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1 décorer

décorer [dekɔʀe]

➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb

to decorate (de with)

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dekɔʀe
verbe transitif

1) ( orner) to decorate (de with); ( en couture) to trim (de with)

2) ( médailler) to decorate

il a été décoré de la médaille militaire — he has been awarded the military medal

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dekɔʀe vt
1) [intérieur, mur, table] to decorate

2) [soldat] to decorate

être décoré de qch par qn — to be awarded sth by sb

Le capitaine de l'équipe d'Angleterre a été décoré de l'ordre de l'Empire britannique par Élisabeth II. — The captain of the England team has been awarded the Order of the British Empire by the Queen.

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décorer verb table: aimer vtr

1 ( orner) to decorate (de with); Cout to trim (de with);

2 Mil to decorate; il a été décoré de la médaille militaire he has been awarded the military medal.

[dekɔre] verbe transitif

1. [orner - intérieur, vase, assiette] to decorate ; [ - table, arbre] to decorate, to adorn

2. [personne] to decorate

être décoré de la Légion d'honneur to be awarded the Legion of Honour

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > décorer
2 быть награждённым орденом

1) General subject: be awarded the order of (...)

2) Diplomatic term: be awarded an order

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > быть награждённым орденом
3 rosette

rosette [ʀozεt]

feminine noun

( = nœud) rosette

• avoir la rosette to be an officer of the Légion d'honneur → LÉGION D'HONNEUR

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ʀozɛt
nom féminin

1) (insigne, ornement) rosette; ( nœud) bow

2) Botanique rosette

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ʀozɛt nf
1) (= ornement) rosette

2) (= nœud) bow

3) (= décoration) rosette (generally of the Légion d'honneur)

4) CUISINE (rosette de Lyon) pure pork slicing sausage

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rosette nf

1 ( ornement) rosette;

2 ( nœud) bow;

3 ( décoration) rosette; avoir la rosette to have been awarded the order of the Legion of Honour^GB;

4 Culin rosette (de Lyon) rosette, slicing sausage.

[rozɛt] nom féminin

1. [nœud] bow

2. [cocarde] rose, rosette

avoir/recevoir la rosette to be/to be made an officer (of an order of knighthood or merit)

3. CUISINE

rosette (de Lyon) broad type of salami

4. BOTANIQUE rosette

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > rosette
4 Rosette

rosette [ʀozεt]

feminine noun

( = nœud) rosette

• avoir la rosette to be an officer of the Légion d'honneur → LÉGION D'HONNEUR

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ʀozɛt
nom féminin

1) (insigne, ornement) rosette; ( nœud) bow

2) Botanique rosette

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ʀozɛt nf
1) (= ornement) rosette

2) (= nœud) bow

3) (= décoration) rosette (generally of the Légion d'honneur)

4) CUISINE (rosette de Lyon) pure pork slicing sausage

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rosette nf

1 ( ornement) rosette;

2 ( nœud) bow;

3 ( décoration) rosette; avoir la rosette to have been awarded the order of the Legion of Honour^GB;

4 Culin rosette (de Lyon) rosette, slicing sausage.

[rozɛt] nom propre

la pierre de Rosette the Rosetta stone

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > Rosette
5 быть награждённым орденом ...

General subject: to be awarded the order of...

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > быть награждённым орденом ...
6 conceder

v.

1 to grant.

me concedió un deseo he granted me a wish

le concedí el beneficio de la duda I gave him the benefit of the doubt

no concede entrevistas she doesn't give interviews

¿me concede cinco minutos? could you give o spare me five minutes?

2 to admit, to concede.

3 to give.

4 to allow to.

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conceder

► verbo transitivo

1 (otorgar) to grant, concede; (premio) to award

■ le concedieron el primer premio he was awarded the first prize

2 (atribuir) to give, attach

■ no le concedí importancia a aquel asunto I didn't attach importance to that affair

3 (oportunidad, tiempo) to give

4 (admitir) to concede, admit

■ le concedo que no tengo razón I admit I'm not right

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verb

1) to award, grant

2) concede, admit

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VT

1) (=dar) [+ beca, premio] to award, grant; [+ crédito, permiso, deseo, entrevista] to grant

su mujer no quería concederle el divorcio — his wife didn't want to grant o give him a divorce

el juez les concedió el divorcio — the judge granted them a divorce

solo concedió unos minutos para unas preguntas — he only allowed a few minutes for some questions

el árbitro les concedió el gol — the referee awarded them the goal

le concedieron el honor de presidir el congreso — they conferred on him the honour of presiding over the conference

¿me concede el honor de este baile? — may I have the pleasure of this dance?

2) frm (=admitir) to concede, admit

concedo que el error fue mío — I concede o admit it was my mistake

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) <premio/beca> to give, award; <descuento/préstamo> to give, grant (frml); <privilegio/favor/permiso> to grant

concedieron el triunfo al irlandés — they awarded victory to the Irishman

sin conceder un solo tanto — without conceding a single point

el honor que me concedieron — the honor they conferred o bestowed on me

nos concedió una entrevista — she agreed to give us an interview

¿me podría conceder unos minutos? — could you spare me a few minutes?

b) <importancia/valor> to give

2) (admitir, reconocer) to admit, acknowledge, concede

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= award, confer (on/upon), grant, vest, cede, bestow, dispense.

Ex. In recognition of his impact on cataloging, in 1974 he was awarded the Margaret Mann Citation and, in 1978, the Melvil Dewey Medal.

Ex. Lastly, he was the 1971 recipient of the Melvil Dewey Medal, which was conferred upon him for creative professional achievement of a high order.

Ex. In the majority of cases, the indexer is granted considerable freedom of choice as to the citation order he adopts in the construction of compound class numbers.

Ex. This responsibility is vested in the Central Classification Committees of the member countries.

Ex. We see this most clearly in the United Kingdom right now, as the Westminster government cedes authority both to the European Union and to a new parliament in Scotland.

Ex. God offers penitents redemption but also bestows His 'common grace' on all.

Ex. This paper describes the role of the federal government in dispensing aid to public libraries as part of the combat against the Great Depression of the 1930s.

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* conceder aumento salarial = award + salary increase.

* conceder beca = grant + scholarship.

* conceder cierta autoridad sobre = give + Nombre + a say in.

* conceder comisión de servicios = second.

* conceder diploma = grant + diploma.

* conceder el derecho al voto = enfranchise.

* conceder el honor = accord + honour.

* conceder en franquicia = franchise.

* conceder facultades = endow with + powers.

* conceder importancia = accord + significance level, attach + importance, place + importance.

* conceder licencia = grant + license.

* conceder licencia de comercialización = license [licence, -USA].

* conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.

* conceder permiso = give + permission, grant + permission, grant + Alguien + leave.

* conceder poderes = give + powers.

* conceder potestad = confer + mandate.

* conceder una licencia = issue + licence.

* conceder una oportunidad = grant + opportunity.

* conceder una petición = grant + request.

* conceder un contrato = award + contract.

* conceder un favor = bestow + favour.

* conceder un premio = give + an award, grant + an award.

* conceder un préstamo = grant + loan.

* conceder un título = bestow + title.

* privilegio concedido por el dinero = moneyed privilege.

* que concede becas = grant-making.

* que concede subsidios = grant-making.

* que se concede en función de las necesidades económicas = means-tested.

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) <premio/beca> to give, award; <descuento/préstamo> to give, grant (frml); <privilegio/favor/permiso> to grant

concedieron el triunfo al irlandés — they awarded victory to the Irishman

sin conceder un solo tanto — without conceding a single point

el honor que me concedieron — the honor they conferred o bestowed on me

nos concedió una entrevista — she agreed to give us an interview

¿me podría conceder unos minutos? — could you spare me a few minutes?

b) <importancia/valor> to give

2) (admitir, reconocer) to admit, acknowledge, concede

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= award, confer (on/upon), grant, vest, cede, bestow, dispense.

Ex: In recognition of his impact on cataloging, in 1974 he was awarded the Margaret Mann Citation and, in 1978, the Melvil Dewey Medal.

Ex: Lastly, he was the 1971 recipient of the Melvil Dewey Medal, which was conferred upon him for creative professional achievement of a high order.

Ex: In the majority of cases, the indexer is granted considerable freedom of choice as to the citation order he adopts in the construction of compound class numbers.

Ex: This responsibility is vested in the Central Classification Committees of the member countries.

Ex: We see this most clearly in the United Kingdom right now, as the Westminster government cedes authority both to the European Union and to a new parliament in Scotland.

Ex: God offers penitents redemption but also bestows His 'common grace' on all.

Ex: This paper describes the role of the federal government in dispensing aid to public libraries as part of the combat against the Great Depression of the 1930s.

* conceder aumento salarial = award + salary increase.

* conceder beca = grant + scholarship.

* conceder cierta autoridad sobre = give + Nombre + a say in.

* conceder comisión de servicios = second.

* conceder diploma = grant + diploma.

* conceder el derecho al voto = enfranchise.

* conceder el honor = accord + honour.

* conceder en franquicia = franchise.

* conceder facultades = endow with + powers.

* conceder importancia = accord + significance level, attach + importance, place + importance.

* conceder licencia = grant + license.

* conceder licencia de comercialización = license [licence, -USA].

* conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.

* conceder permiso = give + permission, grant + permission, grant + Alguien + leave.

* conceder poderes = give + powers.

* conceder potestad = confer + mandate.

* conceder una licencia = issue + licence.

* conceder una oportunidad = grant + opportunity.

* conceder una petición = grant + request.

* conceder un contrato = award + contract.

* conceder un favor = bestow + favour.

* conceder un premio = give + an award, grant + an award.

* conceder un préstamo = grant + loan.

* conceder un título = bestow + title.

* privilegio concedido por el dinero = moneyed privilege.

* que concede becas = grant-making.

* que concede subsidios = grant-making.

* que se concede en función de las necesidades económicas = means-tested.

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conceder [E1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹premio/beca› to give, award; ‹descuento/préstamo› to give, grant ( frml); ‹privilegio/favor› to grant

los jueces concedieron el triunfo al irlandés the judges awarded victory to the Irishman, the judges pronounced the Irishman the winner

abuchearon al árbitro por no conceder el penalty the referee was booed for not giving o awarding the penalty

sin conceder un solo tanto without conceding a single point

me concedieron permiso they gave me permission

el honor que me concedieron the honor they conferred o bestowed on me

nos concedió una entrevista she agreed to give us an interview o to being interviewed by us

terminó por concederle la razón a su contrincante he ended up admitting o conceding that his opponent was right

¿me podría conceder unos minutos de su tiempo? could you spare me a few minutes of your time?

2 ‹importancia/valor› to give

no le concedió demasiada importancia she did not give it too much importance o attach too much importance to it

B (admitir, reconocer) to admit, acknowledge, concede

tuvo que conceder que se había equivocado he had to admit o concede o acknowledge that he was wrong

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conceder ( conjugate conceder) verbo transitivo
1
a) ‹premio/beca› to give, award;

‹descuento/préstamo› to give;
‹privilegio/favor/permiso› to grant;
◊ nos concedió una entrevista she agreed to give us an interview;

¿me podría conceder unos minutos? could you spare me a few minutes?
b) ‹importancia/valor› to give

2 (admitir, reconocer) to admit, acknowledge
conceder verbo transitivo
1 (admitir) to admit, concede
2 (un deseo, préstamo) to grant
(un premio, una beca) to award
3 frml (tiempo, atención) si me concede un minuto, if you can spare me a moment
4 (importancia) to give
conceder valor a algo, to attach value to something
' conceder' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acceder
- dar
- dotar
- merced
- negar
- premio
English:
accord
- award
- begrudge
- bestow
- concede
- grant
- confer
- devolve
- dispense
- give
- knight
- shut
- straight

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conceder vt

1. [dar] to grant;
[premio] to award; [beca] to give, to award; [préstamo, subvención] to give, to grant; [asilo, indulto, extradición] to grant;
le concedí el beneficio de la duda I gave him the benefit of the doubt;

me concedió un deseo he granted me a wish;

no concede entrevistas she doesn't give interviews;

¿me concede cinco minutos? could you give o spare me five minutes?;

le han concedido un permiso para acudir al congreso he's been given o granted permission to attend the conference

2. [asentir] to admit, to concede;

concedo que están en lo cierto I admit that you're right

3. [atribuir] [importancia] to give, to attach;

no concede ningún valor al dinero money doesn't matter to her at all

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conceder

v/t concede; entrevista, permiso give; premio award; importancia attach

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conceder vt

1) : to grant, to bestow

2) : to concede, to admit

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conceder vb

1. (en general) to give [pt. gave; pp. given] / to grant

le han concedido el crédito que pidió he's been given the loan he asked for

2. (beca, premio) to award

3. (reconocer) to admit [pt. & pp. admitted] / to acknowledge

te concedo que en eso tienes razón I admit that you're right in this

conceder importancia a algo to attach importance to something

Spanish-English dictionary > conceder
7 otorgar

v.

to grant.

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otorgar

Conjugation model [ LLEGAR], like link=llegar llegar

► verbo transitivo

1 (conceder) to grant, give (a, to); (premio) to award (a, to)

2 DERECHO to execute, draw up

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verb

to award, grant

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VT

1) (=conceder) [+ privilegio, ayuda, independencia, permiso] to grant (a to)
[+ premio] to award (a to) [+ poderes, título] to confer (a on) [+ esfuerzo, tiempo] to devote (a to)
2) (Jur) (=ejecutar) to execute; [+ testamento] to make

3) (=consentir en) to consent to, agree to

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verbo transitivo

1) (frml) < premio> to award; <favor/préstamo> to grant; < poderes> to bestow (frml), to give

2) (Der) < contrato> to sign, execute (tech)

otorgó testamento — she drew up o made her will

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= award, confer (on/upon), invest, bestow, dispense, grant.

Ex. In recognition of his impact on cataloging, in 1974 he was awarded the Margaret Mann Citation and, in 1978, the Melvil Dewey Medal.

Ex. Lastly, he was the 1971 recipient of the Melvil Dewey Medal, which was conferred upon him for creative professional achievement of a high order.

Ex. Such considerations whether invested with the gravitas assumed by LSIC whenever they address such imponderables or when issued by freebooting critics miss the mark.

Ex. God offers penitents redemption but also bestows His 'common grace' on all.

Ex. This paper describes the role of the federal government in dispensing aid to public libraries as part of the combat against the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Ex. In the majority of cases, the indexer is granted considerable freedom of choice as to the citation order he adopts in the construction of compound class numbers.

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* otorgar el honor = accord + honour.

* otorgar el título de "sir" = elevate to + knighthood.

* otorgar en profusión = shower.

* otorgar permiso = grant + Alguien + leave.

* otorgar un premio = give + an award, grant + an award.

* otorgar un título = confer + degree, award + Título, bestow + title.

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verbo transitivo

1) (frml) < premio> to award; <favor/préstamo> to grant; < poderes> to bestow (frml), to give

2) (Der) < contrato> to sign, execute (tech)

otorgó testamento — she drew up o made her will

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= award, confer (on/upon), invest, bestow, dispense, grant.

Ex: In recognition of his impact on cataloging, in 1974 he was awarded the Margaret Mann Citation and, in 1978, the Melvil Dewey Medal.

Ex: Lastly, he was the 1971 recipient of the Melvil Dewey Medal, which was conferred upon him for creative professional achievement of a high order.

Ex: Such considerations whether invested with the gravitas assumed by LSIC whenever they address such imponderables or when issued by freebooting critics miss the mark.

Ex: God offers penitents redemption but also bestows His 'common grace' on all.

Ex: This paper describes the role of the federal government in dispensing aid to public libraries as part of the combat against the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Ex: In the majority of cases, the indexer is granted considerable freedom of choice as to the citation order he adopts in the construction of compound class numbers.

* otorgar el honor = accord + honour.

* otorgar el título de "sir" = elevate to + knighthood.

* otorgar en profusión = shower.

* otorgar permiso = grant + Alguien + leave.

* otorgar un premio = give + an award, grant + an award.

* otorgar un título = confer + degree, award + Título, bestow + title.

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otorgar [A3 ]

vt

A ( frml); ‹premio› to award; ‹favor/préstamo› to grant; ‹poderes› to bestow ( frml), to give

se le otorgó el máximo galardón she was awarded the highest honor, she had the highest award bestowed upon her

sus magníficos goles otorgaron la victoria a su equipo his magnificent goals secured victory for his team

B ( Der) ‹contrato› to sign, execute ( tech)

otorgó testamento she drew up o made her will

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otorgar ( conjugate otorgar) verbo transitivo (frml) ‹ premio› to award;
‹favor/préstamo› to grant;
‹ poderes› to bestow (frml), to give
otorgar verbo transitivo
1 (un reconocimiento, un premio) to award [a, to]
2 (un derecho, una petición) to grant: el documento le otorga plenos poderes a Manuela, the document grants full powers to Manuela
' otorgar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
testamento
English:
award
- bestow
- confer
- grant
- give

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otorgar vt

1. [favor, privilegio, préstamo] to grant;
[honor, título] to confer; [premio, beca] to award, to present
2. Der to sign, Espec to execute

3. [ley] to pass, Espec to promulgate

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otorgar

v/t award; favor grant

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otorgar {52} vt

1) : to grant, to award

2) : to draw up, to frame (a legal document)

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otorgar vb

1. (premio, medalla) to award

2. (perdón, permiso) to grant

Spanish-English dictionary > otorgar
8 vergeben

(unreg.)

I vt/i

1. (verzeihen) forgive ( jemandem s.o.); man muss auch vergeben können one also has to be able to forgive

2. (Chance) miss; SPORT (Tor, Sieg etc.) throw away; eine Gelegenheit vergeben auch let an opportunity slip; einen Elfmeter vergeben waste a penalty; er vergab in der 90. Minute (traf nicht ins Tor) he missed in the 90th minute

3. sich (Dat) nichts vergeben, wenn... not lose face if...; sich (Dat) etwas vergeben compromise o.s.; was vergibst du dir, wenn...? what harm will it do if...?

II v/t give away (an jemanden: to); WIRTS. (Auftrag) place (with); (Arbeit) farm out; (übertragen) confer, bestow (on) förm.; ein Amt an jemanden vergeben appoint s.o. to an office; zu vergeben available; Stelle zu vergeben vacancy

III v/refl beim Kartenspiel: misdeal

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vergeben2

I P.P. vergeben1

II Adj.

1. vergeben sein Stelle: be taken; Auftrag: have been given out; Plätze: have been taken; umg., Person: be spoken for; noch nicht vergeben Stelle: open; auch umg., Person: still available; ich bin morgen leider schon vergeben umg. I’m booked up for tomorrow, I’m afraid

2. das ist vergeben und vergessen that’s all in the past

3. Chance etc.: missed, wasted; zwei vergebene Elfmeter two wasted penalties

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(nicht nutzen) to miss;

(verzeihen) to forgive; to condone;

(weggeben) to give away; to place

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ver|ge|ben ptp vergeben irreg
1. vt

1) (= weggeben) Auftrag, Stipendium, Preis to award (
an +acc to); Plätze, Studienplätze, Stellen to allocate; Kredit to give out; Karten to give away; Arbeit to assign; (fig) Chance, Möglichkeit to throw away
ein Amt an jdn vergében — to appoint sb to an office

zu vergében sein — to be available; (Stelle auch) to be open

vergében sein (Gewinn) — to have been awarded or won; (Wohnung, Karten, Plätze) to have been taken; (Stelle) to have been filled

er/sie ist schon vergében (inf) — he/she is already spoken for (inf) or (verheiratet auch) married

ich bin heute Abend schon vergében (inf) — I've got something else on this evening

mein Herz ist schon vergében (liter) — my heart belongs to another (liter)

der nächste Tanz ist schon vergében — I've already promised the next dance

2) (= verzeihen) to forgive; Sünde to forgive, to pardon

jdm etw vergében — to forgive sb (for) sth

das ist vergében und vergessen — that is over and done with, that is forgiven and forgotten

3)

etwas/nichts vergében — to lose/not to lose face

was vergibst du dir, wenn du ein bisschen netter bist? — what have you got to lose by being a bit friendlier?

2. vr (CARDS)
to misdeal
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ver·ge·ben *

irreg

I. vi (verzeihen)

▪ [jdm] \vergeben to forgive [sb]

II. vt

1. (geh: verzeihen)

▪ [jdm] etw \vergeben to forgive [sb] sth

▪ \vergeben, dass to forgive sb for

ich habe ihm \vergeben, dass er meinen Geburtstag vergessen hat I've forgiven him for forgetting my birthday

das alles ist doch \vergeben und vergessen all that has been forgiven and forgotten

2. (in Auftrag geben)

▪ etw [an jdn] \vergeben to award [or allocate] sth [to sb]

haben Sie den Auftrag bereits \vergeben? have you already awarded the contract?

3. (verleihen)

▪ etw [an jdn] \vergeben to award sth [to sb]

der Nobelpreis wird für herausragende Leistungen \vergeben the Nobel Prize is awarded for outstanding achievements

4. (zuteilen)

▪ etw [an jdn] \vergeben to allocate sth [to sb]

tut mir leid, die vorderen Plätze sind schon alle \vergeben sorry, all the front seats have already been allocated

zu \vergeben to be allocated

5. (verpassen)

▪ etw \vergeben to miss sth

eine Chance/eine Möglichkeit \vergeben to pass up sep an opportunity

6.

▶ bereits [o schon] \vergeben sein (liiert) to be already spoken for; (geschäftlicher Termin) to be booked up

die ganze nächste Woche bin ich bereits \vergeben I'm booked up for the whole of next week

▶ sich dat nichts \vergeben, wenn... not to lose face, if...

▶ was vergibst du dir [schon] \vergeben, wenn... what have you got to lose, if...

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unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) auch itr. (geh.): (verzeihen) forgive

jemandem etwas vergeben — forgive somebody [for] something

2) throw away <chance, goal, etc.>

einen Elfmeter vergeben — waste a penalty

3) (geben) place < order> (an + Akk. with); award <grant, prize> (an + Akk. to)

4)

sich (Dat.) etwas/nichts vergeben — lose/not lose face

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vergeben¹ (irr)

A. v/t & v/i

1. (verzeihen) forgive (

jemandem sb);

man muss auch vergeben können one also has to be able to forgive

2. (Chance) miss; SPORT (Tor, Sieg etc) throw away;

eine Gelegenheit vergeben auch let an opportunity slip;

einen Elfmeter vergeben waste a penalty;

er vergab in der 90. Minute (traf nicht ins Tor) he missed in the 90th minute

3.

sich (dat)

nichts vergeben, wenn … not lose face if …;

sich (dat)

etwas vergeben compromise o.s.;

was vergibst du dir, wenn …? what harm will it do if …?

B. v/t give away (

an jemanden: to); WIRTSCH (Auftrag) place (with); (Arbeit) farm out; (übertragen) confer, bestow (on) form;

ein Amt an jemanden vergeben appoint sb to an office;

zu vergeben available;

Stelle zu vergeben vacancy

C. v/r beim Kartenspiel: misdeal

vergeben²

A. pperf → vergeben¹

B. adj

1.

vergeben sein Stelle: be taken; Auftrag: have been given out; Plätze: have been taken; umg, Person: be spoken for;

noch nicht vergeben Stelle: open; auch umg, Person: still available;

ich bin morgen leider schon vergeben umg I’m booked up for tomorrow, I’m afraid

2.

das ist vergeben und vergessen that’s all in the past

3. Chance etc: missed, wasted;

zwei vergebene Elfmeter two wasted penalties

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unregelmäßiges transitives Verb

1) auch itr. (geh.): (verzeihen) forgive

jemandem etwas vergeben — forgive somebody [for] something

2) throw away <chance, goal, etc.>

einen Elfmeter vergeben — waste a penalty

3) (geben) place < order> (an + Akk. with); award <grant, prize> (an + Akk. to)

4)

sich (Dat.) etwas/nichts vergeben — lose/not lose face

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v.

to forgive v.

(§ p.,p.p.: forgave, forgiven)

to give away v.

to place with v.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > vergeben
9 орден

1) (знак отличия) order, decoration

быть награждённым орденом — to be awarded an order

наградить орденом — to decorate (smb.) with an order, to grant (smb.) an order

носить орден — to wear orders

представить к ордену — to recommend (smb.) with an order / for a decoration

прикрепить орден к знамени — to fasten the order to the banner

орден Бани (Великобритания) — Order of the Bath

орден Британской империи — Order of the British Empire

орден Дружбы (Россия) — Order of Friendship

орден Жукова (Россия) — Order of Zhukov

орден "За боевые заслуги" (Россия) — Order of War Merits

орден "За заслуги" (Великобритания) — Order of Merit

орден "За заслуги перед Отечеством" (Россия) — Order of Merits for the Country

орден Красной Звезды (СССР) ист. — Order of the Red Star

орден Ленина (СССР) ист. — Order of Lenin

орден Мужества (Россия) — Order of Bravery

орден Отечественной войны 1-й / 2-й степени (СССР) ист. — Order of the Patriotic War First / Second class

орден Подвязки (Великобритания) — Order of the Garter

орден Почёта (Россия) — Order of Honour

орден Почётного легиона (Франция) — Legion of Honour

орден св. Михаила и св. Георгия (награждаются дипломаты и высшие офицеры, Великобритания) — Order of St. Michael and St. George

орден Славы трёх степеней (СССР) ист. — Order of Glory First, Second, Third class

2) (организация) order

орден иезуитов — Order of the Jesuits, the Society of Jesus

Russian-english dctionary of diplomacy > орден
10 justicia

f.

1 justice (derecho).

administrar justicia to administer justice

en justicia in (all) fairness

se le hizo justicia entregándole el premio she received the recognition she deserved when she was awarded the prize

esa foto no le hace justicia that photo doesn't do him justice

ser de justicia to be only fair

justicia social social justice

2 law.

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justicia

► nombre femenino

1 (equidad, derecho) justice, fairness

2 la justicia (organismo) the law

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

administrar justicia to administer justice

en justicia in all fairness

hacer justicia to do justice

hacer justicia a algo/alguien to do justice to somebody/something

ser de justicia to be only fair

tomarse la justicia por su mano to take the law into one's own hands

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noun f.

1) justice

2) fairness

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1.

SF [gen] justice; (=equidad) fairness, equity; (=derecho) right

de justicia — justly, deservedly

lo estimo de justicia — I think it fair

es de justicia añadir que — it is only fair to add that

en justicia — by rights

hacer justicia a — to do justice to

tomarse la justicia por su mano — to take the law into one's own hands

justicia gratuita — legal aid

justicia poética — poetic justice

justicia social — social justice

2.

SM †† representative of authority

justicias y ladrones — cops and robbers *

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femenino

a) ( equidad) justice

pedir justicia — to call for justice

es de justicia que se lo hayan dado — it is only right that he should have been given it

en justicia — in all fairness, to be fair

la justicia de su decisión — the fairness of her decision

nunca se le ha hecho justicia como escritor — he has never received due recognition as a writer

esta foto no le hace justicia — this picture doesn't do him justice

b) (sistema, leyes)

la justicia — the law

huir de la justicia — to flee from justice o the law

recurrir a la justicia — (frml) to have recourse to law (frml)

tomarse la justicia por su mano — to take the law into one's own hands

- justicia militar

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= fairness, justice, equitability, rightness.

Ex. That's a federal agency I believe that what they've done in this particular case represents social justice and elementary fairness.

Ex. This approach does insufficient justice to the preliminary steps in the indexing process.

Ex. These variables ensured equitability by virtue of enabling each department to acquire the same percentage of the literature published in its field.

Ex. The quiet and hallowed stacks provide comfort and solace to the bibliophile and a sense of rightness and order to the librarian.

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* administración de justicia = administration of justice.

* administrar justicia = dispense + justice.

* en justicia = to be fair.

* escapar de la justicia = escape + justice.

* hacer justicia = do + justice.

* huir de la justicia = lam (it).

* huyendo de la justicia = on the run, on the lam.

* justicia administrativa = administrative justice.

* justicia de género = gender justice.

* justicia distributiva = distributive justice.

* justicia penal = criminal justice.

* justicia racial = racial justice.

* justicia retributiva = retributive justice.

* justicia social = social justice.

* la justicia = the Bench.

* luchar por la justicia = fight for + justice.

* Ministro de Justicia = Attorney General, Minister of Justice.

* palacio de justicia = courthouse.

* para hacer justicia = in fairness to.

* sala de justicia = courtroom.

* sistema de justicia penal = criminal justice system.

* tribunal de justicia = criminal court, court of justice, law courts, court of law.

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femenino

a) ( equidad) justice

pedir justicia — to call for justice

es de justicia que se lo hayan dado — it is only right that he should have been given it

en justicia — in all fairness, to be fair

la justicia de su decisión — the fairness of her decision

nunca se le ha hecho justicia como escritor — he has never received due recognition as a writer

esta foto no le hace justicia — this picture doesn't do him justice

b) (sistema, leyes)

la justicia — the law

huir de la justicia — to flee from justice o the law

recurrir a la justicia — (frml) to have recourse to law (frml)

tomarse la justicia por su mano — to take the law into one's own hands

- justicia militar

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= fairness, justice, equitability, rightness.

Ex: That's a federal agency I believe that what they've done in this particular case represents social justice and elementary fairness.

Ex: This approach does insufficient justice to the preliminary steps in the indexing process.

Ex: These variables ensured equitability by virtue of enabling each department to acquire the same percentage of the literature published in its field.

Ex: The quiet and hallowed stacks provide comfort and solace to the bibliophile and a sense of rightness and order to the librarian.

* administración de justicia = administration of justice.

* administrar justicia = dispense + justice.

* en justicia = to be fair.

* escapar de la justicia = escape + justice.

* hacer justicia = do + justice.

* huir de la justicia = lam (it).

* huyendo de la justicia = on the run, on the lam.

* justicia administrativa = administrative justice.

* justicia de género = gender justice.

* justicia distributiva = distributive justice.

* justicia penal = criminal justice.

* justicia racial = racial justice.

* justicia retributiva = retributive justice.

* justicia social = social justice.

* la justicia = the Bench.

* luchar por la justicia = fight for + justice.

* Ministro de Justicia = Attorney General, Minister of Justice.

* palacio de justicia = courthouse.

* para hacer justicia = in fairness to.

* sala de justicia = courtroom.

* sistema de justicia penal = criminal justice system.

* tribunal de justicia = criminal court, court of justice, law courts, court of law.

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justicia

feminine

1 (equidad) justice

justicia social social justice

los manifestantes pedían justicia the protestors called for justice

es de justicia que se lo hayan dado it is only right o just o fair that he should have been given it

la distinción de que ha sido objeto es de justicia the award he has received is richly deserved

en justicia in all fairness, to be fair

la justicia de su decisión the fairness of her decision

nunca se le ha hecho justicia como escritor he has never received due recognition as a writer

esta foto no le hace justicia this picture doesn't do him justice

2

(sistema, leyes): la justicia the law

quienes administran la justicia those who administer justice o the law

huyeron de la justicia they fled from justice o the law

recurrieron a la justicia ( frml); they had recourse to law ( frml)

tomarse la justicia por su mano to take the law into one's own hands

Compuestos:

● justicia militar

military justice system, military law

● justicia poética

poetic justice

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justicia sustantivo femenino
a) ( equidad) justice;

◊ pedir justicia to call for justice;

en justicia in all fairness, to be fair;
la justicia de su decisión the fairness of her decision;
nunca se le ha hecho justicia como escritor he has never received due recognition as a writer
b) (sistema, leyes):

◊ la justicia the law;

huir de la justicia to flee from justice o the law;
tomarse la justicia por su mano to take the law into one's own hands
justicia sustantivo femenino justice
♦ Locuciones: tomarse la justicia por su mano, to take the law into one's own hands
' justicia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bien
- cacerolada
- derecha
- derecho
- detrimento
- escapar
- honestidad
- huir
- injusticia
- justamente
- palacio
- poner
- prófuga
- prófugo
- sala
- sed
- sol
- alguacil
- corte
- mano
- responder
- tribunal
- triunfar
English:
administer
- administration
- Attorney General
- bar
- beat down
- courthouse
- courtroom
- dispense
- fairly
- fairness
- justice
- law
- mockery
- prevail
- right
- run
- sense
- share
- square deal
- attorney
- disservice
- let
- perversion
- supreme

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justicia nf

1. [equidad] fairness, justice;

en justicia in (all) fairness;

se le hizo justicia entregándole el premio she received the recognition she deserved when she was awarded the prize;

esa foto no le hace justicia that photo doesn't do him justice

Comp
justicia social social justice
2. [derecho] justice;

administrar justicia to administer justice;

Comp

ser de justicia to be only fair;

es de justicia que la indemnicen it is only right o fair that she should be compensated;

Comp

tomarse la justicia por su mano to take the law into one's own hands

3.
la justicia [sistema de leyes] the law

4. [organización]
la justicia española the Spanish legal system;

la persigue la justicia británica she is being sought by the British courts

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justicia

f

1 justice;

hacer justicia a do justice to;

es de justicia que le devuelvan lo que le pertenenece it is only right that they give him back what belongs to him

2

:

la justicia (la ley) the law;

tomarse la justicia por su mano take the law into one’s own hands

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justicia nf

1) : justice, fairness

hacerle justicia a: to do justice to

ser de justicia: to be only fair

2)

la justicia : the law

tomarse la justicia por su mano: to take the law into one's own hands

* * *

justicia n (en general) justice

la justicia the law

Spanish-English dictionary > justicia
11 légion

légion [leʒjɔ̃]

feminine noun

legion

• la Légion (étrangère) the Foreign Legion

• Légion d'honneur Legion of Honour

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LÉGION D'HONNEUR

Created by Napoleon in 1802, the Légion d'honneur is a prestigious order awarded for either civil or military achievements. The order is divided into five « classes »: « chevalier » (the lowest), « officier », « commandeur », « grand officier » and « grand-croix » (the highest). Full regalia consists of medals and sashes but on less formal occasions these are replaced by a discreet red ribbon or rosette (according to rank) worn on the lapel.

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leʒjɔ̃
nom féminin

1) Histoire, Armée legion

2) ( multitude) army (de of)

ils sont légion — they are legion

•

Phrasal Verbs:

- la Légion

- la Légion d'honneur

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leʒjɔ̃ nf
legion

la Légion étrangère — the Foreign Legion

la Légion d'honneur — the Legion of Honour Grande-Bretagne the Legion of Honor USA

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légion nf

1 Hist, Mil legion;

2 ( multitude) army (de of); ils sont légion they are legion.

Composés

la Légion (étrangère) the Foreign Legion; la Légion d'honneur the Legion of Honour^GB.

ⓘ Légion d'honneur The system of honours awarded by the state for meritorious achievement. The Président de la République is the Grand maître. The basic rank is Chevalier. Holders of the Légion d'honneur are entitled to wear a small red lapel ribbon or une rosette.

[leʒjɔ̃] nom féminin

1. MILITAIRE

la Légion (étrangère) the (French) Foreign Legion

2. [décoration]

la Légion d'honneur the Légion d'Honneur, the Legion of Honour

3. ANTIQUITÉ legion

4. [grand nombre]

une légion de cousins an army of cousins

ses admirateurs sont légion her admirers are legion

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais > légion
12 Zuschlag

m

1. surcharge, extra charge; zum Fahrpreis: supplementary fare; zur Steuer: surtax; auf Briefmarke: surcharge; auf Lohn: supplement; dieser Zug kostet 4 Euro Zuschlag you have to pay a 4 euro supplement to travel on this train

2. Auktion: award, acceptance of a bid; er erhielt den Zuschlag bei Auktion: the lot went ( oder was knocked down) to him; bei Ausschreibung: he was awarded ( oder he won, he got) the contract; ein Gebot von $ 3000 fand den Zuschlag the winning bid was for $ 3000, the lot was knocked down for $ 3000

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der Zuschlag

(Aufpreis) extra charge; surcharge; supplementary charge;

(Auktion) award;

(Fahrpreisaufschlag) supplementary fare

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Zu|schlag
m

1) (= Erhöhung) extra charge, surcharge (ESP COMM, ECON); (auf Briefmarke) supplement; (RAIL) supplement, supplementary charge

für diese Züge muss man Zúschlag bezahlen — you have to pay a supplement or a supplementary charge on these trains

2) (TECH) addition

3) (bei Versteigerung) acceptance of a bid; (= Auftragserteilung) acceptance of a/the tender

mit dem Zúschlag des Versteigerers... — when the auctioneer concluded the bidding

or geben — to knock down the lot or item to sb; (nach Ausschreibung) to award the contract to sb

er erhielt den Zúschlag — the lot went to him; (nach Ausschreibung) he obtained the contract, he was awarded the contract

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der

(an extra amount of money charged: We paid for our holiday abroad in advance but we had to pay a surcharge because of the devaluation of the pound.) surcharge

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Zu·schlag

<-[e]s, Zuschläge>

m

1. (Preisaufschlag) supplementary charge, surcharge

einen \Zuschlag zahlen to pay a surcharge

2. (zusätzliche Fahrkarte) supplement[ary ticket form]; (zusätzlicher Fahrpreis) extra fare, supplementary charge form

3. (zusätzliches Entgelt) bonus, extra pay no indef art, kein pl

4. (auf Briefmarke) supplement

5. (bei Versteigerung) acceptance of a bid

6. (Auftragserteilung) acceptance of a tender

jdm den \Zuschlag erteilen (geh) to award sb the contract, to accept sb's tender

\Zuschlag bei Auftragserteilung conferring the contract, award of the order

die Firma hat den \Zuschlag zum Bau des neuen Rathauses erhalten the company has won the contract to build the new town hall

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der

1) additional or extra charge; (auf Entgelt) additional or extra payment; (auf Fahrpreis) supplement

2) (Eisenb.): (Fahrschein) supplement ticket

3) (bei einer Versteigerung) acceptance of a/the bid

4) (bei Ausschreibung eines Auftrags) acceptance of a/the tender

den Zuschlag bekommen — get the contract

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Zuschlag m

1. surcharge, extra charge; zum Fahrpreis: supplementary fare; zur Steuer: surtax; auf Briefmarke: surcharge; auf Lohn: supplement;

dieser Zug kostet 4 Euro Zuschlag you have to pay a 4 euro supplement to travel on this train

2. Auktion: award, acceptance of a bid;

er erhielt den Zuschlag bei Auktion: the lot went ( oder was knocked down) to him; bei Ausschreibung: he was awarded ( oder he won, he got) the contract;

ein Gebot von $ 3000 fand den Zuschlag the winning bid was for $ 3000, the lot was knocked down for $ 3000

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der

1) additional or extra charge; (auf Entgelt) additional or extra payment; (auf Fahrpreis) supplement

2) (Eisenb.): (Fahrschein) supplement ticket

3) (bei einer Versteigerung) acceptance of a/the bid

4) (bei Ausschreibung eines Auftrags) acceptance of a/the tender

den Zuschlag bekommen — get the contract

* * *

-¨e (Versicherung) m.

loading n. -¨e m.

acceptance of bid n.

allocated production overhead n.

award of contract n.

surcharge n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Zuschlag
13 orde|r

m (G orderu) order
- dostać order to be awarded an order

- odznaczyć kogoś orderem za odwagę to award sb an order for bravery

- Order Virtuti Militari the Order of Military Virtue

- przyznać komuś order za zasługi dla kraju to award sb an order for services to their country

□ Order Podwiązki Order of the Garter

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > orde|r
14 Marconi, Marchese Guglielmo

SUBJECT AREA: Broadcasting, Electronics and information technology, Telecommunications

[br]

b. 25 April 1874 Bologna, Italy

d. 20 July 1937 Rome, Italy

[br]

Italian radio pioneer whose inventiveness and business skills made radio communication a practical proposition.

[br]

Marconi was educated in physics at Leghorn and at Bologna University. An avid experimenter, he worked in his parents' attic and, almost certainly aware of the recent work of Hertz and others, soon improved the performance of coherers and spark-gap transmitters. He also discovered for himself the use of earthing and of elevated metal plates as aerials. In 1895 he succeeded in transmitting telegraphy over a distance of 2 km (1¼ miles), but the Italian Telegraph authority rejected his invention, so in 1896 he moved to England, where he filed the first of many patents. There he gained the support of the Chief Engineer of the Post Office, and by the following year he had achieved communication across the Bristol Channel.

The British Post Office was also slow to take up his work, so in 1897 he formed the Wireless Telegraph \& Signal Company to work independently. In 1898 he sold some equipment to the British Army for use in the Boer War and established the first permanent radio link from the Isle of Wight to the mainland. In 1899 he achieved communication across the English Channel (a distance of more than 31 miles or 50 km), the construction of a wireless station at Spezia, Italy, and the equipping of two US ships to report progress in the America's Cup yacht race, a venture that led to the formation of the American Marconi Company. In 1900 he won a contract from the British Admiralty to sell equipment and to train operators. Realizing that his business would be much more successful if he could offer his customers a complete radio-communication service (known today as a "turnkey" deal), he floated a new company, the Marconi International Marine Communications Company, while the old company became the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company.

His greatest achievement occurred on 12 December 1901, when Morse telegraph signals from a transmitter at Poldhu in Cornwall were received at St John's, Newfoundland, a distance of some 2,100 miles (3,400 km), with the use of an aerial flown by a kite. As a result of this, Marconi's business prospered and he became internationally famous, receiving many honours for his endeavours, including the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1909. In 1904, radio was first used to provide a daily bulletin at sea, and in 1907 a transatlantic wireless telegraphy service was inaugurated. The rescue of 1,650 passengers from the shipwreck of SS Republic in 1909 was the first of many occasions when wireless was instrumental in saving lives at sea, most notable being those from the Titanic on its maiden voyage in April 1912; more lives would have been saved had there been sufficient lifeboats. Marconi was one of those who subsequently pressed for greater safety at sea. In 1910 he demonstrated the reception of long (8 km or 5 miles) waves from Ireland in Buenos Aires, but after the First World War he began to develop the use of short waves, which were more effectively reflected by the ionosphere. By 1918 the first link between England and Australia had been established, and in 1924 he was awarded a Post Office contract for short-wave communication between England and the various parts of the British Empire.

With his achievements by then recognized by the Italian Government, in 1915 he was appointed Radio-Communications Adviser to the Italian armed forces, and in 1919 he was an Italian delegate to the Paris Peace Conference. From 1921 he lived on his yacht, the Elettra, and although he joined the Fascist Party in 1923, he later had reservations about Mussolini.

[br]

Principal Honours and Distinctions

Nobel Prize for Physics (jointly with K.F. Braun) 1909. Russian Order of S t Anne. Commander of St Maurice and St Lazarus. Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown (i.e. Knight) of Italy 1902. Freedom of Rome 1903. Honorary DSc Oxford. Honorary LLD Glasgow. Chevalier of the Civil Order of Savoy 1905. Royal Society of Arts Albert Medal. Honorary knighthood (GCVO) 1914. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Medal of Honour 1920. Chairman, Royal Society of Arts 1924. Created Marquis (Marchese) 1929. Nominated to the Italian Senate 1929. President, Italian Academy 1930. Rector, University of St Andrews, Scotland, 1934.

Bibliography

1896, "Improvements in transmitting electrical impulses and in apparatus thereof", British patent no. 12,039.

1 June 1898, British patent no. 12,326 (transformer or "jigger" resonant circuit).

1901, British patent no. 7,777 (selective tuning).

1904, British patent no. 763,772 ("four circuit" tuning arrangement).

Further Reading

D.Marconi, 1962, My Father, Marconi.

W.J.Baker, 1970, A History of the Marconi Company, London: Methuen.

KF

Biographical history of technology > Marconi, Marchese Guglielmo
15 Légion d'honneur

Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur (National Order of the Legion of Honour) Established in 1802 by Napoleon, the Légion d'Honneur is the highest civil and military decoration in France. The order is divided into five grades: Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand Officier (Grand Officer) and Grand-Croix (Grand Cross). The Grand Master of the order is the French head of state, i.e. the President. The award is given to people of exceptional merit in all walks of life, rather like an OBE or a knighthood in the UK. it cannot however be awarded to members of parliament (Députés). People who have received this award frequently show this - notably on formal occasions - by wearing a very discreet small red lapel band.

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Légion d'honneur
16 Gabor, Dennis (Dénes)

SUBJECT AREA: Photography, film and optics

[br]

b. 5 June 1900 Budapest, Hungary

d. 9 February 1979 London, England

[br]

Hungarian (naturalized British) physicist, inventor of holography.

[br]

Gabor became interested in physics at an early age. Called up for military service in 1918, he was soon released when the First World War came to an end. He then began a mechanical engineering course at the Budapest Technical University, but a further order to register for military service prompted him to flee in 1920 to Germany, where he completed his studies at Berlin Technical University. He was awarded a Diploma in Engineering in 1924 and a Doctorate in Electrical Engineering in 1927. He then went on to work in the physics laboratory of Siemens \& Halske. He returned to Hungary in 1933 and developed a new kind of fluorescent lamp called the plasma lamp. Failing to find a market for this device, Gabor made the decision to abandon his homeland and emigrate to England. There he joined British Thompson-Houston (BTH) in 1934 and married a colleague from the company in 1936. Gabor was also unsuccessful in his attempts to develop the plasma lamp in England, and by 1937 he had begun to work in the field of electron optics. His work was interrupted by the outbreak of war in 1939, although as he was not yet a British subject he was barred from making any significant contribution to the British war effort. It was only when the war was near its end that he was able to return to electron optics and begin the work that led to the invention of holography. The theory was developed during 1947 and 1948; Gabor went on to demonstrate that the theories worked, although it was not until the invention of the laser in 1960 that the full potential of his invention could be appreciated. He coined the term "hologram" from the Greek holos, meaning complete, and gram, meaning written. The three-dimensional images have since found many applications in various fields, including map making, medical imaging, computing, information technology, art and advertising. Gabor left BTH to become an associate professor at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in 1949, a position he held until his retirement in 1967. In 1971 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on holography.

[br]

Principal Honours and Distinctions

Royal Society Rumford Medal 1968. Franklin Institute Michelson Medal 1968. CBE 1970. Nobel Prize for Physics 1971.

Bibliography

1948. "A new microscopic principle", Nature 161:777 (Gabor's earliest publication on holography).

1949. "Microscopy by reconstructed wavefronts", Proceedings of the Royal Society A197: 454–87.

1951, "Microscopy by reconstructed wavefronts II", Proc. Phys. Soc. B, 64:449–69. 1966, "Holography or the “Whole Picture”", New Scientist 29:74–8 (an interesting account written after laser beams were used to produce optical holograms).

Further Reading

T.E.Allibone, 1980, contribution to Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 26: 107–47 (a full account of Gabor's life and work).

JW

Biographical history of technology > Gabor, Dennis (Dénes)
17 recibir

v.

1 to receive.

recibió un golpe en la cabeza he was hit on the head, he took a blow to the head

estoy recibiendo clases de piano I'm having o taking piano classes

reciba mi más cordial o sincera felicitación (Formal) please accept my sincere congratulations

Ellos reciben monedas They receive coins.

Ella recibe el reconocimiento She received=accepted the acknowledgement.

2 to receive (persona, visita).

lo recibieron con un cálido aplauso he was received with a warm round of applause

3 to meet.

4 to get (captar) (ondas de radio, televisión).

aquí no recibimos la CNN we don't get CNN here

5 to hold surgery (atender visitas) (médico, dentista).

6 to welcome, to give a reception to, to receive.

Ellos recibieron a Ricardo They welcomed Richard.

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recibir

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to receive

■ el ministro nos recibió a las diez the minister received us at ten o'clock

2 (invitados) to entertain

3 (salir al encuentro) to meet

■ nos recibió en la puerta he met us at the door

4 (acoger) to welcome, receive

■ recibió su ofrecimiento con alegría his offer was welcomed enthusiastically

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FRASEOLOGÍA

recibe un abrazo de (en carta) best wishes from, lots of love from

recibí (factura) received

recibir una negativa to be refused, meet with a refusal

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verb

1) to receive

2) get

3) welcome

4) entertain

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1. VT

1) (=ser beneficiario de)

a) [+ dinero, apoyo, llamada, noticias] to receive, get; [+ ayuda, homenaje] to receive

recibirán una compensación económica — they'll get compensation, they will receive financial compensation más frm

he recibido del Sr Gómez la cantidad de... — [en recibo] received from Sr Gómez the sum of...

¿recibiste mi carta? — did you get my letter?

estamos a la espera de recibir más mercancía — we're waiting for some new stock to arrive

recibió el premio a la mejor película extranjera — it won the prize for best foreign film

recibió la orden de vender las acciones — he was instructed to sell the shares

no reciben bien el Canal 8 — the reception is not very good on Channel 8

"mensaje recibido" — (Radio) "message received"

• recibir asistencia médica — to receive medical assistance, be given medical assistance

• recibir el calificativo de — to be labelled (as)

• recibir el nombre de — frm (=llamarse) to be called; [al nacer] to be named

b) [lago, río, mar]

el río recibe las aguas de numerosos afluentes — a great many tributaries flow into the river

2) (=sufrir) [+ susto] to get

recibió un susto tremendo — she got a terrible shock

recibir un disparo — to be shot

recibir un golpe — to be hit, be struck

3) [+ persona]

a) (=acoger) to welcome

estaba en la puerta para recibir a los invitados — she was at the door to welcome the guests

los recibieron muy mal — they were given a very poor welcome

nos recibieron con gran alegría — they gave us a very warm welcome

recibía a sus invitados en el salón — she entertained her guests in the drawing room

• ir a recibir a algn — to meet sb

fueron a recibirlos a la estación — they went to meet them at the station

• salieron a recibirlos al jardín — they received them in the garden

- recibir a algn con los brazos abiertos

b) [para reunión, entrevista] [gen] to see; [formalmente] to receive

el doctor lo recibirá enseguida — the doctor will see you in a moment

el rey se negó a recibirlos — the king refused to receive them

hoy no puede recibir visitas — she can't receive visitors today

no se les permite recibir visitas de sus familiares — they are not allowed family visits

c) [en el matrimonio] to take

la recibió por esposa — he took her as o for his wife

4) (Taur)

recibir al toro — to meet the bull's charge

5) (=aceptar) [+ propuesta, sugerencia] to receive

la oferta fue mal recibida — the offer was badly received

6) [en correspondencia]

recibe un fuerte abrazo de tus padres — lots of love from Mum and Dad

reciba un saludo de... — yours sincerely...

recibe mi más sincera felicitación — my sincerest congratulations

7) (=sostener) [+ peso] to bear

estas paredes reciben el peso de la casa — these are load-bearing walls

2. VI

1) frm [en casa] (=tener invitados) to entertain; (=tener visitas) to receive visitors

reciben mucho en casa — they entertain a lot

la baronesa solo puede recibir los lunes — the baroness is only at home on Mondays, the baroness can only receive visitors on Mondays

2) [médico] to see patients

el dentista no recibe los viernes — the dentist doesn't see patients on Fridays

3.

See:

recibirse

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <carta/paquete> to receive, get; < mercancías> to receive

recibió muchos regalos — she got lots of gifts

¿han recibido el libro que pedí? — has the book I ordered come in yet?

b) (Rad, TV) to receive

c) <ayuda/llamada/oferta> to receive

¿recibiste mi recado? — did you get my message?

ha recibido orden de... — he has been ordered o he has received orders to...

recibió muchas demostraciones de afecto — people showed her a great deal of kindness

recibe el nombre de... — it is called...

reciba un atento saludo de... — (Corresp) sincerely yours (AmE), yours faithfully/sincerely (BrE)

recibe un fuerte abrazo... — (Corresp) best wishes

reciba nuestra más cordial felicitación — (frml) please accept our warmest congratulations (frml)

2) <persona/visita> to receive

recibir a alguien con los brazos abiertos — to welcome somebody with open arms

van a ir a recibirlo — they are going to meet him

el encargado la recibirá enseguida — the manager will see you right away

3) ( acoger) <propuesta/oferta> (+ compl) to receive

recibieron la sugerencia fríamente — the suggestion met with o received a cold reception

4) <peso/carga> to support
2.
recibir vi

recibe los jueves — she sees o receives visitors on Thursdays

el doctor no recibe hoy — the doctor does not have office hours (AmE) o (BrE) surgery today
3.
recibirse v pron (AmL) (Educ) to graduate

recibirse de algo — to qualify as something

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= get, greet, receive, garner, intake.

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* los que no han recibido formación específica = uninstructed, the.

* persona que recibe asesoramiento = counselee.

* recibir apoyo = receive + support, attract + support.

* recibir atención = enjoy + attention, receive + attention, receive + note, command + attention, gain + attention.

* recibir bien = welcome.

* recibir bien una iniciativa = welcome + initiative.

* recibir críticas muy favorables = receive + rave reviews.

* recibir donaciones = attract + donation.

* recibir duras críticas = take + a pounding, take + a beating.

* recibir elogio = get + tap on the shoulder.

* recibir elogios = win + accolade.

* recibir el visto bueno = meet with + approval.

* recibir facturas = invoice.

* recibir gratis = get + free.

* recibir importancia = enjoy + prominence.

* recibir la confianza (de Alguien) = receive + credibility.

* recibir lo que Uno se merece = get + Posesivo + just rewards, get + Posesivo + due(s).

* recibir mala prensa = acquire + a bad name.

* recibir noticias de = hear from.

* recibir notificación = receive + notice.

* recibir opiniones diversas = receive + mixed reviews.

* recibir pago = receive + payment.

* recibir + Posesivo + visto bueno = meet + Posesivo + approval.

* recibir preparación = undergo + training.

* recibir publicidad = receive + publicity.

* recibir recompensa = receive + reward.

* recibir reconocimiento = find + recognition.

* recibirse = be receivable.

* recibirse con una reacción + Adjetivo = meet with + Adjetivo + reaction.

* recibir un aluvión de = deluge with.

* recibir una paliza = take + a pounding, take + a beating.

* recibir una pensión = draw + a pension.

* recibir un golpe = take + a hit.

* recibir un premio = receive + award, earn + an award.

* recibir un trato justo = treat + fairly.

* volver a recibir financiación = re-fund.

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1.
verbo transitivo

1)

a) <carta/paquete> to receive, get; < mercancías> to receive

recibió muchos regalos — she got lots of gifts

¿han recibido el libro que pedí? — has the book I ordered come in yet?

b) (Rad, TV) to receive

c) <ayuda/llamada/oferta> to receive

¿recibiste mi recado? — did you get my message?

ha recibido orden de... — he has been ordered o he has received orders to...

recibió muchas demostraciones de afecto — people showed her a great deal of kindness

recibe el nombre de... — it is called...

reciba un atento saludo de... — (Corresp) sincerely yours (AmE), yours faithfully/sincerely (BrE)

recibe un fuerte abrazo... — (Corresp) best wishes

reciba nuestra más cordial felicitación — (frml) please accept our warmest congratulations (frml)

2) <persona/visita> to receive

recibir a alguien con los brazos abiertos — to welcome somebody with open arms

van a ir a recibirlo — they are going to meet him

el encargado la recibirá enseguida — the manager will see you right away

3) ( acoger) <propuesta/oferta> (+ compl) to receive

recibieron la sugerencia fríamente — the suggestion met with o received a cold reception

4) <peso/carga> to support
2.
recibir vi

recibe los jueves — she sees o receives visitors on Thursdays

el doctor no recibe hoy — the doctor does not have office hours (AmE) o (BrE) surgery today
3.
recibirse v pron (AmL) (Educ) to graduate

recibirse de algo — to qualify as something

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= get, greet, receive, garner, intake.

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* los que no han recibido formación específica = uninstructed, the.

* persona que recibe asesoramiento = counselee.

* recibir apoyo = receive + support, attract + support.

* recibir atención = enjoy + attention, receive + attention, receive + note, command + attention, gain + attention.

* recibir bien = welcome.

* recibir bien una iniciativa = welcome + initiative.

* recibir críticas muy favorables = receive + rave reviews.

* recibir donaciones = attract + donation.

* recibir duras críticas = take + a pounding, take + a beating.

* recibir elogio = get + tap on the shoulder.

* recibir elogios = win + accolade.

* recibir el visto bueno = meet with + approval.

* recibir facturas = invoice.

* recibir gratis = get + free.

* recibir importancia = enjoy + prominence.

* recibir la confianza (de Alguien) = receive + credibility.

* recibir lo que Uno se merece = get + Posesivo + just rewards, get + Posesivo + due(s).

* recibir mala prensa = acquire + a bad name.

* recibir noticias de = hear from.

* recibir notificación = receive + notice.

* recibir opiniones diversas = receive + mixed reviews.

* recibir pago = receive + payment.

* recibir + Posesivo + visto bueno = meet + Posesivo + approval.

* recibir preparación = undergo + training.

* recibir publicidad = receive + publicity.

* recibir recompensa = receive + reward.

* recibir reconocimiento = find + recognition.

* recibirse = be receivable.

* recibirse con una reacción + Adjetivo = meet with + Adjetivo + reaction.

* recibir un aluvión de = deluge with.

* recibir una paliza = take + a pounding, take + a beating.

* recibir una pensión = draw + a pension.

* recibir un golpe = take + a hit.

* recibir un premio = receive + award, earn + an award.

* recibir un trato justo = treat + fairly.

* volver a recibir financiación = re-fund.

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recibir [I1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹carta/paquete› to receive, get; ‹mercancías› to receive

recibió muchos regalos para su cumpleaños she got lots of birthday gifts

recibió el premio en nombre de su hijo he accepted o received the prize on behalf of his son

las solicitudes se reciben en horario de oficina applications will only be accepted during office hours

recibí del Sr Contreras la cantidad de … received from Mr Contreras the sum of …

2 ( Rad, TV) to receive

3 ‹ayuda/llamada/oferta› to receive

¿no recibiste mi recado? didn't you get my message?

ha recibido orden de desalojar el local he has been ordered to o he has received an order to vacate the premises

¿han recibido el libro que pedí? has the book I ordered come in yet?

han recibido ayuda de varios organismos privados they have received help from o have been given help by various private organizations

desde que estoy aquí no he recibido más que disgustos I've had nothing but trouble since I came here

ha recibido muchas demostraciones de afecto people have shown her a great deal of kindness

las plantas de esta familia reciben el nombre de … plants belonging to this family are called …

reciba un atento saludo de … ( Corresp) sincerely yours ( AmE), yours faithfully/sincerely ( BrE)

recibe un fuerte abrazo de tu amigo ( Corresp) best wishes, all the best ( colloq)

reciba nuestra más cordial felicitación ( frml); please accept our warmest congratulations ( frml)

recibir la comunión to receive o take communion

B ‹persona/visita› to receive

nos recibieron con los brazos abiertos they welcomed us with open arms

salió a recibir a los invitados she went out to greet o receive the guests

van a ir a recibirlo al aeropuerto they are going to meet him at the airport

los recibió en el salón she saw o entertained o received them in the sitting room

el encargado la recibirá enseguida the manager will see you right away

no recibe visitas she's not receiving visitors

recibió al toro de rodillas he met o received the bull on his knees

C (acoger) ‹propuesta/oferta› (+ compl) to receive

recibió tu propuesta con entusiasmo she welcomed your proposal, she received your proposal enthusiastically

recibieron su sugerencia fríamente her suggestion met with o received a cold reception, her suggestion was received coldly

D ‹peso/carga› to support

■ recibir

vi

recibe los jueves y los viernes she sees o receives visitors on Thursdays and Fridays

el doctor no recibe hoy the doctor does not have office hours ( AmE) o ( BrE) surgery today

■ recibirse

v pron

( AmL) ( Educ) to graduate

acaba de recibirse she has just graduated o got her degree

recibirse DE algo to qualify AS sth

se recibió de abogado/médico he qualified as a lawyer/doctor

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recibir ( conjugate recibir) verbo transitivo ( en general) to receive;
◊ recibió muchos regalos she got lots of gifts;

reciba un atento saludo de … (Corresp) sincerely yours (AmE), yours faithfully/sincerely (BrE);
recibir a algn con los brazos abiertos to welcome sb with open arms;
van a ir a recibirlo they are going to meet him;
el encargado la recibirá enseguida the manager will see you right away
recibirse verbo pronominal (AmL) (Educ) to graduate;
recibirse de algo to qualify as sth
recibir
I verbo transitivo
1 (un regalo, llamada, etc) to receive, get: recibieron una mala noticia, they were given some bad news
recibió un golpe en la espalda, he was hit on the back
(un premio) to win
2 (en el despacho) to receive
(acoger) to welcome
(en el aeropuerto, etc) to meet
3 (un consejo) no le gusta recibir consejos, she doesn't like taking advice
4 Telec to receive
5 (un nombre) estas construcciones reciben el nombre de basílicas, these buildings are called basilicas
II vi (admitir visitas) to receive, see visitors: esta doctora sólo recibe los martes y los jueves, the doctor is only available for consultation on Tuesday and Thursday

' recibir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acoger
- baqueteada
- baqueteado
- cobrar
- dar
- ingresar
- autorizar
- esperar
- le
English:
bind over
- bow
- come into
- deserts
- entertain
- get
- greet
- have
- incoming
- interested
- lap up
- on
- receive
- reception
- see in
- step forward
- meet
- public
- qualify
- red
- relief
- sign
- take
- turn
- usher

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recibir

♦ vt

1. [tomar, aceptar, admitir] to receive;
[carta, regalo, premio, llamada, respuesta] to receive, to get; [propuesta, sugerencia] to receive; [castigo] to be given; [susto] to get; [clase, instrucción] to have;
recibir una paliza to get beaten up;

recibió un golpe en la cabeza he was hit on the head, he took a blow to the head;

un sector que recibe muchas ayudas del gobierno an industry which receives substantial government aid;

recibió el Premio Nobel de Literatura he won o was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature;

el anuncio fue muy bien recibido the announcement was welcomed;

recibieron la orden de detener al general they received o were given the order to arrest the general;

he recibido una carta suya o [m5] de ella I've received o had a letter from her;

recibió la noticia con alegría he was very happy about the news;

recibir consejos de alguien to receive advice from sb, to be given advice by sb;

recibí orden de que no la molestaran I received orders that she was not to be disturbed;

estoy recibiendo clases de piano I'm having o taking piano classes;

estos pilares reciben todo el peso del techo these pillars take the weight of the whole roof;
Formal
reciba mi más cordial o [m5] sincera felicitación please accept my sincere congratulations

2. [persona, visita] to receive;

lo recibieron con un cálido aplauso he was received with a warm round of applause;

¿cuándo cree que podrá recibirnos? when do you think she'll be able to see us?

3. [ir a buscar] to meet;

fuimos a recibirla al aeropuerto we went to meet her at the airport

4. [captar] [ondas de radio, televisión] to get;

aquí no recibimos la CNN we don't get CNN here;

torre de control a V-5, ¿me recibe? ground control to V-5, do you read me?

♦ vi
[atender visitas] [médico, dentista] to hold surgery; [rey, papa, ministro] to receive visitors;
el médico no recibe hoy the doctor isn't seeing any patients today

♦ See also the pronominal verb recibirse

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recibir

v/t receive

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recibir vt

1) : to receive, to get

2) : to welcome

recibir vi

: to receive visitors

♦ See also the reflexive verb recibirse

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recibir vb

1. (en general) to receive / to get

nos gusta recibir regalos we like getting presents

2. (a una persona) to meet [pt. & pp. met] / to welcome

vamos al aeropuerto a recibir a unos amigos we're going to the airport to meet some friends

me recibieron con los brazos abiertos I was welcomed with open arms

Spanish-English dictionary > recibir
18 Sopwith, Sir Thomas (Tommy) Octave Murdoch

SUBJECT AREA: Aerospace

[br]

b. 18 January 1888 London, England

d. 27 January 1989 Stockbridge, Hampshire, England

[br]

English aeronautical engineer and industrialist.

[br]

Son of a successful mining engineer, Sopwith did not shine at school and, having been turned down by the Royal Navy as a result, attended an engineering college. His first interest was motor cars and, while still in his teens, he set up a business in London with a friend in order to sell them; he also took part in races and rallies.

Sopwith's interest in aviation came initially through ballooning, and in 1906 he purchased his own balloon. Four years later, inspired by the recent flights across the Channel to France and after a joy-ride at Brooklands, he bought an Avis monoplane, followed by a larger biplane, and taught himself to fly. He was awarded the Royal Aero Society's Aviator Certificate No. 31 on 21 November 1910, and he quickly distinguished himself in flying competitions on both sides of the Atlantic and started his own flying school. In his races he was ably supported by his friend Fred Sigrist, a former motor engineer. Among the people Sopwith taught to fly were an Australian, Harry Hawker, and Major Hugh Trenchard, who later became the "father" of the RAF.

In 1912, depressed by the poor quality of the aircraft on trial for the British Army, Sopwith, in conjunction with Hawker and Sigrist, bought a skating rink in Kingston-upon-Thames and, assisted by Fred Sigrist, started to design and build his first aircraft, the Sopwith Hybrid. He sold this to the Royal Navy in 1913, and the following year his aviation manufacturing company became the Sopwith Aviation Company Ltd. That year a seaplane version of his Sopwith Tabloid won the Schneider Trophy in the second running of this speed competition. During 1914–18, Sopwith concentrated on producing fighters (or "scouts" as they were then called), with the Pup, the Camel, the 1½ Strutter, the Snipe and the Sopwith Triplane proving among the best in the war. He also pioneered several ideas to make flying easier for the pilot, and in 1915 he patented his adjustable tailplane and his 1 ½ Strutter was the first aircraft to be fitted with air brakes. During the four years of the First World War, Sopwith Aviation designed thirty-two different aircraft types and produced over 16,000 aircraft.

The end of the First World War brought recession to the aircraft industry and in 1920 Sopwith, like many others, put his company into receivership; none the less, he immediately launched a new, smaller company with Hawker, Sigrist and V.W.Eyre, which they called the H.G. Hawker Engineering Company Ltd to avoid any confusion with the former company. He began by producing cars and motor cycles under licence, but was determined to resume aircraft production. He suffered an early blow with the death of Hawker in an air crash in 1921, but soon began supplying aircraft to the Royal Air Force again. In this he was much helped by taking on a new designer, Sydney Camm, in 1923, and during the next decade they produced a number of military aircraft types, of which the Hart light bomber and the Fury fighter, the first to exceed 200 mph (322 km/h), were the best known. In the mid-1930s Sopwith began to build a large aviation empire, acquiring first the Gloster Aircraft Company and then, in quick succession, Armstrong-Whitworth, Armstrong-Siddeley Motors Ltd and its aero-engine counterpart, and A.V.Roe, which produced Avro aircraft. Under the umbrella of the Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Company (set up in 1935) these companies produced a series of outstanding aircraft, ranging from the Hawker Hurricane, through the Avro Lancaster to the Gloster Meteor, Britain's first in-service jet aircraft, and the Hawker Typhoon, Tempest and Hunter. When Sopwith retired as Chairman of the Hawker Siddeley Group in 1963 at the age of 75, a prototype jump-jet (the P-1127) was being tested, later to become the Harrier, a for cry from the fragile biplanes of 1910.

Sopwith also had a passion for yachting and came close to wresting the America's Cup from the USA in 1934 when sailing his yacht Endeavour, which incorporated a number of features years ahead of their time; his greatest regret was that he failed in his attempts to win this famous yachting trophy for Britain. After his retirement as Chairman of the Hawker Siddeley Group, he remained on the Board until 1978. The British aviation industry had been nationalized in April 1977, and Hawker Siddeley's aircraft interests merged with the British Aircraft Corporation to become British Aerospace (BAe). Nevertheless, by then the Group had built up a wide range of companies in the field of mechanical and electrical engineering, and its board conferred on Sopwith the title Founder and Life President.

[br]

Principal Honours and Distinctions

Knighted 1953. CBE 1918.

Bibliography

1961, "My first ten years in aviation", Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society (April) (a very informative and amusing paper).

Further Reading

A.Bramson, 1990, Pure Luck: The Authorized Biography of Sir Thomas Sopwith, 1888– 1989, Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens.

B.Robertson, 1970, Sopwith. The Man and His Aircraft, London (a detailed publication giving plans of all the Sopwith aircraft).

CM / JDS

Biographical history of technology > Sopwith, Sir Thomas (Tommy) Octave Murdoch
19 Arup, Sir Ove

SUBJECT AREA: Architecture and building

[br]

b. 16 April 1895 Newcastle upon Tyne, England

d. 5 February 1988 Highgate, London, England

[br]

English consultant engineer.

[br]

Of Scandinavian parentage, Arup attended school in Germany and Denmark before taking his degree in mathematics and philosophy at Copenhagen University in 1914. He then graduated as a civil engineer from the Royal Technical College in the same city, specializing in the theory of structures.

Arup retained close ties with Europe for some time, working in Hamburg as a designer for the Danish civil engineering firm of Christiani \& Nielsen. Then, in the 1930s, he began what was to be a long career in England as an engineering consultant to a number of architects who were beginning to build with modern materials (par-ticularly concrete) and methods of construction. He became consultant to the famous firm of Tecton (under the direction of Berthold Lubetkin) and was closely associated with the leading projects of that firm at the time, notably the High-point flats at Highgate, the Finsbury Health Centre and the award-winning Penguin Pool at the Regent's Park Zoological Gardens, all in London.

In 1945 Arup founded his own firm, Ove Arup \& Partners, working entirely as a consultant to architects, particularly on structural schemes, and in 1963 he set up a partnership of architects and engineers, Arup Associates. The many and varied projects with which he was concerned included Coventry Cathedral and the University of Sussex with Sir Basil Spence, the Sydney Opera House with Joern Utzon and St Catherine's College, Oxford, with Arne Jacobsen.

[br]

Principal Honours and Distinctions

CBE 1953. Commander of the Order of Danneborg, awarded by King Frederik of Denmark, 1975. Honorary Doctorate Tekniske Hojskole, Lyngby, Denmark 1954. Honorary DSc Durham University 1967, University of East Anglia 1968, Heriot-Watt University 1976. RIBA Gold Medal 1966. Institution of Structural Engineers Gold Medal 1973. Fellow of the American Concrete Institution 1975.

Further Reading

J.M.Richards, 1953, An Introduction to Modern Architecture, London: Penguin. H.Russell-Hitchcock, 1982, Architecture, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, London: Pelican.

C.Jencks, 1980, Late-Modern Architecture, London: Academy Editions.

DY

Biographical history of technology > Arup, Sir Ove
20 Morris, William Richard, Viscount Nuffield

SUBJECT AREA: Automotive engineering, Land transport

[br]

b. 10 October 1877 Worcester, England

d. 22 August 1963 Nuffield Place, England

[br]

English industrialist, car manufacturer and philanthropist.

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Morris was the son of Frederick Morris, then a draper. He was the eldest of a family of seven, all of whom, except for one sister, died in childhood. When he was 3 years old, his father moved to Cowley, near Oxford, where he attended the village school. After a short time with a local bicycle firm he set up on his own at the age of 16 with a capital of £4. He manufactured pedal cycles and by 1902 he had designed a motor cycle and was doing car-repair work. By 1912, at the Motor Show, he was able to announce his first car, the 8.9 hp, two-seater Morris Oxford with its characteristic "bull-nose". It could perform at up to 50 mph (80 km/h) and 50 mpg (5.65 1/100 km). It cost £165.

Though untrained, Morris was a born engineer as well as a natural judge of character. This enabled him to build up a reliable team of assistants in his growing business, with an order for four hundred cars at the Motor Show in 1912. Much of his business was built up in the assembly of components manufactured by outside suppliers. In he moved out of his initial premises by New College in Longwall and bought land at Cowley, where he brought out his second model, the 11.9hp Morris Oxford. This was after the First World War, during which car production was reduced to allow the manufacture of tanks and munitions. He was awarded the OBE in 1917 for his war work. Morris Motors Ltd was incorporated in 1919, and within fifteen months sales of cars had reached over 3,000 a year. By 1923 he was producing 20,000 cars a year, and in 1926 50,000, equivalent to about one-third of Britain's output. With the slump, a substantial overdraft, and a large stock of unsold cars, Morris took the bold decision to cut the prices of cars in stock, which then sold out within three weeks. Other makers followed suit, but Morris was ahead of them.

Morris was part-founder of the Pressed Steel Company, set up to produce car bodies at Cowley. A clever operation with the shareholding of the Morris Motors Company allowed Morris a substantial overall profit to provide expansion capital. By 1931 his "empire" comprised, in addition to Morris Motors, the MG Car Company, the Wolseley Company, the SU Carburettor Company and Morris Commercial Cars. In 1936, the value of Morris's financial interest in the business was put at some £16 million.

William Morris was a frugal man and uncomplicated, having little use for all the money he made except to channel it to charitable purposes. It is said that in all he gave away some £30 million during his lifetime, much of it invested by the recipients to provide long-term benefits. He married Elizabeth Anstey in 1904 and lived for thirty years at Nuffield Place. He lived modestly, and even after retirement, when Honorary President of the British Motor Corporation, the result of a merger between Morris Motors and the Austin Motor Company, he drove himself to work in a modest 10 hp Wolseley. His generosity benefited many hospitals in London, Oxford, Birmingham and elsewhere. Oxford Colleges were another class of beneficiary from his largesse.

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Principal Honours and Distinctions

Viscount 1938; Baron (Lord Nuffield) 1934; Baronet 1929; OBE 1917; GBE 1941; CH 1958. FRS 1939. He was a doctor of seven universities and an honorary freeman of seven towns.

Further Reading

R.Jackson, 1964, The Nuffield Story.

P.W.S.Andrews and E.Brunner, The Life of Lord Nuffield.

IMcN

Biographical history of technology > Morris, William Richard, Viscount Nuffield

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