BREAD AND CIRCUSES

Meaning of BREAD AND CIRCUSES in English

entertainment or political policies intended to keep the masses happy and docile.

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BREAD AND CIRCUSES — noun plural Etymology: translation of Latin panis et circenses Date: 1894 a palliative offered especially to avert potential discontent
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BREAD AND CIRCUSES — [bread and circuses] n pl [trans. of L panis et circenses] (1914): a palliative offered esp. to avert potential discontent
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BREAD AND CIRCUSES — 1> хлеб и зрелища ( как средство приглушить недовольство масс ) bread and circuses! - хлеба и зрелищ! 2> благосостояние
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BREAD AND CIRCUSES — 1) хлеб и зрелища ( как средство приглушить недовольство масс ) bread and circuses! - хлеба и зрелищ! 2> благосостояние
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BREAD AND CIRCUSES — noun plural Etymology: translation of Latin panis et circenses : food and entertainment offered by a government (as a dictatorship) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BREAD AND CIRCUSES — something, as extravagant entertainment, offered as an expedient means of pacifying discontent or diverting attention from a source of grievance. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BREAD AND CIRCUSES — Etymology: translation of Latin panis et circenses Date: 1894 : a palliative offered especially to avert potential discontent
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BREAD AND CIRCUSES — Function: noun plural Etymology: translation of Latin panis et circenses Date: 1894 : a palliative offered especially to avert potential …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BREAD AND CIRCUSES — хлеб и зрелища (как средство приглушить недовольство масс) - *! хлеба и зрелищ! благосостояние
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BREAD AND CIRCUSES — Хлеба и зрелищ
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BREAD AND CIRCUSES — 1) хлеб и зрелища ( как средство приглушить недовольство масс ) ~! - хлеба и зрелищ! 2) благосостояние
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BREAD AND CIRCUSES — хлеба и зрелищ! (средство устранения недовольства масс).
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
BREAD AND CIRCUSES — хлеб и зрелища (как средство приглушить недовольство масс) - *! хлеба и зрелищ! благосостояние
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BREAD — Baked food product. It is made of flour or meal that is moistened into a dough, kneaded, and usually leavened …
Английский словарь Британика
BREAD — I. ˈbred noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English breed, from Old English brēad crumb, bread; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CIRCUSES — (pl. ) of Circus
Английский словарь Webster
CIRCUSES — ( pl. ) of Circus
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BREAD — — breadless , adj. — breadlessness , n. /bred/ , n. 1. a kind of food made of flour or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BREAD — I. ˈbred noun Etymology: Middle English breed, from Old English brēad; akin to Old High German brōt bread, Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CIRCUSES — pl of circus.
Webster English vocab
BREAD — adj to spread. 2. bread ·noun food; sustenance; support of life, in general. 3. bread ·vt to cover with bread …
Webster English vocab
BREAD — [bread] n [ME breed, fr. OE bread; akin to OHG brot bread, OE breowan to brew] (bef. 12c) 1: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BREAD — baked food product made of flour or meal that is moistened, kneaded, and sometimes fermented. A major food since prehistoric …
Britannica English vocabulary
BREAD — bread BrE AmE bred (= bred) ▷ breaded ˈbred ɪd -əd ▷ breading ˈbred ɪŋ ▷ breads bredz ▶ ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BREAD — / bred; NAmE / noun [ U ] 1. a type of food made from flour, water and usually yeast …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BREAD — bread S2 W3 /bred/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . a type of food made …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BREAD — n. & v. --n. 1 baked dough made of flour usu. leavened with yeast and moistened, eaten as a staple …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BREAD — n. & v. n. 1 baked dough made of flour usu. leavened with yeast and moistened, eaten as a staple …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BREAD — n. & v. --n. 1. baked dough made of flour usu. leavened with yeast and moistened, eaten as a staple …
Oxford English vocab
BREAD — ( breads, breading, breaded) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Bread is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BREAD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bread basket (= for serving bread ) ▪ There was a bread basket on …
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BREAD — [noun] [U] - a food made from flour, water and usually yeast mixed together and bakeda slice of breada loaf …
Cambridge English vocab
BREAD — n. Baked food product. It is made of flour or meal that is moistened into a dough, kneaded, and usually …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BREAD — Synonyms and related words : Communion, Eucharist, French bread, Holy Communion, Host, Irish soda bread, Italian bread, Last Supper, Sacrament …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BREAD — n. 25B6; noun a loaf of bread. : See list. (informal) his job puts bread on the table. : See …
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CIRCUSES — Цирки
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BREAD — 1. сущ. 1) хлеб to bake bread ≈ печь хлеб to toast bread ≈ поджаривать хлеб to break bread with …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CIRCUSES — Цирки
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BREAD — bread.ogg 1. bred n 1. 1> хлеб stale new bread - чёрствый свежий хлеб white bread - белый хлеб brown …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BREAD — хлеб - rye bread - sour bread - unleavened bread - white bread
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
BREAD — 1. bred n 1. 1> хлеб stale new bread - чёрствый свежий хлеб white bread - белый хлеб brown bread …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BREAD — 1. сущ. 1) хлеб bread plate — тарелка для хлеба, хлебница to bake bread — печь хлеб to toast bread …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BREAD — 1. сущ. 1) хлеб bread plate — тарелка для хлеба, хлебница to bake bread — печь хлеб to toast bread — поджаривать хлеб to break …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BREAD — 1. _n. 1> хлеб; _перен. кусок хлеба, средства к существованию; to make one's bread - зарабатывать на жизнь; to take …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
BREAD — 1. n. 1. хлеб; перен. кусок хлеба, средства к существованию; to make one's bread - зарабатывать на жизнь; to take …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
BREAD — 1. _n. 1> хлеб; _перен. кусок хлеба, средства к существованию; daily bread хлеб насущный; to make one's bread зарабатывать на …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
BREAD
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CIRCUSES — Цирки
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BREAD — 1. сущ. 1) хлеб to bake bread ≈ печь хлеб to toast bread ≈ поджаривать хлеб to break bread with …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PANEM ET CIRCENSES — foreign term Etymology: Latin bread and circuses ; provision of the means of life and recreation by government to appease …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FAIRGROUND — noun Date: 1741 an area where outdoor fairs, circuses, or exhibitions are held
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CALIFORNIA SEA LION — noun Date: 1873 a small brown sea lion ( Zalophus californianus ) that occurs especially along the Pacific coast of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SECULAR GAMES — (Latin; Ludi saeculares) Celebrations held in ancient Rome at the beginning of a new saeculum , or generation. Similar games …
Английский словарь Британика
SEA LION — Any of five species (family Otariidae) of eared seals found along coasts on both sides of the Pacific, from Alaska …
Английский словарь Британика
RINGLING BROTHERS — Family of U.S. circus owners. After five of the seven brothers formed a song-and-dance troupe (1882), they began to add …
Английский словарь Британика
LAUREL, STAN; AND HARDY, OLIVER — original names, respectively, Arthur Stanley Jefferson and Oliver Norvell Hardy, Jr. known as Laurel and Hardy born June 16, 1890, …
Английский словарь Британика
CIRCUS — Entertainment or spectacle featuring animal acts and human feats of daring. The modern circus was founded in England in 1768 …
Английский словарь Британика
MISPLACED MODIFIER — Gram. a word, phrase, or clause that seems to refer to or modify an unintended word because of its placement …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CIRCUS — — circusy , adj. /serr"keuhs/ , n. , pl. circuses . 1. a large public entertainment, typically presented in one …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CIRCUS — Elephants in three-ring performance from Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1970. an entertainment or spectacle usually consisting of …
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