ANAL RETENTIVE

Meaning of ANAL RETENTIVE in English

too concerned with detail, pedantic

Amy is anal retentive. She writes down everything the teacher says.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

ANAL-RETENTIVE — adjective Date: 1953 exhibiting or typifying personality traits (as frugality and obstinacy) held to be psychological consequences of toilet training, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ANAL RETENTIVE — noun see anal-retentive
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANAL-RETENTIVE — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : exhibiting or typifying personality traits (as frugality and obstinacy) held to be psychological …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ANAL RETENTIVE. — 1. having an anal character. 2. a person who is anal retentive.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ANAL-RETENTIVE — adjective Date: 1953 : exhibiting or typifying personality traits (as frugality and obstinacy) held to be psychological consequences of toilet …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ANAL-RETENTIVE — Pronunciation: ' ā -n ə l-ri- ' ten-tiv Function: adjective Date: 1953 : exhibiting or typifying personality traits (as frugality …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ANAL-RETENTIVE — ■ adjective Psychoanalysis excessively orderly and fussy (supposedly owing to conflict over toilet-training in infancy). Derivatives anal retention noun anal …
Concise Oxford English vocab
ANAL-RETENTIVE — anal-retentive BrE AmE ˌeɪn ə l rɪ ˈtent ɪv -rəˈ•-, § -riːˈ• AmE -ˈten t̬ -
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ANAL-RETENTIVE — adjective = anal
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ANAL RETENTIVE — too concerned with detail, pedantic Amy is anal retentive. She writes down everything the teacher says.
English Idioms vocab
ANAL-RETENTIVE — педантичный
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ANAL RETENTIVE — педантичный
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ANAL-RETENTIVE — прил. суетливый, мелочно-дотошный
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ANAL-RETENTIVE — прил. суетливый, мелочно-дотошный
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ANAL-RETENTIVE — педантичный
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
ANAL RETENTIVE — педантичный
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
RETENTIVE — adj retentive (= good at remembering)
Interlingua English vocab
ANAL — adj [Anat.] anal
Interlingua English vocab
RETENTIVE — mahawiran
English-Visayan vocabulary
RETENTIVE — adjective Etymology: Middle English retentif, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin retentivus, from Latin retentus, past participle …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RETENTIVE — I. rə̇ˈtentiv, rēˈ-, -tēv also -təv adjective Etymology: Middle English retentif, retentive, from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
RETENTIVE — (n.) That which retains or confines; a restraint.
Английский словарь Webster
RETENTIVE — (a.) Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.
Английский словарь Webster
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Английский словарь Webster
RETENTIVE — ( n. ) That which retains or confines; a restraint.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RETENTIVE — ( a. ) Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RETENTIVE — — retentively , adv. — retentiveness , n. /ri ten"tiv/ , adj. 1. tending or serving to retain something. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RETENTIVE — adj. tending to keep possession; tending to hold, tending to maintain; having a good memory
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RETENTIVE — adjective Etymology: Middle English retentif, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin retentivus, from Latin retentus, past participle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RETENTIVE — noun that which retains or confines; a restraint. 2. retentive ·adj having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
RETENTIVE — ■ adjective 1》 (of a person's memory) effective in retaining facts and impressions. 2》 able to retain or hold in …
Concise Oxford English vocab
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Concise Oxford English vocab
RETENTIVE — [re.ten.tive] adj [ME retentif, fr. MF & ML; MF, fr. ML retentivus, fr. L retentus, pp. of retinere] (14c): having …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ANAL — [anal] abbreviation analogy, analysis, analytic
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RETENTIVE — retentive BrE AmE ri ˈtent ɪv rə- AmE \ -ˈten t̬ ɪv ▷ retentive|ly li ▷ retentive|ness nəs nɪs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ANAL — anal BrE AmE ˈeɪn ə l ▷ anal|ly i
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RETENTIVE — re ‧ ten ‧ tive AC /rɪˈtentɪv/ BrE AmE adjective a retentive memory or mind is able to hold facts …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
RETENTIVE — If you have a retentive memory, you are able to remember things very well. Luke had an amazingly retentive memory. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
RETENTIVE — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He had a highly retentive memory and was an accomplished and lively speaker. ▪ He …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ANAL — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Stop being so anal !
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RETENTIVE — [adjective] [slightly formal]She has a retentive memory (= She is able to remember things easily).
Cambridge English vocab
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Cambridge English vocab
ANAL — Synonyms and related words : abdominal, accordant, appendical, bourgeois, cardiac, cecal, colic, colonic, compulsive, concordant, conformist, conventional, coronary, corresponding, dinky, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ANAL — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
RETENTIVE — adj. Retentive is used with these nouns: ↑ memory
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ANAL — alan lana
Anagrams English vocabulary
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English Dictionary of Medicine
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NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
RETENTIVE — прил. 1) а) хороший, крепкий, цепкий (о памяти) quick and retentive wits ≈ быстрая и цепкая память б) обладающий хорошей …
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