SUPREME COURT BUILDING

Meaning of SUPREME COURT BUILDING in English

the building in Washington, DC, on Capitol Hill , where the US Supreme Court meets. It was built in 1935 and is the last of the national government buildings in the Greek style. Visitors can tour the building when the court is not sitting.

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SUPREME COURT BUILDING — здание Верховного суда Находится в г. Вашингтоне на Конститьюшн-авеню [Constitution Avenue] рядом с Капитолием [Capitol]. Построено в 1935 по проекту архитектора …
SUPREME COURT BUILDING — здание Верховного суда Находится в г. Вашингтоне на Конститьюшн-авеню [Constitution Avenue] рядом с Капитолием . Построено в 1935 по проекту …
SUPREME — adj 1. supreme; 2. last, final; le hora supreme the last hour, the hour of death; in le supreme grado …
Interlingua English vocab
COURT — I In architecture, an outdoor room surrounded by buildings or walls. Courts have existed in all civilizations from the earliest …
Английский словарь Британика
BUILDING — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) building code building construction Chrysler Building Empire State Building high rise building {{link=Seagram Building">Seagram …
Английский словарь Британика
SUPRÊME — III. səˈprēm, süˈp-, -rām noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from suprême supreme, from Middle French, from Latin supremus 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUPREME — I. səˈprēm, (ˈ)sü|p-, rapid sometimes ˈsp- adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: Latin supremus, superlative of superus that is above, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COURT — I. ˈkō(ə) r]t, -ȯ(ə)r]t, -ōə]t, -ȯ(ə)]t, usu ]d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUPREME — (a.) Highest; greatest; most excellent or most extreme; utmost; greatist possible (sometimes in a bad sense); as, supreme love; supreme …
Английский словарь Webster
SUPREME — ( a. ) Highest; greatest; most excellent or most extreme; utmost; greatist possible (sometimes in a bad sense); as, supreme …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SUPRÊME — /seuh preem", -praym", soo-/ ; Fr. /syuu prddem"/ , n. 1. Also called sauce suprême . a velouté made with …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SUPREME — supreme 1 — supremely , adv. — supremeness , n. /seuh preem", soo-/ , adj. 1. highest in rank or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUILDING — — buildingless , adj. /bil"ding/ , n. 1. a relatively permanent enclosed construction over a plot of land, having a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COURT — I. ˈkȯrt noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French curt, court, from Latin cohort-, cohors enclosure, group, retinue, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SUPREME — adjective Etymology: Latin supremus, superlative of superus upper — more at superior Date: 1513 1. : highest in rank or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SUPREME — adj situated at the highest part or point. 2. supreme ·adj highest in authority; holding the highest place in authority, …
Webster English vocab
COURT — noun the session of a judicial assembly. 2. court ·noun any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical. 3. court ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
BUILDING — noun the act of constructing, erecting, or establishing. 2. building ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of build. 3. building ·noun the art …
Webster English vocab
SUPREME — ■ adjective 1》 highest in authority or rank. 2》 very great or greatest; most important. ↘(of a penalty or sacrifice) …
Concise Oxford English vocab
COURT — in architecture, an open area surrounded by buildings or walls. There have been such courts from the earliest recorded times …
Britannica English vocabulary
SUPREME — I supreme 'highest', 'greatest', 'ultimate' BrE AmE su ˈpriːm sju-, ˌsuː-, ˌsjuː- ▷ supreme|ly li ▷ supreme|ness nəs nɪs ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BUILDING — building BrE AmE ˈbɪld ɪŋ ▷ building|s z ▶ ˈ building block BrE AmE ▶ ˈ building so ˌ ciety …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SUPREME — / suːˈpriːm; NAmE ; BrE also sjuː-/ adjective [ usually before noun ] 1. highest in rank or position : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COURT — / kɔːt; NAmE kɔːrt/ noun , verb ■ noun LAW 1. [ C , U ] the place where legal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUILDING — / ˈbɪldɪŋ; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] a structure such as a house or school that has a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SUPREME — su ‧ preme /sʊˈpriːm, sjuː- $ sʊ-, suː-/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: supremus …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COURT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BUILDING — build ‧ ing S1 W1 /ˈbɪldɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ build , ↑ builder , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SUPREME — adj. & n. --adj. 1 highest in authority or rank. 2 greatest; most important. 3 (of a penalty or sacrifice …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COURT — n. & v. --n. 1 (in full court of law) a an assembly of judges or other persons acting as …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SUPREME — adj. & n. adj. 1 highest in authority or rank. 2 greatest; most important. 3 (of a penalty or sacrifice …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COURT — n. & v. n. 1 (in full court of law) a an assembly of judges or other persons acting as …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BUILDING — n. 1 a permanent fixed structure forming an enclosure and providing protection from the elements etc. (e.g. a house, school, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SUPREME — adj. & n. --adj. 1. highest in authority or rank. 2 greatest; most important. 3 (of a penalty or sacrifice …
Oxford English vocab
COURT — n. & v. --n. 1. (in full court of law) a an assembly of judges or other persons acting as …
Oxford English vocab
BUILDING — n.1 a permanent fixed structure forming an enclosure and providing protection from the elements etc. (e.g. a house, school, factory, …
Oxford English vocab
COURT — I. NOUN USES /kɔ:(r)t/ ( courts) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SUPREME — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Supreme is used in the title …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SUPREME — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Supreme is used in the title …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SUPREME — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a supreme/tremendous effort (= a very big effort ) ▪ It was only with a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COURT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a case comes before a judge/court ▪ The case came before the federal courts. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUILDING — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a building programme ▪ We will continue with our hospital building programme. a building/construction boom …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUILDING — [noun] - a structure with walls and a roof such as a house or factory, or the business of making …
Cambridge English vocab
COURT — n. Appomattox Court House Common Pleas Court of Court Margaret Smith court martial European Court of Justice High Commission Court …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BUILDING — n. House of Building building code building construction Chrysler Building Empire State Building high rise building Seagram Building
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
COURT
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COURT — I. noun 1 law ADJECTIVE ▪ civil , criminal ▪ She should seek damages through the civil ~s. ▪ The …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BUILDING — noun 1 house, church, school, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ big , high-rise , huge , large , massive , tall , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BUILDING — INDEX: 1. to build something 2. the process of building houses, roads etc 3. the design of buildings 4. a …
Longman Activator English vocab
SUPREME — adj. 25B6; adjective the supreme commander : HIGHEST RANKING, chief, head, top, foremost, principal, superior, premier, first, prime; greatest, dominant, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SUPREME — adj. 1 highest, loftiest, topmost, greatest, first, foremost, principal, unsurpassed, top, uppermost, chief, paramount, sovereign There is no appeal to …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SUPREME — прил. 1) верховный; высший, главный, старший Supreme Court of Judicature ≈ Верховный Суд Великобритании supreme command ≈ высшее командование Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COURT — Court: Admiralty ~ адмиралтейский суд Admiralty ~ морской суд Court: ~ of Arbitration for Building and Construction Work третейский суд …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COURT — 1. сущ. 1) двор court-yard ≈ внутренний двор (замка, коллежда и т. п.) farm-yard ≈ двор фермы poultry-yard ≈ птичий …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BUILDING — сущ. 1) здание, постройка; сооружение, строение, стройка to build, erect, put up ≈ построить здание to renovate a building ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SUPREME — supreme.ogg 1. s(j)u:ʹpri:m n 1. воен. главнокомандующий 2. (the Supreme) Вседержитель, Бог ( тж. the Supreme Being) 3. высшая степень …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COURT — court.ogg _I kɔ:t n 1> суд ( тж. court of justice) Supreme Court - а) Верховный суд; б) Высший суд …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BUILDING — n 1. здание, строение, постройка, сооружение building density - архит. плотность застройки building engineer - инженер-строитель, прораб building construction - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BUILDING — 1) здание; строение; постройка; дом 2) строительство, сооружение 3) сборка; монтаж 4) резин. клейка; конфекция • - abutting buildings - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
BUILDING — 1) здание; строение; постройка; дом 2) строительство, сооружение 3) сборка; монтаж 4) резин. клейка; конфекция • - abutting buildings - apartment building - bearing-wall building - blast-resistant building - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
BUILDING — 1) здание, постройка, строение, сооружение 2) строительство; возведение зданий; застройка 3) сборка; монтаж 4) матем. построение - aircraft building - apparatus building - crib building - model …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
BUILDING — building сущ.1) а) здание, постройка; сооружение, строение, стройка to build, erect, put up — построить здание to renovate a building …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SUPREME — 1. [s(j)u:ʹpri:m] n 1. воен. главнокомандующий 2. (the Supreme) Вседержитель, Бог ( тж. the Supreme Being) 3. высшая степень ( …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
COURT — I [kɔ:t] n 1) суд ( тж. ~ of justice) Supreme Court - а) Верховный суд; б) Высший суд ( …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова

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