DOUBLE BIND

Meaning of DOUBLE BIND in English

noun

[ usually sing. ] a situation in which it is difficult to choose what to do because whatever you choose will have negative results

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

DOUBLE BIND — noun Date: 1956 a psychological predicament in which a person receives from a single source conflicting messages that allow no …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DOUBLE BIND — noun : a psychological predicament in which a person receives from a single source conflicting messages that allow no appropriate …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOUBLE BIND — 1. Psychol. a situation in which a person is given conflicting cues, esp. by a parent, such that to obey …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOUBLE BIND — Date: 1956 : a psychological predicament in which a person receives from a single source conflicting messages that allow no …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOUBLE BIND — Function: noun Date: 1956 : a psychological predicament in which a person receives from a single source conflicting messages that …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DOUBLE BIND — ■ noun a dilemma.
Concise Oxford English vocab
DOUBLE BIND — [double bind] n (1956): a psychological predicament in which a person receives from a single source conflicting messages that allow …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOUBLE BIND — ˌdouble ˈbind BrE AmE noun [countable usually singular] a situation in which any choice you make will have bad results
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOUBLE BIND — ( double binds) If you are in a double bind , you are in a very difficult situation, because whatever …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOUBLE BIND — (~s) If you are in a ~, you are in a very difficult situation, because whatever decision you make will …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DOUBLE BIND — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A former book dealer, he remains seduced by the double bind of academic arcana and …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOUBLE BIND — путаница понятий; растерянность Battered women especially are in a double bind. Leaving the batterer is, in many cases, more dangerous …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOUBLE BIND — Двойное послание
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DOUBLE BIND — Двойное послание
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DOUBLE BIND — психол. путаница понятий; растерянность, вызванная противоречивыми влияниями ( у ребёнка при раздорах между родителями и т. п. )
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DOUBLE BIND — путаница понятий; растерянность Battered women especially are in a double bind. Leaving the batterer is, in many cases, more dangerous …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DOUBLE BIND — психол. путаница понятий; растерянность, вызванная противоречивыми влияниями ( у ребёнка при раздорах между родителями и т. п. )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
DOUBLE BIND — психол. путаница понятий; растерянность, вызванная противоречивыми влияниями ( у ребёнка при раздорах между родителями и т. п. )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DOUBLE BIND — путаница понятий; растерянность Battered women especially are in a double bind. Leaving the batterer is, in many cases, more dangerous …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DOUBLE BIND — путаница понятий; растерянность Battered women especially are in a double bind. Leaving the batterer is, in many cases, more dangerous than …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DOUBLE BIND — _n. путаница понятий; растерянность
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
DOUBLE BIND — n. путаница понятий; растерянность
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
DOUBLE BIND — n sl The double bind I found myself in was very simple: if I left the country now I would not …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
DOUBLE BIND — n sl The double bind I found myself in was very simple: if I left the country now I would …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
DOUBLE BIND — double bind n sl The double bind I found myself in was very simple: if I left the country now …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
DOUBLE BIND — The double bind I found myself in was very simple: if I left the country now I would not be …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
DOUBLE BIND — путаница понятий; состояние растерянности, вызванное противоречивыми влияниями с двух сторон (воздействием раздоров родителей на ребенка).
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
DOUBLE BIND — путаница понятий; растерянность Battered women especially are in a double bind. Leaving the batterer is, in many cases, more dangerous …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOUBLE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIND — I. ˈbīnd verb ( bound ˈbau̇nd ; bound ; or archaic bounded ; binding ; binds ˈbīn(d)z) Etymology: Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIND — (v. t.) Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
BIND — (v. t.) To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
BIND — (v. t.) To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to …
Английский словарь Webster
BIND — ( v. t. ) To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DOUBLE — — doubleness , n. — doubler , n. /dub"euhl/ , adj., n., v., doubled, doubling , adv. adj. 1. twice …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIND — — bindable , adj. /buynd/ , v. , bound, binding , n. v.t. 1. to fasten or secure with a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOUBLE — I. ˈdə-bəl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French duble, double, from Latin duplus (akin to Greek diploos ), from duo …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BIND — I. ˈbīnd verb ( bound ˈbau̇nd ; bind·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bindan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOUBLE — adv twice; doubly. 2. double ·noun double beer; strong beer. 3. double ·noun an old term for a variation, as …
Webster English vocab
BIND — noun that which binds or ties. 2. bind ·noun a ligature or tie for grouping notes. 3. bind ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
DOUBLE — [dou.ble] adj [ME, fr. OF, fr. L duplus (akin to Gk diploos), fr. duo two + -plus multiplied by; akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BIND — [bind] vb bound ; bind.ing [ME, fr. OE bindan; akin to OHG bintan to bind, Gk peisma cable, Skt badhnati …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOUBLE — doubl|e BrE AmE ˈdʌb ə l ▷ doubl|ed d ▷ doubl|es z ▷ doubl|ing ‿ɪŋ ▷ doubl|y ‿i ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DOUBLE — / ˈdʌbl; NAmE / adjective , determiner , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective [ usually before noun ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIND — / baɪnd; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( bound , bound / baʊnd; NAmE /) TIE WITH ROPE …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOUBLE — I. doub ‧ le 1 S1 W2 /ˈdʌb ə l/ BrE AmE adjective [usually before noun] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BIND — I. bind 1 /baɪnd/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle bound /baʊnd/) [ Language: Old English ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOUBLE — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1 a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOUBLE — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOUBLE — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1. a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of …
Oxford English vocab
DOUBLE — ( doubles, doubling, doubled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIND — ( binds, binding, bound) 1. If something binds people together , it makes them feel as if they are all …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOUBLE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a double bed (= a bed for two people ) ▪ Would you like …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BIND — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a binding agreement (= an official agreement that must be obeyed ) ▪ Lawyers …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOUBLE — [verb]The government aims to double the number of students in higher education within 25 years. [T]Company profits have doubled since …
Cambridge English vocab
DOUBLE — Synonyms and related words : Doppelganger, Janus-like, Machiavellian, Photostat, Xerox, aberrancy, aberration, accelerate, act for, actual thing, agent, aggravate, alternate, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOUBLE — n. double barreled double cross double dealer double dealing double distilled double dog dare double dome double dyed double edged …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DOUBLE — n. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: TWOFOLD 1, bifold, binary, double-barreled, dual, dualistic, duple, duplex 2 Synonyms: TWIN , dual, paired …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DOUBLE
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOUBLE — adj. 1 twofold, paired, coupled, duplicate(d), doubled The forms banned and banning are spelt with a double n 2 folded …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BIND
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DOUBLE — 1. сущ. 1) двойное количество 12 is the double of 6. ≈ 12 в два раза больше 6. 2) комната, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BIND — связывание связанность, связь узы; путы (разговорное) безвыходное положение, тупик - to be in a * попасть в переплет, оказаться загнанными …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOUBLE — 1. ʹdʌbl n 1. двойное количество to take the double of what is due - взять вдвое больше, чем положено …
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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