noun /ˌɪntəˈvenʃənɪst/ /ˌɪntərˈvenʃənɪst/ a person who believes in the policy or practice of a government influencing the economy of its own country, or of becoming involved in the affairs of other countries liberal/humanitarian interventionistsTopics...
English Enter search text Definition of aid noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary aid noun /eɪd/ [uncountable] money, food, etc. that is sent to help countries in difficult situations economic/humanitarian/emergency aid An extra $10 million in foreign aid has been promised. aid ...
Any one of these nuclear plants may be a disaster waiting to happen.Topics Dangerc2 See disaster in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee disaster in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English Check pronunciation: disasterOther results All matches disaster area noun natural disaster nou...
The donation is the biggest private gift to a humanitarian cause. She has long championed the cause of civil liberties. see also lost cause Extra Examples Oxford Collocations Dictionary [countable] (law) a case that goes to court Word Origin ...
an organization or idea that people support or fight forAnimal welfare advocates raised $70,000 for their cause last year.agood cause(= an organization that does good work, such as a charity)campaigning for the Republican causeThe donation is the biggest private gift to a humanitarian cause....
(in nouns and adjectives)believing in; practising humanitarian disciplinarian More Like ThisSuffixes Want to learn more? Find out which words work together and produce more natural-sounding English with theOxford Collocations Dictionaryapp. Try it for free as part of theOxford Advanced Learner’s...
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) lived in Oxford on and off for some 50 years: first from 1911-15 as a student, then from 1917-19 as a tutor and staff member of the New English Dictionary, and lastly as a professor of medieval languages and literature from 1925-59. Aside from ...
3. The English word “vulnerability” turns out to be difficult to translate into many languages; even when a term is found, inevitably a good deal is lost in translation. I shall return to this point below. 4. Treatment of elements of social vulnerability are there in context i...
3. The English word “vulnerability” turns out to be difficult to translate into many languages; even when a term is found, inevitably a good deal is lost in translation. I shall return to this point below. 4. Treatment of elements of social vulnerability are there in context...