contract

[kɑntrækt]

verb

1. make smaller. E.g.: The heat contracted the woollen garment

2. make or become more narrow or restricted. [Syn: narrow]

3. compress or concentrate. [Syn: condense, concentrate]

n (thing)

   contract

n (person)

   contractor

verb

   contract

verb forms

   contracted, contracting, contracts

adj

   contracted

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create

[krieɪt]

verb

1. make or cause to be or to become. E.g.: create a furor [Syn: make]

2. create or manufacture a man-made product. [Syn: produce, make]

3. bring into existence. E.g.: The company was created 25 years ago, He created a new movement in painting

n (thing)

   creation, creativity

n (person)

   creator

verb

   create

verb forms

   created, creates, creating

adj

   creative

adv

   creatively

other

   recreate

Collocations from the ACL

adj+n: creative process, creative thinking, creative work.

v+n: create (an) environment, create (an) impression, create (an) opportunity, create conditions, create opportunities, create problems.

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data

[deɪtə]

noun

1. a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn. E.g.: statistical data [Syn: information]

n (thing)

   data

Collocations from the ACL

adj+n: appropriate data, available data, empirical data, existing data, experimental data, historical data, missing data, numerical data, original data, preliminary data, primary data, qualitative data, quantitative data, raw data, relevant data, reliable data, secondary data, statistical data, online database.

n+n: data gathering, data set, survey data.

v+n: collect data, extract data, gather data, interpret data, obtain data, present data, process data, provide data, record data, report data, store data, transmit data, use (the) data data.

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define

[dɪfaɪn]

verb

1. determine the essential quality of. [Syn: specify, delineate, delimit, delimitate]

2. determine the nature of. E.g.: What defines a good wine?

3. give a definition for the meaning of a word.

n (thing)

   definition

verb

   define

verb forms

   defined, defines, defining

adj

   definable, defining

opposite

   undefined

other

   redefine

Collocations from the ACL

adj+n: defining characteristic, defining concept, defining feature, broad definition, general definition, narrow definition, precise definition.

adv+vpp: (be) broadly defined, (be) clearly defined.

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derive

[dɜraɪv]

verb

1. reason by deduction; establish by deduction. [Syn: deduce, infer, deduct]

2. develop or evolve, especially from a latent or potential state. [Syn: educe]

3. come from. E.g.: The present name derives from an older form

n (thing)

   derivation, derivative

verb

   derive

verb forms

   derived, derives, deriving

adj

   derivative, derived

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distribute

[dɪstrɪbjut]

verb

1. make available. E.g.: The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia

2. be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses. E.g.: Values distribute

3. spread throughout a given area. E.g.: the function distributes the values evenly

4. distribute or disperse widely. [Syn: spread]

n (thing)

   distribution, distributor

n (person)

   distributor

verb

   distribute

verb forms

   distributed, distributes, distributing

adj

   distributed, distributional, distributive

other

   redistribute, redistributed, redistribution

Collocations from the ACL

adj+n: geographic(al) distribution, normal distribution.

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