gaze
regard | a long fixed look, he fixed his paternal gaze on me |
object-oriented programming
object-oriented programing | creating a program that can use and support objects |
dinner dress
dinner gown
formal
evening gown | a gown for evening wear |
| formal garden | a garden laid out on regular lines with plants arranged in symmetrical locations or in geometrical designs |
| future | bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date |
| job-oriented terminal | a terminal designed for a particular application |
oil future
petroleum future | petroleum bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date |
| soybean future | soybeans bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date |
| wheat future | wheat bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date |
| advantage reward | benefit resulting from some event or action, it turned out to my advantage, reaping the rewards of generosity |
bargain rate
cheapness
cut rate
cut price | a price below the standard price |
advantage
vantage | the quality of having a superior or more favorable position, the experience gave him the advantage over me |
| homecourt advantage | the advantage of playing on your home court in front of fans who are rooting for you |
attentiveness
heed
regard paying attention | paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people), his attentiveness to her wishes, he spends without heed to the consequences |
respect
regard | (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point, it differs in that respect |
visual field
field of vision
field of regard | all of the points of the physical environment that can be perceived by a stable eye at a given moment |
symbolic logic
mathematical logic
formal logic | any logical system that abstracts the form of statements away from their content in order to establish abstract criteria of consistency and validity |
| formal semantics | the branch of semantics that studies the logical aspects of meaning |
respect esteem
regard | an attitude of admiration or esteem, she lost all respect for him |
future
future tense | a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future |
plea bargain
plea bargaining | (criminal law) a negotiation in which the defendant agrees to enter a plea of guilty to a lesser charge and the prosecutor agrees to drop a more serious charge, his admission was part of a plea bargain with the prosecutor, plea bargaining helps to stop the courts becoming congested |
| object-oriented database management system | a database management system designed to manage an object-oriented database |
regard
wish compliments | (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare, give him my kind regards, my best wishes |
| object-oriented database | a database in which the operations carried out on information items (data objects) are considered part of their definition |
bargain
deal | an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each, he made a bargain with the devil, he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals |
application-oriented language
problem-oriented language | a language whose statements resemble terminology of the user |
computer language
computer-oriented language
machine language machine-oriented language | a programming language designed for use on a specific class of computers |
object-oriented programming language
object-oriented programing language | (computer science) a programming language that enables the programmer to associate a set of procedures with each type of data structure, C is an object-oriented programming language that is an extension of C |
ball
formal | a lavish dance requiring formal attire |
attachment
fond regard | a feeling of affection for a person or an institution |
| regard respect | a feeling of friendship and esteem, she mistook his manly regard for love, he inspires respect |
| bargain hunter | a shopper who hunts for bargains |
bargain buy
steal | an advantageous purchase, she got a bargain at the auction, the stock was a real buy at that price |
| travel bargain | a bargain rate for travellers on commercial routes (usually air routes) |
| tax advantage | an advantage bestowed by legislation that reduces a tax on some preferred activity |
| advantage | (tennis) first point scored after deuce |
future perfect
future perfect tense | a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future, `I will have finished' is an example of the future perfect |
future progressive
future progressive tense | a progressive tense used to express action that will be on-going in the future, `I will be running' is an example of the future progressive |
| mechanical advantage | the ratio of the force exerted by a machine to the force applied to it |
esteem
regard
respect | the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded), it is held in esteem, a man who has earned high regard |
future
hereafter
futurity
time to come | the time yet to come |
| future date | a particular day in the future that is specified as the time something will happen |
think of repute
regard as
look upon
look on
esteem
take to be | look on as or consider, she looked on this affair as a joke, He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician, He is reputed to be intelligent |
see
consider
reckon
view
regard | deem to be, She views this quite differently from me, I consider her to be shallow, I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do |
| plea-bargain | agree to plead guilty in return for a lesser charge, If he plea-bargains, he will be sent to a medium-security prison for years |
| bargain | come to terms, arrive at an agreement |
regard
consider | look at attentively |
beat down
bargain down | persuade the seller to accept a lower price, She beat the merchant down $ |
dicker
bargain | negotiate the terms of an exchange, We bargained for a beautiful rug in the bazaar |
capitalize
capitalise
take advantage | draw advantages from, he is capitalizing on her mistake, she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover |