One-word synonym (instead of compound adjectives) for "time …
More Time-Consuming. I can perhaps offer a few alternatives, in this order: Protracted = drawn out considerably, particularly in time. Exhaustive = comprehensive or thorough, but draining. Laborious ~ (As above - @Preetie Sekhon) Less Time-Consuming. Again, in this order: Transient = brief, not lasting very long at all.
history - When did "consumption" become "tuberculosis"?
2014年1月18日 · Tuberculosis was commonly called "consumption" for many years. When did "tuberculosis" or "TB" overtake "consumption" as the common term, in English, for the disease? This Ngram isn't much use; it compares the use of the terms "consumption" and "tuberculosis" in American English from 1800 to 2000. Of course the problem is that "consumption ...
hyphenation - time-consuming vs time consuming? - English …
2018年7月3日 · The phrase "time-consuming" is made up of a noun ("time") and adjective ("consuming"). The Chicago Manual of Style says that these types of compounds are usually hyphenated when they appear before a noun, but not when they come after the noun. For example: This is a very time-consuming task. This task is very time consuming.
grammaticality - When is it correct to use the "-wise" suffix ...
One of the problems with the particular example user interface-wise is that while it needs to be parsed as (user interface)-wise, the most immediate parsing would probably be user (interface-wise), since hyphens typically bind tighter than spaces.
What is a word to describe something that belongs exclusively to …
2017年1月11日 · Peculiar to perhaps not the most common usage of 'peculiar' but i think it would work in the example. 2.1 peculiar to Belonging exclusively to:
What is the difference between "accumulative" and "cumulative"?
Cumulative means having built up or accumulated over time. E.g. something has a cumulative effect, or is a cumulative result of something. It is more specific in meaning than 'accumulative', in that it is about a definite build up of one thing after another, as opposed to …
Use of "-wise" in phrases or words - English Language & Usage …
What is -wise in phrases or words that end with it? How do we use it correctly? Floor is obscenely expensive computational-wise. I found a similar thread here but I don't understand much.
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Upon indicates a simultaneous operation, "at the time of". See ODO sense 8 (upon redirects to on): 8 indicating the day or part of a day during which an event takes place: reported on September 26 on a very hot evening in July. at the time of: she was booed on arriving home; The quoted sentence means
Is it makeup or make-up or make up? - English Language & Usage …
2021年1月11日 · You said: You can make-up the makeup exam. Unless it's a make-up exam about cosmetics, this wouldn't be what you're looking for, especially since "make-up" is a descriptor and "make up" is an action.