THE MYTHICAL MAN-MONTH

Meaning of THE MYTHICAL MAN-MONTH in English

< publication > Fred Brooks's excellent 1975 book on software engineering .

See also Brooks's Law .

["The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering", Fred Brooks, Addison-Wesley, 1975, ISBN 0-201-00650-2].

(1996-06-20)

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THE MYTHICAL MAN-MONTH — Мифический человеко-месяц
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MYTHICAL — mitic, fabulosi
English interlingue dictionary
MYTHICAL — or mythic adjective Date: 1669 based on or described in a myth especially as contrasted with history, existing only in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MAN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) 2002– Man Booker Prize de Man Paul Declaration of the Rights of Man and …
Английский словарь Британика
MAN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MYTHICAL — ˈmithə̇kəl, -thēk- adjective or myth·ic -thik, -thēk Etymology: mythical from Late Latin mythicus (from Greek mythikos, from mythos myth + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MONTH — ˈmən(t)th noun ( plural months ˈmən(t)s, -n(t)ths) Etymology: Middle English moneth, month, from Old English mōnath; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MYTHICAL — (a.) Of or relating to myths; described in a myth; of the nature of a myth; fabulous; imaginary; fanciful.
Английский словарь Webster
MONTH — (n.) One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly …
Английский словарь Webster
MYTHICAL — ( a. ) Of or relating to myths; described in a myth; of the nature of a myth; fabulous; imaginary; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MONTH — ( n. ) One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MYTHICAL — — mythically , adv. — mythicalness , n. /mith"i keuhl/ , adj. 1. pertaining to, of the nature of, or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MONTH — /munth/ , n. 1. Also called calendar month . any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAN
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MYTHICAL — adj. of or pertaining to a myth; described in a legendary story; imaginary, fictional
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MAN — I. ˈman, in compounds ˌman or mən noun ( plural men ˈmen, in compounds ˌmen or mən) Etymology: Middle English, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MYTHICAL — adjective or myth·ic -ik Date: 1669 1. : based on or described in a myth especially as contrasted with history …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MONTH — noun ( plural months ˈmən(t)s, ˈmən(t)ths) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mōnath; akin to Old High German mānōd month, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MYTHICAL — adj of or relating to myths; described in a myth; of the nature of a myth; fabulous; imaginary; fanciful.
Webster English vocab
MAN — vt to tame, as a hawk. 2. man ·noun the human race; mankind. 3. man ·vt to furnish with a …
Webster English vocab
MYTHICAL — [myth.i.cal] or myth.ic adj (1669) 1: based on or described in a myth esp. as contrasted with history 2. usu …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MONTH — [month] n, pl months [ME, fr. OE monath; akin to OHG manod month, OE mona moon] (bef. 12c) 1: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MONTH — a measure of time corresponding or nearly corresponding to the length of time required by the Moon to revolve once …
Britannica English vocabulary
MYTHICAL — / ˈmɪθɪkl; NAmE / adjective [ usually before noun ] 1. (also less frequent myth·ic ) existing only in ancient …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MONTH — / mʌnθ; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] any of the twelve periods of time into which the year …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAN — / mæn; NAmE / noun , verb , exclamation ■ noun ( pl. men / men; NAmE /) MALE PERSON …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MYTHICAL — I. myth ‧ ic /ˈmɪθɪk/ BrE AmE ( also mythical ) adjective [usually before noun] 1 . very great or …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MONTH — month S1 W1 /mʌnθ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: monath ] 1 . one of …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MAN — I. man 1 S1 W1 /mæn/ BrE AmE noun ( plural men /men/) [ Word Family: noun : ↑ man …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MONTH — n. 1 (in full calendar month) a each of usu. twelve periods into which a year is divided. b a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAN — n. & v. --n. (pl. men) 1 an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MONTH — n. 1 (in full calendar month) a each of usu. twelve periods into which a year is divided. b a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MAN — n. & v. n. (pl. men) 1 an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MONTH — n.1 (in full calendar month) a each of usu. twelve periods into which a year is divided. b a period …
Oxford English vocab
MAN — n. & v. --n. (pl. men) 1. an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
MYTHICAL — 1. Something or someone that is mythical exists only in myths and is therefore imaginary. ...the Hydra, the mythical beast …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MONTH — ( months) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A month is one …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAN — ( men, mans, manning, manned) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MYTHICAL — 1. Something or someone that is ~ exists only in myths and is therefore imaginary. ...the Hydra, the ~ beast …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MYTHICAL — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN beast ▪ Some letters were pictures in themselves, containing miniature dragons, wyverns, centaurs and …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MONTH — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a 20-minute/6-month/4-week etc delay ▪ A train had broken down, causing a two-hour delay. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MYTHICAL — [adjective]Mythical means existing only in stories.the mythical island of Atlantisthe mythical hero, Robin Hooddragons and other mythical creaturesMythical also means …
Cambridge English vocab
MONTH — [noun] [C] - a period of about four weeks, esp. one of the twelve periods into which a year is …
Cambridge English vocab
MAN — n. Mountain Man 2002 Man Booker Prize de Man Paul Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MYTHICAL — Synonyms and related words : acclaimed, allegoric, allegorical, celebrated, chimerical, concocted, cooked-up, created, distinguished, exceptional, extraordinary, fabled, fabricated, fabulous, famed, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MONTH — Synonyms and related words : abundant year, academic year, annum, bissextile year, calendar month, calendar year, century, common year, day, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MAN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MYTHICAL — adj. Function: adjective lacking factual basis or historical validity FF1C; a mythical account attributes the founding of the city to …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MAN — n. confidence man con man fancy man fighting man hatchet man hit man iron man ladies' man man at arms …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MYTHICAL — a. See mythic
Dictionary of English Synonyms
MYTHICAL — adjective lacking factual basis or historical validity a mythical account attributes the founding of the city to Noah Synonyms: fabulous, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
MYTHICAL — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
MYTHICAL — adj. Mythical is used with these nouns: ↑ beast , ↑ creature , ↑ figure , ↑ hero , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MONTH — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ last , past ▪ The past few ~s have been hectic. ▪ preceding , previous , recent …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MAN
Longman Activator English vocab
MYTHICAL — adj. 25B6; adjective mythical beasts : LEGENDARY, mythological, fabled, fabulous, folkloric, fairy-tale, storybook; fantastical, imaginary, imagined, fictitious. her mythical child …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MYTHICAL — adj. 1 mythic, mythological, fabled, legendary, traditional, folkloric, storied, romantic, fairy-tale, story-book; allegorical, symbolic, parabolic(al) Campbell has demonstrated astounding similarities …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MONTH — From the time of the institution of the Mosaic law downward the religious feasts commencing with the passover depended not …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
MONTH — noun Using numbers Day, month, minute, mile, kilo etc are always SINGULAR when used (with a number) immediately before a …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
MYTHICAL — прил. 1) легендарный, мифический, сказочный Syn : legendary 2) существующий лишь в воображении, вымышленный, фиктивный Syn : fabulous, fantastic, fictitious, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MONTH — сущ. месяц last month ≈ в прошлом месяце next month ≈ в следующем месяце this month ≈ в этом месяце …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MAN — 1. сущ. 1) человек fat man ≈ толстый человек short man ≈ человек низкого роста tall man ≈ высокий человек …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MYTHICAL — Мифический
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