noun

1. used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise

e.g. she already had several performances to her credit

2. recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed
typically measured in semester hours

Synonym: course credit

3. an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments

Synonym: credit rating

4. an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work

e.g. the credits were given at the end of the film

5. approval

e.g. give her recognition for trying
he was given credit for his work
give her credit for trying

Synonym: recognition

6. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage

e.g. the student's essay failed to list several important citations
the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book
the article includes mention of similar clinical cases

Synonym: citationciteacknowledgmentreferencementionquotation

7. arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services

Synonym: deferred payment

8. money available for a client to borrow

9. an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items

Synonym: credit entry

adj

1. filled with regret or concern
used often to soften an unpleasant statement

e.g. I'm afraid I won't be able to come
he was afraid he would have to let her go
I'm afraid you're wrong

2. feeling worry or concern or insecurity

e.g. She was afraid that I might be embarrassed
terribly afraid of offending someone
I am afraid we have witnessed only the first phase of the conflict

3. having feelings of aversion or unwillingness

e.g. afraid of hard work
afraid to show emotion

noun

1. a medium brown to dark-brown color

Synonym: chocolatedeep brownumberburnt umber

2. a seed of the coffee tree
ground to make coffee

Synonym: coffee beancoffee berry

3. a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans

e.g. he ordered a cup of coffee

Synonym: java

4. any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans

Synonym: coffee tree

adj

1. greatly pleasing or entertaining

e.g. a delightful surprise
the comedy was delightful
a delicious joke

Synonym: delightful

2. extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

Synonym: delectablelusciouspleasant-tastingscrumptioustoothsomeyummy

noun

1. workplace consisting of farm buildings and cultivated land as a unit

e.g. it takes several people to work the farm

noun

1. a person who is married

e.g. we invited several young marrieds

noun

1. a source of difficulty

e.g. one trouble after another delayed the job
what's the problem?

Synonym: trouble

2. a question raised for consideration or solution

e.g. our homework consisted of ten problems to solve

3. a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

e.g. she and her husband are having problems
it is always a job to contact him
urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog

Synonym: job

noun

1. poised for action

e.g. their guns were at the ready

verb

1. express in speech

e.g. She talks a lot of nonsense
This depressed patient does not verbalize

Synonym: talkuttermouthverbalizeverbalise

2. exchange thoughts
talk with

e.g. We often talk business
Actions talk louder than words

Synonym: talk

3. use language

e.g. the baby talks already
the prisoner won't speak
they speak a strange dialect

Synonym: talk

4. give a speech to

e.g. The chairman addressed the board of trustees

Synonym: address

5. make a characteristic or natural sound

e.g. The drums spoke

noun

1. a learned person (especially in the humanities)
someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

Synonym: scholarscholarly personbookman

2. a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution

Synonym: pupileducatee

verb

1. know and comprehend the nature or meaning of

e.g. She did not understand her husband
I understand what she means

2. perceive (an idea or situation) mentally

e.g. Now I see!
I just can't see your point
Does she realize how important this decision is?
I don't understand the idea

Synonym: realizerealisesee

3. believe to be the case

e.g. I understand you have no previous experience?

Synonym: infer

4. make sense of a language

e.g. She understands French
Can you read Greek?

Synonym: readinterprettranslate

5. be understanding of

e.g. You don't need to explain--I understand!

Synonym: sympathizesympathiseempathizeempathise

noun

1. the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

e.g. they were hoping for good weather
every day we have weather conditions and yesterday was no exception
the conditions were too rainy for playing in the snow

Synonym: weather conditionconditionsatmospheric condition

noun

1. a written account of what transpired at a meeting

Synonym: proceedingstransactions

adj

1. having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)

e.g. allergic children
hypersensitive to pollen

Synonym: hypersensitivehypersensitizedhypersensitisedsensitizedsensitisedsupersensitivesupersensitizedsupersensitised

2. characterized by or caused by allergy

e.g. an allergic reaction

noun

1. the act of inspecting or verifying

e.g. they made a check of their equipment
the pilot ran through the check-out procedure

Synonym: checkcheck-out procedure

2. a counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases

Synonym: checkout counter

3. the latest time for vacating a hotel room

e.g. the checkout here is 12 noon

Synonym: checkout time

noun

1. the act or process of drawing up plans or layouts for some project or enterprise

2. an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action

    e.g. the planning was more fun than the trip itself

3. the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening

    e.g. his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties

    Synonym: preparationprovision