📖 C — The English dictionary · page 63

congruent — Everyday, meaning 1: (maths) Exactly the same shape and size; one shape fits exactly on top of the other, even if turned or flipped.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) In agreement or matching (congruent with the facts).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (maths) In number work, having the same remainder when divided by a number.↗ Example: These two triangles are congruent.↗ · Congruent shapes have equal sides and angles.↗ · Cut out two congruent squares.↗ · A shape and its mirror image are congruent.↗ · The two halves of a butterfly are congruent.↗ · Her actions were congruent with her words.↗

conic — Everyday, meaning 1: Conic means shaped like a cone, or to do with a cone.↗ Example: An ice-cream cone has a conic shape.↗ · A circle is one kind of conic section.↗ · The tent had a tall conic roof.↗ · The student drew the conic curve on the board.↗

conifer — Everyday, meaning 1: A tree or bush that grows its seeds in cones and usually has thin needle-like or small scaly leaves, such as a pine, fir, spruce, cedar, yew or cypress.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Most conifers are evergreen: they keep their leaves all year round, so they stay green in winter.↗ Example: A pine tree is a conifer because it grows cones.↗ · Conifers stay green all winter.↗ · We collected pine cones under the conifers in the park.↗ · Our Christmas tree is a conifer called a Norway spruce.↗ · The coniferous forests of Canada stretch for thousands of kilometres.↗ · Squirrels eat the seeds hidden in conifer cones.↗ · The needles of a conifer are really thin leaves.↗ · The tallest tree in the world is a conifer, a coast redwood.↗

coniferous — Everyday, meaning 1: Describing trees, such as pine, fir, spruce and larch, that have cones and needle-like or scaly leaves; most stay green all year.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Describing a forest or woodland made mainly of these trees: «coniferous forest».↗ Example: Pine and spruce are coniferous trees.↗ · Coniferous trees have needles instead of flat leaves.↗ · Much of Canada is covered in coniferous forest.↗ · Most coniferous trees keep their needles all winter.↗ · The larch is a coniferous tree that loses its needles in autumn.↗ · We collected pine cones in the coniferous woodland.↗ · Deciduous trees lose their leaves, but coniferous ones mostly stay green.↗

conjectural — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Based on a guess or an idea that has not been proved, not on firm facts: «The date of the old map is conjectural».↗ Example: The colours of the dinosaur in the picture are conjectural.↗ · Any answer about life on other planets is still conjectural.↗ · The museum said the drawing of the castle was partly conjectural.↗ · His story about the treasure was purely conjectural.↗ · Scientists test conjectural ideas with experiments.↗ · The age of the cave paintings was once conjectural, but now it has been measured.↗ · The whole (arly history of Pythagoreanism is therefore conjectural, and all we really know of the school is what wc are told by Aristotle".↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

conjecture — Everyday, meaning 1: A conjecture is a guess or opinion formed without full proof.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To conjecture is to guess or suppose something when you do not have all the facts.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (maths) A conjecture is a statement mathematicians think is true but have not yet proved.↗ Example: My conjecture is that the next number in the pattern is 20.↗ · Without evidence, what you say is just conjecture.↗ · Scientists conjectured that the planet had water.↗ · Test your conjecture with more examples.↗ · How the stones got there is still a matter of conjecture.↗ · A famous conjecture says every even number bigger than 2 is the sum of two prime numbers.↗ · No one knew who the dead stranger was, they could not even form a conjecture; the fragments of wreckage gave no clue to the matter.↗ · I shall not venture to conjecture.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

conjoin — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To join or combine two or more things together into one: «two ideas conjoined».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Conjoined twins: twins who are born with their bodies joined together at some part.↗ Example: The two rivers conjoin just below the bridge.↗ · Conjoined twins share part of their body.↗ · Surgeons spent hours separating the conjoined twins.↗ · In the poem, joy and sadness are conjoined.↗ · The two villages conjoined to make one town.↗ · The ancient symbol shows two circles conjoined.↗ · These ten Sephiroth which are, moreover, ineffable, have their end even as their beginning, conjoined, even as is a flame to a burning coal: for our God is superlative in his unity, and does not permit any second one.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗

conjointly — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: together, in combination or at the same time.↗

conjugal — Everyday, meaning 1: Conjugal means to do with marriage, especially the duties and love between a husband and wife.↗ Example: The old story spoke of conjugal love.↗ · The queen was forced to show conjugal obedience.↗ · Conjugal duties were thought very important long ago.↗ · If he take him another wife, her food, her raiment, and her conjugal rights, shall he not diminish.↗ (Torah EXO.21.10, JPS 1917)↗

conjunction — Everyday, meaning 1: A conjunction is a word that joins words, phrases or clauses together in a sentence, like and, but, or, because, when, if and although.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A conjunction is a time when things come together or happen at the same time: «in conjunction with» means together with.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (space) A conjunction is when two planets or a planet and the Moon look very close together in the sky.↗ Example: «And» and «but» are conjunctions.↗ · Join the two sentences with a conjunction.↗ · «Because» is a subordinating conjunction.↗ · I wanted to play out, but it was raining.↗ · Underline the conjunction in this sentence.↗ · The school works in conjunction with the local library.↗ · Last night there was a conjunction of Jupiter and Venus.↗ · Try not to start every sentence with the same conjunction.↗ · Eteocles, in conjunction with Creon, had made due preparations to repel the invaders, and had stationed troops, under the command of trusty leaders, to guard each of the gates.↗

conjunctivitis — Everyday, meaning 1: Conjunctivitis is an eye infection or irritation that makes the eye red, itchy, sore and sometimes sticky; it is also called pink eye.↗ Example: I had conjunctivitis and my eye was red and sticky.↗ · Conjunctivitis is also called pink eye.↗ · Don't share towels if someone has conjunctivitis.↗ · The doctor gave me eye drops for conjunctivitis.↗ · Wash your hands so conjunctivitis doesn't spread.↗ · Hay fever can cause conjunctivitis too.↗

conjure — Everyday, meaning 1: To conjure is to do magic, making things appear as if by magic.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To conjure up is to call a picture, a fear or a scene into the mind.↗ Example: The magician can conjure a rabbit from his hat.↗ · She began to conjure up all sorts of horrors.↗ · The smell of pies conjures up memories of home.↗ · The witch could conjure a storm.↗ · But on the most literal level, it means ‘wind’, as in the אַרְבָּע רוּחוֹת arbaʽ ruchot ‘four winds’ corresponding to the four cardinal directions, and is also conjured in the verb הֵרִיחַ heriach ‘to smell, breathe in (with the nostrils)’.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

conjurer — Everyday, meaning 1: A conjurer is a person who does magic tricks, a magician or wizard.↗ Example: The conjurer pulled a coin from my ear.↗ · The giant and the conjurer were defeated.↗ · The old conjurer waved his wand.↗ · A clever conjurer can make a card vanish.↗

conjuring — Everyday, meaning 1: Conjuring is doing magic tricks that seem impossible, such as making coins vanish or pulling a rabbit from a hat.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Conjuring up something is making it appear as if by magic, or bringing a picture into someone's mind: «conjuring up memories».↗ Example: The magician did conjuring tricks at my party.↗ · She is learning conjuring with cards.↗ · The smell of baking conjured up memories of Grandma.↗ · The wizard was conjuring a storm.↗ · His story conjures up a spooky castle.↗ · Mum conjured up a meal from leftovers.↗

conjuror — Everyday, meaning 1: A conjuror is a person who does clever magic tricks; another spelling of conjurer.↗ Example: He would have liked a conjuror like Little Claus's.↗ · The conjuror made the cards disappear.↗ · Little Claus thought a conjuror would make him rich.↗ · The conjuror bowed to the crowd.↗

conker — Everyday, meaning 1: A conker is the shiny brown seed of a horse chestnut tree, found inside a spiky green case.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Conkers is a children's game, mainly in the UK and Ireland, where you put a conker on a string and try to break the other player's conker.↗ Example: We collected conkers in the park in autumn.↗ · The conker was shiny and brown.↗ · Grandpa showed me how to play conkers.↗ · My conker broke on the first hit.↗ · Conkers grow inside spiky green cases.↗ · Don't eat conkers; they are poisonous.↗ · I put a hole in the conker and threaded a string through it.↗

conn — Everyday, meaning 1: (abbreviation) Conn. is an old short form of Connecticut, a state in the north-east of the USA (the postal code is CT).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (nautical) The conn is the control of a ship's steering and movement; the officer «with the conn» gives the orders to the helmsman.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (a name) A short name, such as part of Irish names like Conn (a legendary Irish king, Conn of the Hundred Battles).↗ Example: Hartford, Conn., is the capital of Connecticut.↗ · "You have the conn," the captain told the officer.↗ · The officer took the conn as the submarine dived.↗ · Today letters to Connecticut use the code CT, not Conn.↗ · In Irish legend, Conn of the Hundred Battles was a high king.↗ · The old map wrote "Conn." beside the state.↗ · Conn gave the signal and his guests seated themselves.↗

connect — Everyday, meaning 1: To join two or more things together so they touch or are linked: «connect the wires».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To link to a network, the internet, a phone line or a power supply.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To see or show that two ideas, facts or events are related: «connect the clues».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: For a train, bus or plane to meet another so that you can change from one to the other.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To feel close to and understand someone: «She really connects with children».↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (informal, sport) To hit something well: «He connected with the ball».↗ Example: Connect the battery to the bulb with two wires.↗ · Connect the dots in order to see the picture.↗ · The tablet won't connect to the Wi-Fi.↗ · Can you connect the clues and find who took the cake?↗ · This bridge connects the two halves of the town.↗ · Our train connects with the ferry at the harbour.↗ · Grandma connects with every child she meets.↗ · He finally connected with the ball and it flew into the net.↗ · Join the points A, B and C to connect them into a triangle.↗ · This trait connects her with Medusa, and the three sister Baba Yagas with the three Gorgones.↗ · Drawing the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet around the edge of a circle, it takes 231 lines, here called שְׁעָרִים sheʽarim ‘gates’, to connect every possible combination of 2 letters.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

connected — Everyday, meaning 1: Connected means joined or linked to something else (connected rooms, connected wires).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Connected means related, so that one thing has something to do with another.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Connected means linked to the internet, a network or a phone line.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Connected is the past form of «connect».↗ Example: The bulb lights up when the wires are connected.↗ · Join the dots so all the points are connected.↗ · Is the tablet connected to the wi-fi?↗ · These two rooms are connected by a door.↗ · The flood was connected with the heavy rain.↗ · We stay connected with Grandma by video calls.↗ · The police think the two robberies are connected.↗ · He connected the hose to the tap.↗ · With the birds many graceful legends are connected.↗ · One above Three, Three above Seven, and Seven above Twelve: and all are connected the one with the other.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · One above Three, Three above Seven, and Seven above Twelve ; and all are connected the one with the other.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · [paragraph continues] God stands in close connection with the Universe, and just so is Tali connected with the world, that is, an invisible, celestial or universal axis carries the whole fabric.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

connection — Everyday, meaning 1: A place or thing where two things are joined: «a loose connection in the wire».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A link to the internet, a phone network or a power supply: «a bad connection».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A link between ideas, facts or events: «There is a connection between sleep and good marks».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A train, bus or plane that you change to on a journey: «We missed our connection».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A feeling of closeness and understanding between people.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: Connections (plural): people you know who can help you: «He got the job through connections».↗ Everyday, meaning 7: A connection with something can mean being involved in making or doing it.↗ Example: The bulb did not light because of a loose connection.↗ · Our internet connection keeps dropping during the video call.↗ · Can you see the connection between the two stories?↗ · We ran to catch our connection to Dublin.↗ · Ella felt a special connection with the old horse.↗ · The police want to speak to a man in connection with the robbery.↗ · His uncle has connections at the football club.↗ · Draw a line to show the connection between each word and its picture.↗ · Darmancour had no connection whatever with the composition of the stories which bore his name.↗ · A connection is thus made between the act of speech and the act of circumcision, being two forms of creation and transformation according to the SY’s thought.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · [paragraph continues] God stands in close connection with the Universe, and just so is Tali connected with the world, that is, an invisible, celestial or universal axis carries the whole fabric.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Another association between language, mouth, and genitals, though the connection (if any) with the SY is unclear, is found in the idiom עָרְלַת שְׂפָתַיִם ʽorlat sefatayim ‘uncircumcised of lips’, probably meaning one who is unskilled in speech, e.g. [Exodus 6:12].↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗