act deed human action human activity | something that people do or cause to happen |
bond trading bond-trading activity | trading in bonds (usually by a broker on the floor of an exchange) |
multiple voting | the act of voting in more than one place by the same person at the same election (illegal in U.S.) |
subversion subversive activity | the act of subverting, as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government |
destruction devastation | the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists |
suicide self-destruction self-annihilation | the act of killing yourself, it is a crime to commit suicide |
self-destruction | the act of destroying yourself, his insistence was pure self-destruction |
activity | any specific behavior, they avoided all recreational activity |
avocation by-line hobby pursuit sideline spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
attestation service attestation report | a consulting service in which a CPA expresses a conclusion about the reliability of a written statement that is the responsibility of someone else |
sexual activity sexual practice sex sex activity | activities associated with sexual intercourse, they had sex in the back seat |
sensory activity | activity intended to achieve a particular sensory result |
education instruction teaching pedagogy didactics educational activity | the activities of educating or instructing, activities that impart knowledge or skill, he received no formal education, our instruction was carefully programmed, good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded |
extracurricular activity | educational activities not falling within the scope of the regular curriculum |
creation creative activity | the human act of creating |
intelligence intelligence activity intelligence operation | the operation of gathering information about an enemy |
destruction fire | fire delivered for the sole purpose of destroying material objects |
social activity | activity considered appropriate on social occasions |
business activity commercial activity | activity undertaken as part of a commercial enterprise |
government governing governance government activity administration | the act of governing, exercising authority, regulations for the governing of state prisons, he had considerable experience of government |
discourtesy offense offence offensive activity | a lack of politeness, a failure to show regard for others, wounding the feelings or others |
weapon of mass destruction WMD W.M.D. | a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons) |
activeness activity | the trait of being active, moving or acting rapidly and energetically, the level of activity declines with age |
multiple | the product of a quantity by an integer, is a multiple of |
lowest common multiple least common multiple lcm | the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers, the least common multiple of and is |
law of multiple proportions Dalton's law | (chemistry) law stating that when two elements can combine to form more than one compound the amounts of one of them that combines with a fixed amount of the other will exhibit a simple multiple relation |
multiple regression multiple correlation | a statistical technique that predicts values of one variable on the basis of two or more other variables |
multiple correlation coefficient | an estimate of the combined influence of two or more variables on the observed (dependent) variable |
reputation report | the general estimation that the public has for a person, he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing, he was a person of bad report |
composition paper report theme | an essay (especially one written as an assignment), he got an A on his composition |
report news report story account write up | a short account of the news, the report of his speech, the story was on the o'clock news, the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious |
report account | the act of informing by verbal report, he heard reports that they were causing trouble, by all accounts they were a happy couple |
report study written report | a written document describing the findings of some individual or group, this accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale |
progress report | a report of work accomplished during a specified time period |
medical report | a report of the results of a medical examination of a patient |
report card report | a written evaluation of a student's scholarship and deportment, his father signed his report card |
destruction demolition wipeout | an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something |
report | a sharp explosive sound (especially the sound of a gun firing), they heard a violent report followed by silence |
Marine Corps Intelligence Activity MCIA | an agency of the United States Marine Corps that provides responsive and broad intelligence support for the worldwide Marine Corps organization |
Advanced Research and Development Activity ARDA | an agency of the Intelligence Community that conducts advanced research and development related to information technology |
multiple star | a system of three or more stars associated by gravity |
aggregate fruit multiple fruit syncarp | fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry, raspberry, pineapple |
income statement earnings report operating statement profit-and-loss statement | a financial statement that gives operating results for a specific period |
agglutination agglutinating activity | the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution, these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated |
bodily process body process bodily function activity | an organic process that takes place in the body, respiratory activity |
natural process natural action action activity | a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings), the action of natural forces, volcanic activity |
common multiple | an integer that is a multiple of two or more other integers |
action activity activeness | the state of being active, his sphere of activity, he is out of action |
multiple sclerosis MS disseminated sclerosis disseminated multiple sclerosis | a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers |
multiple mononeuropathy | pathology of several individual nerve trunks |