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1 profession
* * *(en -er) occupation;( håndværk) trade;( liberalt erhverv) profession;[ af profession] by trade ( fx he is a carpenter by trade); by profession( fx he is an architect by profession). -
2 professione
f professionprofessione di fede profession of faithcalciatore m di professione professional footballer* * *professione s.f.1 profession; ( occupazione) occupation, job: la professione dell'avvocato, del medico, dell'insegnante, the profession of a lawyer, of a doctor, of a teacher; che professione esercita tuo fratello?, what is your brother by profession? (o what is your brother's profession?); svolgere la professione di ingegnere, to be an engineer by profession; esercitare una professione, to practise a profession; scegliere una professione, to take up (o to choose) a profession // libera professione, free profession // di professione, by profession: è cantante, pittore di professione, he is a singer, a painter by profession (o he is a professional singer, painter); è un bugiardo, un imbroglione di professione, (iron.) he's a professional liar, cheat // la professione più antica del mondo, the oldest profession in the world2 ( dichiarazione) profession: professione di fede, di amicizia, profession of faith, of friendship // professione religiosa, religious profession.* * *[profes'sjone]sostantivo femminile1) profession, occupation, tradedi professione — [pittore, muratore] professional
la professione di insegnante, medico — the teaching, medical profession
2) (dichiarazione) profession, statement* * *professione/profes'sjone/sostantivo f.1 profession, occupation, trade; qual è la sua professione? what's his occupation? di professione [pittore, muratore] professional; di professione fa l'architetto he is an architect by profession; la professione di insegnante, medico the teaching, medical profession; esercitare la professione giuridica to practise law2 (dichiarazione) profession, statement; professione di fede statement of belief; fare professione d'amicizia to declare one's friendship. -
3 profesión
f.1 profession, occupation, calling, career.2 profession, statement, declaration.* * *1 profession2 RELIGIÓN taking of vows\de profesión by professionprofesión de fe profession of faithprofesión liberal profession* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=ocupación) profession; [en formulario] occupation; (=vocación) calling, vocationabogado de profesión, de profesión abogado — a lawyer by profession
2) (Rel) [de fe] profession, declaration; [en orden religiosa] taking of vows* * *1) ( ocupación) professionprofesión — ( en formularios) occupation
2) (Relig) profession* * *= career, line of business, profession, occupational group, pursuit in life, occupation.Ex. She began her career at Central Missouri State University where she was Head of the Documents Depository.Ex. The computer people are muscling in on our line of business and we can't stop them.Ex. Scientists, engineers and other subject specialists in other professions may be employed together with information scientists as full-time abstractors.Ex. Over the past 10 years, role conflict, role ambiguity, role clarity and job satisfaction have been given increased attention in the study of organisational behaviour for a number of occupational groups.Ex. People who are blind, regardless of their pursuit in life, will not have access to current information, books, learning, or education opportunities unless all libraries and blindness organizations agree to work together.Ex. Headings such as SALESMEN AND SALESMANSHIP and FIREMEN, since they are assigned to works covering the activities of both men and women in these occupations, are not specific.----* actuar en defensa de la profesión = advocacy.* compañero de profesión = colleague.* defensa de la profesión = advocacy.* dentro de la misma profesión = intraoccupational.* desempeñar una profesión = practise + profession.* ejercer una profesión = practise + profession.* entre la profesión = intra-professional.* entre profesiones = cross-occupational.* herramienta de la profesión = tool of the trade.* profesión de archivero, la = archival profession, the.* profesión de bibliotecario = library profession.* profesión de bibliotecario y de documentalista, la = library and information services profession, the.* profesión dedicada al servicio de otros = service profession, helping profession.* profesión dedicada a prestar un servicio a la población = service profession.* profesión de documentalista, la = information profession, the.* profesión del bibliotecario y documentalista, la = library and information profession, the.* profesión de soldado = soldiering.* profesión de vocación social = caring profession.* profesiones de bibliotecario y de documentalista, las = information professions, the.* profesión, la = trade, the.* profesión liberal = liberal profession.* profesión médica, la = medical profession, the.* profesión sanitaria = healing professions, medical profession, health profession.* riesgo de la profesión = occupational hazard.* * *1) ( ocupación) professionprofesión — ( en formularios) occupation
2) (Relig) profession* * *la profesión= trade, theEx: The system was working well enough by the 1780s for the trade to be alarmed by the pricecutting of James Lackington.
= career, line of business, profession, occupational group, pursuit in life, occupation.Ex: She began her career at Central Missouri State University where she was Head of the Documents Depository.
Ex: The computer people are muscling in on our line of business and we can't stop them.Ex: Scientists, engineers and other subject specialists in other professions may be employed together with information scientists as full-time abstractors.Ex: Over the past 10 years, role conflict, role ambiguity, role clarity and job satisfaction have been given increased attention in the study of organisational behaviour for a number of occupational groups.Ex: People who are blind, regardless of their pursuit in life, will not have access to current information, books, learning, or education opportunities unless all libraries and blindness organizations agree to work together.Ex: Headings such as SALESMEN AND SALESMANSHIP and FIREMEN, since they are assigned to works covering the activities of both men and women in these occupations, are not specific.* actuar en defensa de la profesión = advocacy.* compañero de profesión = colleague.* defensa de la profesión = advocacy.* dentro de la misma profesión = intraoccupational.* desempeñar una profesión = practise + profession.* ejercer una profesión = practise + profession.* entre la profesión = intra-professional.* entre profesiones = cross-occupational.* herramienta de la profesión = tool of the trade.* profesión de archivero, la = archival profession, the.* profesión de bibliotecario = library profession.* profesión de bibliotecario y de documentalista, la = library and information services profession, the.* profesión dedicada al servicio de otros = service profession, helping profession.* profesión dedicada a prestar un servicio a la población = service profession.* profesión de documentalista, la = information profession, the.* profesión del bibliotecario y documentalista, la = library and information profession, the.* profesión de soldado = soldiering.* profesión de vocación social = caring profession.* profesiones de bibliotecario y de documentalista, las = information professions, the.* profesión, la = trade, the.* profesión liberal = liberal profession.* profesión médica, la = medical profession, the.* profesión sanitaria = healing professions, medical profession, health profession.* riesgo de la profesión = occupational hazard.* * *A (ocupación) professiones carpintero de profesión he's a carpenter by tradeera abogada de profesión she was a lawyer by professionuna profesión que atrae a muchos jóvenes a profession o a career which attracts many young peopleRoberto Ruiz, de profesión arquitecto Roberto Ruiz, an architect by profession[ S ] profesión (en formularios) occupationCompuesto:professionB ( Relig) professionCompuesto:profession of faith* * *
profesión sustantivo femenino ( ocupación) profession;
( en formularios) occupation;
profesión sustantivo femenino profession, occupation
' profesión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
A
- carrera
- contador
- dedicarse
- ejercer
- ejercicio
- fotografía
- gremio
- oficio
- practicar
- virtuosa
- virtuoso
- absorbente
- cima
- colega
- contabilidad
- decano
- dedicar
- enamorado
- escribanía
- hacer
- hotelería
- jerga
- notaría
- práctica
- revista
English:
A
- acting
- ban
- bar
- be
- body
- brain
- career
- credit
- flying
- law
- nursing
- occupation
- practice
- practise
- profession
- pulpit
- pursue
- pursuit
- qualify
- stage
- top
- walk
- writing
- malpractice
- occupational
- regard
- strike
- work
* * *profesión nf1. [empleo, ocupación] profession;[en formularios] occupation;de profesión by profession;ser de la profesión to be in the same professionprofesión liberal liberal profession2. [declaración] declaration, avowalRel profesión de fe profession o declaration of faith* * *f profession;la profesión más antigua del mundo the oldest profession in the world* * ** * *profesión n profession / occupation -
4 mestiere
m trade( professione) professionessere del mestiere be a professional or an expert* * *mestiere1 s.m.1 trade; profession; line; (occupazione) job, occupation: il mestiere del falegname, the carpenter's trade; il mestiere dell'avvocato, dell'ingegnere, del giornalista, the lawyer's, the engineering, the journalist's profession; che mestiere fai?, what do you do (for a living)? (o what line are you in?); fa il calzolaio di mestiere, he is a shoemaker by trade; fa l'architetto di mestiere, he is an architect by profession; fa il cantante di mestiere, he is a professional singer; di mestiere, fa il fornaio, he is a baker (by trade); è un truffatore di mestiere, (fig.) he's a habitual cheat; ha lasciato il suo mestiere perché era troppo difficile, he left his job because it was too difficult for him; imparare, insegnare, esercitare un mestiere, to learn, to teach, to carry on a trade; sta imparando il mestiere del carpentiere, he is learning carpentry // essere del mestiere, to be an expert (o to know one's job) // cambia mestiere!, change your job! // i ferri del mestiere, the tools of the trade // gli incerti del mestiere, the hazards of the profession (o trade) // conoscere i segreti, i trucchi del mestiere, to know the secrets, the tricks of the trade // arti e mestieri, arts and crafts // fare il mestiere, (essere una prostituta) to be on the game // non è mestiere tuo, (fig.) (non è affar tuo) it's none of your business2 (perizia) skill, craft, experience, expertise: è molto dotato ma gli manca il mestiere, he's very gifted but he lacks experience; per far questo ci vuol mestiere, for this job you need skill3 (lavoro) job: puoi fare questo mestiere per me?, can you do this job for me? // fare i mestieri, (le faccende di casa) to do the house-work4 (spreg.) (professione per lucro) business: della pittura ha fatto un mestiere, he made a business out of painting.* * *[mes'tjɛre]sostantivo maschile1) (attività manuale) trade, craft; (lavoro, professione) job, profession, tradeil mestiere di giornalista, di attore — the journalist's craft, the acting profession
conoscere bene il proprio mestiere — to be good at one's job, to know one's stuff colloq.
le persone del mestiere — the professionals, people in the business
essere pratico o vecchio del mestiere to be an old hand, to know the ropes; arti e -i arts and crafts; i ferri del mestiere the tools of the trade; i trucchi del mestiere — the tricks of the trade
2) fig. (abilità) skill, expertise, craftavere, non avere mestiere — to be experienced, to lack experience
3) region.fare i -i — to do the chores o the housework
* * *mestiere/mes'tjεre/ ⇒ 18sostantivo m.1 (attività manuale) trade, craft; (lavoro, professione) job, profession, trade; cosa fai di mestiere? what do you do for a living? di mestiere fa il cuoco he's a cook by trade; il mestiere di giornalista, di attore the journalist's craft, the acting profession; imparare un mestiere to learn a trade; conoscere bene il proprio mestiere to be good at one's job, to know one's stuff colloq.; le persone del mestiere the professionals, people in the business; essere nuovo del mestiere to be a newcomer to a job; essere pratico o vecchio del mestiere to be an old hand, to know the ropes; arti e -i arts and crafts; i ferri del mestiere the tools of the trade; i trucchi del mestiere the tricks of the trade2 fig. (abilità) skill, expertise, craft; avere, non avere mestiere to be experienced, to lack experience -
5 di professione fa l'architetto
Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > di professione fa l'architetto
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6 zaw|ód1
m (G zawodu) (po szkole wyższej) profession; (po szkole niższego stopnia) trade- zawód nauczyciela a. nauczycielski/lekarza the teaching/medical profession- zawód wyuczony/wykonywany one’s acquired/actual profession- nauka zawodu vocational training- wyuczyć się zawodu to learn a trade- wyuczyć kogoś zawodu to teach sb a trade- pracować w swoim zawodzie to work in one’s field- w moim zawodzie potrzebna jest elastyczność in my line of work one needs to be flexible- być architektem/prawnikiem z zawodu to be an architect/a lawyer by profession- być cieślą z zawodu to be a carpenter by trade- kim on jest z zawodu? what’s his profession/trade?- □ wolny zawód freelance occupation; Hist. (lekarz, prawnik) professionThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > zaw|ód1
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7 exercer
exercer [εgzεʀse]➭ TABLE 31. transitive verbb. [+ droit, pouvoir] to exercise ( sur over ) ; [+ contrôle, influence, pression] to exert ( sur on)c. ( = aguerrir) [+ corps, mémoire, voix] to train (à to, for)• exercer des élèves à lire or à la lecture to get pupils to practise their reading2. reflexive verb► s'exercer [personne] to practise• s'exercer à [+ technique, mouvement] to practise• s'exercer à faire qch to train o.s. to do sth* * *ɛgzɛʀse
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1) ( appliquer) to exercise [droit, responsabilité] ( sur over); to exert [pression, autorité] ( sur on); to have [effet] ( sur on)2) ( pratiquer) to exercise [profession]; to practise [BrE] [art]3) ( entraîner) to train, to exercise [corps, esprit]; ( donner de l'exercice à) to exercise [corps, muscle]
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verbe intransitif ( travailler) [travailleur, employé] to work; [médecin, juriste, architecte] to practise [BrE]
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s'exercer verbe pronominal1) ( s'entraîner) [athlète] to train; [musicien] to practise [BrE]s'exercer à la plongée — to practise [BrE] diving
* * *ɛɡzɛʀse1. vt1) (= pratiquer) [art, métier] to practise2) (= former) [personne] to train, [muscles] to exercise, to work3) (= faire usage de) [prérogative, droit] to exercise, (= faire sentir) [influence, contrôle, pression] to exert2. vi[médecin] to be in practice* * *exercer verb table: placerA vtr1 ( appliquer) to exercise [autorité, droit, responsabilité] (sur over); to exert [pression, force, influence, contrôle, autorité] (sur on); to have [effet] (sur on); exercer un chantage sur qn to blackmail sb; dans les pays où la guerre/le paludisme exerce ses ravages in countries devastated by war/malaria; toute discrimination exercée en raison de la nationalité any discrimination on grounds of nationality; exercer son talent d'écrivain contre qn to bring one's skill as a writer to bear against sb;2 ( pratiquer) to exercise [profession]; to practiseGB [métier, médecine, culte, art]; exercer le métier de viticulteur/professeur to work as a wine grower/teacher; exercer la profession de médecin/juriste/d'architecte to practiseGB as ou to be a doctor/lawyer/architect; exerce-t-il un métier or une activité? does he have a job?; il exerce les fonctions de conseiller technique he works as a technical adviser; exercer des fonctions consultatives to act in an advisory capacity; exercer une activité rémunérée to do paid work; le voleur qui exerçait son activité sur la côte the thief who operated on the coast;3 ( entraîner) to train, to exercise [corps, mémoire, esprit]; ( donner de l'exercice à) to exercise [corps, muscle]; exercer qn au tir or à tirer to give sb some shooting practice.B vi ( travailler) [travailleur, employé] to work; [médecin, juriste, architecte] to practiseGB; il exerce en tant que conseiller he works as an adviser.C s'exercer vpr1 ( s'entraîner) [athlète] to train; [musicien] to practiseGB; s'exercer à la plongée or à plonger to practiseGB diving; s'exercer au calme/à la patience to make an effort to stay calm/be patient;2 ( se manifester) [qualité] to come out; leur ingéniosité s'exerce dans tous les domaines their ingenuity comes out in everything they do;3 ( agir) [influence, force] to be exerted (sur on); cette violence s'exerce contre moi the violence is directed against me.[ɛgzɛrse] verbe transitifexercer le métier de dentiste/forgeron to work as a dentist/blacksmith[droit, privilège] to exercise[sanctions] to carry outa. [personne] to be attractive to ou to attract somebodyb. [art, voyages] to appeal ou to be appealing toexercer une pression sur quelque chose to press something, to exert pressure on somethingexercer une pression sur quelqu'un to put pressure on ou to pressurize somebody4. (littéraire) [mettre à l'épreuve - patience] to try (sorely)————————s'exercer verbe pronominal intransitif1. [s'entraîner] to practise2. [s'appliquer]s'exercer sur [force, pression] to be brought to bear on, to be exerted on -
8 vouloir
vouloir [vulwaʀ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━➭ TABLE 311. <a. to want• qu'est-ce qu'ils veulent maintenant ? what do they want now?• je ne veux pas qu'il se croie obligé de... I don't want him to feel he has to...• que lui voulez-vous ? what do you want with him?• qu'est-ce qu'il me veut, celui-là ? (inf) what does he want from me?• s'il voulait, il pourrait être ministre if he wanted to, he could be a minister• que voulez-vous de moi ? what do you want from me?• j'en veux 1 000 € I want 1,000 euros for it(PROV) vouloir, c'est pouvoir(PROV) quand on veut, on peut(PROV) where there's a will there's a way• vouloir que qn fasse qch/que qch se fasse to want sb to do sth/sth to be doneb. ( = désirer, souhaiter) voulez-vous à boire ? would you like something to drink?• je voulais vous dire... I meant to tell you...• il voulait partir hier mais... he intended to leave yesterday but...• ça te dirait d'aller à la mer ? -- je veux ! (inf!) would you like to go to the seaside? -- that would be great! (inf)• ça va comme tu veux ? (inf) is everything all right?• bon, comme tu voudras all right, have it your own way• oui, si on veut ( = dans un sens, d'un côté) yes, if you like• est-ce que tu en veux ? [+ gâteau] would you like some?► que veux-tu ?• que veux-tu, c'est comme ça, on n'y peut rien what can you do? that's the way it is and there's nothing we can do about it• que veux-tu que je te dise ? j'ai perdu what do you want me to say? I lost• je voudrais bien voir ça ! I'd like to see that!d. ( = consentir à) ils ne voulurent pas nous recevoir they wouldn't see us• je veux bien le faire (s'il le faut vraiment) I don't mind doing it ; (enthousiaste) I'm happy to do it• je veux bien qu'il vienne (s'il le faut vraiment) I don't mind if he comes ; (il n'y a pas d'inconvénient) I'm quite happy for him to come• tu veux bien leur dire que... would you please tell them that...• encore un peu de thé ? -- je veux bien more tea? -- yes, please• nous en parlerons plus tard, si vous le voulez bien we'll talk about it later, if you don't minde. (formules de politesse) voudriez-vous avoir l'obligeance or l'amabilité de... would you be so kind as to...• voudriez-vous fermer la fenêtre ? would you mind closing the window?• si vous voulez bien me suivre this way, pleasef. (ordre) veux-tu te taire ! will you be quiet!g. ( = essayer de) to tryh. ( = s'attendre à) to expect• comment voulez-vous que je sache ? how should I know?• avec 1 000 € par mois, comment veux-tu qu'elle s'en sorte ? how do you expect her to manage on 1,000 euros a month?• que voulez-vous qu'on y fasse ? what do you expect us (or them etc) to do about it?i. ( = affirmer) to claim• une philosophie qui veut que l'homme soit... a philosophy which claims that man is...j. ( = requérir) to require• l'usage veut que... custom requires that...k. ( = faire) [destin, sort] le hasard voulut que... as luck would have it...l. (locutions)• il m'en veut beaucoup d'avoir fait cela he holds a tremendous grudge against me for having done that• tu ne m'en veux pas ? no hard feelings?• qu'est-ce que ça veut dire ? what does this mean?2. <• vouloir de qn/qch to want sb/sth3. <4. <* * *
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1. vulwaʀ1) ( exiger) to wantqu'est-ce qu'ils nous veulent (colloq) encore? — what do they want now?
2) (désirer, souhaiter)que veux-tu boire? — what do you want to drink?; ( plus poli) what would you like to drink?
je comprends très bien que tu ne veuilles pas répondre — I can quite understand that you may not wish to reply
il ne suffit pas de vouloir, il faut encore pouvoir — wishing is not enough
tu veux que je te dise, c'est un escroc — I hate to say it, but he is a crook
sans le vouloir — [bousculer, révéler] by accident; [se retrouver] accidentally
‘qu'est-ce qu'on fait ce soir?’ - ‘comme tu veux or voudras’ — ‘what shall we do tonight?’ - ‘whatever you like, it's up to you’
tu ne veux/voudrais pas me faire croire que — you're not telling/trying to tell me that
après ce qu'il a fait, tu voudrais que je lui fasse confiance? — do you expect me to trust him after what he's done?
que veux-tu, on n'y peut rien! — what can you do, it's hopeless!
j'aurais voulu t'y voir! — (colloq) I'd like to have seen you in the same position!
3) ( accepter)voudriez-vous avoir l'obligeance de faire — fml would you be so kind as to do
voulez-vous répéter votre question, s'il vous plaît — would you repeat your question please
veuillez patienter — ( au téléphone) please hold the line
elle veut bien prendre ce poste à condition d'être mieux payée — she's happy to take the job on condition that she's paid more
je veux bien qu'il soit malade mais — I know he's ill, but
‘ce n'est pas cher/difficile’ - ‘si on veut!’ — ‘it's not expensive/difficult’ - ‘or so you say!’
4) ( signifier)qu'est-ce que ça veut dire? — ( signification) what does that mean?; ( attitude) what's all this about?
5) ( prétendre)on a voulu voir en lui un pionnier de l'architecture — people tended to see him as a pioneering architect
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en vouloir verbe transitif indirect1) (colloq) ( être déterminé)il réussira, il en veut! — he wants to get on, and he'll succeed!
2) ( garder rancune)3) ( avoir des vues sur)
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se vouloir verbe pronominal1) ( prétendre être) [personne] to like to think of oneself as; [ouvrage, théorie, méthode] to be meant to be2) ( chercher à être) to try to be3) ( se reprocher)je m'en serais voulu de ne pas vous avoir prévenu — I would never have forgiven myself if I hadn't warned you
••vouloir c'est pouvoir — Proverbe where there's a will there's a way
II vulwaʀnom masculin Philosophie will* * *vulwaʀ1. vt1) (= exiger, désirer) to wantElle veut un vélo pour Noël. — She wants a bike for Christmas.
Elle en veux trois. — She wants three of them.
Je ne veux pas de dessert. — I don't want any pudding.
Il ne veut pas venir. — He doesn't want to come.
Voulez-vous du thé? — Would you like some tea?, Do you want some tea?
Je voudrais ceci. — I would like this one.
Je voudrais faire... — I would like to do...
On va au cinéma? - Si tu veux. — Shall we go to the cinema? - If you like.
sans le vouloir (= involontairement) — without meaning to, unintentionally
Je l'ai vexé sans le vouloir. — I upset him without meaning to.
2) [destin, circonstances]le hasard a voulu que... — as fate would have it,...
la tradition veut que... — Tradition has it that...
4) (= consentir)je veux bien (bonne volonté) — I'll be happy to, (concession) fair enough, that's fine, (en acceptant une proposition) I'd love to
Je veux bien le faire à ta place si ça t'arrange. — I don't mind doing it for you if you prefer.
Voulez-vous une tasse de thé? - Je veux bien. — Would you like a cup of tea? - Yes please.
5)en vouloir à qn (rancune) — to be angry at sb, to bear sb a grudge
Il m'en veut de ne pas l'avoir invité à mon anniversaire. — He's angry at me for not inviting him to my birthday party.
6)Il en veut à mon argent. — He's after my money.
oui, si on veut (= en quelque sorte) — yes, if you like
en vouloir (= être ambitieux) — to want to get on in life
vouloir de (= être prêt à accepter) — to want
La compagnie ne veut plus de lui. — The firm doesn't want him any more.
Elle ne veut pas de son aide. — She doesn't want his help.
mais enfin, qu'est-ce que ça veut dire? — what's all this about then?
2. nmle bon vouloir de qn — sb's goodwill, sb's pleasure
* * *vouloir verb table: vouloirA nm Philos will; bon vouloir goodwill; dépendre du bon vouloir de qn to depend on sb's goodwill; attendre le bon vouloir de qn to wait at sb's pleasure sout.B vtr1 ( exiger) to want; je veux une voiture/une nouvelle secrétaire I want a car/a new secretary; elle veut partir/que tout soit fini avant 8 heures she wants to leave/everything finished by 8 o'clock; que voulez-vous d'elle? what do you want from her?; qu'est-ce qu'ils nous veulent○ encore? what more do they want of us?; il vend sa voiture, il en veut 3 000 euros he's selling his car, he wants 3,000 euros for it; comme le veut la loi/la coutume as the law/custom demands; le règlement voudrait que tu portes une cravate you're normally required to wear a tie; ⇒ fin;2 (désirer, souhaiter) que veux-tu boire/pour Noël? what do you want to drink/for Christmas?; ( plus poli) what would you like to drink/for Christmas?; comme tu veux or voudras as you wish; je voudrais un kilo de poires/vous parler en privé I'd like a kilo of pears/to speak to you in private; je comprends très bien que tu ne veuilles pas répondre I can quite understand that you may not wish to reply; tu vois que tu y arrives quand tu (le) veux you see you can do it when you really want to; il ne suffit pas de vouloir, il faut encore pouvoir wishing is not enough; ce n'était pas si difficile que ça, il suffisait de vouloir it wasn't that difficult, all you needed was the will to do it; elle veut/voudrait être astronaute she wants/would like to be an astronaut; je ne veux pas d'elle comme secrétaire I don't want her as a secretary; je ne veux pas de ce tableau dans ma chambre I don't want that picture in my room; je n'en veux pas, de ton argent! I don't want your money!; elle veut ton bonheur or que tu sois heureux she wants you to be happy; je voudrais bien rester/vous aider, mais I would like to stay/to help you, but; ils auraient bien voulu participer à la réunion d'hier they would have liked to have taken part in yesterday's meeting; je voudrais bien qu'on finisse avant la nuit I would like us to finish before tonight; nous aurions également voulu ajouter que we would also have liked to add that; je voulais vous dire que I wanted to tell you that; on dira ce qu'on voudra, c'était moins pollué avant they can say what they like, it was less polluted before; tu veux que je te dise? ton guide, c'est un escroc I hate to say it, but the guide is a crook; je ne voudrais pas vous déranger I don't want to put you out; sans vouloir te vexer, ton chapeau est un peu voyant without wanting to sound rude, your hat is a bit garish; sans le vouloir [bousculer, révéler] by accident; [se retrouver] accidentally; il m'a fait mal sans le vouloir he hurt me unintentionally ou without meaning to; viens quand tu veux come whenever you want ou like; fais comme tu veux, mais ne me dérange pas tout le temps! do what you like ou want, but don't keep bothering me all the time!; ‘qu'est-ce qu'on fait ce soir?’-‘comme tu veux or voudras’ ‘what shall we do tonight?’-‘whatever you like, it's up to you’; que tu le veuilles ou non whether you like it or not; elle fait ce qu'elle veut de son mari she twists her husband around her little finger; elle fait ce qu'elle veut de ses mains she can do anything with her hands; je ne vous veux aucun mal I don't wish you any harm; tu ne veux/voudrais pas me faire croire que you're not telling/trying to tell me that; après ce qu'il a fait, tu voudrais que je lui fasse confiance? do you expect me to trust him after what he's done?; comment voulez-vous qu'on travaille dans ces conditions? how do you expect people to work in these conditions?; que veux-tu que j'y fasse? what do you want ou expect me to do about it?; que veux-tu que je te dise? c'est de ta faute! what do you expect me to say? it's your fault!; comment veux-tu qu'elle résiste? how could she resist?; comment veux-tu que je le sache? how should I know?; pourquoi voudrais-tu qu'il refuse? why should he refuse?; c'est la vie, que voulez-vous! what can you do, that's life!; que veux-tu, on n'y peut rien! what can you do, it's hopeless!; j'aurais voulu t'y voir○! I'd like to have seen you in the same position!; tu l'auras voulu! it'll be all your own fault!; ⇒ beurre, peau, voilà;3 ( accepter) voulez-vous (bien) fermer la fenêtre/me prêter votre stylo? would you mind closing the window/lending me your pen?; vous voudrez bien renvoyer le formulaire please return the form; tu voudras bien leur transmettre ce message will you please give them this message; voudriez-vous avoir l'obligeance de faire fml would you be so kind as to do; demander à or prier qn de bien vouloir faire fml to ask sb to be so kind as to do, to ask sb kindly to do sout; on voudra bien se référer aux ouvrages suivants please refer to the following works; voudrais-tu aller m'acheter le journal, s'il te plaît would you go and buy me the paper, please; voulez-vous or veuillez répéter votre question, s'il vous plaît would you repeat your question please; veuillez patienter ( au téléphone) please hold the line; si vous le voulez bien, nous commencerons sans lui if you don't mind, we'll start without him; si vous voulez bien me suivre if you'd like to follow me; si vous voulez bien de moi comme quatrième au bridge if you'll have me as a fourth at bridge; veux-tu (bien) te taire! will you (please) be quiet!; ils ont bien voulu nous prêter leur voiture they were kind enough to lend us their car; elle a bien voulu leur accorder une entrevue she was kind enough to grant them an interview; nous vous remercions d'avoir bien voulu faire thank you for doing; elle n'a pas voulu signer she would not sign; le bois ne veut pas brûler the wood won't burn; le moteur ne veut pas partir the engine won't start; ma blessure ne veut pas guérir my wound won't heal; tout le monde attendait qu'elle veuille (bien) se montrer everyone was waiting for her to put in an appearance; elle veut bien prendre ce poste à condition d'être mieux payée she's happy to take the job on condition that she's paid more; je veux bien te croire I'm quite prepared to believe you; ( plus réticent) I'd like to believe you; si l'on veut bien admettre/se rappeler que if one accepts/remembers that; il était mieux informé (des faits) qu'il ne veut bien le dire he knew more about it than he's prepared to admit; je veux bien croire que la vie est dure, mais I know life is hard, but; je veux bien qu'il soit malade/qu'ils fassent grève, mais I know he's ill/they're on strike, but; ‘ça s'est bien passé?’-‘si on veut’ ‘did it go well?’-‘so-so○’; ‘ce n'est pas cher/difficile’-‘si on veut!’ ‘it's not expensive/difficult’-‘or so you say!’; ‘c'était plus confortable avant!’-‘si tu veux, mais’ ‘it was more comfortable before!’-‘maybe, but’;4 ( signifier) vouloir dire to mean; que veux-tu dire? what do you mean?; qu'est-ce que ça veut dire? ( signification) what does that mean?; ( attitude) what's all this about?; pour moi, ça ne veut rien dire it means nothing to me; et alors, ça veut dire quoi de bousculer les gens comme ça○? hey, what do you mean by pushing people like that?; ça veut tout simplement dire qu'on va payer plus d'impôts it simply means we're going to pay higher taxes; que voulez-vous dire par là? what (exactly) do you mean by that?; tu ne veux pas dire qu'il est médecin? you don't mean to tell me he's a doctor ?; ça voudrait dire tout refaire that would mean doing everything all over again;5 ( prétendre) la légende veut que legend has it that; comme le veut la légende/tradition as legend/tradition has it; leur théorie veut que according to their theory; on a voulu voir en lui un pionnier de l'architecture people tended to see him as a pioneering architect.C en vouloir vtr ind1 ○( être déterminé) to want to get on; il réussira, il en veut! he wants to get on, and he'll succeed!; ce sont de bons élèves/soldats, et qui en veulent they are good students/soldiers who want to get on;2 ( garder rancune) en vouloir à qn to bear a grudge against sb; je leur en veux de m'avoir trompé I hold it against them for not being honest with me; ne m 'en veux pas si je remets notre rendez-vous please forgive me if I put off our meeting;3 ( avoir des vues sur) en vouloir à qch to be after sth; elle en veut à notre fortune she's after our money.D se vouloir vpr1 ( prétendre être) [personne] to like to think of oneself as; [ouvrage, théorie, méthode] to be meant to be; ils se veulent pacifistes/rassurants they like to think of themselves as pacifists/as being reassuring; mon livre se veut objectif/à la portée de tous my book is meant to be objective/accessible to all;2 ( chercher à être) to try to be; les dirigeants se sont voulus conciliants the leaders tried to be conciliatory;3 ( se reprocher) s'en vouloir to be cross with oneself; s'en vouloir de to regret; je m'en veux d'avoir été si dur avec elle/de ne pas l'avoir écoutée I really regret being so hard on her/not listening to her; je m'en serais voulu de ne pas vous avoir prévenu I would never have forgiven myself if I hadn't warned you; il ne faut pas vous en vouloir, ce n'était pas de votre faute! you mustn't blame yourself, it wasn't your fault!vouloir c'est pouvoir Prov, quand on veut, on peut where there's a will there's a way; je veux○! you bet○!I[vulwar] nom masculinII[vulwar] verbe transitifA.[AVOIR POUR BUT]1. [être décidé à obtenir] to wantje le ferai, que tu le veuilles ou non I'll do it, whether you like it or notquand elle veut quelque chose, elle le veut! when she's decided she wants something, she's determined (to get it)!lui, j'en fais (tout) ce que je veux I've got him eating out of my handelle veut récupérer son enfant/être reçue par le ministre she's determined to get her child back/that the Minister should see herarrangez-vous comme vous voulez, mais je veux être livré demain I don't mind how you do it but I insist the goods are delivered tomorrowje ne veux pas entendre parler de ça! I won't hear of it ou such a thing!à ton âge, pourquoi vouloir faire le jeune homme? at your age, why do you try to act like a young man?que veux-tu de moi?, qu'est-ce que tu me veux? what do you want from me?quand tu veux, tu fais très bien la cuisine you can cook beautifully when you put your mind to itvouloir, c'est pouvoir (proverbe) , quand on veut, on peut where there's a will, there's a way (proverbe)2. [prétendre - suj: personne] to claim3. [avoir l'intention de]vouloir faire quelque chose to want ou to intend ou to mean to do somethingsans vouloir me mêler de tes affaires/te contredire... I don't want to interfere/to contradict you but...je l'ai vexé sans le vouloir I offended him unintentionally ou without meaning toje ne voudrais surtout pas t'empêcher de voir ton match! I wouldn't dream of preventing you from watching the match!vouloir dire: il ne s'est pas ennuyé ce soir-là — que veux-tu dire par là? he had some fun that night — what do you mean by that ou what are you getting at?vous voulez dire qu'on l'a tuée? do you mean ou are you suggesting (that) she was killed?4. [essayer de]vouloir faire to want ou to try to doen voulant la sauver, il s'est noyé he drowned in his attempt ou trying to rescue her5. [s'attendre à] to expecttu voudrais peut-être aussi que je te remercie! you don't expect to be thanked into the bargain, do you?que veux-tu que j'y fasse? what do you want me to do about it?, what can I do about it?que voulez-vous que je vous dise? what can I say?, what do you want me to say?6. (familier) [sexuellement] to wantB.[PRÉFÉRER, SOUHAITER]jus d'ananas ou d'orange? — ce que tu veux! pineapple or orange juice? — whatever ou I don't mind!on prend ma voiture ou la tienne? — c'est comme tu veux shall we take my car or yours? — as you wish ou please ou likeje pourrai revenir? — bien sûr, quand vous voulez! may I come again? — of course, any time ou whenever you want!tu peux dessiner une maison si tu veux you could draw a house, if you liketu l'as ou l'auras voulu! you asked for it!2. [dans une suggestion] to wantveux-tu de l'aide? do you want ou would you like some help?voudriez-vous vous joindre à nous? would you care ou like to join us?3. [dans un souhait]j'aurais tellement voulu être avec vous I'd have so much liked ou loved to have been with youquand tu me parles, je te voudrais un autre ton (soutenu) please don't use that tone when you're talking to mealler au match sans avoir rangé ta chambre, je voudrais bien voir ça! (ironique) whatever gave you the idea (that) you could go to the match without tidying up your room first?4. [dans une demande polie]veuillez avoir l'obligeance de... would you kindly ou please...veuillez vous retirer, Marie you may go now, Marievoudriez-vous avoir l'amabilité de me prêter votre crayon? would you be so kind as to lend me your pencil?je vous serais reconnaissant de bien vouloir m'envoyer votre brochure I should be glad to receive your brochure5. [dans un rappel à l'ordre]ne m'interromps pas, tu veux!, veuille bien ne pas m'interrompre! will you please not interrupt me?, would you mind not interrupting me?un peu de respect, tu veux (bien) a bit less cheek, if you don't mind!C.[SUJET: CHOSE]1. [se prêter à, être en état de]2. [exiger] to requirela tradition voulait que... it was a tradition that...la dignité de notre profession veut que... the dignity of our profession demands that...[prétendre]3. [déterminer - suj: destin, hasard, malheur]la chance a voulu que... as luck would have it...le calendrier a voulu que cela tombe un lundi it fell on a Monday, as it so happened4. [s'efforcer de]le décor veut évoquer une ferme normande the decor strives ou tries to suggest a Normandy farmhouse5.a. [avoir comme sens propre] to meanb. [avoir comme implication] to mean, to suggestje me demande ce que veut dire ce changement d'attitude I wonder what the meaning of this turn-around is ou what this turn-around meansça veut bien dire ce que ça veut dire! it's clear ou plain enough!tu vas m'obéir, non mais, qu'est-ce que ça veut dire? (familier) for goodness's sake will you do as I say!D.[LOCUTIONS] [consenti, accepter]bien vouloir: bien vouloir faire quelque chose to be willing ou to be prepared ou to be quite happy to do somethingje veux bien être patient, mais il y a des limites! I can be patient, but there are limits!un petit café? — oui, je veux bien fancy a coffee? — yes pleasepoussons jusqu'à la prochaine ville — moi je veux bien, mais il est tard! let's go on to the next town — I don't mind, but it is late!bien vouloir [admettre]: je veux bien qu'il y ait des restrictions budgétaires mais... I understand (that) there are cuts in the budget but...je veux bien avoir des défauts, mais pas celui-là granted, I have some shortcomings, but that isn't one of themil a dit nous avoir soutenus, moi je veux bien, mais le résultat est là! he said he supported us, OK ou and that may be so, but look at the result!j'accepte ses humeurs, que veux-tu! I (just) put up with his moods, what can I do?si tu veux, si vous voulez more or less, if you like————————vouloir de verbe plus préposition1. [être prêt à accepter]vouloir de quelqu'un/quelque chose to want somebody/something2. (locution)a. [elle a de l'ambition] she wants to make it ou to winb. [elle a de l'application] she's dead keenil faut en vouloir pour réapprendre à marcher you need a lot of determination to learn to walk againen vouloir à quelqu'un [éprouver de la rancune] to bear ou to have a grudge against somebodyje ne l'ai pas fait exprès, ne m'en veux pas I didn't do it on purpose, don't be cross with medécidément, ton chien m'en veut your dog's definitely got something against meen vouloir à quelque chose [vouloir le détruire] to seek to damage somethingqui peut en vouloir à ma vie/réputation? who could wish me dead/would want to damage my reputation?————————se vouloir verbe pronominal intransitifle livre se veut une satire de l'aristocratie allemande the book claims ou is supposed to be a satire on the German aristocracy————————s'en vouloir verbe pronominal(emploi réfléchi) to be angry ou annoyed with oneself————————s'en vouloir verbe pronominalen veux-tu en voilà locution adverbiale(familier) [en abondance]————————si l'on veut locution adverbiale1. 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9 Adam, Robert
SUBJECT AREA: Architecture and building[br]b. 3 July 1728 Kirkcaldy, Scotlandd. 3 March 1792 London, England[br]Scottish architect, active mostly in England, who led the neo-classical movement between 1760 and 1790.[br]Robert Adam was a man of outstanding talent, immense energy dedicated to his profession, and of great originality, who utilized all sources of classical art from ancient Greece and Rome as well as from the Renaissance and Baroque eras in Italy. He was also a very practical exponent of neo-classicism and believed in using the latest techniques to produce fine craftsmanship.Of particular interest to him was stucco, the material needed for elegant, finely crafted ceiling and wall designs. Stucco, though the Italian word for plaster, refers architecturally to a specific form of the material. Known as Stucco duro (hard plaster), its use and composition dates from the days of ancient Rome. Giovanni da Udine, a pupil of Raphael, having discovered some fine stucco antico in the ruins of the Palace of Titus in Rome, carried out extensive research during the Italian Renaissance in order to discover its precise composition; it was a mixture of powdered crystalline limestone (travertine), river sand, water and powdered white marble. The marble produced an exceptionally hard stucco when set, thereby differentiating it from plaster-work, and was a material fine enough to make delicate relief and statuary work possible.In the 1770s Robert Adam's ceiling and wall designs were characterized by low-relief, delicate, classical forms. He and his brothers, who formed the firm of Adam Brothers, were interested in a stucco which would be especially fine grained and hard setting. A number of new products then appearing on the market were easier to handle than earlier ones. These included a stucco by Mr David Wark, patented in 1765, and another by a Swiss clergyman called Liardet in 1773; the Adam firm purchased both patents and obtained an Act of Parliament authorizing them to be the sole vendors and makers of this stucco, which they called "Adam's new invented patent stucco". More new versions appeared, among which was one by a Mr Johnson, who claimed it to be an improvement. The Adam Brothers, having paid a high price for their rights, took him to court. The case was decided in 1778 by Lord Mansfield, a fellow Scot and a patron (at Kenwood), who,[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsMember of the Society of Arts 1758. FRS 1761. Architect to the King's Works 1761.Bibliography1764, Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro.1773, Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam.Further ReadingA.T.Bolton, 1922, The Architecture of Robert and James Adam, 1758–1794, 2 vols, Country Life.J.Fleming, 1962, Robert Adam and his Circle, Murray. J.Lees-Milne, 1947, The Age of Adam, Batsford.J.Rykwert and A.Rykwert, 1985, The Brothers Adam, Collins. D.Yarwood, 1970, Robert Adam, Dent.DY -
10 Chapman, Frederik Henrik af
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 9 September 1721 Gothenburg, Swedend. 19 August 1808 Karlskrona, Sweden[br]Swedish naval architect and shipbuilder; one of the foremost ship designers of all time.[br]Chapman was born on the west coast of Sweden and was the son of a British naval officer serving in the Swedish Navy. In 1738 he followed in his father's footsteps by joining the naval dockyards as a shipbuilding apprentice. Subsequent experience was gained in other shipyards and by two years (1741–3) in London. His assiduous note taking and study of British shipbuilding were noticed and he was offered appointments in England, but these were refused and he returned to Sweden in 1744 and for a while operated as a ship repairer in partnership with a man called Bagge. In 1749 he started out on his own. He began with a period of study in Stockholm and in London, where he worked for a while under Thomas Simpson, and then went on to France and the Netherlands. During his time in England he learned the art of copper etching, a skill that later stood him in good stead. After some years he was appointed Deputy Master Shipwright to the Swedish Navy, and in 1760 he became Master Shipwright at Sveaborg (now Suomenlinna), the fortress island of Helsinki. There Chapman excelled by designing the coastal defence or skerry fleet that to this day is accepted as beautiful and fit for purpose. He understood the limitations of ship design and throughout his life strove to improve shipbuilding by using the advances in mathematics and science that were then being made. His contribution to the rationalization of thought in ship theory cannot be overemphasized.In 1764 he became Chief Shipbuilder to the Swedish Navy, with particular responsibility for Karlskrona and for Stockholm. He assisted in the new rules for the classification of warships and later introduced standardization to the naval dockyards. He continued to rise in rank and reputation until his retirement in 1793, but to the end his judgement was sought on many matters concerning not only ship design but also the administration of the then powerful Swedish Navy.His most important bequest to his profession is the great book Architectura Navalis Mercatoria, first published in 1768. Later editions were larger and contained additional material. This volume remains one of the most significant works on shipbuilding.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted 1772. Rear Admiral 1783, Vice-Admiral 1791.Bibliography1768, Architecture Navalis Mercatoria; 1975, pub. in English, trans. Adlard Coles. 1775, Tractat om Skepps-Buggeriet.Further ReadingD.G.Harris, 1989, F.H.Chapman, the First Naval Architect and His Work, London: Conway (an excellent biography).FMWBiographical history of technology > Chapman, Frederik Henrik af
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11 Elgar, Francis
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. April 1845 Portsmouth, Englandd. 16 January 1909 Monte Carlo, Monaco[br]English naval architect and shipbuilder.[br]Elgar enjoyed a fascinating professional life, during which he achieved distinction in the military, merchant, academic and political aspects of his profession. At the age of 14 he was apprenticed as a shipwright to the Royal Dockyard at Portsmouth but when he was in his late teens he was selected as one of the Admiralty students to further his education at the Royal School of Naval Architecture at South Kensington, London. On completion of the course he was appointed to Birkenhead, where the ill-fated HMS Captain was being built, and then to Portsmouth Dockyard. In 1870 the Captain was lost at sea and Francis Elgar was called on to prepare much of the evidence for the Court Martial. This began his life-long interest in ship stability and in ways of presenting this information in an easily understood form to ship operators.In 1883 he accepted the John Elder Chair of Naval Architecture at Glasgow University, an appointment which formalized the already well-established teaching of this branch of engineering at Glasgow. However, after only three years he returned to public service in the newly created post of Director of Royal Dockyards, a post that he held for a mere six years but which brought about great advances in the speed of warship construction, with associated reductions in cost. In 1892 he was made Naval Architect and Director of the Fairfield Shipbuilding Company in Glasgow, remaining there until he retired in 1907. The following year he accepted the post of Chairman of the Birkenhead shipyard of Cammell Laird \& Co.; this was a recent amalgamation of two companies, and he retained this position until his death. Throughout his life, Elgar acted on many consultative bodies and committees, including the 1884 Ship Load Line Enquiry. His work enabled him to keep abreast of all current thinking in ship design and construction.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsFRS. FRSE. Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur.BibliographyElgar produced some remarkable papers, which were published by the Institutions of Naval Architects, Civil Engineers and Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland as well as by the Royal Society. He published several books on shipbuilding.FMW -
12 importancia
f.importance.dar importancia a algo to attach importance to somethingdarse importancia to give oneself airsde importancia important, of importancesin importancia unimportantquitar importancia a algo to play something down* * *1 importance\dar importancia a algo to take something seriouslydarse importancia to give oneself airsno tiene importancia it's nothing, it doesn't matter, it's not importantquitar importancia a algo, restar importancia a algo to play something downsin importancia unimportanttener importancia to be important* * *noun f.* * *SF importancetu ayuda ha sido de gran importancia — your help has been very important o of great importance
¿y eso qué importancia tiene? — and how is that important o significant?, and what significance does that have?
no te preocupes, no tiene importancia — don't worry, it's not important
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carecer de importancia — to be unimportantno quiero darle más importancia de la que tiene, pero... — I don't want to make an issue of this but...
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darse importancia — to give o.s. airs* * *femenino importancedetalles sin importancia — minor o insignificant details
concederle or darle importancia a algo — to attach importance to something
quitarle or restarle importancia a algo — to play down the importance of something
¿y eso qué importancia tiene? — so what?
darse importancia — to give oneself airs
* * *= importance, merit, notability, pre-eminence [preeminence], prominence, significance, standing, stature, value, distinction, visibility, centrality, meaningfulness, worthwhileness, profile, premium, import, fuse, consequence.Ex. This format is becoming common in new thesauri, partly because the recognition of the importance of viewing both relationships and subject terms in one tool.Ex. Much will be said later about the merits and drawbacks of the various types of index and approaches to indexing.Ex. Its notability is seen to lie in the fact that it has significantly broken the stranglehold upon postgraduate studentships in the gift of the Science and Engineering Research Council.Ex. Despite its pre-eminence, or possibly because of it, DC has its critics.Ex. Weights are a quantitative measure of the prominence of various index terms in the description of a subject and may form the basis of an alternative search logic.Ex. Whatever viewpoint is taken, it is difficult to dispute the significance of AACR1.Ex. Their sheer institutional standing and regard have had a bearing upon the creation of a situation which is a good deal better than it might otherwise have been.Ex. Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.Ex. This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.Ex. Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.Ex. The new director considers that there is need for recruitment of librarians from all backgrounds into the profession and that librarianship needs higher visibility within society.Ex. Gilman advocated the academic library's centrality to research.Ex. The author challenges the meaningfulness of precision and recall values as a measure of performance of a retrieval system.Ex. But it always assumes the importance, the worthwhileness, of human experience even when -- as in tragedy -- it finds much in that experience evil.Ex. There is also a further dilemma concerning formats such as film and audio which have tended to receive a lower profile in the library world (too awkward, too cluttered with copyright restrictions, too technically instable).Ex. To presuppose that clients will continue to travel to defined locations earmarked as libraries in search of information is to deny the premium on time prevalent in today's culture.Ex. A new set of conventions has had to be developed, using mathematical symbols mainly, which have international import.Ex. Accessibility is the most important factor in determining the level of fuse of an information source.Ex. I am looking for guidance on a potential digitization project of some consequence.----* adquirir importancia = assume + importance, attain + importance, come up, take on + added weight, gain + significance, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, gain in + importance.* adquirir importancia histórica = make + history, go down in + history.* asunto de importancia = matter of weight, matter of consequence.* asunto sin importancia = matter of no consequence.* aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.* clasificar en orden de importancia = rank + in order of importance.* cobrar importancia = assume + importance, take on + added weight, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, be on the agenda.* conceder importancia = accord + significance level, attach + importance, place + importance.* conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.* concienciar a Alguien de la importancia de la información = raise + information awareness.* consciente de la importancia de la información = information conscious.* crecer en importancia = grow from + strength to strength, increase in + importance.* cuestión de importancia = matter of consequence.* cuestión sin importancia = matter of no consequence.* dar a Algo más importancia de la que tiene = oversell.* dar bastante importancia a = place + great store on.* dar importancia = attach + importance, give + prominence, stress, give + pre-eminence, give + relevance, place + importance, give + importance.* dar importancia a = give + weight to, place + emphasis on, attach + weight to, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, place + weight on.* dar importancia a Algo = put + Algo + on the agenda, be on the agenda.* dar mayor importancia a = give + pride of place to.* dar mucha importancia = put + a premium on.* de capital importancia = momentous, of cardinal importance.* de crucial importancia = crucially important.* de especial importancia = of particular note.* de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.* de importancia = of note, of consequence.* de importancia creciente = of growing importance.* de importancia crucial = crucially important.* de importancia fundamental = critically important.* de importancia secundaria = incidental.* de mayor o menor importancia = great and small.* de menor importancia = fringe subject, of fringe interest.* de menor importancia para = on the fringe of.* de poca importancia = menial, small-time.* de primordial importancia = of prime importance, of paramount importance.* de segunda importancia = marginal, back burner, on the back burner, second in importance.* de segunda importancia en relación con = secondary to.* destacar la importa = underscore + importance.* destacar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.* de suma importancia = of the utmost importance, of utmost importance.* de suprema importancia = of the highest significance.* de tercera importancia = tertiary.* de vital importancia = vitally important.* disminuir la importancia de = lessen + the importance of.* donde el tiempo es de suma importancia = time-critical.* en orden de importancia = in rank order, in order.* falta de importancia = worthlessness.* ganar cada vez más importancia = go from + strength to strength, grow from + strength to strength.* ganar importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + strength, gain + prominence, grow in + significance, gain + significance, gain in + importance.* gente de poca importancia = small fry, the.* importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.* importancia histórica = historical significance.* importancia primordial = key importance.* importancia + radicar = the importance of + Nombre + lie.* importancia + residir = the importance of + Nombre + lie.* importancia + yacer = the importance of + Nombre + lie.* minimizar la importancia = minimise + importance.* nada de importancia = nothing in particular.* no darle demasiada importancia a Algo = think + little of.* no darle demasiada importancia a + Infinitivo = think + nothing of + Gerundio.* no darle importancia a = think + very little about/of.* no percatarse de la importancia de Algo = have + no feeling for.* no poder dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = cannot + give + too much emphasis + to the importance of, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be stressed too strongly.* no se puede dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overemphasised, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstressed, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstated.* no tener importancia = be of no importance, make + no difference, be of no consequence.* no tener la menor importancia = be of no particular concern.* ordenar por orden de importancia = rank + in order.* orden decreciente de importancia = decreasing order of importance.* orden de importancia = significance order of terms, pecking order, significance order.* pérdida de importancia = demise, swing away from.* poca importancia = unimportance, low profile.* poner de relieve la importancia = underscore + importance.* prestar importancia a = place + weight on.* que le presta gran importancia a la cultura = culture-conscious.* quitar importancia = de-emphasise [de-emphasize, -USA], understate, trivialise [trivialize, -USA], minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.* quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.* quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.* realzar la importancia = heighten + importance.* recalcar la importancia de = stress + the importance of.* recibir importancia = enjoy + prominence.* remarcar la importancia = underline + importance.* resaltar la importancia = underscore + importance.* resaltar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.* restar importancia = minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.* restarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.* ser de importancia primordial = be of key importance.* ser de importancia vital = lie at + the heart of.* sin darle importancia = airily.* sin importancia = negligible, unimportant, trifling, immaterial, of no consequence.* subrayar la importancia = underline + importance, underscore + importance.* tema de secundaria importancia = footnote.* tener gran importancia = be of high significance.* tener importancia = carry + weight, have + high profile, be of consequence.* tener la misma importancia = carry + equal weight.* * *femenino importancedetalles sin importancia — minor o insignificant details
concederle or darle importancia a algo — to attach importance to something
quitarle or restarle importancia a algo — to play down the importance of something
¿y eso qué importancia tiene? — so what?
darse importancia — to give oneself airs
* * *= importance, merit, notability, pre-eminence [preeminence], prominence, significance, standing, stature, value, distinction, visibility, centrality, meaningfulness, worthwhileness, profile, premium, import, fuse, consequence.Ex: This format is becoming common in new thesauri, partly because the recognition of the importance of viewing both relationships and subject terms in one tool.
Ex: Much will be said later about the merits and drawbacks of the various types of index and approaches to indexing.Ex: Its notability is seen to lie in the fact that it has significantly broken the stranglehold upon postgraduate studentships in the gift of the Science and Engineering Research Council.Ex: Despite its pre-eminence, or possibly because of it, DC has its critics.Ex: Weights are a quantitative measure of the prominence of various index terms in the description of a subject and may form the basis of an alternative search logic.Ex: Whatever viewpoint is taken, it is difficult to dispute the significance of AACR1.Ex: Their sheer institutional standing and regard have had a bearing upon the creation of a situation which is a good deal better than it might otherwise have been.Ex: Merely having the materials available will not provide the desired boost to the library's stature unless the collection is exceptional.Ex: This stop list is input to the computer before indexing can commence, and is a list of the words which appear in text which have no value as access words in an index.Ex: Mystery and detective stories, love and romance fiction, adventure and western stories, recent novels widely publicized but of little literary distinction, popularizations of current affairs characterized by sensationalism and easy dogmatism rather than by dispassionate and qualified analysis -- these and similar books are widely circulated by the public library.Ex: The new director considers that there is need for recruitment of librarians from all backgrounds into the profession and that librarianship needs higher visibility within society.Ex: Gilman advocated the academic library's centrality to research.Ex: The author challenges the meaningfulness of precision and recall values as a measure of performance of a retrieval system.Ex: But it always assumes the importance, the worthwhileness, of human experience even when -- as in tragedy -- it finds much in that experience evil.Ex: There is also a further dilemma concerning formats such as film and audio which have tended to receive a lower profile in the library world (too awkward, too cluttered with copyright restrictions, too technically instable).Ex: To presuppose that clients will continue to travel to defined locations earmarked as libraries in search of information is to deny the premium on time prevalent in today's culture.Ex: A new set of conventions has had to be developed, using mathematical symbols mainly, which have international import.Ex: Accessibility is the most important factor in determining the level of fuse of an information source.Ex: I am looking for guidance on a potential digitization project of some consequence.* adquirir importancia = assume + importance, attain + importance, come up, take on + added weight, gain + significance, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, gain in + importance.* adquirir importancia histórica = make + history, go down in + history.* asunto de importancia = matter of weight, matter of consequence.* asunto sin importancia = matter of no consequence.* aumentar de importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + significance.* clasificar en orden de importancia = rank + in order of importance.* cobrar importancia = assume + importance, take on + added weight, move up + the agenda, gain + importance, be on the agenda.* conceder importancia = accord + significance level, attach + importance, place + importance.* conceder mucha importancia a = lay + great store on.* concienciar a Alguien de la importancia de la información = raise + information awareness.* consciente de la importancia de la información = information conscious.* crecer en importancia = grow from + strength to strength, increase in + importance.* cuestión de importancia = matter of consequence.* cuestión sin importancia = matter of no consequence.* dar a Algo más importancia de la que tiene = oversell.* dar bastante importancia a = place + great store on.* dar importancia = attach + importance, give + prominence, stress, give + pre-eminence, give + relevance, place + importance, give + importance.* dar importancia a = give + weight to, place + emphasis on, attach + weight to, create + a high profile for, give + a high profile, place + weight on.* dar importancia a Algo = put + Algo + on the agenda, be on the agenda.* dar mayor importancia a = give + pride of place to.* dar mucha importancia = put + a premium on.* de capital importancia = momentous, of cardinal importance.* de crucial importancia = crucially important.* de especial importancia = of particular note.* de fundamental importancia = of prime importance, critically important.* de importancia = of note, of consequence.* de importancia creciente = of growing importance.* de importancia crucial = crucially important.* de importancia fundamental = critically important.* de importancia secundaria = incidental.* de mayor o menor importancia = great and small.* de menor importancia = fringe subject, of fringe interest.* de menor importancia para = on the fringe of.* de poca importancia = menial, small-time.* de primordial importancia = of prime importance, of paramount importance.* de segunda importancia = marginal, back burner, on the back burner, second in importance.* de segunda importancia en relación con = secondary to.* destacar la importa = underscore + importance.* destacar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.* de suma importancia = of the utmost importance, of utmost importance.* de suprema importancia = of the highest significance.* de tercera importancia = tertiary.* de vital importancia = vitally important.* disminuir la importancia de = lessen + the importance of.* donde el tiempo es de suma importancia = time-critical.* en orden de importancia = in rank order, in order.* falta de importancia = worthlessness.* ganar cada vez más importancia = go from + strength to strength, grow from + strength to strength.* ganar importancia = grow in + importance, grow in + strength, gain + prominence, grow in + significance, gain + significance, gain in + importance.* gente de poca importancia = small fry, the.* importancia cada vez mayor = growing importance, growing significance.* importancia histórica = historical significance.* importancia primordial = key importance.* importancia + radicar = the importance of + Nombre + lie.* importancia + residir = the importance of + Nombre + lie.* importancia + yacer = the importance of + Nombre + lie.* minimizar la importancia = minimise + importance.* nada de importancia = nothing in particular.* no darle demasiada importancia a Algo = think + little of.* no darle demasiada importancia a + Infinitivo = think + nothing of + Gerundio.* no darle importancia a = think + very little about/of.* no percatarse de la importancia de Algo = have + no feeling for.* no poder dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = cannot + give + too much emphasis + to the importance of, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be stressed too strongly.* no se puede dejar de recalcar la importancia de Algo = the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overemphasised, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstressed, the importance of + Nombre + cannot be overstated.* no tener importancia = be of no importance, make + no difference, be of no consequence.* no tener la menor importancia = be of no particular concern.* ordenar por orden de importancia = rank + in order.* orden decreciente de importancia = decreasing order of importance.* orden de importancia = significance order of terms, pecking order, significance order.* pérdida de importancia = demise, swing away from.* poca importancia = unimportance, low profile.* poner de relieve la importancia = underscore + importance.* prestar importancia a = place + weight on.* que le presta gran importancia a la cultura = culture-conscious.* quitar importancia = de-emphasise [de-emphasize, -USA], understate, trivialise [trivialize, -USA], minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.* quitar importancia a un problema = trivialise + trouble.* quitarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.* realzar la importancia = heighten + importance.* recalcar la importancia de = stress + the importance of.* recibir importancia = enjoy + prominence.* remarcar la importancia = underline + importance.* resaltar la importancia = underscore + importance.* resaltar la importancia de = stress + the importance of, emphasise + the importance of, highlight + the importance of.* restar importancia = minimise + importance, downplay, gloss over, negate, soft-pedal.* restarle importancia a las cosas = make + light of things.* ser de importancia primordial = be of key importance.* ser de importancia vital = lie at + the heart of.* sin darle importancia = airily.* sin importancia = negligible, unimportant, trifling, immaterial, of no consequence.* subrayar la importancia = underline + importance, underscore + importance.* tema de secundaria importancia = footnote.* tener gran importancia = be of high significance.* tener importancia = carry + weight, have + high profile, be of consequence.* tener la misma importancia = carry + equal weight.* * *importancetemas de gran importancia matters of great importance o significance o ( frml) of great importésos son detalles sin importancia those are minor o unimportant o insignificant detailstrató de quitarle or restarle importancia al problema she tried to make light of the problem, she tried to play down the importance of the problemno debemos darle tanta importancia a este tema we should not make so much of this matter, we should not attach too much importance to this mattersiento llegar tarde — no tiene importancia I'm sorry I'm late — it doesn't matter¿y eso qué importancia tiene? so what?darse importancia to give oneself airs* * *
importancia sustantivo femenino
importance;
quitarle importancia a algo to play down the importance of sth;
detalles sin importancia minor o insignificant details;
no tiene importancia it doesn't matter;
darse importancia to give oneself airs
importancia sustantivo femenino importance, significance: no te preocupes, no tiene importancia, don't worry, it's nothing
el accidente fue de cierta importancia, the accident was quite serious
dar importancia a, to attach importance to
quitarle importancia a algo, to play down the importance of sthg
sin importancia, unimportant
♦ Locuciones: darse importancia, to give oneself airs
' importancia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acento
- acentuar
- alta
- alto
- bagatela
- calibre
- cobrar
- conceder
- dimensión
- énfasis
- entidad
- envergadura
- escatológico
- fallo
- ignorar
- incidir
- insignificancia
- insistir
- interés
- levedad
- marcar
- minúscula
- minúsculo
- niñería
- palidecer
- pequeña
- pequeño
- primera
- primero
- primordial
- protagonismo
- quitar
- recalcar
- relativa
- relativo
- relieve
- representar
- restar
- revestir
- subrayar
- suceso
- suma
- sumo
- talla
- tontería
- valor
- vital
- vuelo
- alguno
- capital
English:
account
- attach
- count
- emphasize
- importance
- incidental
- irrelevant
- issue
- light
- little
- major
- matter
- mind
- minimize
- minor
- moment
- momentous
- override
- paramount
- play down
- primary
- prime
- prominence
- read
- ride
- shrug off
- significance
- smooth over
- store
- thrust forward
- unimportant
- vital
- vitally
- all
- all right
- consideration
- descend
- detail
- emphasis
- gloss
- hot
- import
- magistrate
- menial
- play
- small
- trifling
- utmost
* * *importancia nfimportance;de importancia important, of importance;un tratamiento médico reservado a los casos de importancia a treatment reserved for serious cases;un arquitecto de importancia an important architect;recibió un golpe de cierta importancia he took a fairly heavy knock;dar importancia a algo to attach importance to sth;darse importancia to give oneself airs;no tiene importancia [no es importante] it's not important;[no pasa nada] it doesn't matter;sin importancia unimportant;ha sido un rasguño sin importancia it's only a little scratch;* * *f importance;dar importancia a attach importance to;quitar orestar importancia a algo make light of sth, play sth down;tener importancia be important;no tiene importancia it’s not important, it doesn’t matter;sin importancia unimportant;darse importancia give o.s. airs* * *importancia nf: importance* * *importancia n importancetener importancia to be important / to matter -
13 तक्षन् _takṣan
तक्षन् m. [तक्ष्-कनिन्]1 A carpenter, wood-cutter (whether by caste or profession); तक्षा रिष्टं रुतं भिषग् Rv.9.112.1; तक्षाणः पलगण्डाश्च... Śiva. B.31.18; अताक्षा तक्षा K. P. 'one not a तक्षन् by caste is called तक्षन् when he acts like or follows the profession of a तक्षन् (carpenter); Śi.12.25.-2 N. of the architect of the gods. -
14 तक्षकः _takṣakḥ
तक्षकः [तक्ष् ण्वुल्]1 A carpenter, wood-cutter (whether by caste or profession).-2 The chief actor in the prelude of a drama (i. e. the सूत्रधार).-3 N. of the architect of the gods.-4 N. of one of the principal Nāgas or serpents of the Pātāla, son of Kaśyapa and Kadru (saved at the intercession of the sage Āstika from being burnt down in the serpent-sacrifice performed by king Janamejaya, in which many others of his race were burnt down to ashes). -
15 Krylov, Alexei Nicolaevitch
SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping[br]b. 15 August 1863 Visyoger, Siberiad. 26 October 1945 Leningrad (now St Petersburg), Russia[br]Russian academician and naval architect) exponent of a rigorous mathematical approach to the study of ship motions.[br]After schooling in France and Germany, Krylov returned to St Petersburg (as it then was) and in 1878 entered the Naval College. Upon graduating, he started work with the Naval Hydrographic Department; the combination of his genius and breadth of interest became apparent, and from 1888 until 1890 he undertook simultaneously a two-year university course in mathematics and a naval architecture course at his old college. On completion of his formal studies, Krylov commenced fifty years of service to the academic bodies of St Petersburg, including eight years as Superintendent of the Russian Admiralty Ship Model Experiment Tank. For many years he was Professor of Naval Architecture in the city, reorganizing the methods of teaching of his profession in Russia. It was during this period that he laid the foundations of his remarkable research and published the first of his many books destined to become internationally accepted in the fields of waves, rolling, ship motion and vibration. Practical work was not overlooked: he was responsible for the design of many vessels for the Imperial Russian Navy, including the battleships Sevastopol and Petropavlovsk, and went on, as Director of Naval Construction, to test anti-rolling tanks aboard military vessels in the North Atlantic in 1913. Following the Revolution, Krylov was employed by the Soviet Union to re-establish scientific links with other European countries, and on several occasions he acted as Superintendent in the procurement of important technical material from overseas. In 1919 he was appointed Head of the Marine Academy, and from then on participated in many scientific conferences and commissions, mainly in the shipbuilding field, and served on the Editorial Board of the well-respected Russian periodical Sudostroenie (Shipbuilding). The breadth of his personal research was demonstrated by the notable contributions he made to the Russian development of the gyro compass.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsMember, Russian Academy of Science 1814. Royal Institution of Naval Architects Gold Medal 1898. State Prize of the Soviet Union (first degree). Stalin Premium for work on compass deviation.BibliographyKrylov published more than 500 books, papers and articles; these have been collected and published in twelve volumes by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. 1942, My Memories (autobiography).AK / FMWBiographical history of technology > Krylov, Alexei Nicolaevitch
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