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PRONUNCIATION OF BELT-AND-BRACES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BELT-AND-BRACES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Belt-And-Braces is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BELT-AND-BRACES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of belt-and-braces in the English dictionary

The definition of belt-and-braces in the dictionary is providing double security, in case one security measure should fail.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BELT-AND-BRACES

belt
belt bag
belt course
belt drive
belt loop
belt man
belt out
belt pulley
belt up
Beltane
beltcourse
belted
belter
belting
beltless
beltline
beltway
beluga
belvedere

WORDS THAT END LIKE BELT-AND-BRACES

anthraces
boraces
braces
cephalothoraces
embraces
Graces
high places
hydrothoraces
hyraces
in someone´s good graces
kick over the traces
mesothoraces
metathoraces
picnic races
prothoraces
races
rock hyraces
terraces
the races
thoraces

Synonyms and antonyms of belt-and-braces in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «belt-and-braces» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BELT-AND-BRACES

Find out the translation of belt-and-braces to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of belt-and-braces from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «belt-and-braces» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

皮带和 - 括号
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cinturón y tirantes -
570 millions of speakers

English

belt-and-braces
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेल्ट व ब्रेसिज़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حزام و الأقواس -
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ленточные и - брекеты
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cinto -e- chaves
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বেল্ট-এবং-ধনুর্বন্ধনী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

courroie et accolades
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tali pinggang dan pendakap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gürtel - und Hosenträger -
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ベルト·アンド·ブレース
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

벨트 앤드 중괄호
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sabuk lan balung
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

belt-and- niềng răng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெல்ட் மற்றும் ப்ரேஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेल्ट-एंड-ब्रेसेस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bantlı-ayraçları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cintura- bretelle
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pasek -i- szelki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стрічкові та - брекети
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Belt- si - bretele
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ζώνη- και - τιράντες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

band-en - draadjies
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bälte -och- hängslen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

belte -og- bukseseler
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of belt-and-braces

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BELT-AND-BRACES»

The term «belt-and-braces» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.109 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BELT-AND-BRACES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «belt-and-braces» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «belt-and-braces» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about belt-and-braces

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BELT-AND-BRACES»

Discover the use of belt-and-braces in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to belt-and-braces and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Belt and Braces: The official biography of Douglas J. Clark
35. –. Belt. and. Braces. Music of the future And music of the past. Music - John Miles I My relationship with Malcolm entered a new phase: that of working together to close down a business, as opposed to running one. As the asset sales piled ...
Euan Rose, 2014
2
The Invisible Ones
... used for washing-up (exclamation mark!). I draw a little picture of Mary with a halo underneath, just to be on the safe side, although everyone in my family, except Christo, can read, at least a bit. Belt and braces, as Gran always says, twice.
Stef Penney, 2011
3
Communications in EU Antitrust Law: Market Power and Public ...
The “belt and braces approach” adopted in Atlas and Global One reflects the early stages of liberalization when, having reached a political momentum, the Commission's actions at a general level required support through enforcement on.
Antonio Bavasso, 2003
4
How to Label a Goat: The Silly Rules and Regulations That ...
The Silly Rules and Regulations That Are Strangling Britain Ross Clark. 7 belt and braces and elastic and velcro too In the event of fire, close all doors and windows. Belt and braces and elastic and velcro too.
Ross Clark, 2006
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Microarray Image Analysis: An Algorithmic Approach
In fact, this is a “belt and braces” approach as the PCC technique need only extend the search grid to the half way point of the image to render enough image knowledge. As the search grids become larger however their process time is ...
Karl Fraser, Zidong Wang, Xiaohui Liu, 2010
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The European Constitution: Cases and Materials in Eu and ...
As a consequence of this, the Working Group has proposed something of a 'belt and braces' approach, supplementing both paragraphs (1) and (2) with limiting clauses designed to further underscore the intention not to increase, change or ...
Giuliano Amato, 2009
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Thinking about Consciousness
What about the possibility that some role is filled twice over, by a non-material property as well as a physical one, as on the overdeterminationist 'belt and braces' view discussed in Chapter 1? Then there would be some truths — namely, about ...
David Papineau, 2002
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Invention and Evolution: Design in Nature and Engineering
Trousers are kept up by belt or braces, not by belt and braces, with a few tin-tacks to be on the safe side. Structures of any importance can generally be described in terms of one or two simple elements or sets of elements of the kind studied in ...
M. J. French, 1994
9
The Writers' and Artists' Yearbook Guide to Getting Published
Our right to receive money from these publishers and to deduct the commissions due may only be varied or revoked with our This is belt-and-braces stuff – just rehashing and emphasising the previous point. agreement in writing. We agree to ...
Harry Bingham, 2010
10
Roses in December
The untidiest I had ever seen him was when he did the garden he would wear a slightly older pair of trousers, collarless shirt and belt and braces. He was meticulous in everything he did, slow but certain in his pace and ways. Some members ...
David Stanford, 2006

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BELT-AND-BRACES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term belt-and-braces is used in the context of the following news items.
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Home loans to be capped by your earnings
"The banks are really now belt-and-braces checking everything," he said. "This is going to be ridiculous." While the cheapest mortgage rates ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
2
A critical bug left a bitcoin wallet app's users completely vulnerable …
To that end, Blockchain used two sources of random numbers, in what ought to have been a belt-and-braces approach: it pulled a random ... «Business Insider, Jun 15»
3
JP Morgan errs on side of caution for Apple's chances in tax inquiry
The same goes for Apple's SEC declaration. A belt-and-braces note of caution for regulatory and risk-management purposes? Or a portent of ... «Irish Times, May 15»
4
How to stop pop-up ads on Android: block pop-ups on Android …
But if you need to you can take a real belt-and-braces approach, and block ads at the poxy server level. And if your problem is speed when ... «PC Advisor, Apr 15»
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Götterdämmerung review – belt-and-braces Wagner
It has been belt-and-braces Wagner, presented in semi-staged concert versions, yet curiously none the worse for that. The absence of a theatre ... «The Guardian, Jun 14»
6
Asda 'belt-and-braces approach' over horse DNA
As you'd expect we are withdrawing the Beef Bolognese sauce from our shelves. We are taking a belt-and-braces approach so, in addition, ... «ITV News, Feb 13»
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Autumn Statement: George Osborne's belt-and-braces approach to …
If George Osborne's fiscal credibility were trousers, they'd be round his ankles now. And the ratings agencies will surely punish him for letting ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 12»
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A belt-and-braces approach to banks
The Basel rule-setting on capital requirements for banks has been a laborious process whose iterations have stretched over decades. By the ... «Financial Times, Oct 12»

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