Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought or expedient.
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Refereeing
the act of umpiring; "the officiating was excellent"
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Offering a choice of two things.
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Management, Business and finance, Psychology.a decision to reverse an earlier decision
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Management, Business and finance, Psychology.Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of th…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Management, Business and finance, Psychology.The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Management, Business and finance, Psychology.To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers.
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Management, Business and finance, Psychology.of Decide
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Management, Business and finance, Psychology.the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making"
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Management, Business and finance, Psychology.The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Management, Business and finance, Psychology.making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Management, Business and finance, Psychology.Theory or practice of an eclectic.
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Management, Business and finance, Psychology.something regarded with special favor or liking; "that book is one of my favorites"
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Management, Business and finance, Psychology.a decision to reverse an earlier decision
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Management, Business and finance, Psychology.When a group values agreement so highly that it stops challenging weak ideas.
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Management, Business and finance, Psychology.the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Management, Business and finance, Psychology.of Judge
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Management, Business and finance, Psychology.The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relatio…
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An adjective suffix signifying action or being; as, corrodent, excellent, emergent, continent, quiescent. See -ant.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umpiring, officiating, excellent.of Act
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umpiring, officiating, excellent.Fitted to excite wonder; wonderful; marvelous.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umpiring, officiating, excellent.A vestment of white linen, reaching to the feet, an enveloping the person; -- in the Roman Catholic church, worn by those in holy orde…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umpiring, officiating, excellent.Consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia; delighting the taste or smell; delicious.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umpiring, officiating, excellent.Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best ro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umpiring, officiating, excellent.Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umpiring, officiating, excellent.A small kind of whale, of the genus Globicephalus, of several species. The most common is G. melas. Also sometimes applied to other wh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umpiring, officiating, excellent.To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the bod…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umpiring, officiating, excellent.A daring villain; a bandit; one who sets law at defiance; a professional assassin or murderer.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umpiring, officiating, excellent.A noisy, blustering fellow, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome; an insolent, tyrannical fellow.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umpiring, officiating, excellent.The dress prescribed by canon to be worn by a clergyman when officiating. Sometimes, any distinctive professional dress.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: umpiring, officiating, excellent.Of or pertaining to the head.
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