FOREIGN DISASTER RELIEF

Meaning of FOREIGN DISASTER RELIEF in English

Prompt aid that can be used to alleviate the suffering of foreign disaster victims. Normally it includes humanitarian services and transportation; the provision of food, clothing, medicine, beds, and bedding; temporary shelter and housing; the furnishing of medical materiel and medical and technical personnel; and making repairs to essential services. See also foreign disaster. (JP 3-07.6)

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Английский словарь Британика
FOREIGN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) foreign aid foreign exchange Foreign Legion {{link=foreign policy">foreign policy foreign service foreign workers
Английский словарь Британика
RELIEF — I. rə̇ˈlēf, rēˈ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English relefe, releve, relief, from Middle French relief, from Old French, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
DISASTER — I. də̇ˈz]astə(r), ]aas-, ]ais-, ]ȧs also də̇ˈs]; -ˈs- is less frequent in “disastrous” than in “disaster”, probably because three identical …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOREIGN — (a.) Remote; distant; strange; not belonging; not connected; not pertaining or pertient; not appropriate; not harmonious; not agreeable; not congenial; …
Английский словарь Webster
FOREIGN — (a.) Not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; …
Английский словарь Webster
FOREIGN — (a.) Outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government.
Английский словарь Webster
RELIEF — relief 1 — reliefless , adj. /ri leef"/ , n. 1. alleviation, ease, or deliverance through the removal of pain, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOREIGN — — foreignly , adv. — foreignness , n. /fawr"in, for"-/ , adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or derived from another …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DISASTER — /di zas"teuhr, -zah"steuhr/ , n. 1. a calamitous event, esp. one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RELIEF — I. ri-ˈlēf noun Etymology: Middle English relef, relief, from Anglo-French from relever to relieve Date: 14th century 1. : a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FOREIGN — adjective Etymology: Middle English forein, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin foranus on the outside, from Latin foris outside — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DISASTER — noun Etymology: Middle French & Old Italian; Middle French desastre, from Old Italian disastro, from dis- (from Latin) + astro …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RELIEF — noun the elevations and surface undulations of a country. 2. relief ·noun the height to which works are raised above …
Webster English vocab
FOREIGN — adj held at a distance; excluded; exiled. 2. foreign ·adj outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign …
Webster English vocab
DISASTER — vt to blast by the influence of a baleful star. 2. disaster ·vt to bring harm upon; to injure. 3. …
Webster English vocab
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Britannica English vocabulary
FOREIGN — foreign BrE AmE ˈfɒr ə n -ɪn AmE \ ˈfɔːr ə n ˈfɑːr- ▷ foreign|ness nəs nɪs ▶ ˌ foreign …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DISASTER — disaster BrE AmE dɪ ˈzɑːst ə də-, § -ˈzæst- AmE -ˈzæst ə r ▷ disaster|s z ▶ di ˈ saster …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RELIEF — / rɪˈliːf; NAmE / noun REMOVAL OF ANXIETY / PAIN 1. [ U , sing. ] the feeling of happiness …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOREIGN — / ˈfɒrən; NAmE ˈfɔːrən; ˈfɑːrən/ adjective 1. in or from a country that is not your own : a foreign …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DISASTER — / dɪˈzɑːstə(r); NAmE -ˈzæs-/ noun 1. [ C ] an unexpected event, such as a very bad accident, a flood …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RELIEF — re ‧ lief S2 W2 /rɪˈliːf/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: relever ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOREIGN — for ‧ eign S3 W1 /ˈfɒrən, ˈfɒrɪn $ ˈfɔː-, ˈfɑː-/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DISASTER — di ‧ sas ‧ ter S3 W3 /dɪˈzɑːstə $ dɪˈzæstər/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RELIEF — n. 1 a the alleviation of or deliverance from pain, distress, anxiety, etc. b the feeling accompanying such deliverance. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FOREIGN — adj. 1 of or from or situated in or characteristic of a country or a language other than one's own. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RELIEF — n. 1 a the alleviation of or deliverance from pain, distress, anxiety, etc. b the feeling accompanying such deliverance. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FOREIGN — adj. 1 of or from or situated in or characteristic of a country or a language other than one's own. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RELIEF — n.1 a the alleviation of or deliverance from pain, distress, anxiety, etc. b the feeling accompanying such deliverance. 2 a …
Oxford English vocab
FOREIGN — adj.1 of or from or situated in or characteristic of a country or a language other than one's own. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
RELIEF — ( reliefs) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you feel a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOREIGN — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something or someone that is foreign …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DISASTER — ( disasters) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A disaster is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DISASTER — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A ~ is a very …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
RELIEF — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a relief effort ▪ The UN is organizing the relief effort to the region affected …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOREIGN — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a foreign accent ▪ I got a call from a man with a foreign accent. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DISASTER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a disaster zone ▪ The damage is so serious that the government has declared the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOREIGN — [adjective] [not gradable] - belonging or connected to a country which is not your ownSpain was the first foreign country …
Cambridge English vocab
DISASTER — [noun] - (an event which results in) great harm, damage or death, or serious difficultyScientists have warned of the looming …
Cambridge English vocab
FOREIGN — adj. foreign aid foreign exchange Foreign Legion Foreign Ministers Council of foreign policy foreign service foreign workers
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DISASTER — n. Function: noun a sudden calamitous event bringing great damage, loss, or destruction FF1C; a flood disaster struck the valley …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DISASTER — noun a sudden calamitous event bringing great damage, loss, or destruction a flood disaster struck the valley Synonyms: calamity, cataclysm, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
RELIEF — noun 1 removal of anxiety/pain ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable , deep , enormous , great , huge , immense , intense …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DISASTER — noun 1 bad event/situation ADJECTIVE ▪ awful , big , catastrophic , devastating , enormous ( esp. AmE ), great …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FOREIGN — INDEX: 1. not from your own country 2. from a different country 3. in or to a different country RELATED …
Longman Activator English vocab
DISASTER — INDEX: 1. a disaster 2. causing a lot of destruction or suffering RELATED WORDS see also ↑ ACCIDENT ↑ ENVIRONMENT …
Longman Activator English vocab
DISASTER — See ↑ ACCIDENT 2, ↑ DISASTER 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be a disaster
Longman Activator English vocab
DISASTER — n. 25B6; noun a railway disaster : CATASTROPHE, calamity, cataclysm, tragedy, act of God, holocaust; accident. a string of personal …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
RELIEF — n. 1 ease, easing, abatement, easement, deliverance, remedy, redress, alleviation, release, remission, assuagement, liberation, recess We would all welcome relief …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FOREIGN — adj. 1 alien, imported, non-native; overseas, distant, tramontane, transalpine, transatlantic, transpacific Duty is payable on foreign goods We holiday in …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DISASTER — n. catastrophe, calamity, cataclysm, tragedy, misfortune, débâcle, accident, mishap, blow, act of God, adversity, trouble, reverse The flooding of the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
RELIEF — I сущ. 1) а) облегчение, помощь, утешение to express relief ≈ выражать облегчение to feel relief ≈ испытывать, чувствовать облегчение …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOREIGN — прил. 1) иностранный; заграничный, зарубежный (расположенный за пределами какого-л. места или страны) foreign nations ≈ иностранные государства Syn : abroad …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DISASTER — сущ. беда, бедствие, несчастье to experience, meet, suffer (a) disaster ≈ попасть в беду to cope with (a) disaster, recover …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RELIEF — relief.ogg _I rıʹli:f n 1. облегчение, утешение a sigh of relief - вздох облегчения the medicine gave some relief - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FOREIGN — foreign.ogg ʹfɒrın a 1. 1> иностранный, чужеземный; заграничный, зарубежный foreign language - иностранный язык foreign customs - чужеземные обычаи a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DISASTER — disaster.ogg dıʹzɑ:stə n бедствие, несчастье political disaster - политическая катастрофа public disaster - народное бедствие railway disaster - железнодорожная катастрофа …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DISASTER — бедствие, катастрофа - ecological disaster - man-made disaster - natural disaster - weather disaster
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
DISASTER — бедствие, катастрофа - ecological disaster - man-made disaster - natural disaster - weather disaster
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
RELIEF — 1) предохранительный 2) разгрузка 3) рельеф 4) рельефность 5) рельефный 6) сменщик 7) снятие • relief of analytical function — рельеф аналитической функции - raisting in relief - relief angle - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
RELIEF — I relief сущ.1) а) облегчение, помощь, утешение to express relief — выражать облегчение to feel relief — испытывать, чувствовать облегчение …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DISASTER — disaster сущ.беда, бедствие, несчастье to experience, meet, suffer (a) disaster — попасть в беду to cope with (a) disaster, recover …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

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