DISPOSSESSED

Meaning of DISPOSSESSED in English

adj.

Pronunciation: - ' zest also - ' sest

Function: adjective

Date: 15th century

: deprived of homes, possessions, and security

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

DISPOSSESSED — adjective Date: 15th century deprived of homes, possessions, and security
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DISPOSSESSED — adjective : deprived of physical or spiritual security (as by the loss of property, rank, faith, or patriotic ties) : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DISPOSSESSED — (imp. & p. p.) of Dispossess
Английский словарь Webster
DISPOSSESSED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Dispossess
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DISPOSSESSED — /dis'peuh zest"/ , adj. 1. evicted, as from a dwelling, land, etc.; ousted. 2. without property, status, etc., as wandering …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DISPOSSESSED — adj. deprived of home or property, evicted
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DISPOSSESSED — -ˈsest adjective Date: 15th century : deprived of homes, possessions, and security
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DISPOSSESSED — impf & ·p.p. of dispossess.
Webster English vocab
DISPOSSESSED — [dis.pos.sessed] adj (15c): deprived of homes, possessions, and security
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DISPOSSESSED — / ˌdɪspəˈzest; NAmE / noun [ pl. ] people who have had property taken away from them
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DISPOSSESSED — dis ‧ pos ‧ sessed /ˌdɪspəˈzest◂/ BrE AmE noun the dispossessed people who have had property or land taken away
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DISPOSSESSED — [plural] [noun] [formal]the poor and the dispossessed (= dispossessed people)
Cambridge English vocab
DISPOSSESSED — Лишенный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DISPOSSESSED — Отчужденный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DISPOSSESSED — Отчужден
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DISPOSSESSED — Лишенный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
THE DISPOSSESSED — pluralnoun people who have been dispossessed. → dispossess
Concise Oxford English vocab
TORY — noun (plural Tories) Etymology: Irish tóraidhe outlaw, robber, from Middle Irish tóir pursuit Date: 1646 a dispossessed Irishman subsisting as …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LUMPEN — I. adjective Etymology: German Lumpenproletariat degraded section of the proletariat, from Lump contemptible person (from Lumpen rags) + Proletariat Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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RHETORIC — Art of speaking or writing effectively. It may entail the study of principles and rules of composition formulated by critics …
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LE GUIN, URSULA K(ROEBER) — orig. Ursula Kroeber born Oct. 21, 1929, Berkeley, Calif., U.S. U.S. writer of science fiction and fantasy. The daughter of …
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KEMAL, YASHAR — or Yasar Kemal orig. Kemal Sadik Gogçeli born 1922, Hemite, Tur. Turkish novelist of Kurdish descent. At age five Kemal …
Английский словарь Британика
DOCTOROW, E(DGAR) L(AURENCE) — born Jan. 6, 1931, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. novelist. Doctorow worked as an editor and has since taught at …
Английский словарь Британика
TORY — I. ˈtōrē, ˈtȯrē, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: Irish Gaelic tōraidhe pursued man, robber, from Middle Irish tōir pursuit …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LUMPEN — I. lu̇mpən, ˈləm- adjective Etymology: German lumpen- (in lumpenproletariat degraded and contemptible section of the proletariat), from lump contemptible person …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEQUESTERED — adjective Etymology: from past participle of sequester (I) 1. obsolete : cut off from companionship or congenial surroundings : isolated …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DISPOSSESS — dis ‧ pos ‧ sess /ˌdɪspəˈzes/ BrE AmE verb [transitive usually passive] to take property or land away from someone …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DISPOSSESS — ( dispossesses, dispossessing, dispossessed) If you are dispossessed of something that you own, especially land or buildings, it is taken …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DISPOSSESS — verb PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES the dispossessed EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A reunion of the discouraged, dispossessed. ▪ And the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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