assonant
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables
assonate
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance; "The accented vowels assonated in this poem"
assort
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
assort
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"
assorted
— Tillægsord
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~ consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds; "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards
assorted
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity; "assorted sizes"; "his disguises are many and various"; "various experiments have failed to disprove the theory"; "cited various reasons for his behavior"
assortment
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"
assortment
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type
Assouan
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– Engelsk
~ an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby
assuage
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
assuage
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
assuagement
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief"
Assuan
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an ancient city on the Nile in Egypt; two dams across the Nile have been built nearby
assuasive
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ freeing from fear and anxiety
assumed
— Tillægsord
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~ adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"
assuming
— Tillægsord
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~ excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants"
assumption
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured we can infer that he will not play"
Assumption
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ (Christianity) the taking up of the body and soul of the Virgin Mary when her earthly life had ended
assumption
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a hypothesis that is taken for granted; "any society is built upon certain assumptions"
assumption
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the act of assuming or taking for granted; "your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted"