verb

1. broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

e.g. We cannot air this X-rated song

Synonym: airsendbroadcastbeam

2. send from one person or place to another

e.g. transmit a message

Synonym: transfertransportchannelchannelizechannelise

3. transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

e.g. Sound carries well over water
The airwaves carry the sound
Many metals conduct heat

Synonym: impartconductconveycarrychannel

4. transfer to another

e.g. communicate a disease

Synonym: conveycommunicate

noun

1. motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work

2. an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.

e.g. medieval engines of war

3. a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks

Synonym: locomotivelocomotive enginerailway locomotive

4. something used to achieve a purpose

e.g. an engine of change

noun

1. the quality of being productive or having the power to produce

Synonym: productiveness

2. (economics) the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time

noun

1. designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body

e.g. he was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman

2. the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering

e.g. a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces
experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer

Synonym: identification

3. coming to understand something clearly and distinctly

e.g. a growing realization of the risk involved
a sudden recognition of the problem he faced
increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases

Synonym: realizationrealisation

4. an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid

e.g. the recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States

5. approval

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

Synonym: credit

6. the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country

e.g. territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991

7. (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape

e.g. molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into larger biologically active entities

8. the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

e.g. the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work
she seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own

Synonym: acknowledgmentacknowledgement

noun

1. someone paid to operate a typewriter

adv

1. to a great extent or degree

e.g. I'm afraid the film was well over budget
painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger
the house has fallen considerably in value
the price went up substantially

Synonym: wellconsiderably

2. in a strong substantial way

e.g. the house was substantially built