EN PRISE

Meaning of EN PRISE in English

[ ɒ~'pri:z \]

■ adjective Chess (of a piece or pawn) in a position to be taken.

Origin

C19: Fr.

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EN PRISE — adjective Etymology: French, literally, engaged, within grasp Date: 1820 exposed to capture
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EN PRISE — äⁿprēēz adjective Etymology: French of a chess piece : exposed to capture
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EN PRISE — /ahn' preez"/ ; Fr. /ahonn prddeez"/ , Chess. in line for capture; likely to be captured. [ 1815-25; 1 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EN PRISE — adjective Etymology: French, literally, engaged, within grasp Date: 1820 of a chess piece : exposed to capture
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EN PRISE — Pronunciation: ä n - ' pr ē z Function: adjective Etymology: F, literally, engaged, within grasp Date: 1820 of a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
EN PRISE — [en prise] adj [F, lit., engaged, within grasp] (1899) of a chess piece: exposed to capture
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EN PRISE — French "in take" A piece or pawn that is unprotected and exposed to capture.
English Glossary of Chess Terms
EN — en- prefixo [ em- before -b-, -m-, -p-, -ph- ; used chiefly to form technical terms] en-, em- (= in, …
Interlingua English vocab
PRISE — aperter per levuore
English interlingue dictionary
PRISE — see: prize
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Aix en Provence Wu Ch'eng en Chou En lai
Английский словарь Британика
EN- — I. prefix also em- Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin in-, im-, from in — more at in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EN — I. ˈen noun ( -s ) 1. : the letter n 2. : the set dimension of an en quad …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-EN — I. _ən, ə n sometimes ə m after p, b, f, or v sometimes ə ŋ after k or g …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRISE — variant of prize
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRISE — (n. & v.) See Prize, n., 5. Also Prize, v. t.
Английский словарь Webster
PRISE — (n.) An enterprise.
Английский словарь Webster
PRISE — ( n. ) An enterprise.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRISE — ( n. & v. ) See Prize, n., 5. Also Prize, v. t.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PRISE — /pruyz/ , v.t., prised, prising , n. prize 3 .
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
-EN — -en 1 a suffix formerly used to form transitive and intransitive verbs from adjectives ( fasten; harden; sweeten ), or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EN- — en- 1 a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from French and productive in English on this model, forming verbs with …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EN — /en/ , n. 1. the letter N, n. 2. Also called nut . Print. half of the width of an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PRISE — v. open by force, pry open, open by the force of leverage
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EN- — I. prefix also em- in also en; sometimes only in is shown when en is infrequent Etymology: Middle English, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-EN — I. adjective suffix also -n Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German -īn made of, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRISE — chiefly British variant of prize V
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRISE — noun an enterprise. 2. prise ·noun & ·v ·see prize, ·noun, 5. also prize, ·vt.
Webster English vocab
EN- — a prefix from ·gr. / in, meaning in; as, encephalon, entomology. ·see in-. 2. en- ·- a prefix signifying in …
Webster English vocab
-EN — an adjectival suffix, meaning made of; as in golden, leaden, wooden. 2. -en ·- the termination of the past participle …
Webster English vocab
PRISE — ( US prize ) ■ verb 1》 use force in order to open or move apart. 2》 ( ~ something …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PRISE — [prise] chiefly Brit var of [5]prize
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EN- — [en-] also em- prefix [ME, fr. OF, fr. L in-, im-, fr. in] 1: put into or onto "enthrone": cover …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EN — [en] n (1792) 1: the width of a piece of type half the width of an em 2: the letter …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-EN — [-en] also -n adj suffix [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG -in made of, L -inus of or belonging to, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRISE — prise BrE AmE praɪz (= prize) ▷ prised praɪzd ▷ prises ˈpraɪz ɪz -əz ▷ prising ˈpraɪz ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EN- — en- BrE AmE ɪn ən, (¦)en —This prefix is stressed ¦en if the following syllable is unstressed ( ˌ enhar …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
EN — I en printer's measure BrE AmE en ▷ ens enz II en in French phrases BrE AmE ɒ̃ ɒn, ɑːn …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRISE — ( BrE ) ( NAmE prize ) / praɪz; NAmE / (also pry / praɪ; NAmE / especially in NAmE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRISE — prise BrE AmE British English , prize American English /praɪz/ verb [transitive always + adverb/preposition] to move or lift something …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EN- — en- /ɪn, en/ BrE AmE prefix [in verbs] [ Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin in- , from in 'in' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRISE — v. & n. (also prize) --v.tr. force open or out by leverage (prised up the lid; prised the box open). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EN- — prefix (also em- before b, p) forming verbs, = IN-(1): 1 from nouns, meaning 'put into or on' (engulf; entrust; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRISE — v. & n. (also prize) v.tr. force open or out by leverage (prised up the lid; prised the box open). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EN — n. Printing a unit of measurement equal to half an em. en rule (or dash) a short dash used in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRISE — v. & n. (also prize) --v.tr. force open or out by leverage (prised up the lid; prised the box open). …
Oxford English vocab
EN- — 1. prefix (also em- before b, p) forming verbs, IN-(1): 1. from nouns, meaning 'put into or on' (engulf; entrust; …
Oxford English vocab
EN — n. Printing a unit of measurement equal to half an em. Phrases and idioms: en rule (or dash) a short …
Oxford English vocab
PRISE — see prize
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EN- — Pronounced /ɪn-/ or /en-/ especially in American English. En- is added to words to form verbs that describe the process …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRISE — see prize
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PRISE — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB off ▪ The coffin was put on top of the pyre and the lid …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRISE — [verb] [T] - UK and ANZ for prize (LIFT)
Cambridge English vocab
EN — route [adverb] [not gradable] - on the way (to or from somewhere)I stopped at a shop en route (to the …
Cambridge English vocab
EN — Aix en Provence Wu Ch'eng en Chou En lai
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
EN — en masse mise en scene mise en scène
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PRISE
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRISE — ( BE ) see pry 2, 3
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
EN — [Mesopotamian] The Sumerian title for 'lord' or 'god'. The word forms a component of several names of gods, such as …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
PRISE — = prize III (историческое) захват феодалом имущества вассала или арендатора (историческое) реквизиция или право реквизиции в пользу короля (историческое) обыкн. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EN — эн, название буквы N (полиграфия) буква "n" как типографская единица системы мер (соответствует полукруглой) (французское) в, как, по - * …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PRISE — Реквизиция
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PRISE — _I praız n ист. 1. 1> захват феодалом имущества вассала или арендатора 2> реквизиция или право реквизиции в пользу короля …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EN — _I en n 1. эн, название буквы N 2. полигр. буква n как типографская единица системы мер ( соответствует полукруглой …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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