fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
a piece of photographic film showing an image with black and white tones reversed
a reply of denial; "he answered in the negative"
expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial
having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant; "ran a negative campaign"; "delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life"
characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features; "a negative outlook on life"; "a colorless negative personality"; "a negative evaluation"; "a negative reaction to an advertising campaign"
less than zero; "a negative number"
reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive; "negative interest rates"
not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition; "the HIV test was negative"
having a negative electric charge; "electrons are negative"
appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month"
order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
an accommodation in which both sides make concessions; "the newly elected congressmen rejected a compromise because they considered it `business as usual'"
settle by concession
make a compromise; arrive at a compromise; "nobody will get everything he wants; we all must compromise"
expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute; "The nuclear secrets of the state were compromised by the spy"
(physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system
(mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity; "parity is often used to check the integrity of transmitted data"
(obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered; "the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children"
a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view; "the presentation of new data"; "he gave the customer a demonstration"
the activity of formally presenting something (as a prize or reward); "she gave the trophy but he made the presentation"
(obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; "Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations"
the act of making something publicly available; presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it; "he prepared his presentation carefully in advance"
the act of presenting a proposal
formally making a person known to another or to the public
an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"
a quantity obtained by multiplication; "the product of 2 and 3 is 6"
a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances; "skill is the product of hours of practice"; "his reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue"
a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction; "a product of lime and nitric acid"
the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
(law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing
an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition); "several of his submissions were rejected by publishers"; "what was the date of submission of your proposal?"
the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else; "the union was brought into submission"; "his submission to the will of God"