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  • 1 advocate

    1. ['ædvəkət] noun
    (a supporter, a person who is in favour (of): an advocate of reform.) υπέρμαχος
    2. [-keit] verb
    (to recommend: He advocated increasing the charges.) υποστηρίζω

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  • 2 amplifier

    noun (a piece of equipment for increasing the strength or power-level of electric currents especially so as to increase loudness: You need a new amplifier for your stereo equipment.) ενισχυτής

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  • 3 anticlimax

    (a dull or disappointing ending to a play, activity etc after increasing excitement: After the weeks of preparation, the concert itself was a bit of an anticlimax.) απογοητευτική μετάπτωση

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  • 4 booster

    1) (a person or thing that boosts: That was a real morale booster for me (= That made me feel more cheerful and optimistic).) τονωτικό, ενισχυτής, προωθητής
    2) (a device for increasing power, force etc: I've fixed a booster on the TV aerial to improve the signal.) ενισχυτής (μηχάνημα)
    3) (the first stage of a rocket that works by several stages.) προωθητικός πύραυλος

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  • 5 draught

    1) (a movement of air, especially one which causes discomfort in a room or which helps a fire to burn: We increase the heat in the furnace by increasing the draught; There's a dreadful draught in this room!) ρεύμα
    2) (a quantity of liquid drunk at once without stopping: He took a long draught of beer.) γουλιά
    3) (the amount of water a ship requires to float it: a draught of half a metre.) βύθισμα
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    - draughty

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  • 6 emigrant

    noun, adjective ((a person) emigrating or having emigrated: The numbers of emigrants are increasing; emigrant doctors.) μετανάστης

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  • 7 ever-

    (always; continually: the ever-increasing traffic.) διαρκώς,ολοένα

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  • 8 galloping

    adjective (increasing very quickly: galloping inflation.) καλπάζων

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  • 9 growth

    [-Ɵ]
    1) (the act or process of growing, increasing, developing etc: the growth of trade unionism.) ανάπτυξη, επέκταση
    2) (something that has grown: a week's growth of beard.) προϊόν εξέλιξης
    3) (the amount by which something grows: to measure the growth of a plant.) ρυθμός ανάπτυξης
    4) (something unwanted which grows: a cancerous growth.) όγκος

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  • 10 honour

    ['onə] 1. noun
    1) (respect for truth, honesty etc: a man of honour.) τιμή
    2) ((the keeping or increasing of) a person's, country's etc good reputation: We must fight for the honour of our country.) τιμή
    3) (fame; glory: He won honour on the field of battle.) δόξα
    4) (respect: This ceremony is being held in honour of those who died in the war.) τιμή
    5) (something which a person feels to be a reason for pride etc: It is a great honour to be asked to address this meeting.) τιμή
    6) (a title, degree etc given to a person as a mark of respect for his services, work, ability etc: He has received many honours for his research into cancer.) τιμητική διάκριση
    7) ((with capital: with His, Your etc) a title of respect used when talking to or about judges, mayors etc: My client wishes to plead guilty, Your Honour.) Εντιμότης,Εντιμότατε
    2. verb
    1) (to show great respect to (a person, thing etc): We should honour the Queen.)
    2) (to do, say etc something which is a reason for pride, satisfaction etc to: Will you honour us with your presence at the meeting?)
    3) (to give (someone) a title, degree etc as a mark of respect for his ability etc: He was honoured for his work with the mentally handicapped.)
    4) (to fulfil (a promise etc): We'll honour our agreement.)
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    - honourable
    - honours
    - in honour bound
    - honour bound
    - on one's honour
    - word of honour

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  • 11 jackpot

    ['‹ækpot]
    (in playing cards, some competitions etc, a fund of prize-money that goes on increasing until it is won.) σύνολο στοιχημάτων, τζακ-ποτ

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  • 12 loudspeaker

    1) (an instrument for increasing the loudness of sounds so that they can be heard further away: The politician addressed the crowds from his car through a loudspeaker.) μεγάφωνο
    2) (a speaker in a radio, record-player etc.) μεγάφωνο

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  • 13 prejudice

    ['pre‹ədis] 1. noun
    ((an) opinion or feeling for or especially against something, formed unfairly or unreasonably ie without proper knowledge: The jury must listen to his statement without prejudice; Is racial prejudice (= dislike of people because of their race) increasing in this country?) προκατάληψη
    2. verb
    1) (to cause to feel prejudice for or against something.) προκαταλαμβάνω,προδιαθέτω
    2) (to harm or endanger (a person's position, prospects etc) in some way: Your terrible handwriting will prejudice your chances of passing the exam.) επηρεάζω δυσμενώς,βλάπτω
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  • 14 scale

    I [skeil] noun
    1) (a set of regularly spaced marks made on something (eg a thermometer or a ruler) for use as a measure; a system of numbers, measurement etc: This thermometer has two scales marked on it, one in Fahrenheit and one in Centigrade.) κλίμακα
    2) (a series or system of items of increasing or decreasing size, value etc: a wage/salary scale.) κλίμακα,σκάλα
    3) (in music, a group of notes going up or down in order: The boy practised his scales on the piano.) κλίμακα
    4) (the size of measurements on a map etc compared with the real size of the country etc shown by it: In a map drawn to the scale 1:50,000, one centimetre represents half a kilometre.) κλίμακα
    5) (the size of an activity: These guns are being manufactured on a large scale.) κλίμακα
    II [skeil] verb
    (to climb (a ladder, cliff etc): The prisoner scaled the prison walls and escaped.) σκαρφαλώνω
    III [skeil] noun
    (any of the small thin plates or flakes that cover the skin of fishes, reptiles etc: A herring's scales are silver in colour.) λέπι,φολίδα

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  • 15 suicide

    1) (the/an act of killing oneself deliberately: She committed suicide; an increasing number of suicides.) αυτοκτονία
    2) (a person who kills himself deliberately.) αυτόχειρας
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    - suicidally

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  • 16 unemployed

    1. adjective
    (not having, or not able to find, work: He has been unemployed for three months.) άνεργος
    2. noun plural
    (people who are unemployed: The numbers of (the) unemployed are still increasing.) (οι) άνεργοι

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  • 17 Start

    v. trans.
    Begin, be the first to do a thing: P. and V. ἄρχειν (gen.), ὑπάρχειν (gen.), κατάρχειν (acc. or gen.), P. προϋπάρχειν (gen.).
    Start something of one's own: P. and V. ἄρχεσθαι (gen.), κατάρχειν (acc. or gen.) (or mid.), ὑπάρχειν (gen.).
    Take in hand: P. and V. ἐπιχειρεῖν (dat.), ἐγχειρεῖν (dat.), αἴρεσθαι (acc.).
    Set up: Ar. and P. ἐνίστασθαι.
    Establish: P. and V. καθιστάναι, Ar. and P. καταδεικνύναι.
    Make to set out: P. and V. ἐξορμᾶν.
    Start ( a quarry in hunting): V. ἐκκινεῖν.
    Set in motion: P. and V. ὁρμᾶν, κινεῖν.
    V. intrans.
    Begin: P. and V. ἄρχεσθαι; see Begin.
    The city if once it start well goes on increasing: P. πολιτεία ἐάνπερ ἅπαξ ὁρμήσῃ εὖ ἔρχεται... αὐξανομένη (Plat., Rep. 424A).
    Set out: P. and V. ὁρμᾶν, ὁρμᾶσθαι, ἀφορμᾶν, ἀφορμᾶσθαι, ἐξορμᾶν, ἐξορμᾶσθαι, ἀπαίρειν, V. στέλλεσθαι, ἀποστέλλεσθαι.
    With ships or land forces: P. αἴρειν.
    Starting with this force they sailed round: P. ἄραντες τῇ παρασκευῇ ταύτῃ περιέπλεον. (Thuc. 2, 23).
    I would have you save the money with which I started: V. σῶσαί σε χρήμαθʼ οἷς συνεξῆλθον θέλω (Eur., Hec. 1012).
    Be startled: P. and V. φρίσσειν, τρέμειν, ἐκπλήσσεσθαι.
    Start up: P. and V. ἀνίστασθαι, ἐξανίστασθαι, P. ἀνατρέχειν, Ar. and V. ἀνᾴσσειν (also Xen. but rare P.).
    To start with, at first: P. and V. τὸ πρῶτον; see under First.
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    subs.
    Beginning: P. and V. ἀρχή, ἡ.
    Journey: P. and V. ὁδός, ἡ.
    Putting out to sea: P. ἀναγωγή, ἡ.
    Get a start, v.: P. and V. φθάνειν, προφθάνειν.
    Get the start of: P. and V. φθάνειν (acc.), προφθάνειν (acc.), προλαμβάνειν (acc.), P. προκαταλαμβάνειν (acc.).
    The trireme had a start of about a day and a night: P. (ἡ τριήρης) προεῖχε ἡμέρᾳ καὶ νυκτὶ μάλιστα (Thuc. 3, 49).
    Let me and him have a fair start that we may benefit you on equal terms: Ar. ἄφες ἀπὸ βαλβίδων ἐμὲ καὶ τουτονὶ ἵνα σʼ εὖ ποιῶμεν ἐξ ἴσου (Eq. 1159).
    Shudder: P. and V. τρόμος, ὁ.
    Give one a start: use P. and V. ἔκπληξιν παρέχειν (dat.).

    Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Start

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