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, request, petition1 noun [countable]

1 a written request signed by a lot of people, asking someone in authority to do something or change something

[+ against]: They wanted me to sign a petition against experiments on animals. | draw up a petition: Local residents have drawn up a petition to protest the hospital closure.

2 an official letter to a law court, asking for a legal case to be considered: She is threatening to file a petition for divorce.

3 formal a formal prayer or request to someone in authority or to God or to a ruler

appease verb [transitive]
to make someone less angry or stop them from attacking you by giving them what
they want : pacify, quiet, soothe, calm, tranquil adjective
pleasantly calm, quiet, and peaceful: a tranquil village scene
tranquilly adverb
tranquillity BrE tranquility AmE noun [uncountable]: the tranquillity of the Tuscan countryside


appendix noun plural appendixes or appendices [countable]

1 a small organ near your bowel (2) which has little or no use : have your appendix out (=have it removed)

2 a part at the end of a book containing additional information : supplement, adjunct noun [countable]

1 [+ to] something that is added or joined to something but is not part of it

2 technical an adverbial word or phrase that adds meaning to another part of a sentence, such as `on Sunday' in `They arrived on Sunday.'

applause noun [uncountable]
the sound of many people hitting their hands together and shouting, to show that they have enjoyed something : thunderous applause (=very loud) | a round of applause (=a short period of applause): Let's have a round of applause for our speakers today. : acclamation noun [countable, uncountable]
formal a loud expression of approval or welcome, acclaim


appliance noun [countable]
a piece of electrical equipment such as a cooker (1) or washing 쟭achine (1), used in people's homes: labour-saving domestic appliances
see machine1 : instrument, apparatus noun plural plural apparatuses or appartus [countable, uncountable]

1 tools and machines used especially for scientific, medical, and technical purposes: the apparatus shown in the diagram | The astronauts have special breathing apparatus.

2 a system or process for doing something: the apparatus for settling industrial disputes, device, tool