Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

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provide

General; Miscellaneous

Make sure that someone gets what they need, especially by giving it to them.

traffic jam

General; Miscellaneous

A situation characterized by low-speed or stationary road traffic due to increased number of vehicles on the road.

condemn

General; Miscellaneous

To express strong disapproval of something.

For the measurement of time the most important units furnished by natural phenomena are the Day and the Year. In regard of both, it is convenient and usual to speak of the apparent movements of the ...

complin

General; Miscellaneous

The term Complin (Compline) is derived from the Latin completorium, complement, and has been given to this particular Hour because Complin is, as it were, the completion of all the Hours of the day: ...

colonnade

General; Miscellaneous

A number of columns symmetrically arranged in one or more rows. It is termed monostyle when of one row, polystyle when of many. If surrounding a building or court, it is called a peristyle; when ...