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Meaning of "blue pencil" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BLUE PENCIL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLUE PENCIL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Blue pencil is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES BLUE PENCIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Blue pencil

Blue pencil may refer to: ▪ Blue pencil, a pencil traditionally used by an editor or sub-editor to show corrections to written copy ▪ Blue pencil doctrine, a legal concept in common law countries...

Definition of blue pencil in the English dictionary

The definition of blue pencil in the dictionary is deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work. Other definition of blue pencil is to alter or delete parts of, esp to censor.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLUE PENCIL

blue laws
blue lias
Blue Mantle
blue merle
blue moon
blue mould
Blue Mountains
blue murder
Blue Nile
blue note
blue penguin
blue peter
blue pointer
blue poppy
blue racer
blue riband
blue ribband
blue ribbon
Blue Ridge Mountains
blue rinse

WORDS THAT END LIKE BLUE PENCIL

Arts Council
blue-pencil
British Council
Chinagraph pencil
council
county council
eyebrow pencil
kohl pencil
lead pencil
lip pencil
National Economic Development Council
pencil
propelling pencil
red-pencil
rural district council
Security Council
soft pencil
stencil
styptic pencil
the council

Synonyms and antonyms of blue pencil in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «blue pencil» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLUE PENCIL

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

Translator English - Chinese

蓝色的铅笔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lápiz azul
570 millions of speakers

English

blue pencil
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीले पेंसिल
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

قلم أزرق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

синий карандаш
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lápis azul
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নীল পেন্সিল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

censurer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pensil biru
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blaustift
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

青鉛筆
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

파란색 연필
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Biru pensil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm dấu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீல பென்சில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निळा पेन्सिल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mavi kalem
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

matita blu
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niebieski ołówek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

синій олівець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

creion albastru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μπλε μολύβι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blou potlood
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

blå penna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

blå blyant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blue pencil

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLUE PENCIL»

The term «blue pencil» is regularly used and occupies the 68.613 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLUE PENCIL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «blue pencil» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «blue pencil» 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 blue pencil

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLUE PENCIL»

Discover the use of blue pencil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blue pencil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Blue Pencil
Recovering the horrors of war and the Great Depression, Britain clings to dreams of peace as Europe slides towards Fascist dictatorship.
David Lowther, 2012
2
Covenants Against Competition in Franchise Agreements
Will the state modify, "blue pencil," or otherwise reduce a covenant found to be overbroad? Connecticut is generally referred to as a "Blue Pencil" jurisdiction. The majority of Connecticut courts will only draw a line through ("blue pencil") an  ...
Peter J. Klarfeld, 2003
3
Colored Pencil Solution Book
Pencil 5-Color the top with Indigo Blue. Pencil 6-Color the bottom with Black Grape and color the top with Dark Umber. 2- BEGIN THE PENCILS Pencil 1 -Use Black Grape to color the lead and the parts as shown. Pencil 2— Start to define the ...
Janie Gildow, Barbara Newton, 2006
4
Daybooks and Notebooks: Daybooks, 1876-November 1881
[in blue pencil:] sent sent -G P Putnam's sons booksellers 182 Fifth avenue [in blue pencil:] [in blue pencil, reed sideways:] sent paid also to W J Forbes p o box 4141 [in blue pencil, paid [in blue pencil:] [in blue pencil:] sideways:] reed sent ...
Walt Whitman, William White, Jr., 2007
5
Berg's Wozzeck
30”: (].E. 8: Co. /Protokoll Schutzmarke No. 8a /26-stave /34.4 X 26.3 cm /M00 C00 Y10 S00) I/4 mm. 500-502. Originally glued to next page. (Black ink, pencil, blue pencil.) (].E. 8: Co. /Protokoll Schutzmarke No 6 /20-stave /34.2 X 26.6 cm / M00 ...
Patricia Hall, 2011
6
Logicals für den Englischunterricht: Rätsel für die 5./6. ...
Leon's blue pencil case is next to the red pencil case. Martin has a green pencil case with a black pen. In one pencil case are a green pen and an orange ruler. One boy has a red ruler and one pencil sharpener in his pencil case. A pink ruler  ...
Jessica Gherri, 2012
7
Intimate Depictions
BLUE PENCIL BLUES (1995) (Tune: “Sioux Gig) Sue”) 1. My city editor and I can never quite agree on how a front page story ought not or ought to be. He pencils out each adjective I circumspectly choose and now I'm slowly dying from blue ...
Walt McConville, 2003
8
Super Minds Starter Teacher's Book
Key: 0 red rubber in the hand, a red rubber going into the pencil case, a blue pencil in the hand, a blue pencil going into the pencil case, a red rubber and a blue pencil in the pencil case Warm-up Aim: to review colours and classroom objects ...
Lucy Frino, 2012
9
Samuel Barber: A Guide to Research
1,23 First Movement: added rehearsal numbers in blue pencil; notes, slurs, and accents in red pencil. Some measures of the printed score are taped over the manuscript copy, pp. 24,28 Second Movement: printed score with corrections in blue ...
Wayne Clifford Wentzel, 2001
10
Gabriel Faure: A Guide to Research
Oboe: usual paper (LE), 24× 31.5 cm, 10 staves; 1 bifolium; 3 pages of music; 1r as title: “[upper left, blue pencil, not the hand of the copyist] 1/[upper right, black ink, copyist] Hautbois/[upper center] Il est né le Divin Enfant/~par~/ G. Fauré”; stray ...
Edward R. Phillips, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLUE PENCIL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blue pencil is used in the context of the following news items.
1
This Is How Hollywood Stars Celebrate The Fourth Of July
Waving the American flag, wearing a bikini top with the “red, white and blue” theme and a sequined blue pencil skirt will also do. “Happy 4th of ... «Health Aim, Jul 15»
2
Paris Hilton in a bikini while celebrating 4th of July in Las Vegas
Paris teamed the red, white and blue top with a long blue pencil skirt, which rode above her waist and below her knees. She also wore a pair of ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Kim Kardashian and Miley Cyrus lead the trend in patriotic …
Having paired her stars-and-stripes bikini with a blue pencil skirt bedecked with silver sparkles, Paris had a Wonder Woman look going on. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
So You Have A 10-Page Single-Spaced Alabama Noncompete …
... of yours very likely will continue to be enforceable to some degree in Alabama, whether "as is" or after the application of the old "blue pencil. «Mondaq News Alerts, Jul 15»
5
Joshua Cohen's Circuit Overload
A problem here with the editor's blue pencil? Perhaps. There is too much data, too many “numbers,” in “Book of Numbers,” and not enough ... «The Jewish Week, Jun 15»
6
Dynasty and democracy cannot exist together
A copy of next morning's paper had to be hand-delivered to the censors to prove that the might of their blue pencil had not been defied. Not that ... «Mid-Day, Jun 15»
7
How Shastri Bhavan Saw News During Emergency
The editorial space left blank in the Indian Express during the time of Emergency The Express was brought under the blue pencil of a team of ... «The New Indian Express, Jun 15»
8
Governor vetoes funds for Clear Lake restoration, orders state …
Instead, Brown exercised his line-item veto power – known as the “blue pencil” – and removed the money that Assemblyman Bill Dodd ... «Lake County News, Jun 15»
9
Abbey Clancy Models Her 70s-inspired Summer Range For Matalan
The Liverpool-born model lean on a burgundy lounge in a red and pale pink maxi dress in another ad and she donned a blue pencil skirt and ... «iDesignTimes.com, Jun 15»
10
Education and Health Care Boosted in $167 Billion State Budget
Brown signed the budget with only legislative leaders in attendance, and barely used his blue pencil: Line-item vetoes included in the final ... «KQED, Jun 15»

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