translation [trans-ley-shuhn, tranz-] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
translation [trans-ley-shuhn, tranz-]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: rewording; interpretation
Synonyms: adaptation, construction, crib*, decoding, elucidation, explanation, gloss, key, metaphrase, paraphrase, reading, rendering, rendition, rephrasing, restatement, simplification, transcription, transliteration, version
Main Entry: construction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: explanation
Synonyms: apprehension, construal, definition, exegesis, explication, exposition, exposé, inference, interpretation, reading, rendering, rendition, translation, version
Main Entry: conversion
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: change, adaptation
Synonyms: about-face, alteration, born again, change of heart, changeover, exchange, flip-flop, flux, growth, innovation, metamorphosis, metanoia, metasis, modification, novelty, passage, passing, permutation, progress, proselytization, qualification, reclamation, reconstruction, reformation, regeneration, remodelling, reorganization, resolution, resolving, reversal, see the light, switch, transfiguration, transformation, translation, transmogrification, transmutation, turning, turning around
Antonyms: idleness, sameness
Example Sentences
  • Copies of them, plus my translation of the partial song list, are after the jump.
  • It's also missing proteins for translation release factors unique to bacteria, making it unlikely the mealybug is supplying these.
  • There was also the odd over-literal translation to figure out.
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Main Entry: definition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: description
Synonyms: analogue, annotation, answer, characterization, clarification, clue, comment, commentary, cue, delimitation, delineation, demarcation, denotation, determination, diagnosis, drift, elucidation, exemplification, explanation, explication, exposition, expounding, fixing, formalization, gloss, individuation, interpretation, key, outlining, rationale, rendering, rendition, representation, settling, signification, solution, statement of meaning, terminology, translation
Antonyms: ambiguity, nonsense, vagueness
Main Entry: gloss
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: definition
Synonyms: annotation, comment, commentary, elucidation, explanation, footnote, interpretation, note, translation
Antonyms: misinformation
Main Entry: interpretation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: understanding
Synonyms: analysis, apprehension, assimilation, awareness, clarification, comprehension, discernment, explanation, grasp, grip, insight, judgment, knowing, meaning, perception, reading, slant, translation
Main Entry: key
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: answer, solution
Synonyms: blueprint, brand, cipher, clue, code, core, crux, cue, earmark, explanation, fulcrum, guide, hinge, index, indicator, interpretation, lead, lever, marker, means, nexus, nucleus, passport, password, pivot, pointer, root, sign, symptom, ticket, translation
Antonyms: question
Main Entry: metamorphosis
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: conversion, transformation
Synonyms: alteration, change, changeover, evolution, mutation, rebirth, transfiguration, transfigurement, translation, transmogrification, transmutation, transubstantiation
Antonyms: stagnation
Main Entry: reading
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: interpretation of written word
Synonyms: account, book-learning, commentary, conception, construction, edification, education, erudition, examination, grasp, impression, inspection, knowledge, learning, lesson, paraphrase, perusal, rendering, rendition, review, scholarship, scrutiny, study, translation, treatment, understanding, version
Antonyms: writing
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