PURLIEUS

Meaning of PURLIEUS in English

circumité, confines

English Interlingue dictionary. Английский словарь Интерлингве. 2012

PURLIEUS — n. surroundings, environs
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PURLIEUS — / ˈpɜːljuːz; NAmE ˈpɜːrluːz/ noun [ pl. ] ( literary ) the area near or surrounding a place •• WORD …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PURLIEUS — pur ‧ lieus /ˈpɜːljuːz $ ˈpɜːrluːz/ BrE AmE noun [plural] [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Anglo-French ; Origin: puralé 'checking …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PURLIEUS — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The rangers of Waltham Forest exercised their office in the purlieus as well as within …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PURLIEUS — Synonyms and related words : airspace, alentours, ambience, ambit, approach, approximation, area, belt, borderlands, circle, circuit, circumambiencies, circumjacencies, circumstances, closeness, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PURLIEUS — n. pl. [ Used generally in a bad sense .] Environs, precincts, suburbs, neighborhood, vicinage, borders, limits, outskirts, confines.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
PURLIEUS — (мн.ч.)окрестности (мн.ч.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PURLIEUS — Окрестности
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PURLIEUS — n. окрестности, окраины, пригород, предместье, границы, пределы
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PURLIEUS — n. окрестности, окраины, пригород, предместье, границы, пределы
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PURLIEUS — (мн.ч.)окрестности (мн.ч.)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PURLIEUS — окрестности
English-Russian Online Dictionary
PURLIEUS OR PURLIEUX — the area near or surrounding a place. → purlieu
Concise Oxford English vocab
PURLIEU — ˈpərl(ˌ)yü, -(ˌ)lü noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English purlewe, modification (influenced by Middle French lieu place) of Anglo-French puralé, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PURLIEU — /perr"looh, perrl"yooh/ , n. 1. purlieus , environs or neighborhood. 2. a place where one may range at large; confines …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PURLIEU — n. (pl. purlieus) 1 a person's bounds or limits. 2 a person's usual haunts. 3 Brit. hist. a tract on …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PURLIEU — n. (pl. purlieus) 1 a person's bounds or limits. 2 a person's usual haunts. 3 Brit. hist. a tract on …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PURLIEU — n. (pl. purlieus) 1. a person's bounds or limits. 2 a person's usual haunts. 3 Brit. hist. a tract on …
Oxford English vocab
SWEEP — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a current sweeps sb/sth (= carries them very powerfully, so that they cannot stop …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
VICINITY — Synonyms and related words : airspace, alentours, ambience, ambit, approach, approximation, area, belt, borderlands, circle, circuit, circumambiencies, circumjacencies, circumstances, closeness, …
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TERRITORY — Synonyms and related words : Kreis, Lebensraum, acres, air space, airspace, alluvion, alluvium, ally, ambit, arable land, archbishopric, archdiocese, archduchy, …
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TERRAIN — Synonyms and related words : Lebensraum, acres, agora, air space, airspace, alluvion, alluvium, amphitheater, arable land, area, arena, athletic field, …
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SURROUNDINGS — Synonyms and related words : alentours, ambience, ambit, borderlands, circle, circuit, circumambiencies, circumjacencies, circumstances, compass, context, entourage, environing circumstances, environment, …
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SUBURBS — Synonyms and related words : Bowery, Chinatown, East End, East Side, Little Hungary, Little Italy, West End, West Side, alentours, …
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SPACE
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SOIL
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SITUATION — Synonyms and related words : Anschauung, abode, alentours, allocation, ambience, ambit, angle, angle of vision, appointment, area, assignment, bargain, basis, …
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PURLIEU — n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: RESORT 2, hangout, haunt, rendezvous, stamping ground, watering hole 2 purlieus plural Synonyms: ENVIRONS 1, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
ENVIRONS — n. Function: noun plural 1 an enclosing line or margin FF1C; several thousand businesses located within the environs of the …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PURLIEU — noun 1. Synonyms: resort 2, hangout, haunt, rendezvous, stamping ground, watering hole 2. purlieus plural Synonyms: environs 1, bound(s), boundary, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
ENVIRONS — noun plural 1. an enclosing line or margin several thousand businesses located within the environs of the city Synonyms: bound(s), …
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