Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - handicap
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Handicap
handicap
I. noun Etymology: obsolete English ~, a game in which forfeit money was held in a cap, from hand in cap Date: 1754 1. a. a race or contest in which an artificial advantage is given or disadvantage imposed on a contestant to equalize chances of winning b. an advantage given or disadvantage imposed usually in the form of points, strokes, weight to be carried, or distance from the target or goal 2. a. a disadvantage that makes achievement unusually difficult b. sometimes offensive a physical disability II. transitive verb (-capped; -capping) Date: 1852 1. a. to give a ~ to b. to assess the relative winning chances of (contestants) or the likely winner of (a contest) 2. to put at a disadvantage
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a disadvantage imposed on a superior competitor in order to make the chances more equal. b a race or contest in which this is imposed. 2 the number of strokes by which a golfer normally exceeds par for the course. 3 a thing that makes progress or success difficult. 4 a physical or mental disability. --v.tr. (handicapped, handicapping) 1 impose a handicap on. 2 place (a person) at a disadvantage. Derivatives handicapper n. Etymology: prob. from the phrase hand i' (= in) cap describing a kind of sporting lottery ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. сущ. помеха, препятствие - impose handicaps 2. гл. 1) ставить в невыгодное положение 2) затруднять 3) быть помехой HANDICAP 1. сущ. 1) общ. затруднение; препятствие; помеха; барьер, преграда to overcome a handicap — преодолеть препятствие under a heavy handicap — в чрезвычайно затруднительном положении time handicap — недостаток времени, цейтнот 2) мед., эк. тр. физический или умственный недостаток, физическое или умственное расстройство; увечье (затрудняющее выполнение каких-л. действий) employees with handicaps — работники с физическими или умственными недостатками severe mental handicap — серьезное умственное расстройство physical handicap — физическое расстройство, физический дефект See: handicapped, disability 3) спорт. гандикап (скачки, бега и т. п., в которых более слабым участникам предоставляются разнообразные преимущества для уравнивания шансов на победу (напр., регата, в которой участвуют суда разных классов и судам предоставляется фора в зависимости от класса и мощности судна и т. д.)) 2. гл. 1) общ. быть помехой; препятствовать, мешать, затруднять The committee's work is handicapped by conflict and distrust. — Работе комитета мешают конфликты и недоверие. Young people are coming out of college with a huge amount of debt, and it handicaps them in their ability to borrow money for a...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. помеха, препятствие time handicap —- недостаток времени, цейтнот to overcome a handicap —- преодолеть препятствие to be under a heavy handicap —- быть в чрезвычайно затруднительном положении 2. физический или умственный недостаток; дефект; увечье 3. спорт. гандикап handicap tournament —- гандикап (соревнование); турнир с закрытым гандикапом he was given a handicap of 5 metres —- ему дали фору 5 метров; он должен был пробежать на 5 метров больше 4. скачки или другие соревнования с препятствиями 5. автомобильные гонки по пересеченной местности 6. гандикап 7. быть помехой; препятствовать his short-sightedness seriously handicapped his studies —- из-за близорукости ему было очень трудно заниматься 8. спорт. уравновешивать силы, шансы на успех; уравнивать условия; давать фору ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) sport гандикап 2) помеха; препятствие 3) mot. гонки по пересеченной местности 2. v. 1) sport уравновешивать силы; уравнивать условия 2) ставить в невыгодное положение; быть помехой to be handicapped - испытывать затруднения physically handicapped - страдающий каким-л. физическим недостатком ...Англо-русский словарь
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(handicaps, handicapping, handicapped) 1. A handicap is a physical or mental disability. He lost his leg when he was ten, but learnt to overcome his handicap. N-COUNT 2. A handicap is an event or situation that places you at a disadvantage and makes it harder for you to do something. Being a foreigner was not a handicap. N-COUNT 3. If an event or a situation handicaps someone or something, it places them at a disadvantage. Greater levels of stress may seriously handicap some students... VERB: V n 4. In golf, a handicap is an advantage given to someone who is not a good player, in order to make the players more equal. As you improve, your handicap gets lower. I see your handicap is down from 16 to 12. N-COUNT 5. In horse racing, a handicap is a race in which some competitors are given a disadvantage of extra weight in an attempt to give everyone an equal chance of winning. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 an inability to use part of your body or mind because it has been damaged (a mental or physical handicap) 2 a condition or situation that makes it difficult for someone to do what they want (Not speaking the language is a real handicap.) 3 a disadvantage given to the stronger competitors in a race or competition, in order to make it fair (She had a handicap of 7 in golf.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- mid-17c., from hand in cap, a game whereby two bettors would engage a neutral umpire to determine the odds in an unequal contest. The bettors would put their hands holding forfeit money into a hat or cap. The umpire would announce the odds and the bettors would withdraw their hands -- hands full meaning that they accepted the odds and the bet was on, hands empty meaning they did not accept the bet and were willing to forfeit the money. If one forfeited, then the money went to the other. If both agreed on either forfeiting or going ahead with the wager, then the umpire kept the money as payment. Reference to horse racing is 1754 (Handy-Cap Match), where the umpire decrees the superior horse should carry extra weight as a "handicap;" this led to sense of "encumbrance, disability" first recorded 1890. The verb sense of "equalize chances of competitors" is first recorded 1852, but is implied in the horse-race sense. Meaning "put at a disadvantage" is 1864. The main modern sense, "disability," is the last to develop; handicapped (adj.) is 1915. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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