PARADOX

Meaning of PARADOX in English

n. contradiction, self-contradiction, incongruity, inconsistency, absurdity, ambiguity, enigma, puzzle, mystery, quandary, problem, dilemma Can you explain away Zeno's paradox of Achilles and the tortoise? The paradox was that although it was Edward's fifth birthday, he was 20 years old

Oxford thesaurus English vocab. Английский словарь Оксфорд тезаурус. 2012

PARADOX — ~ (-al)
English interlingue dictionary
PARADOX — I Apparently self-contradictory statement whose underlying meaning is revealed only by careful scrutiny. Its purpose is to arrest attention and …
Английский словарь Британика
PARADOX — I. ˈparəˌdäks also ˈper- noun ( -es ) Etymology: Latin paradoxum, from Greek paradoxon, from neuter of paradoxos contrary to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PARADOX — apparently self-contradictory statement, the underlying meaning of which is revealed only by careful scrutiny. The purpose of a paradox is …
Britannica English vocabulary
PARADOX — paradox BrE AmE ˈpær ə dɒks AmE \ -dɑːks ˈper- ▷ paradox|es ɪz əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PARADOX — / ˈpærədɒks; NAmE -dɑːks/ noun 1. [ C ] a person, thing or situation that has two opposite features and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PARADOX — par ‧ a ‧ dox /ˈpærədɒks $ -dɑːks/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: paradoxum …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PARADOX — ( paradoxes) 1. You describe a situation as a paradox when it involves two or more facts or qualities which …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PARADOX — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE apparent ▪ Can some one explain this apparent paradox please? ▪ Among the multiple …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PARADOX — [noun] - a situation, fact or statement which seems impossible and/or difficult to understand because it contains two opposite facts …
Cambridge English vocab
PARADOX — n. liar paradox Olbers's paradox paradoxes of Zeno
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PARADOX — n. Apparently self-contradictory statement whose underlying meaning is revealed only by careful scrutiny. Its purpose is to arrest attention and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PARADOX — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ apparent , seeming ( esp. AmE ) ▪ great ▪ central , fundamental ▪ curious , interesting …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PARADOX — < logic > An apparently sound argument leading to a contradiction . Some famous examples are Russell's paradox and the …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
PARADOX — < database > A relational database for Microsoft Windows , originally from Borland . Paradox 5 ran on Microsoft Windows …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
PARADOX — сущ. 1) парадокс (явление, ситуация, кажущиеся невероятными, неожиданными) The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PARADOX — paradox.ogg ʹpærədɒks n парадокс
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PARADOX — парадокс paradox of the largest cardinal number — парадокс наибольшего кардинального числа - arrow paradox - attenuation paradox - clock paradox - geometrical paradox - heterological …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PARADOX — сущ.1) парадокс (явление, ситуация, кажущиеся невероятными, неожиданными) The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most primitive …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PARADOX — сущ. 1) парадокс ( явление, ситуация, кажущиеся невероятными, неожиданными ) The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PARADOX — сущ. 1) парадокс (явление, ситуация, кажущиеся невероятными, неожиданными) The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most primitive financial …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PARADOX — _n. 1> парадокс (явление, ситуация, кажущиеся невероятными, неожиданными); The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PARADOX — n. 1. парадокс (явление, ситуация, кажущиеся невероятными, неожиданными); The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
PARADOX — парадокс - logical paradox - semantic paradox
Англо-Русский словарь по компьютерам
PARADOX — сущ. парадокс - paradox of thrift - paradox of voting
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
PARADOX — парадокс - logical paradox - semantic paradox
Англо-Русский словарь по вычислительной технике и программированию
PARADOX — парадокс - logical paradox - semantic paradox
Англо-Русский словарь компьютерных терминов
PARADOX — - paradox of thrift - paradox of value - paradox of voting - Giffen paradox
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
PARADOX — парадокс - priority paradox
Англо-Русский словарь по патентам и товарным знакам
PARADOX — сущ. 1) парадокс (явление, ситуация, кажущиеся невероятными, неожиданными) The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PARADOX — daw-sumpaki
English-Visayan vocabulary
PARADOX — noun see: decent Date: 1540 a tenet contrary to received opinion, 2. a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PARADOX — (n.) A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; …
Английский словарь Webster
PARADOX — ( n. ) A tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PARADOX — — paradoxical, paradoxal , adj. — paradoxically , adv. — paradoxicalness, paradoxicality , n. — paradoxology , n. /par"euh doks'/ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PARADOX — n. statement that seems to be self-contradictory; false statement, untrue statement; person who has contradictory qualities according to outward appearance; …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PARADOX — noun Etymology: Latin paradoxum, from Greek paradoxon, from neuter of paradoxos contrary to expectation, from para- + dokein to think, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PARADOX — noun a tenet or proposition contrary to received opinion; an assertion or sentiment seemingly contradictory, or opposed to common sense; …
Webster English vocab
PARADOX — n. Pronunciation: ' per- ə - ˌ däks, ' pa-r ə - Function: noun Etymology: Latin paradoxum, from Greek paradoxon, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PARADOX — ■ noun 1》 a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that may in fact be true. ↘an apparently sound …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PARADOX — [par.a.dox] n [L paradoxum, fr. Gk paradoxon, fr. neut. of paradoxos contrary to expectation, fr. para- + dokein to think, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PARADOX — n. 1 a a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement, even if actually well-founded. b a self-contradictory or essentially absurd statement. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PARADOX — n. 1 a a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement, even if actually well-founded. b a self-contradictory or essentially absurd statement. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PARADOX — n.1 a a seemingly absurd or contradictory statement, even if actually well-founded. b a self-contradictory or essentially absurd statement. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
PARADOX — (~es) 1. You describe a situation as a ~ when it involves two or more facts or qualities which seem …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PARADOX — Synonyms and related words : Gordian knot, absurdity, ambiguity, ambivalence, antinomy, asymmetry, contradiction, crux, dilemma, disproportion, disproportionateness, enigma, equivocality, equivocation, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PARADOX — n. Absurdity ( as appears at first sight, yet not so in fact ), seeming contradiction.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
PARADOX — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
PARADOX — See ↑ OPPOSITE 4
Longman Activator English vocab
PARADOX — n. 25B6; noun CONTRADICTION (IN TERMS), self-contradiction, inconsistency, incongruity, conflict, anomaly; enigma, puzzle, mystery, conundrum.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PARADOX — n. a ~ that + clause (it's a ~ that such good friends cannot work together)
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
PARADOX — See Zeno's paradoxes
Theological and Philosophical Biography English vocab
PARADOX — A relational database PC system from Borland International. See GainMomentum , Relational database management , and 4GL Database Languages .
Jensen's Technology English Glossary
PARADOX — Парадокс
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PARADOX — (n) парадокс
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PARADOX — n парадокс
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PARADOX — n парадокс
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PARADOX — n. парадокс
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PARADOX — n. парадокс
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PARADOX — парадокс
Англо-Русский физический словарь
PARADOX — парадокс
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
PARADOX — _n. парадокс
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
PARADOX — Парадокс
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
PARADOX — [n.] парадокс
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary

Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

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