1. Intermédiaire. Taille moyenne.
2. Ordinaire.
3. Passable. Niveau moyen.
1. (Statistics) Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; SYN. mean.
2. Around the middle of a scale of evaluation of physical measures; SYN. intermediate, medium.
3. Lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; SYN. ordinary.
4. Of no exceptional quality or ability; SYN. fair, mediocre, middling.
ETYM Old Eng. mene, Old Fren. meiien, French moyen, from Latin medianus that is in the middle, from medius; akin to Eng. mid. Related to Mid.
(Homonym: mien).
1. Used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; SYN. mingy, miserly, little, small, tight.
2. (Slang) Excellent.
Of or relating to the middle part of a range of possible values.
(Of meat) Cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside.
Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; SYN. medium, moderate, mediocre, ordinary.
1. Commonly used or supplied
2. Conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind
3. Established or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence
4. Regularly and widely used or sold; SYN. stock.
5. (Linguistics) Conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers; (American); (British); SYN. received.
ETYM Latin typicus, Greek, from typos type: cf. French typique. Related to Type.
1. Conforming to a type.
2. Exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category.
Error is within plus or minus one standard deviation (±1%) of the nominal specified value, as computed from the total population.
1. Procédé.
2. Façon.
3. (Familier) Truc. Il a trouvé le moyen de s'en sortir.
4. (Au pluriel) Capacités.
5. (Au pluriel) Ressources. Il dispose des moyens voulus.
ETYM Old Eng. manere, French maničre, from Old Fren. manier, adj, manual, skillful, handy, from (assumed) Late Lat. manarius, for Latin manuarius belonging to the hand, from manus the hand. Related to Manual.
(Homonym: manor).
1. A kind.
2. A manner of performance; SYN. mode, style, way, fashion.
3. A way of acting or behaving; SYN. personal manner.
ETYM French méthode, Latin methodus, from Greek methodos method, investigation following after; meta after + odos way.
US adaptation of Stanislavsky's teachings on acting and direction, in which importance is attached to the psychological building of a role rather than the technical side of its presentation. Emphasis is placed on improvisation, aiming for a spontaneous and realistic style of acting. One of the principal exponents of the Method was the US actor and director Lee Strasberg, who taught at the Actors Studio in New York.
A way of doing something, esp. a systematic one; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps).
ETYM French procédure. Related to Proceed.
In computing, a small part of a computer program, which performs a specific task, such as clearing the screen or sorting a file. In some programming languages there is an overlap between procedures, functions, and subroutines. Careful use of procedures is an element of structured programming. A procedural language, such as BASIC, is one in which the programmer describes a task in terms of how it is to be done, as opposed to a declarative language, such as PROLOG, in which it is described in terms of the required result. See programming.
1. A mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings.
2. A particular course of action intended to achieve a results; SYN. process.
ETYM French procčs, Latin processus. Related to Proceed.
(Irregular plural: processes).
1. A natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; SYN. outgrowth, appendage.
2. A sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes.
3. The performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; SYN. cognitive process, operation, cognitive operation, act.
ETYM Old Eng. wey, way, as. weg.
(Homonym: weigh, whey).
1. A course of conduct; SYN. path, way of life.
2. A general category of things; used in the expression.
3. A journey or passage.
4. A portion of something divided into shares.
5. Any road or path affording passage from one place to another.
6. Doing as one pleases or chooses.
7. The condition of things generally; or.
8. The property of distance in general; (colloquial); SYN. ways.