v. direct the course of; manage or control; lead or guide
E.g. You cannot conduct business like this.
n. a device designed to transmit electricity, heat; person who collects fares on a public conveyance
E.g. It is intended to illustrate what life as a bus conductor in Glasgow was.
n. a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
E.g. If the shining cone of Kilimanjaro melts, the world will have lost something of great beauty.
n. alliance
E.g. This site provides complete details of the confederacy from its beginning in 1861 to its end in 1865.
n. ally; form a group or unite
E.g. President Davis was captured at Irwinville, Georgia, on May 10, and the remaining confederate armies surrendered by June 1865.
v. bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
E.g. The sternest-seeming stoic is human after all; and to "burst" with boldness and good-will into "the silent sea" of their souls is often to confer on them the first of obligations.
v. acknowledge; admit
E.g. Now, when any vicious simpleton excites my disgust by his paltry ribaldry, I cannot flatter myself that I am better than he: I am forced to confess that he and I are on a level.
a. assured; having or marked by assurance
E.g. The spate of suicide bombings has provoked a massive military reaction from the Israeli government, a government which is confident of public backing.
n. arrangement of parts or elements; outline
E.g. The outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time.
n. additional proof that something that was believed
E.g. A Russian bank has apparently agreed to handle the cash in return for written confirmation that it will face no penalty for breaching US rules prohibiting dealings with North Korea.
n. act of two things flowing together; junction or meeting place where two things meet
E.g. At the political meeting, while planning a demonstration, there was a moving confluence of ideas between members.
v. comply with; follow; fit; meet
E.g. Why, in defiance of every precept and principle of this house, does she conform to the world so openly--here in an evangelical, charitable establishment--as to wear her hair one mass of curls?
n. behavior in correspondence with socially accepted standards
E.g. They acted exactly in conformity of the churches and followed with the principles there.
v. be face to face with; oppose in hostility or competition; deal with
E.g. Here in the heart of conservative Texas, young criminals, murderers and thugs are forced to confront military style discipline, a traditional view of right and wrong.
a. compatible
E.g. Thus ideas already in consciousness always repel the entry uncompatible idea and make entry of the congenial idea.
n. corporation made up of different companies in diversified fields; composing of heterogeneous elements gathered into a mass
E.g. Gannett, the nation's most predatory newspaper conglomerate, is still trying to take over the rack distribution business.
n. act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration
E.g. Immediately after Discovery's lift-off NASA officials were in jubilant mood, talking of the power and majesty of the launch and of the congratulation and back-slapping at ground control.
v. assemble; convene; gather
E.g. It's Tuesday afternoon, the time when various bartenders congregate at The Professor's bar to swap cocktail recipes and discuss new products.
n. any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
E.g. More than two-thirds of Canada’s forest land consists of conifer forests – cone-bearing and usually evergreen trees that are used for softwood.
v. believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
E.g. I can now conjecture readily that this streak of light was, in all likelihood, a gleam from a lantern carried by someone across the lawn.
a. diligent; responsible; reliable
E.g. He deferred his departure a whole week, and during that time he made me feel what severe punishment a good yet stern, a conscientious yet implacable man can inflict on one who has offended him.
a. awake; alert
E.g. I was conscious that a moment's mutiny had already rendered me liable to strange penalties, and, like any other rebel slave, I felt resolved, in my desperation, to go all lengths.
n. a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes
E.g. This classical conservative tradition often insists that conservatism has no ideology.
n. considerate and thoughtful act
E.g. But it would be surprising if Craig, credited with having revived the 007 franchise, isn't in consideration for the next Bond movie due out late next year.
a. compatible; harmonious
E.g. New consonant music and postmodern music for contemporary composers and performers.
v. associate; join
E.g. Mikhail Gorbachev was the rising star of the Politburo, she, a politically aware consort with a doctorate of her own in Marxist philosophy.
n. a group of people or organizations that have agreed to work together
E.g. Although the Russian state owns the largest share in the consortium - 24 percent - its influence will be moderated by the energy companies whose oil will actually be pumped along the pipeline.
n. a number of stars seen from the Earth as a group and often having a name
E.g. The brightened comet in the constellation Virgo may even be visible to the naked eye, allowing members of the public around the world to join in this historic moment in astronomy.
n. component or part; citizen, voter
E.g. A machine will not function properly if any constituent of it is defective.
n. act of constructing or building something
E.g. The work, funded by the European Union, is aimed at finding out exactly how the Lagoon functions before the construction of a Thames-style barrier of steel gates.
n. an expert who gives advice
E.g. The 64 year old business consultant spoke slowly, almost awkwardly to his people, promising stable government in which no corruption would be tolerated and an acceleration of the country's integration into the EU and NATO.
v. devour; eat
E.g. It is particularly an issue for those that have made large strides in industrial development, the sector of the economy that tends to consume the most energy.
n. any object that can be used to hold things
E.g. For the last thirty-two days Nur Malena Hassan has been living in a three-by-four-meter glass container in a shopping centre, sharing it with six thousand poisonous arachnids.
n. contestant you hope to defeat
E.g. But can this South Korean slim contender defeat the American lightweight in its own backyard?
n. competing as for profit or prize
E.g. The teams were in fierce contention for first place.
n. circumstance
E.g. Last week the Italian Prime Minister apologized to parliament in Rome for his alleged remarks about the superiority of western culture over that of Islam, claiming his words had been taken out of context.
a. being or concerning or limited to a continent
E.g. In the U.K., police are much more active than in continental Europe.
n. configuration; outline
E.g. Soon I had traced on the paper a broad and prominent forehead and a square lower outline of visage: that contour gave me pleasure; my fingers proceeded actively to fill it with features.
v. constrict; make smaller; compress or concentrate
E.g. The heat will contract the woollen garment.
n. act of decreasing something in size or volume or quantity or scope
E.g. A rightward shift of curves was observed before maximal contraction size was suppressed.