slovo | definícia |
vague (mass) | vague
- nejasný, neurčitý, vágny |
vague (encz) | vague,blíže nedefinovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
vague (encz) | vague,matný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
vague (encz) | vague,mnohoznačný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
vague (encz) | vague,nejasný adj: fjey |
vague (encz) | vague,nepřesný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
vague (encz) | vague,neurčitý adj: Pavel Machek; Giza |
vague (encz) | vague,nevyjasněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
vague (encz) | vague,nezřetelný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
vague (encz) | vague,vágní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
vague (encz) | vague,zběžný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Vague (gcide) | Vague \Vague\, v. i. [F. vaguer, L. vagari, fr. vagus roaming.]
To wander; to roam; to stray. [Obs.] "[The soul] doth vague
and wander." --Holland.
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Vague (gcide) | Vague \Vague\, n.
A wandering; a vagary. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
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Vague (gcide) | Vague \Vague\ (v[=a]g), a. [Compar. Vaguer (v[=a]g"[~e]r);
superl. Vaguest.] [F. vague, or L. vagus. See Vague, v.
i.]
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1. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. [Archaic] "To set upon the
vague villains." --Hayward.
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She danced along with vague, regardless eyes.
--Keats.
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2. Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous;
as, a vague idea; a vague proposition.
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This faith is neither a mere fantasy of future
glory, nor a vague ebullition of feeling. --I.
Taylor.
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The poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort
of vague revery, which he called thought.
--Hawthorne.
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3. Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated;
uncertain; flying; as, a vague report.
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Some legend strange and vague. --Longfellow.
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Vague year. See Sothiac year, under Sothiac.
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Syn: Unsettled; indefinite; unfixed; ill-defined; ambiguous;
hazy; loose; lax; uncertain.
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Vague (gcide) | Vague \Vague\, n. [Cf. F. vague.]
An indefinite expanse. [R.]
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The gray vague of unsympathizing sea. --Lowell.
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vague (wn) | vague
adj 1: not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of
phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure
battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their
descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and
unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so
long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke [syn:
obscure, vague]
2: not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished; "an
undefined term"; "undefined authority"; "some undefined sense
of excitement"; "vague feelings of sadness"; "a vague
uneasiness" [syn: undefined, vague] [ant: defined]
3: lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the
distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in
the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the
fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood" [syn: dim,
faint, shadowy, vague, wispy] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
vaguely (encz) | vaguely,lehce adj: Pinovaguely,matně adv: Pinovaguely,nejasně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
vagueness (encz) | vagueness,nejasnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
vaguer (encz) | vaguer,nejasnější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
vaguest (encz) | vaguest,nejnejasnější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Vague (gcide) | Vague \Vague\, v. i. [F. vaguer, L. vagari, fr. vagus roaming.]
To wander; to roam; to stray. [Obs.] "[The soul] doth vague
and wander." --Holland.
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A wandering; a vagary. [Obs.] --Holinshed.
[1913 Webster]Vague \Vague\ (v[=a]g), a. [Compar. Vaguer (v[=a]g"[~e]r);
superl. Vaguest.] [F. vague, or L. vagus. See Vague, v.
i.]
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1. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. [Archaic] "To set upon the
vague villains." --Hayward.
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She danced along with vague, regardless eyes.
--Keats.
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2. Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous;
as, a vague idea; a vague proposition.
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This faith is neither a mere fantasy of future
glory, nor a vague ebullition of feeling. --I.
Taylor.
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The poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort
of vague revery, which he called thought.
--Hawthorne.
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3. Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated;
uncertain; flying; as, a vague report.
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Some legend strange and vague. --Longfellow.
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Vague year. See Sothiac year, under Sothiac.
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Syn: Unsettled; indefinite; unfixed; ill-defined; ambiguous;
hazy; loose; lax; uncertain.
[1913 Webster]Vague \Vague\, n. [Cf. F. vague.]
An indefinite expanse. [R.]
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The gray vague of unsympathizing sea. --Lowell.
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Vague year (gcide) | Vague \Vague\ (v[=a]g), a. [Compar. Vaguer (v[=a]g"[~e]r);
superl. Vaguest.] [F. vague, or L. vagus. See Vague, v.
i.]
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1. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. [Archaic] "To set upon the
vague villains." --Hayward.
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She danced along with vague, regardless eyes.
--Keats.
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2. Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous;
as, a vague idea; a vague proposition.
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This faith is neither a mere fantasy of future
glory, nor a vague ebullition of feeling. --I.
Taylor.
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The poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort
of vague revery, which he called thought.
--Hawthorne.
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3. Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated;
uncertain; flying; as, a vague report.
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Some legend strange and vague. --Longfellow.
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Vague year. See Sothiac year, under Sothiac.
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Syn: Unsettled; indefinite; unfixed; ill-defined; ambiguous;
hazy; loose; lax; uncertain.
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Vaguely (gcide) | Vaguely \Vague"ly\, adv.
In a vague manner.
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What he vaguely hinted at, but dared not speak.
--Hawthorne.
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Vagueness (gcide) | Vagueness \Vague"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being vague.
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Vaguer (gcide) | Vague \Vague\ (v[=a]g), a. [Compar. Vaguer (v[=a]g"[~e]r);
superl. Vaguest.] [F. vague, or L. vagus. See Vague, v.
i.]
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1. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. [Archaic] "To set upon the
vague villains." --Hayward.
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She danced along with vague, regardless eyes.
--Keats.
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2. Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous;
as, a vague idea; a vague proposition.
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This faith is neither a mere fantasy of future
glory, nor a vague ebullition of feeling. --I.
Taylor.
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The poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort
of vague revery, which he called thought.
--Hawthorne.
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3. Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated;
uncertain; flying; as, a vague report.
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Some legend strange and vague. --Longfellow.
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Vague year. See Sothiac year, under Sothiac.
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Syn: Unsettled; indefinite; unfixed; ill-defined; ambiguous;
hazy; loose; lax; uncertain.
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Vaguest (gcide) | Vague \Vague\ (v[=a]g), a. [Compar. Vaguer (v[=a]g"[~e]r);
superl. Vaguest.] [F. vague, or L. vagus. See Vague, v.
i.]
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1. Wandering; vagrant; vagabond. [Archaic] "To set upon the
vague villains." --Hayward.
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She danced along with vague, regardless eyes.
--Keats.
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2. Unsettled; unfixed; undetermined; indefinite; ambiguous;
as, a vague idea; a vague proposition.
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This faith is neither a mere fantasy of future
glory, nor a vague ebullition of feeling. --I.
Taylor.
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The poet turned away, and gave himself up to a sort
of vague revery, which he called thought.
--Hawthorne.
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3. Proceeding from no known authority; unauthenticated;
uncertain; flying; as, a vague report.
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Some legend strange and vague. --Longfellow.
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Vague year. See Sothiac year, under Sothiac.
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Syn: Unsettled; indefinite; unfixed; ill-defined; ambiguous;
hazy; loose; lax; uncertain.
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nouvelle vague (wn) | Nouvelle Vague
n 1: an art movement in French cinema in the 1960s [syn: {New
Wave}, Nouvelle Vague] |
vaguely (wn) | vaguely
adv 1: in a vague way; "he looked vaguely familiar"; "he
explained it somewhat mistily" [syn: vaguely,
mistily] |
vagueness (wn) | vagueness
n 1: unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not
coherent in meaning; "the Conservative manifesto is a model
of vagueness"; "these terms were used with a vagueness that
suggested little or no thought about what each might
convey"
2: indistinctness of shape or character; "the scene had the
swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner" |
VAGUENESS (bouvier) | VAGUENESS. Uncertainty.
2. Certainty is required in contracts, wills, pleadings, judgments, and
indeed in all the acts on which courts have to give a judgment, and if they
be vague, so as not to be understood, they are in general invalid. 5 B. & C.
583; 1 Russ. & M. 116 1 Ch. Pract. 123. A charge of "frequent intemperance"
and "habitual indolence" are vague and too general. 2 Mart. Lo. Rep. N. S.
530. See Certainty; Nonsense; Uncertainty.
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