SET / MOVE THE CLOCKS AHEAD / BACK

Meaning of SET / MOVE THE CLOCKS AHEAD / BACK in English

➡ put the clocks forward / back

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

BACK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch/set of keys (= a group of keys kept together ) ▪ He …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOVE — I. ˈmüv verb ( moved ; moved ; moving with speakers who “drop the g” of present participles, often ˈmüb …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BACK — I. ˈbak noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bak, back, from Old English bæc; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AHEAD — I. əˈhed adverb Etymology: a- (I) + head 1. : in or toward a position in advance set the clock …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SET — /set/ , v. , set, setting , n., adj., interj. v.t. 1. to put (something or someone) in a particular …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOVE
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BACK — back 1 — backless , adj. /bak/ , n. 1. the rear part of the human body, extending from the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AHEAD — /euh hed"/ , adv. 1. in or to the front; in advance of; before: Walk ahead of us. 2. in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SET — I. ˈset verb ( set ; set·ting ) Etymology: Middle English setten, from Old English settan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOVE — I. ˈmüv verb ( moved ; mov·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French mover, moveir, from Latin movēre; probably akin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AHEAD — adverb or adjective Date: 1596 1. a. : in a forward direction or position : forward b. : in front …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SET
Webster English vocab
MOVE — vt to apply to, as for aid. 2. move ·noun the act of moving; a movement. 3. move ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
BACK
Webster English vocab
AHEAD — adv headlong; without restraint. 2. ahead ·adv in or to the front; in advance; onward.
Webster English vocab
MOVE — [move] vb moved ; mov.ing [ME, fr. MF movoir, fr. L movere; prob. akin to Skt mivati he moves, pushes] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SET — / set; NAmE / verb , noun , adjective ■ verb ( set·ting , set , set ) PUT / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOVE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK — / bæk; NAmE / noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun PART OF BODY 1. the part of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AHEAD — / əˈhed; NAmE / adverb HELP NOTE : For the special uses of ahead in phrasal verbs, look at the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SET — I. set 1 S1 W1 /set/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle set , present participle setting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOVE — I. move 1 S1 W1 /muːv/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ move , ↑ movement , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AHEAD — a ‧ head S1 W2 /əˈhed/ BrE AmE adverb 1 . IN FRONT a short distance in front of someone …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SET — v. (setting; past and past part. set) 1 tr. put, lay, or stand (a thing) in a certain position or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MOVE — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. & tr. change one's position or posture, or cause to do this. 2 tr. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BACK
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AHEAD — adv. 1 further forward in space or time. 2 in the lead; further advanced (ahead on points). 3 in the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SET — v. (setting; past and past part. set) 1 tr. put, lay, or stand (a thing) in a certain position or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOVE — v. & n. v. 1 intr. & tr. change one's position or posture, or cause to do this. 2 tr. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BACK
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AHEAD — adv. 1 further forward in space or time. 2 in the lead; further advanced (ahead on points). 3 in the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
MOVE — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. & tr. change one's position or posture, or cause to do this. 2 tr. …
Oxford English vocab
BACK
Oxford English vocab
AHEAD — adv.1 further forward in space or time. 2 in the lead; further advanced (ahead on points). 3 in the line …
Oxford English vocab
SET — I. NOUN USES /set/ ( sets) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BACK — I. ADVERB USES /bæk/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOVE — ( moves, moving, moved) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AHEAD — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AHEAD — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AHEAD — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a deal goes through/ahead (= it happens as arranged ) ▪ It’s 99% certain that …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SET — (POSITION) [verb] [T usually + adverb or preposition] setting, past set - to put (something) in the stated place or …
Cambridge English vocab
AHEAD — (IN THE FUTURE) [adverb] - in or into the future; beforeHe couldn't bear to think of the lonely year ahead.You …
Cambridge English vocab
MOVE — Synonyms and related words : accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement, acquit, act, acta, action, activate, activity, actuate, actuation, ad hoc measure, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
AHEAD — Synonyms and related words : a cut above, above, ahead of time, alee, along, ante, ascendant, before, beforehand, beforetime, betimes, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BACK — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE'S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, …
Slang English vocab
AHEAD — See: DEAD AHEAD, GET AHEAD.
Slang English vocab
MOVE — See ↑ CHANGE/NOT CHANGE 12,20,21, ↑ DO/NOT DO 9,10, ↑ LEAVE 15, ↑ MOVE/NOT MOVE 1,6,7,8,9, ↑ PROGRESS/MAKE PROGRESS 1 …
Longman Activator English vocab
BACK — See ↑ BACK 1,3,6, ↑ GAMBLING 1, ↑ REACT 2, ↑ RETURN 1, ↑ SUPPORT 3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a …
Longman Activator English vocab
BACK — INDEX: back/backwards 1. moving backwards 2. to move backwards 3. to make a vehicle go backwards the back of something …
Longman Activator English vocab
AHEAD — See ↑ FORWARD 1, ↑ FRONT 5, ↑ FUTURE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be ahead • ↑ be streets ahead …
Longman Activator English vocab
SET
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MOVE — n. 25B6; verb she moved to the door 007C; don't move! : GO, walk, proceed, progress, advance; budge, stir, shift, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AHEAD — adv. 25B6; adverb he peered ahead, but could see nothing : FORWARD(S), towards the front, frontwards. he had ridden on …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MOVE — v. 1 shift, stir, budge, make a move, go; proceed, advance, progress It is difficult to move in a strait-jacket …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BACK — v. 1 invest in, wager or bet on She backed a 35-to-2 long shot in the Derby, and she won …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AHEAD — adv. 1 at the or in front, in advance, in the lead or vanguard, up ahead, before, to the fore …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BACK — See: BACK OF or IN BACK OF, BEHIND ONE'S BACK, BRUSH BACK, COME BACK, CUT BACK, DOUBLE BACK, DRAW BACK, …
Словарь английских идиом
AHEAD — See: DEAD AHEAD, GET AHEAD.
Словарь английских идиом
CLOCKS — Processor logic cycles, so called because each generally corresponds to one clock pulse in the processor's timing. The relative execution …
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