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  • 121 excepcional

    adj.
    exceptional.
    * * *
    1 (extraordinario) exceptional, outstanding
    2 (raro) exceptional, unusual
    * * *
    adj.
    exceptional, outstanding
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=anómalo) [medidas, circunstancias] exceptional
    2) (=muy bueno) exceptional
    * * *
    adjetivo exceptional
    * * *
    = exceptional, one-off, outstanding, outstandingly + Adjetivo, with a difference, non-recurrent, out of the ordinary, unusual.
    Ex. All abstracts, barring possibly those of exceptional length, should consist of one paragraph only.
    Ex. Associated with full-time staffing reductions has been the virtual elimination of part-time teachers and ' one-off' expert lecturers.
    Ex. The PRECIS indexing system is a set of procedures for producing index entries which in theoretical terms represents an advance outstanding for its highly formularized approach to citation order and reference, or added entry, generation.
    Ex. It is tempting to quote the tremendous successes of outstandingly popular authors such as Harold Robbins, James Herriot, Catherine Cookson and a relatively small number of other household names (to book readers).
    Ex. The article 'Web authoring with a difference' reviews the current authoring tools available for organizations wishing to become involved in the World Wide Web (WWW).
    Ex. Special grants are defined as grants of a non-recurrent nature to fund (or partly fund) major projects = Las subvenciones especiales se definen como aquellas subvenciones de una naturaleza excepcional para financiar (total o parcialmente) proyectos importantes.
    Ex. In the past, there was a tendency to label a person as abnormal simply because he or she possessed traits that were considered out of the ordinary.
    Ex. If the book has an unusual shape then both the height and the width of the book will be given.
    ----
    * Consejo para los Niños Excepcionales (CEC) = Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).
    * ser algo excepcional = be in a league of its own.
    * ser un caso excepcional = be in a league of its own.
    * * *
    adjetivo exceptional
    * * *
    = exceptional, one-off, outstanding, outstandingly + Adjetivo, with a difference, non-recurrent, out of the ordinary, unusual.

    Ex: All abstracts, barring possibly those of exceptional length, should consist of one paragraph only.

    Ex: Associated with full-time staffing reductions has been the virtual elimination of part-time teachers and ' one-off' expert lecturers.
    Ex: The PRECIS indexing system is a set of procedures for producing index entries which in theoretical terms represents an advance outstanding for its highly formularized approach to citation order and reference, or added entry, generation.
    Ex: It is tempting to quote the tremendous successes of outstandingly popular authors such as Harold Robbins, James Herriot, Catherine Cookson and a relatively small number of other household names (to book readers).
    Ex: The article 'Web authoring with a difference' reviews the current authoring tools available for organizations wishing to become involved in the World Wide Web (WWW).
    Ex: Special grants are defined as grants of a non-recurrent nature to fund (or partly fund) major projects = Las subvenciones especiales se definen como aquellas subvenciones de una naturaleza excepcional para financiar (total o parcialmente) proyectos importantes.
    Ex: In the past, there was a tendency to label a person as abnormal simply because he or she possessed traits that were considered out of the ordinary.
    Ex: If the book has an unusual shape then both the height and the width of the book will be given.
    * Consejo para los Niños Excepcionales (CEC) = Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).
    * ser algo excepcional = be in a league of its own.
    * ser un caso excepcional = be in a league of its own.

    * * *
    exceptional
    un niño de una inteligencia excepcional a child of exceptional intelligence
    realizó una excepcional labor en el campo de la medicina he performed outstanding work in the field of medicine
    el proyecto ha despertado un interés excepcional the project has aroused unusual interest
    recibieron un servicio excepcional they received first-class o exceptional service
    * * *

    excepcional adjetivo ‹caso/circunstancia/talento› exceptional;
    ‹contribución/labor› outstanding
    excepcional adjetivo exceptional: el marisco es de una calidad excepcional, the seafood is of exceptional quality
    ' excepcional' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    privilegiada
    - privilegiado
    - singular
    - Titán
    - monumento
    English:
    exceptional
    - extraordinary
    - outstanding
    - saving
    - singular
    - unusual
    - rare
    - remarkable
    - superlative
    * * *
    1. [ocasional] exceptional;
    sólo en circunstancias excepcionales only in exceptional circumstances
    2. [extraordinario] exceptional;
    alcanzar el segundo puesto es un logro excepcional reaching second place is an exceptional achievement
    * * *
    adj exceptional
    * * *
    extraordinario: exceptional, extraordinary, rare
    * * *
    excepcional adj exceptional

    Spanish-English dictionary > excepcional

  • 122 exhibición

    f.
    1 exhibition, exposition, show, display.
    2 payment of an installment.
    3 partial payment for stock subscription.
    * * *
    1 (exposición) exhibition, show
    2 CINEMATOGRAFÍA showing
    * * *
    noun f.
    1) exhibition, show
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=demostración) show, display

    exhibición folklórica — folk festival, display of folk-dancing etc

    2) (Cine) showing
    3) (Dep) exhibition, display
    4) Méx (Com) payment of an instalment o (EEUU) installment
    * * *
    a) ( demostración) display

    haciendo exhibición de su fuerza — showing off o displaying his strength

    b) (de cuadros, artefactos) exhibition, display
    c) (Cin) screening, showing
    * * *
    = showcase, show, exhibit.
    Ex. This journal serves as a vehicle for the continuing education of librarians, as a showcase for current practice and as a spotlight for significant activities.
    Ex. Locate the exhibit catalog for a show of American impressionists held at the Corcoran Gallery in 1985.
    Ex. Models and displays set up in the salesrooms or as special exhibits are both decorative and interesting.
    ----
    * adiestramiento ecuestre de exhibición = dressage.
    * doma de exhibición = dressage.
    * doma ecuestre de exhibición = dressage.
    * * *
    a) ( demostración) display

    haciendo exhibición de su fuerza — showing off o displaying his strength

    b) (de cuadros, artefactos) exhibition, display
    c) (Cin) screening, showing
    * * *
    = showcase, show, exhibit.

    Ex: This journal serves as a vehicle for the continuing education of librarians, as a showcase for current practice and as a spotlight for significant activities.

    Ex: Locate the exhibit catalog for a show of American impressionists held at the Corcoran Gallery in 1985.
    Ex: Models and displays set up in the salesrooms or as special exhibits are both decorative and interesting.
    * adiestramiento ecuestre de exhibición = dressage.
    * doma de exhibición = dressage.
    * doma ecuestre de exhibición = dressage.

    * * *
    1 (demostración) display
    haciendo exhibición de su fuerza showing off o displaying his strength
    una exhibición de gimnasia a gymnastics display
    2 (de cuadros, artefactos) exhibition, display
    estar en exhibición to be on show o display, to be exhibited
    no dejes la ropa interior en exhibición ( hum); don't leave your underwear lying around for all the world to see ( colloq)
    3 ( Cin) screening, showing
    * * *

    exhibición sustantivo femenino

    b) (de cuadros, artefactos) exhibition, display;

    ◊ estar en exhibición to be on show o display

    exhibición sustantivo femenino
    1 (demostración) exhibition, display
    2 (de una película, espectáculo) showing, performance
    ' exhibición' also found in these entries:
    English:
    demo
    - display
    - exhibit
    - grandiose
    * * *
    1. [demostración] show, display;
    hicieron una exhibición de fuerza they gave a show of strength;
    el equipo dio una auténtica exhibición the team put on a magnificent performance
    2. [artística] exhibition;
    una exhibición de objetos precolombinos an exhibition of pre-Columbian artefacts
    3. [deportiva] exhibition;
    una exhibición de billar artístico an exhibition of artistic billiards
    4. [de películas] showing
    * * *
    f
    1 display, demonstration
    2 de película screening, showing
    * * *
    1) : exhibition, show
    2) : showing
    * * *
    1. (en general) display
    2. (de deporte, baile) demonstration

    Spanish-English dictionary > exhibición

  • 123 extremadamente + Adjetivo

    (adj.) = alarmingly + Adjetivo, astronomically + Adjetivo, bleeding + Adjetivo/Nombre, extremely + Adjetivo, impossibly + Adjetivo, incredibly + Adjetivo, devastatingly + Adjetivo, dauntingly + Adjetivo, outrageously + Adjetivo, abysmally + Adjetivo, awfully + Adjetivo, shockingly + Adjetivo, bloody + Adjetivo
    Ex. As the quantity increased the printer's capital investment, which was always alarmingly high, rose with it, and his profit as a percentage of investment fell.
    Ex. To give this advice, the computer would have to store an astronomically large number of possible positions on the board.
    Ex. He had never seen the children's librarian so upset, she was one great bleeding resentment.
    Ex. Thus, the subject approach is extremely important in the access to information.
    Ex. Limitless flexibility sounds to be the answer but it is, of course, impossibly expensive and unacceptable aesthetically.
    Ex. We also know that large catalogs are not only incredibly expensive to maintain, but are increasingly impossible to use.
    Ex. The teacher flipped over the document and examined her scored evaluations: all, except for attendance and punctuality, were in the low 70's, a devastatingly dramatic plunge from the former heights of her 97 to 99 scores.
    Ex. This description suggests that OPAC searching is less dauntingly complex than it is often made out to be.
    Ex. On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.
    Ex. Seventeenth-century English printing was abysmally poor, and there are few books that were not set in ill-cast, battered type, clumsily arranged and carelessly printed in brown ink on shabby paper.
    Ex. Searching these full-text files may be awfully confusing.
    Ex. Despite shockingly poor current resource levels, Cuban librarians are enthusiastically planning for better times in the future.
    Ex. I know a few guys that are dustbin men and it is bloody hard work for a average of £6.50 an hour.
    * * *
    (adj.) = alarmingly + Adjetivo, astronomically + Adjetivo, bleeding + Adjetivo/Nombre, extremely + Adjetivo, impossibly + Adjetivo, incredibly + Adjetivo, devastatingly + Adjetivo, dauntingly + Adjetivo, outrageously + Adjetivo, abysmally + Adjetivo, awfully + Adjetivo, shockingly + Adjetivo, bloody + Adjetivo

    Ex: As the quantity increased the printer's capital investment, which was always alarmingly high, rose with it, and his profit as a percentage of investment fell.

    Ex: To give this advice, the computer would have to store an astronomically large number of possible positions on the board.
    Ex: He had never seen the children's librarian so upset, she was one great bleeding resentment.
    Ex: Thus, the subject approach is extremely important in the access to information.
    Ex: Limitless flexibility sounds to be the answer but it is, of course, impossibly expensive and unacceptable aesthetically.
    Ex: We also know that large catalogs are not only incredibly expensive to maintain, but are increasingly impossible to use.
    Ex: The teacher flipped over the document and examined her scored evaluations: all, except for attendance and punctuality, were in the low 70's, a devastatingly dramatic plunge from the former heights of her 97 to 99 scores.
    Ex: This description suggests that OPAC searching is less dauntingly complex than it is often made out to be.
    Ex: On the other hand people passionately devoted to a hobby or sport or their work will endure without complaint conditions which less ardent folk think outrageously insupportable.
    Ex: Seventeenth-century English printing was abysmally poor, and there are few books that were not set in ill-cast, battered type, clumsily arranged and carelessly printed in brown ink on shabby paper.
    Ex: Searching these full-text files may be awfully confusing.
    Ex: Despite shockingly poor current resource levels, Cuban librarians are enthusiastically planning for better times in the future.
    Ex: I know a few guys that are dustbin men and it is bloody hard work for a average of £6.50 an hour.

    Spanish-English dictionary > extremadamente + Adjetivo

  • 124 imperecedero

    adj.
    imperishable, immortal, endless, everlasting.
    * * *
    1 (producto) imperishable
    2 figurado everlasting
    * * *
    ADJ [recuerdo] immortal, undying; [legado] eternal; [fama] eternal, everlasting
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo (frml o liter) everlasting, undying
    * * *
    = enduring, everlasting, enduringly + Adjetivo.
    Ex. Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.
    Ex. Appraisal is the single most important function performed by an archivist because it has wide-reaching and everlasting social implications.
    Ex. Thus we need money, intellectual property agreements, and library collaborations to build the massive and accessible collections of enduringly valuable cultural resources that I am proposing.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo (frml o liter) everlasting, undying
    * * *
    = enduring, everlasting, enduringly + Adjetivo.

    Ex: Archives are set of non-current archival documents preserved, with or without selection, by those responsible for their creation or by their successors for their own use or by other organizations because of their enduring value.

    Ex: Appraisal is the single most important function performed by an archivist because it has wide-reaching and everlasting social implications.
    Ex: Thus we need money, intellectual property agreements, and library collaborations to build the massive and accessible collections of enduringly valuable cultural resources that I am proposing.

    * * *
    ( frml o liter); everlasting
    y así consiguió una fama imperecedera and thus she achieved everlasting o undying fame
    * * *

    imperecedero,-a adjetivo everlasting
    figurado enduring
    ' imperecedero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    imperecedera
    * * *
    imperecedero, -a adj
    1. [producto] non-perishable
    2. [eterno] immortal, eternal
    * * *
    adj perpetual, everlasting
    * * *
    imperecedero, -ra adj
    1) : imperishable
    2) inmortal: immortal, everlasting

    Spanish-English dictionary > imperecedero

  • 125 importancia

    f.
    importance.
    dar importancia a algo to attach importance to something
    darse importancia to give oneself airs
    de importancia important, of importance
    sin importancia unimportant
    quitar importancia a algo to play something down
    * * *
    1 importance
    \
    dar importancia a algo to take something seriously
    darse importancia to give oneself airs
    de importancia (gen) important 2 (herida, lesión) serious
    no tiene importancia it's nothing, it doesn't matter, it's not important
    quitar importancia a algo, restar importancia a algo to play something down
    sin importancia unimportant
    tener importancia to be important
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *

    ¿y eso qué importancia tiene? — and how is that important o significant?, and what significance does that have?

    no te preocupes, no tiene importancia — don't worry, it's not important

    • carecer de importancia — to be unimportant

    • de cierta importancia — [empresa, asunto] of some importance, important; [herida] serious

    • conceder o dar mucha importancia a algo — to attach great importance to sth

    no quiero darle más importancia de la que tiene, pero... — I don't want to make an issue of this but...

    • darse importancia — to give o.s. airs

    • quitar o restar importancia a algo — to make light of sth, play down the importance of sth

    • sin importancia — [herida, comentario] minor

    * * *
    femenino importance

    detalles sin importancia — minor o insignificant details

    concederle or darle importancia a algo — to attach importance to something

    quitarle or restarle importancia a algo — to play down the importance of something

    ¿y eso qué importancia tiene? — so what?

    darse importancia — to give oneself airs

    * * *
    = importance, merit, notability, pre-eminence [preeminence], prominence, significance, standing, stature, value, distinction, visibility, centrality, meaningfulness, worthwhileness, profile, premium, import, fuse, consequence.
    Ex. This format is becoming common in new thesauri, partly because the recognition of the importance of viewing both relationships and subject terms in one tool.
    Ex. Much will be said later about the merits and drawbacks of the various types of index and approaches to indexing.
    Ex. Its notability is seen to lie in the fact that it has significantly broken the stranglehold upon postgraduate studentships in the gift of the Science and Engineering Research Council.
    Ex. Despite its pre-eminence, or possibly because of it, DC has its critics.
    Ex. Weights are a quantitative measure of the prominence of various index terms in the description of a subject and may form the basis of an alternative search logic.
    Ex. Whatever viewpoint is taken, it is difficult to dispute the significance of AACR1.
    Ex. Their sheer institutional standing and regard have had a bearing upon the creation of a situation which is a good deal better than it might otherwise have been.
    Ex. Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex. This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.
    Ex. Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    Ex. The new director considers that there is need for recruitment of librarians from all backgrounds into the profession and that librarianship needs higher visibility within society.
    Ex. Gilman advocated the academic library's centrality to research.
    Ex. The author challenges the meaningfulness of precision and recall values as a measure of performance of a retrieval system.
    Ex. But it always assumes the importance, the worthwhileness, of human experience even when -- as in tragedy -- it finds much in that experience evil.
    Ex. There is also a further dilemma concerning formats such as film and audio which have tended to receive a lower profile in the library world (too awkward, too cluttered with copyright restrictions, too technically instable).
    Ex. To presuppose that clients will continue to travel to defined locations earmarked as libraries in search of information is to deny the premium on time prevalent in today's culture.
    Ex. A new set of conventions has had to be developed, using mathematical symbols mainly, which have international import.
    Ex. Accessibility is the most important factor in determining the level of fuse of an information source.
    Ex. I am looking for guidance on a potential digitization project of some consequence.
    ----
    * adquirir importancia = assume + importance, attain + importance, come up, take on + added weight, gain + significance, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, gain in + importance.
    * adquirir importancia histórica = make + history, go down in + history.
    * asunto de importancia = matter of weight, matter of consequence.
    * asunto sin importancia = matter of no consequence.
    * aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.
    * clasificar en orden de importancia = rank + in order of importance.
    * cobrar importancia = assume + importance, take on + added weight, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, be on the agenda.
    * conceder importancia = accord + significance level, attach + importance, place + importance.
    * conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.
    * concienciar a Alguien de la importancia de la información = raise + information awareness.
    * consciente de la importancia de la información = information conscious.
    * crecer en importancia = grow from + strength to strength, increase in + importance.
    * cuestión de importancia = matter of consequence.
    * cuestión sin importancia = matter of no consequence.
    * dar a Algo más importancia de la que tiene = oversell.
    * dar bastante importancia a = place + great store on.
    * dar importancia = attach + importance, give + prominence, stress, give + pre-eminence, give + relevance, place + importance, give + importance.
    * dar importancia a = give + weight to, place + emphasis on, attach + weight to, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, place + weight on.
    * dar importancia a Algo = put + Algo + on the agenda, be on the agenda.
    * dar mayor importancia a = give + pride of place to.
    * dar mucha importancia = put + a premium on.
    * de capital importancia = momentous, of cardinal importance.
    * de crucial importancia = crucially important.
    * de especial importancia = of particular note.
    * de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.
    * de importancia = of note, of consequence.
    * de importancia creciente = of growing importance.
    * de importancia crucial = crucially important.
    * de importancia fundamental = critically important.
    * de importancia secundaria = incidental.
    * de mayor o menor importancia = great and small.
    * de menor importancia = fringe subject, of fringe interest.
    * de menor importancia para = on the fringe of.
    * de poca importancia = menial, small-time.
    * de primordial importancia = of prime importance, of paramount importance.
    * de segunda importancia = marginal, back burner, on the back burner, second in importance.
    * de segunda importancia en relación con = secondary to.
    * destacar la importa = underscore + importance.
    * destacar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * de suma importancia = of the utmost importance, of utmost importance.
    * de suprema importancia = of the highest significance.
    * de tercera importancia = tertiary.
    * de vital importancia = vitally important.
    * disminuir la importancia de = lessen + the importance of.
    * donde el tiempo es de suma importancia = time-critical.
    * en orden de importancia = in rank order, in order.
    * falta de importancia = worthlessness.
    * ganar cada vez más importancia = go from + strength to strength, grow from + strength to strength.
    * ganar importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + strength, gain + prominence, grow in + significance, gain + significance, gain in + importance.
    * gente de poca importancia = small fry, the.
    * importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.
    * importancia histórica = historical significance.
    * importancia primordial = key importance.
    * importancia + radicar = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * importancia + residir = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * importancia + yacer = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * minimizar la importancia = minimise + importance.
    * nada de importancia = nothing in particular.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a Algo = think + little of.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a + Infinitivo = think + nothing of + Gerundio.
    * no darle importancia a = think + very little about/of.
    * no percatarse de la importancia de Algo = have + no feeling for.
    * no poder dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = cannot + give + too much emphasis + to the importance of, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be stressed too strongly.
    * no se puede dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overemphasised, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstressed, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstated.
    * no tener importancia = be of no importance, make + no difference, be of no consequence.
    * no tener la menor importancia = be of no particular concern.
    * ordenar por orden de importancia = rank + in order.
    * orden decreciente de importancia = decreasing order of importance.
    * orden de importancia = significance order of terms, pecking order, significance order.
    * pérdida de importancia = demise, swing away from.
    * poca importancia = unimportance, low profile.
    * poner de relieve la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * prestar importancia a = place + weight on.
    * que le presta gran importancia a la cultura = culture-conscious.
    * quitar importancia = de-emphasise [de-emphasize, -USA], understate, trivialise [trivialize, -USA], minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.
    * quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.
    * quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.
    * realzar la importancia = heighten + importance.
    * recalcar la importancia de = stress + the importance of.
    * recibir importancia = enjoy + prominence.
    * remarcar la importancia = underline + importance.
    * resaltar la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * resaltar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * restar importancia = minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.
    * restarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.
    * ser de importancia primordial = be of key importance.
    * ser de importancia vital = lie at + the heart of.
    * sin darle importancia = airily.
    * sin importancia = negligible, unimportant, trifling, immaterial, of no consequence.
    * subrayar la importancia = underline + importance, underscore + importance.
    * tema de secundaria importancia = footnote.
    * tener gran importancia = be of high significance.
    * tener importancia = carry + weight, have + high profile, be of consequence.
    * tener la misma importancia = carry + equal weight.
    * * *
    femenino importance

    detalles sin importancia — minor o insignificant details

    concederle or darle importancia a algo — to attach importance to something

    quitarle or restarle importancia a algo — to play down the importance of something

    ¿y eso qué importancia tiene? — so what?

    darse importancia — to give oneself airs

    * * *
    = importance, merit, notability, pre-eminence [preeminence], prominence, significance, standing, stature, value, distinction, visibility, centrality, meaningfulness, worthwhileness, profile, premium, import, fuse, consequence.

    Ex: This format is becoming common in new thesauri, partly because the recognition of the importance of viewing both relationships and subject terms in one tool.

    Ex: Much will be said later about the merits and drawbacks of the various types of index and approaches to indexing.
    Ex: Its notability is seen to lie in the fact that it has significantly broken the stranglehold upon postgraduate studentships in the gift of the Science and Engineering Research Council.
    Ex: Despite its pre-eminence, or possibly because of it, DC has its critics.
    Ex: Weights are a quantitative measure of the prominence of various index terms in the description of a subject and may form the basis of an alternative search logic.
    Ex: Whatever viewpoint is taken, it is difficult to dispute the significance of AACR1.
    Ex: Their sheer institutional standing and regard have had a bearing upon the creation of a situation which is a good deal better than it might otherwise have been.
    Ex: Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.
    Ex: This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.
    Ex: Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.
    Ex: The new director considers that there is need for recruitment of librarians from all backgrounds into the profession and that librarianship needs higher visibility within society.
    Ex: Gilman advocated the academic library's centrality to research.
    Ex: The author challenges the meaningfulness of precision and recall values as a measure of performance of a retrieval system.
    Ex: But it always assumes the importance, the worthwhileness, of human experience even when -- as in tragedy -- it finds much in that experience evil.
    Ex: There is also a further dilemma concerning formats such as film and audio which have tended to receive a lower profile in the library world (too awkward, too cluttered with copyright restrictions, too technically instable).
    Ex: To presuppose that clients will continue to travel to defined locations earmarked as libraries in search of information is to deny the premium on time prevalent in today's culture.
    Ex: A new set of conventions has had to be developed, using mathematical symbols mainly, which have international import.
    Ex: Accessibility is the most important factor in determining the level of fuse of an information source.
    Ex: I am looking for guidance on a potential digitization project of some consequence.
    * adquirir importancia = assume + importance, attain + importance, come up, take on + added weight, gain + significance, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, gain in + importance.
    * adquirir importancia histórica = make + history, go down in + history.
    * asunto de importancia = matter of weight, matter of consequence.
    * asunto sin importancia = matter of no consequence.
    * aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.
    * clasificar en orden de importancia = rank + in order of importance.
    * cobrar importancia = assume + importance, take on + added weight, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, be on the agenda.
    * conceder importancia = accord + significance level, attach + importance, place + importance.
    * conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.
    * concienciar a Alguien de la importancia de la información = raise + information awareness.
    * consciente de la importancia de la información = information conscious.
    * crecer en importancia = grow from + strength to strength, increase in + importance.
    * cuestión de importancia = matter of consequence.
    * cuestión sin importancia = matter of no consequence.
    * dar a Algo más importancia de la que tiene = oversell.
    * dar bastante importancia a = place + great store on.
    * dar importancia = attach + importance, give + prominence, stress, give + pre-eminence, give + relevance, place + importance, give + importance.
    * dar importancia a = give + weight to, place + emphasis on, attach + weight to, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, place + weight on.
    * dar importancia a Algo = put + Algo + on the agenda, be on the agenda.
    * dar mayor importancia a = give + pride of place to.
    * dar mucha importancia = put + a premium on.
    * de capital importancia = momentous, of cardinal importance.
    * de crucial importancia = crucially important.
    * de especial importancia = of particular note.
    * de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.
    * de importancia = of note, of consequence.
    * de importancia creciente = of growing importance.
    * de importancia crucial = crucially important.
    * de importancia fundamental = critically important.
    * de importancia secundaria = incidental.
    * de mayor o menor importancia = great and small.
    * de menor importancia = fringe subject, of fringe interest.
    * de menor importancia para = on the fringe of.
    * de poca importancia = menial, small-time.
    * de primordial importancia = of prime importance, of paramount importance.
    * de segunda importancia = marginal, back burner, on the back burner, second in importance.
    * de segunda importancia en relación con = secondary to.
    * destacar la importa = underscore + importance.
    * destacar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * de suma importancia = of the utmost importance, of utmost importance.
    * de suprema importancia = of the highest significance.
    * de tercera importancia = tertiary.
    * de vital importancia = vitally important.
    * disminuir la importancia de = lessen + the importance of.
    * donde el tiempo es de suma importancia = time-critical.
    * en orden de importancia = in rank order, in order.
    * falta de importancia = worthlessness.
    * ganar cada vez más importancia = go from + strength to strength, grow from + strength to strength.
    * ganar importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + strength, gain + prominence, grow in + significance, gain + significance, gain in + importance.
    * gente de poca importancia = small fry, the.
    * importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.
    * importancia histórica = historical significance.
    * importancia primordial = key importance.
    * importancia + radicar = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * importancia + residir = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * importancia + yacer = the importance of + Nombre + lie.
    * minimizar la importancia = minimise + importance.
    * nada de importancia = nothing in particular.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a Algo = think + little of.
    * no darle demasiada importancia a + Infinitivo = think + nothing of + Gerundio.
    * no darle importancia a = think + very little about/of.
    * no percatarse de la importancia de Algo = have + no feeling for.
    * no poder dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = cannot + give + too much emphasis + to the importance of, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be stressed too strongly.
    * no se puede dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overemphasised, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstressed, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstated.
    * no tener importancia = be of no importance, make + no difference, be of no consequence.
    * no tener la menor importancia = be of no particular concern.
    * ordenar por orden de importancia = rank + in order.
    * orden decreciente de importancia = decreasing order of importance.
    * orden de importancia = significance order of terms, pecking order, significance order.
    * pérdida de importancia = demise, swing away from.
    * poca importancia = unimportance, low profile.
    * poner de relieve la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * prestar importancia a = place + weight on.
    * que le presta gran importancia a la cultura = culture-conscious.
    * quitar importancia = de-emphasise [de-emphasize, -USA], understate, trivialise [trivialize, -USA], minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.
    * quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.
    * quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.
    * realzar la importancia = heighten + importance.
    * recalcar la importancia de = stress + the importance of.
    * recibir importancia = enjoy + prominence.
    * remarcar la importancia = underline + importance.
    * resaltar la importancia = underscore + importance.
    * resaltar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.
    * restar importancia = minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.
    * restarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.
    * ser de importancia primordial = be of key importance.
    * ser de importancia vital = lie at + the heart of.
    * sin darle importancia = airily.
    * sin importancia = negligible, unimportant, trifling, immaterial, of no consequence.
    * subrayar la importancia = underline + importance, underscore + importance.
    * tema de secundaria importancia = footnote.
    * tener gran importancia = be of high significance.
    * tener importancia = carry + weight, have + high profile, be of consequence.
    * tener la misma importancia = carry + equal weight.

    * * *
    importance
    temas de gran importancia matters of great importance o significance o ( frml) of great import
    ésos son detalles sin importancia those are minor o unimportant o insignificant details
    trató de quitarle or restarle importancia al problema she tried to make light of the problem, she tried to play down the importance of the problem
    no debemos darle tanta importancia a este tema we should not make so much of this matter, we should not attach too much importance to this matter
    siento llegar tarde — no tiene importancia I'm sorry I'm late — it doesn't matter
    ¿y eso qué importancia tiene? so what?
    darse importancia to give oneself airs
    * * *

     

    importancia sustantivo femenino
    importance;

    quitarle importancia a algo to play down the importance of sth;
    detalles sin importancia minor o insignificant details;
    no tiene importancia it doesn't matter;
    darse importancia to give oneself airs
    importancia sustantivo femenino importance, significance: no te preocupes, no tiene importancia, don't worry, it's nothing
    el accidente fue de cierta importancia, the accident was quite serious
    dar importancia a, to attach importance to
    quitarle importancia a algo, to play down the importance of sthg
    sin importancia, unimportant
    ♦ Locuciones: darse importancia, to give oneself airs

    ' importancia' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    acento
    - acentuar
    - alta
    - alto
    - bagatela
    - calibre
    - cobrar
    - conceder
    - dimensión
    - énfasis
    - entidad
    - envergadura
    - escatológico
    - fallo
    - ignorar
    - incidir
    - insignificancia
    - insistir
    - interés
    - levedad
    - marcar
    - minúscula
    - minúsculo
    - niñería
    - palidecer
    - pequeña
    - pequeño
    - primera
    - primero
    - primordial
    - protagonismo
    - quitar
    - recalcar
    - relativa
    - relativo
    - relieve
    - representar
    - restar
    - revestir
    - subrayar
    - suceso
    - suma
    - sumo
    - talla
    - tontería
    - valor
    - vital
    - vuelo
    - alguno
    - capital
    English:
    account
    - attach
    - count
    - emphasize
    - importance
    - incidental
    - irrelevant
    - issue
    - light
    - little
    - major
    - matter
    - mind
    - minimize
    - minor
    - moment
    - momentous
    - override
    - paramount
    - play down
    - primary
    - prime
    - prominence
    - read
    - ride
    - shrug off
    - significance
    - smooth over
    - store
    - thrust forward
    - unimportant
    - vital
    - vitally
    - all
    - all right
    - consideration
    - descend
    - detail
    - emphasis
    - gloss
    - hot
    - import
    - magistrate
    - menial
    - play
    - small
    - trifling
    - utmost
    * * *
    importance;
    de importancia important, of importance;
    un tratamiento médico reservado a los casos de importancia a treatment reserved for serious cases;
    un arquitecto de importancia an important architect;
    recibió un golpe de cierta importancia he took a fairly heavy knock;
    adquirir o [m5] cobrar importancia to become important, to take on significance;
    dar importancia a algo to attach importance to sth;
    darse importancia to give oneself airs;
    no tiene importancia [no es importante] it's not important;
    [no pasa nada] it doesn't matter;
    sin importancia unimportant;
    ha sido un rasguño sin importancia it's only a little scratch;
    quitar o [m5] restar importancia a algo to play sth down
    * * *
    f importance;
    dar importancia a attach importance to;
    restar importancia a algo make light of sth, play sth down;
    tener importancia be important;
    no tiene importancia it’s not important, it doesn’t matter;
    sin importancia unimportant;
    darse importancia give o.s. airs
    * * *
    : importance
    * * *
    importancia n importance
    darse importancia to give yourself airs [pt. gave; pp. given]
    tener importancia to be important / to matter

    Spanish-English dictionary > importancia

  • 126 incentivo

    m.
    incentive.
    incentivo fiscal tax incentive
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: incentivar.
    * * *
    1 incentive
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino incentive
    * * *
    = boost, incentive, motivation, reward, spur, thrust, inducement, perquisite, enticement.
    Ex. Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.
    Ex. This article considers the strengths of a pay scale as a work incentive.
    Ex. What is the motivation for studying and preparing abstracts?.
    Ex. The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.
    Ex. This was a spur to several other London boroughs who set up shop-front consumer advice centres from 1972.
    Ex. The National IT plan proposes 7 building blocks each with a strategic thrust which will serve as the overall impetus for the national IT movement.
    Ex. Some inducements to work may be negative, but the majority will be positive.
    Ex. Journeymen traditionally had the perquisite of a free copy of each book that they had helped to print, besides occasional gratuities from authors.
    Ex. The current concerns about enticement of young and vulnerable people into abusive relationships and damaging behaviours cannot be overlooked.
    ----
    * incentivo económico = economic incentive, financial incentive.
    * incentivo en el trabajo = work incentive, labour incentive.
    * incentivo fiscal = tax incentive.
    * incentivo laboral = work incentive, labour incentive.
    * incentivo laboral a largo plazo = golden handcuffs.
    * ¿incentivos o amenazas? = the carrot vs. the stick, the carrot vs. the stick.
    * incentivos y amenazas = carrots and sticks.
    * ofrecer incentivo = provide + incentive, offer + inducement.
    * ser un incentivo = be motivating.
    * sistema de incentivos = reward system, system of incentives [incentive system].
    * * *
    masculino incentive
    * * *
    = boost, incentive, motivation, reward, spur, thrust, inducement, perquisite, enticement.

    Ex: Consequently, Leforte came to expect -- perhaps even take for granted -- the periodic boosts of ego and income that the evaluations provided.

    Ex: This article considers the strengths of a pay scale as a work incentive.
    Ex: What is the motivation for studying and preparing abstracts?.
    Ex: The dependence on bosses for recognition, rewards, and advancement breeds an artificiality of relationship, a need to be polite and agreeable.
    Ex: This was a spur to several other London boroughs who set up shop-front consumer advice centres from 1972.
    Ex: The National IT plan proposes 7 building blocks each with a strategic thrust which will serve as the overall impetus for the national IT movement.
    Ex: Some inducements to work may be negative, but the majority will be positive.
    Ex: Journeymen traditionally had the perquisite of a free copy of each book that they had helped to print, besides occasional gratuities from authors.
    Ex: The current concerns about enticement of young and vulnerable people into abusive relationships and damaging behaviours cannot be overlooked.
    * incentivo económico = economic incentive, financial incentive.
    * incentivo en el trabajo = work incentive, labour incentive.
    * incentivo fiscal = tax incentive.
    * incentivo laboral = work incentive, labour incentive.
    * incentivo laboral a largo plazo = golden handcuffs.
    * ¿incentivos o amenazas? = the carrot vs. the stick, the carrot vs. the stick.
    * incentivos y amenazas = carrots and sticks.
    * ofrecer incentivo = provide + incentive, offer + inducement.
    * ser un incentivo = be motivating.
    * sistema de incentivos = reward system, system of incentives [incentive system].

    * * *
    incentive
    un gran incentivo para el ahorro a great incentive to save
    sueldo fijo más incentivos basic wage plus bonuses o plus incentive payments
    Compuesto:
    tax incentive
    * * *

    Del verbo incentivar: ( conjugate incentivar)

    incentivo es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    incentivó es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    incentivar    
    incentivo
    incentivo sustantivo masculino
    incentive
    incentivar verbo transitivo to give an incentive to
    incentivo m (estímulo) incentive
    (al trabajador) bonus
    ' incentivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aliciente
    - estímulo
    - motivación
    English:
    incentive
    - inducement
    - fringe
    * * *
    ♦ nm
    incentive;
    un incentivo para la compra de viviendas an incentive for people to buy their own home
    incentivo fiscal tax incentive
    ♦ incentivos nmpl
    [dinero] incentive pay
    * * *
    m incentive
    * * *
    : incentive
    * * *
    incentivo n incentive

    Spanish-English dictionary > incentivo

  • 127 incertidumbre

    f.
    1 uncertainty.
    2 acatalepsia.
    * * *
    1 uncertainty
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino uncertainty
    * * *
    = limbo, uncertainty, ambivalence, perplex, quandary, vacillation.
    Ex. We understand that 'out-of-print' is a sort of final death knell, but the current out-of-stock limbo is bewildering.
    Ex. A language interface based on fuzzy set techniques is proposed to handle the uncertainty inherent in natural-language semantics.
    Ex. J E Tucker and E E Willoughby reviewed Wing's bibliography twice and reveal an ambivalence about it repeated by almost every reviewer.
    Ex. The article 'The print perplex' asserts that librarians must deal with a future of mixed print and digital material, since most books will never be in digital form.
    Ex. The increasing use and popularity of the Internet and phytomedicinals (medicinal herbs and medical botanics) have created a quandary for researchers, consumers and information professionals.
    Ex. She was born in the outback of Australia where all people were powerless in the face of the vacillations of nature.
    ----
    * despejar una incertidumbre = relieve + uncertainty.
    * hacer frente a una incertidumbre = meet + uncertainty.
    * incertidumbre económica = economic uncertainty.
    * incertidumbre financiera = economic uncertainty.
    * * *
    femenino uncertainty
    * * *
    = limbo, uncertainty, ambivalence, perplex, quandary, vacillation.

    Ex: We understand that 'out-of-print' is a sort of final death knell, but the current out-of-stock limbo is bewildering.

    Ex: A language interface based on fuzzy set techniques is proposed to handle the uncertainty inherent in natural-language semantics.
    Ex: J E Tucker and E E Willoughby reviewed Wing's bibliography twice and reveal an ambivalence about it repeated by almost every reviewer.
    Ex: The article 'The print perplex' asserts that librarians must deal with a future of mixed print and digital material, since most books will never be in digital form.
    Ex: The increasing use and popularity of the Internet and phytomedicinals (medicinal herbs and medical botanics) have created a quandary for researchers, consumers and information professionals.
    Ex: She was born in the outback of Australia where all people were powerless in the face of the vacillations of nature.
    * despejar una incertidumbre = relieve + uncertainty.
    * hacer frente a una incertidumbre = meet + uncertainty.
    * incertidumbre económica = economic uncertainty.
    * incertidumbre financiera = economic uncertainty.

    * * *
    uncertainty
    * * *

     

    incertidumbre sustantivo femenino
    uncertainty
    incertidumbre sustantivo femenino uncertainty, doubt
    ' incertidumbre' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    duda
    English:
    limbo
    - suspense
    - uncertainty
    - unpredictability
    - rocky
    * * *
    uncertainty
    * * *
    f uncertainty
    * * *
    : uncertainty, suspense

    Spanish-English dictionary > incertidumbre

  • 128 notificación

    f.
    1 notification, notice, warning.
    2 notification, official notice.
    * * *
    1 notification
    \
    * * *
    * * *
    femenino (frml) notification (frml)
    * * *
    = announcement, notification, paper, alert, disclosure, statement, intimation, notice.
    Ex. Printed current awareness bulletins may be produced from similar facilities to those in above, except that here the announcement will relate only to newly added items.
    Ex. The search profile will only be modified periodically as the quality of the set of notifications output from the search drops to unacceptable levels.
    Ex. In May 1973 a paper was sent to all universities detailing the norms for university library accommodation, whereby the accommodation entitlements were further reduced to about one in five.
    Ex. The author reviews a number of Web sites that offer product warnings and business scam alerts.
    Ex. The patent abstract is a concise statement of the technical disclosure of the patent and must emphasize that which is new in the context of the invention.
    Ex. Statements conveying preferential relationships between terms indicate which terms are to be treated as equivalent to one another.
    Ex. These currents are better understood as intimations of postmodern populism.
    Ex. Notices may be useful in this context for the user who wishes to familiarise himself with the workings of the catalogue before approaching a terminal.
    ----
    * notificación de demanda = notice of demand, notice of demand.
    * notificación oficial = official notification.
    * recibir notificación = receive + notice.
    * * *
    femenino (frml) notification (frml)
    * * *
    = announcement, notification, paper, alert, disclosure, statement, intimation, notice.

    Ex: Printed current awareness bulletins may be produced from similar facilities to those in above, except that here the announcement will relate only to newly added items.

    Ex: The search profile will only be modified periodically as the quality of the set of notifications output from the search drops to unacceptable levels.
    Ex: In May 1973 a paper was sent to all universities detailing the norms for university library accommodation, whereby the accommodation entitlements were further reduced to about one in five.
    Ex: The author reviews a number of Web sites that offer product warnings and business scam alerts.
    Ex: The patent abstract is a concise statement of the technical disclosure of the patent and must emphasize that which is new in the context of the invention.
    Ex: Statements conveying preferential relationships between terms indicate which terms are to be treated as equivalent to one another.
    Ex: These currents are better understood as intimations of postmodern populism.
    Ex: Notices may be useful in this context for the user who wishes to familiarise himself with the workings of the catalogue before approaching a terminal.
    * notificación de demanda = notice of demand, notice of demand.
    * notificación oficial = official notification.
    * recibir notificación = receive + notice.

    * * *
    ( frml)
    notification ( frml)
    * * *

    notificación sustantivo femenino (frml) notification (frml)
    notificación sustantivo femenino notification
    ' notificación' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    circular
    - comunicación
    - comunicada
    - comunicado
    - aviso
    English:
    advice
    - notification
    - quit
    * * *
    notification
    * * *
    f notification
    * * *
    notificación nf, pl - ciones : notification

    Spanish-English dictionary > notificación

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