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  • 1 measure

    ['meʒə] 1. noun
    1) (an instrument for finding the size, amount etc of something: a glass measure for liquids; a tape-measure.) miera
    2) (a unit: The metre is a measure of length.) jednotka miery
    3) (a system of measuring: dry/liquid/square measure.) miera
    4) (a plan of action or something done: We must take (= use, or put into action) certain measures to stop the increase in crime.) opatrenie
    5) (a certain amount: a measure of sympathy.) miera
    6) ((in music) the musical notes contained between two bar lines.) takt
    2. verb
    1) (to find the size, amount etc of (something): He measured the table.) odmerať
    2) (to show the size, amount etc of: A thermometer measures temperature.) ukazovať
    3) ((with against, besides etc) to judge in comparison with: She measured her skill in cooking against her friend's.) porovnávať
    4) (to be a certain size: This table measures two metres by one metre.) merať
    - beyond measure
    - for good measure
    - full measure
    - made to measure
    - measure out
    - measure up
    * * *
    • velkost
    • vziat mieru
    • vyskúšat (si)
    • zmerat si
    • zobrat mieru
    • zmerat
    • šírka stlpca sadzby
    • rytmus
    • sebakázen
    • sebaovládanie
    • stupen
    • spolocný delitel
    • takt
    • spolocný menovatel
    • tempo
    • urcitá miera
    • umiernenost
    • prejst
    • premeriavat
    • premerat
    • jednotka (miery)
    • brat mieru
    • dlžka riadka
    • delitel
    • rozmer
    • porovnat (si)
    • porovnávat
    • kritérium
    • krokový tanec
    • merat
    • meracia sústava
    • merac
    • mat rozmery
    • merat (si)
    • merat sa
    • medza
    • meradlo
    • miera
    • nápev
    • odmeriavat
    • odmerka
    • odhadnút
    • opatrenie
    • odmerat

    English-Slovak dictionary > measure

  • 2 measure up

    ( often with to) (to reach a certain required standard: John's performance doesn't measure up (to the others).) dosiahnuť požadovanú úroveň
    * * *
    • prispôsobit sa
    • mat požadovanú úroven

    English-Slovak dictionary > measure up

  • 3 made to measure

    (of clothing) made to fit the measurements of a particular person: Was your jacket made to measure?; (also adjective) (a made-to-measure suit.) ušitý na mieru

    English-Slovak dictionary > made to measure

  • 4 for good measure

    (as something extra or above the minimum necessary: The shopkeeper weighed out the sweets and put in a few more for good measure.) navyše

    English-Slovak dictionary > for good measure

  • 5 full measure

    ((no less than) the correct amount: We must ensure that customers get full measure.) plná kapacita

    English-Slovak dictionary > full measure

  • 6 tape

    [teip] 1. noun
    1) ((a piece of) a narrow strip or band of cloth used for tying etc: bundles of letters tied with tape.) stuha, šnúra
    2) (a piece of this or something similar, eg a string, stretched above the finishing line on a race track: The two runners reached the tape together.) cieľová páska
    3) (a narrow strip of paper, plastic, metal etc used for sticking materials together, recording sounds etc: adhesive tape; insulating tape; I recorded the concert on tape.) páska
    4) (a tape-measure.) meracie pásmo; krajčírsky meter
    2. verb
    1) (to fasten or seal with tape.) zlepiť páskou
    2) (to record (the sound of something) on tape: He taped the concert.) nahrať na pásku
    - measuring-tape
    - tape-recorder
    - tape-record
    - tape-recording
    * * *
    • zviazat
    • zväzovat
    • stuha
    • telegrafická páska
    • cielová páska
    • remen
    • opatrit páskou
    • páska
    • lepiaca páska
    • magnetofónová páska

    English-Slovak dictionary > tape

  • 7 hand

    [hænd] 1. noun
    1) (the part of the body at the end of the arm.) ruka
    2) (a pointer on a clock, watch etc: Clocks usually have an hour hand and a minute hand.) ručička
    3) (a person employed as a helper, crew member etc: a farm hand; All hands on deck!) robotník; člen posádky
    4) (help; assistance: Can I lend a hand?; Give me a hand with this box, please.) pomoc
    5) (a set of playing-cards dealt to a person: I had a very good hand so I thought I had a chance of winning.) karty
    6) (a measure (approximately centimetres) used for measuring the height of horses: a horse of 14 hands.) päsť (dĺžková miera 10,16 cm)
    7) (handwriting: written in a neat hand.) rukopis
    2. verb
    (often with back, down, up etc)
    1) (to give (something) to someone by hand: I handed him the book; He handed it back to me; I'll go up the ladder, and you can hand the tools up to me.) podať; vrátiť
    2) (to pass, transfer etc into another's care etc: That is the end of my report from Paris. I'll now hand you back to Fred Smith in the television studio in London.) prepojiť späť
    - handbag
    - handbill
    - handbook
    - handbrake
    - handcuff
    - handcuffs
    - hand-lens
    - handmade
    - hand-operated
    - hand-out
    - hand-picked
    - handshake
    - handstand
    - handwriting
    - handwritten
    - at hand
    - at the hands of
    - be hand in glove with someone
    - be hand in glove
    - by hand
    - fall into the hands of someone
    - fall into the hands
    - force someone's hand
    - get one's hands on
    - give/lend a helping hand
    - hand down
    - hand in
    - hand in hand
    - hand on
    - hand out
    - hand-out
    - handout
    - hand over
    - hand over fist
    - hands down
    - hands off!
    - hands-on
    - hands up!
    - hand to hand
    - have a hand in something
    - have a hand in
    - have/get/gain the upper hand
    - hold hands with someone
    - hold hands
    - in good hands
    - in hand
    - in the hands of
    - keep one's hand in
    - off one's hands
    - on hand
    - on the one hand... on the other hand
    -... on the other hand
    - out of hand
    - shake hands with someone / shake someone's hand
    - shake hands with / shake someone's hand
    - a show of hands
    - take in hand
    - to hand
    * * *
    • smer
    • strana
    • rukopis
    • rucicka
    • ruka
    • podat
    • pracovná sila

    English-Slovak dictionary > hand

  • 8 sound

    I adjective
    1) (strong or in good condition: The foundations of the house are not very sound; He's 87, but he's still sound in mind and body.) zdravý, zachovaný
    2) ((of sleep) deep: She's a very sound sleeper.) tvrdý
    3) (full; thorough: a sound basic training.) dôkladný
    4) (accurate; free from mistakes: a sound piece of work.) dobrý, bezchybný
    5) (having or showing good judgement or good sense: His advice is always very sound.) rozumný
    - soundness
    - sound asleep
    II 1. noun
    1) (the impressions transmitted to the brain by the sense of hearing: a barrage of sound; ( also adjective) sound waves.) zvuk; zvukový
    2) (something that is, or can be, heard: The sounds were coming from the garage.) hluk
    3) (the impression created in the mind by a piece of news, a description etc: I didn't like the sound of her hairstyle at all!) spôsob
    2. verb
    1) (to (cause something to) make a sound: Sound the bell!; The bell sounded.) rozozvučať (sa)
    2) (to signal (something) by making a sound: Sound the alarm!) zvoniť
    3) ((of something heard or read) to make a particular impression; to seem; to appear: Your singing sounded very good; That sounds like a train.) znieť
    4) (to pronounce: In the word `pneumonia', the letter p is not sounded.) vysloviť
    5) (to examine by tapping and listening carefully: She sounded the patient's chest.) vyšetrovať
    - soundlessly
    - sound effects
    - soundproof
    3. verb
    (to make (walls, a room etc) soundproof.) zvukovo izolovať
    III verb
    (to measure the depth of (water etc).) (od)merať hĺbku
    - sound out
    * * *
    • verný
    • v poriadku
    • vhodný
    • zachovaný
    • vyslovit
    • vzdialenost
    • výhodný
    • vysondovat
    • význam
    • zaznievat
    • zistovat
    • zistit
    • zdravý
    • zákonitý
    • zvest
    • znenie
    • zvucný
    • zniet
    • zvuk
    • solventný
    • schopný
    • solídny
    • správny
    • spolahlivý
    • stopercentný
    • správa
    • tuhý
    • tvrdý
    • tón
    • primeraný
    • prieliv
    • hlboký
    • duševne zdravý
    • hluk
    • hlas
    • fundovaný
    • hláska
    • hlboký spánok
    • financne silný
    • celý tvrdý
    • charakter
    • cestný
    • charakterný
    • dokonalý
    • dobrý
    • dôkladný
    • dobre prevedený
    • rybí mechúr
    • rámus
    • rachot
    • rozumný
    • rozozvucat
    • ortodoxný
    • platný
    • poctivý
    • podtext
    • ponárat sa
    • pravoverný
    • prázdny zvuk
    • korektný
    • majúci zdravé názory
    • morálny
    • neporušený
    • nesporný
    • náležitý
    • nepoškodený
    • normálny
    • odtien
    • novina
    • opatrný

    English-Slovak dictionary > sound

  • 9 time

    1. noun
    1) (the hour of the day: What time is it?; Can your child tell the time yet?) hodiny
    2) (the passage of days, years, events etc: time and space; Time will tell.) čas
    3) (a point at which, or period during which, something happens: at the time of his wedding; breakfast-time.) chvíľa, doba
    4) (the quantity of minutes, hours, days etc, eg spent in, or available for, a particular activity etc: This won't take much time to do; I enjoyed the time I spent in Paris; At the end of the exam, the supervisor called `Your time is up!') čas
    5) (a suitable moment or period: Now is the time to ask him.) vhodná chvíľa
    6) (one of a number occasions: He's been to France four times.) -krát
    7) (a period characterized by a particular quality in a person's life, experience etc: He went through an unhappy time when she died; We had some good times together.) obdobie, časy
    8) (the speed at which a piece of music should be played; tempo: in slow time.) tempo
    2. verb
    1) (to measure the time taken by (a happening, event etc) or by (a person, in doing something): He timed the journey.) (od)merať čas
    2) (to choose a particular time for: You timed your arrival beautifully!) načasovať si
    - timelessly
    - timelessness
    - timely
    - timeliness
    - timer
    - times
    - timing
    - time bomb
    - time-consuming
    - time limit
    - time off
    - time out
    - timetable
    - all in good time
    - all the time
    - at times
    - be behind time
    - for the time being
    - from time to time
    - in good time
    - in time
    - no time at all
    - no time
    - one
    - two at a time
    - on time
    - save
    - waste time
    - take one's time
    - time and time again
    - time and again
    * * *
    • výpoved
    • rytmus (hud.)
    • stopovat
    • tah
    • urobit (nieco)
    • tempo
    • príležitost
    • hodina
    • hodiny
    • jednotka casu
    • casový úsek
    • cas
    • doba
    • chvíla
    • lehota
    • nacasovat
    • merat stopkami

    English-Slovak dictionary > time

  • 10 Mass

    I 1. [mæs] noun
    1) (a large lump or quantity, gathered together: a mass of concrete/people.) masa
    2) (a large quantity: I've masses of work / things to do.) kopa
    3) (the bulk, principal part or main body: The mass of people are in favour of peace.) väčšina
    4) ((a) measure of the quantity of matter in an object: The mass of the rock is 500 kilos.) hmotnosť
    2. verb
    (to bring or come together in large numbers or quantities: The troops massed for an attack.) sústrediť sa
    3. adjective
    (of large quantities or numbers: mass murder; a mass meeting.) masový
    - mass-produce
    - mass-production
    - the mass media
    II [mæs] noun
    1) ((a) celebration, especially in the Roman Catholic church, of Christ's last meal (Last Supper) with his disciples: What time do you go to Mass?) omša
    2) (a setting to music of some of the words used in this service.) omša
    * * *
    • omša
    • omšový

    English-Slovak dictionary > Mass

  • 11 mass

    I 1. [mæs] noun
    1) (a large lump or quantity, gathered together: a mass of concrete/people.) masa
    2) (a large quantity: I've masses of work / things to do.) kopa
    3) (the bulk, principal part or main body: The mass of people are in favour of peace.) väčšina
    4) ((a) measure of the quantity of matter in an object: The mass of the rock is 500 kilos.) hmotnosť
    2. verb
    (to bring or come together in large numbers or quantities: The troops massed for an attack.) sústrediť sa
    3. adjective
    (of large quantities or numbers: mass murder; a mass meeting.) masový
    - mass-produce
    - mass-production
    - the mass media
    II [mæs] noun
    1) ((a) celebration, especially in the Roman Catholic church, of Christ's last meal (Last Supper) with his disciples: What time do you go to Mass?) omša
    2) (a setting to music of some of the words used in this service.) omša
    * * *
    • zhromaždovat (sa)
    • zhromaždit (sa)
    • sústredit (sa)
    • hmota
    • hmotnost
    • hromada
    • hrba
    • hromadný
    • hromadit
    • masy
    • masa
    • masový
    • masovost
    • nahromadit (sa)
    • množstvo

    English-Slovak dictionary > mass

  • 12 scale

    I [skeil] noun
    1) (a set of regularly spaced marks made on something (eg a thermometer or a ruler) for use as a measure; a system of numbers, measurement etc: This thermometer has two scales marked on it, one in Fahrenheit and one in Centigrade.) stupnica
    2) (a series or system of items of increasing or decreasing size, value etc: a wage/salary scale.) stupnica
    3) (in music, a group of notes going up or down in order: The boy practised his scales on the piano.) stupnica
    4) (the size of measurements on a map etc compared with the real size of the country etc shown by it: In a map drawn to the scale 1:50,000, one centimetre represents half a kilometre.) mierka
    5) (the size of an activity: These guns are being manufactured on a large scale.) meradlo, miera
    II [skeil] verb
    (to climb (a ladder, cliff etc): The prisoner scaled the prison walls and escaped.) liezť, šplhať
    III [skeil] noun
    (any of the small thin plates or flakes that cover the skin of fishes, reptiles etc: A herring's scales are silver in colour.) šupina
    * * *
    • váženie
    • váha
    • velkost
    • vážit
    • vyšplhat sa
    • vymeriavat
    • vystúpit
    • vyliezt
    • vystúpit (po rebríku)
    • vylúpat
    • živá váha
    • zliezt
    • zbavit šupín
    • zmenšit
    • zväcšit
    • schodište
    • škála
    • šupka
    • šupina
    • sústava
    • stupen na stupnici
    • šupinka
    • stupnica
    • systém
    • šupinatost
    • šupinatiet
    • tvorit šupiny
    • tvorit zubný kamen
    • upravit mierku
    • tarifa
    • prispôsobit
    • byt súmeratelný
    • cielnik
    • rebrík
    • rozsah
    • rebrícek
    • oškriabat
    • povlak
    • pomer velikostí
    • pomerná velkost
    • pokryt sa zubným kamenom
    • pomerný rozmer
    • kotolný kamen
    • lúpat sa
    • kôra
    • logaritmické pravítko
    • lineár
    • mat váhu
    • meradlo
    • miska (váh)
    • miska
    • mierka
    • naladit
    • odstránit zubný kamen
    • odstupnovanie
    • olúpat
    • odstupnovat
    • odlupovat sa
    • odstránit kotolný kamen

    English-Slovak dictionary > scale

  • 13 knot

    [not] 1. noun
    1) (a lump or join made in string, rope etc by twisting the ends together and drawing tight the loops formed: She fastened the string round the parcel, tying it with a knot.) uzol
    2) (a lump in wood at the join between a branch and the trunk: This wood is full of knots.) hrča
    3) (a group or gathering: a small knot of people) hlúčik
    4) (a measure of speed for ships (about 1.85 km per hour).) uzol
    2. verb
    (to tie in a knot: He knotted the rope around the post.) zaviazať na uzol
    * * *
    • uzol
    • viazat na uzol
    • zaviazat na uzol
    • zápletka
    • zamotat sa
    • zauzlit
    • zamotat
    • zauzlit sa
    • zvraštit (celo)
    • zväzok
    • spájat
    • slucka
    • spojit
    • stužka
    • spojenie
    • tažkost
    • urobit uzol
    • problém
    • hrca
    • húf
    • jadro
    • robit uzol
    • puto
    • páska
    • mraštit

    English-Slovak dictionary > knot

  • 14 stone

    [stəun] 1. noun
    1) (( also adjective) (of) the material of which rocks are composed: limestone; sandstone; a stone house; stone walls; In early times, men made tools out of stone.) kameň
    2) (a piece of this, of any shape or size: He threw a stone at the dog.) kameň
    3) (a piece of this shaped for a special purpose: a tombstone; paving-stones; a grindstone.) (náhrobný, dlažobný, brúsny) kameň
    4) (a gem or jewel: She lost the stone out of her ring; diamonds, rubies and other stones.) drahý kameň
    5) (the hard shell containing the nut or seed in some fruits eg peaches and cherries: a cherry-stone.) kôstka
    6) (a measure of weight still used in Britain, equal to 6.35 kilogrammes: She weighs 9.5 stone.) kameň
    7) (a piece of hard material that forms in the kidney, bladder etc and causes pain.) kameň
    2. verb
    1) (to throw stones at, especially as a ritual punishment: Saint Stephen was stoned to death.) kameňovať
    2) (to remove the stones from (fruit): She washed and stoned the cherries.) vykôstkovať
    - stonily
    - stoniness
    - stone-cold
    - stone-dead
    - stone-deaf
    - stoneware
    - stonework
    - leave no stone unturned
    - a stone's throw
    * * *
    • vydláždit kamenmi
    • vydláždit
    • vykôstkovat
    • vylúpat
    • vylupovat
    • vyložit kamenmi
    • žlcový kamienok
    • zatvrdit
    • žarnov
    • skala
    • skameniet
    • svetlošedá farba
    • spracovávat kamenie
    • šuter
    • ukamenovat
    • drahokam
    • hádzat kamením
    • kamienok
    • kamenovat
    • kamen
    • jadro
    • brúsny kamen
    • rubín
    • otupit
    • opit
    • opevnovat kamenmi
    • kôstka
    • litografický kamen
    • mocové kamene
    • mlynský kamen
    • náhrobný kamen
    • náhrobok
    • obtahovat

    English-Slovak dictionary > stone

  • 15 foot

    [fut]
    plural - feet; noun
    1) (the part of the leg on which a person or animal stands or walks: My feet are very sore from walking so far.) noha
    2) (the lower part of anything: at the foot of the hill.) päta
    3) ((plural often foot; often abbreviated to ft when written) a measure of length equal to twelve inches (30.48 cm): He is five feet/foot six inches tall; a four-foot wall.) stopa
    - football
    - foothill
    - foothold
    - footlight
    - footman
    - footmark
    - footnote
    - footpath
    - footprint
    - footsore
    - footstep
    - footwear
    - follow in someone's footsteps
    - foot the bill
    - on foot
    - put one's foot down
    - put one's foot in it
    * * *
    • zatancovat
    • základ
    • zaplatit
    • šliapat
    • spodok
    • stopa
    • stopa (30,5 cm)
    • spodná cast
    • úpätie
    • uhradit
    • priesecník
    • íst
    • chodidlo
    • chôdza
    • podklad
    • pechota
    • podložie
    • päta
    • pätka
    • krok
    • kopnút
    • koniec
    • krácat
    • nakopnút
    • opatrit novým chodidlom
    • noha

    English-Slovak dictionary > foot

  • 16 pound

    I noun
    1) ((also pound sterling: usually abbreviated to $L when written with a number) the standard unit of British currency, 100 (new) pence.) libra
    2) ((usually abbreviated to lb(s) when written with a number) a measure of weight (0.454 kilograms).) libra
    II noun
    (an enclosure or pen into which stray animals are put: a dog-pound.) ohrada
    III verb
    1) (to hit or strike heavily; to thump: He pounded at the door; The children were pounding on the piano.) búchať
    2) (to walk or run heavily: He pounded down the road.) dupať
    3) (to break up (a substance) into powder or liquid: She pounded the dried herbs.) roztĺcť
    * * *
    • anglická váhová jednotka
    • libra
    • libra (váhová jednotka)
    • libra (peniaz)

    English-Slovak dictionary > pound

  • 17 survey

    1. [sə'vei] verb
    1) (to look at, or view, in a general way: He surveyed his neat garden with satisfaction.) prezerať si, obzerať si
    2) (to examine carefully or in detail.) skúmať
    3) (to measure, and estimate the position, shape etc of (a piece of land etc): They have started to survey the piece of land that the new motorway will pass through.) vymerať
    4) (to make a formal or official inspection of (a house etc that is being offered for sale).) znalecky posúdiť
    2. ['sə:vei] noun
    1) (a look or examination; a report: After a brief survey of the damage he telephoned the police; He has written a survey of crime in big cities.) prezretie; prehľad; správa
    2) (a careful measurement of land etc.) vymeriavanie
    * * *
    • vyšetrenie
    • vymeriavanie
    • súhrn
    • urobit prehlad
    • urobit znalecký nález
    • urobit štatistiku
    • urobit súhrn
    • prehlad
    • previest inventúru
    • previest prieskum
    • prieskum
    • prehliadka
    • prezriet
    • prehliadanie
    • preskúmanie
    • prehliadat
    • dozor
    • dohliadat
    • podat ucelený obraz
    • podrobne si prehliadnut
    • posudok
    • pozorovanie
    • pozorovat
    • mapovat
    • merat a triedit
    • odhadnút
    • obzerat
    • obzeranie

    English-Slovak dictionary > survey

  • 18 growth

    [-Ɵ]
    1) (the act or process of growing, increasing, developing etc: the growth of trade unionism.) rast
    2) (something that has grown: a week's growth of beard.) porast
    3) (the amount by which something grows: to measure the growth of a plant.) vzrast
    4) (something unwanted which grows: a cancerous growth.) výrastok
    * * *
    • výrastok
    • vzrast
    • rast
    • plodina
    • plod
    • nádor
    • názvuk
    • narastanie

    English-Slovak dictionary > growth

  • 19 gauge

    [ɡei‹] 1. verb
    1) (to measure (something) very accurately: They gauged the hours of sunshine.) odmerať
    2) (to estimate, judge: Can you gauge her willingness to help?) posúdiť
    2. noun
    1) (an instrument for measuring amount, size, speed etc: a petrol gauge.) meradlo
    2) (a standard size (of wire, bullets etc): gauge wire.) norma; ráž
    3) (the distance between the rails of a railway line.) rozchod
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    • vnútorná strana
    • zmerat
    • rysovací nástroj
    • test
    • pritesat
    • etalón
    • kaliber
    • kalibrovat
    • rozchod kolají
    • rozchod
    • rozmer
    • poloha vzhladom k lodi
    • kritérium
    • meradlo
    • merat
    • mierka
    • miera
    • namiešat

    English-Slovak dictionary > gauge

  • 20 league

    I [li:ɡ] noun
    1) (a union of persons, nations etc for the benefit of each other: the League for the Protection of Shopkeepers.) liga
    2) (a grouping of sports clubs for games.) liga
    II [li:ɡ] noun
    (an old measure of distance (about 4.8 km).) tri míle
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    • vytvorit zväz
    • združovat sa
    • združit sa
    • zväz
    • spájat sa
    • spojit sa
    • spolcit sa
    • spolok
    • spolocnost
    • tvorit zväz
    • liga

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