accomplishment achievement | the action of accomplishing something |
object-oriented programming object-oriented programing | creating a program that can use and support objects |
job-oriented terminal | a terminal designed for a particular application |
object-oriented database management system | a database management system designed to manage an object-oriented database |
object-oriented database | a database in which the operations carried out on information items (data objects) are considered part of their definition |
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 |
society | an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization |
Tammany Hall Tammany Society Tammany | a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 's and early 's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism |
Hare Krishna International Society for Krishna Consciousness ISKCON | a religious sect founded in the United States in , based on Vedic scriptures, groups engage in joyful chanting of `Hare Krishna' and other mantras based on the name of the Hindu god Krishna, devotees usually wear saffron robes and practice vegetarianism and celibacy |
Society of Jesus Jesuit order | a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen, it is strongly committed to education and scholarship |
Religious Society of Friends Society of Friends Quakers | a Christian sect founded by George Fox about , commonly called Quakers |
Shakers United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing | a celibate and communistic Christian sect in the United States |
club social club society guild gild lodge order | a formal association of people with similar interests, he joined a golf club, they formed a small lunch society, men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today |
secret society | a society that conceals its activities from nonmembers |
Fabian Society | an association of British socialists who advocate gradual reforms within the law leading to democratic socialism |
academy honorary society | an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature |
Royal Society Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge | an honorary English society (formalized inand given a royal charter by Charles II in ) through which the British government has supported science |
open society | a society that allows its members considerable freedom (as in a democracy), America's open society has made it an easy target for terrorists |
tribal society | a society with the social organization of a tribe |
hunting and gathering tribe hunting and gathering society | group that supports itself by hunting and fishing and by gathering wild fruits and vegetables, usually nomadic |
society high society beau monde smart set bon ton | the fashionable elite |
building society | British equivalent of United States savings and loan association |
Society Islands | an island group of French Polynesia in the South Pacific to the east of Samoa |
company companionship fellowship society | the state of being with someone, he missed their company, he enjoyed the society of his friends |
oriented orientated | adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances, sometimes used in combination, the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view, helping freshmen become oriented to college life, the book is value-oriented throughout |