houdini commented on the word encroach
Cambridge Dictionaries Online:
encroach on/upon sth phrasal verb
1 to gradually take away someone else's rights, or to take control of someone's time, work, etc:
What the government is proposing encroaches on the rights of individuals
I resent it that my job is starting to encroach on my family life.
2 to gradually cover more and more of an area of land
They have promised that the development will not encroach on public land.
August 23, 2008
houdini commented on the word paramount
CDO: more important than anything else:
There are many priorities, but reducing the budget deficit is paramount/is of paramount importance.
houdini commented on the word liminal
From Oxford Dictionary Online:
a. gen. Of or pertaining to the threshold or initial stage of a process. rare.
b. spec. in Psychol. Of or pertaining to a ‘limen’ or ‘threshold.’
July 31, 2008
houdini commented on the word nomological
From the Oxford English Dictionary Online:
Relating to, concerned with, or designating laws, esp. (Philos.) ones which are not logical necessities; relating to nomology. Occas. as n.: a nomological law.
July 30, 2008
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houdini commented on the word encroach
Cambridge Dictionaries Online:
encroach on/upon sth phrasal verb
1 to gradually take away someone else's rights, or to take control of someone's time, work, etc:
What the government is proposing encroaches on the rights of individuals
I resent it that my job is starting to encroach on my family life.
2 to gradually cover more and more of an area of land
They have promised that the development will not encroach on public land.
August 23, 2008
houdini commented on the word paramount
CDO: more important than anything else:
There are many priorities, but reducing the budget deficit is paramount/is of paramount importance.
August 23, 2008
houdini commented on the word liminal
From Oxford Dictionary Online:
a. gen. Of or pertaining to the threshold or initial stage of a process. rare.
b. spec. in Psychol. Of or pertaining to a ‘limen’ or ‘threshold.’
July 31, 2008
houdini commented on the word nomological
From the Oxford English Dictionary Online:
Relating to, concerned with, or designating laws, esp. (Philos.) ones which are not logical necessities; relating to nomology. Occas. as n.: a nomological law.
July 30, 2008