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PRONUNCIATION OF NIGHTMARE SCENARIO

nightmare scenario  [ˈnaɪtˌmɛə sɪˈnɑːrɪəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NIGHTMARE SCENARIO

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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nightmare scenario 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 NIGHTMARE SCENARIO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of nightmare scenario in the English dictionary

The definition of nightmare scenario in the dictionary is an imagined event or set of events which are adverse or unpleasant.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NIGHTMARE SCENARIO


barrio
ˈbærɪəʊ
comprimario
ˌkɒmpriːˈmɑːrɪəʊ
DiCaprio
dɪˈkæprɪəʊ
etaerio
ɛˈtɪərɪəʊ
Ontario
ɒnˈtɛərɪəʊ
oratorio
ˌɒrəˈtɔːrɪəʊ
Oreo
ˈɔːrɪəʊ
pre-embryo
priːˈɛmbrɪəʊ
proembryo
prəʊˈɛmbrɪəʊ
Rosario
rəʊˈsɑːrɪəʊ
sicario
sɪˈkɛərɪəʊ
stereo
ˈstɛrɪəʊ
tenebrio
tɪˈnebrɪəʊ
vireo
ˈvɪrɪəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NIGHTMARE SCENARIO

nighties
nightingale
Nightingale ward
nightjar
nightless
nightlife
nightlike
nightlong
nightly
nightmare
nightmarish
nightmarishly
nightmarishness
nightmary
nightpiece
nightrider
nightriding
nights
nightscope
nightshade

WORDS THAT END LIKE NIGHTMARE SCENARIO

Berio
brio
cabrio
cheerio
con brio
curio
Dario
Florio
histrio
impresario
Krio
Lake Ontario
Lothario
motu proprio
piano trio
power trio
scenario
trio
vibrio

Synonyms and antonyms of nightmare scenario in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nightmare scenario» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NIGHTMARE SCENARIO

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

Translator English - Chinese

噩梦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escenario de pesadilla
570 millions of speakers

English

nightmare scenario
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दुःस्वप्न परिदृश्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السيناريو الكابوس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кошмарный сценарий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cenário de pesadelo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুঃস্বপ্নের দৃশ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scénario de cauchemar
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Senario mimpi buruk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Alptraum-Szenario
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

悪夢のシナリオ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

악몽 의 시나리오
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Skenario ngipi elek
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cơn ác mộng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கனவு சூழ்நிலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुःस्वप्न परिस्थिती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kabus senaryosu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scenario da incubo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

scenariusz koszmar
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кошмарний сценарій
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scenariu de coșmar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εφιαλτικό σενάριο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nagmerrie scenario
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mardrömsscenario
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

marerittscenario
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nightmare scenario

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NIGHTMARE SCENARIO»

The term «nightmare scenario» is regularly used and occupies the 78.386 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NIGHTMARE SCENARIO» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NIGHTMARE SCENARIO»

Discover the use of nightmare scenario in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nightmare scenario and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Making Markets: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Economic ...
See also Bureaucratic Nightmare scenario Bureaucratic Nightmare scenario, 79, 88, 93, 94, 121-40, 150, 163, 164, 165, 167; and anonymity of economies, 151; in Business as Usual scenario, 126, 129, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139; in Fat of the ...
Robin Ann Cantor, Stuart Henry, Steve Rayner, 1992
2
A Perfect Moral Storm: The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change
For example, the more salient emergency situation might be one where choices have to be made about how to cope with, or reverse, a catastrophic change that has already occurred.36 In general, the claim that the nightmare scenario ...
Stephen M. Gardiner, 2011
3
A Perfect Moral Storm: The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change
Even if one accepts in principle that one should make a lesser evil choice in a highly stylized case like the nightmare scenario, this fails to justify a policy of preparing to make that choice.39 The salience of the scenario to current policy still ...
Stephen M. Gardiner, 2011
4
Nigeria: After the Nightmare
The book describes Nigeria's problems including oil, corruption, and dictatorship, but also provides a way for Nigeria to recover and become a leading democratic state.
Iyorwuese Harry Hagher, 2011
5
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Speculation is based on assumptions about the performance of the strategic weapons systems on both sides. The nightmare scenario presumes the virtually perfect performance of the Soviet striking force. Since no Soviet strategic weapon has ...
6
Climate Ethics: Essential Readings
tifies this assumption. Many people worry that substantial research on geoengineering will itself encourage political inertia on miti- gation and bring on the nightmare scenario and deployment.42 If this is so, we might have strong reason to limit ...
Stephen Gardiner, Simon Caney, Dale Jamieson, 2010
7
Scenario Based Strategy: Navigate the Future
represent to each other ministry, a nightmare scenario was threatening them all: another war. A new war would frustrate all their plans. Yet, in 2002 no options were at hand for such a scenario, even though it was far from implausible.
Paul de Ruijter, 2014
8
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders: ...
Finally he decides to finish the nightmare scenario by imagining that he is driving confidently down the main road, then turning off, and parking the car. Evoking the nightmare again, imagining the selected changes in the scenario The patient ...
Gillian Butler, Melanie Fennell, Ann Hackmann, 2008
9
Peaceful Persuasion: The Geopolitics of Nonviolent Rhetoric
Gligorov alludes to the “nightmare scenario” of which diplomats and scholars alike are well aware, that, without “assistance from the international community,” Macedonia will be susceptible to “social tensions, and the probable collapse of the ...
Ellen W. Gorsevski, 2012
10
Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits!: 4 Keys to ...
A Nightmare Scenario A nightmare scenario is when you're living off your salary and your distributions. You haven't set aside anything for taxes. Your tax preparer extends your tax return until October, which is the extended due date, and you ...
Gregory Burges Crabtree, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NIGHTMARE SCENARIO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nightmare scenario is used in the context of the following news items.
1
GOP's nightmare: An Independent Donald Trump
That's a potential nightmare scenario for the GOP establishment: a populist outsider with unlimited resources attacking their nominee from the ... «4029tv, Jul 15»
2
Want more wind and solar? We'll need to get rid of outdated grid rules.
This is the nightmare scenario for utilities — being forced to subsidize a bunch of underutilized fossil fuel plants just to back up VRE. «Vox, Jul 15»
3
Hackers hijack a Jeep to prove security flaws
... first reported by Wired magazine on Tuesday, was done with a willing participate at the wheel, but it was proof of a nightmare scenario for the ... «KFOX El Paso, Jul 15»
4
Usain Bolt stresses he can't save athletics on his own ahead of …
Bolt insisted he has not even considered the sport's nightmare scenario of losing to two-time drugs cheat Justin Gatlin at the World ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
5
Shutdown Countdown: It's time for the Rams to turn the corner
And here's the nightmare scenario: Why do Fisher's teams always seem to be lacking something? The Rams might be offensively challenged ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»
6
US: Netanyahu expects Iran to capitulate in return for nothing
To this nightmare scenario the U.S. officials add a warning that could very well be perceived as veiled threat as well. The cancellation of the ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
7
Shutdown Countdown: Vikings welcome back a former MVP
And here's the nightmare scenario: Bridgewater's strong play did come in a small sample, so it's dangerous to assume he's just going to pick up ... «Yahoo Canada Sports, Jul 15»
8
The 10th Man: Distressed Investing
This is the nightmare scenario described in Greenspan's Gold and Economic Freedom essay. We had $1.8 trillion deficits not that long ago. «Gold Seek, Jul 15»
9
PARENTING: Overpraising children for being smart? Proceed with …
It's the nightmare scenario woven throughout — or at least implied throughout — countless articles devoted to the perils of praising our kids: ... «Duluth News Tribune, Jul 15»
10
Artificial Intelligence + Real Stupidity = The Future?
Volumes and volumes of science fiction play with this nightmare scenario. Obviously, my natural and wholly organic intelligence is too tiny to ... «WKBW-TV, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Nightmare scenario [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/nightmare-scenario>. Apr 2024 ».
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