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Glossary

Definition

(v) to manage or supervise the execution, use, or conduct of something. An alternate form of the verb ‘administer’.

Parts of speech:  

verb: administrate/administrates, administrating, administrated
noun: administrator, administrators; administration, administrations
adjective: administrative
adverb: administratively


Synonyms: manage, run, control, direct, govern, supervise, head, lead, command, organise, regulate, coordinate, execute, conduct, steer, provide, offer, oversee, conduct the affairs of, look after, allocate

Collocations: be in charge for administration; be responsible for company’s administration; an inefficient administration; administration costs; administrative tasks

Examples of Simple Sentences:
What did it entail for Greeks to administrate a colony across the sea?
Each port is administered by a team of experts, engineers and economists.

Definition

(v) to accept another’s belief, perspective, or course of action.

Parts of speech:  

verb: agree/agrees, agreeing, agreed
noun: agreement, agreements
adjective: agreeable; agreed
adverb: agreeably


Synonyms: accord, approve, be of the same opinion, be willing, consent to, conform, coincide, correspond, decide on, negotiate, permit, promise, undertake

Collocations: try to agree on a new plan; unable to agree on the last clause; a clause in the agreement; reach an agreement; an agreement between two parties; trade agreement; a legally binding agreement; sue for breach of agreement

Examples of Simple Sentences:
This new idea must be agreed upon by all of us.
The reason of this meeting is to agree a new strategy.

Definition

(n) a long-held practice or behaviour, custom becomes informal law.

Parts of speech:  

noun: custom, customs; customer, customers
adjective: customary
adverb: customarily


Synonyms: rule, practice, usage, tradition, policy, procedure, form, way, manner, mode, habit, business, trade, support

Collocations: traditional custom; local customs; observe custom; adopt trade customs; in accordance with marine customs; follow social customs; received customs clearance; regular customer; international customer; customer specifications; customer requests; customer records

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Customs are informal rules.
We would like you to know and follow our customs.

Definition

(n) a forward change in state.

Parts of speech:  

noun: development, developments; developer, developers
verb: develop, develops, developing; developed


Synonyms: evolution, advance, progress, extension, expansion, improvement, change, growth, growing, building, exploitation, outcome, result, event

Collocations: promote a gradual development; a sustainable development; a professional development; an educational development; development work; initiate important development

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The latest development of maritime law was not received with excitement.
The country encourages the development of small businesses around its ports.

Definition

(adj.) what is allowed or permitted within the given law.

Parts of speech:  

adjective: legal; legalistic
adverb: legally
verb: legalise/legalises, legalising, legalised
noun: legality, legalities


Synonyms: within the law, lawful, rightful, valid, legitimate, authorised, permissible, permitted, allowable, judicial, judiciary, constitutional

Collocations: main legal systems; legal document; commercial legal advice; legal scholars; legal requirements; legal strategy

Examples of Simple Sentences:
What is a legal system?
Our company is concerned about the legal consequences arising from this decision.

Definition

(n) a country, especially when thought of as a large group of people living in one area with their own government, language, traditions, etc.

Parts of speech:  

noun: nation, nations; national, nationals; nationality, nationalities; nationalism, nationalisms
adjective: national; nationalistic


Synonyms: country, state, population, people, society, community

Collocations: an advanced nation; a developed nation; a great nation; a powerful nation; a maritime nation; a trading nation; across the nation

Examples of Simple Sentences:
They created a powerful nation.
They fight for the interests of their nation.

Definition

(n) that something belongs to or is the legal property of a person or legal entity.

Parts of speech:  

noun: ownership, ownerships; owner, owners
verb: own/owns, owning, owned
adjective: own; owing


Synonyms: possession, occupation, property, proprietary rights, control, holding

Collocations: change ownership; legal ownership; full ownership; sole ownership; private ownership; public ownership; ownership passed between partners

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The company announced a change in ownership.
Our company has transferred the ownership of the vessel.

Definition

(adj.) where an outcome, behaviour, or action can be predicted and depended upon.

Parts of speech:  

adjective: reliable
adverb: reliably
noun: reliance, reliances; reliability, reliabilities
verb: rely/relies, relying, relied


Synonyms: certain, true, responsible, predictable, dependable, honest, trustworthy, valid, genuine, authentic, constant

Collocations: reliable partner; reliable evidence; totally reliable; very reliable; completely reliable; reliable enough

Examples of Simple Sentences:
This is a reliable source of information.
They are respected for their reliable decisions.

Definition

(n) the origin, or point from which something is created.

Parts of speech:  

noun: source, sources


Synonyms: origin, author, initiator, cause, root, beginning, start, head, starting point, authority, documentation, point of supply

Collocations: a reliable source; a valuable source; a principal source; a new source; a different source; a sustainable source; locate source; prove source; identify source; a source reported that; a source claims that; according to the original source

Examples of Simple Sentences:
All maritime laws have the same sources.
The sea is a food source open to all.

Definition

(v) to release an object into the air over a distance.

Parts of speech:  

verb: throw/throws, throwing, threw, thrown
noun: throw, throws; thrower, throwers


Synonyms: send, toss, fling, project, launch, overturn, dislodge, hurl

Collocations: be thrown off the ship; thrown overboard; throw cargo; throw keys; throw the ball back; threw lots of stuff away

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Why they prepared to throw off the cargo from the ship?
How far can you throw the ball?

Definition

(n) the best ability to do an act, or the maximum ability to contain.

Parts of speech:  

noun: capacity, capacities


Synonyms: ability, aptitude, strength, skill, competence, intelligence, power, position, role, function, post, appointment, service, facility, size, volume, space, range, room, dimensions, scope

Collocations: carrying capacity; large capacity; limited capacity; remarkable capacity; transport capacity; in my capacity as a legal counsellor

Examples of Simple Sentences:
All our ships operate at full capacity.
In the last year the port increased its capacity.

Definition

(v) to state ownership of, or to allege a fact.

Parts of speech:  

verb: claim/claims, claiming, claimed
noun: claim, claims; claimant, claimants


Synonyms: ask for, call for, demand, take, receive, assert, insist, allege, uphold, request, suit

Collocations: attempts to claim; claim against; exaggerated claims; unfounded claims; false claims; accept the claim; hear the claim; verify the claim; support the claim

Examples of Simple Sentences:
He is entitled to claim ownership of the cargo.
No state could claim ownership of the sea.

Definition

(v) to protect from force or attack.

Parts of speech:  

verb: defend/defends, defending, defended
noun: defender, defenders; defendant, defendants; defense, defences; defensive; defensiveness; defencelessness
adjective: defensive; defensible; defenceless
adverb: defensively; defencelessly


Synonyms: protect, sustain, plead for, make a case for, justify, uphold, support, guard, screen, harbour, secure, fortify

Collocations: help to defend; be effectively defended; find defendant guilty; find defendant not guilty; give evidence for defendant; new claim against defendant

Examples of Simple Sentences:
I successfully defended my client against all accusations.
Troops were transported by the sea to defend the boundaries of the empire.

Definition

(v) to state the edge of an area or of an idea.

Parts of speech:  

verb: define/defines, defining, defined
noun: definition, definitions
adjective: definable


Synonyms: describe, interpret, explain, detail, establish, characterise, outline, mark out; limit, bound, demarcate, determine, designate, exemplify, illustrate, specify

Collocations: define specifically; define clearly; be easy to define; be difficult to define; formally defined; officially defined; standard definition; workable definition; concise definition; conventional definition; narrow definition

Examples of Simple Sentences:
He has chosen to define a new strategy.
The government has specifically defined new legal terms.

Definition

(n) a belief or set of beliefs taught and held true by a group.

Parts of speech:  

noun: doctrine, doctrines
adjective: doctrinal; doctrinaire


Synonyms: belief, conviction, dogma, canon, principle, opinion, concept, precept, teaching

Collocations: develop legal doctrine; establish economic doctrine; formulate basic doctrine; reject traditional doctrine

Examples of Simple Sentences:
We are all committed to the conventional doctrine of free trade.
I embrace the doctrine of social equality.

Definition

(adj.) using least effort or energy to achieve a result.

Parts of speech:  

adjective: efficient
adverb: efficiently
noun: efficiency, efficiencies


Synonyms: effective, well organised, systematic, structured, methodical, cost-effective, competent, capable, able, businesslike

Collocations: relatively efficient; great efficiency; operational efficiency; highly efficient; environmentally efficient; very efficient

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The ship’s equipment is not technically efficient for this voyage.
Marine fuel efficiency is under increasing scrutiny.

Definition

(v) to make something official, or to give it greater structure.

Parts of speech:  

verb: formalise/formalises, formalising, formalised
noun: formalisation, formalisations


Synonyms: plan, establish, conduct, designate, decide, determine, construe, represent, specify

Collocations: formalise a few legal principles; formalise colleagues’ points of view; formalise creation of new institution; led to the formalisation of

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Justinian formalised a great legal infrastructure.
There are many attempts to formalise the best operational practices.

Definition

(n) the ability to move and act without restriction.

Parts of speech:  

noun: freedom, freedoms


Synonyms: liberty, liberation, release, discharge, independence, autonomy, sovereignty, self-determination, self-government, ability, chance, power, opportunity, latitude, facility, discretion

Collocations: freedom of choice; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; fundamental freedom; creative freedom; intellectual freedom; economic freedom; preserve freedoms; protect freedom

Examples of Simple Sentences:
I know what freedom of choice means.
Freedom of the sea is a central doctrine.

Definition

(n) the basic systems and objects that enable an organisation or a country to function.

Parts of speech:  

noun: infrastructure, infrastructures
adjective: infrastructural


Synonyms: structure, framework, plan, base, scheme, foundation

Collocations: transport infrastructure; legal infrastructure; infrastructural growth

Examples of Simple Sentences:
They have discussed the improvement of public transport infrastructure.
Maritime infrastructure projects require a deep understanding of the industry.

Definition

(v) to make something or to bring something into existence.

Parts of speech:  

verb: produce/produces, producing, produced
noun: produce; producer; product, products; production, productions; productivity, productivities
adjective: productive


Synonyms: make, build, create, invent, construct, develop, put together, assemble, fabricate, provide, grow, supply, deliver, cause, lead to, result in, generate, trigger, present, offer, direct, stage, mount, show

Collocations: manage to produce; independently produced; professionally produced; right product; competing product; high-tech product

Examples of Simple Sentences:
We intent to produce some changes across the market.
We will release our new products before the end of the year.

Definition

(v) to take with.

Parts of speech:  

verb: bring/brings, bringing, brought


Synonyms: take, carry, transport, transfer, deliver, convey, fetch, conduct, guide, accompany; influence, cause, contribute to

Collocations: bring down; brought in a fair result; aim to bring in a new law; the letter brings out a few important points; well brought up

Examples of Simple Sentences:
They can bring about fundamental changes to this project.
All those laws were brought together into one document.

Definition

(n) a unified group of smaller entities, often political.

Parts of speech:  

noun: confederation, confederations; confederate, confederates
adjective: confederate


Synonyms: alliance, union, association, federation, coalition, bloc, cartel, guild, league

Collocations: form confederation; members of a confederation; confederation of traders; confederation between states

Examples of Simple Sentences:
We are the advocates of this great confederation.
A common maritime law helped them keep their confederation of cities together.

Definition

(v) a single or smaller piece of information.

Parts of speech:  

verb: detail/details, detailing, detailed
noun: detail, details
adjective: detailed


Synonyms: describe, present, explain, relate, portray, list, enumerate, narrate

Collocations: examine in detail; minor detail; precise detail; essential detail; give details; factual details; historical details; personal details

Examples of Simple Sentences:
This document details all the sources used in the research.
She presented a very detailed report.

Definition

(n) a page or pages of written or typed information.

Parts of speech:  

noun: document, documents; documentation, documentations
adjective: documentary
verb: document/documents, documenting, documented


Synonyms: legal form, form, paper, record, deed, contract, report, certificate, authorisation

Collocations: written document; detailed document; signed document; authentic document; new document; electronic document; draft document

Examples of Simple Sentences:
At the end of the conference an official document was released.
This is a document concerning seafarers’ rights.

Definition

(v) to mark a line on a surface.

Parts of speech:  

verb: draw/draws, drawing, drew, drawn
noun: draw, draws; drawing, drawings; drawer, drawers


Synonyms: outline, sketch, design, map out, mark out, trace, draft, create, write, frame, prepare

Collocations: clearly drawn; drawing board; original drawings; a drawing of a ship

Examples of Simple Sentences:
You can read the preparatory drawing of the text.
The legal text was professionally drawn up.

Definition

(adj.) treating everyone fairly or in the same way.

Parts of speech:  

adjective: equitable
adverb: equitably


Synonyms: fair, just, right, reasonable, rightful, honest, impartial, unbiased, proportionate, decent, stable

Collocations: treated equitably; equitable access to education; be equitable in your decisions

Examples of Simple Sentences:
It is clear we need an equitable distribution of resources.
It is clear this is not an equitable solution.

Definition

(n) a collection of individuals with a purpose.

Parts of speech:  

noun: organisation, organisations; organiser, organisers
verb: organise/organises, organising, organised
adjective: organised; organisational


Synonyms: institution, group, operation, company, enterprise, consortium, corporation, association, party, body, band, faction

Collocations: professional organisation; commercial organisation; student organisation; organised independently; able to organise; try to organise the meeting according to a plan

Examples of Simple Sentences:
We are members of this international organisation.
The maritime conference was organised by a few enthusiasts.

Definition

(n) money demanded for the return of an asset or person, a criminal practice.

Parts of speech:  

noun: ransom, ransoms
verb: ransom/ransoms, ransoming, ransomed


Synonyms: release money, payment, price, pay-off

Collocations: held for ransom; set ransom, ransom demand

Examples of Simple Sentences:
They organised a ransom payment.
They kidnapped an officer for ransom.

Definition

(n) a statement describing how to act or the proper way.

Parts of speech:  

noun: rule, rules; ruling, rulings; ruler, rulers
verb: rule/rules, ruling, ruled
adjective: ruling


Synonyms: law, regulation, convention, code, custom, principle, practice, protocol, procedure

Collocations: old rule; traditional rule; adopt rules; new rule comes into force next month; in accordance with the new rule; social rules

Examples of Simple Sentences:
This custom was an unwritten rule for centuries.
We can better observe the international trade rules from practice.

Definition

(v) to divide into smaller pieces.

Parts of speech:  

verb: split/splits, splitting, split
noun: split, splits
adjective: splitting


Synonyms: divide, share, crack, break, break up, come apart, tear, rip, slash, cut, chop

Collocations: split difference; split costs; split time

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The log was split into pieces.
The country is deeply split on human rights issues.

Definition

(v) to say information out loud.

Parts of speech:  

verb: announce/announces, announcing, announced
noun: announcement, announcements; announcer, announcers


Synonyms: declare, tell, broadcast, make known, make public, disclose, divulge, report, reveal, publish, trumpet, promulgate, advertise, state, circulate

Collocations: expected to announce; official announcement; public announcement; an announcement from the manager

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Our company can proudly announce the launch of a new service very soon.
A new partnership was announced yesterday by the manager.

Definition

(v) to find and bring information together.

Parts of speech:  

verb: compile/compiles, compiling, compiled
noun: compiler, compilers; compilation, compilations


Synonyms: gather, amass, cull, collect, accumulate, organise, arrange, compose

Collocations: compile book; compile manuscript; specially compiled; prepare compilation

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The company presented a compiled report.
We have compiled a list of useful articles for you.

Definition

(v) to argue with a decision.

Parts of speech:  

verb: dispute/disputes, disputing, disputed
noun: dispute, disputes; disputant, disputants; disputation, disputations
adjective: disputable; disputatious
adverb: disputatiously


Synonyms: have an argument, debate, challenge, contest, question, discussion, controversy, object to, disagree, contradict, rebut, clash, conflict

Collocations: serious dispute; territorial dispute; legal dispute; contractual dispute; international trade dispute; involved in dispute; caused a dispute

Examples of Simple Sentences:
There is a continuing dispute between them regarding the approach of the new clients.
They have finally settled the main point beyond dispute.

Definition

(v) to grow in size, or in detail.

Parts of speech:  

verb: enlarge/enlarges, enlarging, enlarged
noun: enlargement, enlargements; enlarger, enlargers


Synonyms: grow, grow larger, grow bigger, become bigger, make bigger, make larger, build up, increase, expand, extend, dilate, multiply, augment, add to, develop, broaden

Collocations: enlarge departments; new enlargement; enlarge business

Examples of Simple Sentences:
At that time the empire was enlarged considerably by acquiring new territories.
Our enlarged global business law firm seeks to find new local customers.

Definition

(v) to concentrate attention on one area.

Parts of speech:  

verb: focus/focuses, focusing, focused
noun: focus, focuses or foci


Synonyms: concentrate on, centre on, central point, focal point, aim at, zoom in, look mainly at

Collocations: decide to focus; tend to focus; focused study; fully focused

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Our modules focus exclusively on introductory maritime education.
His study is expected to focus on legal maritime history.

Definition

(adj.) wanting to give your attention or time to something.

Parts of speech:  

adjective: interested; interesting
verb: interest/interests, interesting, interested
noun: interest, interests


Synonyms: attracted, curious, fascinated, excited, keen, moved, stimulated, captivated, attentive, enthusiastic, affected, involved, connected, concerned, implicated

Collocations: particularly interested; be interested enough in our argument; no longer interested; not at all interested

Examples of Simple Sentences:
She suddenly got very interested in maritime history and legal principles.
I am always interested in how legal maritime institutions evolved.

Definition

(v) to bring other people or factors into a process.

Parts of speech:  

verb: involve/involves, involving, involved
noun: involvement, involvements
adjective: involved


Synonyms: include, take in, embrace, engage, implicate, associate, mix up, tangle, entangle, link, connect

Collocations: actively involved; directly involved; became involved; demand involvement

Examples of Simple Sentences:
This negotiation will inevitably involve lots of time and endless discussions.
This process needs the direct involvement of all members of our team.

Definition

(n) the outcome reached in a previous case, usually legal.

Parts of speech:  

noun: precedent, precedents; precedence, precedences
verb: precede/precedes, preceding, preceded
adjective: preceding; precedential


Synonyms: authority, authoritative example, previous example, example, antecedent, pattern, model, standard, prototype, instance

Collocations: historical precedent; judicial precedent; important precedent; strong precedent for this decision; serve as a precedent

Examples of Simple Sentences:
I know there is a legal precedent for this case.
The decision was based on a set of precedents.

Definition

(adj.) from a time before.

Parts of speech:  

adjective: previous
adverb: previously


Synonyms: earlier, former, last, preceding, antecedent, anterior, one-time, foregoing, past, prior

Collocations: previous attempt; previous legal knowledge; as was previously the case

Examples of Simple Sentences:
You can find a summary of all our previous meetings.
During my previous studies I was not aware of the complexity of maritime cases.

Definition

(n) knowing you have seen or heard something before, or knowing something as true.

Parts of speech:  

noun: recognition, recognitions; recognisance, recognisances
verb: recognise/recognises, recognising, recognised
adjective: recognisable
adverb: recognisably


Synonyms: recall, remembrance, recollection, understanding, awareness, perception, discovery, acceptance, identification, appreciation

Collocations: name recognition; immediate recognition; national recognition; international recognition; official recognition; formal recognition; legal recognition

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Our first aim is to obtain a solid background and professional recognition.
This rule has been recognised recently.

Definition

(v) to openly recommend or support.

Parts of speech:  

verb: advocate/advocates, advocating, advocated
noun: advocate, advocates; advocacy, advocacies


Synonyms: recommend, support, endorse, defend, favour, promote, advise, campaign for, speak for, plead for, argue for

Collocations: great advocate; strong advocates of free trade; leading advocates of seafarers’ rights

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Seafarers’ rights have not been advocated properly.
They strongly advocate a new learning system.

Definition

(v) to challenge a decision or outcome.

Parts of speech:  

verb: contest/contests, contesting, contested
noun: contest, contests; contestant, contestants


Synonyms: challenge, oppose, argue against, dispute, refute, debate, question, object to, litigate

Collocations: strongly contested; successfully contested the case; leadership fiercely contested

Examples of Simple Sentences:
My point of view was fiercely contested by one of my colleagues.
The Dutch contested the Portuguese monopoly in Asia.

Definition

(adj.) something that a significant population believes to be incorrect.

Parts of speech:  

adjective: controversial
adverb: controversially
noun: controversy, controversies; controversialist, controversialists


Synonyms: questionable, open to question, debatable, disputed, disputable, problematical, arguable, under discussion, polemic

Collocations: potentially controversial; controversial regulation; caused controversy; legal controversy; new controversy

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The meeting addresses a very controversial issue.
At least one point has remained controversial after their discussion.

Definition

(v) to come out of.

Parts of speech:  

verb: emerge/emerges, emerging, emerged
noun: emergency, emergencies; emergence, emergences
adjective: emergent


Synonyms: come out, appear, arise, rise, proceed, spring up, come into view, turn up, become visible, issue, develop

Collocations: suddenly emerged; emerged out of a sad experience; state of emergency

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Our company is finally emerging from stagnation.
His professional problems are now beginning to emerge.

Definition

(v) to break out of containment.

Parts of speech:  

verb: escape/escapes, escaping, escaped
noun: escape, escapes; escapee, escapees


Synonyms: evade, get away, break free, break out, run away, run off, flee, fly, elude, avoid

Collocations: can escape; fully escape responsibility; eventually escaped; struggle to escape; a few escaped alive

Examples of Simple Sentences:
More members of the crew try to escape the disaster.
The captain and the crew managed to escape uninjured.

Definition

(v) to rule over.

Parts of speech:  

verb: govern/governs, governing, governed
noun: government, governments; governor, governors; governance, governances
adjective: governing; governmental


Synonyms: rule, lead, administer, be in charge of, run, manage, control, direct, command, regulate, master, discipline, determine, influence, guide, shape

Collocations: be governed; governed directly from; government announcement; government building

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The current government was elected last month.
The government came to power with a great trade policy.

Definition

(adj.) someone who is neutral or has no potential bias in a decision.

Parts of speech:  

adjective: impartial
adverb: impartially
noun: impartiality, impartialities


Synonyms: neutral, unbiased, objective, balanced, fair, just, equal, equitable, open-minded, fair-minded, disinterested, nonpartisan, non-discriminating, unprejudiced, detached

Collocations: remain impartial; judicial impartiality; complete impartiality is preserved

Examples of Simple Sentences:
A judge always must be impartial.
We will never let you compromise our impartiality.

Definition

(adj.) a process or an action that creates value (or money).

Parts of speech:  

adjective: profitable; profitless
verb: profit/profits, profiting, profited
noun: profit, profits; profiteer, profiteers; profiteering, profiteerings; profitability, profitabilities
adverb: profitably; profitlessly


Synonyms: profitmaking, moneymaking, gainful, fruitful, productive, lucrative, remunerative, commercial, rewarding, valuable, beneficial, useful, advantageous

Collocations: become profitable; be financially profitable; achieve profitability; enhance profitability; maximize profitability

Examples of Simple Sentences:
We are confident we’ll make this project profitable.
We aim to return to profitability by the end of the year.

Definition

(v) to put back, or to substitute.

Parts of speech:  

verb: replace/replaces, replacing, replaced
noun: replacement, replacements
adjective: replaceable


Synonyms: take the place of, substitute, put back, follow, succeed, return, restore, come after, renew, change, exchange, switch

Collocations: partially replaced; immediately replaced; finally replaced; intend to replace the old plan; meant to replace; a complete replacement

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The new discovery gradually replaced the old one.
The syllabus is designed to replace the traditional one.

Definition

(adj.) a common occurrence.

Parts of speech:  

adjective: widespread


Synonyms: general, universal, common, broad, popular, prevalent, epidemic, pervasive

Collocations: remain widespread among them; increasingly widespread; widespread in certain areas

Examples of Simple Sentences:
There were particular widespread beliefs among the population.
The new commercial practices are not sufficiently widespread to affect the market.

Definition

(v) to get or buy something.

Parts of speech:  

verb: acquire/acquires, acquiring, acquired


Synonyms: get, buy, gain, receive, obtain, come into possession, achieve, collect, secure, earn, pick up, take

Collocations: acquired competence in trade; instantly acquire an outstanding reputation; a matter of acquired taste; acquire important positions

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The course helped us acquire a new practical skill.
We want our trainees to acquire the habit of using electronic resources.

Definition

(n) a friend or political / military partner.

Parts of speech:  

noun: ally, allies
verb: ally/allies, allying, allied
adjective: allied 


Synonyms: partner, associate, colleague, co-worker, collaborator, confederate, companion, supporter, accomplice, friend, mate

Collocations: important ally; powerful ally; reliable ally; strategic ally; traditional ally; lose a key ally; found an ally in my mentor

Examples of Simple Sentences:
He is a friend and ally of our country.
They try to find a potential ally for supporting their law.

Definition

(v) to take ownership of something from another.

Parts of speech:  

verb: capture/captures capturing, captured
noun: capture, captures; captor, captors


Synonyms: take, catch, secure, seize, occupy, conquer, grab, pick up, round up, trap

Collocations: be able to capture; great capture; avoided capture; manage to capture large sums of money

Examples of Simple Sentences:
They try to understand how the ship was captured so close to the port.
He was looking to capture new territory.

Definition

(adj.) complete and including everything necessary.

Parts of speech:  

adjective: comprehensive; comprehensible
noun: comprehensive, comprehensives


Synonyms: complete, full, inclusive, extensive, broad, exhaustive, all-inclusive, all-embracing, thorough, detailed, total, universal, encyclopaedic

Collocations: comprehensive law; fully comprehensive law; very comprehensive set of regulations; comprehensive report

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The 711 articles formed the most comprehensive body of maritime law.
It is a comprehensive collection of trade regulations.

Definition

(v) to give (money) to achieve something together.

Parts of speech:  

verb: contribute/contributes, contributing, contributed
noun: contribution, contributions; contributor, contributors
adjective: contributory


Synonyms: give, supply, provide, grant, donate, subscribe, add, put up, bestow

Collocations: contributed substantially; contributed directly; contributed effectively; leading contributor; make an invaluable contribution; major contribution; huge contribution

Examples of Simple Sentences:
This law contributed enormously to the growth of maritime trade.
He was a key contributor.

Definition

(v) to stretch or to grow longer.

Parts of speech:  

verb: extend/extends, extending, extended
noun: extension, extensions; extensiveness
adjective: extended; extensive
adverb: extensively


Synonyms: stretch, stretch out, spread, spread out, enlarge, expand, make longer, develop, continue, carry on, go as far as, reach, widen, increase, advance

Collocations: power extended beyond Europe; planned extension; contractual extent; geographical extent

Examples of Simple Sentences:
They extended their trading network across the world.
We later realised the importance of our territorial extent.

Definition

(v) to come or act in between.

Parts of speech:  

verb: intervene/intervenes, intervening, intervened
noun: intervention, interventions; interventionist, interventionists
adjective: intervening 


Synonyms: involve yourself, interfere, intercede, step in, arbitrate, mediate, negotiate

Collocations: intervene in the economy; successfully intervened; ability to intervene; power to intervene; intervened on behalf of; social interventions; political interventions; legal interventions

Examples of Simple Sentences:
He has actively intervened in every part of the state.
They have made direct and decisive interventions in their legal strategy.

Definition

(adv.) ahead or in the forward direction of travel.

Parts of speech:  

adverb: onwards; onward
adjective: onward


Synonyms: ahead, forward, forwards, on, along, in front, in front of, moving

Collocations: move onwards; from the sixteenth century onwards; currents are an onward movement

Examples of Simple Sentences:
You will find the office open from 10 a.m. onwards.
From 1681 onwards that law was seen as the foundation of modern maritime law.

Definition

(v) to need for a purpose or outcome.

Parts of speech:  

verb: require/requires, requiring, required
noun: requirement, requirements
adjective: requirement


Synonyms: have need of, need, have to have, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, entail

Collocations: urgently required; legally required; special requirements; regulatory requirements; technical requirements; new set of requirements; enforced performance requirements

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Sailors are required to fulfil the instructions received.
There are minimum requirements for working on a ship.

Definition

(n) to give money to encourage an outcome.

Parts of speech:  

noun: subsidy, subsidies; subsidisation
verb: subsidise/subsidises, subsidising, subsidised


Synonyms: help, support, aid, financial aid, grant, scholarship, contribution, assistance, allowance, stipend, subvention, endowment, premium, gift

Collocations: massive subsidies; direct subsidies; indirect subsidies; annual subsidies; rarely subsidised; insufficiently subsidised; never received subsidies

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Governments give the industry generous subsidies.
Maritime industry is highly subsidised by some countries.

Definition

(v) to bring functions to a single point of control.

Parts of speech:  

verb: centralise/centralises, centralising, centralised
noun: centralisation, centralisations
adjective: centralised
adverb: centrally


Synonyms: concentrate, consolidate, condense, focus, integrate, unify

Collocations: centralised legal department; centralised system; try to centralise; look to centralise

Examples of Simple Sentences:
He had the ability to centralise the legal offices under one department.
We need to centralise the information received.

Definition

(v) to trace from an older source.

Parts of speech:  

verb: derive/derives, deriving, derived
noun: derivation, derivations; derivative, derivatives
adjective: derivative


Synonyms: get, collect, obtain, gather, extract, come from, issue from, proceed from

Collocations: derive directly; derive mainly; derive partly; derived from

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Written evidence partly derived from office records.
Their trade advantage derived directly from their global network.

Definition

(n) the power or skill needed to perform an action.

Parts of speech:  

noun: ability, abilities


Synonyms: capability, power, skill, talent, know-how, expertise, competence, aptitude, proficiency

Collocations: have ability; show ability; develop ability; improve ability; great ability; natural ability; ability in languages

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Her scholarly ability was noted by the university.
She has faith in her ability to finish the project.

Definition

(v) to have in possession.

Parts of speech:  

verb: hold/holds, holding, held
noun: hold, holds; holder, holders; holding, holdings


Synonyms: have, possess, own, contain, comprise, have a capacity for, keep

Collocations: privately hold; publicly hold; securely hold; take hold; have hold; keep hold; maintain hold; lose hold

Examples of Simple Sentences:
He tries to hold a balance between the last and future decisions.
The company privately holds more than ten container vessels.

Definition

(n) something deemed unfair or inequitable; goes against natural laws.

Parts of speech:  

noun: injustice, injustices


Synonyms: unfairness, inequality, discrimination, oppression, abuse, prejudice, dishonesty

Collocations: social injustice; environmental injustice; historical injustice; grave injustice; great injustice; experience injustice; against injustice; fight against injustice; correct an injustice

Examples of Simple Sentences:
There were many social injustices, from the slave trade and religious intolerance to bureaucratic corruption.
It is a grave injustice against them.

Definition

(n) the act of changing to the next stage of development.

Parts of speech:  

noun: progression, progressions; progress, progresses
adjective: progressive
verb: progress/progresses, progressing, progressed


Synonyms: progress, evolution, advance, movement forward, gain

Collocations: rapid progression, slow progression, natural progression, make progress, assess progress, check progress, observe progress, progress rapidly, failed to progress

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The progression of British law seems very slow and stable.
Her fast progression in our law firm is the result of continuous professional dedication.

Definition

(n) an official document that states one is able to do something.

Parts of speech:  

noun: qualification, qualifications
adjective: qualified
verb: qualify/qualifies, qualifying, qualified


Synonyms: certificate, degree, diploma, condition, eligibility, competence, skill

Collocations: entry qualification, special qualification, educational qualification, vocational qualification, academic qualification, obtain qualification, have qualification, require qualification

Examples of Simple Sentences:
He is the first of his family to obtain legal qualifications.
None of the applicants had a postgraduate maritime law qualification.

Definition

(v) to split into parts.

Parts of speech:  

verb: separate/separates, separating, separated
noun: separation, separations; separator, separators
adjective: separate; separable


Synonyms: divide, break up, detach, disconnect

Collocations: completely separated, clearly separated, legally separated, geographically separated, be easy to separate, try to separate

Examples of Simple Sentences:
I have separated the documents.
They have different points of view and a separate approach to each issue.

Definition

(v) to give or change the form of something.

Parts of speech:  

verb: shape/shapes, shaping, shaped
noun: shape, shapes
adjective: shapeless; shapely, shapelier, shapeliest 


Synonyms: form, make, produce, create, frame

Collocations: try to shape, help to shape, continue to shape, partly shaped, largely shaped

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Their legal system was shaped by a huge number of decisions.
My studies were an important factor in shaping my career.

Definition

(v) to create a newer version.

Parts of speech:  

verb: update/updates, updating, updated
noun: update, updates


Synonyms: amend, correct, review, upgrade, revise

Collocations: update regularly, update on a regular basis, recently updated, fully updated, be able to update, try to update, be updated

Examples of Simple Sentences:
I recently updated my notes.
We need to update our programs with the latest versions.

Definition

(v) to select for a role or position.

Parts of speech:  

verb: appoint/appoints, appointing, appointed
noun: appointment, appointments; appointee, appointee
adjective: appointed


Synonyms: name, nominate, designate, choose (to be), select, delegate, assign

Collocations: have an appointment; make an appointment; business appointment; key appointment; important appointment; appointment book

Examples of Simple Sentences:
His success at Oxford led him to be appointed a High Court Judge.
I have been appointed to legally represent this company.

Definition

(n) a try for a given goal.

Parts of speech:  

noun: attempt, attempts
adjective: attempted
verb: attempt/attempts, attempting, attempted


Synonyms: effort, endeavour, try, venture, undertaking

Collocations: make an attempt; resist attempts; serious attempt; determined attempt; successful attempt; unsuccessful attempt

Examples of Simple Sentences:
I decided to make a last attempt.
The attempt to save the ship was prevented because of bad weather.

Definition

(v) where something moves so quickly that you can’t see it clearly.

Parts of speech:  

verb: blur/blurs, blurring, blurred
noun: blur, blurs
adjective: blurred


Synonyms: become indistinct, become hazy, obscure, make vague, make indistinct

Collocations: dim blur; pale blur; be just a blur; be all a blur

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The intention was to blur the distinction between questions.
It is criticised for how it blurs some legal definitions.

Definition

(v) to bring many together into one place.

Parts of speech:  

verb: collect/collects, collecting, collected
noun: collection, collections


Synonyms: meet, group, flock, gather, come together, rally, assemble

Collocations: organise collection; be ready for collection; method of collection; efficient collection

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Her main task is to organise the collection of cases.
All their ideas were collected into a single document.

Definition

(v) to put into a single formal text.

Parts of speech:  

verb: codify/codifies, codifying, codified
noun: codification, codifications


Synonyms: organise, systematise, classify, collect, summarise

Collocations: codify rules; codify laws; codify principles

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The customs were collected and codified into a legal text.
The French marine ordinance was first codified in the sixteenth century.

Definition

(v) to congratulate, or say that something is done well.

Parts of speech:  

verb: praise/praises, praising, praised
noun: praise, praises
adjective: praiseworthy


Synonyms: congratulate, compliment, honour, admire, applaud

Collocations: justly praise; publicly praise; repeatedly praise; offer praise; earn praise; attract praise; receive praise

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The manager was quick to publicly praise all trainees.
The book is praised for its elegant style and readability.

Definition

(v) to change others’ behaviour or interest through your actions or positions.

Parts of speech:  

verb: influence/influences, influencing, influenced
noun: influence, influences
adjective: influential


Synonyms: have an effect on, have an impact on, affect, bias, guide, control, direct, persuade

Collocations: attempt to influence; try to influence; partly influence; directly influence; actively influence; critically influence

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The English legal system was influenced by Roman civil law and canonical law.
What you read may influence your choices.

Definition

(v) to separate individually into places far apart.

Parts of speech:  

verb: scatter/scatters, scattering, scattered
noun: scatter, scatters; scattering, scatterings
adjective: scattered


Synonyms: spread, disperse, separate, break up

Collocations: scattered across; scattered along; scattered over; widely scattered

Examples of Simple Sentences:
English law is scattered across cases and customs.
He scattered the most important documents around the company.

Definition

(v) to bring together as a single whole.

Parts of speech:  

verb: unify/unifies, unifying, unified
noun: unification, unifications


Synonyms: bring together, unite, combine, join, harmonise, merge

Collocations: unify efforts; unify knowledge; unify activities; strive to unify

Examples of Simple Sentences:
They have tried to collect and unify English law into a single work of jurisprudence.
He is determined to unify the industry.

Definition

(v) to label someone as a criminal or a pariah.

Parts of speech:  

verb: vilify/vilifies, vilifying, vilified
noun: vilification, vilifications


Synonyms: criticise, defame, denigrate, assail, decry, slander

Collocations: vilify an opponent; vilify authority; vilify proceedings

Examples of Simple Sentences:
He was viewed as a legal conservative and was vilified by social reformers.
He is vilified by his colleagues for his controversial views.

Definition

(v) to accept or to bring into your possession.

Parts of speech:  

verb: adopt/adopts, adopting, adopted
noun: adoption, adoptions


Synonyms: accept, choose, support, follow, select, embrace, engage in, take up

Collocations: adopt a system; adopt a law; legally adopted; formally adopted; aim to adopt; decide to adopt

Examples of Simple Sentences:
My company adopted a similar system.
This protocol has been informally adopted.

Definition

(v) to make one object or idea parallel or fit to another.

Parts of speech:  

verb: align/aligns, aligning, aligned
noun: alignment, alignments


Synonyms: coordinate, regulate, order, range, line up, arrange in line

Collocations: want to align; tend to align; fully align; closely align; properly align

Examples of Simple Sentences:
We need to align our system with the emerging global standard.
They want to fully align their ideas.

Definition

(v) to have to do with someone or something.

Parts of speech:  

verb: apply/applies, applying, applied


Synonyms: relate to, concern, affect, involve, work in, refer to, be relevant to

Collocations: equally apply; directly apply; carefully apply

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The same maritime regulation applies to companies in Europe.
They did not apply the good faith principle in this case.

Definition

(v) to resolve upon a course of action.

Parts of speech:  

verb: decide/decides, deciding, decided
noun: decision, decisions; decider, deciders
adjective: decided; deciding; decisive
adverb: decidedly


Synonyms: determine, reach a decision, plan, aim, choose

Collocations: be able to decide; be difficult to decide; decided in favour; to be decided; decide for yourself

Examples of Simple Sentences:
In civil law, countries’ substantive law decides which acts are criminal or civil offences.
The crew decided to follow the captain’s rescue plan.

Definition

(v) to reason by deduction.

Parts of speech:  

verb: derive/derives, deriving, derived
noun: derivation, derivations
adjective: derivative


Synonyms: acquire, obtain, gain, gather, extract, come from, originate in

Collocations: derive from; derive directly; derived mainly; clearly derive

Examples of Simple Sentences:
He could clearly derive the main points from the case notes.
Civil law is derived from legislative decisions.

Definition

(v) to include the whole shape of.

Parts of speech:  

verb: encompass/encompasses, encompassing, encompassed


Synonyms: include, contain, comprise, incorporate, embody

Collocations: encompass aspects; encompass information; able to encompass

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The main legal traditions encompass a few individual legal systems.
The maritime industry encompasses a diverse range of businesses.

Definition

(v) to communicate or to work between.

Parts of speech:  

verb: interact/interacts, interacting, interacted
noun: interaction, interactions; interactivity, interactivities
adjective: interactive
adverb: interactively


Synonyms: communicate, combine, connect, collaborate, cooperate

Collocations: ability to interact; chance to interact; able to interact; interact directly; interact socially; interact professionally

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Civil law tradition is a way of interacting and using law common to any system that is based on civil law.
She has a special ability to interact with our clients.

Definition

(v) to go back to an original healthy or full state.

Parts of speech:  

verb: recover/recovers, recovering, recovered
noun: recovery, recoveries
adjective: recoverable


Synonyms: recuperate, revive, improve, get better, retrieve, reclaim, regain, restore, salvage

Collocations: be able to recover; recover well; completely recovered; easily recovered; gradually recovered; finally recovered

Examples of Simple Sentences:
It was said that they could easily recover the stolen books.
Europe was forced to recover from the Dark Ages.

Definition

(v) to depend upon another.

Parts of speech:  

verb: rely/relies, relying, relied
noun: reliance, reliances; reliability, reliabilities
adjective: reliable
adverb: reliably


Synonyms: depend on/upon, count on/upon, trust, be confident of, have confidence in, be sure of

Collocations: be able to rely on; be forced to rely on; rely completely; rely exclusively; rely entirely; generally rely on

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Civil law codes tend to rely on general principles for rulings.
They rely entirely on the report’s conclusions.

Definition

(v) to go back up through a boundary, or back into attention.

Parts of speech:  

verb: resurface/resurfaces, resurfacing, resurfaced


Synonyms: appear again, occur again, reappear, reoccur, re-emerge

Collocations: try to resurface; be able to resurface; partly resurface; totally resurface

Examples of Simple Sentences:
This unique text resurfaced in the last century.
Their new submarine is not able to resurface.

Definition

(v) to ask for help or another decision.

Parts of speech:  

verb: appeal/appeals, appealing, appealed
noun: appeal, appeals
adjective: appealing


Synonyms: ask, plead for, call, apply, request, solicit

Collocations: appeal directly; appeal successfully; appeal to; appeal for

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The company is appealing for information about the incident.
The idea of working in this fascinating area really appeals to me.

Definition

(v) to legally take away for a given use.

Parts of speech:  

verb: appropriate/appropriates, appropriating, appropriated
noun: appropriation, appropriations; appropriateness
adjective: appropriate
adverb: appropriately


Synonyms: take, take over, take possession of, seize, claim, assume, acquire, confiscate, expropriate

Collocations: be able to appropriate; decide to appropriate; be ready to appropriate; appropriate for; appropriate to

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Their assets cannot be appropriated by the bank.
They were able to appropriate the other team’s ideas.

Definition

(v) put or connect things in a correct or detailed order.

Parts of speech:  

verb: arrange/arranges, arranging, arranged
noun: arrangement, arrangements


Synonyms: file, align, organise, classify, group, coordinate, manage, prepare

Collocations: can arrange; try to arrange; be able to arrange; be difficult to arrange; arrange chronologically; arrange systematically; arrange thematically

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Our assistant has arranged all files in alphabetical order.
You can find here the precedents you need arranged thematically.

Definition

(n) something which must be carried and hinders progress.

Parts of speech:  

noun: burden, burdens
verb: burden/burdens, burdening, burdened
adjective: burdensome


Synonyms: obligation, duty, responsibility, charge, worry, care, problem

Collocations: significant burden; unfair burden; additional burden; financial burden; increase burden; reduce burden; remove burden

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The workers’ poor attitude placed a significant burden on the manager.
The financial uncertainty was a huge burden on our company.

Definition

(adj.) where different versions exhibit similar properties to each other.

Parts of speech:  

adjective: consistent
noun: consistency, consistencies
verb: consist/consists, consisting, consisted
adverb: consistently 


Synonyms: compatible, harmonious, in harmony, accordant, in accord, in agreement, agreeing

Collocations: be consistent; remain consistent; appear consistent; very consistent; reasonably consistent

Examples of Simple Sentences:
This notable case was decided in a manner consistent with some past judgements.
His argument is not consistent with the notes sent to us.

Definition

(v) to take in information and give your account of its meaning.

Parts of speech:  

verb: interpret/interprets, interpreting, interpreted
noun: interpretation, interpretations; interpreter, interpreters
adjective: interpretative


Synonyms: understand, explain, define, clarify, make sense of, elucidate

Collocations: be able to interpret; difficult to interpret; try to interpret; interpret properly; interpret correctly; interpret incorrectly

Examples of Simple Sentences:
In common law tradition laws are based on the previous interpretations and decisions within cases.
In court he tried to interpret what he heard and read.

Definition

(v) to ensure by force or by law.

Parts of speech:  

verb: enforce/enforces, enforcing, enforced
noun: enforcement, enforcements
adjective: enforceable, enforced


Synonyms: execute, implement, put in force, put into action, fulfil

Collocations: able to enforce; difficult to enforce; try to enforce; impossible to enforce; fully enforced; legally enforced; law enforcement; official enforcement; enforcement efforts

Examples of Simple Sentences:
In civil law judges are administrative enforcers of legal codes.
We need to enforce new energy regulations.

Definition

(v) to act as the mediator, or middleman, in a discussion.

Parts of speech:  

verb: moderate/moderates, moderating, moderated
noun: moderation, moderations


Synonyms: arbitrate, mediate, facilitate, referee, manage, direct

Collocations: be able to moderate; try to moderate; tend to moderate; moderate the discussion

Examples of Simple Sentences:
In a conflict a judge moderates between two parties.
They wanted a moderate discussion in front of the audience.

Definition

(v) to come before.

Parts of speech:  

verb: precede/precedes, preceding, preceded
noun: precedent, precedents; precedence, precedences


Synonyms: go before, go ahead of, lead, head, take precedence

Collocations: usually preceded; often preceded; dangerous precedent; legal precedent; historical precedent; binding precedent

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The term ‘legal precedent’ is derived from the verb ‘to precede’, meaning ‘to go before’.
The judge based his decision on a set of established precedents.

Definition

(v) to make a final decision to act.

Parts of speech:  

verb: resolve/resolves, resolving, resolved
noun: resolve, resolves


Synonyms: solve, work out, find the solution to, make up your mind, decide, settle

Collocations: resolve an issue; resolve a dispute; resolve conflict; ability to resolve; an attempt to resolve; a way of resolving; easily resolved; finally resolved; be able to resolve

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Practicing common law is to resolve legal conflicts in accordance with earlier decisions.
The main issue was to resolve the dispute.

Definition

(v) to reach a goal.

Parts of speech:  

verb: achieve/achieves, achieving, achieved
noun: achievement, achievements; achiever, achievers
adjective: achievable


Synonyms: reach, complete, gain, succeed in, fulfil, execute

Collocations: be able to achieve; be easy to achieve; be difficult to achieve; fail to achieve; finally achieved; never achieved; achieve a goal; achieve balance; achieve success

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The program failed to achieve its objectives.
This was achieved by the new regulation.

Definition

(v) to change to fit the situation.

Parts of speech:  

verb: adapt/adapts, adapting, adapted
noun: adaptation, adaptations; adaptability, adaptabilities
adjective: adaptable, adaptive


Synonyms: change, prepare, make, shape, fit, transform, modify, convert

Collocations: be able to adapt; try to adapt; have to adapt; learn to adapt; ability to adapt; well adapted; successfully adapted; adapt for

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The convention was widely respected and often adapted to cover new developments in the industry.
I have found it hard to adapt to the new court rules.

Definition

(v) to permit someone to do something.

Parts of speech:  

verb: allow/allows, allowing, allowed
adjective: allowable


Synonyms: permit, endorse, approve, enable, consent to, license, authorise

Collocations: be able to allow; try to allow; must allow; allowed to grow; allowed to achieve; allowed to flourish

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The captain was not able to allow more time for that voyage.
They were allowed to read and take notes on the other party’s documents.

Definition

(v) to flourish, for flowers, people, or movements when they come good.

Parts of speech:  

verb: blossom/blossoms, blossoming, blossomed
noun: blossom, blossoms


Synonyms: grow, succeed, progress, prosper, flourish, develop

Collocations: be able to blossom; try to blossom; tend to blossom; time to blossom

Examples of Simple Sentences:
She has blossomed very late in her career.
French maritime trade blossomed in the 19th century.

Definition

(v) to make a law or decision.

Parts of speech:  

verb: enact/enacts, enacting, enacted
noun: enactment, enactments; enaction, enactions


Synonyms: approve, establish, pass, ratify, legislate, validate

Collocations: be able to enact; try to enact; plan to enact; enact a law; enact regulation; enact ideas; enact to provide; enact to limit; enact to protect

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The newly enacted legislation aims to control trade in the region.
The government aims to enact new laws to clarify the grey area.

Definition

(v) to build up at the beginning.

Parts of speech:  

verb: establish/establishes, establishing, established
noun: establishment, establishments
adjective: established


Synonyms: initiate, create, organise, set up, start, constitute

Collocations: be able to establish; try to establish; plan to establish; establish a connection; establish a rule; establish a precedent; establish contact; partly established; successfully established

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Our department was established to oversee maritime contracts.
For shipping to successfully occur it was essential to establish a global maritime legal system.

Definition

(v) to relate to things to each other.

Parts of speech:  

verb: interconnect/interconnects, interconnecting, interconnected
noun: interconnection, interconnections
adjective: interconnected, interconnecting


Synonyms: relate, connect, link, associate, unite

Collocations: be interconnected; be able to interconnect; try to interconnect; plan to interconnect; interconnected business; interconnected route; really interconnected; strongly interconnected

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Our companies are really interconnected.
The adoption of maritime conventions across nations has allowed the world to become interconnected through trade.

Definition

(v) to operate and influence from above.

Parts of speech:  

verb: manage/manages, managing, managed
noun: management, managements; manager, managers
adjective: manageable, managerial, managed


Synonyms: lead, head, control, administer, command, run, rule conduct, govern, supervise, be in charge of

Collocations: be able to manage; can manage; be difficult to manage; learn how to manage; effectively managed; professionally managed; jointly managed; remotely managed

Examples of Simple Sentences:
They managed to get access to more valuable information.
The directors manage the company on behalf of the ship’s owner.

Definition

(v) when something happens.

Parts of speech:  

verb: occur/occurs, occurring, occurred
noun: occurrence, occurrences


Synonyms: happen, take place, come about, arise

Collocations: tend to occur; likely to occur; usually occur; rarely occur; occur naturally; occur spontaneously; occur instinctively

Examples of Simple Sentences:
A significant improvement occurred after the meeting.
Opportunities for education occur almost instinctively.

Definition

(v) to describe something as less than it really is.

Parts of speech:  

verb: understate/understates, understating, understated
noun: understatement, understatements


Synonyms: minimise, lessen, belittle, underestimate, undervalue, underplay

Collocations: tend to understate; rush to understate; partially understated; understated strategy; understate opportunity; understate experience

Examples of Simple Sentences:
We cannot understate the importance of maritime law.
The lawyer understated the importance of some discussions.

Definition

(v) to point at the centre of something.

Parts of speech:  

verb: aim/aims, aiming, aimed
noun: aim, aims
adjective: aimless
adverb: aimlessly


Synonyms: point, direct, focus, level

Collocations: be able to aim; aim straight; aim directly; aim carefully; aim specifically; be aimed at; main aim; legitimate aim; pursue an aim

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The old customs were aimed at advancing trade.
He aimed to unify the different national maritime laws.

Definition

(v) to manipulate through your own power.

Parts of speech:  

verb: control/controls, controlling, controlled
noun: control, controls; controller, controllers
adjective: controlled, controlling


Synonyms: manipulate, have power over, command, conduct, dominate, run

Collocations: be able to control; tend to control; plan to control; centrally controlled; directly controlled; automatically controlled; manually controlled

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The organisation is controlled by powerful commercial interests.
This issue is the key to controlling our global legal strategy.

Definition

(v) to work together for a common goal.

Parts of speech:  

verb: cooperate/cooperates, cooperating, cooperated
noun: cooperation, cooperations; co-operator, co-operators
adjective: cooperative


Synonyms: work together, collaborate, join forces, combine your efforts, unite

Collocations: agree to cooperate; be prepared to cooperate; refuse to cooperate; cooperate partly; cooperate fully; full cooperation; active cooperation; global cooperation; economic cooperation; need cooperation; facilitate cooperation; improve cooperation

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Two of the main international organisations are cooperating on the new project.
International cooperation followed on matters that would improve the business environment.

Definition

(v) to work together in action.

Parts of speech:  

verb: coordinate/coordinates, coordinating, coordinated
noun: coordinate, coordinates; coordination, coordinations; coordinator, coordinators


Synonyms: harmonise, match, relate, integrate, correlate

Collocations: be able to coordinate; plan to coordinate; coordinate plans; coordinate efforts; coordinate activities; require coordination; improve coordination; policy coordination; effective coordination; international coordination

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Our team is coordinated by an experienced lawyer.
Cooperation and coordination are important for a well-functioning global economy.

Definition

(v) to stop or change the process.

Parts of speech:  

verb: disrupt/disrupts, disrupting, disrupted
noun: disruption, disruptions
adjective: disruptive


Synonyms: stop, interrupt, disturb, interfere with, obstruct, break up

Collocations: be able to disrupt; plan to disrupt; attempt to disrupt; partially disrupted; totally disrupted; significantly disrupted

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The climate change protesters disrupted the meeting.
They don’t want to disrupt or change the course of international shipping.

Definition

(v) to make certain of something.

Parts of speech:  

verb: ensure/ensures, ensuring, ensured


Synonyms: make sure, make certain, secure, guarantee

Collocations: be able to ensure; designed to ensure; important to ensure; try to ensure; measures to ensure; efforts to ensure; effectively ensured; ensure safety; ensure compliance; ensure access; ensure quality; ensure support

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The manager tries to ensure a high level of job satisfaction.
They tried to ensure free access to the world’s oceans for commercial trade.

Definition

(v) to make something better.

Parts of speech:  

verb: improve/improves, improving, improved
noun: improvement, improvements


Synonyms: develop, make better, get better, advance, enhance, upgrade

Collocations: be able to improve; try to improve; intend to improve; continue to improve; fail to improve; improve capacity; improve compliance; improve safety; ability to improve; gradually improved; continually improved

Examples of Simple Sentences:
These efforts are intended to improve working conditions on ships.
International cooperation improves the business environment.

Definition

(v) to use a device or a machine.

Parts of speech:  

verb: operate/operates, operating, operated
noun: operation, operations; operator, operators
adjective: operable, operative, operational


Synonyms: use, run, work, function, perform, utilise, control, handle, drive, manoeuvre

Collocations: be able to operate; try to operate; plan to operate; continue to operate; operate effectively; operate normally; operate electronically; operate manually

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Many shipping companies are now operating their own ships.
International organisations operate with, between, and over national governments.

Definition

(v) to control to a stable or consistent level.

Parts of speech:  

verb: regulate/regulates, regulating, regulated
noun: regulation, regulations; regulator, regulators; regularity, regularities
adjective: regular, regulatory
adverb: regularly


Synonyms: control, monitor, supervise, oversee, manage, rule, guide, handle

Collocations: be able to regulate; try to regulate; attempt to regulate; plan to regulate; strictly regulated; properly regulated; poorly regulated; nationally regulated

Examples of Simple Sentences:
A new code of conduct for lawyers will be regulated soon.
They want to ensure that the new regulations will not disrupt or change the course of international shipping.

Definition

(v) to show back an image.

Parts of speech:  

verb: reflect/reflects, reflecting, reflected
noun: reflection, reflections; reflector, reflectors
adjective: reflective


Synonyms: mirror, return, reproduce, send back, throw back

Collocations: be able to reflect; be designed to reflect; can reflect; correctly reflected; simply reflected; truly reflected; poorly reflected; reflect reality; reflect concerns; reflect a tendency; reflect change; reflect diversity

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The conversation reflected the complexity of the case.
We were invited to reflect critically on the new change.

Definition

(v) to stay within.

Parts of speech:  

verb: abide/abides, abiding, abided
adjective: abiding


Synonyms: accept, conform to, obey, observe, continue

Collocations: be able to abide; try to abide; can abide; abide decision; abide condition; abide by a promise; abide by an agreement; abide by a law

Examples of Simple Sentences:
You’ll have to abide the decision.
They refused to abide by the conditions.

Definition

(v) to transact or engage with.

Parts of speech:  

verb: deal/deals, dealing, dealt
noun: deal, deals; dealings (pl); dealer, dealers


Synonyms: manage, handle, tackle, cope with, control, take action on, trade, do business

Collocations: be able to deal; can deal; try to deal; deal effectively; deal honestly; deal properly; deal together; deal separately

Examples of Simple Sentences:
There are two ways of dealing with this case.
The deciding judge deals fairly between parties.

Definition

(v) to put in another’s possession.

Parts of speech:  

verb: give/gives, giving, gave, given
noun: given, givens; giver, givers
adjective: given
preposition: given
conjunction: given that


Synonyms: present, contribute, provide with, supply with, donate, award, grant, deliver, confer

Collocations: give a speech; give an answer; give a present; be able to give; can give; try to give; plan to give

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The module gives students opportunities to improve their English language skills.
Bona fides contracts gave the deciding judge discretion to deal fairly between parties.

Definition

(v) to believe that you will do something.

Parts of speech:  

verb: intend/intends, intending, intended
adjective: intended


Synonyms: plan, contemplate, aim, purpose, envisage, propose, have in mind

Collocations: intend to become; intend to study; intend to use; intend a voyage; clearly intended; fully intended; never intended

Examples of Simple Sentences:
He claimed that he had intended to respect the agreement.
The dispute was resolved in line with what was intended in the original contract.

Definition

(v) to hold with you.

Parts of speech:  

verb: keep/keeps, keeping, kept
noun: keep, keeps; keeper, keepers; keeping, keepings


Synonyms: hold on to, retain, save, preserve, maintain, keep possession of, conserve

Collocations: be able to keep, try to keep, can keep, keep a promise, keep control, keep records, keep in mind, keep in touch

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Students should keep up their attention in class.
Keeping promises is central to business.

Definition

(v) to give a name or a category to.

Parts of speech:  

verb: label/labels, labelling, labelled
noun: label, labels


Synonyms: name, brand, class, classify, define, identify, categorise

Collocations: plan to label; label a product; labelled in English; put a label; remove a label; a price label; a shipping label

Examples of Simple Sentences:
He labels people all the time.
Cicero labelled good faith as the foundation of justice.

Definition

(v) to say as an aside.

Parts of speech:  

verb: mention/mentions, mentioning, mentioned
noun: mention, mentions


Synonyms: refer to, speak about, reveal, comment on, declare, cite, report, disclose, communicate

Collocations: try to mention; plan to mention; intend to mention; mention a reason; mention a case; just mentioned; already mentioned; rarely mentioned; mentioned before; mentioned below; mentioned here

Examples of Simple Sentences:
As I mentioned already, relevant documents were analysed to conclude the case.
He clearly mentioned good faith’s relation to civil law.

Definition

(v) to do something in front of others, or to do an operation.

Parts of speech:  

verb: perform/performs, performing, performed
noun: performer, performers
adjective: performance


Synonyms: function, operate, execute, produce, work, accomplish, achieve, complete

Collocations: be able to perform; can perform; perform work; perform operation; perform duty; perform action; well performed; correctly performed; competently performed; safely performed; automatically performed

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The lawyer is no longer able to perform his duties.
Both parties expect the other to honestly perform their duties under the contract agreed.

Definition

(v) to arrange something for later than first planned.

Parts of speech:  

verb: postpone/postpones, postponing, postponed
noun: postponement, postponement


Synonyms: delay, defer, put off, hold over, suspend

Collocations: postpone meeting; postpone decision; postponed due to the weather; postpone for a week; postponed until next week

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The meeting was postponed because of the bad weather.
The seller may postpone, delay, or cancel the service for his own advantage.

Definition

(v) to distribute more thinly across a larger area.

Parts of speech:  

verb: spread/spreads, spreading, spread
noun: spread, spreads


Synonyms: extend, circulate, display, propagate, transmit, unfold

Collocations: stop spread; control spread; reduce spread; encourage spread; help spread; rapid spread; geographical spread; global spread

Examples of Simple Sentences:
They took immediate action to stop the disease spreading.
Good faith spread into the fields of international diplomacy and cooperation between nations.

Definition

(v) to use mathematics to find an answer.

Parts of speech:  

verb: calculate/calculates, calculating, calculated
noun: calculation, calculations; calculator, calculators; calculus, calculi
adjective: calculable


Synonyms: count, determine, add up, assess, value, estimate, consider, rate, enumerate

Collocations: calculated according to; calculate exactly; calculate carefully; make calculation; correct calculation; approximate calculation; a method of calculation

Examples of Simple Sentences:
I want to know how my bank calculates the interest on a loan.
The methods of calculation of contribution for general average are uniform.

Definition

(v) to assert the opposite of what another has said.

Parts of speech:  

verb: contradict/contradicts, contradicting, contradicted
noun: contradiction, contradictions
adjective: contradictory


Synonyms: disagree with, speak against, challenge, rebut, counter, dispute

Collocations: be able to contradict; try to contradict; appear to contradict; clearly contradicted; directly contradicted; partially contradicted

Examples of Simple Sentences:
They had noticed she was wrong, but nobody contradicted her.
Some of the rules of general average seem to contradict each other.

Definition

(n) where one thing makes another thing happen.

Parts of speech:  

noun: causality, causalities; causation, causations; cause, causes
adjective: causative
verb: cause/causes, causing, caused


Synonyms: occasion, reason, causation, cause, influence, root, source

Collocations: induce causality; prove causality; analyse causality; reverse causality; virtual causality; real causality; clear causality

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The idea of causality between poverty and lack of education is a sensitive issue.
There is a list of numbered rules around causality and burden of proof.

Definition

(v) to harm and lower the utility of something.

Parts of speech:  

verb: damage/damages, damaging, damaged
noun: damage, damages


Synonyms: harm, injure, hurt, wreck, smash, ruin, crush, weaken, demolish

Collocations: can damage; intend to damage; seriously damaged; severely damaged; permanently damaged

Examples of Simple Sentences:
This report could prove seriously damaging for our company.
‘Average’ comes from the French avarié, meaning ‘damage’.

Definition

(v) to give to multiple others.

Parts of speech:  

verb: distribute/distributes, distributing, distributed
noun: distribution, distributions; distributor, distributors
adjective: distributed, distributive


Synonyms: give, share, divide up, allocate, apportion, deal, administer, dispose

Collocations: be able to distribute; can distribute; distributed among

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Some articles were distributed free of charge.
There is a list of rules around the distribution of rights.

Definition

(v) to change from one state to another.

Parts of speech:  

verb: evolve/evolves, evolving, evolved
noun: evolution, evolutions


Synonyms: develop, advance, grow, progress

Collocations: be able to evolve; tend to evolve; continue to evolve; evolved together; evolved constantly; evolved rapidly

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The legal profession has been evolving to meet the requirements of the modern times.
As commerce evolved, general average progressed from being a principle to being seen as a form of insurance.

Definition

(v) to live and feel through a moment in time.

Parts of speech:  

verb: experience/experiences, experiencing, experienced
noun: experience, experiences
adjective: experienced


Synonyms: have, know, feel, face, try, meet, suffer, taste, observe, perceive, encounter, undergo, go through, live through

Collocations: be able to experience; plan to experience; personally experienced; directly experienced; an interesting experience; an enjoyable experience; an educational experience

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Sailors who experience stress in their voyages tend to be less involved in their jobs.
General average refers to the material loss experienced by all parties when there is a problem at sea.

Definition

(v) to receive the cost for something.

Parts of speech:  

verb: incur/incurs, incurring, incurred


Synonyms: experience, suffer, sustain, collect, provoke

Collocations: incur expenses; incur losses; incur risk; incur penalty; incur delay; incur work; incur challenge; incur disgrace

Examples of Simple Sentences:
Raising taxes may incur the anger of some clients.
Ships are insured against various specific losses incurred at sea.

Definition

(v) to save from a worse fate.

Parts of speech:  

verb: rescue/rescues, rescuing, rescued
noun: rescue, rescues; rescuer, rescuers


Synonyms: save, liberate, set free, free, release

Collocations: be able to rescue; try to rescue; plan to rescue; rescue from; attempted a rescue; rescue attempt; rescue effort; rescue operation; rescue plan; rescue ship

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The ship’s captain tried to rescue people in distress at sea.
In common law jurisdictions the rescuing act must be successful to qualify as general average.

Definition

(v) to change place, direction, or form.

Parts of speech:  

verb: shift/shifts, shifting, shifted
noun: shift, shifts


Synonyms: change, move, move around, reposition, relocate, rearrange

Collocations: attempt to shift; try to shift; begin to shift; shift away; shift back and forth; shift quickly; shift gradually; shift rapidly; shift continually

Examples of Simple Sentences:
We’ll gradually shift this responsibility onto someone else.
General average shifted from being a principle to being seen as a form of insurance.

Definition

(v) to behave in a certain way.

Parts of speech:  

verb: act/acts, acting, acted
noun: act, acts; acting, actings


Synonyms: behave, conduct, perform, function, serve, work, operate

Collocations: be able to act; can act; act against; act in good faith; act legally; act in self-defence; act properly; act responsibly; act wisely

Examples of Simple Sentences:
An agent acts on the behalf of the shipowner.
We need to know whether the parties acted in good faith.

Definition

(v) to give money for a previous loss.

Parts of speech:  

verb: compensate/compensates, compensating, compensated
noun: compensation, compensations
adjective: compensatory


Synonyms: indemnify, repay, refund, pay back, remunerate, recompense, reimburse, make restitution

Collocations: be able to compensate; can compensate; compensate properly; compensate in full; compensate financially; fully compensate; partly compensate

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The claimant was properly compensated for his loss.
Marine insurance is where an insurer contracts to compensate the counterparty for types of marine losses.

Definition

(v) to protect someone against loss, damage or accident.

Parts of speech:  

verb: cover/covers, covering, covered
noun: cover, covers; coverage, coverages; covering, coverings
adjective: covered


Synonyms: insure, compensate, balance, counterbalance, include, involve, contain, embrace, comprise, incorporate

Collocations: be intended to cover; try to cover; be extended to cover; completely covered; partially covered; covered against; covered for

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The cargo issues are partially covered by your marine insurance.
In marine insurance, unvalued policies cover a specific amount of money.

Definition

(v) to write or draw with a pen.

Parts of speech:  

verb: draft/drafts, drafting, drafted
noun: draft, drafts


Synonyms: plan, outline, compose, formulate, create, sketch, frame, write

Collocations: be able to draft; can draft; draft initially; draft well; draft carefully; draft poorly

Examples of Simple Sentences:
These are a few drafted pieces of legislation.
There is a great problem with the drafting of this insurance contract.

Definition

(v) to allow to happen.

Parts of speech:  

verb: enable/enables, enabling, enabled


Synonyms: facilitate, allow, empower, give opportunity, equip, aid

Collocations: easily enable; quickly enable; enabled the process; enabled success

Examples of Simple Sentences:
A unique business model enabled their company to create a global trade network.
Marine insurance enabled the expansion of trade by sea.

Definition

(v) to insure against loss.

Parts of speech:  

verb: indemnify/indemnifies, indemnifying, indemnified
noun: indemnity, indemnities


Synonyms: insure, underwrite, endorse, protect, secure, guarantee

Collocations: be able to indemnify; agree to indemnify; can indemnify; fully indemnified; partly indemnified; indemnified against

Examples of Simple Sentences:
They agreed to indemnify the charterer against any loss.
According to the contract, the merchant is clearly indemnified.

Definition

(v) to give for use.

Parts of speech:  

verb: provide/provides, providing, provided
noun: provider, providers
conjunction: providing, provided


Synonyms: give, supply, equip, furnish, present, accommodate, distribute contribute, produce

Collocations: be able to provide; can provide; be expected to provide; fail to provide; provided free of charge; provided for; provided with

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The company provided us with a lot of valuable information.
The parties acted in good faith by providing the information concerning the ship.

Definition

(v) to make safe.

Parts of speech:  

verb: secure/secures, securing, secured
noun: security, securities
adjective: secure


Synonyms: guarantee, insure, assure, ensure, protect

Collocations: be able to secure; can secure; manage to secure; fail to secure; an effort to secure; properly secured; safely secured; provide security; issue securities; buy securities; securities market

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The leaking of commercial secrets has compromised the company’s security.
They try to secure the company’s potential loss.

Definition

(v) to split and give to others.

Parts of speech:  

verb: share/shares, sharing, shared
noun: share, shares; shareholder, shareholders; shareholding, shareholdings


Synonyms: split, divide, distribute, allocate, apportion, assign

Collocations: share information; share data; share opinion; share interest, share a passion for; share responsibility; learn to share; count my share; trade shares; shares in a company

Examples of Simple Sentences:
They share common experiences.
Sharing the risks of sea voyages has made our world as connected as it is today.

Definition

(v) to encircle.

Parts of speech:  

verb: surround/surrounds, surrounding, surrounded
noun: surrounding, surroundings
adjective: surrounding


Synonyms: enclose, encircle, encompass, ring, envelop

Collocations: surrounded by; completely surround; partially surround; quickly surround

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The company’s building was surrounded by police.
The law surrounding marine insurance was first supported by merchants’ isolated codes.

Definition

(prep) from one point to another.

Parts of speech:  

prepositions: across
adverb: across


Synonyms: on the other side of, throughout, over, all over, covering

Collocations: come across; look across; live across; across the company; across the street; across the world; across the river; across the sea

Examples of Simple Sentences:
It came across as an interesting idea.
The new concept quickly became dominant across the country.

Definition

(v) to contest verbally.

Parts of speech:  

verb: argue/argues, arguing, argued
noun: argument, arguments
adjective: argumentative


Synonyms: assert, dispute, debate, claim, contend, question, reason, plead, challenge, deliberate, discuss

Collocations: be able to argue; be prepared to argue; try to argue; reasonably argued; eloquently argued; passionately argued; successfully argued

Examples of Simple Sentences:
He argued the case for interpreting the contract in terms of the seller’s intention.
Grotius argued that the sea was an infinite and indivisible common property of all mankind.

Definition

(v) to receive something of value.

Parts of speech:  

verb: benefit/benefits, benefiting, benefited
noun: benefit, benefits; beneficiary, beneficiaries
adjective: beneficial


Synonyms: aid, help, assist, advance, advantage, be beneficial to

Collocations: be able to benefit; can benefit; really benefited; considerably benefited; fully benefited; benefited personally; benefited financially

Examples of Simple Sentences:
We want to know who benefited from the last economic changes.
Mare liberum was confirmed back in the eighteenth century for the benefit of all mankind.

Definition

(v) to damage something so it cannot function; to cause something to end.

Parts of speech:  

verb: break/breaks, breaking, broke, broken
noun: break, breaks; breakage, breakages


Synonyms: stop, interrupt, suspend, cut short, cut, pause

Collocations: break easily; break up; take a break; have a break; broken completely; career break; commercial break; weekend break; holiday break

Examples of Simple Sentences:
After a misunderstanding in the office, she decided to take a career break.
He was determined to break the Iberian dominance of the trade routes to Asia.

Definition

(v) to use up or fully consume.

Parts of speech:  

verb: deplete/depletes, depleting, depleted
noun: depletion, depletions
adjective: depleted


Synonyms: consume, exhaust, expend, reduce, decrease, lessen, drain, empty

Collocations: deplete reserve; deplete capital; rapidly depleted; seriously depleted; completely depleted

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The costs of litigation began to deplete the company’s reserves.
Global fish stocks could be depleted very soon.

Definition

(v) to go behind or after.

Parts of speech:  

verbs: follow/follows, following, followed
noun: follower, followers; following, followings
adjective: following
preposition: following


Synonyms: go behind, walk behind, go after, come after, succeed, take the place of, pursue, track, trail, obey, conform to, comply with, adhere to

Collocations: aim to follow; plan to follow; follow shortly; follow directly; naturally follow; usually follow; generally follow; follow an event; follow a decision; follow a pattern; follow strategy; follow policy; follow principle

Examples of Simple Sentences:
It is required to follow the company protocol.
Different nation states would either follow mare liberum (open seas) or mare clausum (closed seas).

Definition

(v) to stop something from happening.

Parts of speech:  

verb: prevent/prevents, preventing, prevented
noun: prevention, preventions
adjective: preventable, preventive


Synonyms: stop, avoid, restrain, avert, block, obstruct, bar, inhibit

Collocations: can prevent; designed to prevent; prevent damage; prevent development; prevent loss; prevent complications

Examples of Simple Sentences:
They need more detailed information in order to prevent fraud.
He tried to prevent British claims to trade from the East Indies.

Definition

(v) to go or change backwards.

Parts of speech:  

verb: reverse/reverses, reversing, reversed
noun: reverse, reverses; reversion, reversions
adjective: reverse, reversible


Synonyms: change, alter, revoke, overturn, overthrow, undo, cancel

Collocations: the decision was reversed; the judgement was reversed; reverse an operation; an unexpected reverse; a reverse order; the terms are on the reverse side

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The Court of Appeal reversed the decision of the High Court last week.
There was a major reversal.

Definition

(v) to match something well.

Parts of speech:  

verb: suit/suits, suiting, suited
noun: suit, suits; suitability, suitabilities
adjective: suitable
adverb: suitably


Synonyms: match, agree with, correspond with, conform to, harmonize with, be suitable for

Collocations: seem to suit; be designed to suit; particularly suited; uniquely suited; suited well; suited perfectly

Examples of Simple Sentences:
The ship may need to be adapted to suit the needs of a particular route.
The convention suited their interests at the time.

Definition

(adj.) when something is under the ocean.

Parts of speech:  

adjective: undersea


Synonyms: underwater, submerged, subaquatic, immersed

Collocations: undersea cable; undersea boat; undersea instrument; undersea expertise; undersea skill

Examples of Simple Sentences:
He has significant experience in undersea work.
The convention includes the right to lay undersea cables.