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TRUMP [5 records]

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Record 1 2006-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Card Games
DEF

[To play] a card that ranks above all cards of all other suits ... after the lead of another suit.

OBS

cut: A colloquial term for the verbs "trump" or "ruff" used commonly in Scotland. (The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge, 1971, p. 94).

OBS

Bridge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de cartes
DEF

Fournir un atout lorsqu'on ne possède plus de la couleur jouée par l'attaquant.

OBS

Bridge.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
OBS

This Major Crown Project is a mid-life conversion and systems modernization project for four DDH 280 Tribal Class destroyers. Over the period 1986-96 the project also calls for modernizing and equipping the ships with area air systems capability. Each ship, which will retain its anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare capabilities, will also be able to embark a Commander of a Canadian task group and will have major systems that have already been purchased. Public Works and Government Services Canada, the Department of National Defence and Industry Canada are in charge of the project.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
OBS

Ce Grand projet de l'État prévoit la modernisation des systèmes et la conversion à mi-vie de quatre destroyers de classe Tribal DDH 280. De 1986 à 1996, les navires seront modernisés et équipés d'un système de défense aérienne de zone. Chaque navire, qui conservera sa capacité de lutte antisurface et anti-sous-marine, sera doté des structures pour accueillir le commandant d'un groupe opérationnel canadien et recevra les principaux systèmes déjà achetés. Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada, le ministère de la Défense nationale et Industrie Canada sont responsables de ce projet.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Music (General)
DEF

Instrument consisting of a frame of wood or metal, in clothespin or horseshoe form, to which one end of a flexible lamella is attached, its other end remaining free. The narrow end of the frame is held loosely between the teeth so that the lamella can swing freely and is plucked with a finger, causing it to vibrate in the player's mouth, which thereby becomes a resonator. Depending on the position of tongue, lips, and cheeks, one or another harmonic can be emphasized.

Key term(s)
  • trump

French

Domaine(s)
  • Musique (Généralités)
DEF

Instrument de musique fait d'une languette flexible de bambou ou de métal dégagée d'un cadre ou fixée dans celui-ci, et que le joueur pince avec le doigt ou une corde tout en le tenant dans la bouche.

OBS

L'appellation anglaise « jew's harp » semble erronée, il s'agirait plutôt de « jaw's harp » (harpe de bouche ou de mâchoire).

Spanish

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Record 4 1996-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Program Titles (Armed Forces)
OBS

Terminology officially approved by the Naval Terminology Standardization Committee.

OBS

Project M1700 for the Maritime Forces.

Key term(s)
  • M1700

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes (Forces armées)
OBS

Terminologie officialisée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

OBS

Projet M1700 pour la Marine.

Key term(s)
  • M1700

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

If you trump something that someone has said or done, you beat it by saying or doing something else that seems better ... She trumped his news by announcing that she had been picked for the Olympic team.

CONT

Were we not strongly persuaded that this case trumps our earlier instruction on market distortion, we would agree with the majority's reasoning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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