Wisconsin Definition–noun | 1. | a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 4,705,335; 56,154 sq. mi. (145,440 sq. km). Capital: Madison. Abbreviation: WI (for use with zip code), Wis., Wisc. | | 2. | a river flowing SW from N Wisconsin to the Mississippi. 430 mi. (690 km) long. | | 3. | the fourth stage of the glaciation of North America during the Pleistocene. | |
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Public Definition–adjective | 1. | of, pertaining to, or affecting a population or a community as a whole: public funds; a public nuisance. | | 2. | done, made, acting, etc., for the community as a whole: public prosecution. | | 3. | open to all persons: a public meeting. | | 4. | of, pertaining to, or being in the service of a community or nation, esp. as a government officer: a public official. | | 5. | maintained at the public expense and under public control: a public library; a public road. | | 6. | generally known: The fact became public. | | 7. | familiar to the public; prominent: public figures. | | 8. | open to the view of all; existing or conducted in public: a public dispu
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te. | | 9. | pertaining or devoted to the welfare or well-being of the community: public spirit. | | 10. | of or pertaining to all humankind; universal. | –noun | 11. | the people constituting a community, state, or nation. | | 12. | a particular group of people with a common interest, aim, etc.: the book-buying public. | | 13. | British Informal. a tavern; public house. | —Idioms | 14. | go public, | a. | to issue stock for sale to the general public. | | b. | to present private or previously concealed information, news, etc., to the public; make matters open to public view: The Senator threatened to go public with his Congressional-reform plan. | | | 15. | in public, not in private; in a situation open to public view or access; publicly: It was the first time that she had sung in public. | | 16. | make public, to cause to become known generally, as through the news media: Her resignation was made public this morning. | |
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Court Definition–noun | 1. | Law. | a. | a place where justice is administered. | | b. | a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. | | c. | a session of a judicial assembly. | | | 2. | an area open to the sky and mostly or entirely surrounded by buildings, walls, etc. | | 3. | a high interior usually having a glass roof and surrounded by several stories of galleries or the like. | | 4. | Chiefly Irish. <
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ouncilors as the political rulers of a state. | | 11. | a formal assembly held by a sovereign. | | 12. | homage paid, as to a king. | | 13. | special or devoted attention in order to win favor, affection, etc.: to pay court to the king. | | 14. | the body of qualified members of a corporation, council, board, etc. | | 15. | a branch or lodge of a fraternal society. | | 16. | Animal Behavior. | a. | an area where animals of a particular species gather to display. | | b. | the group of insects, as honeybees, surrounding the queen; retinue. | | –verb (used with object) | 17. | to try to win the favor, preference, or goodwill of: to court the rich. | | 18. | to seek the affections of; woo. | | 19. | (of animals) to attempt to attract (a mate) by engaging in certain species-specific behaviors. | | 20. | to attempt to gain (applause, favor, a decision, etc.). | | 21. | to hold out inducements to; invite. | | 22. | to act in such a manner as to cause, lead to, or provoke: to court disaster by reckless driving. | –verb (used without object) | 23. | to seek another's love; woo. | | 24. | (of animals) to engage in certain species-specific behaviors in order to attract individuals of the opposite sex for mating. | —Idioms | 25. | hold court, | a. | to have a formal assembly of a judicial tribunal or one held by a sovereign. | | b. | to be surrounded by one's disciples or admirers, giving advice, exchanging gossip, receiving compliments, etc. | | | 26. | out of court, | a. | without a legal hearing; privately: The case will be settled out of court. | | b. | out of the question; undeserving of discussion: This wild scheme is entirely out of court. | | |
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Record Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence. | | 2. | to cause to be set down or registered: to record one's vote. | | 3. | to state or indicate: He recorded his protest, but it was disregarded.
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| | 4. | to serve to relate or to tell of: The document records that the battle took place six years earlier. | | 5. | to set down or register in some permanent form, as on a seismograph. | | 6. | to set down, register, or fix by characteristic marks, incisions, magnetism, etc., for the purpose of reproduction by a phonograph or magnetic reproducer. | | 7. | to make a recording of: The orchestra recorded the 6th Symphony. | –verb (used without object) | 8. | to record something; make a record. | –noun record | 10. | the state of being recorded, as in writing. | | 11. | an account in writing or the like preserving the memory or knowledge of facts or events. | | 12. | information or knowledge preserved in writing or the like. | | 13. | a report, list, or aggregate of actions or achievements: He made a good record in college. The ship has a fine sailing record. | | 14. | a legally documented history of criminal activity: They discovered that the suspect had a record. | | 15. | something or someone serving as a remembrance; memorial: Keep this souvenir as a record of your visit. | | 16. | the tracing, marking, or the like, made by a recording instrument. | | 17. | something on which sound or images have been recorded for subsequent reproduction, as a grooved disk that is played on a phonograph or an optical disk for recording sound (audiodisk) or images (videodisk). Compare compact disk. | | 18. | the highest or best rate, amount, etc., ever attained, esp. in sports: to hold the record for home runs; to break the record in the high jump. | | 19. | Sports. the standing of a team or individual with respect to contests won, lost, and tied. | | 20. | an official writing intended to be preserved. |
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| 21. | Computers. a group of related fields, or a single field, treated as a unit and comprising part of a file or data set, for purposes of input, processing, output, or storage by a computer. | | 22. | Law. | a. | the commitment to writing, as authentic evidence, of something having legal importance, esp. as evidence of the proceedings or verdict of a court. | | b. | evidence preserved in this manner. | | c. | an authentic or official written report of proceedings of a court of justice. | | –adjective record | 23. | making or affording a record. | | 24. | surpassing or superior to all others: a record year
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for automobile sales. | —Idioms | 25. | go on record, to issue a public statement of one's opinion or stand: He went on record as advocating immediate integration. | | 26. | off the record, | a. | not intended for publication; unofficial; confidential: The President's comment was strictly off the record. | | b. | not registered or reported as a business transaction; off the books. | | | 27. | on record, | a. | existing as a matter of public knowledge; known. | | b. | existing in a publication, document, file, etc.: There was no birth certificate on record. | | |
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