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trans·par·en·cy
 transparency
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- pronunciation:
- traenz
pe
r
 n
si
[or]
traenz
peI
rn
si
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
transparencies |
| definition 1: |
the state or condition of being transparent; transparence.
- antonyms:
- opacity
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| definition 2: |
that which is transparent, esp. a photograph or graphic representation that can be projected on a screen.
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| related words: |
clarity |
adjective + (n.)transparency
absolute,
apparent,
atmospheric,
corporate,
excellent,
fiscal,
great,
improving,
increased,
increasing,
negative,
optical,
overhead,
perceived,
photographic,
professional,
reciprocal,
relative,
sharp,
superb,
total,
transparent
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verb + (n.)transparency
achieve, adopt, color, demand, emphasize, enhance, ensure, improve, increase, introduce, lack, perfect, promote, rank, slide
(n.)transparency
+ verb
expose, market, process, undertake
noun + (n.)transparency
accounting,
architecture,
balance,
chapter,
color,
credibility,
criterion,
degree,
democracy,
dialogue,
discourse,
efficiency,
enforcement,
flexibility,
governance,
illusion,
investor,
lack,
legitimacy,
mechanism,
negotiation,
norm,
openness,
oversight,
participation,
photograph,
policymaking,
principle,
print,
privacy,
projection,
promise,
reform,
regulation,
rule,
scanner,
secrecy,
seeing,
shadow,
shareholder,
standard,
trust
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The word transparency
contains the following part:
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
  More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence
and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, accountancy, admittance, agency, ambiance, ambience, appetency, arrogance, ascendancy, attendance, audience, belligerency, benevolence, brilliancy, buoyancy, cadence, clemency, complacency, conference, confidence, consequence, conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, contingency, counterinsurgency, countertendency, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, difference, disappearance, discrepancy, disturbance, efficiency, eloquence, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, importance, incoherency, inconsistency, incumbency, indecency, independence, independency, inefficiency, infancy, insufficiency, insurgency, interagency, interdependency, itinerancy, latency, leniency, malfeasance, malignancy, mendicancy, nonbelligerency, nonemergency, occupancy, occurrence, patency, permanency, piquancy, poignancy, potency, preference, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, pungency, redundancy, regency, remembrance, residence, residency, science, solvency, stringency, subagency, sufficiency, superefficiency, superintendency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy
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