myWords 91 from dççÖäÉ Dictionary
SYNONYMS noun: adviser, preceptor, monitor, counselor, tutor
mer·chan·dise noun /ˈmərCHənˌdīz/ /-ˌdīs/ 1. Goods to be bought and sold stores that offered an astonishing range of merchandise 1. Products used to promote a particular movie, popular music group, etc., or linked to a particular fictional character; merchandising verb /ˈmərCHənˌdīz/ merchandised, past participle; merchandised, past tense; merchandises, 3rd person singular present; merchandising, present participle; merchandized, past participle; merchandized, past tense; merchandizes, 3rd person singular present; merchandizing, present participle 1. Promote the sale of (goods), esp. by their presentation in retail outlets a new breakfast food can easily be merchandised 2. Advertise or publicize (an idea or person) they are merchandising “niceness” to children 3. Trade or traffic in (something), esp. inappropriately 4. Engage in the business of a merchant SYNONYMS verb: trade, deal, traffic, sell, market noun: goods, commodity, ware
mer·ry adjective /ˈmerē/ merrier, comparative; merriest, superlative 1. Cheerful and lively the narrow streets were dense with merry throngs of students a merry grin 2. (of an occasion or season) Characterized by festivity and rejoicing he wished me a merry Christmas 3. Slightly and good-humoredly drunk after the third bottle of beer he began to feel quite merry SYNONYMS adjective: jolly, cheerful, joyful, mirthful, happy, blithe, jocund, joyous, gleeful, jovial, glad, cheery, hilarious, lively, sprightly
met·ric adjective /ˈmetrik/ 1. Of or based on the meter as a unit of length; relating to the metric system all measurements are given in metric form 2. Using the metric system we should have gone metric years ago 3. Relating to or denoting a metric
noun /ˈmetrik/ metrics, plural 1. A system or standard of measurement 2. A binary function of a topological space that gives, for any two points of the space, a value equal to the distance between them, or to a value treated as analogous to distance for the purpose of analysis 3. Metric units, or the metric system it's easier to work in metric adjective 1. Relating to or composed in a poetic meter noun metrics, plural 1. The meter of a poem SYNONYMS adjective: metrical noun: metrics
mime noun /mīm/ mimes, plural 1. The theatrical technique of suggesting action, character, or emotion without words, using only gesture, expression, and movement 2. A theatrical performance or part of a performance using such a technique 3. An action or set of actions intended to convey the idea of another action or an idea or feeling he performed a brief mime of someone fencing 4. A practitioner of mime or a performer in a mime 5. (in ancient Greece and Rome) A simple farcical drama including mimicry verb /mīm/ mimed, past participle; mimed, past tense; mimes, 3rd person singular present; miming, present participle 1. Use gesture and movement without words in the acting of (a play or role) 2. Convey an impression of (an idea or feeling) by gesture and movement, without using words; mimic (an action or set of actions) in this way he stands up and mimes throwing a spear SYNONYMS verb: mimic, imitate noun: pantomime, mimic
min·i·a·ture adjective /ˈmin(ē)əCHər/ /-ˌCHo͝or/ 1. (esp. of a replica of something) Of a much smaller size than normal; very small children dressed as miniature adults noun /ˈmin(ē)əCHər/ miniatures, plural
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