Definition Dictionary

To assign or hand something over to a particular place, person, or fate.

Too small or unimportant to have much effect in the situation.

Accepting an unwelcome situation without further resistance.

To assign a share of a resource to a particular purpose.

The assignment or distribution of resources for particular people or purposes.

The act of attributing a quality, cause, or responsibility to a particular source.

The assignment of a work, action, cause, or quality to a particular source.

To grasp the meaning, nature, or significance of something.

A distinctive period marked by significant developments.

Happening by chance rather than by design.

To pay careful attention to advice, a warning, or another signal.

A model of time preference in which the value assigned to a delayed outcome falls sharply at short delays and more gradually at longer delays.

About to happen, often with a sense of significance or threat.

Lacking sense, significance, or substance.

Of little importance or significance.

An observable expression or sign of something.

Small in extent or only just meeting a relevant threshold.

Requiring little skill and traditionally assigned low status.

So small or unimportant that it scarcely warrants attention.

Designed to attract notice through a show of wealth or importance.

Something that comes before another thing and signals or contributes to its development.

To assign someone or something to a lower or less prominent position.

Having or displaying an exaggerated sense of one's own significance.

Calm and undisturbed, without signs of agitation.