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A country which is run by the government of another country. Officials and many inhabitants often come from the "mother country".
by Jafje May 25, 2007
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Get the Brussels mug.ADJECTIVE:
1. Done immediately, at once and without delay.
VERB:
1. To make somebody decide to do something.
2. To cause something to happen
3. To provide actors during a performance with words or lines they have forgotten.
4. To suggest something that somebody ought to say, or give a reminder to a speaker.
NOUN:
1. A reminder to a performer of the words or lines he or she has forgotten.
2. The act or occasion of reminding a performer of forgotten words or lines.
3. A symbol or message displayed on a computer monitor or an audio signal informing a computer user that some input is required.
4. The time limit of payment for goods or services, as indicated on a prompt note.
1. Done immediately, at once and without delay.
VERB:
1. To make somebody decide to do something.
2. To cause something to happen
3. To provide actors during a performance with words or lines they have forgotten.
4. To suggest something that somebody ought to say, or give a reminder to a speaker.
NOUN:
1. A reminder to a performer of the words or lines he or she has forgotten.
2. The act or occasion of reminding a performer of forgotten words or lines.
3. A symbol or message displayed on a computer monitor or an audio signal informing a computer user that some input is required.
4. The time limit of payment for goods or services, as indicated on a prompt note.
ADJECTIVE:
1. She promptly made coffee.
VERB:
1. What prompted him to change his mind, we don't yet know.
2. Fears of inflation prompted an immediate rise in interest rates.
3. He had to be prompted three times in the first scene.
4. His wife had to prompt him to mention the cleaning staff.
NOUN:
1. The reminder itself.
2. The reminding.
3. A computer symbol.
4. Time limit.
1. She promptly made coffee.
VERB:
1. What prompted him to change his mind, we don't yet know.
2. Fears of inflation prompted an immediate rise in interest rates.
3. He had to be prompted three times in the first scene.
4. His wife had to prompt him to mention the cleaning staff.
NOUN:
1. The reminder itself.
2. The reminding.
3. A computer symbol.
4. Time limit.
by Jafje April 15, 2007
Get the Promptly mug.1. Brief interval of rest: A brief period of rest and recovery between periods of exertion or after something disagreeable.
2. Delay: A temporary delay.
3. Law reprieve: A temporary stay of execution of a criminal.
2. Delay: A temporary delay.
3. Law reprieve: A temporary stay of execution of a criminal.
The woman was given some days of respite, she didn't have to work for some days after what happened.
by Jafje April 5, 2007
Get the Respite mug.1. Restrict: To limit the power of something or somebody to act independently.
2. Enclose within geometric shape: To draw one geometric figure around another so that they touch at every corner vertex (corner) of the enclosed figure or at every side of the enclosing figure without cutting across each other.
2. Enclose within geometric shape: To draw one geometric figure around another so that they touch at every corner vertex (corner) of the enclosed figure or at every side of the enclosing figure without cutting across each other.
To circumscribe someone.
by Jafje April 15, 2007
Get the Circumscribe mug.Referring to local law-inforcement from any region. Most commonly used for local cops or detectives.
by Jafje August 13, 2007
Get the Local Leo mug.To attack somebody or somebody's reputation, character, or good name by making slanderous or libelous statements.
An example of defamation is a false and malicious published statement that damages somebody's reputation.
by Jafje September 30, 2007
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