control zone

Ex: A recitation of the best thought out principles for a cataloging code is easily drowned out by the clatter of a bank of direct access devices vainly searching for misplaced records.

Ex: A KWIC index is based upon the 'keywords' in the titles of the batch of documents to be indexed.

Ex: The main body of criticism centred upon the treatment of nonbook materials.

Ex: The following highlights are what this first class of Fellows recall of their time overseas.

Ex: The local system is designed to be flexible enough to meet the needs of a single library or those of a library cluster.

Ex: This approach does tend to lead to small clutches of periodicals on a given subject.

Ex: To be sure, it still has its congeries of mills and factories, its grimy huddle of frame dwellings and congested tenements, its stark, jagged skyline, but its old face is gradually changing.

Ex: This scheme aims for a more helpful order than the major schemes, by following the groupings of subjects as they are taught in schools.

Ex: The notched cards, representing relevant documents, will drop off the needle and fall from the bulk of the pack.

Ex: This article examines the views of librarians held by a number of faculty cohorts.

Ex: This is a situation much debated between the two camps of those who would give everyone what he wants and those who would give each reader only the things of some constructive value.

Ex: SELECT retrieves records containing the search term or terms you specify and stores them in sets.

Ex: The groups continue, however, to keep alive their heritages through festivals and cultural activities.

Ex: In the 1920s and 1930s more than 1 million books were being loaned each year to members as far afield as the most isolated settlers' gangs working on distant branch lines.

Ex: They are a very impatient bunch, however: knowing themselves what the technology can do, they can get a little short with obstructionists who raise non-technical objections.

Ex: Quality abstracting services take pride in their corps of abstractors.

Ex: In recent years a band of disciples has grown up in India, and has contributed to the revision and expansion of the schedules.

Ex: If the panel members represent class groups, they must canvass for suggestions.

Ex: 158 public organisations with very diverse computer machinery formed a combine to develop an application which would make the database available on the organisations' different computer systems. = 158 instituciones públicas con equipos informáticos muy diversos crearon un grupo para desarrollar una aplicación que hiciera que la base de datos estuviese disponible en sus diferentes sistemas informáticos.

Ex: Different constituent groups tend to rate aspects of the library quite differently.

Ex: These collectives are at present seeking compensation for copies made of copyrighted material based on the nature, volume and use of copies made.

Ex: DIANE is the name that has been given to the ensemble of available information services.

Ex: It contains a bevy of fearsomely feisty female archetypes removed from domestic obligations and toughened in the brutal setting of prison life.

Ex: The title of the article is 'The information market: a line-up of competitors'.

Ex: Various other methods of obtaining clusters have been described, including the use of fuzzy sets, but these are beyond the scope of this book.

Ex: No such constraints exist where online display is anticipated, since only one segment at a time is displayed.

Ex: The large pod of about 75 narwhals milled around the bay in the summer feeding grounds.

Ex: The taxonomic subclass of acari (mites and ticks) comprises tens of thousands of species, grouped in many families and several orders.

Ex: In the afternoon quite a few of our mob decided that they would prefer to spend a bit of time lazing about in the water and soaking up a few rays.

* admitir a Alguien en un grupo = adopt + Nombre + into the fold.

* análisis de grupo = cohort analysis.

* atacar en grupo = swarm.

* camaradería de grupo = group ride.

* cena de grupo = dinner party.

* cena en grupo = group dinner, dinner party.

* como grupo = collectively.

* crear un grupo = set up + group.

* debate de grupo = group discussion.

* debate en grupo = group discussion.

* división del mercado por grupos de consumidores = market segmentation.

* empresa de nuestro grupo = sister company, sister organisation.

* empresa de un grupo = operating company.

* en algunos grupos = in some quarters.

* en algunos grupos de la población = in some quarters.

* enano del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.

* en muchos grupos = in many quarters.

* en muchos grupos de la población = in many quarters.

* entre grupos sociales = intergroup.

* entrevista en grupo = group interview.

* formación de grupos de presión = lobbying representation.

* formar un grupo = set up + group.

* formar un grupo de presión = form + lobby.

* G7 (Grupo de los Siete), el = G7 (Group of Seven), the.

* gran grupo = constellation.

* grupo activista = faction group.

* grupo al Algo que va dirigido = target group.

* grupo alimenticio = food group.

* grupo asesor = advisory group.

* Grupo Asesor sobre Redes (NAG) = Network Advisory Group (NAG).

* grupo chantajista = extortion racket.

* grupo cívico = civic group.

* grupo consultivo = advisory group.

* grupo coordinador = steering group.

* grupo cultural = cultural group.

* grupo de acción ciudadana = citizen action group, community action group.

* grupo de amigos = clan of friends.

* grupo de amigos y conocidos = social network.

* grupo de apoyo = interest group, support group.

* grupo de autoayuda = self-help group, self-help group, self-help group.

* grupo de cantantes femenino = girl band.

* grupo de cantantes masculino = boy band.

* grupo de ciudadanos desatentido = unserved, the.

* grupo de consumidores = consumer group.

* grupo de control = control group.

* grupo de datos = data set [dataset].

* grupo de debate = discussion group, focus group, discussion list, electronic forum, panel discussion, panel debate.

* grupo de dirección = management.

* grupo de discusión = discussion group.

* grupo de edad = age bracket, age group [age-group].

* grupo de empresas = business group.

* grupo de estanterías = stack, stack range.

* grupo de estudio = study circle.

* grupo de expertos = cadre, brains trust, group of experts, network, think tank.

* grupo defensor = interest group.

* grupo de gestión = management team.

* grupo de incondicionales, el = hard core, the.

* grupo de intelectuales = intelligentsia.

* grupo de interés = focus group, interest group.

* grupo de investigación = research group.

* Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).

* grupo de la oposición = opposition group.

* grupo de los 20 = G-20.

* grupo de los ocho, el = G8, the.

* grupo del proyecto = project team.

* grupo de negociación = bargaining unit.

* grupo de normalización = standards group.

* grupo de opinión = focus group.

* grupo de personas o cosas de la misma edad o categoría = peer group.

* grupo de poder = power group.

* grupo de presión = lobby group, pressure group, lobbyist.

* grupo de protección a menores = Shelter group.

* grupo de protección ciudadana = civic trust group.

* grupo de recursos = clump.

* grupo de referencia = reference group.

* grupo de representantes = focus group.

* grupo de rock = rock group.

* grupo de seguidores = fandom.

* grupo de términos de búsqueda relacionados = search hedge, subject hedge.

* grupo de trabajo = study group, study team, task force, working party, task group, research group, working group, project team.

* Grupo de Trabajo de Ingeniería de Internet (IETF) = Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).

* grupo de trabajo por tema de interés = breakout group.

* Grupo de Trabajo sobre los Sistemas Nacionales de Información de la Asociaci = NISTF (Society of American Archivists National Information Systems Task Force).

* grupo de tres = threesome.

* grupo de usuarios = user group, users' group, population served.

* grupo de usuarios al que va dirigido = target user group.

* grupo disidente = splinter group, splinter party.

* grupo dominante = dominant group.

* grupo eléctrico = power unit, electrical generator, power generator.

* grupo electrógeno = electrical generator, power unit, power generator.

* grupo especial = special interest group.

* grupo específico = niche.

* grupo etario = age bracket.

* grupo étnico = ethnic group, racial group, cultural group.

* grupo experimental = experimental group.

* grupo extremista = extremist group.

* grupo incondicional, el = hard core, the.

* grupo influyente = force.

* grupo instrumental = ensemble.

* grupo integrante = constituent group.

* grupo interdisciplinar = cross-functional team.

* grupo intérprete = executant body.

* grupo marginado = deprived group, marginalised group.

* grupo marginal = disadvantaged community, marginalised group.

* grupo mayoritario = majority group.

* grupo mínimo relacionado = minimum zone cohort.

* grupo minoritario = minority group.

* grupo mixto = cross-functional team.

* grupo musical en directo = live band.

* grupo político = political group.

* grupo principal de usuarios = primary user group.

* grupo profesional = occupational group.

* grupo racial = racial group.

* grupo racista = hate group.

* grupo referente = reference group.

* grupo religioso = denominational body, religious group.

* grupos = quarters.

* grupo sanguíneo = blood group, blood type.

* grupos de diez = tens of.

* grupo según edad = age group [age-group].

* grupo social = community group, social group.

* grupo supervisor = steering group.

* grupo temáticamente afín = subject-related group.

* grupo terrorista = terrorist group.

* más débil del grupo, el = runt of the litter, the.

* obra para grupo instrumental = ensemble work.

* pensamiento de grupo = groupthink.

* perfil de grupo = group profile.

* por grupos = in batches.

* presión del grupo = peer pressure.

* relativo a un grupo = group-related.

* reunión de grupo = group meeting.

* RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).

* rodear en grupo = swarm.

* SDI por grupos = group SDI.

* sentimiento de grupo = togetherness.

* sesión de grupo = group session.

* tarifa de grupo = group rate.

* técnica de grupo nominal = nominal group technique.

* terapia de grupo = group therapy.

* trabajar en grupo = team.

* trabajar en grupo (con) = team up (with).

* una grupo impreciso de = a cloud of.

* un grupo aferrado de = a hard core of.

* un grupo cada vez mayor de = a growing body of.

* un grupo de = a set of, a bunch of, a crop of, a pool of, a cadre of, a cluster of, a galaxy of, a clutch of, a company of.

* un grupo de gente variada = a cast of people.

* un grupo incondicional de = a hard core of.

* un grupo variado de = a collection of.

 

grupo sustantivo masculino

( de árboles) clump;

grupos sociales social groups;
de grupo ‹terapia/trabajo› group ( before n);
en grupo ‹salir/trabajar› in a group/in groups


grupo sustantivo masculino
1 g roup: no queda sangre del groupo B+, there is no B+ blood left
tiene mi grupo sanguíneo, he has the same blood group as I do
grupo de trabajo, working party
terapia de grupo, group therapy
2 Mús group, band
3 Elec grupo electrógeno, power generator o electric generating set
' grupo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aparato
- argot
- beatería
- cada
- clase
- comando
- componente
- conjunta
- conjunto
- contra
- cuerpo
- delirio
- descolgarse
- desfilar
- dirigirse
- disolver
- disolverse
- dispersar
- dispersarse
- ecologista
- entrada
- equipo
- escolta
- estamento
- exclusión
- figurar
- fuerza
- GEO
- guerrilla
- incorporarse
- iniciar
- jerga
- junta
- manifestarse
- maquinaria
- mayoría
- minoritaria
- minoritario
- ninguna
- ninguno
- núcleo
- nutrido-a
- panel
- paquete
- patrulla
- pertenencia
- pesar
- piña
- readmitir
- relevo
English:
address
- army
- back
- band
- bear down on
- blood group
- body
- bracket
- breakaway
- bunch
- camp
- chain gang
- class
- cliquey
- clump
- cluster
- collection
- collective
- combine
- come under
- commission
- contra
- crowd
- demo
- dense
- drummer
- dynamics
- fervent
- flagship
- flock
- foursome
- fraternity
- frenzied
- gather
- group
- guard
- heterogeneous
- homogeneous
- huddle
- inbred
- Ivy League
- join
- knot
- lead
- leadership
- lobby
- make up
- manager
- manageress
- motley
[de árboles] cluster; Pol grupo de contacto contact group; Econ grupo de control control group; Informát grupo de discusión discussion group; Pol grupo mixto = independent MPs and MPs from minor parties in Spanish parliament; Informát grupo de noticias newsgroup; Pol grupo de presión pressure group, lobby; UE Grupo de Sabios Committee of Wise Men; Informát grupo de usuarios user group Elec grupo electrógeno generator

Ex: In evaluating the fitness of certain items for inclusion or exclusion in bibliographies it could, indeed, be argued that 'control' could be thought of as a repressive, censoring, device.

Ex: Children's librarians have perpetuated beliefs and behaviour patterns that may lead to the elimination, downgrading or ostracism of children's services.

* exclusión social = social exclusion.

exclusión sustantivo femenino
exclusion
exclusión sustantivo femenino exclusion: no creo que la exclusión de este grupo de la mesa de negociación sea una buena idea, I don't think it's a good idea to exclude this group from the negotiating table
' exclusión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
O
English:
apart
- exclusion
- out of
- no-fly zone

saque 1., 1), tiro 3)

Ex: Although the library community advocates unrestricted access to resources for all, professional practices illustrate that librarians restrict access for youth.

Ex: The volume of published material tends to grow unchecked, and academic libraries are expected to provide a ready market for it.

Ex: Libraries need to tackle issues that can ensure that their clients will have an unconstrained access to electronic information.

Ex: The USA is, therefore, campaigning for absolutely unhindered information flow across all national boundaries.

Ex: Barriers to the uninhibited international flow of scientific and technical information continue to increase.

Ex: From the library she could see miles and miles of unobstructed vistas of rich, coffee-brown, almost black soil, broken only by occasional small towns, farms, and grain elevators.

Ex: In times of war, or other reasons for the imposition of barriers to untrammelled distribution of information, such openness in communication cannot be allowed.

Ex: Again we find that only the first entry leads us to the specific subject, and the others may in fact lead us to ` vacant' headings, ie headings under which no entries are filed.

Ex: This article urges those responsible to ensure that the service goal of libraries remains as unfettered as possible by a collective agreement.

Ex: The article 'Internet domain name control up for grabs' relates the decision by the National Science Foundation, USA, not to renew its agreement with Network Solutions Inc to handle Internet domain registrations.

Ex: Americans are among the most opulent and footloose people on earth.

Ex: Creating an innovative organisation requires a sponsor followed by guidance by example and gradual change aided by free-flowing communication.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Librarian at large'.

Ex: If you would like to volunteer to present on one of the unassigned listed topics, please contact me.

Ex: The culture that grew around this institution was even more freewheeling than it is today.

Ex: In those days, he was a fancy-free young American, living out of a suitcase with a red and green camera always under his arm.

* actividad al aire libre = outdoor activity.

* al aire libre = open-air, in the open, out of doors, outdoors.

* barra libre = open bar.

* biblioteca de libre acceso = open access library.

* búsqueda de texto libre = free text search, free-text searching.

* campo de texto libre = free-text field.

* comida al aire libre = cookout.

* de espíritu libre = free-spirited.

* definición libre = liberal definition.

* dejar las manos de uno libres de = free + Posesivo + hands from.

* dejar libre = vacate, leave + vacant.

* dejar tiempo libre = free up + time.

* día libre = day off.

* disponer de un rato libre = spare + time.

* en los ratos libres de Uno = in + Posesivo + own time, on + Posesivo + own time.

* escalada libre = free-climbing.

* espacio al aire libre = outdoor space.

* espíritu libre = free spirit.

* esquí estilo libre = freestyle skiing.

* esquí libre = freestyle skiing.

* estanterías de libre acceso = open shelves.

* estar libre de = be free from.

* estilo libre = freestyle.

* fondo de inversión libre = hedge fund.

* fondos de acceso libre = open stacks.

* fondos de libre acceso = open access stacks.

* frase de texto libre = free-text phrase.

* horas libres = released time.

* indización en lenguaje libre = free language indexing.

* industria de actividades al aire libre, la = outdoor industry, the.

* instalaciones para dedicar el tiempo libre = leisure facilities.

* juego al aire libre = outdoor game.

* lenguaje de indización libre = free indexing language.

* lenguaje libre = free language.

* libre albedrío = free will.

* libre cambio = laissez-faire.

* libre circulación de la información = free flow of information.

* libre circulación de mercancías = free movement of goods.

* libre comercio = free trade, free movement of goods.

* libre como el viento = footloose and fancy-free.

* libre de = unhampered by, unimpeded by, untrammelled by, unencumbered by.

* libre de censura = uncensored.

* libre de complicaciones = hassle-free.

* libre de culpa = guilt-free, blameless.

* libre de derechos de autor = royalty-free.

* libre de drogas = drug-free.

* libre de gravámenes = unencumbered.

* libre de humo = smokeless.

* libre de humos = smoke-free.

* libre de impuestos = tariff-free, duty-free, tax-free.

* libre de la amenaza de = unthreatened (by).

* libre de peligro = free of danger.

* libre de polvo = dust-free.

* libre de preocupaciones = worry-free.

* libre de problemas = problem-free, trouble free [trouble-free].

* libre de restricciones = unencumbered.

* libre de riesgo = riskless, risk-free.

* libre de servicio = off-duty.

* libre de toda sospecha = above suspicion.

* libre de trabas = unencumbered.

* libre mercado = free market.

* libre y sin compromiso = footloose and fancy-free.

* manos libres = hands-free.

* mantener libre de = keep + free of.

* mercadillo al aire libre = street market, open-air market.

* mercado al aire libre = street market, open-air market.

* mercado libre = open market, free-for-all.

* pasar el tiempo libre = spend + Posesivo + leisure time.

* piscina al aire libre = outdoor pool, open-air swimming pool, open-air pool.

* piscina climatizada al aire libre = outdoor heated pool.

* por libre = freelance.

* pregunta de respuesta libre = open-ended question.

* programas de software libre = freeware.

* puesto de trabajo de libre designación = line position.

* quedar libre = become + vacant.

* recuperación de texto libre = free text retrieval.

* sistema para la recuperación de texto libre = free text retrieval system.

* software libre = freeware, free software.

* teatro al aire libre = outdoor theatre.

* tener un rato libre = spare + time.

* tiempo libre = leisure, leisure time, free time, idle hours.

* trabajo por libre = freelance [free-lance].

 

Del verbo librar: ( conjugate librar)

libré es:


libre es:




Multiple Entries:
librar    
libre
librar ( conjugate librar) verbo transitivo
1 ( liberar) libre a algn de algo ‹ de peligro› to save sb from sth;
‹de obligación/responsabilidad› to free sb from sth;

2 ‹batalla/combate› to fight
librarse verbo pronominal:

librese de algo ‹de tarea/obligación› to get out of sth;
librese de un castigo to escape punishment;
se libró de tener que ayudarlo she got out of having to help him;
se libreon de morir asfixiados they escaped being suffocated;
librese de algn to get rid of sb
libre adjetivo
1 ‹país/pueblo› free;

eres libre de ir donde quieras you're free to go wherever you want;
libre albedrío free will;
libre cambio or comercio free trade;
libre mercado free market
2 ‹traducción/adaptación› free;

3 ( no ocupado) ‹persona/tiempo/asiento› free;

en sus ratos libres in her spare o free time;
tengo el día libre I have the day off
4 ( exento):

librar
I verbo transitivo
1 to free: me libró de un castigo, she let me off from a punishment
2 (una orden de pago) to draw
II vi (tener el día libre) libra los fines de semana, he has weekends off
libre adjetivo free: está libre de sospecha, she's free from suspicion
eres (muy) libre de hacerlo, you are quite free to do it
libre de impuestos, tax-free
¡vía libre!, make way!
' libre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aire
- albedrío
- bufé
- carga
- desocupada
- desocupado
- día
- entrada
- franca
- franco
- hueca
- hueco
- impuesta
- impuesto
- librar
- lucha
- perilla
- plaza
- radical
- suelta
- suelto
- tiempo
- tienda
- Tiro
- tomarse
- traducción
- vía
- aduana
- caída
- despejado
- dios
- dueño
- economía
- estilo
- falta
- hora
- lavadero
- limpiar
- limpio
- lugar
- melé
- ocio
- ocupar
- paso
- puerto
- sacar
- teatro
- tiro
- tomar
- tranquilo
English:
all-in wrestling
- available
- buffet
- clear
- clearance
- day off
- door
- duty-free
- economy
- equity
- festival
- free
- free enterprise
- free fall
- free kick
- free love
- free rein
- free trade
- free-style
- garden party
- have off
- hire
- leisure time
- liberal
- liberty
- off
- open
- open-air
- outdoor
- outdoors
- outdoorsman
- own
- place
- quit
- sky-dive
- sky-diver
- sleep out
- smokeless zone
- spare
- take off
- tax free
- unoccupied
- vacancy
- vacant
- day
- demand
- duty
- enterprise
- foot
- freelance
libre albedrío free will; Econ libre cambio free trade; [de divisas] floating exchange rates; Econ libre circulación de capitales free circulation of capital; [retrete] vacant; [casa] empty; [alumno] external; Esp Esp Dep

1. 2. 1. 2.

Ex: These sources which form the basis of the intellectual selection of terms may be augmented by the machine selection of terms.

Ex: If the number of categories becomes large, cross-references will be necessary between individual files.

Ex: An introduction explaining the nature and scope of the indexing language will enhance its value.

Ex: Here entry is made under the original author of an edition that has been revised, enlarged, updated, condensed, and so on by another person.

Ex: Over the past two to three years the numbers of full text data bases and data banks has started to escalate considerably.

Ex: As the quantity of knowledge expands the need to organise it becomes more pressing.

Ex: As the system grows larger it's more difficult to maintain that control.

Ex: Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.

Ex: The speaker said that James estimated people function at only 20% of their capacity, and concluded that they could raise this percentage considerable if they knew how to manage their time more efficiently.

Ex: If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.

Ex: He proposes a research agenda that could strengthen archival appraisal and the profession's ability to document society.

Ex: However, future trends may tend to accentuate this division.

Ex: No true reader can be expected to grow on a diet of prescribed texts only regardless of how well chosen they are.

Ex: In addition, Britain has one of the most extensive bodies of legislation in the world, which is added to daily and encrusted with myriad rules and regulations.

Ex: One of the effects of reading in children is that their appreciation of the processes and function of literature is deepened.

Ex: The use of electronic mail systems has mushroomed in the last 5 years in industrialised nations.

Ex: Whilst these achievements are commendable, there is a catch in them -- there can be used to 'intensify' the economic exploitation of women.

Ex: The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.

Ex: Reference work has been ill-served in the past by its expositors and theoreticians: its extensive literature of several hundred papers and books is swollen by a mass of the transient and the trivial.

Ex: The article ' Pump up the program...' identifies the costs and benefits of undertaking a software upgrade.

Ex: Most librarians will admit that they could probably increase the use made of their lending libraries and bump up their annual loans by stocking more romances and thrillers and fewer serious novels, but they do not do this.

Ex: The intensity of marketing to schools and parents will have to be stepped up by publishers if they are to succeed in the more competitive market.

Ex: Baby boomers are desperately trying to hold onto their salad days -- plastic surgery, vitamins and drugs like Viagra have spiked in public demand.

Ex: Refiners are cranking up diesel output to meet rising global demand.

Ex: EGND has hit a home run with the introduction of a new product line, increasing sales projections, and ramping up production schedules.

Ex: Liverpool and Chelsea are grabbing all the headlines, but Arsenal have quietly moved it up a gear scoring 10 goals in their last three league games.

Ex: Start gently, ease yourself in by breaking the workout down into three one minute sessions until you are ready to notch it up a gear and join them together.

Ex: There was not much to separate the sides in the first ten minutes however Arsenal took it up a gear and got the goal but not without a bit of luck.

Ex: We have a good time together and we're good friends.. but I'd like to take it up a notch.

Ex: David quickly comprehended our project needs and then cranked it up a notch with impactful design.

Ex: Went for a bike ride with a mate last week, no problems so will crank it up a gear and tackle some hills in the next few weeks.

Ex: After a regular walking routine is established, why not move it up a notch and start jogging, if you haven't already.

Ex: The health department has ratcheted up efforts to prevent or slow down the spread of swine flu in schools.

Ex: In order to gain strength fast, you need to immediately begin amping up your strength thermostat in your mind.

Ex: Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.

* aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.

* aumentar de tamaño = grow in + size, grow + larger, increase in + size.

* aumentar de valor = increase in + value.

* aumentar el conocimiento = expand + Posesivo + knowledge, deepen + awareness.

* aumentar el control = tighten (up) + control.

* aumentar el esfuerzo = increase + effort.

* aumentar el precio = mark up + price, jack up + the price.

* aumentar el presupuesto = add + monies to + budget.

* aumentar en cantidad = increase in + quantity.

* aumentar en número = grow in + numbers, increase in + numbers.

* aumentar en variedad = grow in + kind.

* aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.

* aumentar la experiencia = deepen + experience.

* aumentar la productividad = increase + productivity, boost + Posesivo + productivity.

* aumentar las diferencias entre... y = widen + the gap between... and.

* aumentar las posibilidades = increase + the odds.

* aumentar las probabilidades = shorten + the odds.

* aumentar las ventas = boost + sales.

* aumentar la velocidad = grow + faster.

* aumentar los costes = cost + rise.

* aumentar los impuestos = increase + taxes.

* aumentar los ingresos = boost + Posesivo + income.

* aumentar rápidamente = snowball.

* crisis + aumentar = crisis + deepen.

 

aumentar ( conjugate aumentar) verbo transitivo

‹precio/sueldo› to increase, raise

verbo intransitivo [temperatura/presión] to rise;
[ velocidad] to increase;
[precio/producción/valor] to increase, rise;

aumentar de algo ‹de volumen/tamaño› to increase in sth;
aumentó de peso he put on o gained weight
aumentar
I verbo transitivo to increase
Fot to enlarge
Ópt to magnify
II vi (una cantidad) to go up, rise
(de valor) to appreciate

' aumentar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
alargar
- engordar
- explorar
- separar
- separarse
- doblar
- elevar
- multiplicar
- redoblar
English:
add to
- appreciate
- augment
- boost
- build up
- deepen
- efficiency
- enhance
- escalate
- gain
- grow
- heighten
- improve
- increase
- intensify
- jack up
- jump
- magnify
- mark up
- mount
- odds
- put up
- quantity
- raise
- rise
- snowball
- step up
- surge
- swell
- up
- add
- develop
- go
- put
- soar
- strengthen
[temperatura, precio, gastos, tensión] to increase, to rise; [velocidad] to increase;

Ex: The main aim of UAP (Universal Availability of Information) is to study the means of improving the flow of information across national boundaries and the various linguistic, cultural and political barriers which exist.

Ex: The recent proliferation of privacy protection laws has had a significant impact on transborder data flows, frequently inhibiting the free flow of information across national borders.

Ex: The theme of the conference was ' border crossings: exploring new territories for special collections'.

* abrir fronteras = break + new ground, break + ground.

* abrir nuevas fronteras = forge + new frontiers.

* ampliar las fronteras de = push + the frontiers of, push + the boundaries of.

* ampliar las fronteras del conocimiento = push back + the frontiers of knowledge.

* atravesar fronteras = tread across + boundaries.

* control de frontera = border checkpoint, border control.

* cruce de la frontera = border crossing.

* cruzar fronteras = span + boundaries.

* cruzar la frontera = cross + the boundary.

* cruzar las fronteras = breach + boundaries, breach + barriers.

* entre fronteras = transborder.

* frontera del conocimiento = frontier of knowledge.

* frontera del tiempo = time boundary.

* frontera geográfica = geographic boundary.

* frontera lingüística = language boundary.

* no tener fronteras = have + no boundaries.

* nuevas fronteras = new horizons.

* protección de información entre fronteras = transborder data protection.

* que cruza fronteras = boundary spanning.

* rebasar fronteras = transcend + boundaries.

* sin fronteras = borderless.

* trascender fronteras = transcend + boundaries.

 

frontera sustantivo femenino
border, frontier (frml)
frontera sustantivo femenino frontier ➣ Ver nota en border
' frontera' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
disfraz
- escaramuza
- intervenir
- pasar
- traspasar
- vigilar
- abrir
- atravesar
- cerrar
- cierre
- umbral
English:
border
- borderline
- boundary
- bust
- frontier
- rim
- line
- turn
- way

1. (f. - desconocida)

noun

stranger

2. (f. - desconocida)

adj.

1) unfamiliar

2) unknown

* * *

desconocido, -a

1. ADJ

1) [gen] unknown

su apellido me es totalmente desconocido — his surname is completely unfamiliar to me

una explosión de origen desconocido — an explosion of unknown origin

por razones desconocidas — for reasons which are not known (to us etc)

el triunfo de un atleta desconocido — the success of an unknown athlete

tiene miedo a lo desconocido — he's afraid of the unknown

2)

estar desconocido: con ese traje estás desconocido — I'd hardly recognize you o you're unrecognizable in that suit

después del divorcio está desconocido — he's a changed person o he's like a different person since the divorce

2.

SM / F stranger

un desconocido llamó a la puerta — a stranger knocked on the door

unos desconocidos le dispararon por la espalda — some unidentified attackers shot him in the back

* * *

I

- da adjetivo

a) <hecho/método/sensación> unknown

por razones desconocidas — for some unknown reason

su rostro no me era desconocido — his face wasn't unfamiliar to me

técnicas hasta ahora desconocidas — hitherto unknown techniques

de origen desconocido — of unknown origin

lo desconocido — the unknown

b) <artista/atleta> unknown

c) < persona> ( extraño)

una persona desconocida — a stranger

d) (fam) ( irreconocible)

con ese peinado nuevo está desconocida — she looks completely different with her new hairstyle

ahora hasta plancha, está desconocido — he's like a different man, he even does the ironing

II

- da masculino, femenino

a) ( no conocido) stranger

b) ( no identificado)

fue atacado por unos desconocidos — he was attacked by unknown assailants

un desconocido le asestó una puñalada — he was stabbed by someone whose identity has not been established

* * *

= stranger, unfamiliar, unheard of, unidentified, unknown, unrecognised [unrecognized, -USA], outsider, uncharted, unchartered, unheard, unnoticed, unnoted, nomen nescio [N.N.].

Ex. Many Americans viewed this influx of strangers with alarm.

Ex. We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing.

Ex. Hypermedia offers unheard of opportunities to gain insight into the way young people perceive, process and use information.

Ex. Names of speakers from the audience which were not clear from the tapes are listed as ' unidentified'.

Ex. Works with unknown or uncertain personal authorship, or works emanating from a body that lacks a name are to be entered under title.

Ex. It is undeniable that the ripest crop of unrecognised great inventors, long-lost heirs to dormant peerages, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.

Ex. The library director does not want to take the chance that by allowing the trustees to get active he might lose partial control of the library operation to an 'outsider'.

Ex. News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.

Ex. This author agrees that the facts listed above are unchartered.

Ex. As professionals are informed about the often unspoken and unheard stories relating to hearing loss, they can then serve with greater knowledge, empathy, and hope.

Ex. By retrieving and bringing together these two literatures, that implicit unstated, and perhaps unnoticed hypothesis becomes apparent.

Ex. This approach draws attention to hitherto unnoted relationships among concepts.

Ex. Nomen nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person.

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* algo desconocido = virgin territory.

* de causas desconocidas = idiopathic.

* desconocido, lo = unfamiliar, the, unknown, the.

* Dimensión Desconocida = The Twilight Zone.

* hablar en lengua desconocida = talk in + tongues.

* líquido desconocido = foreign substance.

* miedo a lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.

* miedo hacia lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.

* moverse en terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.

* pisar terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.

* producto desconocido = foreign substance.

* salto hacia lo desconocido = leap into + the unknown.

* ser desconocido para = be alien to.

* ser un desconocido = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.

* sustancia desconocida = foreign substance.

* terreno desconocido = unchartered territory, unchartered waters.

* territorio desconocido = unfamiliar territory, unchartered territory, unchartered waters.

* * *

I

- da adjetivo

a) <hecho/método/sensación> unknown

por razones desconocidas — for some unknown reason

su rostro no me era desconocido — his face wasn't unfamiliar to me

técnicas hasta ahora desconocidas — hitherto unknown techniques

de origen desconocido — of unknown origin

lo desconocido — the unknown

b) <artista/atleta> unknown

c) < persona> ( extraño)

una persona desconocida — a stranger

d) (fam) ( irreconocible)

con ese peinado nuevo está desconocida — she looks completely different with her new hairstyle

ahora hasta plancha, está desconocido — he's like a different man, he even does the ironing

II

- da masculino, femenino

a) ( no conocido) stranger

b) ( no identificado)

fue atacado por unos desconocidos — he was attacked by unknown assailants

un desconocido le asestó una puñalada — he was stabbed by someone whose identity has not been established

* * *

= stranger, unfamiliar, unheard of, unidentified, unknown, unrecognised [unrecognized, -USA], outsider, uncharted, unchartered, unheard, unnoticed, unnoted, nomen nescio [N.N.].

Ex: Many Americans viewed this influx of strangers with alarm.

Ex: We are used to background noise in air conditioned buildings but the introduction of additional and unfamiliar sounds from AV equipment may be disturbing.

Ex: Hypermedia offers unheard of opportunities to gain insight into the way young people perceive, process and use information.

Ex: Names of speakers from the audience which were not clear from the tapes are listed as ' unidentified'.

Ex: Works with unknown or uncertain personal authorship, or works emanating from a body that lacks a name are to be entered under title.

Ex: It is undeniable that the ripest crop of unrecognised great inventors, long-lost heirs to dormant peerages, and assorted harmless drudges is to be gathered in the great general libraries of our major cities.

Ex: The library director does not want to take the chance that by allowing the trustees to get active he might lose partial control of the library operation to an 'outsider'.

Ex: News of boundless timber reserves spread, and before long lumberjacks from the thinning hardwood forests of New England swarmed into the uncharted area with no other possessions than their axes and brawn and the clothing they wore.

Ex: This author agrees that the facts listed above are unchartered.

Ex: As professionals are informed about the often unspoken and unheard stories relating to hearing loss, they can then serve with greater knowledge, empathy, and hope.

Ex: By retrieving and bringing together these two literatures, that implicit unstated, and perhaps unnoticed hypothesis becomes apparent.

Ex: This approach draws attention to hitherto unnoted relationships among concepts.

Ex: Nomen nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person.

* algo desconocido = virgin territory.

* de causas desconocidas = idiopathic.

* desconocido, lo = unfamiliar, the, unknown, the.

* Dimensión Desconocida = The Twilight Zone.

* hablar en lengua desconocida = talk in + tongues.

* líquido desconocido = foreign substance.

* miedo a lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.

* miedo hacia lo desconocido = fear of the unknown.

* moverse en terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.

* pisar terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.

* producto desconocido = foreign substance.

* salto hacia lo desconocido = leap into + the unknown.

* ser desconocido para = be alien to.

* ser un desconocido = not know + Pronombre + from Adam.

* sustancia desconocida = foreign substance.

* terreno desconocido = unchartered territory, unchartered waters.

* territorio desconocido = unfamiliar territory, unchartered territory, unchartered waters.

* * *

desconocido¹ -da

adjective

1 ‹razón/hecho› unknown; ‹métodos/sensación› unknown

por razones desconocidas vendió todo y se fue for some unknown reason he sold up and left

partió con destino desconocido she set off for an unknown destination

su rostro no me era del todo desconocido his face wasn't wholly unfamiliar to me

una sensación de terror hasta entonces desconocida a feeling of terror the like of which I/he had never experienced before

técnicas hasta ahora desconocidas hitherto unknown techniques

su obra es prácticamente desconocida en Europa her work is practically unknown in Europe

de origen desconocido of unknown origin

lo desconocido siempre lo ha intrigado he has always been fascinated by the unknown

2 ‹artista/atleta› unknown

3 ‹persona›

(extraño): una persona desconocida a stranger

4 ( fam)

(irreconocible): con ese peinado nuevo está desconocida she's unrecognizable o totally changed with her new hairstyle

ahora hasta plancha, está desconocido he's like a different man o he's a changed person, he even does the ironing

desconocido² -da

masculine, feminine

1 (no conocido) stranger

no hables con desconocidos don't talk to strangers

2

(no identificado): fue atacado por unos desconocidos he was attacked by unknown assailants

un desconocido le asestó una puñalada he was stabbed by an unidentified person o by someone whose identity has not been established

* * *

 

Del verbo desconocer: ( conjugate desconocer)

desconocido es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
desconocer    
desconocido
desconocer ( conjugate desconocer) verbo transitivo

a) ( no conocer):

◊ por razones que desconocemos for reasons unknown to us;

desconocía este hecho I was unaware of this fact

b) ( no reconocer):

◊ te desconocí I didn't recognize you

desconocido

◊ -da adjetivo ( en general) unknown;

un cantante desconocido an unknown singer;
una persona desconocida a stranger
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( no conocido) stranger
desconocer verbo transitivo
1 (no saber) not to know, to be unaware of
2 (no reconocer, encontrar muy cambiado) to fail to recognize: ¿tú maquillada?, te desconozco, you with make up?, I can hardly recognize you
desconocido,-a
I adjetivo
1 unknown
una voz desconocida, an unfamiliar voice
2 (irreconocible) unrecognizable: estás desconocida, you have changed a lot
II sustantivo masculino y femenino stranger
III sustantivo masculino lo desconocido, the unknown

' desconocido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
anónima
- anónimo
- desconocida
- incierta
- incierto
- inédita
- inédito
- paradero
- extraño
- miedo
- perfecto
English:
mate
- obscure
- strange
- stranger
- undiscovered
- unfamiliar
- unknown
- blind
- outsider
- perfect

* * *

desconocido, -a

♦ adj

1. [no conocido] unknown;

su cine es del todo desconocido en Europa his movies are totally unknown in Europe;

elementos químicos entonces desconocidos chemical elements then unknown;

una enfermedad hasta ahora desconocida a hitherto unknown illness;

por causas todavía desconocidas for reasons as yet unknown o which are still unknown;

nació en 1821, de padre desconocido he was born in 1821, and it is not known who his father was;

el mundo de lo desconocido the world of the unknown;

su nombre no me es del todo desconocido his name rings a bell

2. [extraño]

no dé su teléfono o dirección a personas desconocidas don't give your telephone number or address to strangers

3. [sin fama] unknown;

escritores jóvenes, casi desconocidos young, almost unknown, writers

4. [muy cambiado]

estar desconocido to have changed beyond all recognition;

¿ya no fumas ni bebes? ¡chico, estás desconocido! you don't smoke or drink any more? well, well, you're a changed man!;

el viejo bar estaba desconocido the old bar was unrecognizable;

así, sin gafas, estás desconocido like that, with no glasses, you're unrecognizable

♦ nm,f

1. [extraño] stranger;

hablar con un desconocido to talk to a stranger;

no le abras la puerta a desconocidos don't open the door to strangers

2. [persona sin fama] unknown;

le dieron el premio a un (perfecto) desconocido they gave the prize to a complete unknown

3. [persona sin identificar] unidentified person;

un desconocido le disparó un tiro en la cabeza he was shot in the head by an unknown assailant;

tres desconocidos prendieron fuego a varias tiendas several shops were set on fire by three unidentified persons

* * *

desconocido

I adj unknown

II m, desconocida f stranger

* * *

desconocido, -da adj

: unknown, unfamiliar

desconocido, -da n

extraño: stranger

* * *

desconocido¹ adj

1. (no conocido) unknown

un artista desconocido an unknown artist

2. (extraño) strange / unfamiliar

una cara desconocida an unfamilar face

estar desconocido to be unrecognizable

lo desconocido the unknown

desconocido² n stranger

no hables con desconocidos don't talk to strangers

* accidente aéreo = air disaster, plane crash, air crash.

* ataque aéreo = blitz.

* cabeza de puente aéreo = airhead.

* combate aéreo = dogfight [dog fight].

* compañía aérea = airline carrier.

* compañía aérea barata = low-cost airline.

* corredor aéreo = air corridor.

* enviar por correo aéreo = air-mail.

* espacio aéreo = airspace.

* flete aéreo = air cargo.

* fotografía aérea = aerial photograph, aerial photography.

* fuerzas aéreas británicas = RAF [Royal Air Force].

* ruta aérea = airway.

* transporte aéreo = air cargo.

aéreo


‹ tráfico› air ( before n)
aéreo,-a adjetivo
1 aerial
2 Av air
tráfico aéreo, air traffic
Com por vía aérea, by air
' aéreo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aérea
- ataque
- controlador
- controladora
- correo
- espacio
- pirata
- puente
- tráfico
- accidente
- invadir
- transporte
English:
aerial
- air raid
- air traffic control
- air traffic controller
- airlift
- airmail
- blitz
- flyover
- overhead
- shuttle
- traffic
- traffic controller
- air
- hijacker
- raid