ETYM Cf. French ajustement. Related to Adjust.
1. Making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances; SYN. accommodation, fitting.
2. The act of adjusting something to match a standard; SYN. registration, readjustment.
3. The act of adjusting something to match a standard
4. The process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
5. An amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances + prikaži više

ETYM French alignement.
1. The act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other.
2. The spatial property possessed by an arrangement or position of things in a straight line or in parallel lines.
3. An organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty

ETYM Cf. French approche. Related to Approach.
(Irregular plural: approaches).
1. The event of one object coming closer to another; SYN. approaching.
2. The act of drawing spatially closer to something; SYN. approaching, coming.
3. The temporal property of becoming nearer in time; SYN. approaching, coming.
4. A close approximation.
5. A formulation adopted in tackling a problem; SYN. attack, plan of attack.
6. A relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green; SYN. approach shot. + prikaži više

ETYM Italian attitudine, Late Lat. aptitudo, from Latin aptus suited, fitted: cf. French attitude. Related to Aptitude.
1. A complex mental orientation involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; SYN. mental attitude.
2. A theatrical pose created for effect.
3. Position of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion). + prikaži više

ETYM French cessation, Latin cessatio, from cessare. Related to Cease.
A stopping; SYN. surcease.

ETYM Cf. French engagement.
1. A job for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time; SYN. booking.
2. Contact by fitting together; SYN. mesh, meshing, interlocking.
3. Sharing the activities of a group; SYN. participation, involvement.
4. The period preceding marriage after the couple has become engaged. + prikaži više

ETYM Latin justificatio: cf. French justification. Related to Justify.
1. A statement in explanation of some action or belief.
2. Something (such as a fact or circumstance) that shows an action to be reasonable or necessary.
3. The act of justifying.
In printing and word processing, the arrangement of text so that it is aligned with either the left or right margin, or both.
Left-justified text has lines of different length that are perfectly aligned with the left margin but not with the right margin. The left margin is straight but the right margin is uneven, or ragged. Right-justified text, normally only used for columns of numbers, has lines of different length that are perfectly aligned with the right margin but not with the left margin. The right margin is straight but the left margin is ragged. Fully justified text has lines of the same length that are perfectly aligned with both the left and the right margins. Both margins are even. Many word processors can automatically produce fully justified text by inserting extra spaces between the words in each line, or by adjusting the spacing between the letters (microspacing). + prikaži više

ETYM Latin modulatio: cf. French modulation.
The process by which some characteristic of a higher frequency wave is varied in accordance with the amplitude of a lower frequency wave.

ETYM French, from Latin opinio. Related to Opine.
1. A message expressing a belief about something; SYN. view.
2. A personal belief that is not founded on proof or certainty; SYN. sentiment, persuasion, view, thought.
3. The reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself); SYN. ruling.

1. Contact established between applicants and prospective employees
2. The spatial property of the way in which something is placed:; SYN. arrangement.

1. A mental position from which things are viewed; SYN. viewpoint, stand, standpoint.
2. The spatial property of the position from which something is observed.

The act of getting recruits; enlisting people for the army (or for a job or a cause etc.); SYN. enlisting.

1. The context and environment in which something is set:; SYN. scene.
2. The physical position of something
3. The state of the environment in which a situation exists; SYN. background, scope.