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Look up: redress

  1. redress
    [Verb] Plural form: redresses. To redress a wrong means to set it right.
    Example: The teacher needs to redress the problem of absence amongst her students.
    Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary

  2. redress
    [n] - act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. redress
    time interval between the dressing of a grinding wheel and reaching inadmissible deterioration of its action(e.g.indicated by chatter or burning) Category: Iron and steel industries
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Redress
    Re·dress' transitive verb [ Prefix re- + dress .] To dress again.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/31

  5. Redress
    Re·dress' transitive verb [ French redresser to straighten; prefix re- re- + dresser to raise, arrange. See Dress. ] 1. To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise. [ R.] « The common profit could she redress Chaucer. « In yonder spring of roses intermixed With myrtle, find what to redress till noon.� ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/31

  6. Redress
    Re·dress' noun 1. The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment. [ R.] « Reformation of evil laws is commendable, but for us the more necessary is a speedy redress of ourselves.» Hooker. 2. A setting right, as of wrong, injury, or opression; as, the redress of grievances; hence, relief; remedy; reparation; indemnificatio ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/31

  7. redress
    remedy noun act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Redress
    In film, a `redress` is the redecoration of an existing movie set, so that it can double for another set. This saves the trouble and expense of constructing a second set, though they face the difficulty of doing it so the average viewer does not notice the same set is rused. Also there could be logistical problems, such as conflicting shooting schedules, continuity if the set isn't quite the same as it was (if it should be the same) or different ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redress

  9. Redress
    • (n.) One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser. • (v. t.) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon. • (v. t.) To put in order again; to set right; to emend; to revise. • (v. t.) To dress again. • (v. t.) To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury;...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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9 November 2009

This day in history:
On 9 November 1989 the Berlin Wall was finally breached by jubilant Berliners , unifying a city that had been divided for over 30 years. The 28-mile (45 km) barrier dividing Germany's capital was built in 1961 to prevent East Berliners fleeing to the West, but as Communism in the Soviet Republic and Eastern Europe began to crumble, pressure mounted on the East German authorities to open the Berlin border. At midnight on 9th November East Germany's Communist rulers gave permission for gates along the Wall to be opened after hundreds of people converged on crossing points. They surged through cheering and shouting and were be met by jubilant West Berliners on the other side. read more

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