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It boggles my mind that the same people who cry 'foul' about rationing an instant later argue to reduce health care benefits for the needy, to defund crucial programs of care and prevention, and to shift thousands of dollars of annual costs to people - elders, the poor, the disabled - who are least able to bear them.
Donald Berwick

Meaning of "defund" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEFUND

defund  [diːˈfʌnd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEFUND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Defund is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb defund in English.

WHAT DOES DEFUND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 (H.J.Res 59)

The Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 is a bill that was introduced into the United States House of Representatives on September 10, 2013. The original text of the bill was for a continuing resolution that would make continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2014 United States federal budget. Though versions of the bill passed each house of Congress, the House and Senate were not able to reconcile the bills and pass a compromise measure. The original continuing resolution passed the House on September 20. When it first passed the House, the bill included provisions that would defund the Affordable Care Act. The Senate refused to adopt the resolution because of those provisions, and amended the bill to remove them before passing it. The House replaced the provisions that would defund the Affordable Care Act. The Senate refused to take up the measure and no continuing resolution of any kind was passed. This resulted in the government shutdown that began on October 1. A different bill, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014, was signed into law on October 17, 2013 and ended the shutdown.

Definition of defund in the English dictionary

The definition of defund in the dictionary is to stop the flow of funds to, to remove funding from. Other definition of defund is to pour down.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DEFUND

PRESENT

Present
I defund
you defund
he/she/it defunds
we defund
you defund
they defund
Present continuous
I am defunding
you are defunding
he/she/it is defunding
we are defunding
you are defunding
they are defunding
Present perfect
I have defunded
you have defunded
he/she/it has defunded
we have defunded
you have defunded
they have defunded
Present perfect continuous
I have been defunding
you have been defunding
he/she/it has been defunding
we have been defunding
you have been defunding
they have been defunding
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I defunded
you defunded
he/she/it defunded
we defunded
you defunded
they defunded
Past continuous
I was defunding
you were defunding
he/she/it was defunding
we were defunding
you were defunding
they were defunding
Past perfect
I had defunded
you had defunded
he/she/it had defunded
we had defunded
you had defunded
they had defunded
Past perfect continuous
I had been defunding
you had been defunding
he/she/it had been defunding
we had been defunding
you had been defunding
they had been defunding
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will defund
you will defund
he/she/it will defund
we will defund
you will defund
they will defund
Future continuous
I will be defunding
you will be defunding
he/she/it will be defunding
we will be defunding
you will be defunding
they will be defunding
Future perfect
I will have defunded
you will have defunded
he/she/it will have defunded
we will have defunded
you will have defunded
they will have defunded
Future perfect continuous
I will have been defunding
you will have been defunding
he/she/it will have been defunding
we will have been defunding
you will have been defunding
they will have been defunding
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would defund
you would defund
he/she/it would defund
we would defund
you would defund
they would defund
Conditional continuous
I would be defunding
you would be defunding
he/she/it would be defunding
we would be defunding
you would be defunding
they would be defunding
Conditional perfect
I would have defund
you would have defund
he/she/it would have defund
we would have defund
you would have defund
they would have defund
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been defunding
you would have been defunding
he/she/it would have been defunding
we would have been defunding
you would have been defunding
they would have been defunding
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you defund
we let´s defund
you defund
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to defund
Past participle
defunded
Present Participle
defunding
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEFUND


bandh
bʌnd
bund
bʌnd
fund
fʌnd
funned
fʌnd
gunned
ɡʌnd
Jharkhand
ˈdʒɑːkʌnd
moribund
ˈmɒrɪˌbʌnd
overfund
ˌəʊvəˈfʌnd
prefund
priːˈfʌnd
re-fund
riːˈfʌnd
refund
rɪˈfʌnd
reinfund
ˌriːɪnˈfʌnd
rotund
rəʊˈtʌnd
shunned
ʃʌnd
stunned
stʌnd
sunned
sʌnd
superfund
ˈsuːpərˌfʌnd
tund
tʌnd
underfund
ˌʌndəˈfʌnd
unsunned
ʌnˈsʌnd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEFUND

defrayal
defrayer
defrayment
defreeze
defriend
defrock
defrost
defroster
deft
deftly
deftness
defuel
defunct
defunction
defunctive
defunctness
defuse
defuser
defuze
defy

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEFUND

appeal fund
benevolent fund
contingency fund
disaster fund
emergency fund
hardship fund
hedge fund
index-tracking fund
mutual fund
pension fund
relief fund
revolving fund
school fund
sinking fund
slush fund
social fund
strike fund
superannuation fund
tracker fund
trust fund

Synonyms and antonyms of defund in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «defund» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEFUND

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

Translator English - Chinese

defund
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desfinanciar
570 millions of speakers

English

defund
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

defund
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

defund
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

defund
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

defund
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Translator English - Bengali

defund
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Translator English - French

defund
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Defund
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

defund
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

資金を使い果たす
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

defund
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Defund
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

defund
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

defund
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डिफांड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

defund
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

defund
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

defund
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

defund
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

defund
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

defund
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af

Translator English - Afrikaans

defund
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

defund
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trekke penger
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of defund

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFUND»

The term «defund» is regularly used and occupies the 108.302 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFUND» OVER TIME

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

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4 QUOTES WITH «DEFUND»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word defund.
1
Justin Amash
Legislation that names a specific private organization to defund (rather than all organizations that engage in a particular activity) is improper and arguably unconstitutional.
2
Donald Berwick
It boggles my mind that the same people who cry 'foul' about rationing an instant later argue to reduce health care benefits for the needy, to defund crucial programs of care and prevention, and to shift thousands of dollars of annual costs to people - elders, the poor, the disabled - who are least able to bear them.
3
Robert Hurt
I fully support Attorney General Cuccinelli and his efforts in challenging the constitutionality of the individual mandate provision in the health care legislation, and I look forward to working to repeal and defund the government takeover of health care in the 112th Congress.
4
Erik Paulsen
I'm not a supporter of ObamaCare. I voted to repeal it, to defund it, et cetera. But we do need to move on.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEFUND»

Discover the use of defund in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to defund and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Understanding ObamaCare: Travails of Implementation, Notes ...
Defund. or. Delay. ObamaCare? The. Humpty. Dumpty. Question. Why Doctors Are Wary about Swapping Horses in Midstream. 192 89) august 29,2013 Defund or Delay ObamaCare? The Humpty Dumpty Question.
Richard Reece, 2014
2
Southern Baptist Politics: Authority and Power in the ...
The first was to defund the BJCPA and give the money to Southeastern Seminary . When Lewis Drummond, as new Southeastern president, rejected such a request, the messenger deferred to a motion by Kenneth Barnett of Colorado to ...
II Arthur Emery Farnsley, Arthur Emery Farnsley, II, 2008
3
Getting Medieval: Sexualities and Communities, Pre- and ...
92. Campbell, "Humanities Endowment's Fund-Raising Effort Starts Small," A43. 93. The Chabot amendment to defund in 1996 was defeated 148-277, with 9 not voting. The Shadegg amendment to increase the neh 1997 budget reduction (to ...
Carolyn Dinshaw, 1999
4
Modern Reports: Or, Select Cases Adjudged in the Courts of ...
Willielmi Johnson defund. feier. dictum Godfr-idum Lee procurator, ad profquen. cuufam prad. Lent quod dicius Godfridus Lee in vacation, cite Termin. Sandi Micbuti ' s ipfo Term. Send Muhaclh anno Domini 1683 lupra- ditlo citation, contra did ...
Great Britain. Courts, Thomas Leach, 1794
5
Religious Orders
5 Defund. sect. ch. 7 (Pol. Works, I, 40): 'castella caimitica'. Wyclif relished the phrase and repeated it frequently, even if he did not originate it. Thinking that the correct spelling of the name of the first murderer was Caim he took the letters as ...
David Knowles, Dom David Knowles, 1979
6
Presidents and the Politics of Agency Design: Political ...
publican attempts to defund the agency were defeated by program and administration supporters in Congress. Finally, presidential attempts to fund new agencies are shielded by the larger budget process. The budget is large and complex, ...
David E. Lewis, 2003
7
Defending the American Family: The Pro-Family Contract with ...
8. Defund. the. Gay. Rights. Movement. First, we must make adistinction between “homosexuals” and the “Gay Rights movement.” The two are by no means synonymous, though gay activists would have usbelieveso.Homosexuals are people ...
Martin Mawyer, 1995
8
Nonviolent Response to Terrorism
Defund. the. Military. Who benefits from the arms trade? The nations most involved are the U.S., Britain, Russia, France and Japan, with a total of some $830 billion in legal arms sales in 200¡. The U.S. sells thirty-seven percent of the listed ...
Tom H. Hastings, 2004
9
Cato Handbook For Policymakers: 7th Edition
0. defund. the. Corporation. for. Public. Broadcasting. In a society that constitutionally limits the powers of government and maximizes individual liberty, there is no justification for the forcible transfer of money from taxpayers to artists, scholars, ...
David Boaz, 2009
10
Congressional Record, V. 153, PT. 2, January 18, 2007 to ...
We are fighting an ongoing war on terror not just in Iraq, but around the globe, and it is immoral for Members of this body to defund troops that are in harm's way. That is why I commend my colleague Sam Johnson for stepping forward, for a ...
U S Congress, Congress (U.S.), 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEFUND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term defund is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Poliquin amendment to defund EPA rules passes in House
Poliquin amendment to defund EPA rules passes in House. The Sappi paper mill in Skowhegan would be required to spend millions of dollars ... «Press Herald, Jul 15»
2
Senator Tries And Fails To Defund New Havana Embassy
When President Obama announced a negotiated end to the nearly six decade impasse with Cuba, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) fired off a ... «ThinkProgress, Jul 15»
3
GOP defeats amendment on horse slaughter
For the last three years, Farr said the USDA has asked Congress to defund the practice in its budget requests. ADVERTISEMENT. “Supporting ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
4
Americans for Limited Government: Congress Should Defund Key …
“The upcoming Interior appropriations bill provides an opportunity for the House to defund key EPA and other Interior actions that have had a ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
5
How Republicans want to defund Obama's legacy
The fiscal 2016 spending bills moving through the House and Senate are filled with attempts to block or defund a slew of Obama administration ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
6
Don't defund Title X — birth control
One of the standard myths surrounding abortion is about how the procedure is often viewed as just another form of birth control. The truth of the ... «mySanAntonio.com, Jul 15»
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US House Committee Votes to Defund Agency for Healthcare …
The primary agency responsible for investigating and reporting on the quality of health care delivery in the US is a step closer to being ... «Mad In America, Jul 15»
8
Defund IMF loans to bail out Europe
That was the U.S. Treasury bragging as recently as March 2014 that no U.S. taxpayer funds had ever been lost on loans made by the ... «Your Houston News, Jul 15»
9
Letter: Bad decision to defund bus route
I was deeply disappointed to learn that the selectmen from the town of Brookfield recently decided to eliminate the funding for the WRTA 33 bus ... «Worcester Telegram, Jul 15»
10
GOP battles to defund work of Obama labor board
Congressional Republicans are using the power of the purse to do battle against a series of controversial labor regulations from the Obama ... «The Hill, Jun 15»

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