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This page is for questions about definitions that are unclear (need to be rewritten) or needed, DefinedMeaning that are maybe duplicated, questions about translations, ...

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[edit] Definition unclear

[edit] DefinedMeaning:flachlegen (476858)

  • Is it really specific for a man with a woman?
  • "to sleep with" in the def is also a translation = not good. I would say "to have sexual intercourse with sb". Kipcool 08:03, 2 April 2007 (EDT)
Some of the German translations are specific slang terms for a man sleeping with a woman (flachlegen, knallen, nageln), but not all. So I propose to leave those exact translations and move the others to DefinedMeaning:have sex (7270) --Tosca 15:04, 3 April 2007 (EDT)
DefinedMeaning:have sex (7270) is only for a purpose of reproduction. I added DefinedMeaning:make love (501423) for the general meaning. Kipcool 04:26, 4 April 2007 (EDT)
There are even more DMs: DefinedMeaning:have sex (7269), DefinedMeaning:have sex (7283). --Tosca 11:49, 4 April 2007 (EDT)
ok, I removed my duplicate DM. I checked and cleaned French on DefinedMeaning:flachlegen (476858). Kipcool 08:39, 5 April 2007 (EDT)

[edit] DefinedMeaning:spade (392023)

I don't understand that DM. The definition is similar to DefinedMeaning:shovel (8359), and the list of translations contains both (Spaten, spade) and (shovel, pala) which are 2 different concepts (namely DefinedMeaning:shovel (8359) and DefinedMeaning:Spaten (525509). Can anybody clarify? Kipcool 12:52, 24 April 2007 (EDT)

The Dutch meaning is the same. The one at shovel (spade, schop) is more precise in my opinion. Patio 23:41, 14 May 2007 (EDT)

[edit] DefinedMeaning:rich (336030)

I don't understand, and the one who created it doesn't seem to be a regular contributor (I posted a message on his talk page some days ago). Kipcool 15:59, 3 May 2007 (EDT)

[edit] DefinedMeaning:empire (6882)

The definition doesn't seem to fit with the given translations. --Tosca 12:12, 4 May 2007 (EDT)

[edit] DefinedMeaning:apiculture (216)

The English definitions says that Expression:apiculture is a large-scale version of Expression:beekeeping, but I think they are the same and most translations seem to agree. I added Expression:beekeeping, but the definitions need to be rewritten or checked by native speakers. Gon-no-suke 20:04, 7 May 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Expression:petit

Fixed. First I reduced the definition of "small". It was "small in number or size", now it is only "small in size". This makes translations so much more easier. All definitions that contain "or" are just asking for trouble, because you can be sure that if you have a definition that says "A or B", any of the worlds 200+ languages will have different words for "A" and "B".
Then I merged both definition and deleted the so-called "heavy". --Mkill 12:03, 11 March 2007 (EDT)
Now the definition says "not large or big", so it's still asking for trouble. --Mikalaari 09:30, 15 April 2007 (EDT) 
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[edit] DefinedMeaning:late (154699)

Not clear whether the word is an adjective or adverb. Both seem to be present in the synonyms. Malafaya 10:29, 22 May 2007 (EDT)

[edit] DefinedMeaning:brio (522826)

  • The entry lacks a defintion and is therefore pretty useless. --Tosca 19:15, 6 June 2007 (EDT)

[edit] DefinedMeaning:feat (345396)

I don't understand the definition. Kipcool 09:58, 12 July 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Duplicate Meaning?

[edit] DefinedMeaning:camping (476) DefinedMeaning:camping site (477) DefinedMeaning:campsite (480146)

Three same or is there any subtlety? Kipcool 03:37, 22 April 2007 (EDT)

They are all the same for Spanish. --Ascánder 07:36, 22 April 2007 (EDT)
For me, the definition in DefinedMeaning:campsite (480146) is the best, but I'm hesitating a bit about deleting DM that have been imported from GEMET. Should I? Should we move the GEMET definitions as alternate definitions? Kipcool 12:37, 24 April 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Expression:follaje: 5 equivalent DM

The expression "follaje" (foliage) has five DMs that mean the same: DefinedMeaning:foliage (1504), DefinedMeaning:fullam (369247), DefinedMeaning:fullatge (369257), DefinedMeaning:fullatge (369260) and DefinedMeaning:Blattwerk (517513). Furthermore two of the definitions refer only to green leaves or leaves of a tree respectively. That limitation does not apply to the German word "Laub" and probably to most of the other translations. --Ortografix 11:56, 24 April 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Expression:pero: 3 quite equivalent DM, one partially erased

Probably they should be merged. --Ascánder 19:51, 25 April 2007 (EDT)

Deleted everything in maar. Was all in but Patio 03:43, 30 April 2007 (EDT)

[edit] DefinedMeaning:meteor (366201) and DefinedMeaning:tähdenlento (533570)

Same definitions, right? Kipcool 07:43, 30 April 2007 (EDT)

I agree. --Tosca 12:13, 4 May 2007 (EDT)

[edit] DefinedMeaning:tense (353620) and DefinedMeaning:Tempus (425736)

have the same meaning. --Ortografix 12:59, 4 May 2007 (EDT)

[edit] DefinedMeaning:after (6944) and DefinedMeaning:after (6951)

Same? Kipcool 05:59, 6 May 2007 (EDT)

They look identical. I propose to keep DefinedMeaning:after (6944). --Ortografix 10:19, 22 May 2007 (EDT)

[edit] DefinedMeaning:heat (physics) (1746) and DefinedMeaning:heat (5846)

Looks identical --Tosca 10:26, 6 May 2007 (EDT)

[edit] DefinedMeaning:therefore (340873) and DefinedMeaning:dus (352237)

Merge? Kipcool 05:37, 7 May 2007 (EDT)

Go ahead. For Dutch they are identical now ;) Patio 23:46, 14 May 2007 (EDT)

[edit] DefinedMeaning:mixed woodland (5061) and DefinedMeaning:mixed forest (2389)

One is defined as "A forest composed of several tree species". That are most (if not all) forests but it is not called "Mischwald" in German. A "Mischwald" is "A forest composed of broadleaf trees and coniferous trees". --Ortografix 13:55, 9 May 2007 (EDT)

[edit] DefinedMeaning:further (7233) and DefinedMeaning:further (7235)

"More distant, when compared to another point" seems quite the same as "At a more advanced or later point in a trajectory". The synonyms are basically the same. Malafaya 10:08, 24 May 2007 (EDT)

[edit] DefinedMeaning:green (6032) and DefinedMeaning:green (6403)

mean the same. --Ortografix 09:46, 27 May 2007 (EDT)

[edit] DefinedMeaning:spider (3588) and DefinedMeaning:spin (161104)

mean the same. Most translations are identical. --Ortografix 10:27, 27 May 2007 (EDT)

[edit] DefinedMeaning:opportunity (161294) and DefinedMeaning:chance (334946)

All the same. Sopho 21:36, 17 June 2007 (EDT)

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