MACHINATIONS

Meaning of MACHINATIONS in English

25B6; plural noun SCHEMING, plotting, intrigues, conspiracies, ruses, tricks, wiles, stratagems, tactics, manoeuvring.

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MACHINATIONS — intrigas
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MACHINATIONS — mach ‧ i ‧ na ‧ tions /ˌmækəˈneɪʃ ə nz, ˌmækɪˈneɪʃ ə nz, ˌmæʃə-/ BrE AmE noun [plural] formal secret, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MACHINATIONS — You use machinations to describe secret and complicated plans, especially to gain power. ...the political machinations that brought him to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MACHINATIONS — You use ~ to describe secret and complicated plans, especially to gain power. ...the political ~ that brought him to …
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MACHINATIONS — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ political machinations EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He typified a decade in which financial machinations …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MACHINATIONS — [plural] [noun] - complicated and secret plans to obtain power or control, or, sometimes, to do harmDespite a commitment to …
Cambridge English vocab
MACHINATIONS — (мн.ч.)козни (мн.ч.)
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MACHINATIONS — Интриги
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MACHINATIONS — (мн.ч.)козни (мн.ч.)
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JOHNSON, EYVIND — born July 29, 1900, Svartbjörnsbyn, near Boden, Swed. died Aug. 25, 1976, Stockholm Swedish novelist. He endured a grim boyhood …
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GREAT GAME — Rivalry between Britain and Russia in Central Asia in the late 19th century. The term was used by Rudyard Kipling …
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AVIGNON PAPACY — Roman Catholic papacy during the period 1309–77, when the popes resided at Avignon , France. Elected pope through the machinations …
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PLOT — I. ˈplät, usu -äd+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English plot, plotte patch, spot, plot (of ground), from Old …
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FRONT — I. ˈfrənt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English frount, front, from Old French front, from Latin front-, frons — …
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COP OUT — I. intransitive verb Etymology: cop (IV) 1. slang : to meet failure or death 2. slang : to cop a …
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PURIM — ˈpu̇rəm, ˈpü-, ˈ(ˌ)rim, pu̇ˈrim noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Hebrew pūrīm, literally the lots, from plural of …
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PRIESTCRAFT — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: priest (I) + craft 1. : professional knowledge and skill in respect to the exercise of priestly …
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MACHINATION — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈnāshən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin machination-, machinatio, from machinatus + -ion-, -io -ion 1. : an act or …
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PURIM — (n.) A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews from the …
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CABAL — (n.) The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue.
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PURIM — ( n. ) A Jewish festival, called also the Feast of Lots, instituted to commemorate the deliverance of the Jews …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CABAL — ( n. ) The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue.
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MACHINATION — /mak'euh nay"sheuhn/ , n. 1. an act or instance of machinating. 2. Usually, machinations . crafty schemes; plots; intrigues. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INTRIGUE — — intriguer , n. — intriguingly , adv. v. /in treeg"/ ; n. /in treeg", in"treeg/ , v. , intrigued, …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MACHINATION — n. plotting, scheming, intriguing, manoeuvring, designing, manipulating; plot, scheme, intrigue, manoeuvre, design, stratagem, ruse, trick, trickery, artifice, dirty trick(s), wile, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
КУХНЯ — 1. kitchen; 2. (подбор кушаний) cuisine; 3. перен. intrigues, machinations; ~онный kitchen attr. ~онные принадлежности kitchen utensils, pots and pans …
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КОЗНИ — мн. machinations; строить ~ кому-л. , против кого-л. plot against smb мн. ч.; ед. кознь intrigues, plots, machinations, crafty designs …
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КУХНЯ — жен. 1) kitchen cook-house galley (на судне) походная кухня, полевая кухня – field-kitchen, rolling kitchen, travelling kitchen 2) (подбор кушаний) …
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