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noun
1. a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form
e.g. he gave a summary of the conclusions
Synonym: sum-up
noun
1. news that updates your information
noun
1. official permission or approval
e.g. authority for the program was renewed several times
Synonym: authorizationauthorisationsanction
2. the power or right to give orders or make decisions
e.g. he has the authority to issue warrants
deputies are given authorization to make arrests
a place of potency in the state
Synonym: authorizationauthorisationpotencydominancesay-so
3. freedom from doubt
belief in yourself and your abilities
e.g. his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
after that failure he lost his confidence
she spoke with authority
Synonym: assuranceself-assuranceconfidenceself-confidencesureness
4. an authoritative written work
e.g. this book is the final authority on the life of Milton
5. an administrative unit of government
e.g. the Central Intelligence Agency
the Census Bureau
Office of Management and Budget
Tennessee Valley Authority
Synonym: agencyfederal agencygovernment agencybureauoffice
6. an expert whose views are taken as definitive
e.g. he is an authority on corporate law
7. (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others
e.g. the authorities have issued a curfew
noun
1. a flight maneuver
aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane
Synonym: loop-the-loop
2. a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates
Synonym: closed circuit
3. fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines
Synonym: cringleeyeletgrommetgrummet
4. an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
5. the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component
Synonym: loop topology
6. a computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
7. the basic pattern of the human fingerprint
8. an inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan)
e.g. he's no longer in the loop
9. (computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
e.g. the solution took hundreds of iterations
Synonym: iteration
10. anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)
noun
1. preceding in time
Synonym: antecedenceantecedencyanteriorityprecedenceprecedency
2. status established in order of importance or urgency
e.g. ...its precedence as the world's leading manufacturer of pharmaceuticals
national independence takes priority over class struggle
Synonym: precedenceprecedency
noun
1. a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse
Synonym: ovoloquarter round
2. the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb
3. the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
Synonym: pollex
noun
1. a squeeze with the fingers
Synonym: pinch
adj
1. arising from error
e.g. a false assumption
a mistaken view of the situation
Synonym: false
2. wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment
e.g. well-meaning but misguided teachers
a mistaken belief
mistaken identity
Synonym: misguided
verb
1. prevent completion
e.g. stop the project
break off the negotiations
Synonym: breakbreak offstop
2. put an end to a state or an activity
e.g. Quit teasing your little brother
Synonym: stopceasegive upquitlay off
3. come to or be at an end
e.g. the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31