OPPOSABLE

Meaning of OPPOSABLE in English

■ adjective Zoology (of the thumb of a primate) capable of facing and touching the other digits on the same hand.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

OPPOSABLE — adjective Date: circa 1812 capable of being opposed or resisted, capable of being placed against one or more of the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OPPOSABLE — əˈpōzəbəl adjective 1. : capable of being opposed or resisted 2. : capable of being placed opposite something else the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OPPOSABLE — (a.) Capable of being placed opposite something else; as, the thumb is opposable to the forefinger.
Английский словарь Webster
OPPOSABLE — (a.) Capable of being opposed or resisted.
Английский словарь Webster
OPPOSABLE — ( a. ) Capable of being placed opposite something else; as, the thumb is opposable to the forefinger.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OPPOSABLE — ( a. ) Capable of being opposed or resisted.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
OPPOSABLE — — opposability , n. /euh poh"zeuh beuhl/ , adj. 1. capable of being placed opposite to something else: the opposable …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OPPOSABLE — adj. able to be opposed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
OPPOSABLE — adjective Date: circa 1812 1. : capable of being opposed or resisted 2. : capable of being placed against one …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OPPOSABLE — adj capable of being opposed or resisted. 2. opposable ·adj capable of being placed opposite something else; as, the thumb …
Webster English vocab
OPPOSABLE — [op.pos.able] adj (1667) 1: capable of being opposed or resisted 2: capable of being placed against one or more of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OPPOSABLE — opposable BrE AmE ə ˈpəʊz əb ə l AmE \ ə ˈpoʊz-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OPPOSABLE — adj. 1 able to be opposed. 2 Zool. (of the thumb in primates) capable of facing and touching the other …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OPPOSABLE — adj. 1 able to be opposed. 2 Zool. (of the thumb in primates) capable of facing and touching the other …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OPPOSABLE — adj.1 able to be opposed. 2 Zool. (of the thumb in primates) capable of facing and touching the other digits …
Oxford English vocab
OPPOSABLE — могущий быть противопоставленным
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OPPOSABLE — a могущий быть противопоставленным
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OPPOSABLE — (v) могущий быть противопоставленным
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
OPPOSABLE — a могущий быть противопоставленным
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
OPPOSABLE — a могущий быть противопоставленным
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
OPPOSABLE — противопоставляемый кому-л. ; имеющий силу в отношении кого-л.
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
OPPOSABLE — могущий быть противопоставленным
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
OPPOSABLE — adj. Pronunciation: ə - ' p ō -z ə -b ə l Function: adjective Date: circa 1812 1 : capable …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
THUMB — I. noun Etymology: Middle English thoume, thoumbe, from Old English thūma; akin to Old High German thūmo ~, Latin tumēre …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OPPOSABILITY — noun see: opposable
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
JAW — I. noun Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century 1. either of two complex cartilaginous or bony structures in most vertebrates …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OPOSSUM — Any of about 66 species (family Didelphidae) of New World, mostly arboreal, nocturnal marsupial s. Highly adaptable and prolific, opossums …
Английский словарь Британика
KOALA — Tree-dwelling marsupial ( Phascolarctos cinereus ) of coastal eastern Australia. About 24–33 in. (61–85 cm) long and tailless, the koala …
Английский словарь Британика
HAND — End part of the arm , consisting of the wrist joint, palm, thumb, and fingers. The hand has great mobility …
Английский словарь Британика
THUMB
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRIMATE — in zoology, any member of the mammalian order Primates, which includes the prosimians, monkeys, apes, and man. The order has …
Britannica English vocabulary
HOMINID — any creature of the family Hominidae (order Primates), of which only one species exists todayHomo sapiens, or human beings. Extinct …
Britannica English vocabulary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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