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Meaning of "plain clothes" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PLAIN CLOTHES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLAIN CLOTHES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Plain clothes 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 PLAIN CLOTHES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of plain clothes in the English dictionary

The definition of plain clothes in the dictionary is ordinary clothes, as distinguished from uniform, as worn by a police detective on duty.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLAIN CLOTHES

plain
plain chocolate
plain flour
plain language
Plain of Jezreel
Plain of Sharon
plain sailing
plain speaking
plain text
plain turkey
plain yoghurt
plain-clothes
plain-laid
plain-spoken
plainant
plainchant
plainclothesman
plainclothesmen
plainful
plainish

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLAIN CLOTHES

Barthes
bedclothes
cacoethes
Cleanthes
clothes
cycling clothes
Glenrothes
grave clothes
holiday clothes
long clothes
mourning clothes
nightclothes
plain-clothes
play clothes
smallclothes
summer clothes
swaddling clothes
underclothes
winter clothes

Synonyms and antonyms of plain clothes in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «plain clothes» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLAIN CLOTHES

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

Translator English - Chinese

便衣
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vestidos de civil
570 millions of speakers

English

plain clothes
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सादे कपड़ों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ملابس مدنية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

штатском
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

paisana
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাদা পোষাক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

civil
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

pakaian biasa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zivil
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

私服
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사복
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sandhangan biasa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mặc thường phục
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாதாரண உடையில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

साधे कपडे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sivil kıyafet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

borghese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cywilnemu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

штатському
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

civil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περιβολή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gewone klere
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

civilklädda
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vanlig klær
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plain clothes

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLAIN CLOTHES»

The term «plain clothes» is normally little used and occupies the 114.254 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLAIN CLOTHES» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLAIN CLOTHES»

Discover the use of plain clothes in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plain clothes and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Harrap's essential English Dictionary
plain clothes plant by passing the wool round the front of the needle: knit two plain, one purl, [see also purl] o adverb Plain is sometimes used before an adjective to mean 'utterly' or 'completely': It's just plain ridiculous, a That would be just ...
‎1996
2
The Mountain Of green Tea and other Stories
The plain-clothes man is the government's eye by which it sees, the government's ear by which it hears, and the government's hand by which it drags the insubordinate to the police station, and the plain-clothes man is not at a loss for a ruse by ...
Yaḥyá al-Ṭāhir ʻAbd Allāh, 1991
3
The Homosexual(ity) of law
They also suggested that special provisions should be made to deal with plain- clothes operations. First, as policemen employed in plain clothes expose themselves to greater risk of temptations then when they are in uniform, plain- clothes ...
Leslie Moran, 2002
4
L2 Learning as Social Practice: Conversation-analytic ...
a (1.4) plain clothes police officer” 4 Ps: (0.4) 5 Te: hørte je heard I ”I heard” gaTe: /gazes towards students 6 Ps: /(.) 7 Ca: o(En) betjent (i civil)o A plain clothes police officer ”A plain clothes police officer” 8 Ps: (2.0) 9 Ca: En betjent i civi[:l A ...
Gabriele Pallotti, Johannes Wagner, 2011
5
Handbook of Criminal Investigation
From 1856 one of the first Inspectors of Constabulary (General Cartwright) encouraged the appointment of plain-clothes officers in provincial forces, and stressed of Birmingham: 'the detective force is of the greatest importance and might be ...
Tim Newburn, Tom Williamson, Alan Wright, 2012
6
Crime Empire 1840 - 1940
By the early twentieth century some senior police officials were advocating an increased detective function for ordinary police, and a corresponding increase in the number of men patrolling in plain clothes. Inspector Henry Cawsey was a ...
Barry Godfrey, Graeme Dunstall, 2013
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New York Magazine
#2— Appointment With Death. #3 — The Fox and the Hound; The Man From Snowy River II. #4 — Above the Law. #5 — Colors. 215. LOEWS GEORGETOWNE— Ralph Ave. at Ave. K (763-3000). #1— Plain Clothes. #2— The Seventh Sign.
8
The Silent Films of Harry Langdon (1923-1928)
While we cannot negate Capra's contribution to Langdon's work, es— pecially evident in some of his later films, this study has comfortably deter— mined that Langdon's screen persona had developed quite fully by the time Plain Clothes was ...
James L. Neibaur, 2012
9
Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
'plainness nu. plain chocolate nu chocolate to which milk has not been added in manufacture. plain clothes n pi ordinary clothes, not a uniform: Detectives usually wear plain clothes; (attnb) a plain-clothes job (=a job for which a policeman ...
10
Policing: A Short History
118 As a result, although uniform officers were deployed in plain-clothes for particular operations,119 this remained a politically sensitive issue and, perhaps, accounts for the public humiliation of Sergeant Popay in 1833 for attending political ...
Philip Rawlings, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLAIN CLOTHES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plain clothes is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Man arrested for filming up skirts on Central line
A BTP spokesman said: “On Saturday, July 25, plain clothes BTP officers patrolling the Central line observed a man getting close to a number ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
2
City of London police to snare bike thieves with 'invisible ink'
Plain clothes officers will hide near the bikes in the hope of catching the culprit in the act. When suspects are arrested they will be scanned with ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
3
Crack dealer caught after trying to run
... Hyson Green, at about 12.20pm on 3 July when he and a group of other men were spotted by two plain clothes police officers who were in ... «Hucknall Today, Jul 15»
4
Loud music played in minibuses
In addition, one time they picked up a police officer in plain clothes from the Sparendaam police station and I overheard the driver telling the ... «Stabroek News, Jul 15»
5
True Detective Recap 'Church In Ruins': Welcome to the Knife Party
... the mastermind behind Caspere's murder (shocked) and instead a thin, white, plain clothes cop gave them $500 and a pile of merchandise to ... «Nerdcore Movement, Jul 15»
6
IFAKs Save Lives at Louisiana Theater Shooting
In others, the caller has seen police officers responding in plain clothes or nontraditional uniforms and mistaken the officers for attackers. «JEMS.com, Jul 15»
7
CBI probe into custodial death demanded
He was picked up by two police personnel in plain clothes on July 10 late night. Next day, his family members were informed that he committed ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
8
Hotels Report Roaring Business As Shop, Small Traders Suffer Losses
At the Stanley Hotel in Nairobi's central business district the hawk eyed GSU assisted by American personnel in plain clothes have been ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
9
GeoNews Bureau Chief kidnapped, thrashed by uniformed cops
KARACHI: GeoNews Karachi Bureau Chief Faheem Ahmed Siddiqui was kidnapped on his way to work on Saturday by men in plain clothes ... «Geo News, Pakistan, Jul 15»
10
NFL's C.J. Wilson Retires? Buccaneers Cornerback Placed On …
It literally means Wilson will have to wait in plain clothes and will not even don the uniform and standard-issue protective gear. Speaking about ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»

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