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1 date
I 1. [deit] noun1) ((a statement on a letter etc giving) the day of the month, the month and year: I can't read the date on this letter.) dagsetning2) (the day and month and/or the year in which something happened or is going to happen: What is your date of birth?) dagsetning3) (an appointment or engagement, especially a social one with a member of the opposite sex: He asked her for a date.) stefnumót2. verb1) (to have or put a date on: This letter isn't dated.) dagsetja2) ((with from or back) to belong to; to have been made, written etc at (a certain time): Their quarrel dates back to last year.) vera frá tilteknum tíma3) (to become obviously old-fashioned: His books haven't dated much.) úreldast•- dated- dateline
- out of date
- to date
- up to date II [deit] noun(the brown, sticky fruit of the date palm, a kind of tree growing in the tropics.) daðla -
2 back-number
noun (an out-of-date copy or issue of a magazine etc: He collects back-numbers of comic magazines.) gamalt eintak af tímariti -
3 behind
1. preposition1) (at or towards the back of: behind the door.) fyrir aftan, á bak við2) (remaining after: The tourists left their litter behind them.) eftir3) (in support: We're right behind him on this point.) á bakvið, með2. adverb1) (at the back: following behind.) á eftir2) ((also behindhand [-hænd]) not up to date: behind with his work.) á eftir3) (remaining: He left his book behind; We stayed behind after the party.) eftir3. noun(the buttocks: a smack on the behind.) rass, rasskinnar -
4 set
[set] 1. present participle - setting; verb1) (to put or place: She set the tray down on the table.) setja, leggja2) (to put plates, knives, forks etc on (a table) for a meal: Please would you set the table for me?) leggja á borð3) (to settle or arrange (a date, limit, price etc): It's difficult to set a price on a book when you don't know its value.) ákveða, áætla4) (to give a person (a task etc) to do: The witch set the prince three tasks; The teacher set a test for her pupils; He should set the others a good example.) setja/leggja fyrir5) (to cause to start doing something: His behaviour set people talking.) koma af stað6) ((of the sun etc) to disappear below the horizon: It gets cooler when the sun sets.) setjast7) (to become firm or solid: Has the concrete set?) harðna8) (to adjust (eg a clock or its alarm) so that it is ready to perform its function: He set the alarm for 7.00 a.m.) stilla (á)9) (to arrange (hair) in waves or curls.) leggja hár10) (to fix in the surface of something, eg jewels in a ring.) greypa, setja í umgjörð11) (to put (broken bones) into the correct position for healing: They set his broken arm.) setja beinbrot2. adjective1) (fixed or arranged previously: There is a set procedure for doing this.) fastur, fyrirskipaður2) ((often with on) ready, intending or determined (to do something): He is set on going.) staðráðinn3) (deliberate: He had the set intention of hurting her.) yfirlagður4) (stiff; fixed: He had a set smile on his face.) stífur, stirðnaður5) (not changing or developing: set ideas.) ósveigjanlegur6) ((with with) having something set in it: a gold ring set with diamonds.) settur (e-u)3. noun1) (a group of things used or belonging together: a set of carving tools; a complete set of (the novels of) Jane Austen.) samstæða, sett2) (an apparatus for receiving radio or television signals: a television/radio set.) -tæki3) (a group of people: the musical set.) klíka, lið4) (the process of setting hair: a shampoo and set.) lagning5) (scenery for a play or film: There was a very impressive set in the final act.) leik-/sviðsmynd6) (a group of six or more games in tennis: She won the first set and lost the next two.) sett, hrina•- setting- setback
- set phrase
- set-square
- setting-lotion
- set-to
- set-up
- all set
- set about
- set someone against someone
- set against someone
- set someone against
- set against
- set aside
- set back
- set down
- set in
- set off
- set something or someone on someone
- set on someone
- set something or someone on
- set on
- set out
- set to
- set up
- set up camp
- set up house
- set up shop
- set upon
См. также в других словарях:
date back to — ˌdate ˈback to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they date back to he/she/it dates back to present participle dating back to past tense dated back to … Useful english dictionary
date back (to … ) — ˌdate ˈback (to…) | ˈdate from… derived to have existed since a particular time in the past or for the length of time mentioned • The college dates back to medieval times. • The custom dates back hundreds of years. • … Useful english dictionary
date back — index antedate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
date back to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms date back to : present tense I/you/we/they date back to he/she/it dates back to present participle dating back to past tense dated back to past participle dated back to date back to something to be made or… … English dictionary
date back — v. (d; intr.) to date back to (the temple dates back to the tenth century) * * * (d; intr.) to date back to (the temple date backs back to the tenth century) … Combinatory dictionary
date back — phr verb Date back is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑record Date back is used with these nouns as the object: ↑generation … Collocations dictionary
date back to — phr verb Date back to is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑document, ↑idea, ↑tradition Date back to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑antiquity … Collocations dictionary
date back — {v. phr.} To go back to a given period in the past. * /My ancestors date back to the sixteenth century./ … Dictionary of American idioms
date back — {v. phr.} To go back to a given period in the past. * /My ancestors date back to the sixteenth century./ … Dictionary of American idioms
date\ back — v. phr. To go back to a given period in the past. My ancestors date back to the sixteenth century … Словарь американских идиом
date back from — phr verb Date back from is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑idea … Collocations dictionary
