well-ordered

  • 1well-ordered — index systematic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2well-ordered — adjective Date: 1589 1. having an orderly procedure or arrangement < a well ordered household > 2. partially ordered with every subset containing a first element and exactly one of the relationships “greater than”, “less than”, or “equal to”&#8230; …

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  • 3well-ordered — adjective a) Having a precise arrangement. b) Having a well order …

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  • 4well-ordered set — Math. a totally ordered set in which every nonempty subset has a smallest element with the property that there is no element in the subset less than this smallest element. Cf. partially ordered set, totally ordered set. * * * …

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  • 5well-ordered — /wel awr deuhrd/, adj. arranged, planned, or occurring in a desirable way, sequence, etc. [1600 10] * * * …

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  • 6Well-founded phenomenon — Well founded phenomena ( la. phenomena bene fundata), in the philosophy of Gottfried Leibniz, are ways in which the world falsely appears to us, but which are grounded in the way the world actually is (as opposed to dreams or hallucinations,&#8230; …

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  • 7Well — Well, adv. [Compar. and superl. wanting, the deficiency being supplied by better and best, from another root.] [OE. wel, AS. wel; akin to OS., OFries., & D. wel, G. wohl, OHG. wola, wela, Icel. & Dan. vel, Sw. v[ a]l, Goth. wa[ i]la; originally&#8230; …

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  • 8Well enough — Well Well, adv. [Compar. and superl. wanting, the deficiency being supplied by better and best, from another root.] [OE. wel, AS. wel; akin to OS., OFries., & D. wel, G. wohl, OHG. wola, wela, Icel. & Dan. vel, Sw. v[ a]l, Goth. wa[ i]la;&#8230; …

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  • 9Well off — Well Well, adv. [Compar. and superl. wanting, the deficiency being supplied by better and best, from another root.] [OE. wel, AS. wel; akin to OS., OFries., & D. wel, G. wohl, OHG. wola, wela, Icel. & Dan. vel, Sw. v[ a]l, Goth. wa[ i]la;&#8230; …

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  • 10Well to do — Well Well, adv. [Compar. and superl. wanting, the deficiency being supplied by better and best, from another root.] [OE. wel, AS. wel; akin to OS., OFries., & D. wel, G. wohl, OHG. wola, wela, Icel. & Dan. vel, Sw. v[ a]l, Goth. wa[ i]la;&#8230; …

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