EMPTY NEST SYNDROME

Meaning of EMPTY NEST SYNDROME in English

sadness or depression that is sometimes felt by parents after all their children have grown up and left the house

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EMPTY-NEST SYNDROME — noun Date: 1972 an emotional letdown often experienced by an empty nester
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EMPTY NEST SYNDROME — a depressed state felt by some parents after their children have left home. [ 1970-75 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EMPTY-NEST SYNDROME — noun Date: 1972 : an emotional letdown often experienced by an empty nester
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EMPTY-NEST SYNDROME — Pronunciation: ˌ em(p)-t ē - ' nest- Function: noun Date: 1972 : an emotional letdown often experienced by an empty …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
EMPTY-NEST SYNDROME — [emp.ty-nest syndrome] n (1972): the emotional letdown experienced by an empty nester
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EMPTY NEST SYNDROME — синдром "пустого гнезда"; чувство потери, испытываемое родителями, когда дети вырастают и оставляют родительский дом.
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
SYNDROME — noun see: dromedary Date: 1541 a group of signs and symptoms that occur together and characterize a particular abnormality or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SYNDROME — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) severe acute respiratory syndrome battered woman syndrome carpal tunnel syndrome chronic fatigue syndrome Cushing …
Английский словарь Британика
NEST — Structure built by an animal as a permanent home or for bearing and rearing offspring. The social insects build systems …
Английский словарь Британика
NEST — I. ˈnest noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Middle Dutch & …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EMPTY — I. ˈem(p)tē, -ti adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ǣmtig, ǣmettig empty, unoccupied, from ǣmetta leisure, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SYNDROME — ˈsinˌdrōm sometimes -_drəm or -drə(ˌ)mē or -drəmi noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek syndromē act of running …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SYNDROME — (n.) A group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, such as a disease.
Английский словарь Webster
SYNDROME — (n.) Concurrence.
Английский словарь Webster
NEST — (n.) A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy …
Английский словарь Webster
EMPTY — (superl.) Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
Английский словарь Webster
EMPTY — (superl.) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of …
Английский словарь Webster
SYNDROME — ( n. ) Concurrence.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NEST — ( n. ) A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EMPTY — ( v. t. ) To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EMPTY — ( superl. ) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SYNDROME — — syndromic /sin drom"ik/ , adj. /sin"drohm, -dreuhm/ , n. 1. Pathol. , Psychiatry. a group of symptoms that together …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NEST — — nestable , adj. — nester , n. — nestlike , adj. — nesty , adj. /nest/ , n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EMPTY — — emptiable , adj. — emptier , n. — emptily , adv. — emptiness , n. /emp"tee/ , adj., emptier, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NEST — I. ˈnest noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German nest nest, Latin nidus Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EMPTY — I. ˈem(p)-tē adjective ( emp·ti·er ; -est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ǣmettig unoccupied, from ǣmetta leisure, perhaps …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SYNDROME — -drəm noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek syndromē combination, syndrome, from syn- + dramein to run — more at dromedary …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SYNDROME — noun concurrence. 2. syndrome ·noun a group of symptoms occurring together that are characteristic and indicative of some underlying cause, …
Webster English vocab
NEST — vi to build and occupy a nest. 2. nest ·vt to put into a nest; to form a nest for. …
Webster English vocab
EMPTY — vi to become empty. 2. empty ·superl having nothing to carry; unburdened. 3. empty ·superl free; clear; devoid; often …
Webster English vocab
SYNDROME — [syn.drome] n [NL, fr. Gk syndrome combination, syndrome, fr. syn- + dramein to run--more at dromedary] (1541) 1: a group …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NEST — [nest] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG nest nest, L nidus] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a bed or receptacle …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EMPTY — [emp.ty] adj emp.ti.er ; -est [ME, fr. OE aemettig unoccupied, fr. aemetta leisure, perh. fr. ae- without + -metta (prob. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SYNDROME — syndrome BrE AmE ˈsɪn drəʊm -drəm AmE \ -droʊm —Formerly also -drə ʊ m i ▷ syndrome|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NEST — nest, Nest BrE AmE nest ▷ nested ˈnest ɪd -əd ▷ nesting ˈnest ɪŋ ▷ nests nests ▶ ˈ nest …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SYNDROME — / ˈsɪndrəʊm; NAmE -droʊm/ noun 1. a set of physical conditions that show you have a particular disease or medical …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEST — / nest; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a hollow place or structure that a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EMPTY — / ˈempti; NAmE / adjective , verb ■ adjective ( emp·tier , emp·ti·est ) 1. empty (of sth) with no …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SYNDROME — syn ‧ drome /ˈsɪndrəʊm $ -droʊm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Modern Latin ; Origin: Greek …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NEST — I. nest 1 /nest/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . BIRDS a place made or …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EMPTY — I. emp ‧ ty 1 S2 W2 /ˈempti/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative emptier , superlative emptiest ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NEST — n. & v. --n. 1 a structure or place where a bird lays eggs and shelters its young. 2 an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EMPTY — adj., v., & n. --adj. (emptier, emptiest) 1 containing nothing. 2 (of a house etc.) unoccupied or unfurnished. 3 (of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NEST — n. & v. n. 1 a structure or place where a bird lays eggs and shelters its young. 2 an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EMPTY — adj., v., & n. adj. (emptier, emptiest) 1 containing nothing. 2 (of a house etc.) unoccupied or unfurnished. 3 (of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NEST — n. & v. --n. 1. a structure or place where a bird lays eggs and shelters its young. 2 an …
Oxford English vocab
EMPTY — adj., v., & n. --adj. (emptier, emptiest) 1. containing nothing. 2 (of a house etc.) unoccupied or unfurnished. 3 (of …
Oxford English vocab
SYNDROME — ( syndromes) 1. A syndrome is a medical condition that is characterized by a particular group of signs and symptoms. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEST — ( nests, nesting, nested) 1. A bird’s nest is the home that it makes to lay its eggs in. I …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EMPTY — ( emptier, emptiest, empties, emptying, emptied) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SYNDROME — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Asperger's syndrome carpal tunnel syndrome chronic fatigue syndrome Down's syndrome economy class syndrome irritable bowel …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NEST — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird builds a nest ▪ By March many birds have already built nests. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EMPTY — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a false/empty/hollow promise (= one that will not be kept ) ▪ I didn’t …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SYNDROME — [noun] [C] - a combination of medical problems that commonly go together, which might show the existence of a particular …
Cambridge English vocab
SYNDROME — n. acquired immunodeficiency syndrome severe acute respiratory syndrome battered woman syndrome carpal tunnel syndrome chronic fatigue syndrome Cushing syndrome Down …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
EMPTY — Synonyms and related words : abandoned, absurd, aimless, airy, apparently sound, arid, asinine, awkward, banal, bare, barren, baseless, blah, bland, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SYNDROME — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ acute ▪ clinical ▪ Asperger's , chronic fatigue , etc. VERB + SYNDROME ▪ have , suffer …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EMPTY — I. verb 1 make sth empty ADVERB ▪ completely ▪ The cupboards had all been completely emptied. ▪ out ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EMPTY — INDEX: 1. container/bottle/glass 2. building/room/seat 3. place/area of land 4. paper/tape/screen 5. to make something empty 6. to make everyone …
Longman Activator English vocab
NEST — n. 25B6; noun the birds built a nest : ROOST, eyrie. the animals disperse rapidly from the nest : LAIR, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EMPTY — n. 25B6; adjective an empty house : VACANT, unoccupied, uninhabited, untenanted, bare, desolate, deserted, abandoned; clear, free. an empty threat …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EMPTY — adj. 1 void, unfilled, hollow, bare, barren, vacant, unfurnished, unadorned, undecorated; emptied, drained, spent, exhausted That empty space on the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SYNDROME — A syndrome is the combination of symptoms and signs which together represent a disease process.
English Dictionary of Medicine
SYNDROME — сущ.; мед. синдром, совокупность симптомов down syndrome ≈ болезнь Дауна Syn : symptom (медицина) синдром, совокупность симптомов цепь взаимосвязанных событий, …
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