SWORD OF DAMOCLES

Meaning of SWORD OF DAMOCLES in English

Pronunciation: - ' da-m ə - ˌ kl ē z

Usage: often cap S

Date: 1820

: an impending disaster

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

SWORD OF DAMOCLES — Usage: often capitalized S Date: 1820 an impending disaster
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SWORD OF DAMOCLES — -ˈdaməˌklēz Usage: often capitalized S & usually capitalized D Etymology: so called from the sword suspended by a single hair …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SWORD OF DAMOCLES. — See Damocles (def. 2). [ 1810-20 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SWORD OF DAMOCLES — n. fable representing danger in a battle, threat, fear
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SWORD OF DAMOCLES — Usage: often capitalized S Date: 1820 : an impending disaster
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SWORD OF DAMOCLES — [ 'daməkli:z ] ■ noun a precarious situation. Origin with ref. to Damocles , a courtier who praised the happiness …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SWORD OF DAMOCLES — [sword of Dam.o.cles] often cap S (1820): an impending disaster
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SWORD OF DAMOCLES — see Damocles
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWORD OF DAMOCLES — see Damocles
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SWORD OF DAMOCLES — Synonyms and related words : bulldozing, chanciness, commination, criticalness, delicacy, denunciation, doubtfulness, dubiousness, empty threat, foreboding, hazardousness, idle threat, imminence, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SWORD OF DAMOCLES — дамоклов меч
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SWORD OF DAMOCLES — дамоклов меч
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SWORD OF DAMOCLES — дамоклов меч
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SWORD OF DAMOCLES — дамоклов меч
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SWORD OF DAMOCLES — дамоклов меч
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SWORD OF DAMOCLES — дамоклов меч
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SWORD OF DAMOCLES — дамоклов меч
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SWORD OF DAMOCLES — дамоклов меч
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SWORD OF DAMOCLES — дамоклов меч
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SWORD OF DAMOCLES — дамоклов меч
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DAMOCLES — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Damoklēs Date: 1578 a courtier of ancient Syracuse held to have been seated at a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SWORD — Hand weapon consisting of a long metal blade fitted with a handle or hilt. Roman swords had a short, flat …
Английский словарь Британика
DAMOCLES — flourished 4th century BC Member of the court of Dionysius I the Elder at Syracuse in Sicily. Legend holds that …
Английский словарь Британика
SWORD — I. ˈsō(ə)rd, -ȯ(ə)rd, -ōəd, -ȯ(ə)d noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English swerd, sword, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SWORD — (n.) Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension.
Английский словарь Webster
SWORD — (n.) An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp/pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the …
Английский словарь Webster
SWORD — — swordless , adj. — swordlike , adj. /sawrd, sohrd/ , n. 1. a weapon having various forms but consisting …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DAMOCLES — — Damoclean /dam'euh klee"euhn/ , adj. /dam"euh kleez'/ , n. 1. a flatterer who, having extolled the happiness of Dionysius, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DAMOCLES — n. legendary Greek character from whose name the expression "sword of Damocles" was derived
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SWORD — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sweord; akin to Old High German swert sword Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DAMOCLES — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Damoklēs Date: 1578 : a courtier of ancient Syracuse held to have been seated at …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SWORD — noun the military power of a country. 2. sword ·noun destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension. 3. …
Webster English vocab
SWORD — [sword] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE sweord; akin to OHG swert sword] (bef. 12c) 1: a weapon (as a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DAMOCLES — [Dam.o.cles] n [L, fr. Gk Damokles]: a courtier of ancient Syracuse held to have been seated at a banquet beneath …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SWORD — preeminent hand weapon through a long period of history, consisting of a metal blade varying in length, breadth, and configuration, …
Britannica English vocabulary
DAMOCLES — flourished 4th century BC a courtier of Dionysius the Elder of Syracuse, in Sicily, tyrant from 405 to 367 BC. …
Britannica English vocabulary
SWORD — sword BrE AmE sɔːd AmE sɔːrd soʊrd (!) ▷ swords sɔːdz AmE sɔːrdz soʊrdz ▶ ˈ sword dance, ˈ sword …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DAMOCLES — Damocles BrE AmE ˈdæm ə kliːz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SWORD — / sɔːd; NAmE sɔːrd/ noun a weapon with a long metal blade and a handle : to draw / sheathe …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DAMOCLES — / ˈdæməkliːz; NAmE / noun • IDIOMS see sword
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWORD — sword /sɔːd $ sɔːrd/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: sweord ] 1 . a weapon …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DAMOCLES — Dam ‧ o ‧ cles /ˈdæməkliːz/ BrE AmE ⇨ sword of Damocles at ↑ sword (2)
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SWORD — n. 1 a weapon usu. of metal with a long blade and hilt with a handguard, used esp. for thrusting …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SWORD — n. 1 a weapon usu. of metal with a long blade and hilt with a handguard, used esp. for thrusting …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SWORD — n.1 a weapon usu. of metal with a long blade and hilt with a handguard, used esp. for thrusting or …
Oxford English vocab
SWORD — ( swords) 1. A sword is a weapon with a handle and a long sharp blade. N-COUNT 2. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DAMOCLES — If you say that someone has the Sword of Damocles hanging over their head, you mean that they are in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DAMOCLES — If you say that someone has the Sword of ~ hanging over their head, you mean that they are in …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SWORD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a knife/sword fight ▪ There have been several arrests, following knife fights between drunken fans. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DAMOCLES — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES hung like a sword of Damocles over ▪ The treaty hung like a sword of Damocles …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SWORD — [noun] [C] - a weapon with a long sharp metal blade and a handle, used esp. in the pastSir Lancelot …
Cambridge English vocab
DAMOCLES — [noun] [U] - sword of Damocles, see at sword
Cambridge English vocab
SWORD — n. Hand weapon consisting of a long metal blade fitted with a handle or hilt. Roman swords had a short, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DAMOCLES — n. flourished 4th century BC Member of the court of Dionysius I the Elder at Syracuse in Sicily. Legend holds …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SWORD — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ long , short ▪ sharp ▪ double-edged , two-edged ( both figurative ) ▪ The potential financial …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SWORD — n. 25B6; noun a ceremonial sword : BLADE, foil, épée, cutlass, rapier, sabre, scimitar; poetic/literary brand. 25A0; cross swords QUARREL, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DAMOCLES — [Greek] Damocles was a courtier of Dionysius the Elder. According to a legend, Damocles on one occasion commented to his …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
SWORD — сущ. 1) меч; шпага, рапира; палаш; шашка; сабля to cross, measure swords with smb. ≈ начать борьбу; скрестить мечи/шпаги с …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DAMOCLES — сущ.; греч.; миф. Дамокл sword of Damocles (греческое) (мифология) Дамокл > sword of *, Damocles' sword дамоклов меч Damocles греч. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DAMOCLES — сущ.; греч.; миф. Дамокл sword of Damocles (греческое) (мифология) Дамокл > sword of *, Damocles' sword дамоклов меч Damocles греч. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DAMOCLES — Дамоклов меч
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SWORD — sword.ogg sɔ:d n 1. меч; шпага ( тж. court sword, dress sword); рапира ( тж. duelling sword, small sword); шашка; …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DAMOCLES — n греч. миф. Дамокл sword of Damocles, Damocles' sword - дамоклов меч
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SWORD — sword сущ.1) меч; шпага, рапира; палаш; шашка; сабля to cross, measure swords with smb. — начать борьбу; скрестить мечи/шпаги с …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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