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swords man /'soidzman; NAmE 'soirdz-/ noun (pi. -men /-man/) (usually used with an adjective) a person who fights with a sword ( &JA:

a fine swordsman

swords-man-ship/'soidzmanj’ip; NAmE'soirdz-/ noun [u] skill in fighting with a sword &| A swore pt of swear

sworn /sworn; NAmE sworm/ adj. [only before noun]

1 made after you have promised to tell the truth, especially in court ( ) tatw, Mm hew

W: a sworn statement if ff-fiEiS] 2 ~ enemies people, countries, etc. that have a strong hatred for each other

— see also swear v. swot /swnt; NAmE swart/ noun, verb mnoun (BrE) (US grind) (informal, disapproving) a person who spends too much time studying WA;

■ verb (-tt-) [V] ~ (for sth) (BrE, informal) to study very hard, especially in order to prepare for an exam ( XfsXM HrHK ) Mtfj »:i;ri ,swot sth^'up | ,swot

up on sth (BrE, informal) to study a particular subject very hard, especially in order to prepare for an exam ( ( miim ) : Make sure

you swot up on the company before the interview.

‘SWOT analysis noun a study done by an organization in order to find its strengths and weaknesses, and what problems or opportunities it should deal with. SWOT is formed from the initial letters of ‘strengths’, ‘weaknesses’, ‘opportunities’ and ‘threats’. * SWOT jf #f , ffl M ft tit ( % strengths , weaknesses _N opportunities A threats W "if I² #,

swum pp of swim swung pt, pp of SWING .swung 'dash noun = tilde(2)

syb ar it ic /.siba'ritik/ adj. [usually before noun] (formal) connected with a desire for pleasure ^|f|2^ AW; §4# Mi&W: his sybaritic lifestyle syca-more /'sikamoi(r)/ noun 1 [C, U] (especially BrE) a European tree of the maple family, with leaves that have five points and seeds shaped like a pair of wings EAU; MAHte; MM 2 [C] (especially NAmE) an American plane tree 0( HES ) IHtA 3 [U] the valuable hard wood of the European sycamore 0 A ^

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syco phant /'sikafaent/ noun (formal, disapproving) a person who praises important or powerful people too much and in a way that is not sincere, especially in order to get sth from them Pn[i^$^.64 A; ft

5} # ► syco-phancy /'sikafansi/ noun [U] syco-phan-tic /.sika’faentik/ adj.: a sycophantic review AWifife Sydenham’s chorea /.sidnamz ka'ria/ (also St Vitus’s dance) noun [U] (medical E£) a disease that mostly affects children, that causes the body to make small sudden movements and often follows rheumatic fever H f|

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syl lab ary /'silabari; NAmE -beri/ noun (pi -ies) (technical A t«) a set of written characters representing syllables and used as an alphabet in some languages

tW; HAH

syllabic /si'laebik/ adj. (phonetics if i=f) 1 based on syllables #A W; A H A W : syllabic stress ^ A fi H

2 (of a consonant ilf) forming a whole syllable, for example /l/ in settle j&HAW

syl labi fi cation /si.laebifi'keijn/ (also syl-labi-ca-tion /si.laebi'keifn/) noun [U] the division of words into syllables HA$JA

syl lable /'silabl/ noun any of the units into which a word is divided, containing a vowel sound and usually one or more consonants 41 A : a word with two syllables 3XHA#-i5] o a two-syllable word 3XHAA-is] 0

‘Potato’ is stressed on the second syllable. * potato —- is] SH&H-AHAA* nasi see word n. 'syllable-timed adj. (phonetics ifH) (of a language if W) having a regular rhythm of syllables W M j*UI H A A ft (ft; HAaEiIlW — compare stress-timed syl-la-bub /'silabAb/ noun [C, U] (BrE) a cold dessert (= a sweet dish) made from cream that has been mixed very quickly with sugar, wine, fruit juice, etc. to make

it thick ?[j@2M ^nmm)

syl la bus /'silabas/ noun (pi syl-la-buses or less frequent syl-labi /'silabai/) a list of the topics, books, etc. that students should study in a particular subject at school or college XM — compare curriculum syllogism /'silad3izam/ noun (technical A ill) a way of arguing in which two statements are used to prove that a third statement is true, for example : ‘All humans must die; I am a human; therefore I must die.’ H i&

ifc ( HR “JiAiftW

$JiA; ” ) ►syllogistic

/,sil9‘d3istik/ adj. [only before noun] sylph /silf/ noun 1 an imaginary spirit H jf ; A fill 2 a girl or woman who is thin and attractive AAAA sylph-like /'silflaik/ adj. (of a woman or girl 4c A^L'XX) thin in an attractive way W; AlfrW

syl van /'silvan/ adj. (literary) connected with forests and

trees MAW

sym bi osis /.simbai'ausis; NAmE -'ousis/ noun [U, C] (pi sym-bi-oses /-'ausiiz; NAmE -’ousiiz/) 1 (biology 4) the relationship between two different living creatures that live close together and depend on each other in particular ways, each getting particular benefits from the other 4£ £ ( % ) 2 a relationship between

people, companies, etc. that is to the advantage of both ► sym-bi-ot-ic /-’Dtik; NAmE -'aitik/ adj.: a symbiotic relationship Af'J W A

%. symbiotic-ally /.simbai'Dtikli; NAmE -'artik-/ adv. sym-bol 0-pr /'simbl/ noun 1 ~ (of sth) a person, an object, an event, etc. that represents a more general quality or situation fiE: White has always been a symbol of purity in Western cultures. 0 Mandela

became a symbol of the anti-apartheid struggle. jfc |g ft o note at sign 2 ~ (for sth) a sign, number, letter, etc. that has a fixed meaning, especially in science, mathematics and music # -£§•; ft -£§■; ifl -i§-: What is the chemical symbol for copper? 0 A list of symbols used

on the map is given in the index. fflW#

p|5 ?(J M 41 A o — see also sex symbol, status

SYMBOL

sym-bol-ic /sim’bnlik; NAmE -‘bailik/ adj. ~ (of sth) containing symbols, or being used as a symbol f]£ H. tiEW; The dove is symbolic of

peace. 0 The Channel Tunnel has

enormous symbolic significance for a united Europe.

Xo 0 The new regulations are largely symbolic (= they will not have any real effect), frWMH rff'JiSSAA^i W o ► sym-bol-ic-al-ly /.sim'bnlikli; NAmE -'bailik-/

adv.: a symbolically significant gesture W %. tiE M X W

sym bol ism /‘simbalizam/ noun [U] the use of symbols to represent ideas, especially in art and literature ( ► symbolist

/'simbalist/ adj., noun_: the symbolist poet Rimbaud

sym bol ize (BrE also -ise) /'simbalaiz/ verb [VN] to be a symbol of sth Mt'jiE; ™repre-

sent : The use of light and dark symbolizes good and evil. 0 He came to

symbolize his country’s struggle for independence.

sym-met-rical/si'metrikl/ (also sym-met-ric/si'metrik/) adj. (of a body, a design, an object, etc.

W ¥f) having two halves, parts or sides that are the same in size and shape 34# W: a symmetrical pattern 34# W SI M E23 asymmetric ► sym-met-ric-al-ly /-kli/ adv.