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Meaning of "entrenchment" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ENTRENCHMENT

entrenchment  [ɪnˈtrɛntʃmənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENTRENCHMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Entrenchment 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 ENTRENCHMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of entrenchment in the English dictionary

The first definition of entrenchment in the dictionary is the act of entrenching or state of being entrenched. Other definition of entrenchment is a position protected by trenches. Entrenchment is also one of a series of deep trenches constructed as a shelter from gunfire.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ENTRENCHMENT


appeachment
əˈpiːtʃmənt
attachment
əˈtætʃmənt
avouchment
əˈvaʊtʃmənt
bewitchment
bɪˈwɪtʃmənt
catchment
ˈkætʃmənt
debauchment
dɪˈbɔːtʃmənt
debouchment
dɪˈbaʊtʃmənt
detachment
dɪˈtætʃmənt
embranchment
ɪmˈbrɑːntʃmənt
encroachment
ɪnˈkrəʊtʃmənt
enrichment
ɪnˈrɪtʃmənt
fleechment
ˈfliːtʃmənt
hatchment
ˈhætʃmənt
impeachment
ɪmˈpiːtʃmənt
mismatchment
ˌmɪsˈmætʃmənt
nonattachment
ˌnɒnəˈtætʃmənt
parchment
ˈpɑːtʃmənt
preachment
ˈpriːtʃmənt
reattachment
ˌriːəˈtætʃmənt
retrenchment
rɪˈtrɛntʃmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENTRENCHMENT

entreasure
entreat
entreatable
entreaties
entreating
entreatingly
entreative
entreaty
entrechat
entremets
entrench
entrenched
entrencher
entrepreneur
entrepreneurial
entrepreneurship
entrepreneuse
entresol
entrez

WORDS THAT END LIKE ENTRENCHMENT

accomplishment
admonishment
advertisement
anti-Establishment
astonishment
capital punishment
corporal punishment
disestablishment
embellishment
encashment
establishment
garnishment
nourishment
punishment
ravishment
refreshment
refurbishment
replenishment
research establishment
the Establishment
writ of attachment

Synonyms and antonyms of entrenchment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «entrenchment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENTRENCHMENT

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

Translator English - Chinese

壕沟
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

atrincheramiento
570 millions of speakers

English

entrenchment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खाई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ترسيخ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

закрепление
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

entrincheiramento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরিখাখনন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

retranchement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Entrenchment
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verschanzung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

塹壕
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

참호
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Entrenchment
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự núp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒட்டிக்கொண்டிருப்பார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोर्चेबंदी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

siper
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

trinceramento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szaniec
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

закріплення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tranșee
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περιχαράκωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verskansing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

entrenchment
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skanse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of entrenchment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ENTRENCHMENT»

The term «entrenchment» is normally little used and occupies the 114.603 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ENTRENCHMENT» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENTRENCHMENT»

Discover the use of entrenchment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to entrenchment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Racism, Public Schooling, and the Entrenchment of White ...
Demonstrates how ingrained ideas of race created and sustain the achievement gap in U.S. schools.
Sabina E. Vaught, 2011
2
Managerial Entrenchment and the Choice of Debt Financing
The paper analyzes the choice between public and private debt by an entrenched manager. the model shows that when the firm’s credit risk is low, management issues public bonds because of the value gains from increased flexibility rather ...
Amadou N. R. Sy, 1999
3
Cultural Entrenchment of Hindutva: Local Mediations and ...
First published: New Delhi : Routledge, 2011.
Daniela Berti, Nicolas Jaoul, Pralay Kanungo, 2011
4
CEO Entrenchment Versus Boards of Directors: Performance is ...
Corporations are the most important business form in the modern economy accounting for the vast preponderance of value added.
James Markham, 2008
5
Same Ole Or Something New: Uprooting Power ENTRENCHMENT
Starting out in a darkened chasm of Washington war chronicles, deficit leadership and warped values, the book crosses bridges crafted by artists' introspective songs of protest; then turns a full beam on five continents' unconventional ...
Carolyn LaDelle Bennett, 2010
6
Entrenchment and Widening of the Upper San Pedro River, Arizona
Entrenchment, therefore, occurred after about 1890 and before 1908. Thus, more than 32 km of the channel from Fairbank upstream to Hereford was probably entrenched in less than 18 years. The immediate cause of entrenchment was a ...
Richard Hereford, 1993
7
Entrenchment in Usage-Based Theories: What Corpus Data Do ...
Operationalizing entrenchment As mentioned above, the entrenchment of transparent strings is extremely controversial across theories, and the present study — which has been the first to operationalize entrenchment in both psycho- and ...
Alice Blumenthal-Dramé, 2012
8
Sources of Corporate Profits in India -Business Dynamism Or ...
The other view, while recognizing the gains, sees the forces of capitalism as generating incentives to accumulate excessive market power accompanied by economic entrenchment of the winning firms. This in turn led to deepening inequality ...
Ashoka Mody, Michael Walton, Anusha Nath, 2011
9
Foundations of Cognitive Grammar: descriptive application. ...
Each structure has some degree of entrenchment, which reflects the frequency of its previous activation and determines the likelihood of its subsequent activation. Degree of entrenchment varies greatly, even among those structures sufficiently ...
Ronald W. Langacker, 1991
10
IJCAI-97: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Joint ...
They can be described using the well known AGM rationality postulates, and individual contraction and revision functions can be uniquely determined by any of the several standard constructions, e.g. the epistemic entrenchment ordering ...
Martha E. Pollack, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENTRENCHMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term entrenchment is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Cosby, Quaaludes, pound cake and hypocrisy
Given the complexity and entrenchment of these problems, Cosby's condescending advice about personal responsibility – without an equal ... «St. Louis American, Jul 15»
2
The BDS Movement at 10: An interview with Omar Barghouti
... rights and served as a fig leaf for the expansion and entrenchment of Israel's regime of occupation, settler-colonialism and apartheid. Today ... «Mondoweiss, Jul 15»
3
When Does The Next Pixar Short Come Out? 'Sanjay's Super Team …
He felt conflict between his desire to be a “normal” American kid and his entrenchment in his Indian heritage. This clash of cultures is the focus of Sanjay's Super ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
4
Constitutional (Amendment) Bill No 1 needs a two-thirds majority to …
... are protected from alteration except by a certain required level of voting in the National Assembly or referendum, is called 'entrenchment.'. «Stabroek News, Jul 15»
5
Chris Cerf named Newark schools chief
Cerf's embattled predecessor, Cami Anderson, who he was instrumental in hiring, became frustrated with the political entrenchment and ... «Education Dive, Jul 15»
6
Reps leadership crisis deepens as Dogara, Gbajabiamila groups …
... and North East should be allowed to produce the Majority Leader in the interest of equity and entrenchment of the federal character principle. «The Guardian Nigeria, Jul 15»
7
Where Are the Fiery Activists?
Although these groups played such a big role in the entrenchment of democracy, they are playing little or no role in its sustenance leading ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
8
Box: Predictably Smashing The Long-Term Investment Angle (BOX)
Company players with the most cash (or debt) pointed to solve the most specific (and necessary) problem can establish entrenchment with new ... «Seeking Alpha, Jul 15»
9
Are “Proxy Puts” Kaput?
The suit also named the lender as a defendant for aiding and abetting the company's entrenchment efforts. In denying the company's motion to ... «JD Supra, Jul 15»
10
Media Call: Greek Debt Crisis
You've got the entrenchment of the man, the prime minister, that you couldn't deal with. And you've got a reaffirmation of the fact that he is likely ... «Council on Foreign Relations, Jul 15»

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