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1 adversity
{əd'və:siti}
n злополучие, нещастие, беда, бедствие, напаст* * *{ъd'vъ:siti} n злополучие, нещастие; беда; бедствие; напаст* * *бедствие; злополучие; злополучие; напаст; несгода;* * *n злополучие, нещастие, беда, бедствие, напаст* * *adversity[əd´və:siti] n 1. нещастие, бедствие; злощастие; \adversity makes strange bed-fellows нещастието сближава най-различни хора; 2. лош късмет. -
2 prove
{pru:v}
1. n доказвам
to PROVE oneself as доказвам, че съм
2. изпитвам, изпробвам
3. оказвам се, излизам (и refl)
to PROVE (to be) a coward/useless, etc. оказвам се страхливец/излишен и пр
4. мат. проверявам
5. юp. легализирам (завещание)
6. карам да втаса/кипне, втасвам, кипвам (за тесто)* * *{pru:v} n (proved, рр aм., шотл., книж. и proven {'pru:vъn})* * *пробвам; проверявам; доказвам; изпробвам;* * *1. n доказвам 2. to prove (to be) a coward/useless, etc. оказвам се страхливец/излишен и пр 3. to prove oneself as доказвам, че съм 4. изпитвам, изпробвам 5. карам да втаса/кипне, втасвам, кипвам (за тесто) 6. мат. проверявам 7. оказвам се, излизам (и refl) 8. юp. легализирам (завещание)* * *prove [pru:v] v 1. доказвам; 2. изпитвам, пробвам, изпробвам; to be \proved by adversity минавам през ада (чистилището) на страданията; издържам изпитанието на страданията; 3. оказвам се, излизам (и refl): his hopes \proved ( to be) fallacious надеждите му се оказаха напразни; 4. мат. проверявам; 5. юрид. легализирам ( завещание); 6. воен. проверявам личния състав; 7. вадя пробен отпечатък (от); 8. втасвам (за тесто);
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Adversity — Ad*ver si*ty, n.; pl. {Adversities}. [OE. adversite, F. adversit[ e], fr. L. adversitas.] 1. Opposition; contrariety. [Obs.] Wyclif. [1913 Webster] Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Bacon. [1913 Webster] Syn: Affliction; distress;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adversity — (n.) c.1200, aduersite misfortune, hardship, difficulty, from O.Fr. aversité adversity, calamity, misfortune; hostility, wickedness, malice (Mod.Fr. adversité), from L. adversitatem (nom. adversitas) opposition, from adversus (see ADVERSE (Cf.… … Etymology dictionary
adversity — I noun adverse circumstances, adverse fortune, affliction, bale, calamitas, calamity, catastrophe, contretemps, difficulty, disaster, distress, hardship, injuriousness, injury, misadventure, mischance, miseria, misfortune, mishap, oppression,… … Law dictionary
adversity — *misfortune, mischance, mishap Analogous words: *trial, tribulation, affliction: *distress, misery, suffering: *poverty, privation, indigence, destitution Antonyms: prosperity Contrasted words: felicity, *h … New Dictionary of Synonyms
adversity — [n] bad luck, situation affliction, bad break*, bummer*, calamity, can of worms*, catastrophe, clutch, contretemps, crunch*, difficulty, disaster, distress, downer*, drag*, evil eye*, hard knocks*, hardship, hard times, hurting, ill fortune, jam … New thesaurus
adversity — ► NOUN (pl. adversities) ▪ difficulty; misfortune … English terms dictionary
adversity — [ad vʉr′sə tē, ədvʉr′sə tē] n. [ME < OFr adversité, aversite < L adversitas < adversus, ADVERSE] 1. a state of wretchedness or misfortune; poverty and trouble 2. pl. adversities an instance of misfortune; calamity … English World dictionary
adversity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Ill fortune Nouns 1. (difficulty) adversity, affliction; bad, ill, adverse, or hard luck or fortune, Weltschmerz; evil lot; force majeur, frowns of fortune; evil star or genius; ups and downs of life,… … English dictionary for students
adversity — noun VERB + ADVERSITY ▪ be faced with, meet with ▪ When faced with adversity she was never tempted to give up. ▪ overcome, triumph over PREPOSITION ▪ … Collocations dictionary
Adversity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Adversity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 adversity adversity evil &c. 619 Sgm: N 1 failure failure &c. 732 Sgm: N 1 bad luck bad luck ill luck evil luck adverse luck hard fortune … English dictionary for students
adversity — n. to face; overcome adversity * * * [əd vɜːsɪtɪ] overcome adversity to face … Combinatory dictionary
