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  • NONSENSE — « A piece of nonsense », c’est en anglais courant une bêtise, une absurdité: un «non sens» bien sûr; et pourtant, le terme anglais a une richesse spécifique. Anglais d’abord parce que la langue anglaise en est le lieu sonore d’élection; ainsi les …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • nonsense — ► NOUN 1) words that make no sense. 2) foolish or unacceptable behaviour. 3) an absurd or unthinkable scheme, situation, etc. DERIVATIVES nonsensical adjective nonsensically adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • nonsense — [nän′sens΄, nän′səns] n. [ NON + SENSE] 1. words or actions that convey an absurd meaning or no meaning at all 2. things of relatively no importance or value; trivialities 3. impudent, foolish, or evasive behavior adj. 1. designating or of… …   English World dictionary

  • nonsense — non|sense S3 [ˈnɔnsəns US ˈna:nsens] n [U] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(stupid/untrue)¦ 2¦(annoying behaviour)¦ 3¦(without meaning)¦ 4 make (a) nonsense of something 5 nonsense poems/verse/rhymes ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(STUPID/UNTRUE)¦ ideas, opinions, statements etc that… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • nonsense — noun (U) 1 STUPID/UNTRUE (U) ideas, opinions, statements etc that are untrue or stupid: all this nonsense about health foods | “She says she s 39.” “Nonsense!” | a load of nonsense (=a lot of nonsense): If you ask me, these modern teaching… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • nonsense — nonsensical /non sen si keuhl/, adj. nonsensically, adv. nonsensicalness, nonsensicality, n. /non sens, seuhns/, n. 1. words or language having little or no sense or meaning. 2. conduct, action, etc., that is senseless, foolish, or absurd: to… …   Universalium

  • nonsense — /ˈnɒnsəns / (say nonsuhns) noun 1. that which makes no sense or is lacking in sense. 2. words without sense or conveying absurd ideas. 3. senseless or absurd action; foolish conduct, notions, etc.: to stand no nonsense from a person. 4. an… …  

  • nonsense — n. 1 a (often as int.) absurd or meaningless words or ideas; foolish or extravagant conduct. b an instance of this. 2 a scheme, arrangement, etc., that one disapproves of. 3 (often attrib.) a form of literature meant to amuse by absurdity… …   Useful english dictionary

  • nonsense — [ nɒns(ə)ns] noun 1》 words that make no sense. 2》 foolish or unacceptable behaviour.     ↘an absurd or unthinkable scheme, situation, etc. 3》 [as modifier] Genetics (of a codon) not specifying an amino acid.     ↘(of a mutation) giving rise to… …   English new terms dictionary

  • talk nonsense — talk sense/nonsense/etc informal phrase to say something that is sensible stupid etc He talks such nonsense about politics! Thesaurus: to say something in a particular way …   Useful english dictionary

  • no-nonsense — UK US /ˌnəʊˈnɒnsəns/ adjective [before noun] ► practical and only interested in achieving what is intended without wasting time, listening to any unusual ideas, etc.: a no nonsense approach/attitude/style »She has a commanding manner and no… …   Financial and business terms

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