A CLEAN SHEET (OR SLATE)

Meaning of A CLEAN SHEET (OR SLATE) in English

a clean sheet ( or slate)

an absence of existing restraints or commitments.

↘( keep a clean sheet ) (in a soccer match) prevent the opposing side from scoring.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

SLATE — Fine-grained, clayey metamorphic rock that splits readily into thin slabs that have great tensile strength and durability. Some other rocks …
Английский словарь Британика
SLATE — I. ˈslāt, usu -ād.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English slate, sclate, from Middle French esclate, from Old French, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHEET — I. ˈshēt, usu -ēd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English shete, from Old English scēte, scȳte; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLATE — (v. t.) To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to slate a …
Английский словарь Webster
SLATE — ( v. t. ) To cover with slate, or with a substance resembling slate; as, to slate a roof; to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLATE — slate 1 /slayt/ , n. , v. , slated, slating . n. 1. a fine-grained rock formed by the metamorphosis …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHEET — sheet 1 — sheetless , adj. — sheetlike , adj. /sheet/ , n. 1. a large rectangular piece of cotton, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLEAN — — cleanness , n. /kleen/ , adj., cleaner, cleanest , adv., cleaner, cleanest , v. adj. 1. free from dirt; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLATE — I. ˈslāt noun Etymology: Middle English sclate, slate, from Anglo-French * esclat, from esclater to splinter, break off, of Germanic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHEET — I. ˈshēt noun Etymology: Middle English shete, from Old English scēte, scīete; akin to Old English scēat edge, Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLEAN — I. ˈklēn adjective Etymology: Middle English clene, from Old English clǣne; akin to Old High German kleini delicate, dainty Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLATE — vt a tablet for writing upon. 2. slate ·vt a prepared piece of such stone. 3. slate ·vt a thin …
Webster English vocab
SHEET — vt the book itself. 2. sheet ·vt to expand, as a sheet. 3. sheet ·vt a sail. 4. sheet ·vt …
Webster English vocab
CLEAN — superl free from ceremonial defilement. 2. clean ·superl free from moral defilement; sinless; pure. 3. clean ·superl free from dirt …
Webster English vocab
SLATE — [slate] n [ME, fr. MF esclat splinter] (14c) 1: a piece of construction material (as laminated rock) prepared as a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHEET — [sheet] n [ME shete, fr. OE scyte; akin to OE sceat edge, OHG scoz flap, skirt] (bef. 12c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLEAN — [clean] adj [ME clene, fr. OE claene; akin to OHG kleini delicate, dainty] (bef. 12c) 1 a: free from dirt …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SLATE — fine-grained, clayey metamorphic rock that cleaves, or splits, readily into thin slabs having great tensile strength and durability; some other …
Britannica English vocabulary
SLATE — / sleɪt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] a type of dark grey stone that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHEET — / ʃiːt; NAmE / noun ON BED 1. a large piece of thin cloth used on a bed to lie …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLATE — I. slate 1 /sleɪt/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: esclat 'thin piece split …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHEET — sheet S1 W2 /ʃiːt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: scyte ] 1 . FOR A …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SLATE — n., v., & adj. --n. 1 a fine-grained grey, green, or bluish-purple metamorphic rock easily split into flat smooth plates. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLEAN — adj., adv., v., & n. --adj. 1 (often foll. by of) free from dirt or contaminating matter, unsoiled. 2 clear; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SLATE — n., v., & adj. n. 1 a fine-grained grey, green, or bluish-purple metamorphic rock easily split into flat smooth plates. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLEAN — adj., adv., v., & n. adj. 1 (often foll. by of) free from dirt or contaminating matter, unsoiled. 2 clear; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SLATE — n., v., & adj. --n. 1. a fine-grained grey, green, or bluish-purple metamorphic rock easily split into flat smooth plates. …
Oxford English vocab
SHEET — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used esp. in pairs as …
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
CLEAN — adj., adv., v., & n. --adj. 1. (often foll. by of) free from dirt or contaminating matter, unsoiled. 2 clear; …
Oxford English vocab
SLATE — ( slates, slating, slated) 1. Slate is a dark grey rock that can be easily split into thin layers. Slate …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHEET — ( sheets) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A sheet is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLEAN — ( cleaner, cleanest, cleans, cleaning, cleaned) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLATE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a slate roof (= covered with thin pieces of a grey rock ) COLLOCATIONS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SLATE — [noun] [C] US and ANZA slate is the group of people who are chosen by a particular party to take …
Cambridge English vocab
SHEET — [noun] [C] - a large thin flat esp. rectangular piece of something, esp. a piece of cloth used for sleeping …
Cambridge English vocab
CLEAN — (NO ROUGH EDGES) [adjective] -er, -est - having no rough edges; smooth; straight; evenWhat he liked about the car was …
Cambridge English vocab
SLATE — n. Fine-grained, clayey metamorphic rock that splits readily into thin slabs that have great tensile strength and durability. Some other …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SLATE — I. noun Slate is used before these nouns: ↑ grey , ↑ roof , ↑ tile Slate is used after …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SHEET — noun 1 large piece of fabric used on a bed ADJECTIVE ▪ clean , crisp , fresh ▪ a pile …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CLEAN — INDEX: 1. not dirty 2. completely clean so that diseases cannot spread 3. when you keep things clean to prevent …
Longman Activator English vocab
CLEAN — n. 25B6; adjective keep the wound clean : WASHED, scrubbed, cleansed, cleaned; spotless, unsoiled, unstained, unsullied, unblemished, immaculate, pristine, dirt-free, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CLEAN — < language > A lazy higher-order purely functional language from the University of Nijmegen . Clean was originally a subset …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
SHEET — n. 1 bed-sheet, crib-sheet, fitted sheet, flat sheet, US contour sheet How often do you change the sheets on your …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CLEAN — adj. 1 pure, undefiled, unsullied, unmixed, unadulterated, uncontaminated, unpolluted, uninfected, unspoiled or unspoilt, sanitary, disinfected; antiseptic, decontaminated, purified, sterile The …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SLATE — 1. сущ. 1) минер. сланец 2) тех. шифер; шиферная плита 3) грифельная доска 3) а) список, реестр б) амер. список …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHEET — I 1. сущ. 1) простыня (предмет постельного белья) to change the sheets ≈ менять простыни to put on clean sheets …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OR — I союз или, иначе Make haste or else you will be late. ≈ Торопитесь, иначе вы опоздаете. or so ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CLEAN — 1. сущ. уборка, чистка Give it a clean before returning it. ≈ Перед тем, как вернуть, эту вещь следует почистить. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SLATE — slate.ogg _I 1. sleıt n 1. геол. аспидный сланец, шиферный сланец slate clay - сланцеватая глина 2. стр. шифер, шиферная …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SHEET — sheet.ogg 1. ʃi:t n 1. простыня between the sheets - разг. в постели as white as a sheet - бледный …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OR — or.ogg _I ɔ: n геральд. цвет золота _II ɔ:,ə cj 1. связывает два или несколько предложений или однородных членов предложения, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CLEAN — clean.ogg 1. kli:n n 1. разг. чистка, уборка a good clean - основательная уборка she gives the room a clean …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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