Căutare în Webster - Dicționarul explicativ al limbii engleze

Pentru căutare rapidă introduceți minim 3 litere.

 

POPULAR - Definiția din dicționar

Traducere: română


Notă: Puteţi căuta fiecare cuvânt din cadrul definiţiei printr-un simplu click pe cuvântul dorit.

Pop"u*lar (?), a. [L. popularis, fr. populus people: cf. F. populaire. See People.] 1. Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections. “Popular states.” Bacon. “So the popular vote inclines.” Milton.
[1913 Webster]

The men commonly held in popular estimation are greatest at a distance. J. H. Newman.
[1913 Webster]

2. Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain.
[1913 Webster]

Homilies are plain popular instructions. Hooker.
[1913 Webster]

3. Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior; as, popular prices; popular amusements.
[1913 Webster]

The smallest figs, called popular figs, . . . are, of all others, the basest and of least account. Holland.
[1913 Webster]

4. Beloved or approved by the people; pleasing to people in general, or to many people; as, a popular preacher; a popular law; a popular administration.
[1913 Webster]

5. Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace. [R.]
[1913 Webster]

Such popular humanity is treason. Addison.
[1913 Webster]

6. Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease. [Obs.] Johnson.
[1913 Webster]

Popular action (Law), an action in which any person may sue for penalty imposed by statute. Blackstone.
[1913 Webster]