ventilate a question

ventilate a question
index reason (persuade)

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  • ventilate — ventilable, adj. /ven tl ayt /, v.t., ventilated, ventilating. 1. to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated. 2. Med. a. to oxygenate (blood) by exposure to air in the lungs or gills. b. to… …   Universalium

  • ventilate — ven•ti•late [[t]ˈvɛn tlˌeɪt[/t]] v. lat•ed, lat•ing. v.t. 1) to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air that has been used or contaminated 2) (of air or wind) to circulate through or blow on, so as to cool or freshen the air… …   From formal English to slang

  • ventilate — /ˈvɛntəleɪt / (say ventuhlayt) verb (t) (ventilated, ventilating) 1. to provide (a room, mine, etc.) with fresh air in place of air which is vitiated. 2. to introduce fresh air to: the lungs ventilate the blood. 3. (of air, wind, etc.) to… …  

  • ventilate — ven·ti·late || ventleɪt / tɪl v. provide with fresh air, air out, freshen; raise a point or question for discussion; supply the blood with oxygen …   English contemporary dictionary

  • ventilate — v.tr. 1 cause air to circulate freely in (a room etc.). 2 submit (a question, grievance, etc.) to public consideration and discussion. 3 Med. a oxygenate (the blood). b admit or force air into (the lungs). Derivatives: ventilation n. ventilative… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Inquiry — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Subject of Inquiry. Question. < N PARAG:Inquiry >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inquiry inquiry Sgm: N 1 request request &c. 765 Sgm: N 1 search search research quest pursuit &c. 622 GRP: N 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • Reasoning — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Reasoning >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{ant,477,} reasoning ratiocination rationalism Sgm: N 1 dialectics dialectics induction generalization GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 discussion discussion comment Sgm: N 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • reason — rea·son n 1: an underlying ground, justification, purpose, motive, or inducement required to provide reason s for the termination in writing 2 a: the faculty of comprehending, inferring, or distinguishing esp. in a fair and orderly way b: the… …   Law dictionary

  • Sago Mine disaster — wikinewshas|three articles on the accident * * *The Sago Mine disaster was a coal mine explosion on January 2, 2006, in the Sago Mine (pronEng|ˈseɪgoʊ) in Sago, West Virginia, USA near the Upshur County seat of Buckhannon. The blast and ensuing… …   Wikipedia

  • Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …   Universalium

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