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conch — Everyday, meaning 1: A large spiral sea shell.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A horn made from such a shell, blown to make a loud call or sound.↗ Example: He seized the conch and blew it loudly.↗ · The villagers blew the conches to call everyone to the temple.↗ · The sound of the conch rolled over the bay.↗

conciliate — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: (formal) To calm someone who is angry, or win back their goodwill, by kind or generous acts.↗ Example: The Three are Water, Air and Fire ; Fire above, Water below, and Air conciliating between them ; and the sign of these things is that the Fire sustains (volatilizes) the waters ; Mem is mute.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · He tried to conciliate his angry sister with a present.↗ · The king sent gifts to conciliate the angry gods.↗ · A sorry note may conciliate a cross teacher.↗

conciliation — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The act of bringing peace or agreement between sides.↗ Example: The Twenty-first Path is the Intelligence of Conciliation, and is so called because it receives the divine influence which flows into it from its benediction upon all and each existence.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗

concise — Everyday, meaning 1: Short and clear, saying what is needed in few words without leaving out important things.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (of books) Shortened but still covering the main points (a concise dictionary).↗ Example: Write a concise summary of the story in three sentences.↗ · Her answer was concise and correct.↗ · Try to be concise in your science conclusion.↗ · The concise dictionary fits in my school bag.↗ · Good instructions are clear and concise.↗ · His speech was concise, just two minutes long.↗

conciseness — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: Saying much in few words.↗ Example: "Its form is simple and grave; there is nothing like a demonstration nor an argument; but it consists rather of a series of aphorisms, regularly grouped, and which have all the conciseness of the most ancient oracles."↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

conclude — Everyday, meaning 1: To conclude is to decide that something is true after thinking about the facts.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To conclude is to end something, or to come to an end.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To conclude an agreement is to arrange it finally.↗ Example: From the results, we concluded that plants need light to grow.↗ · The detective concluded that the butler was lying.↗ · The concert concluded with a song by the whole school.↗ · To conclude, I would like to thank my teacher.↗ · The meeting concluded at four o'clock.↗ · What can you conclude from the graph?↗ · They concluded that the bridge was not safe.↗ · Peace was then concluded, whereupon the Amazons evacuated the country.↗ · The Hebrew version of Rabbi Judah Ha Levi concludes with the phrase, ** and said of him.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Would it be to bold to conclude that the Sefer Yetzirah represents the genuine fragments of Philolaus"?↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · The account of the origin of letters and numerals the author of the Sefer Vetzirali concludes as follows: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

conclusion — Everyday, meaning 1: A conclusion is the end or last part of something, such as a story, essay or meeting.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A conclusion is what you decide is true after thinking about the facts.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In science, the conclusion of an experiment says what the results show.↗ Example: In conclusion, plants need light to grow.↗ · Write a conclusion for your experiment.↗ · Don't jump to conclusions — listen first.↗ · We came to the conclusion that the dog ate the cake.↗ · The story's conclusion was happy.↗ · What conclusion can you draw from the graph?↗ · [The conclusion of this story is somewhat obscure.↗ · end, leads to the conclusion that the arrancjement of the Arabic alphabet is older than that of the Hebrew, although tlie con- trary is generally believed to be the case.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · I came to this conclusion in investig- ating the pronunciation of the vowels, which the reader will tind in my nNrpr: -ip;r "prT (will a]ipear shortly i. in which 1 have discussed it at lengtii.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · After many years of study, I reached the conclusion that the Sefer Yetzirah, as the earliest Hebrew grammar, contains not only the lundamental rules of Hebrew orthography, but also an acconnt of the origin of letters and numerals.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

conclusive — Everyday, meaning 1: Conclusive means proving something completely, so that there is no doubt left.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Conclusive describes a final, clear result: a conclusive win.↗ Example: The fingerprints were conclusive proof that the cat had walked on the cake.↗ · One test is not conclusive; we need to repeat it.↗ · The team won a conclusive victory, 5–0.↗ · Scientists have conclusive evidence that smoking harms health.↗ · The footage showed conclusively that the ball was in.↗ · The results were not conclusive, so the experiment goes on.↗

conclusively — Everyday, meaning 1: In a way that proves something completely and leaves no doubt.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In a final way that settles the matter.↗ Example: The experiment showed conclusively that plants need light.↗ · The fingerprints proved conclusively who took the cake.↗ · The team won conclusively, ten goals to nil.↗ · Scientists cannot yet say conclusively why this happens.↗ · The video showed conclusively that the ball crossed the line.↗ · The test results conclusively ruled out an infection.↗ · We can't conclusively say who won until we count again.↗

concoct — Everyday, meaning 1: To mix ingredients together to make a drink, potion or dish, often a strange one.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To invent a plan, story or excuse, often a false one.↗ Example: The witch concocted a potion in her pot.↗ · Iktomi concocted a clever plot to trick the animals.↗ · They concocted a silly excuse for being late.↗

concord — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: agreement and peace between people or things; harmony.↗

concourse — Everyday, meaning 1: A large crowd of people gathered or moving together.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A wide open hall or area in a station where people walk and meet.↗ Example: A great concourse of people streamed into the square.↗ · The crowd filled the station concourse.↗ · A concourse of children ran down the hill to greet the boat.↗

concrete — Everyday, meaning 1: A hard building material made by mixing cement, sand, small stones and water; it is soft when wet and sets very hard.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As an adjective, made of concrete.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Real and definite, something you can see or touch, not just an idea.↗ e.g. "concrete evidence", "concrete objects".↗ Example: The workers poured wet concrete for the new path.↗ · Don't write in wet concrete.↗ · The bridge is made of concrete and steel.↗ · "Dog" is a concrete noun, but "joy" is abstract.↗ · Use concrete objects like cubes to show the sum.↗ · We need concrete proof, not guesses.↗ · I scraped my knee on the concrete.↗ · The Talmuds were first collected into a concrete whole, and printed in Venice, 1520 a.d.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The Talmuds were first collected into a concrete whole, and printed in Venice, 1520 A.D.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · He endeavors to show how the ideal became, after numerous emanations, more condensed, palpable and concrete.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

concubinage — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The state of living with a lover as a secondary wife; here it means lustful, unfaithful behavior.↗ Example: And she doted upon concubinage with them, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.↗ (Prophets EZK.23.20, JPS 1917)↗

concubine — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: a woman who lived with a man and bore his children but had a lower standing than his wife.↗ Example: And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek.↗ (Torah GEN.36.12, JPS 1917)↗ · And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah.↗ (Torah GEN.22.24, JPS 1917)↗ · And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heard of it.↗ (Torah GEN.35.22, JPS 1917)↗ · Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.↗ (Writings 1CH.2.48, JPS 1917)↗ · There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and maidens without number.↗ (Writings SNG.6.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And the king left ten women, that were concubines, to keep the house.↗ (Prophets 2SA.15.16, JPS 1917)↗

concur — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To concur is to agree with someone or with an opinion.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) To happen at the same time.↗ Example: I concur with your answer.↗ · The doctors concurred that he needed rest.↗ · All the judges concurred.↗ · Do you concur with the author's view?↗ · The two events concurred.↗ · (formal) The committee concurred with the head teacher's plan.↗

concurrent — Everyday, meaning 1: Happening or existing at the same time (concurrent events).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (maths) Meeting at the same point (concurrent lines all pass through one point).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (law) In a court sentence, served at the same time as another rather than one after the other.↗ Example: The two football matches were concurrent, so we could only watch one.↗ · The festival had concurrent shows on three stages.↗ · In geometry, concurrent lines meet at a single point.↗ · The three medians of a triangle are concurrent.↗ · The judge gave two concurrent sentences.↗ · The computer can run concurrent tasks.↗

concurrently — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Concurrently means at the same time as something else.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In law, sentences that run concurrently are served at the same time, not one after another.↗ Example: The two films were shown concurrently on different screens.↗ · She studied piano and violin concurrently.↗ · Two machines ran concurrently and filled 300 bottles in an hour.↗ · The tests were held concurrently in all the classrooms.↗ · The computer can run several programs concurrently.↗ · His two sentences will run concurrently, so he will be in prison for two years, not four.↗ · Concurrently, the second team was building the bridge.↗

concurring — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: agreeing with someone or having the same opinion.↗ Example: These numbers have been a source of difference between the editors and copyists, hardly any two editors concurring.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

concuss — Everyday, meaning 1: To hurt someone's brain by a hard knock to the head, so that they may feel dizzy, sick, confused or even pass out for a short time.↗ Example: He was concussed when he fell off his bike.↗ · A hard tackle can concuss a player.↗ · If you might be concussed, stop playing straight away.↗ · Wearing a helmet makes it less likely you'll be concussed.↗ · The doctor checked whether she was concussed.↗

concussion — Everyday, meaning 1: Concussion is a brain injury caused by a hard knock to the head.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person with concussion may feel dizzy, sick, confused or sleepy, or have a headache.↗ Example: He got concussion when he fell off his bike.↗ · A helmet can help prevent concussion.↗ · Tell an adult if you hit your head and feel dizzy.↗ · The player came off the pitch with a possible concussion.↗ · Signs of concussion include headache and feeling sick.↗ · After her concussion she had to rest for a week.↗ · The coach checked him for concussion.↗ · Concussion can happen even without being knocked out.↗

condemn — Everyday, meaning 1: To condemn something is to say strongly and publicly that it is wrong or bad.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (law) To condemn someone is to give them a punishment in court, as in «condemned to death».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To condemn someone to something is to force them into a bad situation.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To condemn a building is to say officially that it is not safe to use and must be knocked down or closed.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (church) In Christian teaching, to condemn is to judge someone guilty of sin; Christians believe Jesus came to save, not to condemn.↗ Example: The head teacher condemned the bullying in assembly.↗ · World leaders condemned the attack.↗ · The prisoner was condemned to death in the old days.↗ · The old flats were condemned and pulled down.↗ · His injury condemned him to a season on the bench.↗ · Jesus told the woman, «Neither do I condemn you.»↗ · We should condemn cruelty to animals.↗ · Men often condemn others for what they see no wrong in doing themselves.↗ · If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and the judges judge them, by justifying the righteous, and condemning the wicked, (Torah DEU.25.1, JPS 1917)↗ · The following interesting comment is from Rabbi Moses Botarel:-"It was Abraham our Father-blessed be he who wrote this book to condemn the doctrine of the sages of his time, who were incredulous of the supreme dogma of the Unity.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · When He giveth quietness, who then can condemn?↗ (Writings JOB.34.29, JPS 1917)↗ · Wilt thou condemn Me, that thou mayest be justified?↗ (Writings JOB.40.8, JPS 1917)↗ · I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?↗ (Writings JOB.9.29, JPS 1917)↗

condemnation — Everyday, meaning 1: Condemnation is strong public disapproval: saying clearly that something is very wrong or bad.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (law) Condemnation is the act of a court sentencing someone to a punishment.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Condemnation of a building is an official decision that it is unsafe and must not be used.↗ Example: The attack drew condemnation from leaders around the world.↗ · The head teacher's condemnation of the bullying was very clear.↗ · There was strong condemnation of the cruelty to the animals.↗ · After the flood, the condemnation of the old bridge meant nobody could cross it.↗ · The prisoner waited in silence for his condemnation.↗ · The judge's words were a condemnation of the whole plan.↗ · The accused merchant saw by this time that his condemnation was certain, and tried to allege something in his defence.↗ · Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and I have given Jacob to condemnation, and Israel to reviling.↗ (Prophets ISA.43.28, JPS 1917)↗