slovo | definícia |
decent (mass) | decent
- riadny |
decent (encz) | decent,řádný adj: Rostislav Svoboda |
decent (encz) | decent,slušný adj: Pavel Machek; Giza |
decent (gcide) | decent \de"cent\ (d[=e]"sent), a. [L. decens, decentis, p. pr.
of decere to be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory,
honor, ornament, Gr. dokei^n to seem good, to seem, think;
cf. Skr. d[=a][,c] to grant, to give; and perh. akin to E.
attire, tire: cf. F. d['e]cent. Cf. Decorate, Decorum,
Deign.]
1. Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming;
fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent
language. --Shak.
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Before his decent steps. --Milton.
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2. Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.
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3. Comely; shapely; well-formed. [Archaic]
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A sable stole of cyprus lawn
Over thy decent shoulders drawn. --Milton.
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By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed. --Pope.
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4. Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable;
fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a
decent fortune; a decent person.
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A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs.
--Burke.
-- De"cent*ly, adv. -- De"cent*ness, n.
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decent (gcide) | clothed \clothed\ adj.
1. wearing clothing. [Narrower terms: {adorned(predicate),
bedecked(predicate), decked(predicate), decked
out(predicate)}; {appareled, attired, clad, dressed,
garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed}; {arrayed,
panoplied}; breeched, pantalooned, trousered;
bundled-up; caparisoned; cassocked: costumed:
decent] [Narrower terms: dight] [Narrower terms:
{dressed-up, dressed to the nines(predicate), dressed to
kill(predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up}]
[Narrower terms: gowned] [Narrower terms: habited]
[Narrower terms: heavy-coated] [Narrower terms:
overdressed] [Narrower terms: petticoated] [Narrower
terms: red-coated, lobster-backed] [Narrower terms:
surpliced] [Narrower terms: {togged dressed esp in smart
clothes)}] [Narrower terms: turned out] [Narrower terms:
underdressed] [Narrower terms: uniformed] [Narrower
terms: vestmented] Also See: adorned, decorated.
Antonym: unclothed.
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2. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
fog-cloaked meadows
Syn: cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped.
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decent (wn) | decent
adv 1: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!";
"can't you carry me decent?" [syn: properly,
decently, decent, in good order, right, {the
right way}] [ant: improperly]
adj 1: socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;
"from a decent family"; "a nice girl" [syn: decent,
nice]
2: according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty";
"comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman
to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial";
"seemly behavior" [syn: becoming, comely, {comme il
faut}, decent, decorous, seemly]
3: conforming to conventions of sexual behavior; "speech in this
circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"- George
Santayana [ant: indecent]
4: sufficient for the purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food
was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"
[syn: adequate, decent, enough]
5: decently clothed; "are you decent?"
6: observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or
dress; "a modest neckline in her dress"; "though one of her
shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by
current standards" |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
decently (mass) | decently
- poriadne, slušne |
decentalisation (encz) | decentalisation, n: |
decently (encz) | decently,řádně adv: Zdeněk Broždecently,slušně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
decentralisation (encz) | decentralisation,decentralizace n: Zdeněk Brož |
decentralise (encz) | decentralise,decentralizovat Jaroslav Šedivý |
decentralised (encz) | decentralised,decentralizovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
decentralising (encz) | decentralising, |
decentralization (encz) | decentralization,decentralizace n: Zdeněk Brož |
decentralize (encz) | decentralize,decentralizovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
decentralized (encz) | decentralized,decentralizovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
decentralized agency (encz) | decentralized agency, |
decentralizing (encz) | decentralizing, |
indecent (encz) | indecent,necudný adj: Zdeněk Brožindecent,nemravný adj: Zdeněk Brožindecent,neslušný indecent,nevychovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožindecent,nezdvořilý adj: Zdeněk Brožindecent,odvážný adj: |
indecent exposure (encz) | indecent exposure, n: |
indecently (encz) | indecently,nemravně adv: Zdeněk Brožindecently,sprostě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
decentralizace (czen) | decentralizace,decentralisationn: Zdeněk Broždecentralizace,decentralizationn: Zdeněk Broždecentralizace,devolutionn: [polit.] poskytnutí silných autonomních práv
částem unitárního státu Rostislav Svobodadecentralizace,subsidiarityn: Zdeněk Brož |
decentralizovaný (czen) | decentralizovaný,decentralisedadj: Zdeněk Broždecentralizovaný,decentralizedadj: Zdeněk Brož |
decentralizovat (czen) | decentralizovat,decentralise Jaroslav Šedivýdecentralizovat,decentralizev: Zdeněk Brož |
Decently (gcide) | decent \de"cent\ (d[=e]"sent), a. [L. decens, decentis, p. pr.
of decere to be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory,
honor, ornament, Gr. dokei^n to seem good, to seem, think;
cf. Skr. d[=a][,c] to grant, to give; and perh. akin to E.
attire, tire: cf. F. d['e]cent. Cf. Decorate, Decorum,
Deign.]
1. Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming;
fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent
language. --Shak.
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Before his decent steps. --Milton.
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2. Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.
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3. Comely; shapely; well-formed. [Archaic]
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A sable stole of cyprus lawn
Over thy decent shoulders drawn. --Milton.
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By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed. --Pope.
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4. Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable;
fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a
decent fortune; a decent person.
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A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs.
--Burke.
-- De"cent*ly, adv. -- De"cent*ness, n.
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Decentness (gcide) | decent \de"cent\ (d[=e]"sent), a. [L. decens, decentis, p. pr.
of decere to be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory,
honor, ornament, Gr. dokei^n to seem good, to seem, think;
cf. Skr. d[=a][,c] to grant, to give; and perh. akin to E.
attire, tire: cf. F. d['e]cent. Cf. Decorate, Decorum,
Deign.]
1. Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming;
fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent
language. --Shak.
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Before his decent steps. --Milton.
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2. Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.
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3. Comely; shapely; well-formed. [Archaic]
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A sable stole of cyprus lawn
Over thy decent shoulders drawn. --Milton.
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By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed. --Pope.
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4. Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable;
fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a
decent fortune; a decent person.
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A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs.
--Burke.
-- De"cent*ly, adv. -- De"cent*ness, n.
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decentralisation (gcide) | decentralisation \decentralisation\ n.
same as decentralization.
Syn: decentralization.
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decentralise (gcide) | decentralise \decentralise\ v.
same as decentralize. Opposite of centralize and
concentrate
Syn: decentralize, deconcentrate.
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decentralization (gcide) | decentralization \de*cen`tral*i*za"tion\, n.
1. The action of decentralizing, or the state of being
decentralized. "The decentralization of France." --J. P.
Peters.
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2. the spread of power away from the center to local branches
or governments.
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Decentralize (gcide) | Decentralize \De*cen"tral*ize\, v. t.
to make less central; to prevent from centralizing; to cause
to withdraw from the center or place of concentration; to
divide and distribute (what has been united or concentrated);
-- esp. said of authority, or the administration of public
affairs.
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decentralizing (gcide) | decentralizing \decentralizing\ adj. prenom.
causing a dispersion or movement away from the center; --
used especially of power or administrative functions.
Opposite of centralizing.
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Indecent (gcide) | Indecent \In*de"cent\, a. [L. indecens unseemly, unbecoming: cf.
F. ind['e]cent. See In- not, and Decent.]
Not decent; unfit to be seen or heard; offensive to modesty
and delicacy; as, indecent language. --Cowper.
Syn: Unbecoming; indecorous; indelicate; unseemly; immodest;
gross; shameful; impure; improper; obscene; filthy.
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Indecently (gcide) | Indecently \In*de"cent*ly\, adv.
In an indecent manner.
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Undecent (gcide) | Undecent \Un*de"cent\, a.
Indecent. [Obs.]
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decentalisation (wn) | decentalisation
n 1: the social process in which population and industry moves
from urban centers to outlying districts [syn:
decentralization, decentalisation] |
decently (wn) | decently
adv 1: in a decent manner; "they don't know how to dress
decently" [ant: indecently]
2: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't
you carry me decent?" [syn: properly, decently, decent,
in good order, right, the right way] [ant:
improperly] |
decentralisation (wn) | decentralisation
n 1: the spread of power away from the center to local branches
or governments [syn: decentralization,
decentralisation] [ant: centralisation,
centralization] |
decentralise (wn) | decentralise
v 1: make less central; "After the revolution, food distribution
was decentralized" [syn: decentralize, deconcentrate,
decentralise] [ant: centralise, centralize,
concentrate] |
decentralised (wn) | decentralised
adj 1: withdrawn from a center or place of concentration;
especially having power or function dispersed from a
central to local authorities; "a decentralized school
administration" [syn: decentralized, decentralised]
[ant: centralised, centralized] |
decentralising (wn) | decentralising
adj 1: tending away from a central point [syn:
decentralizing(a), decentralising(a)] [ant:
centralising(a), centralizing(a)] |
decentralization (wn) | decentralization
n 1: the social process in which population and industry moves
from urban centers to outlying districts [syn:
decentralization, decentalisation]
2: the spread of power away from the center to local branches or
governments [syn: decentralization, decentralisation]
[ant: centralisation, centralization] |
decentralize (wn) | decentralize
v 1: make less central; "After the revolution, food distribution
was decentralized" [syn: decentralize, deconcentrate,
decentralise] [ant: centralise, centralize,
concentrate] |
decentralized (wn) | decentralized
adj 1: withdrawn from a center or place of concentration;
especially having power or function dispersed from a
central to local authorities; "a decentralized school
administration" [syn: decentralized, decentralised]
[ant: centralised, centralized] |
decentralizing (wn) | decentralizing
adj 1: tending away from a central point [syn:
decentralizing(a), decentralising(a)] [ant:
centralising(a), centralizing(a)] |
indecent (wn) | indecent
adj 1: not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right
or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent
haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a
lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their
untoward ribaldry" [syn: indecent, indecorous,
unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward]
2: offensive to good taste especially in sexual matters; "an
earthy but not indecent story"; "an indecent gesture" [ant:
decent]
3: offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance; "a
bathing suit considered indecent by local standards" |
indecent exposure (wn) | indecent exposure
n 1: vulgar and offensive nakedness in a public place [syn:
indecent exposure, public nudity] |
indecently (wn) | indecently
adv 1: in an indecent manner; "she was rather indecently
dressed" [ant: decently] |
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