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English Wörter


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This set of flashcards helps university-level students learn English. It focuses on expanding vocabulary with words like "fundamental," "facilitate," and "external," while also covering related terms and usage examples. The platform supports backward learning, allowing users to study from the target language to the source language. Ideal for advanced learners, this flashcard set aids in improving fluency and understanding complex concepts.
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alternative

Alternative

Related to alternative:

one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities; pertaining to unconventional choices; allowing a choice;

1. option

2. alternate

3. choice

4. unconventional

5. mutually exclusive

6. secondary

7. disjunctive

circumstance

Umstand

Related to circumstance:

information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; formal ceremony about important occasions; a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity

1. context

2. consideration

3. condition

comment

Kommentar

Related to comment:

a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief; a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people

1. remark

2. notice

3. commentary

4. point out

5. gossip

6. scuttlebutt

7. gloss

compensate

kompensieren

Related to compensate:

make payment to; compensate; make amends for; pay compensation for; adjust or make up for; make reparations or amends for; make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities;

1. recompense

2. redress

3. pay

4. remunerate

5. counterbalance

6. indemnify

7. correct

8. right

9. pay off

10. even off

11. even out

12. even up

13. make up

consent

Zustimmung

Related to consent:

permission to do something;

1. assent

2. acquiescence

3. accept

4. go for

considerable

Beträchtlich

Related to considerable:

large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree

1. substantial

2. significant

3. sizeable

4. sizable

5. appreciable

6. extensive

7. goodly

8. hefty

9. respectable

10. wide

11. goodish

12. extended

13. tidy

14. right smart

constant

Konstante

Related to constant:

steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection; continually recurring or continuing without interruption; persistent in occurrence and unvarying in nature; uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

1. continual

2. continuous

3. ceaseless

4. incessant

5. unceasing

6. perpetual

7. steady

8. unremitting

9. invariable

10. unvarying

11. steadfast

12. uninterrupted

13. unfailing

14. unflagging

15. changeless

16. unswerving

17. staunch

18. invariant

19. true

20. faithful

21. loyal

22. fast

23. constant quantity

24. never-ending

constrain

Einschränken

Related to constarin:

restrict; hold back

1. restrain

2. encumber

3. tighten

4. stiffen

5. cumber

6. tighten up

contribute

beitragen

Related to contribute:

contribute to some cause; be conducive to; provide; bestow a quality on

1. lend

2. add

3. bring

4. give

5. impart

6. conduce

7. bestow

8. lead

9. put up

10. chip in

11. kick in

convene

einberufen, versammeln

Related to convene:

meet formally; call together

1. convoke

coordinate

Koordinate

Related to coordinate:

bring into common action, movement, or condition; be co-ordinated; bring order and organization to; bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation

1. organize

2. align

3. organise

4. equal

core

Ader, Kern

Related to core:

a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil; the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place

1. nucleus

2. essence

3. nub

4. kernel

5. heart

6. meat

7. gist

8. substance

9. pith

10. center

11. inwardness

12. marrow

13. effect

14. sum

15. burden

16. core group

17. nitty-gritty

corporate

Unternehmen

Related to corporate:

organized and maintained as a legal corporation; done by or characteristic of individuals acting together; of or belonging to a corporation; possessing or existing in bodily form

1. collective

2. corporeal

3. embodied

4. material

5. incarnate

6. incorporated

7. joint

8. organized

9. bodied

10. corporal

correspond

entsprechen

Related to correspond:

 exchange messages; be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics; be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to

1. represent

2. equate

3. jibe

4. fit

5. agree

6. check

7. match

8. tally

9. gibe

10. stand for

criteria

Kriterien

Related to criteria:

the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated;

 

deduce

ableiten, folgen

Related to deduce:

reason by deduction; establish by deduction; conclude by reasoning; in logic;

1. infer

2. derive

3. deduct

demonstrate

zeigen

Related to demonstrate:

march in protest; take part in a demonstration; establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external 

1. prove

2. show

3. attest

4. certify

5. establish

6. present

7. manifest

8. ascertain

9. tell

10. exhibit

11. evidence

12. demo

13. shew

14. March

document

Dokument

Related to document:

anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks; writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature); a written account of ownership or obligation

1. papers

2. text file

3. written document

dominate

dominieren

Related to dominate:

have dominance or the power to defeat over; be in control; rule the roost; look down on; be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance;

1. predominate

2. prevail

3. overlook

4. reign

5. command

6. rule

7. overtop

8. master

emphasis

Hervorhebung, Betonung

Related to emphasis:

special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.; special importance or significance; intensity or forcefulness of expression; the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note 

1. stress

2. accentuation

3. accent

4. vehemence

ensure

dafür sorgen

Related to ensure:

make certain of; be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something

1. assure

2. insure

3. guarantee

4. secure

5. ascertain

6. check

7. see

8. control

9. see to it

exclude

ausschliessen

Related to exclude:

prevent from entering; shut out; lack or fail to include; prevent from being included or considered or accepted; prevent from entering; keep out; put out or expel from a place;

1. omit

2. expel

3. debar

4. except

5. eject

6. throw out

7. shut

8. bar

9. turn out

10. kick out

11. boot out

12. chuck out

13. leave off

14. leave out

15. turf out

16. keep out

17. shut out

18. take out

framework

Rahmen, Gerüst

Related to framework:

a structure supporting or containing something; the underlying structure; a simplified description of a complex entity or process

1. model

2. framing

3. frame

4. fabric

5. theoretical account

fund

Fonds, Kapital

Related to fund:

a reserve of money set aside for some purpose; a supply of something available for future use; a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies;

1. stock

2. Monetary Fund

3. investment company

4. investment trust

5. store

6. investment firm

illustrate

veranschaulichen

Related to illustrate:

e.g., illustrate a book with drawings; depict with an illustration; clarify by giving an example of

1. exemplify

2. instance

immigrate

einwanderen

Related to immigrate:

come into a new country and change residency; introduce or send as immigrants; migrate to a new environment; 

imply

implizieren

Related to imply:

have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail; express or state indirectly; suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic; have as a logical consequence; suggest that someone is guilty

1. mean

2. connote

3. involve

4. inculpate

5. entail

6. incriminate

initial

Initiale, Anfangsbuchstaben

Related to initial:

occurring at the beginning

1. first

instance

Beispiel

Related to instance:

an occurrence of something; an item of information that is representative of a type

1. example

2. case

3. illustration

4. illustrate

5. representative

6. exemplify

interact

interagieren, wechselwirken

Related to interact:

act together or towards others or with others;

 

justify

rechtfertigen

Related to justify:

adjust the spaces between words; show to be right by providing justification or proof; show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; let off the hook; defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reason

1. rationalize

2. vindicate

3. excuse

4. absolve

5. warrant

6. apologize

7. apologise

8. free

 

layer

Schicht, Lage

Related to layer:

thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells; a hen that lays eggs; single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another

 

link

Verknüpfung

Related to link:

a fastener that serves to join or link; an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data; (computing) an instruction that connects one part of a program or an element

1. connection

2. nexus

3. connect

4. connexion

5. contact

6. linkup

7. connectedness

8. tie

9. liaison

10. unite

11. join

12. associate

13. relate

14. yoke

15. data link

16. inter-group communication

17. radio link

18. tie-in

19. tie in

 

locate

lokalisieren, finden

Related to locate:

discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining; assign a location to; determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey

1. relocate

2. situate

3. site

4. place

5. settle

6. turn up

maximise

maximieren

Related to maximise:

make as big or large as possible; make the most of

minor

geringer

Related to minor:

a young person of either sex; limited in size or scope; inferior in number or size or amount; lesser in scope or effect; not of legal age; of a scale or mode; of your secondary field of academic concentration

1. insignificant

2. small

3. modest

4. underage

5. pardonable

6. venial

7. limited

8. little

9. child

10. secondary

11. junior

12. tike

13. tyke

14. shaver

15. fry

16. youngster

17. kid

18. tiddler

19. peanut

20. nipper

21. nonaged

22. small-scale

23. small fry

24. nestling

negate

negieren

Related to negate:

prove negative; show to be false; deny the truth of; be in contradiction with; make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of

1. belie

2. contradict

3. contravene

outcome

Ergebnis

Related to outcome:

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; something that results

1. result

2. upshot

3. consequence

4. effect

5. issue

partner

Partner

Related to partner:

a person who is a member of a partnership; a person's partner in marriage; an associate who works with others toward a common goal;

1. collaborator

2. mate

3. spouse

4. consort

5. cooperator

6. married person

7. pardner

philosophy

Philosophie

Related to philosophy:

any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation; the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

1. doctrine

2. ism

3. school of thought

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