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1 pronósticos de futuro

= future predictions

Ex. This article discusses the BBC's programme research and information services, paper-keeping and documentation services, commercial services, and outlines future predictions.

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= future predictions

Ex: This article discusses the BBC's programme research and information services, paper-keeping and documentation services, commercial services, and outlines future predictions.

Spanish-English dictionary > pronósticos de futuro
2 futuro

adj.

future, forthcoming, unborn.

m.

1 future, future time, future-to-be.

2 future, future tense.

3 prospect, future possibilities.

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futuro

► adjetivo

1 future

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (prometido) fiancé, intended; (prometida) fiancée, intended

► nombre masculino futuro

1 future

► nombre masculino plural futuros

1 (financieros) futures

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FRASEOLOGÍA

en un futuro próximo in the near future

futuro imperfecto future

futuro perfecto future perfect

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futuro

► nombre masculino

1 future

► nombre masculino plural

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1. noun m.
future
2. (f. - futura)
adj.

future

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futuro, -a
1.

ADJ future

futura madre — mother-to-be

los equipos más futuros son A y B — the teams with the best prospects are A and B

2.

SM / F * fiancé/fiancée

3. SM

1) future

en el futuro — in (the) future

en lo futuro, en un futuro — some time in the future

en un futuro próximo — in the near future

el futuro se presenta muy oscuro — the future looks bleak

a futuro — Chile in the future

2) (Ling) future (tense)

3) pl futuros (Com) futures
futura
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I
- ra adjetivo < presidente> future (before n)

las futuras generaciones — future generations

la futura mamá — the mother-to-be

mi futura esposa — my bride-to-be
II
masculino

1) ( porvenir) future

¿qué nos deparará el futuro? — what will the future bring?

en un futuro cercano or próximo — in the near future

en el or en lo futuro — in future

un empleo con/sin futuro — a job with good prospects/with no prospects

su relación no tiene futuro — their relationship has no future

2) (Ling) future (tense)
III
- ra masculino, femenino (fam & hum) intended (colloq & hum)

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= forthcoming, future, intending, prospect, would-be + Nombre, outlook, coming, horizon, long haul, prospective, yet-to-be, future ahead, intended.

Ex. Following internal discussion, it was agreed that a new library should be given the University's top priority in any forthcoming capital building project.

Ex. The use of a scheme in centrally or co-operatively produced catalogue records can also be important in establishing its future.

Ex. The intending borrower merely specifies a search key for the item he wishes to borrow, and the system provides a bibliographic description.

Ex. At the time OCLC started, there was no prospect for a national authority file.

Ex. The only viable alternatives open to would-be users are to produce or commission the production of custom-made application programs.

Ex. In their first review article of children's reference books in 1982, the School Library Journal's Review Committe for children's reference books presents a bleak outlook.

Ex. I have myself seen, in a northern market, a bookstall where the stall-holder had over a dozen old shoeboxes under the counter in which each month the ten new titles were placed so that the customers could buy the whole new range gradually over the coming month.

Ex. Barbara Tillett's vision of one seamless bibliographic system, either real or virtual, looks realizable over a 5 to 10 year horizon.

Ex. The article is entitled 'Legacy for the long haul' = El artículo se titula "El patrimonio para el futuro".

Ex. The advocacy of title entry for serials implies an ideology which focuses on the publication as the principal object of interest of the prospective library user rather than the work conveyed by the book or publication.

Ex. If the past is an indicator, current, emerging and yet-to-be Web features and functionalities will have a significant impact on the content and publishing of serials.

Ex. The road of special librarianship was branching, and in order to succeed members had to look down both forks in order to be best prepared for the future ahead.

Ex. In all 20 per cent of visitors went out of the bookshop with a book they had intended to buy, 15 per cent went out with a book they had not intended to buy and 67 went out with both intended and unintended purchases.

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* acondicionado para el futuro = future-proof.

* adivinación del futuro = fortune telling.

* adivinar el futuro = fortune telling.

* anticipar el futuro = anticipate + the future.

* a tener en cuenta en el futuro = for future reference.

* con futuro = up-and-coming.

* con miras al futuro = forward-looking.

* con poca visión de futuro = short-sighted [shortsighted].

* con visión de futuro = far-sighted, forward-thinking, far-seeing, long-sighted.

* ¿cuál es el futuro de? = quo vadis.

* del futuro = of the years to come, yet to come.

* determinar el futuro = shape + the future.

* donación futura = planned giving.

* el futuro = the way ahead, the way of the future.

* el futuro + estar + justo a la vuelta de la esquina = the future + be + just around the corner.

* encarar el futuro = face up to + the future.

* en cualquier momento en el futuro = at some stage.

* en el futuro = Número + Tiempo + ahead, down the road, in future, in time(s) to come, at + future date, in (the) years to come, at some future time, in the years to come, in the years ahead, in years to come, at some future point, in the future, for future reference, for the years to come.

* en el futuro a largo plazo = in the long-term future.

* en el futuro cercano = in the foreseeable future.

* en el futuro inmediato = in the offing, in the foreseeable future.

* en el futuro lejano = further in the future.

* enfrentarse al futuro = face up to + the future, face + the future.

* en un futuro cercano = in the near future.

* en un futuro más o menos cercano = in the near future, in the near future.

* en un futuro muy cercano = in the very near future.

* en un futuro no muy distante = in the not too distant future.

* en un futuro no muy lejano = in the not too distant future, in the near future.

* en un futuro próximo = in the near future.

* esperar en el futuro = be in store for + Nombre + in the future, future + have in store.

* falta de visión de futuro = shortsightedness, nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.

* falto de visión de futuro = myopic.

* forjar el futuro = forge + the future, shape + the future.

* futura generación = future generation.

* futuro + aguardar = future + hold.

* futuro a largo plazo = long-term future.

* futuro cercano, el = near future, the.

* futuro + deparar = future + hold, be in store for + Nombre + in the future, be in store for + Nombre + in the future, future + have in store.

* futuro, el = years ahead, the, road ahead, the.

* futuro esposo = bridegroom, husband-to-be.

* futuro + estar + en + Posesivo + manos = future + be + in + Posesivo + hands.

* futuro incierto = uncertain future.

* futuro inmediato = immediate future.

* futuro inmediato, el = near future, the.

* futuro marido = bridegroom, husband-to-be.

* futuro previsible = foreseeable future.

* futuro profesional = professional future.

* futuro prometedor = bright future.

* hacer frente al futuro = face up to + the future.

* hacia el futuro = onward(s).

* hay que mirar hacia el futuro = the show must go on.

* hay que pensar en el futuro = the show must go on.

* hipotecar el futuro = mortgage + the future.

* labrar el futuro = shape + the future.

* lo que el futuro depara a = what is on store for.

* mirar hacia el futuro = look forward, look + ahead.

* Nombre + futuro = further + Nombre.

* ocurrir en el futuro = go into + the future.

* para el futuro = for the years to come, for the years ahead, for the future.

* para futuras consultas = for future reference.

* para siempre en el futuro = for the indefinite future.

* para un futuro mejor = for a better future.

* perspectivas de futuro = future prospects, future perspectives, future development(s), future opportunities.

* perspectivas futuras = future perspectives, future opportunities.

* planificación para el futuro = future proofing.

* por si hace falta consultarlo en el futuro = for future reference.

* posibilidades de futuro = future possibilities.

* predecir el futuro = gaze into + crystal ball.

* preparación para el futuro = future proofing.

* preparado para el futuro = future-proof.

* preparar para el futuro = future-proof.

* prepararse para el futuro = embrace + the future.

* previsión de futuro = future proofing.

* previsiones para el futuro = future development(s).

* pronósticos de futuro = future predictions.

* proyectar hacia el futuro = project + ahead.

* repercutir en el futuro = shape + the future.

* salto hacia el futuro = leap into + the future.

* salvaguardar el futuro = safeguard + the future.

* tener futuro = have + potential, there + be + a future for/in, have + a future.

* vida futura = future life.

* visión de futuro = foresight, future vision, farsightedness [far-sightedness], vision, vision into the future.

* visión del futuro = insight into the future.

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I
- ra adjetivo < presidente> future (before n)

las futuras generaciones — future generations

la futura mamá — the mother-to-be

mi futura esposa — my bride-to-be
II
masculino

1) ( porvenir) future

¿qué nos deparará el futuro? — what will the future bring?

en un futuro cercano or próximo — in the near future

en el or en lo futuro — in future

un empleo con/sin futuro — a job with good prospects/with no prospects

su relación no tiene futuro — their relationship has no future

2) (Ling) future (tense)
III
- ra masculino, femenino (fam & hum) intended (colloq & hum)

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el futuro

(n.) = years ahead, the, road ahead, the

Ex: It is believed that the years ahead will see an increase in such programs.

Ex: The conference topic, the future of library and information studies education, was a means for determining the road ahead through the three Cs of continuity, culture and competition.

= forthcoming, future, intending, prospect, would-be + Nombre, outlook, coming, horizon, long haul, prospective, yet-to-be, future ahead, intended.

Ex: Following internal discussion, it was agreed that a new library should be given the University's top priority in any forthcoming capital building project.

Ex: The use of a scheme in centrally or co-operatively produced catalogue records can also be important in establishing its future.

Ex: The intending borrower merely specifies a search key for the item he wishes to borrow, and the system provides a bibliographic description.

Ex: At the time OCLC started, there was no prospect for a national authority file.

Ex: The only viable alternatives open to would-be users are to produce or commission the production of custom-made application programs.

Ex: In their first review article of children's reference books in 1982, the School Library Journal's Review Committe for children's reference books presents a bleak outlook.

Ex: I have myself seen, in a northern market, a bookstall where the stall-holder had over a dozen old shoeboxes under the counter in which each month the ten new titles were placed so that the customers could buy the whole new range gradually over the coming month.

Ex: Barbara Tillett's vision of one seamless bibliographic system, either real or virtual, looks realizable over a 5 to 10 year horizon.

Ex: The article is entitled 'Legacy for the long haul' = El artículo se titula "El patrimonio para el futuro".

Ex: The advocacy of title entry for serials implies an ideology which focuses on the publication as the principal object of interest of the prospective library user rather than the work conveyed by the book or publication.

Ex: If the past is an indicator, current, emerging and yet-to-be Web features and functionalities will have a significant impact on the content and publishing of serials.

Ex: The road of special librarianship was branching, and in order to succeed members had to look down both forks in order to be best prepared for the future ahead.

Ex: In all 20 per cent of visitors went out of the bookshop with a book they had intended to buy, 15 per cent went out with a book they had not intended to buy and 67 went out with both intended and unintended purchases.

* acondicionado para el futuro = future-proof.

* adivinación del futuro = fortune telling.

* adivinar el futuro = fortune telling.

* anticipar el futuro = anticipate + the future.

* a tener en cuenta en el futuro = for future reference.

* con futuro = up-and-coming.

* con miras al futuro = forward-looking.

* con poca visión de futuro = short-sighted [shortsighted].

* con visión de futuro = far-sighted, forward-thinking, far-seeing, long-sighted.

* ¿cuál es el futuro de? = quo vadis.

* del futuro = of the years to come, yet to come.

* determinar el futuro = shape + the future.

* donación futura = planned giving.

* el futuro = the way ahead, the way of the future.

* el futuro + estar + justo a la vuelta de la esquina = the future + be + just around the corner.

* encarar el futuro = face up to + the future.

* en cualquier momento en el futuro = at some stage.

* en el futuro = Número + Tiempo + ahead, down the road, in future, in time(s) to come, at + future date, in (the) years to come, at some future time, in the years to come, in the years ahead, in years to come, at some future point, in the future, for future reference, for the years to come.

* en el futuro a largo plazo = in the long-term future.

* en el futuro cercano = in the foreseeable future.

* en el futuro inmediato = in the offing, in the foreseeable future.

* en el futuro lejano = further in the future.

* enfrentarse al futuro = face up to + the future, face + the future.

* en un futuro cercano = in the near future.

* en un futuro más o menos cercano = in the near future, in the near future.

* en un futuro muy cercano = in the very near future.

* en un futuro no muy distante = in the not too distant future.

* en un futuro no muy lejano = in the not too distant future, in the near future.

* en un futuro próximo = in the near future.

* esperar en el futuro = be in store for + Nombre + in the future, future + have in store.

* falta de visión de futuro = shortsightedness, nearsightedness [near-sightedness], myopia.

* falto de visión de futuro = myopic.

* forjar el futuro = forge + the future, shape + the future.

* futura generación = future generation.

* futuro + aguardar = future + hold.

* futuro a largo plazo = long-term future.

* futuro cercano, el = near future, the.

* futuro + deparar = future + hold, be in store for + Nombre + in the future, be in store for + Nombre + in the future, future + have in store.

* futuro, el = years ahead, the, road ahead, the.

* futuro esposo = bridegroom, husband-to-be.

* futuro + estar + en + Posesivo + manos = future + be + in + Posesivo + hands.

* futuro incierto = uncertain future.

* futuro inmediato = immediate future.

* futuro inmediato, el = near future, the.

* futuro marido = bridegroom, husband-to-be.

* futuro previsible = foreseeable future.

* futuro profesional = professional future.

* futuro prometedor = bright future.

* hacer frente al futuro = face up to + the future.

* hacia el futuro = onward(s).

* hay que mirar hacia el futuro = the show must go on.

* hay que pensar en el futuro = the show must go on.

* hipotecar el futuro = mortgage + the future.

* labrar el futuro = shape + the future.

* lo que el futuro depara a = what is on store for.

* mirar hacia el futuro = look forward, look + ahead.

* Nombre + futuro = further + Nombre.

* ocurrir en el futuro = go into + the future.

* para el futuro = for the years to come, for the years ahead, for the future.

* para futuras consultas = for future reference.

* para siempre en el futuro = for the indefinite future.

* para un futuro mejor = for a better future.

* perspectivas de futuro = future prospects, future perspectives, future development(s), future opportunities.

* perspectivas futuras = future perspectives, future opportunities.

* planificación para el futuro = future proofing.

* por si hace falta consultarlo en el futuro = for future reference.

* posibilidades de futuro = future possibilities.

* predecir el futuro = gaze into + crystal ball.

* preparación para el futuro = future proofing.

* preparado para el futuro = future-proof.

* preparar para el futuro = future-proof.

* prepararse para el futuro = embrace + the future.

* previsión de futuro = future proofing.

* previsiones para el futuro = future development(s).

* pronósticos de futuro = future predictions.

* proyectar hacia el futuro = project + ahead.

* repercutir en el futuro = shape + the future.

* salto hacia el futuro = leap into + the future.

* salvaguardar el futuro = safeguard + the future.

* tener futuro = have + potential, there + be + a future for/in, have + a future.

* vida futura = future life.

* visión de futuro = foresight, future vision, farsightedness [far-sightedness], vision, vision into the future.

* visión del futuro = insight into the future.

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futuro¹ -ra

adjective

‹presidente› future ( before n)

iré a verlo en un futuro viaje I'll call on him another time o on another trip o on a future trip

las futuras generaciones future generations

todo para la futura mamá everything for the mother-to-be

mi futura esposa my bride-to-be

futuro²

masculine

A (porvenir) future

¿qué nos deparará el futuro? what will the future bring?

en un futuro cercano or próximo in the near future

en el or en lo futuro, llama antes de venir in future o another time, call before you come over

un empleo con/sin futuro a job with good prospects/with no prospects

su relación no tiene ningún futuro there's no future in their relationship, their relationship has no future

a futuro ( Chi); in the future

B ( Ling) future, future tense

C futuros mpl ( Econ, Fin) futures (pl)

futuro³ -ra

masculine, feminine

( fam hum); intended ( colloq hum)

todavía no me has presentado a tu futura you still haven't introduced me to your intended, you still haven't introduced me to the future Mrs Moffatt ( o Mrs Britton etc)

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futuro 1
◊ -ra adjetivo

future ( before n);
las futuras generaciones future generations;
la futura mamá the mother-to-be
futuro 2 sustantivo masculino
1 ( porvenir) future;
◊ ¿qué nos deparará el futuro? what will the future bring?;

en un futuro cercano or próximo in the near future;
en el or en lo futuro in future;
un empleo con/sin futuro a job with good prospects/with no prospects;
su relación no tiene futuro their relationship has no future
2 (Ling) future (tense)
futuro,-a
I adjetivo future
II sustantivo masculino future
' futuro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
amenaza
- auspiciar
- esplendorosa
- esplendoroso
- futura
- halagüeña
- halagüeño
- labrarse
- poder
- preocupar
- visión
- ya
- augurar
- buenaventura
- clarividente
- después
- encarar
- enfrentar
- esperar
- inseguro
- ir
- lejano
- lejos
- luego
- mientras
- previsor
- resolver
- ser
English:
affect
- ahead
- be
- bleak
- brighten
- certain
- definite
- dim
- dismal
- doubtful
- early
- employ
- far
- finished
- foreseeable
- foretell
- future
- gonna
- hereafter
- hold
- immediate
- improbable
- near
- nowhere
- prospect
- prospective
- remind
- shall
- shape
- short-sighted
- site
- stake
- store
- tense
- think ahead
- to
- vision
- will
- yet
- beyond
- dead
- look
- perfect
- scrap
- time
- -to-be

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futuro, -a

♦ adj

1. [venidero] future;

el futuro sucesor del rey the king's heir;

su futura esposa his wife-to-be;

no cree que haya una vida futura he doesn't believe in an afterlife;

mi futura cuñada my future sister-in-law;

generaciones futuras future generations

2. Gram future

♦ nm

1. [tiempo] future;

en el futuro… in future…;

en un futuro cercano in the near future;

sin futuro with no future, without prospects;

ese negocio no tiene futuro there's no future in that business

2. Gram future;

en futuro in the future (tense)

Comp
futuro imperfecto (simple) future (tense);
futuro perfecto future perfect

3. Fin
futuros futures

Comp
futuros financieros financial futures
♦ nm,f
Fam [novio] intended;
¿cuándo me vas a presentar a tu futura? when are you going to introduce me to your intended?

♦ a futuro loc adv
CSur, Méx in the future;
eso lo veremos a futuro we'll see about that in the future o at some future date

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futuro

I adj future atr

II m future;

en el futuro in (the) future

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futuro, -ra adj

: future

futuro nm

porvenir: future

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futuro¹ adj future

futuro² n future

en el futuro (más adelante) in the future (la próxima vez) in future

Spanish-English dictionary > futuro
3 pronóstico

m.

1 forecast.

2 prognostic, outlook, prognostication.

3 prognosis, outlook, outlook for the patient.

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pronóstico

► nombre masculino

1 (del tiempo) forecast

2 MEDICINA prognosis

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de pronóstico grave serious

■ ha sufrido heridas de pronóstico grave she sustained serious injuries

de pronóstico reservado

■ el estado del paciente es de pronóstico reservado the patient is being kept in for observation

pronóstico metereológico weather forecast

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noun m.

1) forecast, prediction

2) prognosis

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SM

1) (=predicción) [gen] prediction, forecast; [en carreras] tip

pronósticos para el año nuevo — predictions for the new year

pronóstico del tiempo — weather forecast

2) (Med) prognosis

de pronóstico leve — slight, not serious

su pronóstico es reservado — [por falta de datos] his condition is uncertain; [por posibilidad de agravamiento] his condition is unstable

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masculino

a) ( predicción) forecast, prediction

el pronóstico del tiempo — the weather forecast

b) (Med) prognosis

sufrió lesiones de pronóstico grave/leve — he was seriously/slightly injured

c) ( en carreras de caballos) tip

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= augury, forecast, prediction, prognosis [prognoses, pl.].

Ex. Present auguries on the resource front are not good.

Ex. As the sales figures show, DC is very much alive, despite pessimistic forecasts in the 1960s.

Ex. Libraries, like the rest of the world have changed beyond all belief and prediction in the past 50 years.

Ex. The system also provides information on over 300 diseases, their prognosis and treatment from leading medical and drug reference books.

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* conseguir Algo contra todo pronóstico = beat + the odds.

* contra (todo) pronóstico = against (all/the) odds.

* lograr Algo contra todo pronóstico = beat + the odds.

* pronóstico metereológico = weather forecast.

* pronósticos de expertos = punditry.

* pronósticos de futuro = future predictions.

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masculino

a) ( predicción) forecast, prediction

el pronóstico del tiempo — the weather forecast

b) (Med) prognosis

sufrió lesiones de pronóstico grave/leve — he was seriously/slightly injured

c) ( en carreras de caballos) tip

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= augury, forecast, prediction, prognosis [prognoses, pl.].

Ex: Present auguries on the resource front are not good.

Ex: As the sales figures show, DC is very much alive, despite pessimistic forecasts in the 1960s.

Ex: Libraries, like the rest of the world have changed beyond all belief and prediction in the past 50 years.

Ex: The system also provides information on over 300 diseases, their prognosis and treatment from leading medical and drug reference books.

* conseguir Algo contra todo pronóstico = beat + the odds.

* contra (todo) pronóstico = against (all/the) odds.

* lograr Algo contra todo pronóstico = beat + the odds.

* pronóstico metereológico = weather forecast.

* pronósticos de expertos = punditry.

* pronósticos de futuro = future predictions.

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pronóstico

masculine

1 (predicción) forecast, prediction

todo resultó según mis pronósticos everything turned out as I predicted o forecast

el pronóstico del tiempo the weather forecast

2 ( Med) prognosis

quedó ingresado con lesiones de pronóstico reservado he was taken to (the) hospital where doctors said it was too early to judge the seriousness of his injuries o where he is being kept under observation

sufrió lesiones de pronóstico grave/menos grave he was seriously/slightly injured

3 (en carreras de caballos) tip

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Del verbo pronosticar: ( conjugate pronosticar)

pronostico es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

pronosticó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
pronosticar
pronosticó
pronóstico
pronosticar ( conjugate pronosticar) verbo transitivo ‹tiempo/resultado› to forecast;
‹victoria/muerte› to predict
pronóstico sustantivo masculino
a) ( predicción) forecast, prediction;

◊ el pronóstico del tiempo the weather forecast

b) (Med) prognosis

c) ( en carreras de caballos) tip

pronosticar verbo transitivo (augurar, predecir) to predict, forecast
pronóstico sustantivo masculino
1 forecast, prediction
pronóstico del tiempo, weather forecast
2 Med prognosis: tiene lesiones de pronóstico grave, she has serious injuries
' pronóstico' also found in these entries:
English:
dark
- forecast
- hopeful
- out
- outlook
- prediction
- prognosis
- projection
- tip
- weather
- weather forecast
- football

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pronóstico nm

1. [predicción] forecast

Comp
pronóstico del tiempo weather forecast
2. Med prognosis;

de pronóstico leve suffering from a mild condition;

de pronóstico grave in a serious condition;

de pronóstico reservado under observation

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pronóstico

m MED prognosis;

sus heridas son de pronóstico reservado the hospital is making no statement about his injuries;

pronóstico del tiempo weather forecast;

contra todo pronóstico against all odds

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pronóstico nm

1) predicción: forecast, prediction

2) : prognosis

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pronóstico n (en general) prediction / forecast

¿cuál es tu pronóstico para el Mundial? what's your prediction for the World Cup?

pronóstico del tiempo weather forecast

Spanish-English dictionary > pronóstico
4 trabajo burocrático

(n.) = paper-keeping

Ex. This article discusses the BBC's programme research and information services, paper-keeping and documentation services, commercial services, and outlines future predictions.

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(n.) = paper-keeping

Ex: This article discusses the BBC's programme research and information services, paper-keeping and documentation services, commercial services, and outlines future predictions.

Spanish-English dictionary > trabajo burocrático
5 avecinarse

pron.v.

1 to be on the way.

¡la que se nos avecina! are we in for it!

2 to approach, to grow near, to come near, to get nearer.

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avecinarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to approach (a, -)

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VPR to approach, come near

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verbo pronominal to approach

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(v.) = loom, be ahead, lie + ahead, come down + the pike

Ex. As the 1992 unification of the European Community looms, East European countries are becoming jittery and apprehensive about the implications for them.

Ex. This article argues that it is imperative that librarians assess the future in order to be better able to plan for what is ahead.

Ex. It is possible to make generalizations leading to predictions of what lies ahead for geoscience information professionals.

Ex. What softwares are coming down the pike for potential future e-lending of varied digital content (music, print, video...)?.

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verbo pronominal to approach

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(v.) = loom, be ahead, lie + ahead, come down + the pike

Ex: As the 1992 unification of the European Community looms, East European countries are becoming jittery and apprehensive about the implications for them.

Ex: This article argues that it is imperative that librarians assess the future in order to be better able to plan for what is ahead.

Ex: It is possible to make generalizations leading to predictions of what lies ahead for geoscience information professionals.

Ex: What softwares are coming down the pike for potential future e-lending of varied digital content (music, print, video...)?.

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avecinarse [A1 ]

v pron

«tormenta/borrasca» to approach

se avecina el fin del siglo the end of the century draws near o approaches

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avecinarse ( conjugate avecinarse) verbo pronominal
to approach
avecinarse verbo reflexivo to approach, come near
' avecinarse' also found in these entries:
English:
loom
- brew

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avecinarse vpr

to be on the way;

se avecina una tormenta there's a storm coming o on the way;

¡la que se nos avecina! we're really in for it!

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avecinarse

v/r approach

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avecinarse vr

: to approach, to come near

Spanish-English dictionary > avecinarse
6 augurio

m.

1 omen, sign.

2 Augurio.

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augurio

► nombre masculino

1 augury

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SM

1) (=presagio) omen; (=profecía) prediction

consultar los augurios — to take the auguries

2) pl augurios (=deseos) best wishes ( para for)

con nuestros augurios para... — with our best wishes for...

mensaje de buenos augurios — goodwill message

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masculino

a) ( presagio)

sus augurios no se cumplieron — his predictions did not come true

es un augurio de mala suerte — it's (a sign of) bad luck o a bad omen

b) ( deseo)

con nuestros mejores augurios — with best wishes

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= augury, portent.

Ex. Present auguries on the resource front are not good.

Ex. As he drove to the library, he harkened to those busy inner voices filling his mind with ominous portents.

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masculino

a) ( presagio)

sus augurios no se cumplieron — his predictions did not come true

es un augurio de mala suerte — it's (a sign of) bad luck o a bad omen

b) ( deseo)

con nuestros mejores augurios — with best wishes

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= augury, portent.

Ex: Present auguries on the resource front are not good.

Ex: As he drove to the library, he harkened to those busy inner voices filling his mind with ominous portents.

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augurio

masculine

1

(presagio): sus augurios no se cumplieron his predictions did not come true

se dice que es un augurio de mala suerte it's said to be (a sign of) bad luck o a bad omen

2

(deseo): con nuestros mejores augurios para el próximo año with best wishes for the New Year

recibió los buenos augurios de sus colegas his colleagues wished him well for the future

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augurio sustantivo masculino ( presagio):
◊ sus augurios no se cumplieron his predictions did not come true;

es un augurio de mala suerte it's (a sign of) bad luck o a bad omen
augurio sustantivo masculino omen

' augurio' also found in these entries:
English:
bright
- omen
- portent

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augurio nm

1. [señal] omen, sign;

un comienzo así es buen augurio a start like that augurs well

2. [pronóstico] prediction;

no se cumplieron los augurios the predictions did not come true

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augurio

m omen, sign;

un buen/mal augurio a good/bad omen

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augurio nm

agüero, presagio: augury, omen

Spanish-English dictionary > augurio
7 yet

jet
1. adverb
1) (up till now: He hasn't telephoned yet; Have you finished yet?; We're not yet ready.) todavía, aún

2) (used for emphasis: He's made yet another mistake / yet more mistakes.) aún

3) ((with a comparative adjective) even: a yet more terrible experience.)

2. conjunction
(but; however: He's pleasant enough, yet I don't like him.) pero, aunque

- as yet

yet adv

1. ya

has the taxi arrived yet? ¿ya ha llegado el taxi?

2. aún / todavía

the taxi hasn't arrived yet aún no ha llegado el taxi

are you ready? Not yet ¿estás listo? Todavía no

yet

tr[jet]

adverb

1 todavía, aún

we haven't had lunch yet todavía no hemos comido

haven't you finished that book yet? ¿aún no has acabado aquel libro?

2 (until now) hasta la fecha, hasta ahora

her most successful record yet su disco de más éxito hasta la fecha

the earliest remains yet discovered los restos más antiguos descubiertos hasta ahora

3 (even) aún, todavía

yet more guests arrived llegaron aún más invitados

yet worse clashes occurred later más tarde hubo enfrentamientos aún peores

4 (expressing future possibility, hope, etc) aún

don't give up, you may win yet no te rindas, aún puedes ganar

conjunction

1 pero, aunque

a cheap yet effective solution to the problem una solución barata pero efectiva para el problema

she's very friendly, yet I find her a little mysterious es muy simpática, aunque la encuentro un poco misteriosa

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

yet again otra vez

yet another... otro,-a... más

yet another gold medal for Broddle otra medalla de oro más para Broddle

yet ['jɛt] adv

1) besides, even: aún

yet more problems: más problemas aún

yet again: otra vez

2) so far: aún, todavía

not yet: todavía no

as yet: hasta ahora, todavía

3) : ya

has he come yet?: ¿ya ha venido?

4) eventually: todavía, algún día

5) nevertheless: sin embargo

yet conj

: pero

yet

adv.

• aun adv.

• aún adv.

• todavía adv.

conj.

• aun conj.

• con todo conj.

• empero conj.

• pero conj.

• sin embargo conj.

I jet
adverb

1)

a) (up to this or that time, till now) (with neg) todavía, aún

I haven't eaten o (AmE also) I didn't eat yet — todavía or aún no he comido, todavía no comí (RPl)

as yet — aún, todavía

b) (now, so soon) (with neg) todavía

shall I call him? - not (just) yet — ¿lo llamo? - (no,) todavía no

c) ( thus far) (after superl)

it's his best book yet — es el mejor libro que ha escrito hasta ahora

2) (by now, already) (with interrog) ya

has she decided o (AmE also) did she decide yet? — ¿ya se ha decidido?, ¿ya se decidió? (AmL)

3) ( still) todavía, aún

there's half an hour yet before they arrive — todavía or aún falta media hora para que lleguen

4) (eventually, in spite of everything)

I'll get even with you yet — ya me las pagarás (algún día)

we may win yet — todavía podemos ganar

5) (as intensifier)

a) ( even) (with comp) aún, todavía

the story becomes yet more complicated — el cuento se complica aún or todavía más

b) (in addition, besides)

yet more problems — más problemas aún

yet another mistake — otro error más

we had to go back yet again — tuvimos que volver otra vez más (aún)

6) (but, nevertheless) (as linker) sin embargo

II

conjunction pero

[jet]
1. ADV

1) (=now, up to now, by now) todavía, aún

he hasn't come yet — todavía or aún no ha llegado, no ha llegado todavía or aún

don't go (just) yet — no te vayas todavía, quédate un rato

need you go yet? — ¿tienes que irte ya?

• as yet — todavía, por ahora

we haven't heard anything as yet — todavía or por ahora no sabemos nada

• not yet — todavía or aún no

"are you coming?" - "not just yet" — -¿vienes? -todavía or aún no

2) (=to date) hasta ahora

this is his best film yet — es su mejor película hasta ahora

3) (=still) todavía, aún

there's hope for me yet — todavía or aún tengo esperanzas

that question is yet to be decided — está todavía por or sin decidir, aún está por or sin decidir

he may yet succeed — todavía puede que lo consiga, puede que aún lo consiga

it won't be dark for half an hour yet — todavía or aún queda media hora para que anochezca

4) (=even) todavía, aún

the queues are likely to grow longer yet — es probable que las colas se hagan aún or todavía más largas

better yet, let him buy them for you for Christmas — mejor aún, deja que te los regale por Navidad

• yet again — otra or una vez más

• they are celebrating yet another victory — están celebrando otra or una victoria más

• many were killed, yet more have been left homeless — muchos resultaron muertos y aún or todavía más han perdido sus hogares

5) frm

nor yet — ni

2.

CONJ (=in spite of everything) sin embargo, con todo; (=but) pero

I told him several times, yet he still hasn't done it — se lo dije varias veces, (y) sin embargo no lo ha hecho

a powerful yet fragile piece of equipment — un equipo potente pero frágil
YET
In questions
► When yet is used in affirmative questions, translate using ya:
Is Mary here yet? ¿Está aquí María ya?
Have they arrived yet? ¿Han llegado ya?
In negatives
► When not ... yet is used in statements or questions, translate using todavía no or aún no, both of which can go at either the beginning or the end of the sentence:
My parents haven't got up yet Mis padres no se han levantado todavía or aún, Todavía or Aún no se han levantado mis padres
Haven't they done it yet? ¿No lo han hecho todavía or aún?, ¿Todavía or Aún no lo han hecho?
Meaning "to date"
► When yet follows a superlative or never and means "to date", translate using hasta ahora:
It's the best (one) yet Es el mejor hasta ahora
I've never been late yet Hasta ahora no he llegado nunca con retraso
Meaning "still"
In predictions ► When yet is used in predictions about the future, translate using todavía or aún:
The economic crisis will go on for some time yet La crisis económica continuará todavía or aún algún tiempo
They will be a long time yet Todavía or Aún tardarán bastante en venir
With to + infinitive ► When yet is followed by to + ((verb)), translate using todavía por or sin + ((infinitive)) or aún por or sin + ((infinitive)):
The house is yet to be cleaned La casa está todavía por or sin limpiar La casa está aún por or sin limpiar
Meaning "even"
► When yet precedes a comparative and means "even", translate using todavía or aún:
There is yet more rain to come in the north Todavía or Aún habrá más precipitaciones en el norte
Yet bigger satellites will be sent up into orbit Se pondrán en órbita satélites todavía or aún más grandes
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I [jet]
adverb

1)

a) (up to this or that time, till now) (with neg) todavía, aún

I haven't eaten o (AmE also) I didn't eat yet — todavía or aún no he comido, todavía no comí (RPl)

as yet — aún, todavía

b) (now, so soon) (with neg) todavía

shall I call him? - not (just) yet — ¿lo llamo? - (no,) todavía no

c) ( thus far) (after superl)

it's his best book yet — es el mejor libro que ha escrito hasta ahora

2) (by now, already) (with interrog) ya

has she decided o (AmE also) did she decide yet? — ¿ya se ha decidido?, ¿ya se decidió? (AmL)

3) ( still) todavía, aún

there's half an hour yet before they arrive — todavía or aún falta media hora para que lleguen

4) (eventually, in spite of everything)

I'll get even with you yet — ya me las pagarás (algún día)

we may win yet — todavía podemos ganar

5) (as intensifier)

a) ( even) (with comp) aún, todavía

the story becomes yet more complicated — el cuento se complica aún or todavía más

b) (in addition, besides)

yet more problems — más problemas aún

yet another mistake — otro error más

we had to go back yet again — tuvimos que volver otra vez más (aún)

6) (but, nevertheless) (as linker) sin embargo

II

conjunction pero

English-spanish dictionary > yet
8 Voraussage

f; -, -n prediction; (Wetterprognose) forecast (auch WIRTS. etc.); Voraussagen machen make predictions, try and predict the future

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die Voraussage

prediction; prognostication

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Vo|raus|sa|ge
f
prediction; (= Wettervoraussage) forecast
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Vo·raus·sa·ge

<-, -en>

f prediction

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die s. Vorhersage

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Voraussage f; -, -n prediction; (Wetterprognose) forecast ( auch WIRTSCH etc);

Voraussagen machen make predictions, try and predict the future

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die s. Vorhersage

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f.

prediction n.

prognostication n.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Voraussage
9 a priori

adv.

a priori, beforehand, from what goes before.

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a priori

a priori

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ADV

1) (=antes) [gen] beforehand; [juzgar] in advance

2) (Lógica, Jur) a priori

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locución adverbial a priori (frml)

un argumento a priori — (loc adj) an a priori argument

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= proactive [pro-active], foresight, a priori, on the surface

Ex. Compiling information of this nature requires a proactive and not a reactive approach to the task.

Ex. This article notes that hindsight is always easier than foresight, and that some of these predictions should have been correct.

Ex. Explicit differentiation is made between a priori relationships, ie those that are known in advance of scanning any particular document, and a posteriori relationships, ie those which are found only by scanning a particular document.

Ex. Finally, libraries as a physical environment seem on the surface the least likely to exist in a digital future.

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locución adverbial a priori (frml)

un argumento a priori — (loc adj) an a priori argument

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= proactive [pro-active], foresight, a priori, on the surface

Ex: Compiling information of this nature requires a proactive and not a reactive approach to the task.

Ex: This article notes that hindsight is always easier than foresight, and that some of these predictions should have been correct.

Ex: Explicit differentiation is made between a priori relationships, ie those that are known in advance of scanning any particular document, and a posteriori relationships, ie those which are found only by scanning a particular document.

Ex: Finally, libraries as a physical environment seem on the surface the least likely to exist in a digital future.

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a priori

loc adv

a priori ( frml)

es difícil decidir a priori cuál es el mejor it's difficult to decide in advance o a priori which is the best one

un argumento a priori ( loc adj) an a priori argument

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a priori adv

1. [con antelación] in advance;

es difícil saber a priori qué va a pasar it's difficult to know what will happen beforehand, it's difficult to know in advance what will happen

2. Der & Filosofía a priori

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a priori

adj & adv a priori

Spanish-English dictionary > a priori
10 del futuro

= of the years to come, yet to come

Ex. The ways in which librarians respond to the new technology will determine, in part, the library's place in the culture of the years to come.

Ex. The article 'The library yet to come' presents a range of pessimistic and optimistic predictions for the future of the library.

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= of the years to come, yet to come

Ex: The ways in which librarians respond to the new technology will determine, in part, the library's place in the culture of the years to come.

Ex: The article 'The library yet to come' presents a range of pessimistic and optimistic predictions for the future of the library.

Spanish-English dictionary > del futuro
11 pronosticar

v.

1 to predict, to forecast.

2 to prognostic.

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pronosticar

Conjugation model [ SACAR], like link=sacar sacar

► verbo transitivo

1 to predict

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verb

to forecast, predict

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VT to forecast

han pronosticado nevadas — they are forecasting snow

pronosticó un aumento de la inflación — he forecast o predicted an increase in inflation

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verbo transitivo <tiempo/resultado> to forecast

pronosticaban lluvias — rain was forecast

pronosticó la muerte del rey — he predicted the king's death

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= predict, forecast, foretell, look + ahead, bring + visions of.

Ex. Further, it is necessary to predict in avance the areas in which new subjects are likely to arise and to leave gaps accordingly; this forecasting is obviously difficult.

Ex. It is little wonder that all players in the serials information chain -- publishers, subscriptions agents and librarians alike -- are taking a long hard look at what they are doing and attempting to forecast what the future might hold for them.

Ex. By asking readers to indicate whether the reference had been of interest or not, a degree of feedback can be obtained which can be used to modify their profiles, but there will never be any means of foretelling the 'wayout' article which may prove of interest.

Ex. The author gives a brief description of the library and information scene in 1974 and looks ahead to what it will be like in 2014.

Ex. The author locates the waning educational computing craze in the historical context of an ed-tech trajectory that has brought visions of accelerated academic achievement followed by disappointment.

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* predicciones + pronosticar = predictions + forecast.

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verbo transitivo <tiempo/resultado> to forecast

pronosticaban lluvias — rain was forecast

pronosticó la muerte del rey — he predicted the king's death

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= predict, forecast, foretell, look + ahead, bring + visions of.

Ex: Further, it is necessary to predict in avance the areas in which new subjects are likely to arise and to leave gaps accordingly; this forecasting is obviously difficult.

Ex: It is little wonder that all players in the serials information chain -- publishers, subscriptions agents and librarians alike -- are taking a long hard look at what they are doing and attempting to forecast what the future might hold for them.

Ex: By asking readers to indicate whether the reference had been of interest or not, a degree of feedback can be obtained which can be used to modify their profiles, but there will never be any means of foretelling the 'wayout' article which may prove of interest.

Ex: The author gives a brief description of the library and information scene in 1974 and looks ahead to what it will be like in 2014.

Ex: The author locates the waning educational computing craze in the historical context of an ed-tech trajectory that has brought visions of accelerated academic achievement followed by disappointment.

* predicciones + pronosticar = predictions + forecast.

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pronosticar [A2 ]

vt

to forecast

pronosticaban lluvias rain was forecast

se pronostica una recuperación económica an economic recovery is forecast o predicted

pronosticó la muerte del rey he predicted o foretold o ( frml) prognosticated the king's death

a ese chico no le pronostico nada bueno that youngster will come to no good

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pronosticar ( conjugate pronosticar) verbo transitivo ‹tiempo/resultado› to forecast;
‹victoria/muerte› to predict
pronosticar verbo transitivo (augurar, predecir) to predict, forecast
' pronosticar' also found in these entries:
English:
forecast
- predict
- project
- tip

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pronosticar vt

to predict, to forecast;

han pronosticado sol para el fin de semana sunshine is forecast for the weekend;

los sindicatos pronostican un año conflictivo the unions are predicting trouble in the year ahead

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pronosticar

v/t forecast

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pronosticar {72} vt

: to predict, to forecast

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pronosticar vb to predict / to forecast [pt. & pp. forecast]

Spanish-English dictionary > pronosticar
12 Artificial Intelligence

   1) Programs and the Complexity of Human Mental Processes

   In my opinion, none of [these programs] does even remote justice to the complexity of human mental processes. Unlike men, "artificially intelligent" programs tend to be single minded, undistractable, and unemotional. (Neisser, 1967, p. 9)

   2) Artificial Intelligence Is an Engineering Discipline

   Future progress in [artificial intelligence] will depend on the development of both practical and theoretical knowledge.... As regards theoretical knowledge, some have sought a unified theory of artificial intelligence. My view is that artificial intelligence is (or soon will be) an engineering discipline since its primary goal is to build things. (Nilsson, 1971, pp. vii-viii)

   3) A Sceptical View of Artificial Intelligence

   Most workers in AI [artificial intelligence] research and in related fields confess to a pronounced feeling of disappointment in what has been achieved in the last 25 years. Workers entered the field around 1950, and even around 1960, with high hopes that are very far from being realized in 1972. In no part of the field have the discoveries made so far produced the major impact that was then promised.... In the meantime, claims and predictions regarding the potential results of AI research had been publicized which went even farther than the expectations of the majority of workers in the field, whose embarrassments have been added to by the lamentable failure of such inﬂated predictions....

   When able and respected scientists write in letters to the present author that AI, the major goal of computing science, represents "another step in the general process of evolution"; that possibilities in the 1980s include an all-purpose intelligence on a human-scale knowledge base; that awe-inspiring possibilities suggest themselves based on machine intelligence exceeding human intelligence by the year 2000 [one has the right to be skeptical]. (Lighthill, 1972, p. 17)

   4) Just as Astronomy Succeeded Astrology, the Discovery of Intellectual Processes in Machines Should Lead to a Science, Eventually

   Just as astronomy succeeded astrology, following Kepler's discovery of planetary regularities, the discoveries of these many principles in empirical explorations on intellectual processes in machines should lead to a science, eventually. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)

   5) Problems in Machine Intelligence Arise Because Things Obvious to Any Person Are Not Represented in the Program

   Many problems arise in experiments on machine intelligence because things obvious to any person are not represented in any program. One can pull with a string, but one cannot push with one.... Simple facts like these caused serious problems when Charniak attempted to extend Bobrow's "Student" program to more realistic applications, and they have not been faced up to until now. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 77)

   6) The Meaning of a Symbolic Description

   What do we mean by [a symbolic] "description"? We do not mean to suggest that our descriptions must be made of strings of ordinary language words (although they might be). The simplest kind of description is a structure in which some features of a situation are represented by single ("primitive") symbols, and relations between those features are represented by other symbols-or by other features of the way the description is put together. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)

   7) The Principle of Artificial Intelligence

   [AI is] the use of computer programs and programming techniques to cast light on the principles of intelligence in general and human thought in particular. (Boden, 1977, p. 5)

   8) Artificial Intelligence Recognizes the Need for Knowledge in Its Systems

   The word you look for and hardly ever see in the early AI literature is the word knowledge. They didn't believe you have to know anything, you could always rework it all.... In fact 1967 is the turning point in my mind when there was enough feeling that the old ideas of general principles had to go.... I came up with an argument for what I called the primacy of expertise, and at the time I called the other guys the generalists. (Moses, quoted in McCorduck, 1979, pp. 228-229)

   9) Artificial Intelligence Is Psychology in a Particularly Pure and Abstract Form

   The basic idea of cognitive science is that intelligent beings are semantic engines-in other words, automatic formal systems with interpretations under which they consistently make sense. We can now see why this includes psychology and artificial intelligence on a more or less equal footing: people and intelligent computers (if and when there are any) turn out to be merely different manifestations of the same underlying phenomenon. Moreover, with universal hardware, any semantic engine can in principle be formally imitated by a computer if only the right program can be found. And that will guarantee semantic imitation as well, since (given the appropriate formal behavior) the semantics is "taking care of itself" anyway. Thus we also see why, from this perspective, artificial intelligence can be regarded as psychology in a particularly pure and abstract form. The same fundamental structures are under investigation, but in AI, all the relevant parameters are under direct experimental control (in the programming), without any messy physiology or ethics to get in the way. (Haugeland, 1981b, p. 31)

    10) There Are Many Types of Reasoning

   There are many different kinds of reasoning one might imagine:

    Formal reasoning involves the syntactic manipulation of data structures to deduce new ones following prespecified rules of inference. Mathematical logic is the archetypical formal representation. Procedural reasoning uses simulation to answer questions and solve problems. When we use a program to answer What is the sum of 3 and 4? it uses, or "runs," a procedural model of arithmetic. Reasoning by analogy seems to be a very natural mode of thought for humans but, so far, difficult to accomplish in AI programs. The idea is that when you ask the question Can robins ﬂy? the system might reason that "robins are like sparrows, and I know that sparrows can ﬂy, so robins probably can ﬂy."

    Generalization and abstraction are also natural reasoning process for humans that are difficult to pin down well enough to implement in a program. If one knows that Robins have wings, that Sparrows have wings, and that Blue jays have wings, eventually one will believe that All birds have wings. This capability may be at the core of most human learning, but it has not yet become a useful technique in AI.... Meta- level reasoning is demonstrated by the way one answers the question What is Paul Newman's telephone number? You might reason that "if I knew Paul Newman's number, I would know that I knew it, because it is a notable fact." This involves using "knowledge about what you know," in particular, about the extent of your knowledge and about the importance of certain facts. Recent research in psychology and AI indicates that meta-level reasoning may play a central role in human cognitive processing. (Barr & Feigenbaum, 1981, pp. 146-147)

    11) Programs Are Beginning to Do Things That Critics Have Asserted to Be Impossible

   Suffice it to say that programs already exist that can do things-or, at the very least, appear to be beginning to do things-which ill-informed critics have asserted a priori to be impossible. Examples include: perceiving in a holistic as opposed to an atomistic way; using language creatively; translating sensibly from one language to another by way of a language-neutral semantic representation; planning acts in a broad and sketchy fashion, the details being decided only in execution; distinguishing between different species of emotional reaction according to the psychological context of the subject. (Boden, 1981, p. 33)

    12) The Synthesis of Man and Machine

   Can the synthesis of Man and Machine ever be stable, or will the purely organic component become such a hindrance that it has to be discarded? If this eventually happens-and I have... good reasons for thinking that it must-we have nothing to regret and certainly nothing to fear. (Clarke, 1984, p. 243)

    13) The Thesis of Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Intelligence (GOFAI)

   The thesis of GOFAI... is not that the processes underlying intelligence can be described symbolically... but that they are symbolic. (Haugeland, 1985, p. 113)

    14) Artificial Intelligence Provides a Useful Approach to Psychological and Psychiatric Theory Formation

   It is all very well formulating psychological and psychiatric theories verbally but, when using natural language (even technical jargon), it is difficult to recognise when a theory is complete; oversights are all too easily made, gaps too readily left. This is a point which is generally recognised to be true and it is for precisely this reason that the behavioural sciences attempt to follow the natural sciences in using "classical" mathematics as a more rigorous descriptive language. However, it is an unfortunate fact that, with a few notable exceptions, there has been a marked lack of success in this application. It is my belief that a different approach-a different mathematics-is needed, and that AI provides just this approach. (Hand, quoted in Hand, 1985, pp. 6-7)

    15) Four Kinds of Artificial Intelligence

   We might distinguish among four kinds of AI.

   ♦ Nonpsychological AI

   Research of this kind involves building and programming computers to perform tasks which, to paraphrase Marvin Minsky, would require intelligence if they were done by us. Researchers in nonpsychological AI make no claims whatsoever about the psychological realism of their programs or the devices they build, that is, about whether or not computers perform tasks as humans do.

   ♦ Weak Psychological AI

   Research here is guided by the view that the computer is a useful tool in the study of mind. In particular, we can write computer programs or build devices that simulate alleged psychological processes in humans and then test our predictions about how the alleged processes work. We can weave these programs and devices together with other programs and devices that simulate different alleged mental processes and thereby test the degree to which the AI system as a whole simulates human mentality. According to weak psychological AI, working with computer models is a way of refining and testing hypotheses about processes that are allegedly realized in human minds.

   ♦ Strong Psychological AI

... According to this view, our minds are computers and therefore can be duplicated by other computers. Sherry Turkle writes that the "real ambition is of mythic proportions, making a general purpose intelligence, a mind." (Turkle, 1984, p. 240) The authors of a major text announce that "the ultimate goal of AI research is to build a person or, more humbly, an animal." (Charniak & McDermott, 1985, p. 7)

   ♦ Suprapsychological AI

   Research in this field, like strong psychological AI, takes seriously the functionalist view that mentality can be realized in many different types of physical devices. Suprapsychological AI, however, accuses strong psychological AI of being chauvinisticof being only interested in human intelligence! Suprapsychological AI claims to be interested in all the conceivable ways intelligence can be realized. (Flanagan, 1991, pp. 241-242)

    16) Determination of Relevance of Rules in Particular Contexts

   Even if the [rules] were stored in a context-free form the computer still couldn't use them. To do that the computer requires rules enabling it to draw on just those [ rules] which are relevant in each particular context. Determination of relevance will have to be based on further facts and rules, but the question will again arise as to which facts and rules are relevant for making each particular determination. One could always invoke further facts and rules to answer this question, but of course these must be only the relevant ones. And so it goes. It seems that AI workers will never be able to get started here unless they can settle the problem of relevance beforehand by cataloguing types of context and listing just those facts which are relevant in each. (Dreyfus & Dreyfus, 1986, p. 80)

    17) Form and Content Are Not Fundamentally Different

   Perhaps the single most important idea to artificial intelligence is that there is no fundamental difference between form and content, that meaning can be captured in a set of symbols such as a semantic net. (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)

    18) The Assumption That the Mind Is a Formal System

   Artificial intelligence is based on the assumption that the mind can be described as some kind of formal system manipulating symbols that stand for things in the world. Thus it doesn't matter what the brain is made of, or what it uses for tokens in the great game of thinking. Using an equivalent set of tokens and rules, we can do thinking with a digital computer, just as we can play chess using cups, salt and pepper shakers, knives, forks, and spoons. Using the right software, one system (the mind) can be mapped into the other (the computer). (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)

    19) A Statement of the Primary and Secondary Purposes of Artificial Intelligence

   The primary goal of Artificial Intelligence is to make machines smarter.

   The secondary goals of Artificial Intelligence are to understand what intelligence is (the Nobel laureate purpose) and to make machines more useful (the entrepreneurial purpose). (Winston, 1987, p. 1)

    20) Mathematical Logic Provides the Basis for Theory in AI

   The theoretical ideas of older branches of engineering are captured in the language of mathematics. We contend that mathematical logic provides the basis for theory in AI. Although many computer scientists already count logic as fundamental to computer science in general, we put forward an even stronger form of the logic-is-important argument....

   AI deals mainly with the problem of representing and using declarative (as opposed to procedural) knowledge. Declarative knowledge is the kind that is expressed as sentences, and AI needs a language in which to state these sentences. Because the languages in which this knowledge usually is originally captured (natural languages such as English) are not suitable for computer representations, some other language with the appropriate properties must be used. It turns out, we think, that the appropriate properties include at least those that have been uppermost in the minds of logicians in their development of logical languages such as the predicate calculus. Thus, we think that any language for expressing knowledge in AI systems must be at least as expressive as the first-order predicate calculus. (Genesereth & Nilsson, 1987, p. viii)

    21) Perceptual Structures Can Be Represented as Lists of Elementary Propositions

   In artificial intelligence studies, perceptual structures are represented as assemblages of description lists, the elementary components of which are propositions asserting that certain relations hold among elements. (Chase & Simon, 1988, p. 490)

    22) Definitions of Artificial Intelligence

   Artificial intelligence (AI) is sometimes defined as the study of how to build and/or program computers to enable them to do the sorts of things that minds can do. Some of these things are commonly regarded as requiring intelligence: offering a medical diagnosis and/or prescription, giving legal or scientific advice, proving theorems in logic or mathematics. Others are not, because they can be done by all normal adults irrespective of educational background (and sometimes by non-human animals too), and typically involve no conscious control: seeing things in sunlight and shadows, finding a path through cluttered terrain, fitting pegs into holes, speaking one's own native tongue, and using one's common sense. Because it covers AI research dealing with both these classes of mental capacity, this definition is preferable to one describing AI as making computers do "things that would require intelligence if done by people." However, it presupposes that computers could do what minds can do, that they might really diagnose, advise, infer, and understand. One could avoid this problematic assumption (and also side-step questions about whether computers do things in the same way as we do) by defining AI instead as "the development of computers whose observable performance has features which in humans we would attribute to mental processes." This bland characterization would be acceptable to some AI workers, especially amongst those focusing on the production of technological tools for commercial purposes. But many others would favour a more controversial definition, seeing AI as the science of intelligence in general-or, more accurately, as the intellectual core of cognitive science. As such, its goal is to provide a systematic theory that can explain (and perhaps enable us to replicate) both the general categories of intentionality and the diverse psychological capacities grounded in them. (Boden, 1990b, pp. 1-2)

    23) The Computer Can Not Be a Model of the Mind

   Because the ability to store data somewhat corresponds to what we call memory in human beings, and because the ability to follow logical procedures somewhat corresponds to what we call reasoning in human beings, many members of the cult have concluded that what computers do somewhat corresponds to what we call thinking. It is no great difficulty to persuade the general public of that conclusion since computers process data very fast in small spaces well below the level of visibility; they do not look like other machines when they are at work. They seem to be running along as smoothly and silently as the brain does when it remembers and reasons and thinks. On the other hand, those who design and build computers know exactly how the machines are working down in the hidden depths of their semiconductors. Computers can be taken apart, scrutinized, and put back together. Their activities can be tracked, analyzed, measured, and thus clearly understood-which is far from possible with the brain. This gives rise to the tempting assumption on the part of the builders and designers that computers can tell us something about brains, indeed, that the computer can serve as a model of the mind, which then comes to be seen as some manner of information processing machine, and possibly not as good at the job as the machine. (Roszak, 1994, pp. xiv-xv)

    24) Computers Will Not Always Be Inferior to Human Brains

   The inner workings of the human mind are far more intricate than the most complicated systems of modern technology. Researchers in the field of artificial intelligence have been attempting to develop programs that will enable computers to display intelligent behavior. Although this field has been an active one for more than thirty-five years and has had many notable successes, AI researchers still do not know how to create a program that matches human intelligence. No existing program can recall facts, solve problems, reason, learn, and process language with human facility. This lack of success has occurred not because computers are inferior to human brains but rather because we do not yet know in sufficient detail how intelligence is organized in the brain. (Anderson, 1995, p. 2)

Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Artificial Intelligence
13 spå

predict, prophesy

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vb foretell ( fx his death; that he will die; what will happen),

( profetere) prophesy ( fx the result of the election);

( især: ud fra beregninger el. viden) predict ( fx the result of the election), forecast ( fx a bad harvest; how many will fail the examination);

( varsle) bode, augur ( fx it bodes (el. augurs) well (, ill) for his future career);

[ spå en] tell somebody's fortune ( fx in the cards);

( uden objekt) tell (, F: foretell, predict) the future (i from, fx

cards, the stars, coffee grounds, tea leaves);

( om spåkone) tell fortunes;

[ mennesket spår, Gud rå'r] man proposes, God disposes;

[ det er svært at spå, især om fremtiden]

( svarer til) don't make predictions, particularly about the future.

Danish-English dictionary > spå
14 conjeturar

v.

1 to conjecture about, to make predictions about.

2 to take a guess, to conjecture, to guess, to have a supposition.

María supone bien Mary supposes well.

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conjeturar

► verbo transitivo

1 to conjecture

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VT to guess, guess at, surmise (de, por from) ( que that)

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1.
verbo intransitivo to speculate, conjecture (frml)
2.
conjeturar vt to speculate on o about

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= surmise.

Ex. One is to read a portion of the newspaper and to surmise under what headings it has been indexed.

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1.
verbo intransitivo to speculate, conjecture (frml)
2.
conjeturar vt to speculate on o about

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= surmise.

Ex: One is to read a portion of the newspaper and to surmise under what headings it has been indexed.

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conjeturar [A1 ]

vi

to speculate, conjecture ( frml), to surmise ( frml)

■ conjeturar

vt

to speculate on o about

se podría conjeturar el origen de la iniciativa one could speculate on o about o ( frml) conjecture as to the origin of the initiative, one could hazard a guess at the origin of the initiative

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conjeturar verbo transitivo to conjecture
' conjeturar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calcular
- poner
- sospechar
English:
surmise
- conjecture

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conjeturar vt

to conjecture about, to make predictions about;

puedo conjeturar que el futuro se presenta brillante I can predict a brilliant future ahead

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conjeturar

v/t conjecture

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conjeturar vt

: to guess, to conjecture

Spanish-English dictionary > conjeturar
15 przewidywa|nie

Ⅰ sv ⇒ przewidzieć Ⅱ n zw. pl prediction
- przewidywania co do przyszłości predictions about the future

- moje przewidywania sprawdziły się my predictions proved right

- zgodnie z przewidywaniami/wbrew przewidywaniom inflacja spadła as expected/contrary to expectations, inflation has fallen

- wyniki nie odbiegają od przewidywań the results are in line with a. conform to expectations

- wyjechał z kraju w przewidywaniu wojny a. w przewidywaniu, że wybuchnie wojna he left the country in anticipation of war

The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > przewidywa|nie
16 avance

m.

1 advance.

avances científicos scientific advances

2 advance payment (finance).

3 preview (radio & television).

avance informativo news summary; (resumen) newsflash (por noticia deúltima hora)

4 advancement, breakthrough, development, headway.

5 progress, advance, forward movement.

pres.subj.

1^st person singular (yo) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: avanzar.

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avance

► nombre masculino

1 (acción) advance

2 (pago) advance payment; (balance) balancing; (presupuesto) estimate

3 (de película) trailer

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

avance informativo TELEVISIÓN news preview, US news brief

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noun m.

1) advance

2) preview

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SM

1) (=movimiento) advance

el avance de las tropas — the advance of the troops

el avance del feminismo — the advance of feminism

2) (=progreso) advance

grandes avances en el terreno de la genética — major advances in the field of genetics

Pedro ha hecho grandes avances en matemáticas — Pedro has made great progress in mathematics

la reunión concluyó sin avances — no progress had been made by the end of the meeting

3) (Econ) advance (payment)

4) (Cine) (=tráiler) trailer

un avance de la programación matinal — (TV) a look ahead at the morning's programmes

avance informativo — news headlines, advance news summary

5) (Com) (=balance) balance; (=cálculo) estimate

6) (Elec) lead

7) (Mec) feed

8) Cono Sur (=ataque) attack, raid

9) Cono Sur (=regalo) tempting offer, inducement ( made to secure sb's goodwill)

10) CAm (=robo) theft

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masculino

1)

a) ( adelanto) advance

un avance en el campo de la medicina — a step forward in the field of medicine

hubo avances significativos en las negociaciones — significant progress was made in the negotiations

b) ( movimiento) advance; (Mil) advance; (Dep) move forward

2)

a) (Esp) (Cin, TV) trailer

un avance de la programación del domingo — a preview of Sunday's programs

b) avances masculino plural (Méx) (Cin, TV) trailer

•

- avance informativo

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masculino

1)

a) ( adelanto) advance

un avance en el campo de la medicina — a step forward in the field of medicine

hubo avances significativos en las negociaciones — significant progress was made in the negotiations

b) ( movimiento) advance; (Mil) advance; (Dep) move forward

2)

a) (Esp) (Cin, TV) trailer

un avance de la programación del domingo — a preview of Sunday's programs

b) avances masculino plural (Méx) (Cin, TV) trailer

•

- avance informativo

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avance¹

¹ = move, progress, push towards, progression, march.

Ex: Better flexibility is achieved if the heating, ventilation and lighting can accommodate this move without the need for any alterations.

Ex: AACR represented a significant element in the progress towards rational and standard cataloguing practices.

Ex: In the frenetic push towards international cooperation among research libraries, the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.

Ex: In the past few years, there has been a technological progression from the Internet to intranets and, now, to extranets.

Ex: The march of information technology has changed service presentation but the media which are used today are those which have served public librarians for years.

* avance inexorable = relentlessness.

* avance rápido de imágenes = fast motion.

* AvPág (Avance Página) = PgDn (Page Down).

* coartar el avance de Algo = hinder + progress.

* evaluación del avance realizado = progress evaluation.

* hacer avances = make + headway.

* informe sobre el avance de un proyecto = progress report.

* retrasar el avance = retard + progress.

* ser un gran avance = be half the battle.

* símbolo de avance de línea = line feed character.

* tecla de Avance de Página = Page Down key.

avance²

² = advance, advancement, breakthrough [break-through], development, enhancement, stride, betterment, step forward, furtherance, step up.

Ex: I think that the most important advance that we can look forward to is a great increase in the amount of authority data in MARC form.

Ex: In order to achieve good consistent indexing the indexer must have a thorough appreciation of the structure of the subject and the nature of the contribution that the document makes to the advancement of knowledge.

Ex: With the exception of a few prescient observers, most predictions of the 20th century overlooked such breakthroughs as the computer.

Ex: Enumerative schemes can be difficult to revise to take account of new developments.

Ex: Editors consider content of abstracts and their languages as a primary factor in retrieval enhancement.

Ex: Recent strides in storage technology portend lower cost and greater capacity systems for all computers.

Ex: The new danger is that new technologies will be used for the betterment of only a small part of the world's population.

Ex: This article represents a step forward in attempting to systematize the redefinition of library purpose, not simply by basing purpose on community needs but by 'linking needs and libraries in a coherent way'.

Ex: The aims of the centre are the furtherance of teaching and research on any aspect of South Asia.

Ex: In terms of intellectual evolution, it is a radical step up and great leap forward for mankind.

* avance de la medicina = medical advance.

* avance espectacular = quantum leap.

* avance importantísimo = giant leap, great leap forward.

* avance médico = medical advance.

* avance profesional = career progression, rise through the ranks.

* avance técnico = technical advance.

* avance tecnológico = technological advancement.

* con avances = stepped-up.

* con los últimos avances = state-of-the-art, leading edge.

* mantenerse al día de los avances = track + developments.

* mantenerse al tanto de los avances = track + developments.

* nuevos avances = future development(s).

* ser un avance = be a step forward.

* suponer una avance sobre = move + one away from.

* suponer un avance = be a step forward.

avance³

³ = trailer, sneak preview, sneak peek, movie trailer.

Ex: A trailer is a short motion picture film consisting of selected scenes from a film to be shown at a future date, used to advertise that film.

Ex: It includes 50 pages of listings of forthcoming spring books, as well as 11 pages of ' sneak previews' of children's books scheduled for autumn 1998 = Incluye 50 páginas de novedades editoriales para la primavera así como 11 páginas de " avances" de libros infantiles programados para otoño de 1998.

Ex: This is a 'sneak peek' at new products that systems vendors will have on exhibit at the conference = Este es un " avance" de los nuevos productos que los vendedores de sistemas expondrán en el congreso.

Ex: The movie trailer was promissory of action and adventure, but the film itself was a bore.

avance⁴

⁴ = tent shelter.

Nota: De caravana.

Ex: The mobile library was based on a converted pickup truck with a camper shell, plus a tent shelter, and camp lantern for night services.

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avance

masculine

A

1 (adelanto) advance

un gran avance en el campo de la medicina a great step forward o a breakthrough in the field of medicine

no hubo avances significativos en las negociaciones no significant progress was made in the negotiations

2 (movimiento) advance; ( Mil) advance; ( Dep) move forward

la lucha contra el avance del desierto the struggle against the advancing o encroaching desert

B

1 ( Esp) ( Cin, TV) trailer

un avance de la programación del fin de semana a preview of o a look ahead at this weekend's programs

2 avances mpl ( Méx) ( Cin, TV) trailer

Compuesto:

avance informativo

news summary, news headlines (pl)

C ( Méx) ( Hist) (robo) pillage, looting; (botín) booty

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Del verbo avanzar: ( conjugate avanzar)

avancé es:

1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo

avance es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
avance
avanzar
avance sustantivo masculino
a) ( adelanto) advance;

◊ un avance en este campo an advance o a step forward in this field

b) ( movimiento) advance;

(Mil) advance;
(Dep) move forward
avanzar ( conjugate avanzar) verbo intransitivo
a) [persona/tráfico] to advance, move forward

b) [ciencia/medicina] to advance

c) [cinta/rollo] to wind on

d) [ persona] (en los estudios, el trabajo) to make progress;

[negociaciones/proyecto] to progress
e) [ tiempo] to draw on

verbo transitivo
a) ( adelantarse) to move forward, advance

b) ( mover) to move … forward, advance

avance sustantivo masculino
1 advance
2 Rad TV avance informativo, news summary, preview of news headlines
avanzar verbo transitivo to advance, make progress
' avance' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
av pág
- tráiler
- adelanto
- implacable
- paso
English:
advance
- advancement
- breakthrough
- development
- progress
- trailer
- wave on
- break
- drag
- flash
- hail
- march
- preview

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avance

♦ ver avanzar

♦ nm

1. [movimiento hacia delante] advance;

el avance a través de la selva fue dificultoso making progress through the jungle was not easy

Comp
Informát avance de línea [de impresora] line feed; Informát avance de página [de impresora] form feed
2. [adelanto, progreso] advance;

avances científicos/tecnológicos scientific/technological advances o progress;

los avances en la lucha contra el cáncer advances in the fight against cancer

3. [anticipo de dinero] advance payment

4. [de película] trailer

5. Rad & TV [de futura programación] preview

Comp
avance informativo [resumen] news summary; [por noticia de última hora] newsflash
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avance

m

1 advance;

avance de papel en impresora paper advance

2 en cine trailer

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avance nm

adelanto: advance

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avance n

1. (progreso) advance

el avance de la informática the advance of information technology

2. (de una película) trailer

vimos un avance de la nueva película de James Bond we saw a trailer for the new James Bond film

avance informativo news summary

Spanish-English dictionary > avance
17 as

as [æz, əz]

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1. conjunction

2. preposition

3. adverb

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

► For set combinations in which as is not the first word, eg such... as, the same... as, disguised as, look up the other word.

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1. conjunction

   a. ( = while) alors que

• as she was falling asleep she heard a noise elle entendit un bruit alors qu'elle commençait à s'endormir

• he saw the accident as he was going to school il a vu l'accident en allant à l'école

   b. (with comparative) things will get more difficult as the year goes on ça va devenir de plus en plus difficile au fil de l'année

• he grew deafer as he got older il devenait de plus en plus sourd en vieillissant

   c. ( = just when) (juste) au moment où

• he came in as I was leaving il est arrivé (juste) au moment où je partais

   d. ( = because) comme

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► comme is used at the beginning of the sentence, parce que elsewhere.

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• as he hasn't phoned, we don't know where he is comme il n'a pas téléphoné, nous ne savons pas où il est

• this is important as it reduces the effectiveness of the drug c'est important parce que cela diminue l'efficacité du médicament

   e. ( = though) long as it was, I didn't find the journey boring bien que le trajet ait été long, je ne me suis pas ennuyé

• amazing as it may seem aussi surprenant que cela paraisse

   f. (indicating manner) comme

• do as you like faites comme vous voulez

• France, as you know, is... la France, comme vous le savez, est...

• as usual comme d'habitude

• as often happens comme c'est souvent le cas

• she is very gifted, as is her brother elle est très douée, comme son frère

• they are fine as they are ils sont très bien comme ça

• I'm okay as I am je me trouve très bien comme ça

• don't tidy up, leave it as it is ne range rien, laisse ça comme ça

• the village, situated as it is near a motorway,... le village étant situé non loin d'une autoroute,...

2. preposition

   a. ( = in the capacity of) comme

• he works as a waiter il travaille comme serveur

• Olivier as Hamlet Olivier dans le rôle de Hamlet

   b. ( = being) en tant que

• as a mother of five children, she is well aware... en tant que mère de cinq enfants, elle sait très bien...

   c. ( = when) as a child, she was rather shy quand elle était enfant, elle était plutôt timide

• as a young woman, she was interested in politics quand elle était jeune, elle s'intéressait à la politique

3. adverb

   a. ( = in the way) comme

• as agreed comme convenu

• as in all good detective stories comme dans tout bon roman policier

   b. (set structures)

► as + as (in comparisons of equality) aussi... que

• I am as tall as you je suis aussi grand que toi

• is it as far as that? c'est vraiment aussi loin que ça ?

• I am not as ambitious as you je ne suis pas aussi ambitieux que toi

• as much as autant que

• you ate as much as me tu as mangé autant que moi► twice/half as...

• it's half as expensive ça coûte deux fois moins cher

• it's twice as expensive ça coûte deux fois plus cher► as for quant à

• as for that quant à cela► as from (referring to past) depuis ; (referring to present, future) à partir de

• as from last Tuesday depuis mardi dernier

• as from today à partir d'aujourd'hui► as if, as though comme si

• he was staggering as if or as though he'd been drinking il titubait comme s'il avait bu

• it's not as if or as though he was nice-looking ce n'est pas comme s'il était beau garçon

• as if to confirm his prediction there was a loud explosion comme pour confirmer ses prédictions on entendit une forte explosion

• don't tell her, will you? -- as if! (inf) ne lui dis rien ! -- pour qui tu me prends !

• did he finally own up? -- as if! (inf) est-ce qu'il a fini par avouer ? -- tu parles ! (inf)► as it is ( = in fact) dans l'état actuel des choses ; ( = already) comme ça

• as it is, it doesn't make much difference dans l'état actuel des choses, ça ne fait pas grande différence

• I've got quite enough to do as it is j'ai bien assez à faire comme ça► as it were pour ainsi dire

► as of (from past time) depuis ; (from present, future time) à partir de ; ( = up to) jusqu'à

• as of last Tuesday depuis mardi dernier

• as of today à partir d'aujourd'hui

• the balance of your account as of 16 June ( = on 16 June) le solde de votre compte au 16 juin

• as of now pour l'instant► as regards en ce qui concerne

► as such ( = in itself) en soi ; ( = in that capacity) à ce titre

• the work as such is boring but... le travail en soi est ennuyeux mais...

• they are the best players in the world and, as such, are highly paid ce sont les meilleurs joueurs du monde et, à ce titre, ils sont très bien payés

• he was still a novice and they treated him as such ce n'était qu'un débutant et ils le traitaient comme tel

• he had no qualifications as such il n'avait pas de qualification à proprement parler► as to quant à

• as to that quant à cela

• to question sb as to his intentions interroger qn sur ses intentions► as yet encore

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[æz, əz] 1.
conjunction

1) ( in the manner that) comme

as you know — comme vous le savez

as usual — comme d'habitude

as is usual in such cases — comme c'est l'usage en pareil cas

do as I say — fais ce que je te dis

as I see it — à mon avis

as I understand it — autant que je puisse en juger

knowing you as I do, it didn't surprise me — je te connais tellement bien que ça ne m'a pas étonné

the street as it looked in the 1930s — la rue telle qu'elle était dans les années 30

as often happens — comme c'est souvent le cas

he lives abroad, as does his sister — il vit à l'étranger, tout comme sa sœur

leave it as it is — laisse-le tel quel

we're in enough trouble as it is — nous avons déjà assez d'ennuis comme ça

as one man to another — d'homme à homme

as with so many people in the 1960s, she... — comme beaucoup de personnes dans les années 60, elle...

as with so much in this country — comme beaucoup de choses dans ce pays

2) (while, when) comme, alors que; ( over more gradual period of time) au fur et à mesure que

as she grew older — au fur et à mesure qu'elle vieillissait

as a child, he... — (quand il était) enfant, il...

3) (because, since) comme, puisque

4) ( although)

strange as it may seem — aussi curieux que cela puisse paraître

comfortable as the house is, it's still very expensive — aussi confortable que soit la maison, elle reste quand même très chère

try as he might, he could not forget it — il avait beau essayer, il ne pouvait pas oublier

5)

the same... as — le/la même... que

I've got a jacket the same as yours — j'ai la même veste que toi

the same as always — comme d'habitude

6) ( expressing purpose)

so as to do — pour faire, afin de faire
2.
preposition

1) ( in order to appear to be)

dressed as a sailor — habillé en marin

he is portrayed as a victim — on le présente comme une victime

2) (showing function, status) comme

he works as a pilot — il travaille comme pilote

a job as a teacher — un poste d'enseignant

speaking as his closest friend, I... — en tant que son meilleur ami, je voudrais dire que je...

my rights as a parent — mes droits en tant que parent

with Lauren Bacall as Vivien — Cinema, Theatre avec Lauren Bacall dans le rôle de Vivien

3)

to treat somebody as an equal — traiter quelqu'un en égal

he was quoted as saying that... — il aurait dit que...

it came as a shock — ça a été un véritable choc
3.
adverb

1) (expressing degree, extent)

he is as intelligent as you — il est aussi intelligent que toi

he's just as intelligent as you — il est tout aussi intelligent que toi

she can't walk as fast as she used to — elle ne peut plus marcher aussi vite qu'avant

as fast as you can — aussi vite que possible

as strong as an ox — fort comme un bœuf

he's twice as strong as me — il est deux fois plus fort que moi

I paid as much as she did — j'ai payé autant qu'elle

as much as possible — autant que possible

as little as possible — le moins possible

as soon as possible — dès que possible

not nearly as much as — beaucoup moins que

not as often — moins souvent

the population may increase by as much as 20% — l'augmentation de la population risque d'atteindre 20%

as many as 10,000 people attended the demonstration — il n'y avait pas moins de 10000 personnes à la manifestation

she can play the piano as well as her sister — elle joue du piano aussi bien que sa sœur

he has a house in Nice as well as an apartment in Paris — il a une maison à Nice ainsi qu'un appartement à Paris

2) ( expressing similarity) comme

as before — comme avant

I thought as much! — c'est ce qu'il me semblait!
4.
as against prepositional phrase contre, comparé à
5.
as and when conjunctional phrase

as and when the passengers arrive — au fur et à mesure que les voyageurs arrivent

as and when the need arises — quand il le faudra, quand le besoin s'en fera sentir
6.
as for prepositional phrase quant à, pour ce qui est de
7.
as from, as of prepositional phrase à partir de
8.
as if conjunctional phrase comme (si)

it's not as if she hadn't been warned! — ce n'est pas comme si elle n'avait pas été prévenue!

he looked at me as if to say ‘I told you so’ — il m'a regardé avec l'air de dire ‘je te l'avais bien dit’

it looks as if we've lost — on dirait que nous avons perdu

as if by accident/magic — comme par hasard/magie
9.
as such prepositional phrase en tant que tel
10.
as to prepositional phrase sur, quant à

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19 düster

Adj. Dial. düster I 1

* * *

sad; funereal; sepulchral; shadowy; sullen; shady; dusky; drab; somber; macabre; tenebrous; sombre; sepulcher; saturnine; dark; dismal; dim; obscure; gloomy

* * *
dus|ter ['duːstɐ]
adj

See:

= dunkel

* * *

1) (dim; dark: gloomy rooms.) gloomy

2) dismally

3) (gloomy: dismal news; Don't look so dismal!) dismal

4) (dark (and gloomy): Black is a sombre colour.) sombre

5) (grave; serious: He was in a sombre mood.) sombre

* * *

düs·ter

[ˈdy:stɐ]

adj

1. (finster) dark, gloomy

ein \düsterer Himmel a gloomy [or an overcast] [or BRIT a heavy] sky

\düsteres Wetter dismal [or gloomy] weather

2. (bedrückend) gloomy, melancholy

\düstere Gestalten melancholy figures

eine \düstere Ahnung a foreboding

\düstere Prognosen gloomy predictions

ein \düsteres Szenario a gloomy scenario

3. (schwermütig) black, gloomy, melancholy

eine \düstere Miene a gloomy [or melancholy] face

\düstere Gedanken black thoughts

eine \düstere Stimmung a black [or melancholy] mood

* * *
1.
Adjektiv

1) dark; gloomy; dim < light>

2) (fig.) gloomy; sombre <colour, music>; dark < foreboding>
2.
adverbial (fig.) gloomily

* * *

düster

A. adj

1. (dunkel) dark, gloomy; Licht: dim; Farben: dark, sombre (US -er)

2. (bedrückend) Aussichten: dismal, grim, depressing; Atmosphäre, Prognose, Wetter: gloomy, forbidding; Musik: sombre (US -er);

ein düsteres Bild von etwas zeichnen etc fig paint a black picture of sth;

die Zukunft in düsteren Farben ausmalen fig paint the future in dark colo(u)rs;

es sieht düster aus (für uns) things are looking grim (for us)

3. (bedrückt) Blick: ominous, forbidding; Gedanken: black; Schweigen: gloomy;

in düsterer Stimmung in a grim mood;

ein düsteres Gesicht machen have a gloomy expression (on one’s face)

4. Gestalt: sinister; (verdächtig) shady

B. adv:

düster dreinblicken look gloomy

* * *
1.
Adjektiv

1) dark; gloomy; dim < light>

2) (fig.) gloomy; sombre <colour, music>; dark < foreboding>
2.
adverbial (fig.) gloomily

* * *

adj.

dismal adj.

drab adj.

dusky adj.

gloomy adj.

saturnine adj.

sepulchral adj.

sombre adj. adv.

dismally adv.

drably adv.

duskily adv.

funereally adv.

saturninely adv.

Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > düster
20 avance2

² = advance, advancement, breakthrough [break-through], development, enhancement, stride, betterment, step forward, furtherance, step up.

Ex. I think that the most important advance that we can look forward to is a great increase in the amount of authority data in MARC form.

Ex. In order to achieve good consistent indexing the indexer must have a thorough appreciation of the structure of the subject and the nature of the contribution that the document makes to the advancement of knowledge.

Ex. With the exception of a few prescient observers, most predictions of the 20th century overlooked such breakthroughs as the computer.

Ex. Enumerative schemes can be difficult to revise to take account of new developments.

Ex. Editors consider content of abstracts and their languages as a primary factor in retrieval enhancement.

Ex. Recent strides in storage technology portend lower cost and greater capacity systems for all computers.

Ex. The new danger is that new technologies will be used for the betterment of only a small part of the world's population.

Ex. This article represents a step forward in attempting to systematize the redefinition of library purpose, not simply by basing purpose on community needs but by 'linking needs and libraries in a coherent way'.

Ex. The aims of the centre are the furtherance of teaching and research on any aspect of South Asia.

Ex. In terms of intellectual evolution, it is a radical step up and great leap forward for mankind.

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* avance de la medicina = medical advance.

* avance espectacular = quantum leap.

* avance importantísimo = giant leap, great leap forward.

* avance médico = medical advance.

* avance profesional = career progression, rise through the ranks.

* avance técnico = technical advance.

* avance tecnológico = technological advancement.

* con avances = stepped-up.

* con los últimos avances = state-of-the-art, leading edge.

* mantenerse al día de los avances = track + developments.

* mantenerse al tanto de los avances = track + developments.

* nuevos avances = future development(s).

* ser un avance = be a step forward.

* suponer una avance sobre = move + one away from.

* suponer un avance = be a step forward.

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