UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION

Meaning of UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION in English

a constitution, as in Great Britain, not codified as a document but defined by custom and precedent as embodied in statutes and judicial decisions.

[ 1885-90 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION — noun Date: 1890 a constitution not embodied in a single document but based chiefly on custom and precedent as expressed …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION — noun : a constitution not embodied in a single document but implied in the institutions and customs of the country …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION — Date: 1890 : a constitution not embodied in a single document but based chiefly on custom and precedent as expressed …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION — Function: noun Date: 1890 : a constitution not embodied in a single document but based chiefly on custom and precedent …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION — [unwritten constitution] n (1890): a constitution not embodied in a single document but based chiefly on custom and precedent as …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION — неписаный закон
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION — неписаный закон
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION — неписаный закон
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION — неписаный закон
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION — неписаная конституция
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
UNWRITTEN CONSTITUTION — неписаный закон
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
UNWRITTEN — wala masulat
English-Visayan vocabulary
UNWRITTEN — adjective Date: 14th century not expressed in writing ; oral , traditional , containing no writing ; blank
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CONSTITUTION — I Set of doctrines and practices that form the fundamental organizing principle of a political state. It may be written …
Английский словарь Британика
UNWRITTEN — “+ adjective Etymology: Middle English unwriten, from un- (I) + writen, past participle of writen to write 1. : not …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CONSTITUTION — ˌkänztəˈt(y)üshən, -än(t)stəˈt(y)-, rapid -än(t)səˈt(y)- or -än(t)ˈst(y)-; ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English constitucioun, from Middle French constitution, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UNWRITTEN — (a.) Containing no writing; blank; as, unwritten paper.
Английский словарь Webster
UNWRITTEN — (a.) Not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten agreements.
Английский словарь Webster
UNWRITTEN — ( a. ) Not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten agreements.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UNWRITTEN — ( a. ) Containing no writing; blank; as, unwritten paper.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UNWRITTEN — /un rit"n/ , adj. 1. not actually formulated or expressed; customary; traditional. 2. not written; not put in writing or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CONSTITUTION — /kon'sti tooh"sheuhn, -tyooh"-/ , n. 1. the way in which a thing is composed or made up; makeup; composition: the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UNWRITTEN — adj. not written down, not recorded
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
UNWRITTEN — adjective Date: 14th century 1. : not expressed in writing : oral , traditional an unwritten rule 2. : containing …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CONSTITUTION — noun Date: 14th century 1. : an established law or custom : ordinance 2. a. : the physical makeup of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UNWRITTEN — adj containing no writing; blank; as, unwritten paper. 2. unwritten ·adj not written; not reduced to writing; oral; as, unwritten …
Webster English vocab
CONSTITUTION — noun the aggregate of mental qualities; temperament. 2. constitution ·noun the act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, …
Webster English vocab
UNWRITTEN — ■ adjective 1》 not written or recorded in writing. 2》 (especially of a law) resting originally on custom or judicial …
Concise Oxford English vocab
UNWRITTEN — [un.writ.ten] adj (14c) 1: not expressed in writing: oral, traditional 2: containing no writing: blank
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CONSTITUTION — the body of doctrines and practices that form the fundamental organizing principle of a political state. In some states, such …
Britannica English vocabulary
CONSTITUTION — byname Old Ironsides warship renowned in American history. One of the first frigates built for the U.S. Navy, it was …
Britannica English vocabulary
UNWRITTEN — unwritten BrE AmE ˌʌn ˈrɪt ə n ◂ ▶ ˌ un ˌ written ˈ law BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CONSTITUTION — constitution BrE AmE ˌkɒn t st ɪ ˈtjuːʃ ə n -ə-, ⇨ § -ˈtʃuːʃ- AmE ˌkɑːn t st ə ˈtuːʃ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UNWRITTEN — / ˌʌnˈrɪtn; NAmE / adjective 1. unwritten law, rule, agreement, etc. a law, etc. that everyone knows about and accepts …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CONSTITUTION — / ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃn; NAmE ˌkɑːnstəˈtuːʃn/ noun 1. [ C ] the system of laws and basic principles that a state, a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UNWRITTEN — un ‧ writ ‧ ten /ʌnˈrɪtn/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ writer , ↑ writing , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CONSTITUTION — Constiˌtution of the Uˌnited ˈStates, the BrE AmE ( also Constitution ) the highest law of the government of the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CONSTITUTION — con ‧ sti ‧ tu ‧ tion AC /ˌkɒnstəˈtjuːʃ ə n, ˌkɒnstɪˈtjuːʃ ə n $ ˌkɑːnstəˈtuː-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UNWRITTEN — adj. 1 not written. 2 (of a law etc.) resting originally on custom or judicial decision, not on statute.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UNWRITTEN — adj. 1 not written. 2 (of a law etc.) resting originally on custom or judicial decision, not on statute.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
UNWRITTEN — 1. Something such as a book that is unwritten has not been printed or written down. Universal have agreed to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CONSTITUTION — ( constitutions) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The constitution of a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UNWRITTEN — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an unwritten constitution (= a constitution that is not formally written down as a separate …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CONSTITUTION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES draw up a constitution (= set of laws and principles that govern a country ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UNWRITTEN — [adjective] - not written, see at write.An unwritten law/rule is one which does not exist officially but which people generally …
Cambridge English vocab
CONSTITUTION — n. Atlanta Journal Constitution Constitution Act Civil Constitution of the Clergy Constitution USS Constitution of 1791 Constitution of 1795 Constitution …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CONSTITUTION — n. Set of doctrines and practices that form the fundamental organizing principle of a political state. It may be written …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CONSTITUTION — Synonyms and related words : Bill of Rights, act, allocation, allotment, anatomy, animus, apportionment, aptitude, architectonics, architecture, arrangement, array, arraying, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UNWRITTEN — adj. Unwritten is used with these nouns: ↑ code , ↑ constitution , ↑ rule
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CONSTITUTION — noun 1 laws/rules of a country ADJECTIVE ▪ federal , state ▪ democratic ▪ written ▪ Britain does not have …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CONSTITUTION — n. 25B6; noun the constitution guarantees our rights : CHARTER, social code, law; bill of rights; rules, regulations, fundamental principles. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CONSTITUTION — I . USS Constitution a famous US Navy ship. Its popular name is ‘Old Ironsides’ because bullets could not pierce …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
UNWRITTEN — прил. 1) неписаный; ненаписанный unwritten law 2) чистый, пустой (о странице, листе бумаги и т.п.) незаписанный; изустный - * songs …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CONSTITUTION — сущ. 1) учреждение (см. глагол constitute) Syn : constituting, establishing 2) конституция, основной закон adopt a constitution establish a constitution …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UNWRITTEN — a 1. незаписанный; изустный unwritten songs of country people - изустное песенное творчество народа 2. неписаный unwritten law - а) …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CONSTITUTION — constitution.ogg _I ͵kɒnstıʹtju:ʃ(ə)n n 1. 1> конституция, основной закон 2> устав 2. ист. указ, установление, уложение ( особ. церковное ) …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
UNWRITTEN — a 1. незаписанный; изустный unwritten songs of country people - изустное песенное творчество народа 2. неписаный unwritten law - а) …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CONSTITUTION — _I ͵kɒnstıʹtju:ʃ(ə)n n 1. 1> конституция, основной закон 2> устав 2. ист. указ, установление, уложение ( особ. церковное ) _II …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
UNWRITTEN — прил. 1) неписаный; ненаписанный; незафиксированный Diseases unwritten in medical books. — Болезни, неизвестные медицинским книгам. - unwritten law 2) чистый, …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CONSTITUTION — сущ. 1) учреждение ( см. глагол constitute ) Syn: constituting , establishing 2) конституция, основной закон - abrogate a constitution …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
UNWRITTEN — прил. 1) неписаный; ненаписанный; незафиксированный Diseases unwritten in medical books. — Болезни, неизвестные медицинским книгам. - unwritten law 2) чистый, пустой (о странице, листе …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CONSTITUTION — сущ. 1) учреждение (см. глагол constitute) Syn: constituting, establishing 2) конституция, основной закон - abrogate a constitution - adopt a constitution - amend a constitution - draw up …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
UNWRITTEN — _a. 1> неписаный; unwritten law а> неписаный закон; б> _юр. прецедентное право 2> незаписанный, ненаписанный 3> чистый (о странице)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
CONSTITUTION — _n. 1> конституция, основной закон 2> учреждение, устройство, составление 3> конституция, телосложение; склад; the constitution of one's mind - склад …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция

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