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1 ♦ situation
♦ situation /sɪtʃʊˈeɪʃn/n.1 situazione; condizione; stato delle cose; complesso di circostanze: The political situation is difficult, la situazione politica è difficile; in a crisis situation, in una condizione di crisi; to handle the situation, gestire (o padroneggiare) la situazione; to retrieve the situation, salvare la situazione; to worsen the situation, aggravare la situazione; to rectify a situation, rettificare una situazione; a hopeless situation, una situazione disperata; a tricky situation, una situazione pericolosa2 (econ.) situazione; congiuntura: situation analysis, analisi della situazione; the current economic situation, l'attuale congiuntura economica3 (econ., fin.) posizione: situation rent, rendita di posizione ( di un immobile); debt situation, posizione debitoria4 (econ.) posto; lavoro; occupazione; impiego: Dozens of people have applied for this situation, decine di persone hanno fatto domanda per questo posto; He found a situation as an accountant, ha trovato lavoro come contabile; (pubbl.) «Situations vacant», «offerte di lavoro»; «cercasi»; «Situations wanted», «domande di lavoro»; «offresi»5 (form.) situazione; ubicazione: The house is in a magnificent situation, la casa ha un'ubicazione splendida (o è in un sito splendido)6 (fam.) problema; guaio; brutta situazione: You've got quite a situation there!, per te è un bel problema!; What a situation!, che guaio!● ( radio, TV) situation comedy, sceneggiato con personaggi che devono affrontare problemi della vita quotidiana; situation comedy □ situation room, (mil., USA) sala operativa ( nel sottosuolo della Casa Bianca); (fig.) stanza dei bottoni. -
2 (to) rectify
(to) rectify /ˈrɛktɪfaɪ/v. t.1 rettificare ( anche chim., mat., mecc.); correggere: to rectify a situation [a mistake], rettificare una situazione [un errore]● (rag.) to rectify an entry, rettificare una posta □ to rectify one's life, tornare sulla retta via (fig.). -
3 (to) rectify
(to) rectify /ˈrɛktɪfaɪ/v. t.1 rettificare ( anche chim., mat., mecc.); correggere: to rectify a situation [a mistake], rettificare una situazione [un errore]● (rag.) to rectify an entry, rettificare una posta □ to rectify one's life, tornare sulla retta via (fig.).
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rectify — rec‧ti‧fy [ˈrektfaɪ] verb rectified PTandPP [transitive] formal to correct something that is wrong: • We apologise for the delay and are doing everything we can to rectify the situation. * * * rectify UK US /ˈrektɪfaɪ/ verb [T] … Financial and business terms
rectify — UK [ˈrektɪfaɪ] / US [ˈrektəˌfaɪ] verb [transitive] Word forms rectify : present tense I/you/we/they rectify he/she/it rectifies present participle rectifying past tense rectified past participle rectified formal to correct a problem or mistake,… … English dictionary
rectify — rec|ti|fy [ rektə,faı ] verb transitive FORMAL to correct a problem or mistake, or make a bad situation better: I am anxious to rectify this situation. ╾ rec|ti|fi|ca|tion [ ,rektəfı keıʃn ] noun uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
rectify — [[t]re̱ktɪfaɪ[/t]] rectifies, rectifying, rectified VERB If you rectify something that is wrong, you change it so that it becomes correct or satisfactory. [V n] Only an act of Congress could rectify the situation... [V n] That mistake could have… … English dictionary
rectify — verb rectified, rectifying (T) 1 formal to correct something that is wrong: I did my best to rectify the situation, but the damage was already done. | Please rectify the mistake at once. 2 technical to make alcohol pure 3 technical to change an… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
rectify — rec|ti|fy [ˈrektıfaı] v past tense and past participle rectified present participle rectifying third person singular rectifies [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: rectifier, from Medieval Latin rectificare, from Latin rectus right, straight ] … Dictionary of contemporary English
rectify — verb Perry is willing to do anything to rectify the situation with his estranged grandfather Syn: correct, right, put right, put to rights, sort out, deal with, amend, remedy, repair, fix, make good, resolve, settle; informal patch up … Thesaurus of popular words
rectify — [v] correct a situation; make something right adjust, amend, clean up, clean up act*, debug, dial back*, doctor, emend, fix, fix up, go over, improve, launder, make good*, make up for*, mend, pay one’s dues*, pick up, put right, recalibrate,… … New thesaurus
situation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ general, overall, whole ▪ current, immediate, present ▪ international, local, national … Collocations dictionary
rectify — verb Rectify is used with these nouns as the object: ↑error, ↑fault, ↑imbalance, ↑injustice, ↑mistake, ↑omission, ↑problem, ↑situation … Collocations dictionary
rectify — [ˈrektɪˌfaɪ] verb [T] formal to correct a problem or mistake, or to make a bad situation better … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
