• a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)
• an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed
• having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
• morally admirable
noun
• benefit
• moral excellence or admirableness
• that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
• a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes
adverb
• (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')
• completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
adjective satellite
• having the normally expected amount
• deserving of esteem and respect
• promoting or enhancing well-being
• agreeable or pleasing
• of moral excellence
• having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
• thorough
• with or in a close or intimate relationship
• financially safe
• most suitable or right for a particular purpose
• resulting favorably
• exerting force or influence
• capable of pleasing
• appealing to the mind
• in excellent physical condition
• tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
• (modal, auxiliary verb, defective) Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first person singular or plural.
• Used similarly to indicate determination or obligation in the second and third persons singular or plural.
• Used in questions with the first person singular or plural to suggest a possible future action.
• To owe.
• To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality.
• (auxiliary) Be obliged to; have an obligation to; indicates that the subject of the sentence has some obligation to execute the sentence predicate or that the speaker has some strong advice but has no authority to enforce it.
• (auxiliary) ought to; speaker's opinion, or advice that an action is correct, beneficial, or desirable.
• (auxiliary) Will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the subject of the sentence is likely to execute the sentence predicate.
• (auxiliary, subjunctive) Used as a variant of the present subjunctive.
• (auxiliary) A variant of would when used with first person subjects.
noun
• A statement of what ought to be the case as opposed to what is the case.
• the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
• any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
• a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people
• natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)
• a method that prepares a mother for natural childbirth; the pregnant woman (in classes and at home) practices (usually with the help of a coach) and learns about the physiology of childbirth and techniques of relaxation, concentration, and breathing
• a method of natural childbirth that assumes it is a normal process and that the pain is largely psychological; involves education and breathing exercises to foster relaxation and other exercises
• natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)
• a method for solving problems in linear programming that tests adjacent vertices of the feasible set in sequence so that at each new vertex the objective function improves or is unchanged.
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