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  • 121 definir

    v.
    1 to define.
    Ricardo definió las políticas ayer Richard defined the policies yesterday.
    2 to describe.
    3 to circumscribe, to delimit.
    La cerca define mi territorio The fence circumscribes my territory.
    4 to explain.
    El sabio definió los conceptos The sage explained the concepts.
    * * *
    1 to define
    1 to be defined
    2 (explicarse) to make oneself clear, define one's position
    * * *
    verb
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) [+ concepto, palabra] to define
    2) (=calificar) to describe
    3) (=aclarar) [+ actitud, posición] to define; [+ contorno, silueta] to define, make sharp
    4) (=establecer) [+ poder, jurisdicción] to define, establish

    esta ley define las competencias de cada administración — this law defines o establishes the powers of each authority

    5) (Inform) to define
    2.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <palabra/concepto> to define
    b) <postura/actitud> to define
    c) <contorno/línea> to define, make... sharp
    2.
    definirse v pron
    * * *
    = define, delineate, state, structure, construe, scope.
    Ex. AACR2 defines authorship in terms of the intellectual responsibility for a work.
    Ex. PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.
    Ex. Short abstracts are generally preferred, but there are instances where the most effective approach is to cite the original unamended, and to state that this is what has been done.
    Ex. The large cataloguing record data bases are structured according to a format known as the MARC format.
    Ex. This is not to be construed as a suggestion that the library should attempt to set itself up as pedagogue to the nation.
    Ex. Information policy is highly complex and that it presents considerable difficulties in terms of scoping meaningful studies.
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    * definir de un modo predeterminado e inamobible = hard code [hardcode].
    * definir de un modo predeterminado e inamovible = hardwire [hard wire].
    * definir por uno mismo = self-define.
    * definir relaciones = structure + relationships.
    * definir una función = formulate + role.
    * definir una misión = formulate + mission.
    * definir un problema = delineate + problem.
    * fácil de definir = easy-to-define.
    * no definirse = sit on + the fence.
    * ser hora de definirse = time to climb off the fence.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    a) <palabra/concepto> to define
    b) <postura/actitud> to define
    c) <contorno/línea> to define, make... sharp
    2.
    definirse v pron
    * * *
    = define, delineate, state, structure, construe, scope.

    Ex: AACR2 defines authorship in terms of the intellectual responsibility for a work.

    Ex: PRECIS relies upon citation order (sometimes with the support of prepositions) to record syntactical relationships, and to delineate two similar subjects.
    Ex: Short abstracts are generally preferred, but there are instances where the most effective approach is to cite the original unamended, and to state that this is what has been done.
    Ex: The large cataloguing record data bases are structured according to a format known as the MARC format.
    Ex: This is not to be construed as a suggestion that the library should attempt to set itself up as pedagogue to the nation.
    Ex: Information policy is highly complex and that it presents considerable difficulties in terms of scoping meaningful studies.
    * definir de un modo predeterminado e inamobible = hard code [hardcode].
    * definir de un modo predeterminado e inamovible = hardwire [hard wire].
    * definir por uno mismo = self-define.
    * definir relaciones = structure + relationships.
    * definir una función = formulate + role.
    * definir una misión = formulate + mission.
    * definir un problema = delineate + problem.
    * fácil de definir = easy-to-define.
    * no definirse = sit on + the fence.
    * ser hora de definirse = time to climb off the fence.

    * * *
    definir [I1 ]
    vt
    1 ‹palabra/concepto› to define
    2 ‹postura/actitud› to define
    3 ‹contorno/línea› to define, make … sharp
    aún no se ha definido con respecto a este problema he has yet to define his position o to say where he stands on this issue
    tenemos que definirnos por una u otra opción we have to come down in favor of o choose one or other of the options
    el pueblo se definió por la alternativa pacífica the people came out o decided in favor of a peaceful solution
    * * *

     

    definir ( conjugate definir) verbo transitivo
    to define
    definir verbo transitivo to define
    ' definir' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    concretar
    - de
    English:
    define
    - item
    - thing
    - delineate
    - determine
    - pin
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [explicar, precisar] to define;
    debes definir tu postura you must define your position, you must say where you stand
    2. [describir] to describe;
    la generosidad define su carácter generosity typifies his character;
    se define a sí mismo como de derechas he describes himself as right-wing
    * * *
    v/t define
    * * *
    1) : to define
    2) : to determine
    * * *
    definir vb to define

    Spanish-English dictionary > definir

  • 122 despertar la curiosidad

    (v.) = arouse + curiosity, provoke + curiosity, spark + curiosity, excite + attention, excite + curiosity, pique + curiosity, stir + Posesivo + curiosity
    Ex. I'll drop a few hints and clues to arouse your curiosities and to help you start your research.
    Ex. But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.
    Ex. Indeed, to spark reader's curiosity incomplete and leading remarks are possible the most effective.
    Ex. Bright new copies of an unknown book naturally excite more attention than old 'readers' soiled from overuse.
    Ex. This software is still in its infancy, but its launch excited the curiosity of many users, and produced a spin-off in the form of increased usage of the other two databases.
    Ex. His curiosity was piqued as he glanced at the words again -- 'Would you drop by my office at your earliest convenience?'.
    Ex. Library media specialists can entertain children with holiday storytelling to enhance interest and stir curiosity and with visual aids to spark motivation.
    * * *
    (v.) = arouse + curiosity, provoke + curiosity, spark + curiosity, excite + attention, excite + curiosity, pique + curiosity, stir + Posesivo + curiosity

    Ex: I'll drop a few hints and clues to arouse your curiosities and to help you start your research.

    Ex: But in the country the processes of printing always provoke such lively curiosity that the customers preferred to go in by a glazed door set in the shop-front and giving onto the street.
    Ex: Indeed, to spark reader's curiosity incomplete and leading remarks are possible the most effective.
    Ex: Bright new copies of an unknown book naturally excite more attention than old 'readers' soiled from overuse.
    Ex: This software is still in its infancy, but its launch excited the curiosity of many users, and produced a spin-off in the form of increased usage of the other two databases.
    Ex: His curiosity was piqued as he glanced at the words again -- 'Would you drop by my office at your earliest convenience?'.
    Ex: Library media specialists can entertain children with holiday storytelling to enhance interest and stir curiosity and with visual aids to spark motivation.

    Spanish-English dictionary > despertar la curiosidad

  • 123 desventaja

    f.
    disadvantage.
    estar en desventaja to be at a disadvantage
    * * *
    1 disadvantage, drawback
    2 (problema) problem
    \
    estar en desventaja to be at a disadvantage
    * * *
    noun f.
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=perjuicio) disadvantage
    2) (=inconveniente) disadvantage, drawback
    * * *
    femenino disadvantage
    * * *
    = disadvantage, drawback, flaw, limitation, weakness, minus [minuses, pl.], downside, weak point.
    Ex. Item record indexes, whatever their physical format, share certain advantages and disadvantages.
    Ex. The drawbacks of this form are its limited flexibility, and the time taken in maintenance.
    Ex. The author lists 10 advantages of procuring the journals through STC, but counterbalances these by listing 14 flaws in the corporation's organisation.
    Ex. In general then, the analytical approach is to be preferred, but it does have two limitations.
    Ex. The strengths and weaknesses of natural language indexing derive from this basic characteristic.
    Ex. Whether these differences are pluses or minuses depends very much on a library's needs and expectations.
    Ex. The article 'The upside and downside of information highway capitology' compares the writings of optimistic futurists and pessimistic visionaries on the subject of the information superhighway.
    Ex. Both earch engines has their own strong and weak points.
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    * adolecer de desventaja = suffer from + limitation.
    * desventaja del primero en tomar la iniciativa = first-mover disadvantage.
    * desventaja del primero que hace Algo = first-mover disadvantage, first-mover advantage.
    * estar en desventaja = be disadvantaged, be at a disadvantage.
    * ventajas y desventajas = trade-off [tradeoff/trade off], pros and cons, benefits and pitfalls.
    * ventajas (y/o) desventajas = merits (and/or) demerits, advantages (and/or) disadvantages, strengths (and/or) weaknesses, pluses (and/or) minuses.
    * ver desventajas = see + drawbacks.
    * * *
    femenino disadvantage
    * * *
    = disadvantage, drawback, flaw, limitation, weakness, minus [minuses, pl.], downside, weak point.

    Ex: Item record indexes, whatever their physical format, share certain advantages and disadvantages.

    Ex: The drawbacks of this form are its limited flexibility, and the time taken in maintenance.
    Ex: The author lists 10 advantages of procuring the journals through STC, but counterbalances these by listing 14 flaws in the corporation's organisation.
    Ex: In general then, the analytical approach is to be preferred, but it does have two limitations.
    Ex: The strengths and weaknesses of natural language indexing derive from this basic characteristic.
    Ex: Whether these differences are pluses or minuses depends very much on a library's needs and expectations.
    Ex: The article 'The upside and downside of information highway capitology' compares the writings of optimistic futurists and pessimistic visionaries on the subject of the information superhighway.
    Ex: Both earch engines has their own strong and weak points.
    * adolecer de desventaja = suffer from + limitation.
    * desventaja del primero en tomar la iniciativa = first-mover disadvantage.
    * desventaja del primero que hace Algo = first-mover disadvantage, first-mover advantage.
    * estar en desventaja = be disadvantaged, be at a disadvantage.
    * ventajas y desventajas = trade-off [tradeoff/trade off], pros and cons, benefits and pitfalls.
    * ventajas (y/o) desventajas = merits (and/or) demerits, advantages (and/or) disadvantages, strengths (and/or) weaknesses, pluses (and/or) minuses.
    * ver desventajas = see + drawbacks.

    * * *
    disadvantage
    este método tiene sus desventajas this method has its drawbacks o disadvantages
    al no saber idiomas está en desventaja he's at a disadvantage not knowing any languages, not knowing any languages puts him at a disadvantage
    * * *

    desventaja sustantivo femenino
    disadvantage;

    desventaja sustantivo femenino
    1 (desigualdad, inferioridad) disadvantage: estamos en desventaja, we are at a disadvantage
    2 (inconveniente) drawback: esa solución tiene una desventaja, that solution has a disadvantage

    ' desventaja' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    inconveniente
    English:
    disadvantage
    - handicap
    - handicapped
    - liability
    - minus
    - at
    - draw
    * * *
    disadvantage;
    afrontan el encuentro de vuelta con una desventaja de quince puntos they go into the return match trailing by fifteen points o fifteen points behind;
    compite con desventaja he's competing at a disadvantage;
    estar en desventaja to be at a disadvantage
    * * *
    f disadvantage
    * * *
    : disadvantage, drawback
    * * *
    desventaja n disadvantage

    Spanish-English dictionary > desventaja

  • 124 dicho3

    = such.
    Ex. Preferential relationships generally indicate preferred terms or descriptors and distinguish such terms from non-descriptors or non-preferred terms.

    Spanish-English dictionary > dicho3

  • 125 elemento de entrada

    Ex. Once the name to be used in a heading and its form have been settled, it is time to decide upon the entry element, or in more general terms, to examine the preferred order of the components of a name as the name is to appear as a heading.
    * * *

    Ex: Once the name to be used in a heading and its form have been settled, it is time to decide upon the entry element, or in more general terms, to examine the preferred order of the components of a name as the name is to appear as a heading.

    Spanish-English dictionary > elemento de entrada

  • 126 emblema

    m.
    1 emblem, badge (divisa, distintivo).
    2 symbol.
    * * *
    1 emblem, badge
    2 (de marca) logo
    * * *
    * * *
    masculino emblem
    * * *
    = emblem, figurehead, banner, byword, crowning jewel.
    Ex. It is now possible to search for the specific term 'insignia' as well as the more general preferred term ' emblems'.
    Ex. This book is a biography of Mary Baker Eddy, a woman who became the figurehead for the medico-religious movement of Christian Science.
    Ex. This article gives details of the archive collections of a political party library including deposits and bequests, the picture archive, the collection of banners, the film and video archive, and sound recordings = Este artículo da detalles de las archivos de una biblioteca de un partido político incluyendo depósitos y legados, el archivo fotográfico, la colección de pancartas, la filmoteca y las grabaciones sonoras.
    Ex. Hackman became a byword for everything that was authentic about the cerebral American New Wave of the late 1960s and 1970s.
    Ex. In this fully updated work, nearly 500 species and cultivars of the crowning jewels of water gardens, the water lilies and lotuses, are described.
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    * bajo el emblema = under the banner.
    * con el emblema = under the banner.
    * * *
    masculino emblem
    * * *
    = emblem, figurehead, banner, byword, crowning jewel.

    Ex: It is now possible to search for the specific term 'insignia' as well as the more general preferred term ' emblems'.

    Ex: This book is a biography of Mary Baker Eddy, a woman who became the figurehead for the medico-religious movement of Christian Science.
    Ex: This article gives details of the archive collections of a political party library including deposits and bequests, the picture archive, the collection of banners, the film and video archive, and sound recordings = Este artículo da detalles de las archivos de una biblioteca de un partido político incluyendo depósitos y legados, el archivo fotográfico, la colección de pancartas, la filmoteca y las grabaciones sonoras.
    Ex: Hackman became a byword for everything that was authentic about the cerebral American New Wave of the late 1960s and 1970s.
    Ex: In this fully updated work, nearly 500 species and cultivars of the crowning jewels of water gardens, the water lilies and lotuses, are described.
    * bajo el emblema = under the banner.
    * con el emblema = under the banner.

    * * *
    1 (insignia) emblem
    2 (símbolo) symbol, emblem
    * * *

    emblema sustantivo masculino
    emblem
    emblema sustantivo masculino emblem
    ' emblema' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    escudo
    - divisa
    - insignia
    English:
    emblem
    - crest
    * * *
    1. [divisa, distintivo] emblem, badge
    2. [símbolo] symbol
    * * *
    m emblem
    * * *
    : emblem

    Spanish-English dictionary > emblema

  • 127 en aquellas ocasiones cuando

    Ex. On occasions when the title is not appropriate for use as a filing element, a chronological order of entries for documents according to the date of publication of the document may be preferred.
    * * *

    Ex: On occasions when the title is not appropriate for use as a filing element, a chronological order of entries for documents according to the date of publication of the document may be preferred.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en aquellas ocasiones cuando

  • 128 en su defecto

    = failing that/these
    Ex. Thus, single-word terms or, failing theses, two-word terms, are preferred for describing concepts if such terms exist.
    * * *
    = failing that/these

    Ex: Thus, single-word terms or, failing theses, two-word terms, are preferred for describing concepts if such terms exist.

    Spanish-English dictionary > en su defecto

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