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" They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside the Palace they're riveted to the status quo and they lose track of public opinion in the real world."
Anthony Holden

Meaning of "riveted" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF RIVETED

ˈrɪvɪtɪd


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RIVETED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Riveted is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RIVETED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of riveted in the English dictionary

The definition of riveted in the dictionary is fascinated; transfixed.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RIVETED

affiliated · animated · calculated · committed · coveted · dedicated · estimated · excited · fitted · integrated · limited · located · related · silver-plated · stated · submitted · top-rated · united · unlimited · updated

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RIVETED

riverfront · riverine · riverless · riverlike · riverman · Rivers · riverscape · Riverside · riverwalk · riverward · riverway · riverweed · riverworthiness · riverworthy · rivery · rivet · rivet joint · riveter · riveting · rivetingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE RIVETED

chapleted · corseted · cosseted · crocheted · depleted · faceted · grommeted · gusseted · half-completed · helmeted · jacketed · minareted · multifaceted · trumpeted · turreted · unbudgeted · uncarpeted · uncompleted · uncorseted · undeleted

Synonyms and antonyms of riveted in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RIVETED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «riveted» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «riveted» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RIVETED

Find out the translation of riveted to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of riveted from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «riveted» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

铆接
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

remachado
570 millions of speakers
en

English

riveted
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

riveted
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ينصب
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

приковано
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

rebitadas
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

riveted
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

rivé
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Riveted
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

genietet
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

リベット
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

리벳
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Riveted
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tán
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

துளைக்கப்பட்டதை
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

Riveted
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

perçinli
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

rivettato
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

nitowane
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

прикута
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

nituite
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καρφωμένες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vasgenael
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nitade
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

klinket
5 millions of speakers

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

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3 QUOTES WITH «RIVETED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word riveted.
1
Anthony Holden
They tend to be civil servants, often diplomats drawn from the Foreign Office, who may be very pleasant, intelligent people, but once they get inside the Palace they're riveted to the status quo and they lose track of public opinion in the real world.
2
Lucy Walker
I'm riveted by extreme sports like big-wave surfing, 'megaramp' skateboarding and half-pipe snowboarding. I'm fascinated partly because the sports are so exhilaratingly acrobatic. But I'm also captivated by the fear that a terrible accident might happen at any moment. And accidents do happen.
3
Ellen Wilkinson
But my eyes were riveted on a small slim woman her hair simply coiled into her neck, Katherine Glasier.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RIVETED»

Discover the use of riveted in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to riveted and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Riveted
The New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Duke and Heart of Steel returns to the Iron Seas with a riveting new adventure of steampunk and passionate romance.
Meljean Brook, 2012
2
Riveted Lap Joints in Aircraft Fuselage: Design, Analysis ...
Fatigue of riveted lap joints between aluminium alloy sheets, typical of the pressurized aircraft fuselage, is the major topic of the present book.
Andrzej Skorupa, Małgorzata Skorupa, 2012
3
Riveted: The Obsession Issue
The "Riveted" issue of "Conjunctions" explores the world of fixation through previously unpublished fiction, poetry and essays. Compulsion, it seems, is as limitless as the imagination itself.
Bradford Morrow, John Ashbery, Martine Bellen, 2012
4
A Textbook of Strength of Materials
AGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF WELDED CONNECTIONS The advantages and disadvantages of welded connections over riveted connection are given below : Advantages; 1. The welded structure are comparatively lighter than ...
R. K. Bansal, 2010
5
Guide to design criteria for bolted and riveted joints
Since the first edition of this book was published in 1974, numerous international studies on the strength and performance of bolted connections have been conducted, and new specifications for structural joints have been developed by the ...
Geoffrey L. Kulak, John W. Fisher, John H. A. Struik, 1987
6
Classroom Manual for Automotive Brake Systems
In a riveted brake pad or shoe assembly. the riveted lining is attached to the steel pad or shoe by copper or aluminum rivets. Riveting allows a small amount of flexing Iietween the pad and lining to absorb vibration and reduce noise. Riveting  ...
Clifton E. Owen, 2004
7
Phraseology: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
it riveted our attention ca nous a fascines riveted with fear rive or cloue sur place par la peur BoE shows attention as a strong collocate of rivet, though more typically passive than active, but has no examples at all of riveted with fear, and almost ...
Sylviane Granger, Fanny Meunier, 2008
8
Fatigue Life of Riveted Railway Bridges
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Chalmers University of Technology, G'oteborg, Sweden, 1994, under title: Fatigue life of riveted railway bridges.
Bj Rn Kesson, 2010
9
Annual report of the Secretary of the Navy
Wing passages : Upper and lower, all completed and partly riveted. The wing passage bulk-heads are completed hut uot riveted. Bulk-heads, transverse: On frame No. 6, completed from hold to berth-deck, riveted and calked; on frame No.
United States. Navy Dept, 1890
10
Steam-boiler Construction: A Practical Handbook for ...
A double-riveted lap-joint, chain-riveted, is shown in Fig. 123, and a double- riveted lap-joint, zigzag-riveted, is shown in Fig. 124. > • • • • • • • Fig. 123.— Double-riveted lap-joint Fig. 124.— Double-riveted lap- p;„ I2J —Treble-riveted lap- ...
Walter S. Hutton, 1898

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RIVETED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term riveted is used in the context of the following news items.
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Reggae group SOJA keeps crowd riveted at Rockin' on the River
Though ominous skies might have reduced the audience size at the second installment of the Rockin' on the River concert series, North Tonawanda's Gratwick ... «Buffalo.com, Jul 15»
2
DEBORAH ROSS: Riveted by the drama I couldn't bear to watch
I confess: I did not want to watch A Song For Jenny, the drama based on the memoir of Julie Nicholson, the vicar who lost her 24-year-old daughter in the 7/7 ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Why we're riveted when bad things happen to rich people
We can't look away when bad things happen to rich people. Crime that afflicts the affluent always commands front pages, gobbles up airtime and goes viral on ... «Washington Post, May 15»
4
Best Day Out in Ireland: 'Riveted by Skellig Michael's rugged presence'
I was riveted by its rugged presence, its height and grandeur dwarfing our small boat as we docked at the pier in Blind man's Cove. A guide greeted us and ... «Irish Times, May 15»
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Why Astronomers Are Riveted By the Search for Nothing
Astronomers have found evidence of a giant void that could be the largest known structure in the universe. The “supervoid” solves a controversial cosmic puzzle: ... «Discover Magazine, Apr 15»
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Jodi Arias gets life sentence after lurid murder trial that riveted US …
An Arizona judge sentenced former waitress Jodi Arias to life in prison with no possibility of parole for shooting and stabbing her ex-boyfriend to death in 2008, ... «South China Morning Post, Apr 15»
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5 reasons Silicon Valley is riveted by the Ellen Pao trial
With salacious details of workplace trysts and alleged discrimination and the potentially high financial stakes involved, the trial of venture capital firm Kleiner ... «Los Angeles Times, Mar 15»
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Toy fans will be riveted by plan to cross Lagan using Meccano
Toy fans will be riveted by plan to cross Lagan using Meccano. By Rebecca Black. Published 03/03/2015 | 08:44. 0 Comments; Share. Facebook · Twitter ... «Belfast Telegraph, Mar 15»
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Nation Riveted By Llamas On The Loose
Two llamas in Phoenix escaped and TV choppers went live. When they were safely lassoed, Arizona Sen. John McCain tweeted: "Glad that #LlamaDrama 2015 ... «NPR, Feb 15»
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Jury riveted on video showing murder victim in Hernandez case
Former NFL player Aaron Hernandez looks back at the gallery during his murder trial at the Bristol County Superior Court in Fall River, Mass., Thursday, Feb. «Boston Herald, Feb 15»
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