FOUR-MINUTE MAN

Meaning of FOUR-MINUTE MAN in English

noun

: one of a body of men who during World War I made short speeches especially to promote the sale of government bonds

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

MINUTE — adj minute (1. diminutive; 2. as in a minute investigation)
Interlingua English vocab
MAN — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) 2002– Man Booker Prize de Man Paul Declaration of the Rights of Man and …
Английский словарь Британика
FOUR — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Four Books Four Freedoms Four Horsemen Four Hundred Council of the Four Noble Truths …
Английский словарь Британика
MINUTE — I. min·ute ˈminə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOUR — I. ˈfō(ə)r, -ȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) adjective Etymology: Middle English four, foure, from Old English fēower; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOUR — (n.) Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.
Английский словарь Webster
FOUR — (n.) A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
Английский словарь Webster
FOUR — (n.) The sum of four units; four units or objects.
Английский словарь Webster
MINUTE — ( a. ) Attentive to small things; paying attention to details; critical; particular; precise; as, a minute observer; minute observation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — ( n. ) The sum of four units; four units or objects.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — ( n. ) Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — ( n. ) A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MINUTE — minute 1 /min"it/ , n. , v. , minuted, minuting , adj. n. 1. the sixtieth part ( 1 / …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — /fawr, fohr/ , n. 1. a cardinal number, three plus one. 2. a symbol of this number, 4 or IV …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MINUTE — adj. of a minute or minutes; occurring in a minute; instant
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MAN — I. ˈman, in compounds ˌman or mən noun ( plural men ˈmen, in compounds ˌmen or mən) Etymology: Middle English, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FOUR — noun Etymology: Middle English, from four adjective, from Old English fēower; akin to Old High German fior four, Latin quattuor, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MINUTE — noun a coin; a half farthing. 2. minute ·noun a point of time; a moment. 3. minute ·noun a nautical …
Webster English vocab
MAN — vt to tame, as a hawk. 2. man ·noun the human race; mankind. 3. man ·vt to furnish with a …
Webster English vocab
FOUR — adj one more than three; twice two. 2. four ·noun a symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv. 3. …
Webster English vocab
FOUR — [four] n [ME, fr. four adj., fr. OE feower; akin to OHG fior four, L quattuor, Gk tessares, tettares] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MINUTE — in timekeeping, 60 seconds, now defined in terms of radiation emitted from atoms of the element cesium under specified conditions. …
Britannica English vocabulary
MINUTE — I min|ute noun, verb BrE AmE ˈmɪn |ɪt § -ət AmE -|ət ▷ min|uted ɪt ɪd § ət-, -əd AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FOUR — four BrE AmE fɔː AmE fɔːr foʊr (= fore) ▷ fours fɔːz AmE fɔːrz foʊrz ▶ ˈ four flush BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MINUTE — I . *min·ute / ˈmɪnɪt; NAmE / noun , verb —see also minute (II) ■ noun PART OF HOUR 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAN — / mæn; NAmE / noun , verb , exclamation ■ noun ( pl. men / men; NAmE /) MALE PERSON …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOUR — / fɔː(r); NAmE / 1. number 4 HELP NOTE : There are examples of how to use numbers at the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MINUTE — I. min ‧ ute 1 S1 W1 /ˈmɪnət, ˈmɪnɪt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MAN — I. man 1 S1 W1 /mæn/ BrE AmE noun ( plural men /men/) [ Word Family: noun : ↑ man …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOUR — four /fɔː $ fɔːr/ BrE AmE number , noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: feower ] 1 . the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MINUTE — n. & v. --n. 1 the sixtieth part of an hour. 2 a distance covered in one minute (twenty minutes …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAN — n. & v. --n. (pl. men) 1 an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FOUR — n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than three, or six less than ten; the product of two units and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MINUTE — n. & v. n. 1 the sixtieth part of an hour. 2 a distance covered in one minute (twenty minutes …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MAN — n. & v. n. (pl. men) 1 an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FOUR — n. & adj. n. 1 one more than three, or six less than ten; the product of two units and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MINUTE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. the sixtieth part of an hour. 2 a distance covered in one minute (twenty …
Oxford English vocab
MAN — n. & v. --n. (pl. men) 1. an adult human male, esp. as distinct from a woman or boy. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
FOUR — n. & adj. --n. 1. one more than three, or six less than ten; the product of two units and …
Oxford English vocab
MINUTE — I. NOUN AND VERB USES /mɪnɪt/ ( minutes, minuting, minuted) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAN — ( men, mans, manning, manned) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOUR — ( fours) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Four is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOUR — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Four is the number 4. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MINUTE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 5 minutes/an hour/20 years etc ago ▪ Her husband died 14 years ago. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOUR — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a father of two/three/four etc (= a man with two, three etc children ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOUR
Cambridge English vocab
FOUR — n. having four letters Four Books Four Freedoms Four Horsemen Four Hundred Council of the Four Noble Truths four colour …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MAN — n. Mountain Man 2002 Man Booker Prize de Man Paul Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MAN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FOUR — See: HIT ON ALL FOUR, ON ALL FOURS.
Slang English vocab
MAN — n. confidence man con man fancy man fighting man hatchet man hit man iron man ladies' man man at arms …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
MINUTE — I. noun 1 one sixtieth of an hour ADJECTIVE ▪ closing , final , opening ▪ He scored in the …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MINUTE — See ↑ SMALL 2,3,4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a minute/a moment • ↑ a minute/second ago • ↑ any minute/moment/time now …
Longman Activator English vocab
MAN
Longman Activator English vocab
MINUTE — n. 25B6; adjective minute particles : TINY, minuscule, microscopic, very small, little, micro, diminutive, miniature, baby, toy, dwarf, pygmy, Lilliputian; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MINUTE — n. 25B6; noun it'll only take a minute : MOMENT, short time, little while, second, bit, instant; informal sec, jiffy; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MINUTE — n. 1 instant, second, split second, flash, moment, before you can say 'Jack Robinson', blink or wink or twinkling of …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FOUR — See: HIT ON ALL FOUR, ON ALL FOURS.
Словарь английских идиом
FOUR — See Four factors of change
Theological and Philosophical Biography English vocab
MINUTE — noun 1 BAD : The train arrived at exactly twelve past three. GOOD : The train arrived at exactly twelve …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
MINUTE — I 1. сущ. 1) минута а) (о времени) 1/60 часть часа б) астр., мат. 1/60 часть градуса 2) короткое расстояние …
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