res
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9.9
- noun
- Specialized
:
hilo
Examples
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Is it just my computer, or is the stream very low res?
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It's a game that opens in medias res and never really ends.
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We all, in the end, die in medias res.
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Just give us a high-res crop from the footage, where we can look ourselves.
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Starting off in media res works fine, but the dialogue is just so unnecessarily cagey.
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It ended in medias res, and presumably their lives continued on away from the cameras, and that was that.
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The series begins in medias res with the aliens well on their way to wiping humans off the face of the Earth.
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The rope had several frayed res hanging from it, making it look unfinished.
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She carefully untangled the colored res used in her craft project.
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Before weaving it into a basket, he trimmed the ends of the res to make them even.
Synonyms
80
1.0
A thin string of fibers used for sewing clothes
Compounds
- Formal
1
9.9
A rule that lets a court assume someone was careless from how an accident happened
- Formal
1
9.9
A matter already decided by a court that the same people cannot bring to court again
- Formal
A matter already decided by a court that cannot be tried again between the same people
How Finished
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2.0
- Specialized
1
9.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Res: A helpful way to remember this word is to think of residue and the idea of a 'rest' or 'leftover' piece. That's why a res means an unfinished or unprocessed strand of rope or thread, the small piece you use to start weaving.