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101prose — [14] Prose is etymologically ‘straightforward discourse’ (as opposed to the more sophisticated discourse of poetry). The term comes via Old French prose from Latin prōsa, which was short for prōsa ōrātiō ‘straightforward discourse’. Prōsus… …
102aboveboard — I adjective without concealment or deception; honest their business was open and aboveboard straightforward in all his business affairs • Syn: ↑straightforward • Similar to: ↑straight, ↑square …
103straightforwardness — noun 1. the quality of being direct and straightforward what some people take for rudeness is really straightforwardness • Syn: ↑downrightness • Derivationally related forms: ↑straightforward, ↑downright (for: ↑downrightness …
104up-front — ♦ adj 1 FRANK, direct, open, honest, truthful, sincere, genuine, candid, blunt, free, plain, plain spoken, forthright, straight, straightforward, downright, hard hitting, outspoken, explicit, bluff COLLOQ. straight from the shoulder 2 an up front …
105straight´for´ward|ness — straight|for|ward «STRAYT FR wuhrd», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. honest; frank: »a straightforward answer. He has a reputation for being straightforward. He has written for the most part a straightforward and unvarnished drama (Wall Street… …
106straight´for´ward|ly — straight|for|ward «STRAYT FR wuhrd», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. honest; frank: »a straightforward answer. He has a reputation for being straightforward. He has written for the most part a straightforward and unvarnished drama (Wall Street… …
107straight|for|ward — «STRAYT FR wuhrd», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. honest; frank: »a straightforward answer. He has a reputation for being straightforward. He has written for the most part a straightforward and unvarnished drama (Wall Street Journal). SYNONYM(S):… …
108MIDRESHEI HALAKHAH — (Heb. מִדְךְשׁי הֲלָכָה; Halakhic Midrashim ), the appellation given to a group of tannaitic expositions on four books of the Pentateuch. This body of tannaitic literature will be discussed below under the following headings: (1) Characteristics… …
109Artificial intelligence — AI redirects here. For other uses, see Ai. For other uses, see Artificial intelligence (disambiguation). TOPIO, a humanoid robot, played table tennis at Tokyo International Robot Exhibition (IREX) 2009.[1] Artificial intelligence ( …
110BASIC — This article is about the programming language. For the think tank, see British American Security Information Council. For the group of countries, see BASIC countries. For other uses, see Basic (disambiguation). BASIC Screenshot of Atari BASIC,… …
