MISS AMERICA PAGEANT

Meaning of MISS AMERICA PAGEANT in English

a US contest held each September in Atlantic City , New Jersey , to choose the most beautiful American woman who can also sing, dance, act, etc. It was first held in 1922 and has been a popular television event since 1954. The pageant has sometimes been criticized as an insult to women.

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MISS AMERICA PAGEANT — ˌMiss Aˈmerica ˌPageant, the BrE AmE a ↑ beauty contest held every year in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in which …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MISS AMERICA PAGEANT — конкурс "Мисс Америка" Конкурс красоты, который проводится ежегодно с 1921. Пятьдесят одна участница (от каждого штата и Пуэрто-Рико) подписывает контракт, в …
MISS AMERICA PAGEANT — конкурс "Мисс Америка" Конкурс красоты, который проводится ежегодно с 1921. Пятьдесят одна участница (от каждого штата и Пуэрто-Рико) подписывает контракт, …
AMERICA — America npr America; America del nord North America; America del sud South America; America latin Latin America
Interlingua English vocab
PAGEANT — spectacul, parade, gala-procession
English interlingue dictionary
PAGEANT — pasundayag;pasunding;salida
English-Visayan vocabulary
AMERICA — (Noun) Amerika
English-Visayan vocabulary
PAGEANT — noun Etymology: Middle English pagyn, padgeant, literally, scene of a play, from Anglo-French pagine, pagent, from Medieval Latin pagina, perhaps …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
AMERICA — geographical name either continent (North ~ or South ~) of the western hemisphere, the lands of the western hemisphere including …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PAGEANT — Large-scale, spectacular theatrical production or procession. In the Middle Ages, a pageant was the wagon on which religious plays such …
Английский словарь Британика
AMERICA — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) America's Cup British North America Act Central America Confederate States of America Latin America …
Английский словарь Британика
PAGEANT — I. ˈpajənt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English pagyn, pagend, padgeant, from Medieval Latin pagina scene of a play, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MISS — I. ˈmis verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English missen, from Old English missan; akin to Old High German missan …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AMERICA — əˈmerə̇kə also -rē- adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from America, the continental region, from New Latin, after Americus Vespucius, Latinized …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PAGEANT — (v. t.) To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.
Английский словарь Webster
PAGEANT — (a.) Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular.
Английский словарь Webster
PAGEANT — (n.) An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, spectacle, or …
Английский словарь Webster
PAGEANT — (n.) A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle.
Английский словарь Webster
MISS — (v. t.) To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; …
Английский словарь Webster
PAGEANT — ( v. t. ) To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PAGEANT — ( n. ) An elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainmeut of a distinguished personage, or of the public; a show, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PAGEANT — ( n. ) A theatrical exhibition; a spectacle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PAGEANT — ( a. ) Of the nature of a pageant; spectacular.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MISS — ( v. t. ) To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PAGEANT — — pageanteer , n. — pageantic /peuh jan"tik/ , adj. /paj"euhnt/ , n. 1. an elaborate public spectacle illustrative of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MISS — miss 1 — missable , adj. /mis/ , v.t. 1. to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AMERICA — /euh mer"i keuh/ , n. 1. See United States . 2. See North America . 3. See South America . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PAGEANT — n. performance commemorating a historical or legendary event; ceremonial play or parade of any kind
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
AMERICA — n. The United States; North America; South America; continents of North and South America, Americas
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MISS — I. ˈmis verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English missan; akin to Old High German missan to miss Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AMERICA — geographical name 1. either continent (North America or South America) of the western hemisphere 2. or the Amer·i·cas -kəz the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PAGEANT — noun a theatrical exhibition; a spectacle. 2. pageant ·adj of the nature of a pageant; spectacular. 3. pageant ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
MISS — noun harm from mistake. 2. miss ·noun mistake; error; fault. 3. miss ·noun loss; want; felt absence. 4. miss ·noun …
Webster English vocab
MISS — [miss] vb [ME, fr. OE missan; akin to OHG missan to miss] vt (bef. 12c) 1: to fail to hit, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PAGEANT — a large-scale, spectacular theatrical production or procession. In its earlier meanings the term denoted specifically a car or float designed …
Britannica English vocabulary
PAGEANT — pageant BrE AmE ˈpædʒ ə nt ▷ pageant|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
AMERICA — America BrE AmE ə ˈmer ɪk ə -ək- —also sometimes !!-ˈmər- ; so also in derivatives ▷ America|s, \~'s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PAGEANT — / ˈpædʒənt; NAmE / noun 1. a public entertainment in which people dress in historical costumes and give performances of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MISS — / mɪs; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb NOT HIT, CATCH, etc. 1. to fail to hit, catch, reach, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PAGEANT — pag ‧ eant /ˈpædʒ ə nt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Medieval Latin ; Origin: pagina …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MISS — I. miss 1 S1 W2 /mɪs/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: verb : ↑ miss ; noun : ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AMERICA — A ‧ mer ‧ i ‧ ca /əˈmerəkə, əˈmerɪkə/ BrE AmE a name commonly used for the US
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MISS — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (also absol.) fail to hit, reach, find, catch, etc. (an object or goal). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MISS — v. & n. v. 1 tr. (also absol.) fail to hit, reach, find, catch, etc. (an object or goal). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MISS — 1. v. & n. --v. 1. tr. (also absol.) fail to hit, reach, find, catch, etc. (an object or goal). …
Oxford English vocab
PAGEANT — ( pageants) 1. A pageant is a colourful public procession, show, or ceremony. Pageants are usually held out of doors …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MISS — ( misses, missing, missed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Please look at …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PAGEANT — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN beauty ▪ Boxing champion Mike Tyson was, of course, convicted in the 1992 rape …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MISS — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bullet misses sb/sth ▪ The bullet narrowly missed her heart. a button is …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PAGEANT — [noun] [C] - a show, usually performed outside, that consists of people wearing traditional clothing and acting out historical eventsOur …
Cambridge English vocab
MISS — (TITLE) [noun] - a title or form of address for a girl or a woman who has never been marriedDr …
Cambridge English vocab
PAGEANT — n. Large-scale, spectacular theatrical production or procession. In the Middle Ages, a pageant was the wagon on which religious plays …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
AMERICA — n. Music Corporation of America America's Cup British North America Act Central America Confederate States of America Latin America North …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MISS — Synonyms and related words : abandon, avoid, babe, baby, bachelor girl, be bereaved of, be blind to, be caught out, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
AMERICA — Synonyms and related words : Africa, Antipodes, Asia, Asia Major, Asia Minor, Australasia, Columbia, East, Eastern Hemisphere, Eurasia, Europe, Far …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PAGEANT — noun Pageant is used after these nouns: ↑ beauty
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MISS — n. 25B6; verb the shot missed her by inches : FAIL TO HIT, be/go wide of, fall short of. Mandy …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AMERICA — n. 25B6; noun . See United States of America .
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AMERICA — I . a popular national song in the US, first sung in 1831. It has the same tune as the …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
MISS — 1) (Miss) мисс (ставится перед фамилией незамужней женщины, напр., Miss Brown; если в семье Браунов несколько дочерей, то старшая именуется …
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
PAGEANT — n. spectacle, display, grandeur, tableau, show, parade, procession, ceremony, formality, ritual, event, affair, extravaganza, presentation, gala The children stage a …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PAGEANT — сущ. 1) а) пышное зрелище; пышная процессия б) карнавальное шествие; маскарад 2) а) инсценировка, живая картина (представляющая исторический эпизод) б) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MISS — I 1. сущ. 1) потеря, утрата; недостаток, отсутствие we felt the miss of you ≈ мы чувствовали, как нам тебя …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AMERICA — сущ. Америка (разговорное) Америка, Соединенные Штаты Америки американский континент; Северная, Центральная и Южная Америка
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Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary

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