| translation | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. interlingual rendition, rendering, translation, version | a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language. |
| ~ mistranslation | an incorrect translation. |
| ~ crib, pony, trot | a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly). |
| ~ retroversion | translation back into the original language.; "the teacher translated Latin texts into English which he gave to his students for retroversion" |
| ~ subtitle, caption | translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen. |
| ~ supertitle, surtitle | translation of the words of a foreign opera (or choral work) projected on a screen above the stage. |
| ~ written account, written record | a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events. |
| n. (event) | 2. translation | a uniform movement without rotation. |
| ~ change of location, travel | a movement through space that changes the location of something. |
| ~ shift, displacement | an event in which something is displaced without rotation. |
| n. (act) | 3. transformation, translation | the act of changing in form or shape or appearance.; "a photograph is a translation of a scene onto a two-dimensional surface" |
| ~ change of integrity | the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something. |
| ~ permutation | complete change in character or condition.; "the permutations...taking place in the physical world" |
| ~ revision, alteration | the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification).; "it would require a drastic revision of his opinion" |
| ~ transfiguration | the act of transforming so as to exalt or glorify. |
| ~ transmogrification | the act of changing into a different form or appearance (especially a fantastic or grotesque one).; "the transmogrification of the prince into a porcupine" |
| ~ metamorphosis | a complete change of physical form or substance especially as by magic or witchcraft. |
| n. (linkdef) | 4. translation | (mathematics) a transformation in which the origin of the coordinate system is moved to another position but the direction of each axis remains the same. |
| ~ math, mathematics, maths | a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement. |
| ~ transformation | (mathematics) a function that changes the position or direction of the axes of a coordinate system. |
| n. (process) | 5. translation | (genetics) the process whereby genetic information coded in messenger RNA directs the formation of a specific protein at a ribosome in the cytoplasm. |
| ~ genetic science, genetics | the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms. |
| ~ biological process, organic process | a process occurring in living organisms. |
| n. (communication) | 6. translation | rewording something in less technical terminology. |
| ~ paraphrase, paraphrasis | rewording for the purpose of clarification. |
| n. (act) | 7. displacement, translation | the act of uniform movement. |
| ~ movement, move, motion | the act of changing location from one place to another.; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" |
| version | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. version | an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint.; "his version of the fight was different from mine" |
| ~ approximation | an imprecise or incomplete account.; "newspapers gave only an approximation of the actual events" |
| ~ interpretation | an explanation that results from interpreting something.; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. edition, variant, variation, version | something a little different from others of the same type.; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father" |
| ~ type | a subdivision of a particular kind of thing.; "what type of sculpture do you prefer?" |
| n. (communication) | 3. adaptation, version | a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form.; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel" |
| ~ piece of writing, written material, writing | the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect).; "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing" |
| ~ modernization | a modernized version (as of a play). |
| ~ versification | a metrical adaptation of something (e.g., of a prose text). |
| n. (cognition) | 4. interpretation, reading, version | a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something. |
| ~ internal representation, mental representation, representation | a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image. |
| ~ reinterpretation | a new or different meaning. |
| ~ anagoge | a mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture). |
| n. (act) | 5. version | manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery). |
| ~ turning, turn | the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course.; "he took a turn to the right" |
| unchain | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. unchain | remove the chains from. |
| ~ unfasten | cause to become undone.; "unfasten your belt" |
| v. (contact) | 2. unchain | make free. |
| ~ free, loose, unloose, unloosen, liberate, release | grant freedom to; free from confinement. |
Recent comments
5 weeks 2 days ago
9 weeks 3 days ago
10 weeks 6 days ago
26 weeks 1 day ago
26 weeks 1 day ago
26 weeks 1 day ago
26 weeks 6 days ago
31 weeks 8 hours ago
31 weeks 6 days ago
32 weeks 5 days ago