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abbreviation |
the act or result of reducing the length or duration of something. [1/2 definitions] |
abortion |
a project or idea that has failed to be carried to completion, or the result of the failure to reach completion. [1/4 definitions] |
Abscam |
in the United States, an FBI investigation in 1978-80, as a result of which several members of Congress were indicted for taking bribes from FBI agents posing as Arab businessmen. |
accretion |
the result of such a process. [1/3 definitions] |
achieve |
to bring about as a result of one's cumulative efforts. [1/3 definitions] |
adaptation |
the result of such an act or process. [1/4 definitions] |
add up |
to make the correct total or expected result. [1/2 definitions] |
admission |
the act, process, or result of allowing to enter. [1/3 definitions] |
adoptive |
related as the result of adoption. [1/2 definitions] |
advancement |
the act, process, or result of moving forward; progress. [1/2 definitions] |
after |
as a result of. [1/7 definitions] |
aftermath |
the result or consequence of an event. [1/2 definitions] |
-age |
action; process; the result of such. [1/5 definitions] |
amalgamation |
the act, process, or result of combining two or more, often disparate, things. |
amnesia |
partial or complete loss of memory as a result of an injury to the brain, illness, or shock. |
amount |
to be equivalent to, consist of, or result in (usu. fol. by "to"). [1/4 definitions] |
amplification |
the process or result of making larger or greater. [1/4 definitions] |
amputee |
a person who has lost all or part of a limb or digit as a result of accident or surgery. |
amyloid |
a result of the degeneration of body tissue, occurring in the form of a hard waxy protein deposit. [1/3 definitions] |
-ance |
action, process, or result of an action or process. [1/3 definitions] |
and |
then, as a result. [1/3 definitions] |
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