arm
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3.6
- noun
- /ɑrm/
:
brazo
- His company has a research arm dedicated to developing renewable energy solutions.
- an investment arm
- a marketing arm
- a regional arm
He so he is the promotional arm of his fights.
- He so he is the promotional arm of his fights.
- He ran the vote Leave arm of the student Vote Leave arm.
Examples
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The White House has become an arm of the Kremlin.
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"The cooperative is an opportunity for them to have a marketing arm with a low upfront cost."
Academic text (1999) -
A case in point is Khatam al-Anbiya, the construction arm of the Revolutionary Guards.
Academic text (2011) -
Increasingly, the Mexican judicial system is viewed as one more arm with which to persecute political opponents.
Academic text (1999) -
The study was carried out in collaboration with Telefonica R&D, a research arm of the Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica.
Academic text (2011) -
The organization created a new fundraising arm to support local charities.
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The charity's outreach arm focuses on providing education to underprivileged children.
Synonyms
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1.3
A division of a larger organization, like a local office
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5.5
A part of an organization, often a government, that has a particular job
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4.1
A smaller part of something that has been split, like a chapter or section
Idioms
- Informal
To speak to someone for a very long time until they get tired of listening
Compounds
- Specialized
A metal piece that turns to touch different contact points and connect circuits
- Literature
A country or organization that strongly supports democracy and freedom worldwide
- Specialized
A way of using the arm that swings out at shoulder height to throw or hit in sports like cricket
- Specialized
A movable arm on a record player that holds the needle and follows the grooves
- Specialized
A light balanced arm on a record player that holds the needle and moves across a record
- Specialized
In American football, pushing a defender away by holding the arm straight
- Specialized
A metal arm that moves to touch different electrical contacts in a control like a volume knob
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Arm for a branch of an organisation comes from the idea of a body arm doing a job for the whole body, so an 'arm' is a part that acts for the larger group. That's why the financial arm of a company is the part that handles money.