Cheeky is often used as a synonym for "cutely amusing"; "charming" or "infectiously humorous" - children, monkeys, small/young animals are often described as "cheeky" in a positive manner. "Have you see the video of the cheeky kitten that starts eating the dog's food?" In this sense it has nothing to do with insolence - For once I agree with MW: rude and showing a lack of respect often in a ...
Is it ungrammatical? Thanks. Yes, it is ungrammatical, Elinor. You place/put emphasis (noun) on something. You emphasize (verb) something. A synonym for "emphasis" is "stress". Let's try: 1. Some schools stress physical education. 2. Some schools stress on physical education. 3. Some schools lay stress on physical education.
Hi, I'm searching for a synonym for the phrase "two weeks" or "15 days". I remember that there's a particular single word that can be used to say "two weeks", but I can't find it :( Any suggestions?
I'm looking for a synonym of "breeding ground" in the following sense: "A place or set of circumstances that encourages the development of certain ideas or conditions." Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin...
People do often think that 'lesion' means a wound with broken skin and blood, but it refers to any changes in/to the appearance of the skin or changes to/on the surface of the skin, whether 2- or 3- dimensional. I notice that 'lesion' is mentioned as the second synonym. The Quora man isn't talking about what I call a wound.
There may be a synonym somewhere but only for one meaning of each verb. In dleal's case the correct word is weighting meaning a technique for giving more or less weight to a quantitive result - as panjandrum's reply indicates.