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on the fourteenth of May

  • 1 on the fourteenth of May

    Общая лексика: четырнадцатого мая

    Универсальный англо-русский словарь > on the fourteenth of May

  • 2 fourteenth

    [ˌfɔː'tiːnθ] 1.
    determinante quattordicesimo
    2.
    1) (in order) quattordicesimo m. (-a)
    2) (of month) quattordici m.
    3.
    nome (fraction) quattordicesimo m.
    4.
    avverbio [ finish] quattordicesimo, in quattordicesima posizione
    * * *
    1) (one of fourteen equal parts.) quattordicesimo
    2) (( also adjective) the last of fourteen (people things etc); the next after the thirteenth.) quattordicesimo
    * * *
    fourteenth /fɔ:ˈti:nɵ/
    a. e n.
    1 quattordicesimo: (mat.) one fourteenth, un quattordicesimo (1/14); in the fourteenth row, in quattordicesima fila; He came in fourteenth, arrivò quattordicesimo; She is ranked fourteenth in the world, è quattordicesima nella classifica mondiale
    2 ( nelle date): April 14th, il 14 aprile.
    * * *
    [ˌfɔː'tiːnθ] 1.
    determinante quattordicesimo
    2.
    1) (in order) quattordicesimo m. (-a)
    2) (of month) quattordici m.
    3.
    nome (fraction) quattordicesimo m.
    4.
    avverbio [ finish] quattordicesimo, in quattordicesima posizione

    English-Italian dictionary > fourteenth

  • 3 fourteenth

    ˈfɔ:ˈti:nθ
    1. числ. поряд. четырнадцатый
    2. сущ.
    1) одна четырнадцатая часть
    2) (the fourteenth) четырнадцатое число (месяца) on the fourteenth of May ≈ четырнадцатого мая
    3) муз. музыкальный интервал, составляющий две септимы (the *) четырнадцатое (число) - on the * of May четырнадцатого мая (музыкальное) квартдецима четырнадцатая часть;
    (одна) четырнадцатая - three *s три четырнадцатых четырнадцатый (по счету) - he is in his * year ему четырнадцатый год - Louis the F. Людовик Четырнадцатый, Людовик XIV составляющий одну четырнадцатую в грам. знач. нареч.: четырнадцатым - he arrived * он прибыл четырнадцатым fourteenth четырнадцатая часть ~ (the ~) четырнадцатое число ~ num. ord. четырнадцатый

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > fourteenth

  • 4 fourteenth

    1. [͵fɔ:ʹti:nθ] n
    1) (the fourteenth) четырнадцатое (число)
    2) муз. квартдецима
    3) четырнадцатая часть; (одна) четырнадцатая
    2. [͵fɔ:ʹti:nθ] a
    1. 1) четырнадцатый (по счёту)

    Louis the Fourteenth - Людовик Четырнадцатый, Людовик XIV

    2) составляющий одну четырнадцатую
    2. в грам. знач. нареч. четырнадцатым

    НБАРС > fourteenth

  • 5 fourteenth

    1. n четырнадцатое
    2. n муз. квартдецима
    3. n четырнадцатая часть; четырнадцатая
    4. a четырнадцатый
    5. a составляющий одну четырнадцатую
    6. a четырнадцатым

    English-Russian base dictionary > fourteenth

  • 6 May

    1. n май
    2. n возвыш. расцвет, молодость, весна, лучшая пора

    the May of youth — весна жизни, юность

    3. n цветок боярышника
    4. n увеселения, игры в день Первого мая

    may god speed you — бог в помощь; да поможет вам бог

    5. n тж. майские экзамены
    6. n гребные гонки
    7. n Мэй, Мей
    8. v праздновать Первое мая
    9. v собирать цветы весной
    10. n поэт. уст. дева
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. be permitted (verb) be allowed; be at liberty to; be authorized; be permitted; be privileged to; can
    2. be possible (verb) be conceivable; be going to; be possible; be practicable; be within reach; might; shall; should; will

    English-Russian base dictionary > May

  • 7 fourteenth

    English-Russian big medical dictionary > fourteenth

  • 8 fourteenth

    [ˌfɔː'tiːnθ] 1. прил. 2. сущ.
    2) ( the fourteenth) четырнадцатое число ( месяца)
    3) муз. музыкальный интервал, составляющий две септимы

    Англо-русский современный словарь > fourteenth

  • 9 четырнадцатый

    Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > четырнадцатый

  • 10 czternast|y

    Ⅰ num. ord. [rocznica, dzień, wiek] fourteenth
    - jutro obchodzi czternaste urodziny he’ll be fourteen tomorrow
    Ⅱ adj. [część] fourteenth Ⅲ m (data) the fourteenth
    - czternastego każdego miesiąca przychodziła jego renta his pension came on the fourteenth of each month
    - dziś piątek czternasty a. czternastego maja today’s Friday, the fourteenth of May
    - do czternastego up to/before the fourteenth
    - po czternastym after the fourteenth
    - przed czternastym before the fourteenth
    Ⅳ czternasta f 1. sgt (godzina) two (o’clock) p.m.
    - o czternastej at two p.m.
    2. (w ułamkach) fourteenth
    - jedna czternasta całej sumy one fourteenth of the total
    - dwie czternaste two fourteenths

    The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > czternast|y

  • 11 четырнадцатого мая

    General subject: on the fourteenth of May

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > четырнадцатого мая

  • 12 recortar

    v.
    1 to cut off or away (cortar) (lo que sobra).
    2 to trim (pelo, flequillo).
    3 to cut (down) (gastos).
    4 to cut out, to crop, to clip, to clip off.
    Lisa recorta las plantas Lisa trims the plants.
    5 to prune, to trim.
    6 to cut back, to cut down, to lower, to cut.
    Lisa recorta los gastos Lisa cuts back the expenses.
    7 to suppress, to eliminate.
    8 to criticize, to censure, to carp at, to dispraise.
    * * *
    1 (muñecos, telas, etc) to cut out
    2 (lo que sobra) to cut off
    3 (el pelo) to trim
    4 figurado to cut, restrict
    1 (sobresalir) to stand out
    * * *
    verb
    1) to cut, reduce
    2) trim
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ pelo] to trim; [+ exceso, sobras] to cut away, cut off
    2) [+ figura, diseño] to cut out
    3) [+ escopeta] to saw off
    4) [+ presupuesto] to cut, reduce; [+ plantilla] to cut, cut back; [+ víveres] to cut down
    5) (=perfilar) to draw in outline
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <figura/artículo/anuncio> to cut out
    b) <pelo/puntas> to trim
    2) <gastos/plantilla> to reduce
    3) (Méx fam) ( criticar) to tear into (colloq), to pull... apart (colloq)
    2.
    recortarse v pron (liter) perfil/figura

    recortarse SOBRE algo — to be outlined o silhouetted against something

    * * *
    = cut away, cut, trim, pare down, clip, make + inroads, cutting out, slim down, cut out, trim off, shave off, prune, slash.
    Ex. Punching equipment is not always as accurate as it might be; holes may not be well centred upon their coding position, and holes are sometimes not completely cut away.
    Ex. 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.
    Ex. The edges of the leaves may have been trimmed smooth by the binder, or left rough (uncut).
    Ex. He said again that we should pare it down to something much more in line with his figures.
    Ex. Some libraries frequently subscribe to specific newspapers in duplicate in order to clip articles and illustrations of interest for particular subject files.
    Ex. In all this flurry of activity in the early seventies public libraries were not only ignored but showed little interest, in spite of the fact that inroads were being made into their traditional library functions.
    Ex. These include: matching characters with nursery rhymes; quizzes; colouring and cutting out; treasure hunts; fancy dress parades; making words of jumbled letters; and a pets' parade.
    Ex. The abundance of book types and titles makes display and merchandising increasingly difficult; some booksellers are dealing with this by slimming down or cutting out certain categories.
    Ex. The project focused on newspaper clipping archives and libraries which currently cut out articles.
    Ex. If you repeatedly deadhead - trim off the spent flowers - the plant goes into overdrive.
    Ex. You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.
    Ex. More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.
    Ex. Finally, a few copies of an edition seem generally to have slipped through with their cancellanda uncancelled, so that examples of the original settings may sometimes be found (occasionally slashed by the warehouse keeper's shears, deliberate defacement which escaped notice).
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    * dado a recortar presupuestos = budget-cutting.
    * máquina de recortar con cuchilla recta = straight-knife trimming machine.
    * recortar el presupuesto = cut back + budget, cut + budget, squeeze + budget.
    * recortar gastos = cut + expenditure, cut + expenses.
    * recortar la financiación = cut + funding.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <figura/artículo/anuncio> to cut out
    b) <pelo/puntas> to trim
    2) <gastos/plantilla> to reduce
    3) (Méx fam) ( criticar) to tear into (colloq), to pull... apart (colloq)
    2.
    recortarse v pron (liter) perfil/figura

    recortarse SOBRE algo — to be outlined o silhouetted against something

    * * *
    = cut away, cut, trim, pare down, clip, make + inroads, cutting out, slim down, cut out, trim off, shave off, prune, slash.

    Ex: Punching equipment is not always as accurate as it might be; holes may not be well centred upon their coding position, and holes are sometimes not completely cut away.

    Ex: 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.
    Ex: The edges of the leaves may have been trimmed smooth by the binder, or left rough (uncut).
    Ex: He said again that we should pare it down to something much more in line with his figures.
    Ex: Some libraries frequently subscribe to specific newspapers in duplicate in order to clip articles and illustrations of interest for particular subject files.
    Ex: In all this flurry of activity in the early seventies public libraries were not only ignored but showed little interest, in spite of the fact that inroads were being made into their traditional library functions.
    Ex: These include: matching characters with nursery rhymes; quizzes; colouring and cutting out; treasure hunts; fancy dress parades; making words of jumbled letters; and a pets' parade.
    Ex: The abundance of book types and titles makes display and merchandising increasingly difficult; some booksellers are dealing with this by slimming down or cutting out certain categories.
    Ex: The project focused on newspaper clipping archives and libraries which currently cut out articles.
    Ex: If you repeatedly deadhead - trim off the spent flowers - the plant goes into overdrive.
    Ex: You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.
    Ex: More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.
    Ex: Finally, a few copies of an edition seem generally to have slipped through with their cancellanda uncancelled, so that examples of the original settings may sometimes be found (occasionally slashed by the warehouse keeper's shears, deliberate defacement which escaped notice).
    * dado a recortar presupuestos = budget-cutting.
    * máquina de recortar con cuchilla recta = straight-knife trimming machine.
    * recortar el presupuesto = cut back + budget, cut + budget, squeeze + budget.
    * recortar gastos = cut + expenditure, cut + expenses.
    * recortar la financiación = cut + funding.

    * * *
    recortar [A1 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹figura/artículo/anuncio› to cut out
    la escopeta tenía los cañones recortados the barrels of the shotgun had been sawed off ( AmE) o ( BrE) sawn off
    2 ‹pelo/puntas› to trim
    B ‹presupuesto/gastos› to cut, reduce; ‹plantilla› to reduce, cut down on
    C ( Méx fam) (criticar) to tear into ( colloq), to pull … apart ( colloq)
    ( liter) recortarse SOBRE algo to stand out AGAINST sth, be silhouetted AGAINST sth
    * * *

    recortar ( conjugate recortar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹figura/artículo/anuncio› to cut out

    b) ‹pelo/puntas› to trim

    2 ‹gastos/plantilla› to reduce
    recortar verbo transitivo
    1 (una foto, un texto) to cut out
    2 (bordes, puntas del pelo) to trim
    3 (gastos) to reduce, cut
    ' recortar' also found in these entries:
    English:
    ax
    - axe
    - clip
    - cut out
    - lop off
    - trim
    - cut
    - edit
    - scale
    - whittle
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [cortar] [lo que sobra] to cut off o away;
    [figuras] to cut out
    2. [pelo, flequillo] to trim
    3. [reducir] to cut;
    hay que recortar gastos we'll have to cut (down) our expenditure
    4. Dep to sidestep;
    recortó a un defensa he sidestepped a defender
    * * *
    v/t cut out; fig
    cut; exceso reduce, cut back on
    * * *
    1) : to cut, to reduce
    2) : to cut out
    3) : to trim, to cut off
    4) : to outline
    * * *
    1. (foto, figura, etc) to cut out [pt. & pp. cut]
    2. (pelo, bordes, etc) to trim [pt. & pp. trimmed]
    3. (gastos) to cut [pt. & pp. cut]

    Spanish-English dictionary > recortar

  • 13 reducir

    v.
    1 to reduce.
    nos han reducido el sueldo our salary has been cut
    reducir algo a algo to reduce something to something
    reducir algo al absurdo to make a nonsense of something
    Ella redujo la velocidad She reduced the speed.
    2 to suppress, to subdue (someter) (país, ciudad).
    3 to convert (Mat) (convertir).
    4 to set (medicine).
    5 to shorten, to shrink.
    Ellos redujeron las tablas They shortened the boards.
    6 to cut down, to depress, to de-escalate, to deescalate.
    Ellos redujeron los gastos They cut down expenses.
    7 to conquer, to subdue, to subjugate.
    Ellos redujeron a los nativos They conquered the natives.
    8 to hydrogenate.
    * * *
    Conjugation model [ CONDUCIR], like link=conducir conducir
    1 (gen) to reduce
    2 (disminuir) to reduce, cut, cut down on
    3 (vencer) to subdue
    4 MEDICINA to set
    5 (una salsa, etc) to reduce, boil down
    1 AUTOMÓVIL to change down, change to a lower gear
    1 (gen) to be reduced; (decrecer) to decrease
    2 (resultar) to come down (a, to)
    * * *
    verb
    1) to reduce, cut
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=disminuir)
    a) [en cantidad] [+ gastos, inflación, precio] to reduce, bring down, cut; [+ tensión, ansiedad] to reduce; [+ riesgo] to reduce, lessen

    el autobús redujo su velocidad — the bus reduced speed, the bus slowed down

    el banco redujo su beneficio un 12% — the bank saw its profits fall by 12%

    • reducir algo en algo — to reduce sth by sth, cut sth by sth

    tenemos que reducir la producción en un 20% — we have to reduce o cut production by 20%

    • reducir a la mínima expresión — to reduce to the bare minimum

    • reducir algo al mínimo — to reduce o cut sth to the minimum

    • reducir algo a la mitad — to cut sth by half

    b) [en tiempo] [+ jornada laboral] to reduce, shorten; [+ sentencia] to reduce

    han reducido la mili a nueve meses — they have reduced o cut military service to nine months

    c) [en tamaño] [+ copia] to reduce; [+ discurso, artículo] to cut down, shorten
    2)

    • reducir algo a algo —

    a) (=limitar) to limit sth to sth; (=simplificar) to reduce sth to sth
    b) (=convertir) [+ cantidad, medida] to convert sth into sth; [+ fracción, ecuación] to reduce sth into sth
    3) (=someter) [+ ladrón, fugitivo, loco] to overpower; [+ alborotadores] to subdue; [+ fortaleza] to subdue, reduce frm

    • reducir a algn a la obediencia — to bring sb to heel

    • reducir a algn al silencio — [por la fuerza, por miedo] to silence sb; [por vergüenza, humillación] to reduce sb to silence

    4) (Med) [+ hueso, hernia] to set, reduce frm
    5) (Quím) to reduce
    6) LAm [en el mercado negro] to get rid of *
    2.
    VI (Aut) to change down
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <gastos/costos> to cut, reduce; <velocidad/producción/consumo> to reduce

    reducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum

    le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence

    reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form

    b) <fotocopia/fotografía> to reduce
    2)

    reducir algo A algo: reducir los gramos a milígramos to convert the grams to milligrams; quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes; mis ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada — my dreams came to nothing

    b) (Quím) to reduce
    c) (AmS) < objeto robado> to receive, fence (colloq)
    3) ( dominar) <enemigo/rebeldes> to subdue; < ladrón> to overpower
    4) <fractura/hernia> to set, reduce (tech)
    2.
    1) (Coc) to reduce, boil down
    2) (Auto) to shift into a lower gear
    3.
    reducirse v pron

    reducirse A algo: todo se reduce a tener tacto it all comes down to being tactful; todo se redujo a un paseo por el río — in the end it was just a walk by the river

    * * *
    = abridge, compress, contract, curtail, erode, gut, narrow, prune, reduce, shorten, stifle, lower, cut back (on), cut, cut down (on), deplete, lessen, pare down, keep down + Nombre, retrench, narrow down, whittle (away/down/at), slim down, slow down, slow up, taper, wind + Nombre + down, cut + Nombre + short, scale back, downgrade [down-grade], shave off, shrink, mark + Nombre + down.
    Ex. Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.
    Ex. A library of a million volumes could be compressed into one end of a desk.
    Ex. In the face of emergencies, breadth of vision tends to contract, narrowing the range of responses.
    Ex. The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.
    Ex. These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.
    Ex. Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.
    Ex. Hierarchical relationships must be indicated in order that the users may broaden or narrow the search parameters.
    Ex. More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.
    Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.
    Ex. If there are holds on the title, the loan period is shortened to 14 days.
    Ex. Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.
    Ex. When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.
    Ex. But higher education, which expanded between 1959 and 1979 from 164,000 to 519,600 students in full-time higher education, has also been cutting back on purchases.
    Ex. 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.
    Ex. Abstracts cut down considerably on legwork in hunting for information.
    Ex. This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.
    Ex. Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.
    Ex. He said again that we should pare it down to something much more in line with his figures.
    Ex. Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.
    Ex. In the face of overpublishing and growing scepticism, this once booming area is now retrenching and broadening its coverage = En vista del exceso de publicaciones y del creciente escepticismo, este área que una vez estuvo en auge ahora ha venido a menos.
    Ex. By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.
    Ex. However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.
    Ex. The abundance of book types and titles makes display and merchandising increasingly difficult; some booksellers are dealing with this by slimming down or cutting out certain categories.
    Ex. However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.
    Ex. Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.
    Ex. The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.
    Ex. Not the least of the ironies of this venture is that going ahead with it is as full of hazard as winding it down abruptly.
    Ex. May I just cut you short, because I've discussed this problem with Peter Jacobs just this week.
    Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex. The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.
    Ex. You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.
    Ex. The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.
    Ex. They have just marked down all summer handbags to 50 percent off.
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    * que reduce el estrés = stress-reducing.
    * reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.
    * reducir a la mitad = halve, cut in + half, halve, reduce by + half.
    * reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.
    * reducir al mínimo = minimise [minimize, -USA], reduce to + a minimum, cut down to + a minimum, keep to + a (bare) minimum, cut to + the bone.
    * reducir a lo mínimo = cut to + the bone.
    * reducir a miniatura = miniaturise [miniaturize, -USA].
    * reducir costes = reduce + costs.
    * reducir de plantilla = downsize.
    * reducir de tamaño = reduce in + size.
    * reducir el esfuerzo = reduce + effort.
    * reducir el impacto = minimise + impact.
    * reducir el papeleo = slash + red tape.
    * reducir el precio = reduce + price, cut + price.
    * reducir el presupuesto = cut + monies from + budget.
    * reducir el riesgo = reduce + risk.
    * reducir el tamaño = reduce + size.
    * reducir el tiempo = cut down + time.
    * reducir el valor = reduce + value.
    * reducir gastos = cut + costs, cut + spending, make + economies, make + cuts, reduce + costs.
    * reducir gradualmente = scale down.
    * reducir la burocracia = slash + red tape.
    * reducir la posibilidad = minimise + possibility.
    * reducir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.
    * reducir las diferencias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf, close + the gap.
    * reducir las diferencias entre... y = narrow + the gap between... and.
    * reducir las distancias = reduce + distance, close + the gap.
    * reducir las posibilidades de = narrow + the vision of.
    * reducir los beneficios = cut + profit.
    * reducir los impuestos = cut + taxes.
    * reducir pérdidas = cut down + losses, cut + losses.
    * reducir progresivamente = phase out.
    * reducirse a = boil down to, come down to.
    * reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.
    * reducir una limitación = push + limits (further and further back).
    * reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.
    * reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) <gastos/costos> to cut, reduce; <velocidad/producción/consumo> to reduce

    reducir al mínimo los riesgos — to minimize o to reduce the risks to a minimum

    le redujeron la pena — they shortened o reduced his sentence

    reducir algo a su mínima expresión — (Mat) to reduce something to its simplest form

    b) <fotocopia/fotografía> to reduce
    2)

    reducir algo A algo: reducir los gramos a milígramos to convert the grams to milligrams; quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes; mis ilusiones quedaron reducidas a la nada — my dreams came to nothing

    b) (Quím) to reduce
    c) (AmS) < objeto robado> to receive, fence (colloq)
    3) ( dominar) <enemigo/rebeldes> to subdue; < ladrón> to overpower
    4) <fractura/hernia> to set, reduce (tech)
    2.
    1) (Coc) to reduce, boil down
    2) (Auto) to shift into a lower gear
    3.
    reducirse v pron

    reducirse A algo: todo se reduce a tener tacto it all comes down to being tactful; todo se redujo a un paseo por el río — in the end it was just a walk by the river

    * * *
    = abridge, compress, contract, curtail, erode, gut, narrow, prune, reduce, shorten, stifle, lower, cut back (on), cut, cut down (on), deplete, lessen, pare down, keep down + Nombre, retrench, narrow down, whittle (away/down/at), slim down, slow down, slow up, taper, wind + Nombre + down, cut + Nombre + short, scale back, downgrade [down-grade], shave off, shrink, mark + Nombre + down.

    Ex: Inevitably any abridgement poses the dilemma how to abridge, that is, what to leave out and what to include.

    Ex: A library of a million volumes could be compressed into one end of a desk.
    Ex: In the face of emergencies, breadth of vision tends to contract, narrowing the range of responses.
    Ex: The imposition of fee-based services may radically curtail the breadth of resources available to library users where historically information has been offered freely.
    Ex: These arrangements should also erode price differentials between Europe and the US, and permit each country to support its own online services.
    Ex: Prices of European produced scientific, technical and medical serials continue to gut US research libraries.
    Ex: Hierarchical relationships must be indicated in order that the users may broaden or narrow the search parameters.
    Ex: More balanced schedules were achieved by pruning the 31000 subjects enumerated in the fourteenth edition to 4700.
    Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.
    Ex: If there are holds on the title, the loan period is shortened to 14 days.
    Ex: Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.
    Ex: When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.
    Ex: But higher education, which expanded between 1959 and 1979 from 164,000 to 519,600 students in full-time higher education, has also been cutting back on purchases.
    Ex: 'The word's out: all departments have to cut their staffs by 10%' -- Her voice was weak and laden with woe.
    Ex: Abstracts cut down considerably on legwork in hunting for information.
    Ex: This intermediate grade would equate with the senior library assistant, a category much depleted in UK academic librarianship.
    Ex: Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.
    Ex: He said again that we should pare it down to something much more in line with his figures.
    Ex: Activities such as gardening or cookery are dealt with in many books in ways which go far beyond the simple keeping down of weeds or just filling empty stomachs.
    Ex: In the face of overpublishing and growing scepticism, this once booming area is now retrenching and broadening its coverage = En vista del exceso de publicaciones y del creciente escepticismo, este área que una vez estuvo en auge ahora ha venido a menos.
    Ex: By specifying the fields to be searched, the user can narrow down the search in a very convenient way.
    Ex: However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.
    Ex: The abundance of book types and titles makes display and merchandising increasingly difficult; some booksellers are dealing with this by slimming down or cutting out certain categories.
    Ex: However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.
    Ex: Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.
    Ex: The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.
    Ex: Not the least of the ironies of this venture is that going ahead with it is as full of hazard as winding it down abruptly.
    Ex: May I just cut you short, because I've discussed this problem with Peter Jacobs just this week.
    Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex: The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.
    Ex: You can shave off as much as 50% or even more from your current rate for home insurance in Arizona.
    Ex: The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.
    Ex: They have just marked down all summer handbags to 50 percent off.
    * que reduce el estrés = stress-reducing.
    * reducir a cero = reduce to + nil.
    * reducir a la mitad = halve, cut in + half, halve, reduce by + half.
    * reducir a la nada = reduce to + nil.
    * reducir al mínimo = minimise [minimize, -USA], reduce to + a minimum, cut down to + a minimum, keep to + a (bare) minimum, cut to + the bone.
    * reducir a lo mínimo = cut to + the bone.
    * reducir a miniatura = miniaturise [miniaturize, -USA].
    * reducir costes = reduce + costs.
    * reducir de plantilla = downsize.
    * reducir de tamaño = reduce in + size.
    * reducir el esfuerzo = reduce + effort.
    * reducir el impacto = minimise + impact.
    * reducir el papeleo = slash + red tape.
    * reducir el precio = reduce + price, cut + price.
    * reducir el presupuesto = cut + monies from + budget.
    * reducir el riesgo = reduce + risk.
    * reducir el tamaño = reduce + size.
    * reducir el tiempo = cut down + time.
    * reducir el valor = reduce + value.
    * reducir gastos = cut + costs, cut + spending, make + economies, make + cuts, reduce + costs.
    * reducir gradualmente = scale down.
    * reducir la burocracia = slash + red tape.
    * reducir la posibilidad = minimise + possibility.
    * reducir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.
    * reducir las diferencias = bridge + the gap, bridge + the divide, bridge + the chasm, bridge + the gulf, close + the gap.
    * reducir las diferencias entre... y = narrow + the gap between... and.
    * reducir las distancias = reduce + distance, close + the gap.
    * reducir las posibilidades de = narrow + the vision of.
    * reducir los beneficios = cut + profit.
    * reducir los impuestos = cut + taxes.
    * reducir pérdidas = cut down + losses, cut + losses.
    * reducir progresivamente = phase out.
    * reducirse a = boil down to, come down to.
    * reducirse poco a poco = dribble off.
    * reducir una limitación = push + limits (further and further back).
    * reducir una palabra a su raíz = stem.
    * reducir un obstáculo = lower + barrier.

    * * *
    reducir [I6 ]
    vt
    A
    1 ‹gastos/costos› to cut, cut down on, reduce; ‹velocidad› to reduce; ‹producción/consumo› to reduce
    hemos reducido el número de casos we have brought down o reduced the number of cases
    redujeron el número de plazas they cut the number of places o the number of places was reduced
    han prometido reducir los impuestos they have promised to cut o reduce taxes
    con esto se intenta reducir al mínimo el riesgo de infección this is intended to minimize o to reduce to a minimum the risk of infection
    ejercicios para reducir (la) cintura exercises to reduce your waistline
    reducir algo A algo to reduce sth TO sth
    han reducido el texto a 50 páginas they have shortened o reduced the text to fifty pages
    le han reducido la pena a dos años they have commuted o shortened o reduced his sentence to two years
    la población quedó reducida a la mitad the population was reduced to half of its former size
    reducir algo a su mínima expresión ( Mat) to reduce sth to its simplest expression o form
    el suéter quedó reducido a su mínima expresión ( hum); the sweater shrank to nothing
    reducir algo EN algo to reduce sth BY sth
    pretenden reducir el gasto en cinco millones they aim to reduce costs by five million
    2 ‹fotocopia/fotografía› to reduce
    B
    1 (transformar) reducir algo A algo:
    reducir los gramos a miligramos to convert the grams to milligrams
    reducir quebrados a un mínimo común denominador to reduce fractions to their lowest common denominator
    quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes
    2 ( Quím) to reduce
    3 ( AmS) ‹objeto robado› to receive, fence ( colloq)
    C (dominar, someter) ‹enemigo/rebeldes› to subdue; ‹ladrón› to overpower
    reducir a un pueblo a la esclavitud to reduce a people to slavery
    D ‹fractura/hernia› to set, reduce ( tech)
    E (CS) ‹cadáver/restos mortales› to exhume ( for reburial in a niche or smaller coffin)
    ■ reducir
    vi
    A ( Coc) to reduce, boil down
    dejar reducir la salsa leave the sauce to boil down o reduce
    B ( Auto) to shift into a lower gear, change down ( BrE)
    reducirse A algo:
    todo se reduce a saber interpretar las cifras it all comes down to knowing how to interpret the figures
    todo se redujo a una visita a la catedral y un paseo por el río in the end it was just a visit to the cathedral and a walk along the river
    * * *

     

    reducir ( conjugate reducir) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹gastos/costos› to cut, reduce;

    ‹velocidad/producción/consumo› to reduce;

    reducir algo A algo to reduce sth to sth;
    reducir algo EN algo to reduce sth by sth
    b) ‹fotocopia/fotografía› to reduce

    2


    quedaron reducidos a cenizas they were reduced to ashes
    b) (AmS) ‹ objeto robado› to receive, fence (colloq)

    3 ( dominar) ‹enemigo/rebeldes› to subdue;
    ‹ ladrón› to overpower
    reducirse verbo pronominal:

    reducir
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (disminuir) to reduce
    reducir algo en algo, to reduce sthg by sthg
    (gastos, consumo, etc) to cut (down), minimize
    2 (convertir, transformar) to reduce: el incendio redujo el bosque a cenizas, the fire reduced the wood to ashes
    3 (subyugar) to subdue
    II vi Auto to change down, US to downshift

    ' reducir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bajar
    - ceniza
    - encaminada
    - encaminado
    - moler
    - disminuir
    - minimizar
    - mínimo
    - mira
    English:
    administrative
    - austerity
    - ax
    - axe
    - change down
    - corner
    - curtail
    - cut
    - cut back
    - cut down
    - decrease
    - deficit
    - deplenish
    - deplete
    - depress
    - downsize
    - effective
    - halve
    - lighten
    - lower
    - narrow down
    - prune
    - pulp
    - rate
    - receive
    - reduce
    - retrench
    - scale down
    - shorten
    - slow
    - wind down
    - bring
    - cost
    - deaden
    - decelerate
    - diminish
    - discount
    - get
    - lessen
    - loss
    - minimize
    - over
    - pare
    - scale
    - slacken
    - traffic
    - whittle
    - wind
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [disminuir] to reduce;
    [gastos, costes, impuestos, plantilla] to cut; [producción] to cut (back on);
    nos han reducido el sueldo our salary has been cut;
    reduzca la velocidad [en letrero] reduce speed now;
    reducir algo a algo to reduce sth to sth;
    el edificio quedó reducido a escombros the building was reduced to a pile of rubble;
    reducir algo al mínimo to reduce sth to a minimum;
    reducir algo a o [m5] en la mitad to reduce sth by half;
    tú todo lo reduces a tener dinero the only thing you care about is money;
    reducir a la mínima expresión to cut down to the bare minimum
    2. [fotocopia] to reduce
    3. [someter] [país, ciudad] to suppress, to subdue;
    [atracador, ladrón, sublevados] to overpower
    4. Mat [unidades de medida] to convert (a to); [fracciones, ecuaciones] to cancel out
    5. Med [hueso] to set
    6. Quím to reduce
    7. Culin [guiso, salsa] to reduce
    8. Andes, RP [objetos robados] to receive, to fence
    9. RP [cadáver] to exhume [for reburial in smaller container]
    ♦ vi
    1. [en el automóvil]
    reducir (de marcha o [m5] velocidad) to change down;
    reduce a tercera change down into third (gear)
    2. Culin [guiso, salsa] to reduce
    * * *
    v/t
    1 reduce (a to); gastos cut;
    reducir personal cut jobs, reduce staff numbers;
    reducir la marcha AUTO downshift, shift into a lower gear
    2 MIL overcome
    * * *
    reducir {61} vt
    1) disminuir: to reduce, to decrease, to cut
    2) : to subdue
    3) : to boil down
    * * *
    reducir vb to reduce

    Spanish-English dictionary > reducir

  • 14 basarse en

    v.
    to be based on, to lie on, to lie over.
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = base on/upon, centre around/on/upon, draw from, hinge on/upon, premise upon, rely on/upon, rest on/upon, go by, draw on/upon, predicate on/upon, be conditional on, be grounded in, hang + Posesivo + hat on, pattern, build on/upon
    Ex. Other indexes based on titles, both printed and machine-held, may provide access to words other than the first in a title.
    Ex. The main body of criticism centred upon the treatment of nonbook materials.
    Ex. These headings may be drawn from an alphabetical list of subject headings or from a classification scheme.
    Ex. It is important to recognise that citation indexing hinges upon the continuation of documents as separate units and the perpetuation of the practices of citing other words.
    Ex. Commentators who assert their views premised upon a unity of aims for SLIS not only fail to appreciate existential realities, they also distort perceptions about what is the best speed of curriculum evolution.
    Ex. When BNB began publication in 1950 it relied upon the fourteenth edition of DC.
    Ex. Faceted classification rests upon the definition of the concept of a facet.
    Ex. The reading habits in some of the lands are difficult to describe as we have little evidence to go by.
    Ex. Bay's essay was produced to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Gesner's birth and draws upon a mass of contemporary source material.
    Ex. Manegerial decision-making must be predicated upon hard data with an eye toward future trends.
    Ex. Development of the right of access to information should, however, be conditional on respect for privacy.
    Ex. Carrying this argument one step further, it is not unreasonable to assert that the public library's relationship to its community is grounded in the efforts and attiudes of the library staff.
    Ex. There are no great words of wisdom to hang your hat on in these matters.
    Ex. Even supposedly local books are generally patterned along Western lines and are unsuitable for any of the courses offered in library schools.
    Ex. The system should build on existing resources, rather than develop expensive new programmes.
    * * *
    (v.) = base on/upon, centre around/on/upon, draw from, hinge on/upon, premise upon, rely on/upon, rest on/upon, go by, draw on/upon, predicate on/upon, be conditional on, be grounded in, hang + Posesivo + hat on, pattern, build on/upon

    Ex: Other indexes based on titles, both printed and machine-held, may provide access to words other than the first in a title.

    Ex: The main body of criticism centred upon the treatment of nonbook materials.
    Ex: These headings may be drawn from an alphabetical list of subject headings or from a classification scheme.
    Ex: It is important to recognise that citation indexing hinges upon the continuation of documents as separate units and the perpetuation of the practices of citing other words.
    Ex: Commentators who assert their views premised upon a unity of aims for SLIS not only fail to appreciate existential realities, they also distort perceptions about what is the best speed of curriculum evolution.
    Ex: When BNB began publication in 1950 it relied upon the fourteenth edition of DC.
    Ex: Faceted classification rests upon the definition of the concept of a facet.
    Ex: The reading habits in some of the lands are difficult to describe as we have little evidence to go by.
    Ex: Bay's essay was produced to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Gesner's birth and draws upon a mass of contemporary source material.
    Ex: Manegerial decision-making must be predicated upon hard data with an eye toward future trends.
    Ex: Development of the right of access to information should, however, be conditional on respect for privacy.
    Ex: Carrying this argument one step further, it is not unreasonable to assert that the public library's relationship to its community is grounded in the efforts and attiudes of the library staff.
    Ex: There are no great words of wisdom to hang your hat on in these matters.
    Ex: Even supposedly local books are generally patterned along Western lines and are unsuitable for any of the courses offered in library schools.
    Ex: The system should build on existing resources, rather than develop expensive new programmes.

    Spanish-English dictionary > basarse en

  • 15 con respecto a

    with regard to, regarding
    * * *
    regarding, in regard to
    * * *
    = concerning, in regard to, regarding, regarding, vis à vis, with regard(s) to, with respect to, within, as to, in extent of, in terms of, in the way of, as for, as regards, in relation to, in comparison with, in comparison to, as to the matter of, in reference to, now as to
    Ex. Having been alerted to the existence of a document, the user needs information concerning the actual location of the document, in order that the document may be read.
    Ex. Headings represent the predilection of the cataloger in regard to terminology.
    Ex. In major enumerative schemes synthesis is often controlled by careful instructions regarding citation order.
    Ex. In major enumerative schemes synthesis is often controlled by careful instructions regarding citation order.
    Ex. The information note following the explanatory heading provides guidance to the user of the catalogue vis à vis the conventions used in formulating uniform headings.
    Ex. KWOC or Keyword Out of Context indexes are intended to improve upon KWIC indexes, with regards to layout and presentation.
    Ex. In so doing the classifier should group documents in a useful order with respect to one another.
    Ex. Most data base producers have in-house guidelines for bibliographic description, and aim to achieve consistency of citation within their products.
    Ex. With a limited number of exceptions the title proper is transcribed exactly as to order, wording and spelling.
    Ex. In extent of enumeration and location of some topics, the sixteenth edition went back to the fourteenth edition.
    Ex. And we have all of the ingredients for the creation of an atmosphere in which the proponents of expediency could couch their arguments in terms of cost effectiveness.
    Ex. Indeed, the changes are so rapid and so diverse, our plans for the future must also include what is presently possible in the way of information dissemination.
    Ex. As for the future, the technology already exists for interfacing head-end computers on cable television systems with online catalog computers so that television sets can be employed to access catalogs.
    Ex. Practice as regards integration varies considerably.
    Ex. It is easiest to discuss the criteria for effective schedules in relation to the treatment of specific subjects.
    Ex. However, twentieth century literature is poorly treated in comparison with earlier periods.
    Ex. The new method appears to offer accurate results and efficient computation in comparison to other approaches.
    Ex. As to the matter of relics, it is almost incredible how impudently the world has been cheated.
    Ex. We now know enough in reference to the prevention and cure of communicable diseases so that the average human life might be lengthened by a third.
    Ex. Now as to the country of Samaria, it lies between Judea and Galilee and is made up hills and valleys.
    * * *
    = concerning, in regard to, regarding, regarding, vis à vis, with regard(s) to, with respect to, within, as to, in extent of, in terms of, in the way of, as for, as regards, in relation to, in comparison with, in comparison to, as to the matter of, in reference to, now as to

    Ex: Having been alerted to the existence of a document, the user needs information concerning the actual location of the document, in order that the document may be read.

    Ex: Headings represent the predilection of the cataloger in regard to terminology.
    Ex: In major enumerative schemes synthesis is often controlled by careful instructions regarding citation order.
    Ex: In major enumerative schemes synthesis is often controlled by careful instructions regarding citation order.
    Ex: The information note following the explanatory heading provides guidance to the user of the catalogue vis à vis the conventions used in formulating uniform headings.
    Ex: KWOC or Keyword Out of Context indexes are intended to improve upon KWIC indexes, with regards to layout and presentation.
    Ex: In so doing the classifier should group documents in a useful order with respect to one another.
    Ex: Most data base producers have in-house guidelines for bibliographic description, and aim to achieve consistency of citation within their products.
    Ex: With a limited number of exceptions the title proper is transcribed exactly as to order, wording and spelling.
    Ex: In extent of enumeration and location of some topics, the sixteenth edition went back to the fourteenth edition.
    Ex: And we have all of the ingredients for the creation of an atmosphere in which the proponents of expediency could couch their arguments in terms of cost effectiveness.
    Ex: Indeed, the changes are so rapid and so diverse, our plans for the future must also include what is presently possible in the way of information dissemination.
    Ex: As for the future, the technology already exists for interfacing head-end computers on cable television systems with online catalog computers so that television sets can be employed to access catalogs.
    Ex: Practice as regards integration varies considerably.
    Ex: It is easiest to discuss the criteria for effective schedules in relation to the treatment of specific subjects.
    Ex: However, twentieth century literature is poorly treated in comparison with earlier periods.
    Ex: The new method appears to offer accurate results and efficient computation in comparison to other approaches.
    Ex: As to the matter of relics, it is almost incredible how impudently the world has been cheated.
    Ex: We now know enough in reference to the prevention and cure of communicable diseases so that the average human life might be lengthened by a third.
    Ex: Now as to the country of Samaria, it lies between Judea and Galilee and is made up hills and valleys.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con respecto a

  • 16 cada vez más

    more and more
    ————————
    more and more, increasingly
    ————————
    more and more, increasingly
    * * *
    * * *
    = ever-growing, ever-increasing, increasingly, more and more, progressively, ever more, mushrooming, ever greater, in increasing numbers, increasing
    Ex. To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish, not forgetting the ever-growing list of translations of oriental works.
    Ex. Up to and including the fourteenth edition progress led to ever-increasing detail.
    Ex. Smaller libraries may increasingly use the Concise AACR2, and here again the recommendations are not always precisely consistent with AACR2.
    Ex. The tell-tale sign that an institution is no longer serving its initial function is that its energies are more and more consumed by is efforts to preserve and maintain its structure.
    Ex. After a variety of progressively more responsible positions at LC, he was promoted in 1964 to Associate Director of the Processing Department.
    Ex. As costs continue to rise and funds remain limited, the importance of spending each acquisitions dollar wisely becomes ever more apparent.
    Ex. The position of the library as source provider has been eroded in an age of information explosions and mushrooming technology.
    Ex. The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.
    Ex. Libraries are beginning to recognize that customers have choices for their information needs nd that some of these choices are drawing customers away from the library in increasing numbers, and perhaps for good.
    Ex. The final order on the shelves is the reverse of this, so that an order of increasing speciality is achieved.
    * * *
    = ever-growing, ever-increasing, increasingly, more and more, progressively, ever more, mushrooming, ever greater, in increasing numbers, increasing

    Ex: To gauge the full impact on the BNB one must add to these Arabic publications half a dozen books in Kurdish, not forgetting the ever-growing list of translations of oriental works.

    Ex: Up to and including the fourteenth edition progress led to ever-increasing detail.
    Ex: Smaller libraries may increasingly use the Concise AACR2, and here again the recommendations are not always precisely consistent with AACR2.
    Ex: The tell-tale sign that an institution is no longer serving its initial function is that its energies are more and more consumed by is efforts to preserve and maintain its structure.
    Ex: After a variety of progressively more responsible positions at LC, he was promoted in 1964 to Associate Director of the Processing Department.
    Ex: As costs continue to rise and funds remain limited, the importance of spending each acquisitions dollar wisely becomes ever more apparent.
    Ex: The position of the library as source provider has been eroded in an age of information explosions and mushrooming technology.
    Ex: The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.
    Ex: Libraries are beginning to recognize that customers have choices for their information needs nd that some of these choices are drawing customers away from the library in increasing numbers, and perhaps for good.
    Ex: The final order on the shelves is the reverse of this, so that an order of increasing speciality is achieved.

    Spanish-English dictionary > cada vez más

  • 17 depender de

    v.
    to depend on, to be dependent on, to be contingent on, to be conditional on.
    El plan depende del tiempo The plan depends on the time.
    María depende de Pedro Mary depends on Peter.
    El éxito depende de Pedro Success depends on Peter.
    * * *
    (v.) = be dependent on/upon, be reliant upon, depend on/upon, hang on, hinge on/upon, rest on/upon, be conditional on, rely on/upon, report to, be a question of
    Ex. Indexing is dependent upon the specific classification scheme in use.
    Ex. This may arise under the following circumstances: an abstracting organisation reliant upon volunteer abstractors who are scattered across national boundaries.
    Ex. In reality the extent of integration for catalogue entries for different media depends on administrative considerations, such as which section of the library is responsible for the compilation of catalogues for the various media.
    Ex. Successful retrieval hangs on the searcher being able to reconstruct that document description when he wants to locate the document again.
    Ex. It is important to recognise that citation indexing hinges upon the continuation of documents as separate units and the perpetuation of the practices of citing other words.
    Ex. Faceted classification rests upon the definition of the concept of a facet.
    Ex. Development of the right of access to information should, however, be conditional on respect for privacy.
    Ex. When BNB began publication in 1950 it relied upon the fourteenth edition of DC.
    Ex. The university has a single library system whose director reports to the provost, and has the rank of professor.
    Ex. I think it's not a question of putting people out of work; it's redeploying people.
    * * *
    (v.) = be dependent on/upon, be reliant upon, depend on/upon, hang on, hinge on/upon, rest on/upon, be conditional on, rely on/upon, report to, be a question of

    Ex: Indexing is dependent upon the specific classification scheme in use.

    Ex: This may arise under the following circumstances: an abstracting organisation reliant upon volunteer abstractors who are scattered across national boundaries.
    Ex: In reality the extent of integration for catalogue entries for different media depends on administrative considerations, such as which section of the library is responsible for the compilation of catalogues for the various media.
    Ex: Successful retrieval hangs on the searcher being able to reconstruct that document description when he wants to locate the document again.
    Ex: It is important to recognise that citation indexing hinges upon the continuation of documents as separate units and the perpetuation of the practices of citing other words.
    Ex: Faceted classification rests upon the definition of the concept of a facet.
    Ex: Development of the right of access to information should, however, be conditional on respect for privacy.
    Ex: When BNB began publication in 1950 it relied upon the fourteenth edition of DC.
    Ex: The university has a single library system whose director reports to the provost, and has the rank of professor.
    Ex: I think it's not a question of putting people out of work; it's redeploying people.

    Spanish-English dictionary > depender de

  • 18 fortuito

    adj.
    fortuitous, casual, chance, incidental.
    * * *
    1 chance, fortuitous
    * * *
    (f. - fortuita)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ [gen] fortuitous frm; [encuentro] accidental, chance antes de s
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo <encuentro/suceso> chance (before n), fortuitous
    * * *
    = haphazard, random, stochastic, unintended, fortuitous, pot luck, hit (and/or) miss, accidental, serendipitous.
    Ex. However, much of the detail in the fourteenth edition was a product of haphazard revision.
    Ex. Where the subcategory is small the subsequent arrangement is random.
    Ex. Indeed, the direction we seem to be embarked on may result in the negation of a century of well-established principles in favor of a machine-negotiated, stochastic access to individual items in the collection.
    Ex. However, membership of the European Community means that UK bussinesses are increasingly vulverable to NTBs, deliberate or unintended, which are determined on a Community basis.
    Ex. A stickler for details, sometimes to the point of compulsion, Edmonds was deemed a fortuitous choice to head the monumental reorganization process.
    Ex. In addition to the 'pot luck' method which some indexers seem to favour, we now have the use of PRECIS to serve as the indexing method in BNB.
    Ex. Funds are low, so libraries could benefit from interlibrary loan schemes, although without a national union catalogue, efforts to serve readers are hit and miss = Los fondos son escasos, por lo que las bibliotecas se podrían beneficiar del préstamo interbibliotecario, aunque, sin un catálogo colectivo nacional, los esfuerzos para atender a los usuarios son una lotería.
    Ex. The user is liable for any accidental or unintentional transmission.
    Ex. The help given by libraries to children can be formal, informal or serendipitous.
    ----
    * carácter fortuito = randomness.
    * de un modo fortuito = haphazardly.
    * hallazgo fortuito = serendipity.
    * observación fortuita = chance observation.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo <encuentro/suceso> chance (before n), fortuitous
    * * *
    = haphazard, random, stochastic, unintended, fortuitous, pot luck, hit (and/or) miss, accidental, serendipitous.

    Ex: However, much of the detail in the fourteenth edition was a product of haphazard revision.

    Ex: Where the subcategory is small the subsequent arrangement is random.
    Ex: Indeed, the direction we seem to be embarked on may result in the negation of a century of well-established principles in favor of a machine-negotiated, stochastic access to individual items in the collection.
    Ex: However, membership of the European Community means that UK bussinesses are increasingly vulverable to NTBs, deliberate or unintended, which are determined on a Community basis.
    Ex: A stickler for details, sometimes to the point of compulsion, Edmonds was deemed a fortuitous choice to head the monumental reorganization process.
    Ex: In addition to the 'pot luck' method which some indexers seem to favour, we now have the use of PRECIS to serve as the indexing method in BNB.
    Ex: Funds are low, so libraries could benefit from interlibrary loan schemes, although without a national union catalogue, efforts to serve readers are hit and miss = Los fondos son escasos, por lo que las bibliotecas se podrían beneficiar del préstamo interbibliotecario, aunque, sin un catálogo colectivo nacional, los esfuerzos para atender a los usuarios son una lotería.
    Ex: The user is liable for any accidental or unintentional transmission.
    Ex: The help given by libraries to children can be formal, informal or serendipitous.
    * carácter fortuito = randomness.
    * de un modo fortuito = haphazardly.
    * hallazgo fortuito = serendipity.
    * observación fortuita = chance observation.

    * * *
    ‹encuentro/suceso› chance ( before n), fortuitous
    no es fortuito que haya venido hoy it's no accident that he happened to turn up today
    * * *

    fortuito
    ◊ -ta adjetivo ‹encuentro/suceso› chance ( before n), fortuitous

    fortuito,-a adjetivo fortuitous, chance

    ' fortuito' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    accidental
    - aleatoria
    - aleatorio
    - fortuita
    - accidente
    English:
    accidental
    - casual
    - chance
    - coincidental
    - find
    - fortuitous
    - incidental
    * * *
    fortuito, -a adj
    chance;
    encuentro fortuito chance encounter
    * * *
    adj chance atr, accidental
    * * *
    fortuito, -ta adj
    : fortuitous
    * * *
    fortuito adj chance / accidental

    Spanish-English dictionary > fortuito

  • 19 utilizar

    v.
    1 to use.
    El cartero utiliza un saco The mailman uses a sack.
    El traidor utilizó a su novia The traitor used his girlfriend.
    2 to spend.
    * * *
    1 to use, make use of
    * * *
    verb
    to use, utilize
    * * *
    VT
    1) (=usar) to use, make use of, utilize frm

    ¿qué medio de transporte utilizas? — which means of transport do you use?

    2) (=explotar) [+ recursos] to harness; [+ desperdicios] to reclaim
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to use, utilize (frml)
    * * *
    = adopt, deploy, employ, enlist, exploit, handle, harness, help + Reflexivo, rely on/upon, take in + use, tap, use, utilise [utilize, -USA], find + Posesivo + way (a)round/through + Complemento, draw on/upon, bring to + bear, build on/upon, make + use of, leverage, mobilise [mobilize, -USA], play + Nombre + along.
    Ex. The concept of corporate authorship was first formulated in the BM code and has been adopted in all subsequent English language codes.
    Ex. The article presents the results of trials in which the model was deployed to classify aspects of the construction industry, such as construction norms and regulations.
    Ex. The size of the collections in which the LCC is currently employed is likely to be a significant factor in its perpetuation.
    Ex. Capital letters, and various punctuation symbols eg:,(),' may be enlisted as facet indicators.
    Ex. The Library of Congress List of Subject Headings (LCSH) can be exploited as a general index, since it shows LCC numbers for many of the headings listed.
    Ex. An author's name is usually shorter than a title, and thus is arguably easier to handle and remember.
    Ex. When computers were first harnessed for information retrieval and cataloguing applications, the information retrieval systems, and some of the cataloguing systems developed in different environments.
    Ex. There was a need for more basic information materials, i.e. laymen's guides, so that people could help themselves.
    Ex. When BNB began publication in 1950 it relied upon the fourteenth edition of DC.
    Ex. The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.
    Ex. It must be pointed out, however, that the potential for online catalogs to increase library staff productivity has hardly been tapped.
    Ex. A study of bibliographic classification could concentrate solely upon the major, and some of the more minor bibliographic classification schemes used today.
    Ex. Clearly both tools record controlled indexing languages, but they are utilised in different environments.
    Ex. Those familiar with conventional lists of subject headings will have no difficulty in finding their way around a typical thesaurus.
    Ex. Bay's essay was produced to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Gesner's birth and draws upon a mass of contemporary source material.
    Ex. For such a task the librarian is particularly well fitted by his professional education: bringing to bear the great analytical power of classification should be second nature to him.
    Ex. The system should build on existing resources, rather than develop expensive new programmes.
    Ex. The example search in figure 8.3 shows how the statements in an online search make use of Boolean logic operators.
    Ex. Information seeking in electronic environments will become a collaboration among end user and various electronic systems such that users leverage their heuristic power and machines leverage algorithmic power.
    Ex. It is time for all librarians to change their attitudes and become involved, to seek funds and mobilise civic organisations and businesses in cooperative efforts.
    Ex. Dennis played her along until she decided to back out at which time he threatened to imprison her unless she paid up $2 million.
    ----
    * confeccionar utilizando un modelo = model.
    * empezar a utilizarse = come into + use.
    * introducción de datos utilizando un teclado = keypunching.
    * persona que utiliza la biblioteca = non-library user.
    * poder utilizarse = be usable.
    * que utiliza el tiempo como variable = time-dependent.
    * que utiliza muchos recursos = resource-intensive.
    * utilizar al máximo = stretch + Nombre + to the limit.
    * utilizar al máximo por medio del ordenador = explode.
    * utilizar el dinero sabiamente = spend + wisely.
    * utilizar el ordenador = operate + computer.
    * utilizar en contra = set against.
    * utilizar la red = go + online.
    * utilizar las ideas de (Alguien) = draw on/upon + Posesivo + ideas.
    * utilizar los conocimientos de Uno = put + Posesivo + knowledge to work.
    * utilizar los recursos del personal propio = insource.
    * utilizar para un fin = put to + purpose.
    * utilizar poco = underutilise/under-utilise [underutilize/under-utilize, -USA].
    * utilizar por primera vez = pioneer.
    * utilizar recursos = mobilise + resources, tap + resources, tap into + resources.
    * utilizarse con demasiada frecuencia = be overworked.
    * utilizarse en = be at home in.
    * utilizar una metodología = employ + methodology.
    * utilizar un terminal = sit at + terminal.
    * volver a utilizar = recapture, reutilise [reutilize, -USA].
    * * *
    verbo transitivo to use, utilize (frml)
    * * *
    = adopt, deploy, employ, enlist, exploit, handle, harness, help + Reflexivo, rely on/upon, take in + use, tap, use, utilise [utilize, -USA], find + Posesivo + way (a)round/through + Complemento, draw on/upon, bring to + bear, build on/upon, make + use of, leverage, mobilise [mobilize, -USA], play + Nombre + along.

    Ex: The concept of corporate authorship was first formulated in the BM code and has been adopted in all subsequent English language codes.

    Ex: The article presents the results of trials in which the model was deployed to classify aspects of the construction industry, such as construction norms and regulations.
    Ex: The size of the collections in which the LCC is currently employed is likely to be a significant factor in its perpetuation.
    Ex: Capital letters, and various punctuation symbols eg:,(),' may be enlisted as facet indicators.
    Ex: The Library of Congress List of Subject Headings (LCSH) can be exploited as a general index, since it shows LCC numbers for many of the headings listed.
    Ex: An author's name is usually shorter than a title, and thus is arguably easier to handle and remember.
    Ex: When computers were first harnessed for information retrieval and cataloguing applications, the information retrieval systems, and some of the cataloguing systems developed in different environments.
    Ex: There was a need for more basic information materials, i.e. laymen's guides, so that people could help themselves.
    Ex: When BNB began publication in 1950 it relied upon the fourteenth edition of DC.
    Ex: The last 3 years while grants were available saw a rise in loans, readers and outreach services, a controversial stock revision and scrapping were carried out and a PC was taken in use.
    Ex: It must be pointed out, however, that the potential for online catalogs to increase library staff productivity has hardly been tapped.
    Ex: A study of bibliographic classification could concentrate solely upon the major, and some of the more minor bibliographic classification schemes used today.
    Ex: Clearly both tools record controlled indexing languages, but they are utilised in different environments.
    Ex: Those familiar with conventional lists of subject headings will have no difficulty in finding their way around a typical thesaurus.
    Ex: Bay's essay was produced to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Gesner's birth and draws upon a mass of contemporary source material.
    Ex: For such a task the librarian is particularly well fitted by his professional education: bringing to bear the great analytical power of classification should be second nature to him.
    Ex: The system should build on existing resources, rather than develop expensive new programmes.
    Ex: The example search in figure 8.3 shows how the statements in an online search make use of Boolean logic operators.
    Ex: Information seeking in electronic environments will become a collaboration among end user and various electronic systems such that users leverage their heuristic power and machines leverage algorithmic power.
    Ex: It is time for all librarians to change their attitudes and become involved, to seek funds and mobilise civic organisations and businesses in cooperative efforts.
    Ex: Dennis played her along until she decided to back out at which time he threatened to imprison her unless she paid up $2 million.
    * confeccionar utilizando un modelo = model.
    * empezar a utilizarse = come into + use.
    * introducción de datos utilizando un teclado = keypunching.
    * persona que utiliza la biblioteca = non-library user.
    * poder utilizarse = be usable.
    * que utiliza el tiempo como variable = time-dependent.
    * que utiliza muchos recursos = resource-intensive.
    * utilizar al máximo = stretch + Nombre + to the limit.
    * utilizar al máximo por medio del ordenador = explode.
    * utilizar el dinero sabiamente = spend + wisely.
    * utilizar el ordenador = operate + computer.
    * utilizar en contra = set against.
    * utilizar la red = go + online.
    * utilizar las ideas de (Alguien) = draw on/upon + Posesivo + ideas.
    * utilizar los conocimientos de Uno = put + Posesivo + knowledge to work.
    * utilizar los recursos del personal propio = insource.
    * utilizar para un fin = put to + purpose.
    * utilizar poco = underutilise/under-utilise [underutilize/under-utilize, -USA].
    * utilizar por primera vez = pioneer.
    * utilizar recursos = mobilise + resources, tap + resources, tap into + resources.
    * utilizarse con demasiada frecuencia = be overworked.
    * utilizarse en = be at home in.
    * utilizar una metodología = employ + methodology.
    * utilizar un terminal = sit at + terminal.
    * volver a utilizar = recapture, reutilise [reutilize, -USA].

    * * *
    utilizar [A4 ]
    vt
    to use, utilize ( frml)
    la principal fuente de energía que utilizan es la solar they rely on o use o utilize solar power as their main source of energy, the main source of energy they employ o use o utilize is solar power
    utilizan los recursos naturales indiscriminadamente they make indiscriminate use of natural resources
    utilizan la religión como instrumento para sus fines they use religion as a means to (achieve) their ends
    no se da cuenta de que la están utilizando she doesn't realize that she's being used
    * * *

     

    utilizar ( conjugate utilizar) verbo transitivo
    to use, utilize (frml)
    utilizar verbo transitivo to use, utilize
    ' utilizar' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    emplear
    - explotar
    - manipular
    - servirse
    - terminar
    - usar
    - valerse
    - encanto
    - modelo
    - violento
    English:
    bunk
    - deploy
    - employ
    - exploit
    - idle
    - instruction
    - toilet-train
    - toilet-training
    - unemployed
    - use
    - utilize
    - discriminate
    - harness
    - misuse
    - stone
    - user
    * * *
    1. [expresión, método, producto] to use
    2. [compañero, amigo] to use;
    te está utilizando he's using you
    * * *
    v/t use
    * * *
    utilizar {21} vt
    : to use, to utilize
    * * *
    utilizar vb to use

    Spanish-English dictionary > utilizar

  • 20 करण


    káraṇa
    (once karaṇá RV. I, 119, 7)

    mf (ī)n. doing, making, effecting, causing (esp. ifc.;
    cf. antakaraṇa, ushṇaṉ-k-, etc.) R. etc.;
    clever, skilful RV. I, 119, 7 ;
    m. a helper, companion AV. VI, 46, 2; XV, 5, 1-6; XIX, 57, 3 ;
    a man of a mixed class (the son of an outcast Kshatriya Mn. X, 22 ;
    orﾠ the son of a Ṡūdra woman by a Vaiṡya Yājñ. I, 92 ;
    orﾠ the son of a Vaiṡya woman by a Kshatriya MBh. I, 2446; 4521 ;
    the occupation of this class is writing, accounts etc.) a writer, scribe W. ;
    (in Gr.) a sound orﾠ word as an independent part of speech ( orﾠ as separated from the context;
    in this sense usually n.) Kāṡ. on Pāṇ. 3-1, 41 Pat. Comm. on RPrāt. ;
    (in mus.) a kind of time Kum. VI, 40 ;
    (ī) f. a woman of the above mixed tribe Yājñ. I, 95 ;
    (with sutā) an adopted daughter R. (ed. Gorr.) I, 19, 9 ;
    (in arithm.) a surd orﾠ irrational number, surd root;
    the side of a square Ṡulbas. Comm. on VS. ;
    a particular measure Comm. on KātyṠr. ;
    a particular position of the fingers;
    (am) n. the act of making, doing, producing, effecting ṠBr. MBh. etc. (very often ifc. e.g.. mushṭi-k-, virūpa-k-);
    an act, deed RV. ;
    an action (esp. a religious one) Yājñ. I, 250 R. ;
    the special business of any tribe orﾠ caste L. ;
    a calculation (esp. an astronomical one) VarBṛS. ;
    an astrological division of the day (these Karaṇas are eleven, viz. vava, valava, kaulava, taitila, gara, vaṇija, vishṭi, ṡakuni, catushpada, kintughna, andﾠ nāga, two being equal to a lunar day;
    the first seven are called a-dhruvāṇi orﾠ movable, andﾠ fill, eight times repeated, the space from the second half of the first day in the moon's increase to the first half of the fourteenth day in its wane;
    the four others are dhruvāṇi orﾠ fixed, andﾠ occupy the four half-days from the second half of the fourteenth day in the wane of the moon to the first half of the first day in its increase) VarBṛS. Suṡr. etc.;
    pronunciation, articulation, APrāt. ;
    (in Gr.) a sound orﾠ word as an independent part of speech, separated from its context Pāṇ. Kāṡ. etc., ( karaṇa may be used in this way like kāra e.g.. iti-karaṇa ṠāṇkhṠr.);
    the posture of an ascetic;
    a posture in sexual intercourse;
    instrument, means of action ṠvetUp. Yājñ. Megh. ;
    an organ of sense orﾠ of speech VPrāt. PārGṛ. ;
    (in law) an instrument, document, bond Mn. VIII, 51; 52; 154 ;
    (in Gr.) the means orﾠ instrument by which an action is effected, the idea expressed by the instrumental case, instrumentality
    Pāṇ. 1-4, 42; II, 3, 18; III, 2, 45 ;
    cause (= kāraṇa);
    a spell, charm Kathās. (cf. karaṇa-prayoga);
    rhythm, time Kum. ;
    body Megh. Kum. Kād. ;
    N. of a treatise of Varāha-mihira on the motion of the planets;
    of a work belonging to the Ṡiva-darṡana;
    a field L. ;
    the mind, heart W. (cf. antaḥ-karaṇa);
    grain W.

    Sanskrit-English dictionary > करण

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