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PRONUNCIATION OF DOCK STRIKE

dock strike  [dɒk straɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DOCK STRIKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dock strike is 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.

WHAT DOES DOCK STRIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dock strike in the English dictionary

The definition of dock strike in the dictionary is an industrial dispute involving dock workers.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DOCK STRIKE


antistrike
ˈæntɪˈstraɪk
awestrike
ˈɔːˌstraɪk
counterstrike
ˈkaʊntəˌstraɪk
flystrike
ˈflaɪˌstraɪk
grike
ɡraɪk
gryke
ɡraɪk
misstrike
ˌmɪsˈstraɪk
multistrike
ˈmʌltɪˌstraɪk
outstrike
ˌaʊtˈstraɪk
overstrike
ˌəʊvəˈstraɪk
poststrike
ˌpəʊstˈstraɪk
prestrike
priːˈstraɪk
Reich
raɪk
restrike
ˌriːˈstraɪk
shrike
ʃraɪk
skrike
skraɪk
strike
straɪk
thunderstrike
ˈθʌndəˌstraɪk
trike
traɪk
tryke
traɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DOCK STRIKE

dock
dock dues
dock house
dock labourer
dock leaf
dock-worker
dockage
docken
docker
docket
dockhand
docking
docking station
dockisation
dockization
dockize
dockland
dockmaster
docks
dockside

WORDS THAT END LIKE DOCK STRIKE

air strike
bird strike
coal strike
first-strike
general strike
go-slow strike
hunger strike
lightning strike
out on strike
rail strike
red-backed shrike
relay hunger strike
rent strike
second-strike
sit-down strike
surgical strike
sympathy strike
take strike
ten-strike
token strike
wildcat strike

Synonyms and antonyms of dock strike in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dock strike» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DOCK STRIKE

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

Translator English - Chinese

码头罢工
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

huelga portuaria
570 millions of speakers

English

dock strike
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गोदी हड़ताल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إضراب قفص الاتهام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

док забастовка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

greve portuária
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ডক স্ট্রাইক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grève des dockers
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mogok dok
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hafenarbeiterstreik
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ドックストライキ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

독 파업
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dock strike
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bến tàu đình công
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கப்பல்துறை வேலைநிறுத்தம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डॉक स्ट्राइक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Rıhtım grevi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sciopero dei portuali
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dok strajk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

док страйк
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

grevă de andocare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απεργία λιμενεργατών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beskuldigdebank staking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

docka strike
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dock streik
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dock strike

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DOCK STRIKE»

The term «dock strike» is normally little used and occupies the 129.668 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DOCK STRIKE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dock strike

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DOCK STRIKE»

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1
The Persistence of Victorian Liberalism: The Politics of ...
One critic noted that "the increased competition induced by higher pay will probably far outweigh the advantages accruing from the 88 See Terry McCarthy, ed., The Great Dock Strike, 1889 (London, 1988); Gareth Stedman Jones, Outcast ...
Robert F. Haggard, 2001
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
... Dock hands USE Stevedores Dock Island (Mass.) USE Nomans Land (Mass.) Dock Lake (Noble County, Ind.) BT Lakes-Indiana Dock Strike, Great Britain, 1989 BT Strikes and lockouts-StevedoresGreat Britain Dock Strike, London, England, ...
Library of Congress, 2006
3
Waterfront Revolts: New York and London Dockworkers, 1946-61
Memorandum: London Dock Strike, June 1948, Appendix A, NDLB, BK 2/72, Strike, PRO. 9. Minutes and Record of Special Meeting of Docks Group Committee, June 14, 1 948. 10. Memorandum: London Dock Strike, June 1948, Appendix A.
Colin John Davis, 2003
4
The Social Fund 20 Years On: Historical and Policy Aspects ...
Harold Wilson, who, as a consequence of the 1967 Dock Strike, suggested that payments of SB to the dependents of strikers should be in the form of loans, rather than grants. The timing of this request is interesting, for although there had been ...
Dr Chris Grover, 2013
5
A Bibliography of British Industrial Relations
'The great strike.' New Rev., 1, 5 (October 1889), 410-22. Dock strike, 1 889. Cardinal Manning, p. 410-11. J. Burns, p. 410-22. 4689 Smee, Alfred Hutchinson. The great strike and its lesson: labour, capital and investment, being six articles .
George Sayers Bain, G. B. Woolven, 1979
6
Report[s], [minutes of Evidence, Indexes, Answers to Questions].
SPECIAL STRIKES. 226. (a.) The London dock strike of 1889 has been described as a revolution, markinga new era in the history of labour. It was the beginning of a great disturbance in the labour market, and the attitude of the press and the ...
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Labour, Spencer Compton Cavendish Duke of Devonshire, Geoffrey Drage, 1894
7
Engines of Influence: Newspapers of Country Victoria, 1840-1890
336; Littlewood, The Australian Reaction to the London Dock Strike of 1889; Age, 11 October 1889. 120 O'Sullivan, 'Labor in Australasia and its Relation to Labor in Great Britain'; Hinchcliffe, 'The Labor Party in Queensland'; Littlewood, The ...
Elizabeth Morrison, 2005
8
British Imperialism and Australian Nationalism: ...
1 H. L. Smith and V. Nash, The Story of the Dockers' Strike 1889; T. McCarthy, The Great Dock Strike, 1889; John Lovell, Stevedores and Dockers, ch. 4. 2 SMH, 26 September 1889. 3 On middle-class fear as shaping attitudes to the strike, see  ...
Luke Trainor, 1994
9
Hiring of Dock Workers and Employment Practices in the Ports ...
Their first strike, apart from minor sporadic eruptions, occurred in the autumn of 1889, following upon the heels of the spectacular dock strike in London. Rotterdam, as we have noted, had developed rapidly in the late nineteenth century as a ...
Vernon H. Jensen, 1964
10
Waterfront Blues: Labour Strife at the Port of Montreal, ...
28 'Dock strike drags on as mediation collapses,' Montreal Gazette, 2 April 1975, and 'Long strike appears likely at Quebec's major ports,' Globe and Mail, 1 April 1975. 29 'Long strike appears likely.' 30 'Employers say dockers' bid won't be ...
Alexander C. Pathy, Curtis Fahey, Marianne Dufour, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DOCK STRIKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dock strike is used in the context of the following news items.
1
FOMC Minutes Show Abundance of Caution Toward Rate Hike
But that soft patch was widely blamed on temporary factors – bad weather, a West Coast dock strike and a strong dollar that hurt exports. «Fox Business, Jul 15»
2
Celebrate The Remarkable Matchwomen Of The East End
Terry McCarthy will speak about the matchwomen-inspired London Dock Strike of 1889, Kate Connelly discusses her book about the life of ... «Londonist, Jul 15»
3
Energy Slump Takes Toll On Economy
The economy is growing at a rate which cannot handle small setbacks such as cold weather, a dock strike on the West Coast or lower than ... «TheStreet.com, Jun 15»
4
Cardinal Nichols ordains five new priests at Westminster Cathedral
... a settlement of a hugely damaging dock strike and to bring dignity to an embattled workforce. The streets of London were lined for his funeral. «Independent Catholic News, Jun 15»
5
Opinion: Whether Tim Carmody goes or stays, the public has clearly …
Our 155-year-old institution now resembles not so much a citadel of justice as a stevedores' bar during a particularly brutal dock strike. «Courier Mail, Jun 15»
6
Mill jammed with logs
Duysen said the recent dock strike and the stronger dollar have both led to more timber being available for the domestic market. “In the first ... «Porterville Recorder, Jun 15»
7
Week Ahead: GDP, Housing and Consumer Sentiment
... severe winter that kept consumers at home, a strong dollar that cut into exports and a West Coast dock strike that disrupted supply chains. «Fox Business, Jun 15»
8
History repeating: zero-hours contracts and the strike of 1889
A painting showing the London dock strike of 1889. Flickr/Matt Brown. Some rights reserved.By 1888, working conditions in the London docks ... «Open Democracy, Jun 15»
9
'With half a dozen Mannings England would have run the risk of …
Thus Manning earned the moral authority that enabled him, in 1889, to resolve the London Dock Strike, a triumph which established him in ... «Catholic Herald Online, Jun 15»
10
Warren Buffett was right, trains are awesome at telling you what's …
"There has been softness recently, but the recent trough coincided with unusually bad weather in February and the dock strike," wrote Lin and ... «Businessinsider India, Jun 15»

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