Descartes in english
Descartes
pronunciation: deɪkɑrt part of speech: noun
pronunciation: deɪkɑrt part of speech: noun
In gestures
descartar = dismiss ; put + Nombre + out of the question ; rule out ; discount ; foreclose ; write off ; count + Nombre + out ; scrap ; shut + the door on ; junk ; make + Nombre + exempt ; exempt.
Example: It is too early to dismiss those physical forms associated with non-computerised cataloguing and indexing.Example: My first intention was to prepare the third edition for publication in 1976, to celebrate the centenary of Dewey and Cutter, but a stroke in June 1975 put this out of the question.Example: If, however, we index documents about primary schools under the term primary school, we can immediately rule out a lot of irrelevant documents in our search.Example: Assistance from part-time librarians should not be totally discounted, however.Example: The USA must act quickly before the rush of events forecloses some of the options now available for developing and managing this technology.Example: They express concern over Povinelli's certainty in writing off that multicultural project, however.Example: Right now, there is no clear Republican candidate, though the inimitable Joe Kelly can never be counted out until the deadline passes.Example: There have even been rumours of plans to scrap most of the industrial side of its work and disperse key elements, such as the work on regional and industrial aid, to the provinces.Example: America's reputation as a land of welcome for immigrants has often been compromised by periodic calls to shut the door on immigration.Example: I had a motherboard with a lot of bad capacitors so I decided to junk it instead of repairing.Example: All government records are disclosable unless specifically made exempt.Example: Schools and libraries are not exempted although tax is not payable on fixed educational costs.more:
» descartar una idea = dismiss + an idea ; discount + a notion .
Example: The author dismisses the idea that artificial intelligence requires immediate attention since there are many other more pressing problems in need of solution. Example: The Western concept of development necessarily implies affluence, and discounts the notion that poverty, when allied to dignity, can in itself be a value worth cultivating.» no descartar ninguna posibilidad = keep + Posesivo + options open ; leave + Posesivo + options open .
Example: She is keen to become a mother but is keeping her options open about when or how she might do it. Example: Eventually, she would like to return to Montana, but for now she is leaving her options open for wherever her career path takes her.