SEND SOMEONE TO COVENTRY

Meaning of SEND SOMEONE TO COVENTRY in English

chiefly Brit.

refuse to associate with or speak to someone. [perh. from the unpopularity of royalist soldiers or prisoners quartered in Coventry (sympathetic to parliament) during the English Civil War.]

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

SEND SOMEONE TO COVENTRY — бойкотировать кого-л., прекратить общение с кем-л.
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SEND SOMEONE TO COVENTRY — бойкотировать кого-л., прекратить общение с кем-л.
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COVENTRY — County: West Midlands Post Code: CV1
UK Post Codes and Counties English vocabulary
SOMEONE — alcun, alquí
English interlingue dictionary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century some person ; somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COVENTRY — I. noun Etymology: ~, England Date: 1765 a state of ostracism or exclusion , II. geographical name town W Rhode …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COVENTRY — City and metropolitan borough (pop., 2001: 300,844), central England. The city was the home of Lady mystery play s in …
Английский словарь Британика
SEND — I. ˈsend verb ( sent ˈsent ; sent ; sending ; sends ) Etymology: Middle English senden, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COVENTRY — I. ˈkävən.trē, -ri, more often in US than Brit speech ˈkəv- adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Coventry, city and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — ˈsəm(ˌ)wən pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum oon, from sum, som some + oon one : some person : somebody hoping …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COVENTRY — (n.) A town in the county of Warwick, England.
Английский словарь Webster
COVENTRY — ( n. ) A town in the county of Warwick, England.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — /sum"wun', -weuhn/ , pron. some person; somebody. [ 1275-1325; ME; see SOME, ONE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SEND — send 1 — sendable , adj. /send/ , v. , sent, sending . v.t. 1. to cause, permit, or enable …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COVENTRY — /kuv"euhn tree, kov"-/ , n. 1. a city in West Midlands, in central England: heavily bombed 1940; cathedral. 337,000. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — pron. some person, somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOMEONE — n. person, human, human being
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COVENTRY — n. city in central England
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SEND — I. ˈsend verb ( sent ˈsent ; send·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sendan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COVENTRY — I. ˈkə-vən-trē also ˈkä- noun Etymology: Coventry, England Date: 1765 : a state of ostracism or exclusion sent to Coventry …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century : some person : somebody
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SEND — noun the impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily. 2. send ·vi to dispatch an agent …
Webster English vocab
COVENTRY — noun a town in the county of warwick, england.
Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — ■ pronoun 1》 an unknown or unspecified person. 2》 a person of importance or authority.
Concise Oxford English vocab
COVENTRY — ■ noun (in phr. send someone to ~ ) chiefly Brit. refuse to associate with or speak to someone. Word …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — [some.one] pron (14c): some person: somebody
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SEND — [send] vb sent ; send.ing [ME, fr. OE sendan; akin to OHG sendan to send, OE sith road, journey, OIr …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COVENTRY — [Cov.en.try] n [Coventry, England] (1765): a state of ostracism or exclusion "sent to ~"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COVENTRY — city and metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of West Midlands, historic county of Warwickshire, England. Coventry probably dates from Saxon times. …
Britannica English vocabulary
SOMEONE — someone BrE AmE ˈsʌm wʌn § \ -wɒn ▶ ˌ someone ˈ clever BrE AmE ▶ ˌ someone ˈ else …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SEND — send, Send BrE AmE send ▷ sending ˈsend ɪŋ ▷ sends sendz ▷ sent sent
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COVENTRY — Coventry BrE AmE ˈkɒv ə ntr i ˈkʌv- AmE \ ˈkʌv- ˈkɑːv-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOMEONE — / ˈsʌmwʌn; NAmE / (also some·body ) pronoun 1. a person who is not known or mentioned by name : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEND — / send; NAmE / verb ( sent , sent / sent; NAmE /) BY MAIL / RADIO 1. send sth …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COVENTRY — / ˈkʌvəntri; NAmE ; BrE also ˈkɒv-; NAmE also ˈkɑːv-/ noun • IDIOMS - send sb to Coventry For more …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — I. some ‧ one 1 S1 W1 /ˈsʌmwʌn/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SEND — send S1 W1 /send/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle sent /sent/) [ Language: Old English ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COVENTRY — Cov ‧ en ‧ try /ˈkɒv ə ntri, ˈkʌv- $ ˈkʌv-, ˈkɑːv-/ BrE AmE 1 . an industrial city in …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SEND — v. (past and past part. sent) 1 tr. a order or cause to go or be conveyed (send a message …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COVENTRY — n. øsend a person to Coventry refuse to associate with or speak to a person. [Coventry in W. Midlands]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SEND — v. (past and past part. sent) 1 tr. a order or cause to go or be conveyed (send a message …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COVENTRY — n. send a person to Coventry refuse to associate with or speak to a person. [ Coventry in W. Midlands …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEONE — n. & pron. SOMEBODY.
Oxford English vocab
SEND — v. (past and past part. sent) 1. tr. a order or cause to go or be conveyed (send a message …
Oxford English vocab
COVENTRY — n.Phrases and idioms: send a person to Coventry refuse to associate with or speak to a person. Etymology: Coventry in …
Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use someone or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SEND — ( sends, sending, sent) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COVENTRY — If people send you to Coventry , they avoid speaking to you whenever they meet you, as a way of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
COVENTRY — If people send you to ~, they avoid speaking to you whenever they meet you, as a way of punishing …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOMEONE — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES take someone on an expedition ▪ He’s taking the boys on a camping expedition next …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SEND — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be sent for trial ( also be committed for trial British English ) ▪ Smith's …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — somebody [pronoun] - a single personThere's someone outside the house.Someone must have seen what happened.Surely someone knows where the documents …
Cambridge English vocab
COVENTRY — n. City and metropolitan borough (pop., 2001: 300,844), central England. The city was the home of Lady Godiva who, with …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SOMEONE — Synonyms and related words : Adamite, being, body, cat, chap, character, creature, customer, duck, earthling, fellow, groundling, guy, hand, head, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SEND — Synonyms and related words : address, address to, advance, air-express, airfreight, airmail, allocate, ask for, assign, be poised, beam, becharm, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COVENTRY — To send one to Coventry; a punishment inflicted by officers of the army on such of their brethren as are …
Slang English vocab
SOMEONE — pron. Function: pronoun Synonyms: SOMEBODY
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEONE — pronoun Synonyms: somebody
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SEND — verb Send is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ transmitter Send is used with these nouns as the …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SEND — INDEX: 1. to send a letter, message, parcel etc 2. to send something to someone after it has come to …
Longman Activator English vocab
COVENTRY — • ↑ send sb to Coventry
Longman Activator English vocab

Concise Oxford English vocab

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