wie wäre es mit einer Pause?;
    \what with... [and all] ( fam) bei all dem/der...;
    \what with the drought and the neglect, the garden is in a sad condition bei der Trockenheit und der Vernachlässigung ist der Garten in traurigem Zustand;
    I'm very tired, \what with travelling all day yesterday and having a disturbed night ich bin sehr müde; ich bin gestern den ganzen Tag gefahren und habe schlecht geschlafen;
    and \what not ( often pej) ( fam) und ähnliches Zeug ( fam)
    she puts all her figurines and \what not in the glass case there sie stellt ihre Figuren und ähnliches Zeug in die Vitrine dort adj
    1) ( which) welche(r, s);
    \what time is it? wie viel Uhr ist es?;
    \what books did you buy? welche Bücher hast du gekauft?;
    \what size do you take? welche Schuhgröße haben Sie?;
    \what sort of car do you drive? was für ein Auto fährst du?;
    she didn't know \what cigarettes to buy sie wusste nicht, welche Zigaretten sie kaufen sollte;
    do you know \what excuse he gave me? weißt du, welche Entschuldigung er mir gegeben hat?
    2) ( of amount)
    use \what [little] brain you have and work out the answer for yourself! benutze dein [bisschen] Hirn und erarbeite dir die Antwort selbst! ( fam)
    she took \what [sums of] money she could find sie nahm alles Geld, das sie finden konnte;
    he had been robbed of \what little money he had man hat ihm das bisschen Geld geraubt, das er hatte
    3) ( used for emphasis) was für;
    \what a lovely view! was für ein herrlicher Ausblick!;
    \what a fool she was wie dumm sie war;
    \what a day! was für ein Tag!;
    \what luck! was für ein Glück!;
    \what nonsense [or rubbish] ! was für ein Unsinn!;
    \what a pity [or shame] wie schade adv
    1) (to what extent?) was;
    \what do qualifications matter? was nutzen Qualifikationen schon?;
    \what do you care if I get myself run over? dir ist es doch egal, wenn ich mich überfahren lasse!;
    \what does he care about the problems of teenagers? was kümmern ihn die Probleme der Teenager?;
    \what does it matter? was macht's? ( fam)
    2) ( indicating approximation) sagen wir;
    see you, \what, about four? bis um, sagen wir vier?
    pretty poor show, \what? ziemlich schlechte Show, nicht? interj
    1) (fam: pardon?) was ( fam)
    \what? I can't hear you was? ich höre dich nicht
    \what! you left him there alone! was? du hast ihn da allein gelassen?

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  • 5 happen

    happen ['hæpən]
    (a) (occur) arriver, se passer, se produire;
    ∎ what's happened? qu'est-il arrivé?, que s'est-il passé?;
    ∎ when did this happen? quand cela s'est-il produit ou passé?, quand cela est-il arrivé?;
    ∎ where did the accident happen? où l'accident s'est-il produit ou est-il arrivé ou a-t-il eu lieu?;
    ∎ it happened ten years ago cela s'est passé il y a dix ans;
    ∎ did anyone see what happened? quelqu'un a-t-il vu ce qui s'est passé ou est arrivé?;
    ∎ don't let it happen again faites en sorte que cela ne se reproduise pas;
    ∎ as if nothing had happened comme si de rien n'était;
    ∎ I pulled the lever, but nothing happened j'ai tiré sur le manche, mais il ne s'est rien passé ou ça n'a rien fait;
    ∎ whatever happens quoi qu'il arrive ou advienne;
    ∎ as (so) often happens comme c'est bien souvent le cas;
    ∎ it all happened so quickly tout s'est passé si vite;
    ∎ these things happen ce sont des choses qui arrivent;
    ∎ what happened next? que s'est-il passé ensuite?;
    ∎ to find out what happens next... (on radio, TV programme) pour connaître la suite...;
    ∎ it's all been happening this morning ça n'a pas arrêté ce matin;
    ∎ it's all happening here ça bouge ici;
    ∎ I wonder what's happened to her (what has befallen her) je me demande ce qui a bien pu lui arriver; (what she is doing now) je me demande ce qu'elle est devenue;
    ∎ whatever happened to him? qu'est-il devenu?;
    ∎ if anything happens or should happen to me s'il m'arrivait quelque chose;
    ∎ it couldn't happen to a nicer person il/elle le mérite bien;
    ∎ a funny thing happened to me last night il m'est arrivé une drôle d'aventure hier soir;
    ∎ I don't like what's happening in this country je n'aime pas ce qui se passe dans ce pays;
    ∎ what's happened to my pen? (where is it?) qu'est-ce qu'on a fait de mon stylo?; (what's wrong with it?) qu'est-il arrivé à mon stylo?;
    ∎ what's happening to us? qu'est-ce qui nous arrive?;
    ∎ American familiar what's happening? (as greeting) ça va?□
    ∎ do you happen to have his address? auriez-vous son adresse, par hasard?;
    ∎ it just so happens that I do eh bien justement, oui;
    ∎ you wouldn't happen to know where I could find him, would you? vous ne sauriez pas où je pourrais le trouver?;
    ∎ as it happens justement;
    ∎ I happen to know her, it so happens that I know her, I know her, as it happens il se trouve que je la connais;
    ∎ the man you're talking about happens to be my father il se trouve que l'homme dont vous parlez est mon père;
    ∎ if you happen to see him si jamais tu le vois
    American familiar passer par hasard□
    tomber sur;
    ∎ I happened on an old friend/a good pub je suis tombé sur un vieil ami/un bon pub
    ✾ Film 'It Happened one Night' Capra 'New York-Miami'

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  • 6 sort

    A n
    1 (kind, type) sorte f, genre m ; this sort of novel/fabric ce genre de roman/tissu ; this sort of rabbit/person ce genre de lapin/personne ; all sorts of reasons/people/colours toutes sortes de raisons/gens/couleurs ; machines of all sorts des machines de toutes sortes ; different sorts of cakes différentes sortes de gâteaux ; I like board games, backgammon, that sort of thing j'aime les jeux de société, le jaquet, ce genre de jeu ; books, records-that sort of thing des livres, des disques, ce genre de choses ; that's my sort of holiday GB ou vacation US c'est le genre de vacances que j'aime ; I'm not that sort of person ce n'est pas mon genre ; it's some sort of computer c'est une sorte d'ordinateur ; there must by some sort of mistake il doit y avoir une erreur ; this must be some sort of joke ça doit être une plaisanterie ; he must be some sort of madman ce doit être un fou ; I need a bag of some sort j'ai besoin d'un sac quelconque ; you must have some sort of idea tu dois avoir une idée ; an odd ou strange sort of chap un drôle de type ; radiation of any sort is harmful toutes les sortes de radiation sont dangereuses ; any sort of knife will do n'importe quel couteau fera l'affaire ; what sort of person would do such a thing? qui pourrait faire une chose pareille? ; what sort of person does she think I am? pour qui me prend-elle? ; what sort of thing does she like/read? qu'est-ce qu'elle aime/lit? ; what sort of a reply/an excuse is that? qu'est-ce que c'est que cette réponse/excuse? ; you know the sort of thing (I mean) tu vois ce que je veux dire ; the same sort of thing la même chose ; a liar of the worst sort un menteur de la pire or de la plus belle espèce ; in an embarrassed sort of way d'une façon plutôt embarrassée ; something of that ou the sort quelque chose comme ça ; I didn't say anything of the sort! je n'ai jamais dit une chose pareille! ; nothing of the sort ( not in the least) pas du tout ; ‘this milk is off’-‘it's nothing of the sort!’ ‘ce lait est tourné’-‘mais non, pas du tout!’ ; ‘I'll pay’-‘you'll do nothing of the sort!’ ‘je vais payer’-‘il n'en est pas question!’ ; ‘you're being awkward’-‘I'm being nothing of the sort’ ‘tu es vraiment exigeant’-‘ce n'est pas vrai du tout!’ ;
    2 ( in vague description) espèce f, sorte f ; some sort of bird une sorte or espèce d'oiseau ; a sort of blue uniform une sorte or espèce d'uniforme bleu ; a sort of elephant without a trunk une sorte or espèce d'éléphant sans trompe ;
    3 ( type of person) I know your/his sort je connais les gens de votre/son espèce ; people of her sort les gens de son espèce ; he's not the sort to betray his friends ce n'est pas le genre à trahir ses amis ; she's the sort who would cheat c'est le genre or elle est du genre à tricher ; we see all sorts here on voit toutes sortes de gens ici ; he's a good sort c'est un brave type ; she's a good sort c'est une brave fille ;
    4 Comput tri m.
    B of sorts, of a sort adv phr a duck of sorts ou of a sort une sorte de canard ; a hero of sorts une sorte de héros ; progress of sorts un semblant de progrès ; an answer of sorts un semblant de réponse.
    1 ( a bit) sort of cute/eccentric/embarrassed plutôt mignon/excentrique/gêné ; to sort of understand/sympathize comprendre/compatir plus ou moins ; ‘is it hard?-‘sort of’ ‘est-ce que c'est difficile?’-‘plutôt, oui’ ; ‘did you enjoy the film?’-‘sort of’ ‘est-ce que le film t'a plu?’-‘oui, c'était pas mal’ ;
    2 ( approximately) sort of blue-green dans les bleu-vert ; it just sort of happened c'est arrivé comme ça ; he was just sort of lying there il était étendu par terre comme ça.
    D vtr
    1 (classify, arrange) classer [data, files, stamps] ; trier [letters, apples, potatoes] ; to sort books into piles ranger des livres en piles ; to sort buttons by colour ranger des boutons par couleur ; to sort the apples according to size classer les pommes selon leur taille ;
    2 ( separate) séparer ; to sort the good potatoes from the bad séparer les bonnes pommes de terre des mauvaises ; to sort the old stock from the new séparer les vieux stocks des nouveaux.
    to be ou feel out of sorts ( ill) ne pas être dans son assiette ; ( grumpy) être de mauvais poil ○ ; it takes all sorts (to make a world) Prov il faut de tout pour faire un monde Prov.
    ■ sort out:
    ▶ sort [sth] out, sort out [sth]
    1 ( resolve) régler [problem, matter] ; to sort out the confusion dissiper un malentendu ; it will take me hours to sort this mess out il va me falloir des heures pour remettre de l'ordre dans tout ça ; I'll sort it out je m' en occuperai ; they have sorted out their differences ils ont réglé leurs différends ; go and sort it out elsewhere allez vous expliquer ailleurs ; it's time to sort this thing out il est temps de tirer cette affaire au clair ;
    2 ( organize) s'occuper de [details, arrangements] ; clarifier [ideas] ; I'll sort something out with Tim j'arrangerai quelque chose avec Tim ; Rex will sort something out for you Rex arrangera quelque chose pour vous ; I'll sort out with him what I have to do je verrai avec lui ce que j'ai à faire ;
    3 (tidy up, put in order) ranger [cupboard, desk] ; classer [files, documents] ; mettre de l'ordre dans [finances, affairs] ; to sort out one's life mettre de l'ordre dans sa vie ;
    4 ( select) trier [photos, clothes] ;
    5 ( find) trouver [replacement, stand-in] ;
    6 ( mend) réparer [clutch, fault] ;
    ▶ sort out [sth]
    1 ( separate) to sort out the clean socks from the dirty séparer les chaussettes propres des chaussettes sales ; to sort out the truth from the lies démêler le vrai du faux ;
    2 ( establish) to sort out who is responsible établir qui est responsable ; we're still trying to sort out what happened nous essayons toujours de comprendre ce qui s'est passé ;
    ▶ sort [sb] out ○
    1 ( punish) régler son compte à qn ○ ;
    2 ( help) [representative, receptionist, organizer] aider [person] ; the doctor will soon sort you out le médecin te remettra sur pied ;
    ▶ sort [oneself] out ( get organized) s'organiser ; ( in one's personal life) résoudre ses problèmes ; to get oneself sorted out s'organiser ; things will sort themselves out les choses vont s'arranger d'elles-mêmes ; the problem sorted itself out le problème s'est résolu de lui-même.
    ▶ sort through [sth] regarder, passer [qch] en revue [files, invoices] ; sort through the cards until you find the ace of clubs regarde toutes les cartes une par une pour trouver l'as de trèfle.

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  • 7 Knowledge

       It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men, that houses, mountains, rivers, and, in a word, all sensible objects, have an existence, natural or real, distinct from their being perceived by the understanding. But, with how great an assurance and acquiescence soever this principle may be entertained in the world, yet whoever shall find in his heart to call it into question may, if I mistake not, perceive it to involve a manifest contradiction. For, what are the forementioned objects but things we perceive by sense? and what do we perceive besides our own ideas or sensations? and is it not plainly repugnant that any one of these, or any combination of them, should exist unperceived? (Berkeley, 1996, Pt. I, No. 4, p. 25)
       It seems to me that the only objects of the abstract sciences or of demonstration are quantity and number, and that all attempts to extend this more perfect species of knowledge beyond these bounds are mere sophistry and illusion. As the component parts of quantity and number are entirely similar, their relations become intricate and involved; and nothing can be more curious, as well as useful, than to trace, by a variety of mediums, their equality or inequality, through their different appearances.
       But as all other ideas are clearly distinct and different from each other, we can never advance farther, by our utmost scrutiny, than to observe this diversity, and, by an obvious reflection, pronounce one thing not to be another. Or if there be any difficulty in these decisions, it proceeds entirely from the undeterminate meaning of words, which is corrected by juster definitions. That the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the squares of the other two sides cannot be known, let the terms be ever so exactly defined, without a train of reasoning and enquiry. But to convince us of this proposition, that where there is no property, there can be no injustice, it is only necessary to define the terms, and explain injustice to be a violation of property. This proposition is, indeed, nothing but a more imperfect definition. It is the same case with all those pretended syllogistical reasonings, which may be found in every other branch of learning, except the sciences of quantity and number; and these may safely, I think, be pronounced the only proper objects of knowledge and demonstration. (Hume, 1975, Sec. 12, Pt. 3, pp. 163-165)
       Our knowledge springs from two fundamental sources of the mind; the first is the capacity of receiving representations (the ability to receive impressions), the second is the power to know an object through these representations (spontaneity in the production of concepts).
       Through the first, an object is given to us; through the second, the object is thought in relation to that representation.... Intuition and concepts constitute, therefore, the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge. Both may be either pure or empirical.... Pure intuitions or pure concepts are possible only a priori; empirical intuitions and empirical concepts only a posteriori. If the receptivity of our mind, its power of receiving representations in so far as it is in any way affected, is to be called "sensibility," then the mind's power of producing representations from itself, the spontaneity of knowledge, should be called "understanding." Our nature is so constituted that our intuitions can never be other than sensible; that is, it contains only the mode in which we are affected by objects. The faculty, on the other hand, which enables us to think the object of sensible intuition is the understanding.... Without sensibility, no object would be given to us; without understanding, no object would be thought. Thoughts without content are empty; intuitions without concepts are blind. It is therefore just as necessary to make our concepts sensible, that is, to add the object to them in intuition, as to make our intuitions intelligible, that is to bring them under concepts. These two powers or capacities cannot exchange their functions. The understanding can intuit nothing, the senses can think nothing. Only through their union can knowledge arise. (Kant, 1933, Sec. 1, Pt. 2, B74-75 [p. 92])
       Metaphysics, as a natural disposition of Reason is real, but it is also, in itself, dialectical and deceptive.... Hence to attempt to draw our principles from it, and in their employment to follow this natural but none the less fallacious illusion can never produce science, but only an empty dialectical art, in which one school may indeed outdo the other, but none can ever attain a justifiable and lasting success. In order that, as a science, it may lay claim not merely to deceptive persuasion, but to insight and conviction, a Critique of Reason must exhibit in a complete system the whole stock of conceptions a priori, arranged according to their different sources-the Sensibility, the understanding, and the Reason; it must present a complete table of these conceptions, together with their analysis and all that can be deduced from them, but more especially the possibility of synthetic knowledge a priori by means of their deduction, the principles of its use, and finally, its boundaries....
       This much is certain: he who has once tried criticism will be sickened for ever of all the dogmatic trash he was compelled to content himself with before, because his Reason, requiring something, could find nothing better for its occupation. Criticism stands to the ordinary school metaphysics exactly in the same relation as chemistry to alchemy, or as astron omy to fortune-telling astrology. I guarantee that no one who has comprehended and thought out the conclusions of criticism, even in these Prolegomena, will ever return to the old sophistical pseudo-science. He will rather look forward with a kind of pleasure to a metaphysics, certainly now within his power, which requires no more preparatory discoveries, and which alone can procure for reason permanent satisfaction. (Kant, 1891, pp. 115-116)
       Knowledge is only real and can only be set forth fully in the form of science, in the form of system. Further, a so-called fundamental proposition or first principle of philosophy, even if it is true, it is yet none the less false, just because and in so far as it is merely a fundamental proposition, merely a first principle. It is for that reason easily refuted. The refutation consists in bringing out its defective character; and it is defective because it is merely the universal, merely a principle, the beginning. If the refutation is complete and thorough, it is derived and developed from the nature of the principle itself, and not accomplished by bringing in from elsewhere other counter-assurances and chance fancies. It would be strictly the development of the principle, and thus the completion of its deficiency, were it not that it misunderstands its own purport by taking account solely of the negative aspect of what it seeks to do, and is not conscious of the positive character of its process and result. The really positive working out of the beginning is at the same time just as much the very reverse: it is a negative attitude towards the principle we start from. Negative, that is to say, in its one-sided form, which consists in being primarily immediate, a mere purpose. It may therefore be regarded as a refutation of what constitutes the basis of the system; but more correctly it should be looked at as a demonstration that the basis or principle of the system is in point of fact merely its beginning. (Hegel, 1910, pp. 21-22)
       Knowledge, action, and evaluation are essentially connected. The primary and pervasive significance of knowledge lies in its guidance of action: knowing is for the sake of doing. And action, obviously, is rooted in evaluation. For a being which did not assign comparative values, deliberate action would be pointless; and for one which did not know, it would be impossible. Conversely, only an active being could have knowledge, and only such a being could assign values to anything beyond his own feelings. A creature which did not enter into the process of reality to alter in some part the future content of it, could apprehend a world only in the sense of intuitive or esthetic contemplation; and such contemplation would not possess the significance of knowledge but only that of enjoying and suffering. (Lewis, 1946, p. 1)
       "Evolutionary epistemology" is a branch of scholarship that applies the evolutionary perspective to an understanding of how knowledge develops. Knowledge always involves getting information. The most primitive way of acquiring it is through the sense of touch: amoebas and other simple organisms know what happens around them only if they can feel it with their "skins." The knowledge such an organism can have is strictly about what is in its immediate vicinity. After a huge jump in evolution, organisms learned to find out what was going on at a distance from them, without having to actually feel the environment. This jump involved the development of sense organs for processing information that was farther away. For a long time, the most important sources of knowledge were the nose, the eyes, and the ears. The next big advance occurred when organisms developed memory. Now information no longer needed to be present at all, and the animal could recall events and outcomes that happened in the past. Each one of these steps in the evolution of knowledge added important survival advantages to the species that was equipped to use it.
       Then, with the appearance in evolution of humans, an entirely new way of acquiring information developed. Up to this point, the processing of information was entirely intrasomatic.... But when speech appeared (and even more powerfully with the invention of writing), information processing became extrasomatic. After that point knowledge did not have to be stored in the genes, or in the memory traces of the brain; it could be passed on from one person to another through words, or it could be written down and stored on a permanent substance like stone, paper, or silicon chips-in any case, outside the fragile and impermanent nervous system. (Csikszentmihalyi, 1993, pp. 56-57)

    Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Knowledge

  • 8 accordingly

    1) (in agreement (with the circumstances etc): Find out what has happened and act accordingly.) i overensstemmelse dermed; derefter; følgeligt
    2) (therefore: He was very worried about the future of the firm and accordingly he did what he could to help.) derfor; følgeligt
    * * *
    1) (in agreement (with the circumstances etc): Find out what has happened and act accordingly.) i overensstemmelse dermed; derefter; følgeligt
    2) (therefore: He was very worried about the future of the firm and accordingly he did what he could to help.) derfor; følgeligt

    English-Danish dictionary > accordingly

  • 9 somebody

    some·body [ʼsʌmbədi, Am - ˌbɑ:di] pron
    1) ( anyone) jemand;
    if \somebody should find out what we're doing, we'd get in a lot of trouble wenn jemand draufkommt, was wir machen, bekommen wir ganz schöne Schwierigkeiten
    2) ( one person) irgendwer;
    \somebody must have seen what happened irgendwer muss gesehen haben, was geschehen ist;
    surely \somebody knows where the documents are sicher weiß jemand, wo die Dokumente sind;
    \somebody from the audience shouted out jemand aus dem Publikum schrie heraus ( fam);
    we'll need a software engineer or \somebody on the project team wir brauchen einen Informatiker oder so in unserem Projektteam;
    we need \somebody English to check our translation wir brauchen jemand Englischsprachigen, der die Übersetzung prüft
    3) (unnamed, unknown person) jemand;
    \somebody told me that you were moving jemand hat mir erzählt, dass ihr umzieht;
    there's \somebody at the door jemand ist an der Tür;
    \somebody or other irgendwer;
    \somebody or other called for you while you were out and wouldn't leave a name irgendwer hat angerufen, als du fort warst, und den Namen nicht hinterlassen
    \somebody should take care of that - it looks terrible jemand sollte sich darum kümmern - es sieht schrecklich aus;
    I wish \somebody would finally tell the boss what an idiot he was! ich wünschte, irgendwer würde dem Chef endlich sagen, was für ein Idiot er ist!;
    \somebody else jemand anders;
    \somebody or other jemand anders
    to be \somebody jemand sein;
    I'd like to be \somebody ich möchte jemand werden n <pl - dies> ( important person) wichtige Person;
    nobodies who want to become somebodies Nobodys, die wichtig werden wollen

    English-German students dictionary > somebody

  • 10 accordingly

    1) (in agreement (with the circumstances etc): Find out what has happened and act accordingly.) en consecuencia
    2) (therefore: He was very worried about the future of the firm and accordingly he did what he could to help.) por consiguiente
    tr[ə'kɔːdɪŋlɪ]
    1 (appropriately) en consecuencia, de conformidad
    2 (therefore) por consiguiente
    accordingly [ə'kɔrdɪŋli] adv
    1) correspondingly: en consecuencia
    2) consequently: por consiguiente, por lo tanto
    adv.
    • de acuerdo con adv.
    • en conformidad adv.
    • en consecuencia adv.
    • por consiguiente adv.
    ə'kɔːrdɪŋli, ə'kɔːdɪŋli
    a) ( correspondingly) en consecuencia
    b) (so, therefore) (as linker) por lo tanto, por consiguiente
    [ǝ'kɔːdɪŋlɪ]
    ADV
    1) (=correspondingly)
    2) (=therefore) por consiguiente, por lo tanto

    the text was too long and the editor accordingly cut it by 20% — el texto era demasiado largo y por consiguiente or por lo tanto el editor lo acortó un 20%

    * * *
    [ə'kɔːrdɪŋli, ə'kɔːdɪŋli]
    a) ( correspondingly) en consecuencia
    b) (so, therefore) (as linker) por lo tanto, por consiguiente

    English-spanish dictionary > accordingly

  • 11 accordingly

    adverb
    (as appropriate) entsprechend; (therefore) folglich
    * * *
    1) (in agreement (with the circumstances etc): Find out what has happened and act accordingly.) entsprechend
    2) (therefore: He was very worried about the future of the firm and accordingly he did what he could to help.) folglich
    * * *
    ac·cord·ing·ly
    [əˈkɔ:dɪŋli, AM -ˈkɔ:rd-]
    adv inv
    1. (appropriately) [dem]entsprechend
    2. (thus) folglich
    * * *
    [ə'kɔːdIŋlɪ]
    adv
    (= correspondingly) (dem)entsprechend; (= so, therefore) (dem)entsprechend, folglich
    * * *
    1. folglich
    2. (dem)entsprechend
    * * *
    adverb
    (as appropriate) entsprechend; (therefore) folglich
    * * *
    adv.
    danach adv.
    dementsprechend adv.
    demgemäß adv.
    entsprechend adv.
    zugehörig adv.
    übereinstimmend adv.

    English-german dictionary > accordingly

  • 12 accordingly

    1) (in agreement (with the circumstances etc): Find out what has happened and act accordingly.) deretter
    2) (therefore: He was very worried about the future of the firm and accordingly he did what he could to help.) følgelig, altså
    adv. \/əˈkɔːdɪŋlɪ\/
    1) i overensstemmelse med, i samsvar med, deretter
    2) følgelig, således, derfor, av den grunn

    English-Norwegian dictionary > accordingly

  • 13 accordingly

    1) (in agreement (with the circumstances etc): Find out what has happened and act accordingly.) samkvæmt því
    2) (therefore: He was very worried about the future of the firm and accordingly he did what he could to help.) þar af leiðandi

    English-Icelandic dictionary > accordingly

  • 14 accordingly

    tehát, éppen ezért, következésképpen, megfelelően
    * * *
    1) (in agreement (with the circumstances etc): Find out what has happened and act accordingly.) eszerint
    2) (therefore: He was very worried about the future of the firm and accordingly he did what he could to help.) következésképpen

    English-Hungarian dictionary > accordingly

  • 15 accordingly

    1) (in agreement (with the circumstances etc): Find out what has happened and act accordingly.) em conformidade
    2) (therefore: He was very worried about the future of the firm and accordingly he did what he could to help.) por conseguinte
    * * *
    ac.cord.ing.ly
    [ək'ɔ:diŋli] adv = link=according according.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > accordingly

  • 16 accordingly

    adv. göre, gereğince, bu yüzden, bu nedenle
    * * *
    1. buna göre 2. bundan dolayı
    * * *
    1) (in agreement (with the circumstances etc): Find out what has happened and act accordingly.) (buna) uygun olarak
    2) (therefore: He was very worried about the future of the firm and accordingly he did what he could to help.) bu nedenle

    English-Turkish dictionary > accordingly

  • 17 accordingly

    1) (in agreement (with the circumstances etc): Find out what has happened and act accordingly.) ustrezno, v skladu (s tem)
    2) (therefore: He was very worried about the future of the firm and accordingly he did what he could to help.) zato
    * * *
    [əkɔ:diŋli]
    adverb
    zatorej, potemtakem, torej

    English-Slovenian dictionary > accordingly

  • 18 accordingly

    • niin ollen
    • niinmuodoin
    • siis
    • mukaisesti
    • sen mukaisesti
    * * *
    1) (in agreement (with the circumstances etc): Find out what has happened and act accordingly.) sen mukaisesti
    2) (therefore: He was very worried about the future of the firm and accordingly he did what he could to help.) niinpä

    English-Finnish dictionary > accordingly

  • 19 accordingly

    [ə'kɔːdɪŋlɪ]
    avverbio di conseguenza
    * * *
    1) (in agreement (with the circumstances etc): Find out what has happened and act accordingly.) di conseguenza
    2) (therefore: He was very worried about the future of the firm and accordingly he did what he could to help.) di conseguenza
    * * *
    accordingly /əˈkɔ:dɪŋlɪ/
    avv.
    1 in conformità; conformemente; di conseguenza: We acted accordingly, abbiamo agito di conseguenza
    2 pertanto; quindi: They accordingly decided to abstain, essi hanno deciso pertanto di astenersi.
    * * *
    [ə'kɔːdɪŋlɪ]
    avverbio di conseguenza

    English-Italian dictionary > accordingly

  • 20 accordingly

    [ə'kɔːdɪŋlɪ]
    adv
    ( appropriately) stosownie, odpowiednio; ( as a result) w związku z tym
    * * *
    1) (in agreement (with the circumstances etc): Find out what has happened and act accordingly.) stosownie, odpowiednio
    2) (therefore: He was very worried about the future of the firm and accordingly he did what he could to help.) dlatego, w związku z tym

    English-Polish dictionary > accordingly

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