(~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a task that requires a lot of time and effort.
Money will also go into local development ~s in Vietnam...
Besides film and record ~s, I have continued to work in the theater.
N-COUNT: oft supp N
2.
A ~ is a detailed study of a subject by a pupil or student.
Students complete ~s for a personal tutor, working at home at their own pace.
N-COUNT
3.
If something is ~ed, it is planned or expected.
Africa’s mid-1993 population is ~ed to more than double by 2025...
The government had been ~ing a 5% consumer price increase for the entire year.
...a ~ed deficit of $1.5 million.
VERB: be V-ed to-inf, V n, V-ed
4.
If you ~ someone or something in a particular way, you try to make people see them in that way. If you ~ a particular feeling or quality, you show it in your behaviour.
Bradley ~s a natural warmth and sincerity...
He just hasn’t been able to ~ himself as the strong leader...
His first job will be to ~ Glasgow as a friendly city...
The initial image ~ed was of a caring, effective president.
VERB: V n, V pron-refl as n, V n as n, V-ed
5.
If you ~ feelings or ideas on to other people, you imagine that they have the same ideas or feelings as you.
He ~s his own thoughts and ideas onto her.
VERB: V n on/onto/upon n
6.
If you ~ a film or picture onto a screen or wall, you make it appear there.
The team tried ~ing the maps with two different ~ors onto the same screen.
VERB: V n
7.
If something ~s, it sticks out above or beyond a surface or edge. (FORMAL)
...the remains of a war-time defence which ~ed out from the shore.
...a piece of ~ing metal.
VERB: V prep/adv, V-ing
8.
see also housing ~