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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
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adj
Pertaining to a bid which requires partner to continue bidding rather than pass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: bridge, games
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noun
The act by which someone or something is forced.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The art of raising plants at an earlier season than is normal, especially by using a hotbed
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle
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noun
An extension in the development time of an underexposed negative in order to bring out detail
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
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noun
A technique used to prove the consistency of certain axioms in set theory. See forcing (mathematics).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, set-theory
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noun
The net flux of energy in or out of a system; the net change in an energy balance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: climatology, natural-sciences
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verb
present participle and gerund of force
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
By surface analysis, force + -ing.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
