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1 a tempo indeterminato
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2 indefinitamente
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3 indeterminato
tempo unspecified, indefinitequantità indeterminate* * *indeterminato agg.1 (non precisato) indeterminate; undetermined; unspecified, indefinite: un numero indeterminato di persone, an unspecified number of people // contratto di lavoro a tempo indeterminato, open-ended contract // (dir.): pena indeterminata, indeterminate sentence; legge indeterminata, vague statute2 (impreciso) vague, imprecise3 (irresoluto) irresolute, undecided, uncertain4 (mat.) indeterminate.* * *[indetermi'nato]aggettivo indeterminate (anche mat.), undetermined* * *indeterminato/indetermi'nato/indeterminate (anche mat.), undetermined; a tempo indeterminato indefinitely; contratto a tempo indeterminato permanent contract. -
4 rimandare
send again( restituire) send back, returnpalla return( rinviare) postpone* * *rimandare v.tr.1 ( mandare di nuovo) to send* again: se lo perdi te lo rimandiamo, if you lose it, we'll send it to you again2 ( restituire) to return; to send* back: rimandò tutti i regali che aveva ricevuto, she sent back all the presents she had received; rimandare una lettera al mittente, to return a letter to the sender3 ( far tornare) to send* back: fu rimandato al paese d'origine, he was sent back to his native village; l'ho rimandato a comprare il giornale, I have sent him back to buy a paper; la maestra l'ha rimandato a casa perché non si sentiva bene, the teacher sent him home because he didn't feel well // rimandare da Erode a Pilato, to send from pillar to post4 ( posporre) to postpone, to defer, to put* off; to adjourn; ( procrastinare) to delay, to protract: la lezione è stata rimandata di una settimana, the lesson has been postponed for a week; rimandare un dibattito, to put off (o to postpone) a debate; abbiamo rimandato la partenza per il maltempo, we delayed (o put off) our departure because of the bad weather; rimandare un pagamento, to delay a payment // non rimandare a domani ciò che potresti fare oggi, (prov.) don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today5 ( mandare ad altra prova d'esame) to make* (s.o.) repeat (an exam): fu rimandato a settembre in tre materie, he had to repeat three subjects in September; mi hanno rimandato in francese, they made me sit my French exam again6 ( fare riferimento) to refer: rimandare a un libro, una pagina ecc., to refer to a book, to a page etc.* * *[riman'dare]verbo transitivo1) (mandare di nuovo) to send* [sth.] again2) (mandare indietro) to throw* back [ pallone]; to return [pacco, lettera]; to return, to send* back [ merce]3) (far tornare) to send* [sb.] backrimandare qcn. a casa, a scuola — to send sb. back home, to school
4) (differire) to postpone, to put* off [decisione, viaggio, riunione] (a until)5) scol. = in the past school system, to make a student sit an exam (at the beginning of the Autumn term) on those subjects in which he or she was insufficient in the previous term••rimandare qcs. alle calende greche — = to postpone sth. indefinitely
non rimandare a domani quello che puoi fare oggi — prov. never put off till tomorrow what you can do today
* * *rimandare/riman'dare/ [1]1 (mandare di nuovo) to send* [sth.] again2 (mandare indietro) to throw* back [ pallone]; to return [pacco, lettera]; to return, to send* back [ merce]3 (far tornare) to send* [sb.] back; rimandare qcn. a casa, a scuola to send sb. back home, to school4 (differire) to postpone, to put* off [decisione, viaggio, riunione] (a until)5 scol. = in the past school system, to make a student sit an exam (at the beginning of the Autumn term) on those subjects in which he or she was insufficient in the previous term6 (fare riferimento) rimandare a to refer torimandare qcs. alle calende greche = to postpone sth. indefinitely; non rimandare a domani quello che puoi fare oggi prov. never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. -
5 indefinito
indefinite* * *indefinito agg.1 (imprecisato) indefinite, unspecified, indeterminate: tempo, spazio indefinito, indefinite time, space; rimandare a tempo indefinito, to put off indefinitely2 (gramm.) indefinite3 (non risolto) unsettled, undefined, open4 (dir.) (non ancora giudicato) sub judice; unsettled.* * *[indefi'nito]1) [numero, tempo, piano, responsabilità] indefinite; [desiderio, obiettivo] undefined; [ colore] vague2) ling. non-finite* * *indefinito/indefi'nito/1 [numero, tempo, piano, responsabilità] indefinite; [desiderio, obiettivo] undefined; [ colore] vague2 ling. non-finite. -
6 rimandare qcs. alle calende greche
Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > rimandare qcs. alle calende greche
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7 a tempo indeterminato
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8 calende sfpl
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agg [indetermi'nato] indeterminato (-a)(tempo) unspecified, indefinite, (quantità, spazio) indeterminate
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Indefinitely — In*def i*nite*ly, adv. In an indefinite manner or degree; without any settled limitation; vaguely; not with certainty or exactness; as, to use a word indefinitely. [1913 Webster] If the world be indefinitely extended, that is, so far as no human… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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indefinitely — means only without prescribed limits, not lasting forever. To say that a process will last indefinitely doesn’t necessarily mean that it will last for a very long time, but simply that its durability is unknown … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
indefinitely — adverb 1 for a period of time for which no definite end has been arranged: Negotiations have been suspended indefinitely. 2 without giving clear or exact details … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
