![]() Noun The duo also collected samples from Los Angeles-area students and staff while other physicians and medical professionals also sent over samples. 2023 Support Services Company of the Year This award goes to a support services company that has maintained high professional standards and delivered creative and innovative ideas through their services provided to a country tour during the eligibility period. 2023 The professional dancer has also been preparing for her new role as co-host of Dancing with the Stars, which kicks off its 32nd season on Tuesday night. 2023 Tried and tested by professional athletes, Instant Knockout Cut is easily the best weight loss supplement for active people currently available. 2023 While the lead surgeon controls the arms from a console, another medical professional serves as a bedside assistant, setting up, inserting, and removing instruments from the patient. 2023 Molly McPherson, a public relations and crisis communications professional, says that the treatment of Turner is providing a model for other celebrities embroiled in their own divorces. 2023 The high-waist rise combined with a slightly distressed look keeps these jeans casual enough for everyday wear but still professional enough for the office. 2023 The ability to see it through from beginning to completion has just been the most fulfilling professional thing of my life. American Heritage Dictionary tends to be a little more contemporary than M-W.Adjective More and more CEOs want employees to return to the office full-time, according to a new CEO Outlook report from professional services firm KPMG, and an overwhelming majority plan to lure employees back with preferential treatment. It would make sense that "single-wide" would be handled similarly, even if it's not in either dictionary. M-W does have "double-wide" in both the Collegiate and Unabridged. : acceptance of and willingness to actively support and participate in something (such as a new plan or policy) Interesting, I just checked online and indeed Learner's lists the noun form: īut the entry on the main M-W site does noĪccording to Merriam-Webster, you want "buy into." ![]() My Webster's Learner's Dictionary lists downsizing as a noun. The first place you can look is CMOS's hyphenation table:Īnd your question I think is answered by the paragraph introducing the "Words Formed with Prefixes" section way down at the bottom. RE: The term "longstanding" used adjectivally But that's a trade-off you're surely aware of, I deleted the apostrophe ("I have all the fixins for it"), thinking I'd rather not have it look like a possessive even if it meant losing the apostrophe for the dropped g. I had one not too long ago in which someone had the "fixin's" for a meal. RE: slang: -in' (dropped -ing) + make plural? I think lots of people view the dictionary purely as a spelling check. "Look it up yourself" is really the best answer for many questions that come through here. RE: Formula for determining hyphen inclusion after "-ly" words I found it in one dictionary with the apostrophe:Īnd connected to various organizations without: I've now done the same google and dictionary search you probably have already done. RE: Builders' merchant or builders merchant? Since the dictionary doesn't spell out the past tense, this means that tsk-tsk is a regular verb whose past tense is forme ![]() Merriam-Webster's to the rescue again! According to M-W Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition, the interjection is tsk, but the verb is tsk-tsk. ![]() M-W provides more information about prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms here:Īdditional examples and more information can be found here: Unless you use Google and search for "reaudit merriam webster," in which case teh interwebz gives you the link! Merriam-Webster does give a preferred spelling, but it's in their Unabridged Dictionary, which requires a subscription of some kind. ![]()
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