n
(dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
n
A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the proficiency of a student.
adj
Subordinate; secondary; auxiliary.
n
A project that is culmination of an academic course or major. This is typically done at the end of said course or major.
n
Alternative form of cestuy [(law) he; the one; the person in question]
v
(nonstandard, proscribed) see, see also
n
Alternative form of codirection [(uncountable) The joint direction of a film, organization, venture, etc.]
n
An addition or supplement modifying any official document, such as a treaty.
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(uncountable) The joint direction of a film, organization, venture, etc.
n
An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
n
Abbreviation of conference. [The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.]
n
(medicine, UK, Ireland) A senior hospital-based physician or surgeon who has completed all specialist training and has been placed on the specialist register in their chosen speciality, roughly equivalent to an attending physician in North America.
n
A room or office within a hospital or medical centre where a medical consultation takes place
n
Pronunciation spelling of direction. [A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).]
n
Abbreviation of destination. [(archaic) The act of destining or appointing.]
n
(rare) A dictation or dictate.
n
(countable) The act of ordering or commanding.
n
Abbreviation of direction. [A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).]
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Eye dialect spelling of direction. [A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).]
n
A person who undergoes spiritual direction.
adv
So as to give direction.
adj
Of or relating to guidance or help.
n
Synonym of directive case
adj
Providing adequate direction; directive
adj
That which directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide.
n
The condition of being directive
n
That which directs or orientates something.
adj
Alternative form of directorial [Of or pertaining to a director]
adj
Characteristic of a director.
adj
Containing directions; instructing; directorial.
n
Alternative form of directrix (“female director; line defining a curve or surface”) [A female who directs; a directress.]
n
A female who directs; a directress.
n
The voluntary control of normally involuntary bodily functions
n
(now chiefly biochemistry) Something that or someone who directs; a director or guide.
v
To write one's dissertation.
n
A formal exposition of a subject, especially a research paper that students write in order to complete the requirements for a doctoral degree in the US and a non-doctoral degree in the UK; a thesis.
n
A research paper that a student writes in order to complete the requirements for a doctorate; a dissertation.
n
Abbreviation of destination. [(archaic) The act of destining or appointing.]
n
(obsolete) guidance, direction
v
To vote in advance of the voting date, such as by mail or online.
n
A project that is culmination of an academic course or major. This is typically done at the end of said course or major.
n
Generic Legal Advice Memorandum issued by the IRS to provide advice to its field agents.
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(obsolete) guidance; lead; direction
n
The act or process of guiding.
adj
guiding; providing guide
n
Obsolete form of guidance. [The act or process of guiding.]
n
(rare) One who is guided.
n
A plan or explanation to guide one in setting standards or determining a course of action.
n
(uncountable) The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with information or knowledge.
adj
Providing guidance or direction.
n
(law) A text that is sufficiently well received in its field that it may overcome a hearsay objection and be admitted into evidence in a court of law.
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A director; one who gives a mandate or order.
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A thesis submitted for a master's degree.
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A rule that governs the application of other rules.
n
A form containing a list of statements, each of which the members of a selected group are asked to endorse or reject; the purpose being to gather information for a survey.
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(law) A resolution that requires a majority vote of members present at a general meeting of a company.
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(US) A clause sometimes inserted in contracts or specifications, requiring that a construction material such as cement must be of a brand that has stood the test of a specified number of years' use in an important public work.
n
A range of potential policies from which options can be chosen.
n
Alternative form of prepositor [Scholar appointed to inspect other scholars; a monitor.]
n
Abbreviation of president. [The head of state of a republic.]
n
A legally-binding directive issued by the President of the United States, typically requiring one or more government agencies to carry out specified actions or to commence a regulatory process.
n
(countable, US, politics) In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
n
Abbreviation of Proverbs. [A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh, being a collection of moral maxims.]
n
A substantial piece of academic writing, usually done as a requirement for a class, in which the author independently researches a topic and writes a description of the findings.
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(politics) A supplementary clause added to a document after drafting, especially to a bill under the consideration of a legislature.
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(figuratively) A set of standard procedures or regulations governing the way something is done.
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(by extension) A lengthy essay written to establish the validity of a thesis (sense 1.1), especially one submitted in order to complete the requirements for a non-doctoral degree in the US and a doctoral degree in the UK; a dissertation.
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(academy) The final step in earning a doctorate: an oral examination in which the doctorand publicly defends his/her thesis to the examiners.
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(chiefly in the plural) A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.
n
An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will.
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