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free-response question

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1 free-response question

соц. открытый вопрос, "вопрос со свободным ответом" (вопрос, допускающий неограниченное число ответов или свободный ответ)

The final free-response question on the survey was "What were your most memorable learning experiences?" — Заключительным открытым вопросом исследования был вопрос "Что для вас было самым незабываемым в процессе обучения?"

Syn:

open-ended question

See:

question 2)

Англо-русский экономический словарь > free-response question
2 response

сущ.

1) общ. ответ, ответное действие; реакция, отклик

in response to your letter (of) — в ответ на Ваше письмо (от такого-то числа)

Syn:

reaction, reply

See:

advertising response, bid response, buying response, consumer response, direct response, market response, marketing response, pupil dilation response, reader response, response analysis, response rate, Quick Response, Rapid Response Service, risk response planning

2) мат., тех. реакция ( изменение одного показателя в зависимости от другого)

3) соц. ответ (в анкете, в интервью)

survey response — ответ, полученный в ходе опроса

See:

closed response, predicted response, response bias, survey response, voluntary response, free-response question, me-too response, negative response, non-response, response bias, response error

* * *
ответ, реакция на что-либо.

Англо-русский экономический словарь > response
3 question

1. сущ.
1) общ. вопрос

Use a question mark at the end of a direct question.— В конце прямого вопроса используйте вопросительный знак.

to address [pose, put\] a question to smb. — задавать вопрос кому-л.

to answer [field, reply to, respond to\] a question — отвечать на вопрос

awkward question — неуместный вопрос

blunt question — прямой вопрос

indirect question — косвенный вопрос

civil question — вежливый вопрос

discussion question — вопрос для обсуждения

2) соц. вопрос (предложение, требующее ответа; элемент структуры вопросника или анкеты)

to brighten a question — внести ясность в вопрос

Find the questions whose survey results you want to view. — Найдите вопросы, результаты исследования которых вы хотите увидеть.

See:

alternative question, basic question, closed question, cheater question, closed question, close-ended question, contact question, control question, dichotomous question, double-barreled question, explanatory question, fact question, filter question, fixed-alternative question, fixed-choice question, free-response question, indirect question, open question, open-ended question, projective question, qualifying question, true-false question, questionnaire item, hypotheticals, image question, income question, leading question, name recognition question, screener, agree-disagree, questionnaire

3) общ. проблема, дело; задача; обсуждаемый вопрос

crucial question — важный вопрос

open question — нерешенная проблема, открытый вопрос

This question requires analysis of cause-and-effect and the relationship between variables. — Этот вопрос требует анализа причин и следствий и взаимосвязи между переменными.

Syn:

problem, matter

4) общ. сомнение; возражение

beyond all [out of, without\] question — вне сомнения

to make no question of — не сомневаться; вполне допускать

Syn:

objection, dispute

5) общ. возможность, шанс

no question of escape — никакого шанса бежать, никакой возможности побега

Syn:

chance, possibility
2. гл.
1) общ. спрашивать, задавать вопрос; ставить вопросы; вопрошать

Syn:

ask, inquire

See:

questioning

2) общ. допрашивать; выпытывать, выспрашивать

The FBI seeks to question these people about the airport bombing. — ФБР разыскивает этих людей, чтобы допросить по поводу террористического акта в аэропорту.

Syn:

grill, interrogate, quiz, examine

3) общ. исследовать; рассматривать

Syn:

examine

4) общ. подвергать сомнению, сомневаться

to question the credibility of smb's. story — сомневаться в правдоподобности чьего-л. рассказа

Syn:

doubt, dispute

Англо-русский экономический словарь > question
4 in

in accordance with 1. в соответствии с

in accordance with good practice в соответствии с принятой / установившейся практикой 2. руководствуясь чем-л.

in addition to that вместе с тем

in advance 1. заранее; заблаговременно

Supplier shall notify the Contractor sufficiently in advance of any fabricating operations Обо всех производственных операциях Поставщик заблаговременно извещает Подрядчика 2. авансом (т.е. "вперед", в отличие от in arrears- см.)

in all ways 1. во всех отношениях 2. с любой точки зрения

in ample time заблаговременно ( с оттенком задолго до, с большим запасом [ по времени])

in analysis based on limit load при расчете по предельным нагрузкам

in anticipation 1. исподволь 2. заблаговременно

in arrears по факту (т.е. по истечении какого-то времени, «потом», в отличие от in advance - см)

in attendance Those in attendance included Присутствовали:...

in basic terms вообще говоря; в общем и целом; как правило

in block letters печатными буквами

in the blueprint stage в стадии проектирования (перен. в стадии планирования, "на бумаге"; в отличие от in the hardware stage - см.)

in bulk quantities в товарных количествах

in case a (

the)

seal is disturbed при нарушении пломбы

in case of eye contact при попадании в глаза (опасного / вредного вещества /материала)

in case of ingestion при попадании внутрь (опасного / вредного вещества /материала)

in case of inhalation при вдыхании (опасного / вредного вещества / материала)

in case of respiratory standstill при остановке дыхания

in case of skin contact при попадании на кожу (опасного /вредного вещества /материала)

in case of swallowing при проглатывании (опасного /вредного вещества /материала)

in the clear: be sure all personnel are in the clear убедиться в том, что весь персонал находится в безопасности (т.е. вне опасности, на безопасном расстоянии и т.д.)

in codex form в форме книги

in compliance with по (напр., нормам, ТУ и т.д.);

in compliance with your request по Вашей просьбе

in conclusion, В заключение...

in a condensed form в сжатой форме

in conflict with: In conflict with this is... ( в начале предлож.) В то же время...; Вместе с тем...

in conformance to по (напр., нормам, ТУ и т.д.)

in conjunction with 1. параллельно с

In conjunction with an increase in rate, the tube position corresponding to... is located farther upstream Параллельно с увеличением скорости [ осадкообразования] сечение на трубке, соответствующее..., смещается все выше по потоку 2. одновременно с 3. в сочетании с

in connection with 1. в свете... 2. в контексте чего-л. 3. in connection with Fig. 13... Если обратиться к рис. 13...

in consideration of 1. принимая во внимание 2. учитывая

in a conspicuous location на видном месте

in a conspicuous place на видном месте

in a conspicuous position на видном месте

in consultation with по согласованию с; по договоренности с

in contemplation of в преддверии чего-л.;

in contemplation of our upcoming meeting в преддверии нашей предстоящей встречи

in the context of 1. в связи с; в свете; в плане 2. применительно к 3. если иметь в виду; с учетом 4. на примере 5. с точки зрения 6. в случае 7. в отношении 8. в области 9. в рамках

in continuation of в развитие чего-л.

in contradiction with противоречащий чему-л.

if this is not in contradiction with если это не противоречит...

in contrast (npomueum.) 1. же

In contrast, the algorithm presented here... Предлагаемый же здесь метод... 2. что же касается...

These studies have concentrated in the upper water layers... In contrast, rather little detailed work seems to have been undertaken in the very deepest parts of the[ Caspian] Sea Эти исследования проводились в основном в верхних слоях воды... Что же касается самых глубоких участков [ Каспийского] моря, то там, похоже, практически не проводилось сколько-нибудь детальных исследовательских работ

in contrast to в отличие от; в то время как; что же касается

in control не выходящий за установленные предельные значения (напр., о размерах, механических свойствах, технологических параметрах и т.д.)

in a controlled manner организованно

the practice of burning off waste gas in a controlled manner установившаяся / принятая практика организованного сжигания сбросного газа [ в факеле]

in a criss-cross pattern по перекрестной схеме ( затяжка болтов - для обеспечения равномерной затяжки)

in a customary manner обычным способом; по обычной схеме; тривиально

A shall be determined in a customary manner А определяется обычным путем / по обычной схеме / тривиально

in a design situation при проектировании

in diction словами; на обычном языке; открытым текстом (т.е. не кодом)

in a direction parallel to по ходу (напр., трубопровода)

in document format отдельным изданием

in domestic experience в отечественной практике

in due time в установленные сроки; своевременно

in effect по существу

in either direction в любом направлении

in either direction parallel to the piping run в любом направлении по ходу трубопровода

in excess больше ( чем нужно);

well in excess заведомо больше; с избытком

in excess of 1. не укладывающийся в 2. сверх чего-л.

weld material in excess of the specified weld size избыток материала сварного шва сверх установленного размера

in an expedient manner оперативно

in fact более того,...

in force действующий (напр., законодательство, договор и т.д.)

in the field на монтаже ( а не па заводе или на производстве)

in the first place вообще

in foreseeable future в обозримом будущем

in formative stage в стадии становления

in free format в произвольном виде

in full detail исчерпывающе; исчерпывающим образом; исчерпывающе подробно; с исчерпывающей полнотой

in full standing полноправный

in full view в пределах прямой видимости (зд. «прямо» означает не впереди, перед, а незаслоненный, незагороженный)

in furtherance of в продолжение чего-л.;

in furtherance of our talks в продолжение нашего разговора

in furtherance to в развитие чего-л.;

in furtherance to your letter dated01.15.2004 в развитие Вашего письма от 15.01.2004 г.

in ( the) future 1. со временем; впоследствии 2. в перспективе

in general: A does not in general correspond to В А не всегда соответствует В

in general terms вообще говоря

in the generic sense собирательно

in good order в полной исправности; в исправном рабочем состоянии;

in good working order в исправном рабочем состоянии

in good standing полноправный

in a gradual manner плавно;

pre-heat shall be applied in a gradual and uniform manner подогрев производится плавно и равномерно

in greater detail намного / гораздо полнее

in hand (см. тж. on hand) наличный; имеющийся

quantity in hand наличные запасы;

work in hand намеченная к выполнению работа; запланированная работа; заданная работа

in the hardware stage в стадии конструктивной сборки (в отличие от in the blueprint stage - см.)

in hidden form (матем.) в неявном виде; в неявной форме

in the initial stages на первых порах

in isolation автономно

in the judgment of по мнению

in line with 1. в увязке с

in line with overall project requirements в увязке с потребностями проекта в целом 2. (перен.) в русле чего-л. 3. вдоль чего-л. 4. соосно с чем-л. 5. параллельно чему-л.

in the long run в перспективе

in a... manner: in a gradual and uniform manner плавно и равномерно

in a masterful way мастерски

The problem has been dealt with in a masterful way Поставленная задача решена мастерски

in the mean в обычном смысле

in the melting-pot: be in the melting-pot находиться в стадии решения / принятия решения

in a modification в другом исполнении

in multiples of в количестве

in the near term в краткосрочной перспективе

in need of нуждающийся в чем-л.;

those found to be in need of assistance те, кто определенно нуждаются в помощи

in no case ни при каких обстоятельствах

in a non-discriminative manner непредвзято

in no time в сжатые сроки

in no way никоим образом не

The signing of this document by a Company agent shall in no way relieve the Manufacturer of any responsibility for Визирование / Факт подписания настоящего документа представителем Компании никоим образом не освобождает Поставщика от ответственности за;

Inspection by the Contractor in no way relieves the Supplier of his responsibility to meet the requirements of... Проведение / Факт проведения контроля Подрядчиком никоим образом не освобождает Поставщика от ответственности за выполнение требований...

in operation задействованный;

which may fluctuate due to the number of fire water hydrants in operation который может колебаться в зависимости от числа задействованных пожарных гидрантов

in an orderly manner организованно; в организованном порядке

in outline в общих чертах

in one's own element в своей сфере

in one's own milieu в своей сфере

in particular в первую очередь; прежде всего

in passing заметим в скобках; заметим попутно; между прочим

in person лично

in place:

1) be in place 1. иметь наготове; представлять (документы, согласования и т.д.) 2. (описат.) используемый (реально, фактически)

2) have in place располагать (чем-л.)

3) put in place 1. внедрять; вводить в действие; внедрять в практику 2. реализовывать 3. выполнять ( фактически); осуществлять 4. задействовать; (перен..) запускать (напр., процесс перехода на новый материал)

in point:

1) case in point характерный пример; образчик; эпизод

2) tool in point подходящее / нужное / соответствующее средство

in the present circumstances 1. в данном случае 2. в этих условиях

in ( the) press готовится к печати

in print;

Books in print (КВП) "Книги, имеющиеся в продаже" (а не в печати!)

in progress быть ( пока) незавершенным

Since work is still in progress to define А Поскольку работа по определению А еще не завершена,...

in pursuance of: 1. следуя (напр., нашему плану) 2. in pursuance of your letter dated01.15.2004 в связи с Вашим письмом от 15.01.2004 г.; в контексте Вашего письма от 15.01.2004 г. 3. in pursuance of your orders во исполнение Ваших указаний

in pursuance to в ответ на;

in pursuance to your letter в ответ на Ваше письмо

in question рассматриваемый

in receipt of: We are in receipt of your letter dated Мы получили Ваше письмо от...

in recent years в последние годы

in recognition of 1. отдавая должное 2. принимая во внимание 3. с учетом

in reference: in reference to your inquiry dated На Ваш запрос от...

in this regard (синон. in this context) в этой связи

in response of в соответствии с;

in response of A comments against В в соответствии с замечаниями А по В

in response to в соответствии с;

in response to crew comments against B1 unit в соответствии с замечаниями экипажа по блоку В1;

in retaliation в отместку за что-л.

in retrospect задним числом

in routine use in: be in routine use in обычно используется в

in running order годный к пуску (напр., блок электростанции)

in a sense в известном смысле

in a short time в недалеком будущем

in situ на своем месте

in so doing ( в начале предлож.) При этом...

in so far as коль скоро

in some instances... and in others в одних случаях..., а в других случаях

in some locations..., in other (

locations) в одних местах..., в других...

in spurts скачкообразный (напр., о росте трещины)

in step with по мере (увеличения, уменьшения, роста, снижения, и т.д.];

in step with the growth in GDP по мере роста / увеличения валового внутреннего продукта

in substitution to взамен чего-л. (напр., выдавать доработанный чертеж: проекта вместо другого, предыдущего)

in summary в общем (и целом)

in terms of (ЛДП) 1. в плане чего-л.; в части чего-л. 2. если говорить о 3. (матем.) относительно

A can be written in terms of stress, displacement... А можно записать относительно напряжений, перемещений... 4. с точки зрения

The processes that... have been evaluated in terms of the reduction of total reactive nitrogen Процессы, которые..., оценивали с точки зрения снижения концентрации общего реакцион-носпособного азота 5. по...

These zones were examined separately in terms of how they influenced the exhaust level of NO^x Параметры каждой из этих зон исследовали раздельно по их влиянию на интенсивность образования

NO^x 6. в вопросах... 7. в пересчете на 8. в соответствии
in this context 1. здесь; в этом / данном случае; в этом смысле 2. в данной ситуации; в такой ситуации 3. в этой связи; в связи с этим 4. при этом условии 5. при такой постановке 6. в рамках; в свете
in this instance А если это так, то; А раз это так, то

in a timely manner оперативно

Bureau of Land Management will make every effort to process applications for rights-of-way in a timely manner Управление земплепользования США примет все меры к оперативному рассмотрению заявлений на получение полосы отчуждения / отвода

in a tough spot: be in a tough spot находиться / оказаться в затруднительном положении

in a uniform manner равномерно

in unique cases в исключительных случаях

in unison параллельно; совместно; в связке

if a load is lifted by two or more trucks working in unison если перевалка груза осуществляется двумя или более самосвалами, работающими в связке

in use 1. принятый (в знач. находящийся в употреблении)

standard operating procedure in use within the US обычная методика / обычный порядок работы, принятая / принятый в США 2. находящийся в обороте 3. at the locations where the equipment is in use в тех местах, где эта техника эксплуатируется / используется / задействуется

in a variety of[ different areas] в самых различных [ областях]

in the vicinity of в зоне чего-л.;

in the vicinity of fire в зоне огня ( пожара)

in view of 1. в связи с; коль скоро; в свете чего-л.; на основании чего-л. in view of the foregoing в связи с вышеизложенным; в свете вышеизложенного; на основании вышеизложенного 2. in view of the fact that в связи с тем, что

in which case и тогда...

in witness whereof в удостоверение чего...

in words прописью ( о цифрах)

in a workmanlike manner квалифицированно; мастерски; "классно"

in writing в письменном виде

in a wrong place 1. в неположенном месте 2. (разг.) не там

English-Russian dictionary of scientific and technical difficulties vocabulary > in
5 Historical Portugal

   Before Romans described western Iberia or Hispania as "Lusitania," ancient Iberians inhabited the land. Phoenician and Greek trading settlements grew up in the Tagus estuary area and nearby coasts. Beginning around 202 BCE, Romans invaded what is today southern Portugal. With Rome's defeat of Carthage, Romans proceeded to conquer and rule the western region north of the Tagus, which they named Roman "Lusitania." In the fourth century CE, as Rome's rule weakened, the area experienced yet another invasion—Germanic tribes, principally the Suevi, who eventually were Christianized. During the sixth century CE, the Suevi kingdom was superseded by yet another Germanic tribe—the Christian Visigoths.

   A major turning point in Portugal's history came in 711, as Muslim armies from North Africa, consisting of both Arab and Berber elements, invaded the Iberian Peninsula from across the Straits of Gibraltar. They entered what is now Portugal in 714, and proceeded to conquer most of the country except for the far north. For the next half a millennium, Islam and Muslim presence in Portugal left a significant mark upon the politics, government, language, and culture of the country.

   Islam, Reconquest, and Portugal Created, 714-1140

   The long frontier struggle between Muslim invaders and Christian communities in the north of the Iberian peninsula was called the Reconquista (Reconquest). It was during this struggle that the first dynasty of Portuguese kings (Burgundian) emerged and the independent monarchy of Portugal was established. Christian forces moved south from what is now the extreme north of Portugal and gradually defeated Muslim forces, besieging and capturing towns under Muslim sway. In the ninth century, as Christian forces slowly made their way southward, Christian elements were dominant only in the area between Minho province and the Douro River; this region became known as "territorium Portu-calense."

   In the 11th century, the advance of the Reconquest quickened as local Christian armies were reinforced by crusading knights from what is now France and England. Christian forces took Montemor (1034), at the Mondego River; Lamego (1058); Viseu (1058); and Coimbra (1064). In 1095, the king of Castile and Léon granted the country of "Portu-cale," what became northern Portugal, to a Burgundian count who had emigrated from France. This was the foundation of Portugal. In 1139, a descendant of this count, Afonso Henriques, proclaimed himself "King of Portugal." He was Portugal's first monarch, the "Founder," and the first of the Burgundian dynasty, which ruled until 1385.

   The emergence of Portugal in the 12th century as a separate monarchy in Iberia occurred before the Christian Reconquest of the peninsula. In the 1140s, the pope in Rome recognized Afonso Henriques as king of Portugal. In 1147, after a long, bloody siege, Muslim-occupied Lisbon fell to Afonso Henriques's army. Lisbon was the greatest prize of the 500-year war. Assisting this effort were English crusaders on their way to the Holy Land; the first bishop of Lisbon was an Englishman. When the Portuguese captured Faro and Silves in the Algarve province in 1248-50, the Reconquest of the extreme western portion of the Iberian peninsula was complete—significantly, more than two centuries before the Spanish crown completed the Reconquest of the eastern portion by capturing Granada in 1492.

   Consolidation and Independence of Burgundian Portugal, 1140-1385

   Two main themes of Portugal's early existence as a monarchy are the consolidation of control over the realm and the defeat of a Castil-ian threat from the east to its independence. At the end of this period came the birth of a new royal dynasty (Aviz), which prepared to carry the Christian Reconquest beyond continental Portugal across the straits of Gibraltar to North Africa. There was a variety of motives behind these developments. Portugal's independent existence was imperiled by threats from neighboring Iberian kingdoms to the north and east. Politics were dominated not only by efforts against the Muslims in

   Portugal (until 1250) and in nearby southern Spain (until 1492), but also by internecine warfare among the kingdoms of Castile, Léon, Aragon, and Portugal. A final comeback of Muslim forces was defeated at the battle of Salado (1340) by allied Castilian and Portuguese forces. In the emerging Kingdom of Portugal, the monarch gradually gained power over and neutralized the nobility and the Church.

   The historic and commonplace Portuguese saying "From Spain, neither a good wind nor a good marriage" was literally played out in diplomacy and war in the late 14th-century struggles for mastery in the peninsula. Larger, more populous Castile was pitted against smaller Portugal. Castile's Juan I intended to force a union between Castile and Portugal during this era of confusion and conflict. In late 1383, Portugal's King Fernando, the last king of the Burgundian dynasty, suddenly died prematurely at age 38, and the Master of Aviz, Portugal's most powerful nobleman, took up the cause of independence and resistance against Castile's invasion. The Master of Aviz, who became King João I of Portugal, was able to obtain foreign assistance. With the aid of English archers, Joao's armies defeated the Castilians in the crucial battle of Aljubarrota, on 14 August 1385, a victory that assured the independence of the Portuguese monarchy from its Castilian nemesis for several centuries.

   Aviz Dynasty and Portugal's First Overseas Empire, 1385-1580

   The results of the victory at Aljubarrota, much celebrated in Portugal's art and monuments, and the rise of the Aviz dynasty also helped to establish a new merchant class in Lisbon and Oporto, Portugal's second city. This group supported King João I's program of carrying the Reconquest to North Africa, since it was interested in expanding Portugal's foreign commerce and tapping into Muslim trade routes and resources in Africa. With the Reconquest against the Muslims completed in Portugal and the threat from Castile thwarted for the moment, the Aviz dynasty launched an era of overseas conquest, exploration, and trade. These efforts dominated Portugal's 15th and 16th centuries.

   The overseas empire and age of Discoveries began with Portugal's bold conquest in 1415 of the Moroccan city of Ceuta. One royal member of the 1415 expedition was young, 21-year-old Prince Henry, later known in history as "Prince Henry the Navigator." His part in the capture of Ceuta won Henry his knighthood and began Portugal's "Marvelous Century," during which the small kingdom was counted as a European and world power of consequence. Henry was the son of King João I and his English queen, Philippa of Lancaster, but he did not inherit the throne. Instead, he spent most of his life and his fortune, and that of the wealthy military Order of Christ, on various imperial ventures and on voyages of exploration down the African coast and into the Atlantic. While mythology has surrounded Henry's controversial role in the Discoveries, and this role has been exaggerated, there is no doubt that he played a vital part in the initiation of Portugal's first overseas empire and in encouraging exploration. He was naturally curious, had a sense of mission for Portugal, and was a strong leader. He also had wealth to expend; at least a third of the African voyages of the time were under his sponsorship. If Prince Henry himself knew little science, significant scientific advances in navigation were made in his day.

   What were Portugal's motives for this new imperial effort? The well-worn historical cliche of "God, Glory, and Gold" can only partly explain the motivation of a small kingdom with few natural resources and barely 1 million people, which was greatly outnumbered by the other powers it confronted. Among Portuguese objectives were the desire to exploit known North African trade routes and resources (gold, wheat, leather, weaponry, and other goods that were scarce in Iberia); the need to outflank the Muslim world in the Mediterranean by sailing around Africa, attacking Muslims en route; and the wish to ally with Christian kingdoms beyond Africa. This enterprise also involved a strategy of breaking the Venetian spice monopoly by trading directly with the East by means of discovering and exploiting a sea route around Africa to Asia. Besides the commercial motives, Portugal nurtured a strong crusading sense of Christian mission, and various classes in the kingdom saw an opportunity for fame and gain.

   By the time of Prince Henry's death in 1460, Portugal had gained control of the Atlantic archipelagos of the Azores and Madeiras, begun to colonize the Cape Verde Islands, failed to conquer the Canary Islands from Castile, captured various cities on Morocco's coast, and explored as far as Senegal, West Africa, down the African coast. By 1488, Bar-tolomeu Dias had rounded the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa and thereby discovered the way to the Indian Ocean.

   Portugal's largely coastal African empire and later its fragile Asian empire brought unexpected wealth but were purchased at a high price. Costs included wars of conquest and defense against rival powers, manning the far-flung navel and trade fleets and scattered castle-fortresses, and staffing its small but fierce armies, all of which entailed a loss of skills and population to maintain a scattered empire. Always short of capital, the monarchy became indebted to bankers. There were many defeats beginning in the 16th century at the hands of the larger imperial European monarchies (Spain, France, England, and Holland) and many attacks on Portugal and its strung-out empire. Typically, there was also the conflict that arose when a tenuously held world empire that rarely if ever paid its way demanded finance and manpower Portugal itself lacked.

   The first 80 years of the glorious imperial era, the golden age of Portugal's imperial power and world influence, was an African phase. During 1415-88, Portuguese navigators and explorers in small ships, some of them caravelas (caravels), explored the treacherous, disease-ridden coasts of Africa from Morocco to South Africa beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By the 1470s, the Portuguese had reached the Gulf of Guinea and, in the early 1480s, what is now Angola. Bartolomeu Dias's extraordinary voyage of 1487-88 to South Africa's coast and the edge of the Indian Ocean convinced Portugal that the best route to Asia's spices and Christians lay south, around the tip of southern Africa. Between 1488 and 1495, there was a hiatus caused in part by domestic conflict in Portugal, discussion of resources available for further conquests beyond Africa in Asia, and serious questions as to Portugal's capacity to reach beyond Africa. In 1495, King Manuel and his council decided to strike for Asia, whatever the consequences. In 1497-99, Vasco da Gama, under royal orders, made the epic two-year voyage that discovered the sea route to western India (Asia), outflanked Islam and Venice, and began Portugal's Asian empire. Within 50 years, Portugal had discovered and begun the exploitation of its largest colony, Brazil, and set up forts and trading posts from the Middle East (Aden and Ormuz), India (Calicut, Goa, etc.), Malacca, and Indonesia to Macau in China.

   By the 1550s, parts of its largely coastal, maritime trading post empire from Morocco to the Moluccas were under siege from various hostile forces, including Muslims, Christians, and Hindi. Although Moroccan forces expelled the Portuguese from the major coastal cities by 1550, the rival European monarchies of Castile (Spain), England, France, and later Holland began to seize portions of her undermanned, outgunned maritime empire.

   In 1580, Phillip II of Spain, whose mother was a Portuguese princess and who had a strong claim to the Portuguese throne, invaded Portugal, claimed the throne, and assumed control over the realm and, by extension, its African, Asian, and American empires. Phillip II filled the power vacuum that appeared in Portugal following the loss of most of Portugal's army and its young, headstrong King Sebastião in a disastrous war in Morocco. Sebastiao's death in battle (1578) and the lack of a natural heir to succeed him, as well as the weak leadership of the cardinal who briefly assumed control in Lisbon, led to a crisis that Spain's strong monarch exploited. As a result, Portugal lost its independence to Spain for a period of 60 years.

   Portugal under Spanish Rule, 1580-1640

   Despite the disastrous nature of Portugal's experience under Spanish rule, "The Babylonian Captivity" gave birth to modern Portuguese nationalism, its second overseas empire, and its modern alliance system with England. Although Spain allowed Portugal's weakened empire some autonomy, Spanish rule in Portugal became increasingly burdensome and unacceptable. Spain's ambitious imperial efforts in Europe and overseas had an impact on the Portuguese as Spain made greater and greater demands on its smaller neighbor for manpower and money. Portugal's culture underwent a controversial Castilianization, while its empire became hostage to Spain's fortunes. New rival powers England, France, and Holland attacked and took parts of Spain's empire and at the same time attacked Portugal's empire, as well as the mother country.

   Portugal's empire bore the consequences of being attacked by Spain's bitter enemies in what was a form of world war. Portuguese losses were heavy. By 1640, Portugal had lost most of its Moroccan cities as well as Ceylon, the Moluccas, and sections of India. With this, Portugal's Asian empire was gravely weakened. Only Goa, Damão, Diu, Bombay, Timor, and Macau remained and, in Brazil, Dutch forces occupied the northeast.

   On 1 December 1640, long commemorated as a national holiday, Portuguese rebels led by the duke of Braganza overthrew Spanish domination and took advantage of Spanish weakness following a more serious rebellion in Catalonia. Portugal regained independence from Spain, but at a price: dependence on foreign assistance to maintain its independence in the form of the renewal of the alliance with England.

   Restoration and Second Empire, 1640-1822

   Foreign affairs and empire dominated the restoration era and aftermath, and Portugal again briefly enjoyed greater European power and prestige. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance was renewed and strengthened in treaties of 1642, 1654, and 1661, and Portugal's independence from Spain was underwritten by English pledges and armed assistance. In a Luso-Spanish treaty of 1668, Spain recognized Portugal's independence. Portugal's alliance with England was a marriage of convenience and necessity between two monarchies with important religious, cultural, and social differences. In return for legal, diplomatic, and trade privileges, as well as the use during war and peace of Portugal's great Lisbon harbor and colonial ports for England's navy, England pledged to protect Portugal and its scattered empire from any attack. The previously cited 17th-century alliance treaties were renewed later in the Treaty of Windsor, signed in London in 1899. On at least 10 different occasions after 1640, and during the next two centuries, England was central in helping prevent or repel foreign invasions of its ally, Portugal.

   Portugal's second empire (1640-1822) was largely Brazil-oriented. Portuguese colonization, exploitation of wealth, and emigration focused on Portuguese America, and imperial revenues came chiefly from Brazil. Between 1670 and 1740, Portugal's royalty and nobility grew wealthier on funds derived from Brazilian gold, diamonds, sugar, tobacco, and other crops, an enterprise supported by the Atlantic slave trade and the supply of African slave labor from West Africa and Angola. Visitors today can see where much of that wealth was invested: Portugal's rich legacy of monumental architecture. Meanwhile, the African slave trade took a toll in Angola and West Africa.

   In continental Portugal, absolutist monarchy dominated politics and government, and there was a struggle for position and power between the monarchy and other institutions, such as the Church and nobility. King José I's chief minister, usually known in history as the marquis of Pombal (ruled 1750-77), sharply suppressed the nobility and the

   Church (including the Inquisition, now a weak institution) and expelled the Jesuits. Pombal also made an effort to reduce economic dependence on England, Portugal's oldest ally. But his successes did not last much beyond his disputed time in office.

   Beginning in the late 18th century, the European-wide impact of the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon placed Portugal in a vulnerable position. With the monarchy ineffectively led by an insane queen (Maria I) and her indecisive regent son (João VI), Portugal again became the focus of foreign ambition and aggression. With England unable to provide decisive assistance in time, France—with Spain's consent—invaded Portugal in 1807. As Napoleon's army under General Junot entered Lisbon meeting no resistance, Portugal's royal family fled on a British fleet to Brazil, where it remained in exile until 1821. In the meantime, Portugal's overseas empire was again under threat. There was a power vacuum as the monarch was absent, foreign armies were present, and new political notions of liberalism and constitutional monarchy were exciting various groups of citizens.

   Again England came to the rescue, this time in the form of the armies of the duke of Wellington. Three successive French invasions of Portugal were defeated and expelled, and Wellington succeeded in carrying the war against Napoleon across the Portuguese frontier into Spain. The presence of the English army, the new French-born liberal ideas, and the political vacuum combined to create revolutionary conditions. The French invasions and the peninsular wars, where Portuguese armed forces played a key role, marked the beginning of a new era in politics.

   Liberalism and Constitutional Monarchy, 1822-1910

   During 1807-22, foreign invasions, war, and civil strife over conflicting political ideas gravely damaged Portugal's commerce, economy, and novice industry. The next terrible blow was the loss of Brazil in 1822, the jewel in the imperial crown. Portugal's very independence seemed to be at risk. In vain, Portugal sought to resist Brazilian independence by force, but in 1825 it formally acknowledged Brazilian independence by treaty.

   Portugal's slow recovery from the destructive French invasions and the "war of independence" was complicated by civil strife over the form of constitutional monarchy that best suited Portugal. After struggles over these issues between 1820 and 1834, Portugal settled somewhat uncertainly into a moderate constitutional monarchy whose constitution (Charter of 1826) lent it strong political powers to exert a moderating influence between the executive and legislative branches of the government. It also featured a new upper middle class based on land ownership and commerce; a Catholic Church that, although still important, lived with reduced privileges and property; a largely African (third) empire to which Lisbon and Oporto devoted increasing spiritual and material resources, starting with the liberal imperial plans of 1836 and 1851, and continuing with the work of institutions like the Lisbon Society of Geography (established 1875); and a mass of rural peasants whose bonds to the land weakened after 1850 and who began to immigrate in increasing numbers to Brazil and North America.

   Chronic military intervention in national politics began in 19th-century Portugal. Such intervention, usually commencing with coups or pronunciamentos (military revolts), was a shortcut to the spoils of political office and could reflect popular discontent as well as the power of personalities. An early example of this was the 1817 golpe (coup) attempt of General Gomes Freire against British military rule in Portugal before the return of King João VI from Brazil. Except for a more stable period from 1851 to 1880, military intervention in politics, or the threat thereof, became a feature of the constitutional monarchy's political life, and it continued into the First Republic and the subsequent Estado Novo.

   Beginning with the Regeneration period (1851-80), Portugal experienced greater political stability and economic progress. Military intervention in politics virtually ceased; industrialization and construction of railroads, roads, and bridges proceeded; two political parties (Regenerators and Historicals) worked out a system of rotation in power; and leading intellectuals sparked a cultural revival in several fields. In 19th-century literature, there was a new golden age led by such figures as Alexandre Herculano (historian), Eça de Queirós (novelist), Almeida Garrett (playwright and essayist), Antero de Quental (poet), and Joaquim Oliveira Martins (historian and social scientist). In its third overseas empire, Portugal attempted to replace the slave trade and slavery with legitimate economic activities; to reform the administration; and to expand Portuguese holdings beyond coastal footholds deep into the African hinterlands in West, West Central, and East Africa. After 1841, to some extent, and especially after 1870, colonial affairs, combined with intense nationalism, pressures for economic profit in Africa, sentiment for national revival, and the drift of European affairs would make or break Lisbon governments.

   Beginning with the political crisis that arose out of the "English Ultimatum" affair of January 1890, the monarchy became discredtted and identified with the poorly functioning government, political parties splintered, and republicanism found more supporters. Portugal participated in the "Scramble for Africa," expanding its African holdings, but failed to annex territory connecting Angola and Mozambique. A growing foreign debt and state bankruptcy as of the early 1890s damaged the constitutional monarchy's reputation, despite the efforts of King Carlos in diplomacy, the renewal of the alliance in the Windsor Treaty of 1899, and the successful if bloody colonial wars in the empire (1880-97). Republicanism proclaimed that Portugal's weak economy and poor society were due to two historic institutions: the monarchy and the Catholic Church. A republic, its stalwarts claimed, would bring greater individual liberty; efficient, if more decentralized government; and a stronger colonial program while stripping the Church of its role in both society and education.

   As the monarchy lost support and republicans became more aggressive, violence increased in politics. King Carlos I and his heir Luís were murdered in Lisbon by anarchist-republicans on 1 February 1908. Following a military and civil insurrection and fighting between monarchist and republican forces, on 5 October 1910, King Manuel II fled Portugal and a republic was proclaimed.

   First Parliamentary Republic, 1910-26

   Portugal's first attempt at republican government was the most unstable, turbulent parliamentary republic in the history of 20th-century Western Europe. During a little under 16 years of the republic, there were 45 governments, a number of legislatures that did not complete normal terms, military coups, and only one president who completed his four-year term in office. Portuguese society was poorly prepared for this political experiment. Among the deadly legacies of the monarchy were a huge public debt; a largely rural, apolitical, and illiterate peasant population; conflict over the causes of the country's misfortunes; and lack of experience with a pluralist, democratic system.

   The republic had some talented leadership but lacked popular, institutional, and economic support. The 1911 republican constitution established only a limited democracy, as only a small portion of the adult male citizenry was eligible to vote. In a country where the majority was Catholic, the republic passed harshly anticlerical laws, and its institutions and supporters persecuted both the Church and its adherents. During its brief disjointed life, the First Republic drafted important reform plans in economic, social, and educational affairs; actively promoted development in the empire; and pursued a liberal, generous foreign policy. Following British requests for Portugal's assistance in World War I, Portugal entered the war on the Allied side in March 1916 and sent armies to Flanders and Portuguese Africa. Portugal's intervention in that conflict, however, was too costly in many respects, and the ultimate failure of the republic in part may be ascribed to Portugal's World War I activities.

   Unfortunately for the republic, its time coincided with new threats to Portugal's African possessions: World War I, social and political demands from various classes that could not be reconciled, excessive military intervention in politics, and, in particular, the worst economic and financial crisis Portugal had experienced since the 16th and 17th centuries. After the original Portuguese Republican Party (PRP, also known as the "Democrats") splintered into three warring groups in 1912, no true multiparty system emerged. The Democrats, except for only one or two elections, held an iron monopoly of electoral power, and political corruption became a major issue. As extreme right-wing dictatorships elsewhere in Europe began to take power in Italy (1922), neighboring Spain (1923), and Greece (1925), what scant popular support remained for the republic collapsed. Backed by a right-wing coalition of landowners from Alentejo, clergy, Coimbra University faculty and students, Catholic organizations, and big business, career military officers led by General Gomes da Costa executed a coup on 28 May 1926, turned out the last republican government, and established a military government.

   The Estado Novo (New State), 1926-74

   During the military phase (1926-32) of the Estado Novo, professional military officers, largely from the army, governed and administered Portugal and held key cabinet posts, but soon discovered that the military possessed no magic formula that could readily solve the problems inherited from the First Republic. Especially during the years 1926-31, the military dictatorship, even with its political repression of republican activities and institutions (military censorship of the press, political police action, and closure of the republic's rowdy parliament), was characterized by similar weaknesses: personalism and factionalism; military coups and political instability, including civil strife and loss of life; state debt and bankruptcy; and a weak economy. "Barracks parliamentarism" was not an acceptable alternative even to the "Nightmare Republic."

   Led by General Óscar Carmona, who had replaced and sent into exile General Gomes da Costa, the military dictatorship turned to a civilian expert in finance and economics to break the budget impasse and bring coherence to the disorganized system. Appointed minister of finance on 27 April 1928, the Coimbra University Law School professor of economics Antônio de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) first reformed finance, helped balance the budget, and then turned to other concerns as he garnered extraordinary governing powers. In 1930, he was appointed interim head of another key ministry (Colonies) and within a few years had become, in effect, a civilian dictator who, with the military hierarchy's support, provided the government with coherence, a program, and a set of policies.

   For nearly 40 years after he was appointed the first civilian prime minister in 1932, Salazar's personality dominated the government. Unlike extreme right-wing dictators elsewhere in Europe, Salazar was directly appointed by the army but was never endorsed by a popular political party, street militia, or voter base. The scholarly, reclusive former Coimbra University professor built up what became known after 1932 as the Estado Novo ("New State"), which at the time of its overthrow by another military coup in 1974, was the longest surviving authoritarian regime in Western Europe. The system of Salazar and the largely academic and technocratic ruling group he gathered in his cabinets was based on the central bureaucracy of the state, which was supported by the president of the republic—always a senior career military officer, General Óscar Carmona (1928-51), General Craveiro Lopes (1951-58), and Admiral Américo Tómaz (1958-74)—and the complicity of various institutions. These included a rubber-stamp legislature called the National Assembly (1935-74) and a political police known under various names: PVDE (1932-45), PIDE (1945-69),

   and DGS (1969-74). Other defenders of the Estado Novo security were paramilitary organizations such as the National Republican Guard (GNR); the Portuguese Legion (PL); and the Portuguese Youth [Movement]. In addition to censorship of the media, theater, and books, there was political repression and a deliberate policy of depoliticization. All political parties except for the approved movement of regime loyalists, the União Nacional or (National Union), were banned.

   The most vigorous and more popular period of the New State was 1932-44, when the basic structures were established. Never monolithic or entirely the work of one person (Salazar), the New State was constructed with the assistance of several dozen top associates who were mainly academics from law schools, some technocrats with specialized skills, and a handful of trusted career military officers. The 1933 Constitution declared Portugal to be a "unitary, corporative Republic," and pressures to restore the monarchy were resisted. Although some of the regime's followers were fascists and pseudofascists, many more were conservative Catholics, integralists, nationalists, and monarchists of different varieties, and even some reactionary republicans. If the New State was authoritarian, it was not totalitarian and, unlike fascism in Benito Mussolini's Italy or Adolf Hitler's Germany, it usually employed the minimum of violence necessary to defeat what remained a largely fractious, incoherent opposition.

   With the tumultuous Second Republic and the subsequent civil war in nearby Spain, the regime felt threatened and reinforced its defenses. During what Salazar rightly perceived as a time of foreign policy crisis for Portugal (1936-45), he assumed control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From there, he pursued four basic foreign policy objectives: supporting the Nationalist rebels of General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) and concluding defense treaties with a triumphant Franco; ensuring that General Franco in an exhausted Spain did not enter World War II on the Axis side; maintaining Portuguese neutrality in World War II with a post-1942 tilt toward the Allies, including granting Britain and the United States use of bases in the Azores Islands; and preserving and protecting Portugal's Atlantic Islands and its extensive, if poor, overseas empire in Africa and Asia.

   During the middle years of the New State (1944-58), many key Salazar associates in government either died or resigned, and there was greater social unrest in the form of unprecedented strikes and clandestine Communist activities, intensified opposition, and new threatening international pressures on Portugal's overseas empire. During the earlier phase of the Cold War (1947-60), Portugal became a steadfast, if weak, member of the US-dominated North Atlantic Treaty Organization alliance and, in 1955, with American support, Portugal joined the United Nations (UN). Colonial affairs remained a central concern of the regime. As of 1939, Portugal was the third largest colonial power in the world and possessed territories in tropical Africa (Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe Islands) and the remnants of its 16th-century empire in Asia (Goa, Damão, Diu, East Timor, and Macau). Beginning in the early 1950s, following the independence of India in 1947, Portugal resisted Indian pressures to decolonize Portuguese India and used police forces to discourage internal opposition in its Asian and African colonies.

   The later years of the New State (1958-68) witnessed the aging of the increasingly isolated but feared Salazar and new threats both at home and overseas. Although the regime easily overcame the brief oppositionist threat from rival presidential candidate General Humberto Delgado in the spring of 1958, new developments in the African and Asian empires imperiled the authoritarian system. In February 1961, oppositionists hijacked the Portuguese ocean liner Santa Maria and, in following weeks, African insurgents in northern Angola, although they failed to expel the Portuguese, gained worldwide media attention, discredited the New State, and began the 13-year colonial war. After thwarting a dissident military coup against his continued leadership, Salazar and his ruling group mobilized military repression in Angola and attempted to develop the African colonies at a faster pace in order to ensure Portuguese control. Meanwhile, the other European colonial powers (Britain, France, Belgium, and Spain) rapidly granted political independence to their African territories.

   At the time of Salazar's removal from power in September 1968, following a stroke, Portugal's efforts to maintain control over its colonies appeared to be successful. President Americo Tomás appointed Dr. Marcello Caetano as Salazar's successor as prime minister. While maintaining the New State's basic structures, and continuing the regime's essential colonial policy, Caetano attempted wider reforms in colonial administration and some devolution of power from Lisbon, as well as more freedom of expression in Lisbon. Still, a great deal of the budget was devoted to supporting the wars against the insurgencies in Africa. Meanwhile in Asia, Portuguese India had fallen when the Indian army invaded in December 1961. The loss of Goa was a psychological blow to the leadership of the New State, and of the Asian empire only East Timor and Macau remained.

   The Caetano years (1968-74) were but a hiatus between the waning Salazar era and a new regime. There was greater political freedom and rapid economic growth (5-6 percent annually to late 1973), but Caetano's government was unable to reform the old system thoroughly and refused to consider new methods either at home or in the empire. In the end, regime change came from junior officers of the professional military who organized the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) against the Caetano government. It was this group of several hundred officers, mainly in the army and navy, which engineered a largely bloodless coup in Lisbon on 25 April 1974. Their unexpected action brought down the 48-year-old New State and made possible the eventual establishment and consolidation of democratic governance in Portugal, as well as a reorientation of the country away from the Atlantic toward Europe.

   Revolution of Carnations, 1974-76

   Following successful military operations of the Armed Forces Movement against the Caetano government, Portugal experienced what became known as the "Revolution of Carnations." It so happened that during the rainy week of the military golpe, Lisbon flower shops were featuring carnations, and the revolutionaries and their supporters adopted the red carnation as the common symbol of the event, as well as of the new freedom from dictatorship. The MFA, whose leaders at first were mostly little-known majors and captains, proclaimed a three-fold program of change for the new Portugal: democracy; decolonization of the overseas empire, after ending the colonial wars; and developing a backward economy in the spirit of opportunity and equality. During the first 24 months after the coup, there was civil strife, some anarchy, and a power struggle. With the passing of the Estado Novo, public euphoria burst forth as the new provisional military government proclaimed the freedoms of speech, press, and assembly, and abolished censorship, the political police, the Portuguese Legion, Portuguese Youth, and other New State organizations, including the National Union. Scores of political parties were born and joined the senior political party, the Portuguese Community Party (PCP), and the Socialist Party (PS), founded shortly before the coup.

   Portugal's Revolution of Carnations went through several phases. There was an attempt to take control by radical leftists, including the PCP and its allies. This was thwarted by moderate officers in the army, as well as by the efforts of two political parties: the PS and the Social Democrats (PPD, later PSD). The first phase was from April to September 1974. Provisional president General Antonio Spínola, whose 1974 book Portugal and the Future had helped prepare public opinion for the coup, met irresistible leftist pressures. After Spinola's efforts to avoid rapid decolonization of the African empire failed, he resigned in September 1974. During the second phase, from September 1974 to March 1975, radical military officers gained control, but a coup attempt by General Spínola and his supporters in Lisbon in March 1975 failed and Spínola fled to Spain.

   In the third phase of the Revolution, March-November 1975, a strong leftist reaction followed. Farm workers occupied and "nationalized" 1.1 million hectares of farmland in the Alentejo province, and radical military officers in the provisional government ordered the nationalization of Portuguese banks (foreign banks were exempted), utilities, and major industries, or about 60 percent of the economic system. There were power struggles among various political parties — a total of 50 emerged—and in the streets there was civil strife among labor, military, and law enforcement groups. A constituent assembly, elected on 25 April 1975, in Portugal's first free elections since 1926, drafted a democratic constitution. The Council of the Revolution (CR), briefly a revolutionary military watchdog committee, was entrenched as part of the government under the constitution, until a later revision. During the chaotic year of 1975, about 30 persons were killed in political frays while unstable provisional governments came and went. On 25 November 1975, moderate military forces led by Colonel Ramalho Eanes, who later was twice elected president of the republic (1976 and 1981), defeated radical, leftist military groups' revolutionary conspiracies.

   In the meantime, Portugal's scattered overseas empire experienced a precipitous and unprepared decolonization. One by one, the former colonies were granted and accepted independence—Guinea-Bissau (September 1974), Cape Verde Islands (July 1975), and Mozambique (July 1975). Portugal offered to turn over Macau to the People's Republic of China, but the offer was refused then and later negotiations led to the establishment of a formal decolonization or hand-over date of 1999. But in two former colonies, the process of decolonization had tragic results.

   In Angola, decolonization negotiations were greatly complicated by the fact that there were three rival nationalist movements in a struggle for power. The January 1975 Alvor Agreement signed by Portugal and these three parties was not effectively implemented. A bloody civil war broke out in Angola in the spring of 1975 and, when Portuguese armed forces withdrew and declared that Angola was independent on 11 November 1975, the bloodshed only increased. Meanwhile, most of the white Portuguese settlers from Angola and Mozambique fled during the course of 1975. Together with African refugees, more than 600,000 of these retornados ("returned ones") went by ship and air to Portugal and thousands more to Namibia, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, and the United States.

   The second major decolonization disaster was in Portugal's colony of East Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Portugal's capacity to supervise and control a peaceful transition to independence in this isolated, neglected colony was limited by the strength of giant Indonesia, distance from Lisbon, and Portugal's revolutionary disorder and inability to defend Timor. In early December 1975, before Portugal granted formal independence and as one party, FRETILIN, unilaterally declared East Timor's independence, Indonesia's armed forces invaded, conquered, and annexed East Timor. Indonesian occupation encountered East Timorese resistance, and a heavy loss of life followed. The East Timor question remained a contentious international issue in the UN, as well as in Lisbon and Jakarta, for more than 20 years following Indonesia's invasion and annexation of the former colony of Portugal. Major changes occurred, beginning in 1998, after Indonesia underwent a political revolution and allowed a referendum in East Timor to decide that territory's political future in August 1999. Most East Timorese chose independence, but Indonesian forces resisted that verdict until

   UN intervention in September 1999. Following UN rule for several years, East Timor attained full independence on 20 May 2002.

   Consolidation of Democracy, 1976-2000

   After several free elections and record voter turnouts between 25 April 1975 and June 1976, civil war was averted and Portugal's second democratic republic began to stabilize. The MFA was dissolved, the military were returned to the barracks, and increasingly elected civilians took over the government of the country. The 1976 Constitution was revised several times beginning in 1982 and 1989, in order to reempha-size the principle of free enterprise in the economy while much of the large, nationalized sector was privatized. In June 1976, General Ram-alho Eanes was elected the first constitutional president of the republic (five-year term), and he appointed socialist leader Dr. Mário Soares as prime minister of the first constitutional government.

   From 1976 to 1985, Portugal's new system featured a weak economy and finances, labor unrest, and administrative and political instability. The difficult consolidation of democratic governance was eased in part by the strong currency and gold reserves inherited from the Estado Novo, but Lisbon seemed unable to cope with high unemployment, new debt, the complex impact of the refugees from Africa, world recession, and the agitation of political parties. Four major parties emerged from the maelstrom of 1974-75, except for the Communist Party, all newly founded. They were, from left to right, the Communists (PCP); the Socialists (PS), who managed to dominate governments and the legislature but not win a majority in the Assembly of the Republic; the Social Democrats (PSD); and the Christian Democrats (CDS). During this period, the annual growth rate was low (l-2 percent), and the nationalized sector of the economy stagnated.

   Enhanced economic growth, greater political stability, and more effective central government as of 1985, and especially 1987, were due to several developments. In 1977, Portugal applied for membership in the European Economic Community (EEC), now the European Union (EU) since 1993. In January 1986, with Spain, Portugal was granted membership, and economic and financial progress in the intervening years has been significantly influenced by the comparatively large investment, loans, technology, advice, and other assistance from the EEC. Low unemployment, high annual growth rates (5 percent), and moderate inflation have also been induced by the new political and administrative stability in Lisbon. Led by Prime Minister Cavaco Silva, an economist who was trained abroad, the PSD's strong organization, management, and electoral support since 1985 have assisted in encouraging economic recovery and development. In 1985, the PSD turned the PS out of office and won the general election, although they did not have an absolute majority of assembly seats. In 1986, Mário Soares was elected president of the republic, the first civilian to hold that office since the First Republic. In the elections of 1987 and 1991, however, the PSD was returned to power with clear majorities of over 50 percent of the vote.

   Although the PSD received 50.4 percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary elections and held a 42-seat majority in the Assembly of the Republic, the party began to lose public support following media revelations regarding corruption and complaints about Prime Minister Cavaco Silva's perceived arrogant leadership style. President Mário Soares voiced criticism of the PSD's seemingly untouchable majority and described a "tyranny of the majority." Economic growth slowed down. In the parliamentary elections of 1995 and the presidential election of 1996, the PSD's dominance ended for the time being. Prime Minister Antônio Guterres came to office when the PS won the October 1995 elections, and in the subsequent presidential contest, in January 1996, socialist Jorge Sampaio, the former mayor of Lisbon, was elected president of the republic, thus defeating Cavaco Silva's bid. Young and popular, Guterres moved the PS toward the center of the political spectrum. Under Guterres, the PS won the October 1999 parliamentary elections. The PS defeated the PSD but did not manage to win a clear, working majority of seats, and this made the PS dependent upon alliances with smaller parties, including the PCP.

   In the local elections in December 2001, the PSD's criticism of PS's heavy public spending allowed the PSD to take control of the key cities of Lisbon, Oporto, and Coimbra. Guterres resigned, and parliamentary elections were brought forward from 2004 to March 2002. The PSD won a narrow victory with 40 percent of the votes, and Jose Durão Barroso became prime minister. Having failed to win a majority of the seats in parliament forced the PSD to govern in coalition with the right-wing Popular Party (PP) led by Paulo Portas. Durão Barroso set about reducing government spending by cutting the budgets of local authorities, freezing civil service hiring, and reviving the economy by accelerating privatization of state-owned enterprises. These measures provoked a 24-hour strike by public-sector workers. Durão Barroso reacted with vows to press ahead with budget-cutting measures and imposed a wage freeze on all employees earning more than €1,000, which affected more than one-half of Portugal's work force.

   In June 2004, Durão Barroso was invited by Romano Prodi to succeed him as president of the European Commission. Durão Barroso accepted and resigned the prime ministership in July. Pedro Santana Lopes, the leader of the PSD, became prime minister. Already unpopular at the time of Durão Barroso's resignation, the PSD-led government became increasingly unpopular under Santana Lopes. A month-long delay in the start of the school year and confusion over his plan to cut taxes and raise public-sector salaries, eroded confidence even more. By November, Santana Lopes's government was so unpopular that President Jorge Sampaio was obliged to dissolve parliament and hold new elections, two years ahead of schedule.

   Parliamentary elections were held on 20 February 2005. The PS, which had promised the electorate disciplined and transparent governance, educational reform, the alleviation of poverty, and a boost in employment, won 45 percent of the vote and the majority of the seats in parliament. The leader of the PS, José Sôcrates became prime minister on 12 March 2005. In the regularly scheduled presidential elections held on 6 January 2006, the former leader of the PSD and prime minister, Aníbal Cavaco Silva, won a narrow victory and became president on 9 March 2006. With a mass protest, public teachers' strike, and street demonstrations in March 2008, Portugal's media, educational, and social systems experienced more severe pressures. With the spreading global recession beginning in September 2008, Portugal's economic and financial systems became more troubled.

    Contemporary Portugal

   Owing to its geographic location on the southwestern most edge of continental Europe, Portugal has been historically in but not of Europe. Almost from the beginning of its existence in the 12th century as an independent monarchy, Portugal turned its back on Europe and oriented itself toward the Atlantic Ocean. After carving out a Christian kingdom on the western portion of the Iberian peninsula, Portuguese kings gradually built and maintained a vast seaborne global empire that became central to the way Portugal understood its individuality as a nation-state. While the creation of this empire allows Portugal to claim an unusual number of "firsts" or distinctions in world and Western history, it also retarded Portugal's economic, social, and political development. It can be reasonably argued that the Revolution of 25 April 1974 was the most decisive event in Portugal's long history because it finally ended Portugal's oceanic mission and view of itself as an imperial power. After the 1974 Revolution, Portugal turned away from its global mission and vigorously reoriented itself toward Europe. Contemporary Portugal is now both in and of Europe.

   The turn toward Europe began immediately after 25 April 1974. Portugal granted independence to its African colonies in 1975. It was admitted to the European Council and took the first steps toward accession to the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1976. On 28 March 1977, the Portuguese government officially applied for EEC membership. Because of Portugal's economic and social backwardness, which would require vast sums of EEC money to overcome, negotiations for membership were long and difficult. Finally, a treaty of accession was signed on 12 June 1985. Portugal officially joined the EEC (the European Union [EU] since 1993) on 1 January 1986. Since becoming a full-fledged member of the EU, Portugal has been steadily overcoming the economic and social underdevelopment caused by its imperial past and is becoming more like the rest of Europe.

   Membership in the EU has speeded up the structural transformation of Portugal's economy, which actually began during the Estado Novo. Investments made by the Estado Novo in Portugal's economy began to shift employment out of the agricultural sector, which, in 1950, accounted for 50 percent of Portugal's economically active population. Today, only 10 percent of the economically active population is employed in the agricultural sector (the highest among EU member states); 30 percent in the industrial sector (also the highest among EU member states); and 60 percent in the service sector (the lowest among EU member states). The economically active population numbers about 5,000,000 employed, 56 percent of whom are women. Women workers are the majority of the workforce in the agricultural and service sectors (the highest among the EU member states). The expansion of the service sector has been primarily in health care and education. Portugal has had the lowest unemployment rates among EU member states, with the overall rate never being more than 10 percent of the active population. Since joining the EU, the number of employers increased from 2.6 percent to 5.8 percent of the active population; self-employed from 16 to 19 percent; and employees from 65 to 70 percent. Twenty-six percent of the employers are women. Unemployment tends to hit younger workers in industry and transportation, women employed in domestic service, workers on short-term contracts, and poorly educated workers. Salaried workers earn only 63 percent of the EU average, and hourly workers only one-third to one-half of that earned by their EU counterparts. Despite having had the second highest growth of gross national product (GNP) per inhabitant (after Ireland) among EU member states, the above data suggest that while much has been accomplished in terms of modernizing the Portuguese economy, much remains to be done to bring Portugal's economy up to the level of the "average" EU member state.

   Membership in the EU has also speeded up changes in Portuguese society. Over the last 30 years, coastalization and urbanization have intensified. Fully 50 percent of Portuguese live in the coastal urban conurbations of Lisbon, Oporto, Braga, Aveiro, Coimbra, Viseu, Évora, and Faro. The Portuguese population is one of the oldest among EU member states (17.3 percent are 65 years of age or older) thanks to a considerable increase in life expectancy at birth (77.87 years for the total population, 74.6 years for men, 81.36 years for women) and one of the lowest birthrates (10.59 births/1,000) in Europe. Family size averages 2.8 persons per household, with the strict nuclear family (one or two generations) in which both parents work being typical. Common law marriages, cohabitating couples, and single-parent households are more and more common. The divorce rate has also increased. "Youth Culture" has developed. The young have their own meeting places, leisure-time activities, and nightlife (bars, clubs, and discos).

   All Portuguese citizens, whether they have contributed or not, have a right to an old-age pension, invalidity benefits, widowed persons' pension, as well as payments for disabilities, children, unemployment, and large families. There is a national minimum wage (€385 per month), which is low by EU standards. The rapid aging of Portugal's population has changed the ratio of contributors to pensioners to 1.7, the lowest in the EU. This has created deficits in Portugal's social security fund.

   The adult literacy rate is about 92 percent. Illiteracy is still found among the elderly. Although universal compulsory education up to grade 9 was achieved in 1980, only 21.2 percent of the population aged 25-64 had undergone secondary education, compared to an EU average of 65.7 percent. Portugal's higher education system currently consists of 14 state universities and 14 private universities, 15 state polytechnic institutions, one Catholic university, and one military academy. All in all, Portugal spends a greater percentage of its state budget on education than most EU member states. Despite this high level of expenditure, the troubled Portuguese education system does not perform well. Early leaving and repetition rates are among the highest among EU member states.

   After the Revolution of 25 April 1974, Portugal created a National Health Service, which today consists of 221 hospitals and 512 medical centers employing 33,751 doctors and 41,799 nurses. Like its education system, Portugal's medical system is inefficient. There are long waiting lists for appointments with specialists and for surgical procedures.

   Structural changes in Portugal's economy and society mean that social life in Portugal is not too different from that in other EU member states. A mass consumption society has been created. Televisions, telephones, refrigerators, cars, music equipment, mobile phones, and personal computers are commonplace. Sixty percent of Portuguese households possess at least one automobile, and 65 percent of Portuguese own their own home. Portuguese citizens are more aware of their legal rights than ever before. This has resulted in a trebling of the number of legal proceeding since 1960 and an eight-fold increase in the number of lawyers. In general, Portuguese society has become more permissive and secular; the Catholic Church and the armed forces are much less influential than in the past. Portugal's population is also much more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, a consequence of the coming to Portugal of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, mainly from former African colonies.

   Portuguese are becoming more cosmopolitan and sophisticated through the impact of world media, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. A prime case in point came in the summer and early fall of 1999, with the extraordinary events in East Timor and the massive Portuguese popular responses. An internationally monitored referendum in East Timor, Portugal's former colony in the Indonesian archipelago and under Indonesian occupation from late 1975 to summer 1999, resulted in a vote of 78.5 percent for rejecting integration with Indonesia and for independence. When Indonesian prointegration gangs, aided by the Indonesian military, responded to the referendum with widespread brutality and threatened to reverse the verdict of the referendum, there was a spontaneous popular outpouring of protest in the cities and towns of Portugal. An avalanche of Portuguese e-mail fell on leaders and groups in the UN and in certain countries around the world as Portugal's diplomats, perhaps to compensate for the weak initial response to Indonesian armed aggression in 1975, called for the protection of East Timor as an independent state and for UN intervention to thwart Indonesian action. Using global communications networks, the Portuguese were able to mobilize UN and world public opinion against Indonesian actions and aided the eventual independence of East Timor on 20 May 2002.

   From the Revolution of 25 April 1974 until the 1990s, Portugal had a large number of political parties, one of the largest Communist parties in western Europe, frequent elections, and endemic cabinet instability. Since the 1990s, the number of political parties has been dramatically reduced and cabinet stability increased. Gradually, the Portuguese electorate has concentrated around two larger parties, the right-of-center Social Democrats (PSD) and the left-of-center Socialist (PS). In the 1980s, these two parties together garnered 65 percent of the vote and 70 percent of the seats in parliament. In 2005, these percentages had risen to 74 percent and 85 percent, respectively. In effect, Portugal is currently a two-party dominant system in which the two largest parties — PS and PSD—alternate in and out of power, not unlike the rotation of the two main political parties (the Regenerators and the Historicals) during the last decades (1850s to 1880s) of the liberal constitutional monarchy. As Portugal's democracy has consolidated, turnout rates for the eligible electorate have declined. In the 1970s, turnout was 85 percent. In Portugal's most recent parliamentary election (2005), turnout had fallen to 65 percent of the eligible electorate.

   Portugal has benefited greatly from membership in the EU, and whatever doubts remain about the price paid for membership, no Portuguese government in the near future can afford to sever this connection. The vast majority of Portuguese citizens see membership in the EU as a "good thing" and strongly believe that Portugal has benefited from membership. Only the Communist Party opposed membership because it reduces national sovereignty, serves the interests of capitalists not workers, and suffers from a democratic deficit. Despite the high level of support for the EU, Portuguese voters are increasingly not voting in elections for the European Parliament, however. Turnout for European Parliament elections fell from 40 percent of the eligible electorate in the 1999 elections to 38 percent in the 2004 elections.

   In sum, Portugal's turn toward Europe has done much to overcome its backwardness. However, despite the economic, social, and political progress made since 1986, Portugal has a long way to go before it can claim to be on a par with the level found even in Spain, much less the rest of western Europe. As Portugal struggles to move from underde-velopment, especially in the rural areas away from the coast, it must keep in mind the perils of too rapid modern development, which could damage two of its most precious assets: its scenery and environment. The growth and future prosperity of the economy will depend on the degree to which the government and the private sector will remain stewards of clean air, soil, water, and other finite resources on which the tourism industry depends and on which Portugal's world image as a unique place to visit rests. Currently, Portugal is investing heavily in renewable energy from solar, wind, and wave power in order to account for about 50 percent of its electricity needs by 2010. Portugal opened the world's largest solar power plant and the world's first commercial wave power farm in 2006.

   An American documentary film on Portugal produced in the 1970s described this little country as having "a Past in Search of a Future." In the years after the Revolution of 25 April 1974, it could be said that Portugal is now living in "a Present in Search of a Future." Increasingly, that future lies in Europe as an active and productive member of the EU.

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6 return

1. гл.
1)

а) общ. возвращаться (куда-л. или к кому-л.)

to return from a holiday [vacation\] — возвратиться из отпуска, с каникул

б) общ. возвращаться ( в прежнее состояние)

she returned to full health — она полностью выздоровела

в) общ. возвращаться, вновь обращаться (к прерванному делу, обсуждению и т. п.)

now let's return to your question — теперь давайте вернемся к вашему вопросу

His goal is to return to his work as a psychologist. — Его цель — вернуться к работе в качестве психолога.

2) общ. возвращать, отдавать (что-л. кому-л. или куда-л.)

to return a bill unpaid — возвращать вексель неоплаченным

You may return the book within 30 days. — Вы можете вернуть книгу в течение 30 дней.

3)

а) общ. возражать, отвечать

to return an answer — дать ответ

to return thanks — отблагодарить

б) общ. давать ответ, докладывать; официально заявлять

to return a verdict of guilty or not guilty — выносить вердикт о виновности или невиновности

The jury of six men and six women took less than an hour to return guilty verdicts. — Вынесение вердикта о виновности заняло у коллегии присяжных в составе шести мужчин и шести женщин менее часа.

4) эк. приносить, давать (доход, урожай, процент и т. п.)

to return good interest — приносить хороший процент

Syn:

yield 2. 1) а)

5) пол., упр. избирать, выбирать

to return a candidate — избирать кандидата

I am so gratified that the voters returned me to the city council. — Я так счастлив, что избиратели выбрали меня в городской совет.
2. сущ.
1) общ. возвращение ( о перемещении в пространстве)

after his return to Great Britain — после его возвращения в Великобританию

by return (of) mail, by return (of) post — (с) обратной почтой

return customer — повторный покупатель

See:

return cargo, return customer, return cargo, recovery 1), 2), return migration

2) общ. отдача, возмещение, возврат ( относительно действий одной стороны по отношению к действиям другой)

in return — в ответ, в обмен, взамен; в свою очередь; в оплату

What is America getting in return for its foreign aid? — Что получает Америка в обмен на свою зарубежную помощь?

return visit — ответный визит

return of goods — возврат товара

See:

cancelling returns only, response

3)

а) мн., торг. возвращенные товары (возвращенные покупателем продавцу либо розничным торговцем оптовому торговцу или производителю)

Syn:

return goods, returned goods

See:

no-returns policy, newsstand returns, purchase returns, sales returns, comeback

б) мн., банк. возвращенные чеки, векселя (напр., чеки, возвращенные в отделение банка, где они первоначально были предъявлены к оплате в связи с неправильным оформлением, отсутствием акцепта и т. п.)

Syn:

return items

See:

return item float, bounced check fee

4)

а) общ. возражение, ответ

б) мн., марк. полученные ответы ( об откликах на прямую почтовую рекламу)

See:

response rate, direct mail advertising

5) эк. оборот

quick return of capital — быстрый оборот капитала

6)

а) эк. доход, прибыль, выручка, поступления

to yield a good [poor\] return — приносить хороший [плохой\] доход

yielding a high return — приносящий высокий доход

See:

average annual return, annual return, consolidated return, fair-return price

б) фин. отдача, производительность, доходность, рентабельность (выраженное в процентах отношение дохода к величине капитала, связанного с получением данного дохода)

to show good returns on capital employed — демонстрировать высокую отдачу на вложенный капитал

See:

returns to scale, return on assets, return on equity, return on investment, rate of return, risk-free return, yield

7)

а) общ. отчет (финансовый, статистический и т. п.)

annual statistical return — ежегодный статистический отчет

See:

information return, report year

б) гос. фин. налоговая декларация

income tax return — декларация о подоходном налоге, декларация по подоходному налогу

Syn:

tax return

See:

form 1040, amended return, combined return, consolidated tax return, income tax return, individual tax return, information return, inheritance tax return, joint tax return, return period, return transcript, separate tax return

8)

а) мн., общ. отчетные данные, сведения

census returns — данные [результаты\] переписи

б) мн., пол. результаты выборов

Syn:

election returns

See:

returning officer

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1) возврат (напр., ранее проданного товара); 2) реализованный доход (прибыль) или убыток от вложения капитала или по ценным бумагам (обычно в форме годового процента); см. rate of return;
return on equity;

total return;

yield;
3) налоговая декларация; см. form 1040.
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Реализованный доход (прибыль) или убыток от вложения капитала
. Изменение стоимости портфеля за оцениваемый период, включая любое распределение прибыли из портфеля в течение этого периода . доход; доходность; отдача; окупаемость; прибыль; прибыль, прибыльность, отчетность Инвестиционная деятельность .
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Бухгалтерия и аудит

доходность, отдача

доход от инвестиций, часто выражаемый в процентах от осуществленных затрат

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Финансы/Кредит/Валюта

1. доход

Финансы/Кредит/Валюта

2.оборот; итоги операции

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Инвестиционная деятельность

доходность, отдача

доход от инвестиций, часто выражаемый в процентах от осуществленных затрат

Англо-русский экономический словарь > return
7 so

so [səʊ]

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1. adverb

2. conjunction

3. compounds

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1. adverb

   a. (degree = to such an extent) si

• so easy/quickly si facile/rapidement

• is it really so tiring? est-ce vraiment si fatigant ?

• do you really need so long? vous faut-il vraiment autant de temps ?

► so... (that) si... que

• he was so nervous (that) he could hardly write il était si nerveux qu'il pouvait à peine écrire► so... as to do sth assez... pour faire qch

• he was so stupid as to tell her il a été assez stupide pour lui raconter► not so... as pas aussi... que

• it's not nearly so difficult as you think c'est loin d'être aussi difficile que vous le croyez

   b. ( = very, to a great extent) tellement

• I'm so tired! je suis tellement fatigué !

• there's so much to do il y a tellement à faire

• thanks so much (inf) merci beaucoup

• Elizabeth, who so loved France Elizabeth, qui aimait tant la France

   c. (unspecified amount) how tall is he? -- oh, about so tall (accompanied by gesture) quelle taille fait-il ? -- oh, à peu près comme ça

• so much per head tant par tête

   d. ( = thus, in this way) ainsi

• as he failed once so he will fail again il échouera comme il a déjà échoué

• so it was that... c'est ainsi que...

• so be it soit

• it so happened that... il s'est trouvé que...

   e. (set structures)

► or so environ

• how long will it take? -- a week or so combien de temps cela va-t-il prendre ? -- une semaine environ

• twenty or so une vingtaine► like so comme ceci

► so (that)

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► Note that pour que is followed by the subjunctive.

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• I brought it so (that) you could read it je l'ai apporté pour que vous puissiez le lire

• I'm going early so (that) I'll get a ticket j'y vais tôt pour obtenir un billet

• he arranged the timetable so that the afternoons were free il a organisé l'emploi du temps de façon à laisser les après-midi libres

► so as to do sth pour faire qch

• he stood up so as to see better il s'est levé pour mieux voir► so as not to do sth

• she put it down gently so as not to break it elle l'a posé doucement pour ne pas le casser

• he hurried so as not to be late il s'est dépêché pour ne pas être en retard

   f. (used as substitute for phrase, word) so I believe c'est ce que je crois

• is that so? ah bon !

• if that is so... s'il en est ainsi...

• I told you so! je te l'avais bien dit !

• so it seems! apparemment !

• he certainly said so c'est ce qu'il a dit

• please do so faites

• I think so je crois

• I hope so j'espère

• he said they would be there and so they were il a dit qu'ils seraient là, et en effet ils y étaient

• so do I!

• so have I!

• so am I! moi aussi !

• if you do that so will I si tu fais ça, j'en ferai autant

• it's raining -- so it is! il pleut -- en effet !

• I didn't say that! -- you did so! (inf) je n'ai pas dit ça ! -- mais si, tu l'as dit !

• so to speak pour ainsi dire

• and so on (and so forth) et ainsi de suite

• so long! (inf) salut ! (inf)

• I'm not going, so there! je n'y vais pas, là !

2. conjunction

   a. ( = therefore) donc

• he was late, so he missed the train il est arrivé en retard et a donc manqué le train

• the roads are busy so be careful il y a beaucoup de circulation, alors fais bien attention

   b. (exclamatory) so there he is! le voilà donc !

• so you're selling it? alors vous le vendez ?

• so he's come at last! il est donc enfin arrivé !

• and so you see... alors comme vous voyez...

• so what? (inf) et alors ? (inf)

3. compounds

► so-and-so (inf) noun

(plural so-and-sos)

• Mr/Mrs So-and-so Monsieur/Madame Untel

• he's an old so-and-so c'est un vieux schnock (inf !) ► so-called adjective soi-disant inv

► so-so (inf) adjective couci-couça (inf)

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[səʊ] 1.
adverb

1) ( so very) si, tellement

not so (colloq) thin as — pas aussi maigre que

I'm not feeling so good — (colloq) je ne me sens pas très bien

2) ( to limited extent)

we can only work so fast and no faster — nous ne pouvons vraiment pas travailler plus vite

you can only do so much (and no more) — tu ne peux rien faire de plus

3) ( in such a way)

so arranged that — organisé d'une telle façon que

walk so — marchez comme ça

and so on and so forth — et ainsi de suite

just as in the 19th century, so today — tout comme au XIX^e siècle, aujourd'hui

so be it! — soit!

she likes everything to be just so — elle aime que les choses soient parfaitement en ordre

4) ( for that reason)

so it was that — c'est ainsi que

she was young and so lacked experience — elle était jeune et donc sans expérience

5) ( true)

is that so? — c'est vrai?

if (that's) so — si c'est vrai

6) ( also) aussi

so is she — elle aussi

if they accept so do I — s'ils acceptent, j'accepte aussi

7) (colloq) ( thereabouts) environ

20 or so — environ 20

8) ( as introductory remark)

so there you are — te voilà donc

so that's the reason — voilà donc pourquoi

so you're going are you? — alors tu y vas?

9) ( avoiding repetition)

he's conscientious, perhaps too much so — il est consciencieux, peut-être même trop

he's the owner or so he claims — c'est le propriétaire du moins c'est ce qu'il prétend

he dived and as he did so... — il a plongé et en le faisant...

perhaps so — c'est possible

I believe so — je crois

so I believe — c'est ce que je crois

I'm afraid so — j'ai bien peur que oui or si

so it would appear — c'est ce qu'il semble

so to speak — si je puis dire

I told you so — je te l'avais bien dit

so I see — je le vois bien

who says so? — qui dit ça?

only more so — mais encore plus

the question is unsettled and will remain so — la question n'est pas résolue et ne le sera pas

10) sout ( referring forward or back)

if you so wish you may... — si vous le souhaitez, vous pouvez...

11) ( reinforcing a statement)

‘I thought you liked it?’ - ‘so I do’ — ‘je croyais que ça te plaisait’ - ‘mais ça me plaît’

‘it's broken’ - ‘so it is’ — ‘c'est cassé’ - ‘je le vois bien!’

‘I'm sorry’ - ‘so you should be’ — ‘je suis désolé’ - ‘j'espère bien’

it just so happens that — il se trouve justement que

12) (colloq) ( refuting a statement)

‘he didn't hit you’ - ‘he did so!’ — ‘il ne t'a pas frappé?’ - ‘si, il m'a frappé’

I can so make waffles — si, je sais faire les gaufres

13) (colloq) ( as casual response) et alors

‘I'm leaving’ - ‘so?’ — ‘je m'en vais’ - ‘et alors?’

so why worry! — et alors, il n'y pas de quoi t'en faire!
2.
so (that) conjunctional phrase

1) ( in such a way that) de façon à ce que

she wrote the instructions so that they'd be easily understood — elle a rédigé les instructions de façon à ce qu'elles soient faciles à comprendre

2) ( in order that) pour que
3.
so as conjunctional phrase pour
4.
so much adverbial phrase, pronominal phrase

1) (also so many) ( such large quantity) tant de

so much of her life — une si grande partie de sa vie

so many of her friends — un si grand nombre de ses amis

2) (also so many) ( limited amount)

I can only make so much bread — je ne peux pas faire plus de pain

there's only so much you can take — il y a des limites à ce qu'on peut supporter

3) ( to such an extent) tellement

so much worse — tellement pire

so much so that — à un tel point que

thank you so much — merci beaucoup

4) ( in contrasts)

not so much X as Y — moins X que Y
5.
so much as adverbial phrase ( even) même

he never so much as apologized — il ne s'est même pas excusé
6.
so much for prepositional phrase

1) ( having finished with)

so much for that problem, now for... — assez parlé de ce problème, parlons maintenant de...

2) (colloq) ( used disparagingly)

so much for equality — bonjour l'égalité

so much for saying you'd help — c'était bien la peine de dire que tu aiderais
7.
so long as (colloq) conjunctional phrase long

••

so long! — (colloq) à bientôt!

so much the better — tant mieux

so so — comme ci comme ça

so there! — d'abord!

English-French dictionary > so
8 any

'eni
1. pronoun, adjective
1) (one, some, no matter which: `Which dress shall I wear?' `Wear any (dress)'; `Which dresses shall I pack?' `Pack any (dresses)'.) cualquier

2) ((in questions and negative sentences etc) one, some: John has been to some interesting places but I've never been to any; Have you been to any interesting places?; We have hardly any coffee left.) algún; ningún

2. adjective
(every: Any schoolboy could tell you the answer.) cualquier

3. adverb
(at all; (even) by a small amount: Is this book any better than the last one?; His writing hasn't improved any.) en absoluto, para nada; algo

- anybody
- anyone
- anyhow
- anything
- anyway
- anywhere
- at any rate
- in any case

any¹ adj

1. algún

are there any messages for me? ¿hay algún recado para mí?

Muchas veces no se traduce al español

have you got any cousins? ¿tienes primos?

do you need any money? ¿necesitas dinero?

2. ningún

there aren't any problems no hay ningún problema

Muchas veces no se traduce al español

there aren't any tickets left no quedan entradas

I haven't got any children no tengo hijos

3. cualquier

ask any teacher pregúntale a cualquier profesor

we can come any day this week podemos ir cualquier día de esta semana

any² adv

she can't walk any faster no puede caminar más rápido

do you feel any better? ¿te sientes mejor?

not any more ya no

there isn't any more ya no hay

I don't live there any more ya no vivo allí

any³ pron

1. alguno

those biscuits were delicious; are there any left? esas galletas eran deliciosas; ¿queda alguna?

Muchas veces no se traduce al español

there's some lemonade; do you want any? hay limonada; ¿quieres?

2. ninguno

I wanted a sandwich, but there weren't any left quería un bocadillo, pero no quedaba ninguno

Muchas veces no se traduce al español

I'm sorry, I haven't got any lo siento, no tengo

3. cualquiera

any of those computers will do cualquiera de esos ordenadores sirve

any

tr['enɪ]

adjective

1 (in questions) algún,-una

■ are there any biscuits left? ¿queda alguna galleta?

■ have you got any money/gloves? ¿tienes dinero/guantes?

2 (negative) ningún,-una

■ he hasn't bought any milk/biscuits no ha comprado leche/galletas

■ without any difficulty sin ninguna dificultad

3 (no matter which) cualquier,-ra

■ any fool knows that cualquier tonto sabe eso

■ any old rag will do cualquier trapo sirve

■ come round any time ven cuando quieras

pronoun

1 (in questions) alguno,-a

■ there are foxes round here, have you seen any? hay zorros por aquí, ¿has visto alguno?

■ do you want any? ¿quieres?

■ he's got lots of money, but does he ever spend any? tiene mucho dinero, pero ¿gasta algo alguna vez?

2 (negative) ninguno,-a

■ they're very cheap, but I haven't sold any son muy baratos, pero no he vendido ninguno

■ I asked for snails/caviar, but they hadn't got any pedí caracoles/caviar pero no tenían

■ brandy?, there isn't any ¿coñac?, no hay

3 (no matter which) cualquiera

■ any of these books will do cualquiera de estos libros sirve

adverb

1 no suele traducirse

■ I don't work there any more ya no trabajo allí

■ do you want any more? ¿quieres más?

■ I can't work any faster no puedo trabajar más deprisa Table 1SMALLNOTA/SMALL En preguntas y frases negativas no se usa any sino a o an con los sustantivos contables en singular /Table 1

any ['ɛni] adv

1) : algo

is it any better?: ¿está (algo) mejor?

2) : para nada

it is not any good: no sirve para nada

any adj

1) : alguno

is there any doubt?: ¿hay alguna duda?

call me if you have any questions: llámeme si tiene alguna pregunta

2) : cualquier

I can answer any question: puedo responder a cualquier pregunta

3) : todo

in any case: en todo caso

4) : ningún

he would not accept it under any circumstances: no lo aceptaría bajo ninguna circunstancia

any pron

1) : alguno m, -na f

are there any left?: ¿queda alguno?

2) : ninguno m, -na f

I don't want any: no quiero ninguno

any

adj.

• alguno adj.

• algún adj.

• cualquier adj.

• todo, -a adj.

adv.

• algo adv.

pron.

• alguno pron.

• cualquiera pron.

I 'eni
1) adjective

Sense I

2) (in questions)

a) (+ pl n)

are there any questions? — ¿alguien tiene alguna pregunta?

does she have any children? — ¿tiene hijos?

b) (+ uncount n)

do you need any help? — ¿necesitas ayuda?

do you want any more coffee? — ¿quieres más café?

c) (+ sing count n: as indef art) algún, -guna

is there any chance they'll come? — ¿existe alguna posibilidad de que vengan?

3) (in if clauses and suppositions)

a) (+ pl n)

call me if there are any changes — llámame si hay algún cambio

if you see any flowers, buy some — si ves flores, compra algunas

report any accidents to me — infórmeme de cualquier accidente que ocurra

b) (+ uncount n)

let me know if you have any pain — avíseme si siente dolor

any rivalry between them soon disappeared — si había existido entre ellos alguna rivalidad, pronto desapareció

take any money you need — toma el dinero que necesites

c) (+ sing count n)

if any lawyer can help you, she can — si hay un abogado que te pueda ayudar, es ella

any upset could kill him — cualquier disgusto podría matarlo

any act of disobedience will be punished — toda desobediencia será castigada

4) (with neg and implied neg)

a) (+ pl n)

don't buy any more eggs — no compres más huevos

aren't there any apples left? — ¿no queda ninguna manzana?, ¿no quedan manzanas?

b) (+ uncount n)

don't make any noise — no hagas ruido

didn't he give you any money at all? — ¿no te dio nada de dinero?

it doesn't make any sense — no tiene ningún sentido

c) (+ sing count n) ningún, -guna

he didn't leave any telephone number — no nos dejó ningún número de teléfono

I didn't say any such thing! — yo no dije tal cosa!

Sense II

5)

a) ( no matter which)

take any book you want — llévate cualquier libro or el libro que quieras

take any books you want — llévate los libros que quieras

call me any time — llámame cuando quieras

any day now — cualquier día de éstos

b) (every, all)

in any large school, you'll find that... — en cualquier or todo colegio grande, verás que...

6) (countless, a lot)

any number/amount of something — cualquier cantidad de algo

II

pronoun

1) (in questions)

a) (referring to pl n) alguno, -na

those chocolates were nice, are there any left? — qué ricos esos bombones! ¿queda alguno?

b) (referring to uncount n)

we need sugar; did you buy any? — nos hace falta azúcar ¿compraste?

is there any of that cake left? — ¿queda algo de ese pastel?

2) (in if clauses and suppositions)

a) (referring to pl n)

buy some red ones if you can find any — compra algunas rojas si encuentras

the advantages, if any, are marginal — las ventajas, si (es que) las hay, son marginales

if any of my friends calls, take a message — si llama alguno de mis amigos, toma el recado

b) (referring to uncount n)

help yourself to cake if you want any — sírvete pastel si quieres

3) (with neg and implied neg)

a) (referring to pl n)

some children were here - I didn't see any — aquí había algunos niños - yo no vi (a) ninguno or no los vi

you'll have to go without cigarettes; I forgot to buy any — te vas a tener que arreglar sin cigarrillos porque me olvidé de comprar

b) (referring to uncount n)

she offered me some wine, but I didn't want any — me ofreció vino, pero no quise

I didn't understand any of that lecture — no entendí nada de esa conferencia

4) ( no matter which) cualquiera

which would you like? - any will do — ¿cuál quieres? - cualquiera (sirve)

III

adverb

1) (with comparative)

do you feel any better now? — ¿te sientes (algo) mejor ahora?

things aren't any better — las cosas no andan (nada) mejor

they don't live here any more — ya no viven aquí

2) ( at all) (AmE)

have you thought about it any since then? — ¿has pensado en ello desde entonces?

it doesn't seem to have affected him any — no parece haberlo afectado en absoluto or (para) nada

['enɪ]
1. ADJECTIVE

1) (in questions)
When any modifies an uncountable noun in questions it is usually not translated:
have you got any money? — ¿tienes dinero?

is there any sugar? — ¿hay azúcar?
When any modifies a plural noun in questions it is often not translated. However, if a low number is expected in response, algún/alguna + singular noun is used:
are there any tickets left? — ¿quedan entradas?

did they find any survivors? — ¿hubo supervivientes?

do you speak any foreign languages? — ¿hablas algún idioma extranjero?

do you have any questions? — ¿alguna pregunta?

2) (+ negative, implied negative)
When any modifies an uncountable noun it is usually not translated:
I haven't any money — no tengo dinero

I have hardly any money left — casi no me queda dinero
When the translation is countable, [ningún]/[ninguna] + singular noun can be used:
you haven't any excuse — no tienes ninguna excusa

she accepted without any hesitation — aceptó sin ninguna duda

we got him home without any problem — lo llevamos a casa sin ningún problema
When [any] modifies a plural noun, it is either left untranslated or, for greater emphasis, translated using [ningún]/[ninguna] + singular noun:
he hasn't got any friends — no tiene amigos

I can't see any cows — no veo ninguna vaca

• I won't do any such thing! — ¡no voy a hacer una cosa semejante!

3) (in conditional constructions)

Any + plural noun is often translated using algún/alguna + singular noun:
if there are any problems let me know — si hay algún problema, me lo dices

if there are any tickets left — si queda alguna entrada

if he had any decency he would apologize — si tuviera un poco de decencia, se disculparía

if it is in any way inconvenient to you... — si por cualquier razón le resultara inconveniente...

4) (=no matter which) cualquier

any teacher will tell you — te lo dirá cualquier profesor

bring me any (old) book — tráeme un libro cualquiera

buy any two tins of soup and get one free — por cada dos latas de sopa cualesquiera que compre le regalamos otra

wear any hat (you like) — ponte el sombrero que quieras

• he's not just any violinist — no es un violinista cualquiera

• take any one you like — tome cualquiera, tome el que quiera

it could have happened to any one of us — le podría haber pasado a cualquiera de nosotros

• it's much like any other seaside resort — es muy parecido a cualquier otro sitio costero

• come at any time — ven cuando quieras

we can cater for up to 300 guests at any one time — podemos proveer hasta a 300 invitados en cada ocasión

• any person who or that breaks the rules will be punished — se castigará a toda persona que no acate las reglas
day 1., 1), minute, moment, case II, 1., 3), rate I, 1., 2)
5) (in set expressions)

• any amount of, they'll spend any amount of money to get it — se gastarán lo que haga falta para conseguirlo

• any number of, there must be any number of people in my position — debe haber gran cantidad de personas en mi situación

I've told you any number of times — te lo he dicho montones de veces

2. PRONOUN

1) (in questions)
When any refers to an uncountable noun in questions it is usually not translated:
I fancy some soup, have we got any? — me apetece sopa, ¿tenemos?

is there any milk left? — ¿queda (algo de) leche?
When [any] refers to a plural noun in questions it is often translated using [alguno]/[alguna] in the singular:
I need a stamp, have you got any? — necesito un sello, ¿tienes alguno?

do any of you know the answer? — ¿sabe alguno (de vosotros) la respuesta?

have any of them arrived? — ¿ha llegado alguno (de ellos)?

2) (+ negative, implied negative)
When any refers to an uncountable noun it is usually not translated:
"can I have some bread?" - "we haven't any" — -¿hay pan? -no nos queda nada or no tenemos
When [any] refers to a plural noun, it is either left untranslated or, for greater emphasis, translated using [ningún]/[ninguna] in the singular:
"did you buy the oranges?" - "no, there weren't any" — ¿compraste (las) naranjas? -no, no había or no tenían

she has two brothers but I haven't got any — tiene dos hermanos pero yo no tengo ninguno

I don't like any of them — no me gusta ninguno

I don't believe any of them has done it — no creo que lo haya hecho ninguno de ellos

he hasn't done any of his homework — no ha hecho nada de deberes

3) (in conditional constructions)

if any of you knows how to drive — si alguno de vosotros sabe conducir

few, if any, survived — pocos, si alguno, sobrevivió

4) (=no matter which) cualquiera

any of those books will do — cualquiera de esos libros servirá

it's better than any of his other films — es mejor que cualquiera de sus otras películas

3. ADVERB

1) (in questions)

would you like any more soup? — ¿quieres más sopa?

is he any better? — ¿está (algo) mejor?

2) (+ negative)

• don't wait any longer — no esperes más (tiempo)

• I don't love him any more — ya no le quiero

I couldn't do that any more than I could fly — yo puedo hacer eso tanto como volar

• the room didn't look any too clean — la habitación no parecía muy limpia

3) (esp US)
* (=at all)
it doesn't help us any — eso no nos ayuda para nada

does she sing any? — ¿sabe cantar de una forma u otra?

* * *

I ['eni]
1) adjective

Sense I

2) (in questions)

a) (+ pl n)

are there any questions? — ¿alguien tiene alguna pregunta?

does she have any children? — ¿tiene hijos?

b) (+ uncount n)

do you need any help? — ¿necesitas ayuda?

do you want any more coffee? — ¿quieres más café?

c) (+ sing count n: as indef art) algún, -guna

is there any chance they'll come? — ¿existe alguna posibilidad de que vengan?

3) (in if clauses and suppositions)

a) (+ pl n)

call me if there are any changes — llámame si hay algún cambio

if you see any flowers, buy some — si ves flores, compra algunas

report any accidents to me — infórmeme de cualquier accidente que ocurra

b) (+ uncount n)

let me know if you have any pain — avíseme si siente dolor

any rivalry between them soon disappeared — si había existido entre ellos alguna rivalidad, pronto desapareció

take any money you need — toma el dinero que necesites

c) (+ sing count n)

if any lawyer can help you, she can — si hay un abogado que te pueda ayudar, es ella

any upset could kill him — cualquier disgusto podría matarlo

any act of disobedience will be punished — toda desobediencia será castigada

4) (with neg and implied neg)

a) (+ pl n)

don't buy any more eggs — no compres más huevos

aren't there any apples left? — ¿no queda ninguna manzana?, ¿no quedan manzanas?

b) (+ uncount n)

don't make any noise — no hagas ruido

didn't he give you any money at all? — ¿no te dio nada de dinero?

it doesn't make any sense — no tiene ningún sentido

c) (+ sing count n) ningún, -guna

he didn't leave any telephone number — no nos dejó ningún número de teléfono

I didn't say any such thing! — yo no dije tal cosa!

Sense II

5)

a) ( no matter which)

take any book you want — llévate cualquier libro or el libro que quieras

take any books you want — llévate los libros que quieras

call me any time — llámame cuando quieras

any day now — cualquier día de éstos

b) (every, all)

in any large school, you'll find that... — en cualquier or todo colegio grande, verás que...

6) (countless, a lot)

any number/amount of something — cualquier cantidad de algo

II

pronoun

1) (in questions)

a) (referring to pl n) alguno, -na

those chocolates were nice, are there any left? — qué ricos esos bombones! ¿queda alguno?

b) (referring to uncount n)

we need sugar; did you buy any? — nos hace falta azúcar ¿compraste?

is there any of that cake left? — ¿queda algo de ese pastel?

2) (in if clauses and suppositions)

a) (referring to pl n)

buy some red ones if you can find any — compra algunas rojas si encuentras

the advantages, if any, are marginal — las ventajas, si (es que) las hay, son marginales

if any of my friends calls, take a message — si llama alguno de mis amigos, toma el recado

b) (referring to uncount n)

help yourself to cake if you want any — sírvete pastel si quieres

3) (with neg and implied neg)

a) (referring to pl n)

some children were here - I didn't see any — aquí había algunos niños - yo no vi (a) ninguno or no los vi

you'll have to go without cigarettes; I forgot to buy any — te vas a tener que arreglar sin cigarrillos porque me olvidé de comprar

b) (referring to uncount n)

she offered me some wine, but I didn't want any — me ofreció vino, pero no quise

I didn't understand any of that lecture — no entendí nada de esa conferencia

4) ( no matter which) cualquiera

which would you like? - any will do — ¿cuál quieres? - cualquiera (sirve)

III

adverb

1) (with comparative)

do you feel any better now? — ¿te sientes (algo) mejor ahora?

things aren't any better — las cosas no andan (nada) mejor

they don't live here any more — ya no viven aquí

2) ( at all) (AmE)

have you thought about it any since then? — ¿has pensado en ello desde entonces?

it doesn't seem to have affected him any — no parece haberlo afectado en absoluto or (para) nada

English-spanish dictionary > any
9 mode

1) мода

а) нормальный тип колебаний, собственный тип колебаний; нормальный тип волн, собственный тип волн

б) точка максимума плотности распределения вероятностей случайной величины

2) режим (работы)

3) способ; метод

4) тип; форма ( выражения или проявления чего-либо)

5) (логическая) модальность

6) ак. лад; тональность

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The New English-Russian Dictionary of Radio-electronics > mode
10 Memory

   1) A Unitary Search Process for All the Phenomena of Memory

   To what extent can we lump together what goes on when you try to recall: (1) your name; (2) how you kick a football; and (3) the present location of your car keys? If we use introspective evidence as a guide, the first seems an immediate automatic response. The second may require constructive internal replay prior to our being able to produce a verbal description. The third... quite likely involves complex operational responses under the control of some general strategy system. Is any unitary search process, with a single set of characteristics and inputoutput relations, likely to cover all these cases? (Reitman, 1970, p. 485)

   2) Semantic Memory Is a Mental Thesaurus

   [Semantic memory] Is a mental thesaurus, organized knowledge a person possesses about words and other verbal symbols, their meanings and referents, about relations among them, and about rules, formulas, and algorithms for the manipulation of these symbols, concepts, and relations. Semantic memory does not register perceptible properties of inputs, but rather cognitive referents of input signals. (Tulving, 1972, p. 386)

   3) The Development of Mnemonic Codes

   The mnemonic code, far from being fixed and unchangeable, is structured and restructured along with general development. Such a restructuring of the code takes place in close dependence on the schemes of intelligence. The clearest indication of this is the observation of different types of memory organisation in accordance with the age level of a child so that a longer interval of retention without any new presentation, far from causing a deterioration of memory, may actually improve it. (Piaget & Inhelder, 1973, p. 36)

   4) The Logic of Some Memory Theorization Is of Dubious Worth in the History of Psychology

   If a cue was effective in memory retrieval, then one could infer it was encoded; if a cue was not effective, then it was not encoded. The logic of this theorization is "heads I win, tails you lose" and is of dubious worth in the history of psychology. We might ask how long scientists will puzzle over questions with no answers. (Solso, 1974, p. 28)

   5) The Constituent Elements of Memory Theory

   We have iconic, echoic, active, working, acoustic, articulatory, primary, secondary, episodic, semantic, short-term, intermediate-term, and longterm memories, and these memories contain tags, traces, images, attributes, markers, concepts, cognitive maps, natural-language mediators, kernel sentences, relational rules, nodes, associations, propositions, higher-order memory units, and features. (Eysenck, 1977, p. 4)

   6) The Problem with the Memory Metaphor

   The problem with the memory metaphor is that storage and retrieval of traces only deals [ sic] with old, previously articulated information. Memory traces can perhaps provide a basis for dealing with the "sameness" of the present experience with previous experiences, but the memory metaphor has no mechanisms for dealing with novel information. (Bransford, McCarrell, Franks & Nitsch, 1977, p. 434)

   7) The Results of a Hundred Years of the Psychological Study of Memory Are Somewhat Discouraging

   The results of a hundred years of the psychological study of memory are somewhat discouraging. We have established firm empirical generalisations, but most of them are so obvious that every ten-year-old knows them anyway. We have made discoveries, but they are only marginally about memory; in many cases we don't know what to do with them, and wear them out with endless experimental variations. We have an intellectually impressive group of theories, but history offers little confidence that they will provide any meaningful insight into natural behavior. (Neisser, 1978, pp. 12-13)

   8) The Structure and Function of a Schema in Memory

   A schema, then is a data structure for representing the generic concepts stored in memory. There are schemata representing our knowledge about all concepts; those underlying objects, situations, events, sequences of events, actions and sequences of actions. A schema contains, as part of its specification, the network of interrelations that is believed to normally hold among the constituents of the concept in question. A schema theory embodies a prototype theory of meaning. That is, inasmuch as a schema underlying a concept stored in memory corresponds to the mean ing of that concept, meanings are encoded in terms of the typical or normal situations or events that instantiate that concept. (Rumelhart, 1980, p. 34)

   9) Competence and Performance in Theories of Memory

   Memory appears to be constrained by a structure, a "syntax," perhaps at quite a low level, but it is free to be variable, deviant, even erratic at a higher level....

   Like the information system of language, memory can be explained in part by the abstract rules which underlie it, but only in part. The rules provide a basic competence, but they do not fully determine performance. (Campbell, 1982, pp. 228, 229)

    10) Metaphors of Memory

   When people think about the mind, they often liken it to a physical space, with memories and ideas as objects contained within that space. Thus, we speak of ideas being in the dark corners or dim recesses of our minds, and of holding ideas in mind. Ideas may be in the front or back of our minds, or they may be difficult to grasp. With respect to the processes involved in memory, we talk about storing memories, of searching or looking for lost memories, and sometimes of finding them. An examination of common parlance, therefore, suggests that there is general adherence to what might be called the spatial metaphor. The basic assumptions of this metaphor are that memories are treated as objects stored in specific locations within the mind, and the retrieval process involves a search through the mind in order to find specific memories....

   However, while the spatial metaphor has shown extraordinary longevity, there have been some interesting changes over time in the precise form of analogy used. In particular, technological advances have inﬂuenced theoretical conceptualisations.... The original Greek analogies were based on wax tablets and aviaries; these were superseded by analogies involving switchboards, gramophones, tape recorders, libraries, conveyor belts, and underground maps. Most recently, the workings of human memory have been compared to computer functioning... and it has been suggested that the various memory stores found in computers have their counterparts in the human memory system. (Eysenck, 1984, pp. 79-80)

    11) Comparison of Primary Memory and Secondary Memory

   Primary memory [as proposed by William James] relates to information that remains in consciousness after it has been perceived, and thus forms part of the psychological present, whereas secondary memory contains information about events that have left consciousness, and are therefore part of the psychological past. (Eysenck, 1984, p. 86)

    12) Semantic Memory and Episodic Memory

   Once psychologists began to study long-term memory per se, they realized it may be divided into two main categories.... Semantic memories have to do with our general knowledge about the working of the world. We know what cars do, what stoves do, what the laws of gravity are, and so on. Episodic memories are largely events that took place at a time and place in our personal history. Remembering specific events about our own actions, about our family, and about our individual past falls into this category. With amnesia or in aging, what dims... is our personal episodic memories, save for those that are especially dear or painful to us. Our knowledge of how the world works remains pretty much intact. (Gazzaniga, 1988, p. 42)

    13) The Relation of Memory to Thinking

   The nature of memory... provides a natural starting point for an analysis of thinking. Memory is the repository of many of the beliefs and representations that enter into thinking, and the retrievability of these representations can limit the quality of our thought. (Smith, 1990, p. 1)

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