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re·dun·dant
(rĭ-dŭn′dənt)adj.
1. Exceeding what is necessary or natural; superfluous.
2. Needlessly wordy or repetitive in expression: a student paper filled with redundant phrases.
3. Of or relating to linguistic redundancy.
4. Chiefly British Dismissed or laid off from work, as for being no longer needed.
5. Electronics Of or involving redundancy in electronic equipment.
6. Of or involving redundancy in the transmission of messages.
7. Genetics
a. Made up of identical repeating nucleotide sequences that do not code for genes. Used of DNA.
b. Relating to or being a gene that has multiple codons for the same amino acid.
[Latin redundāns, redundant-, present participle of redundāre, to overflow : re-, red-, re- + undāre, to surge (from unda, wave; see wed- in Indo-European roots).]
re·dun′dant·ly adv.
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redundant
(rɪˈdʌndənt)adj
1. surplus to requirements; unnecessary or superfluous
2. verbose or tautological
3. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) deprived of one's job because it is no longer necessary for efficient operation: he has been made redundant.
4. (General Engineering) (of components, information, etc) duplicated or added as a precaution against failure, error, etc
5. (Electronics) (of components, information, etc) duplicated or added as a precaution against failure, error, etc
[C17: from Latin redundans overflowing, from redundāre to run back, stream over; see redound]
reˈdundantly adv
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re•dun•dant
(rɪˈdʌn dənt)adj.
1. characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas.
2. exceeding what is usual or necessary: a redundant part.
3. superabundant or superfluous: lush, redundant vegetation.
4. (of a system, equipment, etc.) supplied as a backup, as in a spacecraft.
5. (of language or a linguistic feature) characterized by redundancy; predictable.
6. Chiefly Brit. being unemployed.
[1595–1605; < Latin redundant-, s. of redundāns, present participle of redundāre overflow, be excessive. See redound, -ant]
re•dun′dant•ly, adv.
syn: See wordy.
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Adj. | 1. | redundant - more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" unnecessary, unneeded - not necessary |
2. | redundant - repetition of same sense in different words; "`a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions"; "the phrase `a beginner who has just started' is tautological"; "at the risk of being redundant I return to my original proposition"- J.B.Conant prolix - tediously prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length; "editing a prolix manuscript"; "a prolix lecturer telling you more than you want to know" |
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redundant
adjective
1. jobless, dismissed, sacked, unemployed, laid off, out of work a redundant miner
2. superfluous, extra, surplus, excessive, unnecessary, unwanted, inordinate, inessential, supernumerary, de trop (French), supererogatory the conversion of redundant buildings to residential use
superfluous needed, necessary, essential, vital
superfluous needed, necessary, essential, vital
3. tautological, wordy, repetitious, verbose, padded, diffuse, prolix, iterative, periphrastic, pleonastic The last couplet collapses into redundant adjectives.
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redundant
adjectiveUsing or containing an excessive number of words:
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redundant
[rɪˈdʌndənt] ADJ2. (Gram) → redundante
3. (Brit) [worker] → sin trabajo, parado
to be made redundant → ser despedido (por reducción de plantilla), quedar sin trabajo
he was made redundant in 1999 → lo despidieron en 1999, quedó sin trabajo en 1999
automation may make some workers redundant → la automatización puede hacer que varios obreros pierdan sus puestos
to be made redundant → ser despedido (por reducción de plantilla), quedar sin trabajo
he was made redundant in 1999 → lo despidieron en 1999, quedó sin trabajo en 1999
automation may make some workers redundant → la automatización puede hacer que varios obreros pierdan sus puestos
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redundant
(rəˈdandənt) adjective (of workers) no longer employed because there is no longer any job for them where they used to work. Fifty men have just been made redundant at the local factory. despedido
reˈdundancy – plural reˈdundancies – nounThere have been a lot of redundancies at the local factory recently; the problem of redundancy.despido
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redundant
→ despedir a alguien , superfluoMultilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009