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• evidence — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ abundant, ample, considerable, extensive, plentiful, significant, substantial, sufficient, widespread ▪ There i …   Collocations dictionary

• scrap — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse skrap scraps; akin to Old Norse skrapa to scrape Date: 14th century 1. plural fragments of discarded or leftover food 2. a. a small detached piece < a scrap of paper > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• scrap — scrap1 [ skræp ] noun * 1. ) count scrap of a small piece of something such as paper or cloth: Messages were written on scraps of paper. a ) count scrap of a small piece of something such as information or knowledge: Every scrap of evidence has… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• scrap — 1 noun 1 PAPER/CLOTH (C) a small piece of paper, cloth etc (+ of): He wrote his address on a scrap of paper and gave it to me. | a quilt made out of scraps of old fabric 2 OLD OBJECTS (U) materials or objects that are no longer used for the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• scrap — I UK [skræp] / US noun Word forms scrap : singular scrap plural scraps * 1) [countable] a small piece of something such as paper or cloth scrap of: Messages were written on scraps of paper. a) [countable] a small piece of something such as… …   English dictionary

• scrap — scrap1 [skræp] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(paper/cloth)¦ 2¦(old objects)¦ 3¦(food)¦ 4¦(information)¦ 5¦(fight)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1 4; Date: 1300 1400; : Old Norse; Origin: skrap scraps ] [Sense: 5; Date: 1600 1700; Origin: P …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• scrap — [skræp] noun I 1) [C] a small piece of something a scrap of paper[/ex] Every scrap of evidence has to be investigated.[/ex] 2) [U] old metal that can be used again after going through a special process The car was sold for scrap.[/ex] 3) [C]… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• evidence — n. 1) to furnish, give, introduce, produce, provide evidence 2) to dig up, find, turn up, unearth; gather evidence; to piece together evidence 3) to plant evidence (on smb.) 4) to suppress; withhold evidence 5) to turn King s (BE), Queen s (BE),… …   Combinatory dictionary

• United States v. SCRAP — SCOTUSCase Litigants=United States v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (SCRAP) ArgueDate=February 28 ArgueYear=1973 DecideDate=June 18 DecideYear=1973 FullName= USVol=412 USPage=669 Citation= L. Ed. 2d ; U.S. LEXIS ; A.L.R. Prior …   Wikipedia

• Media influence — or media effects are used in media studies, psychology, communication theory and sociology to refer to the theories about the ways in which mass media affect how their audiences think and behave. Connecting the world to individuals and… …   Wikipedia

• John Rolland — (fl. 1560), Scottish poet, appears to have been a priest of the diocese of Glasgow, and to have been known in Dalkeith in 1555.He is the author of two poems, the Court of Venus and a translation of the Seven Wise Masters . The former, which was… …   Wikipedia