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| The Interpreter’s Discovery
Chapter 2: Existing Within One's Vision CONCEPT TERMINOLOGY |
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| ex·ist
intr.v. ex·ist·ed, ex·ist·ing, ex·ists
1. To have actual being; be real. 2. To have life; live: one of the worst actors that ever existed. 3. To live at a minimal level; subsist: barely enough income on which to exist. 4. To continue to be; persist: old customs that still exist in rural areas. 5. To be present under certain circumstances or in a specified place; occur: liv·ing adj. 1. Possessing life: famous living painters; transplanted living tissue. 2. In active function or use: a living language. 3. Of persons who are alive: events within living memory. 4. Relating to the routine conduct or maintainance of life: improved living conditions in the city. 5. Full of life, interest, or vitality: made history a living subject. 6. True to life; realistic: the living image of her mother. 7. Informal. Used as an intensive: beat the living hell out of his opponent in the boxing match. tr. 1. To spend or pass (one's life). 2. To go through; experience: lived a nightmare. 3. To practice in one's life: live one's beliefs. vi·sion n. 1. a. The faculty of sight; eyesight: poor vision. b. Something that is or has been seen. 2. Unusual competence in discernment or perception; intelligent foresight: a leader of vision. 3. The manner in which one sees or conceives of something. 4. A mental image produced by the imagination. 5. The mystical or perceptual experience of seeing as if with the eyes the supernatural or a supernatural being. 6. A person or thing of extraordinary beauty. vi·sioned, vi·sion·ing, vi·sions tr.v. 1. To see in or as if in a vision; to envision dream n. 1. A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. 2. A daydream; a reverie. 3. A state of abstraction; a trance. 4. A wild fancy or hope. 5. A condition or achievement that is longed for; an aspiration: a dream of owning their own business. 6. One that is exceptionally gratifying, excellent, or beautiful: Our new car runs like a dream. v. tr. 1. To experience a dream of while asleep: Did it storm last night, or did I dream it? 2. To conceive of; imagine. 3. To pass (time) idly or in reverie. with·in adv. 1. In or into the inner part; inside. 2. Inside the mind, heart, or soul; inwardly. prep. 1. In the inner part or parts of; inside: resentment seething within him. 2. a. Inside the limits or extent of in time or distance: arrived within two days; stayed within earshot. b. Inside the fixed limits of; not beyond: lived within her income. c. In the scope or sphere of: acted within the law; within the medical profession. d. Inside a specified amount or degree: The team had pulled to within five points of winning. n. 1. An inner position, place, or area: treachery from within. one adj. 1. Being a single entity, unit, object, or living being. 2. Characterized by unity; undivided: They spoke with one voice. 3. a. Of the same kind or quality: two animals of one species. b. Forming a single entity of two or more components: three chemicals combining into one solution. 4. Being a single member or element of a group, category, or kind: I'm just one player on the team. 5. Being a single thing in contrast with or relation to another or others of its kind: One day is just like the next. 6. Occurring or existing as something indefinite, as in time or position: He will come one day. 7. Occurring or existing as something particular but unspecified, as in time past: late one evening. 8. Informal. Used as an intensive: That is one fine dog. 9. Being the only individual of a specified or implied kind: the one person I could marry. 10. self. One's consciousness of one's own being or identity; the ego: space n. 1. a. Mathematics. A set of elements or points satisfying specified geometric postulates: non-Euclidean space. b. The infinite extension of the three-dimensional region in which all matter exists. 2. a. The expanse in which the solar system, stars, and galaxies exist; the universe. b. The region of this expanse beyond Earth's atmosphere. 3. a. An extent or expanse of a surface or three-dimensional area: Water covered a large space of the valley. b. A blank or empty area: the spaces between words. c. An area provided for a particular purpose: a parking space. 4. Reserved or available accommodation on a public transportation vehicle. 5. a. A period or interval of time. b. A little while: Let's rest for a space. 6. Sufficient freedom from external pressure to develop or explore one's needs, interests, and individuality: “The need for personal space inevitably asserts itself” (Maggie Scarf). time n. 1. a. A nonspatial continuum in which events occur in apparently irreversible succession from the past through the present to the future. b. An interval separating two points on this continuum; a duration: a long time since the last war; passed the time reading. c. A number, as of years, days, or minutes, representing such an interval: ran the course in a time just under four minutes. d. A similar number representing a specific point on this continuum, reckoned in hours and minutes: checked her watch and recorded the time, 6:17 A.M. e. A system by which such intervals are measured or such numbers are reckoned: solar time. 2. a. An interval, especially a span of years, marked by similar events, conditions, or phenomena; an era. Often used in the plural: hard times; a time of troubles. b. The present with respect to prevailing conditions and trends: You must change with the times. 3. A suitable or opportune moment or season: a time for taking stock of one's life. 4. a. Periods or a period designated for a given activity: harvest time; time for bed. b. A period at one's disposal: Do you have time for a chat? 5. An appointed or fated moment, especially of death or giving birth: He died before his time. Her time is near. 6. a. One of several instances: knocked three times; addressed Congress for the last time before retirement. b. times Used to indicate the number of instances by which something is multiplied or divided: This tree is three times taller than that one. My library is many times smaller than hers. 7. a. One's lifetime. b. One's period of greatest activity or engagement. c. A person's experience during a specific period or on a certain occasion: had a good time at the party. |
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