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blanks

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A small French coin, originally of silver, afterwards of copper, worth 5 deniers; also a silver coin of Henry V current in the parts of France then held by the English, worth about 8 pence .

Examples :

"While researching medieval French currency, the historian found records mentioning transactions using "blanks," small silver coins worth a few deniers. "

history economy finance value

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noun

Examples :

"His constant excuses for not completing his homework left his teacher at a blanks, unsure of how to proceed. "

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The white spot in the centre of a target; hence the object to which anything is directed or aimed, the range of such aim .

Examples :

"Her presentation was a disaster; she didn't address the key issues and completely missed the blanks. "

sport direction point range military

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A lot by which nothing is gained; a ticket in a lottery on which no prize is indicated .

Examples :

"The lottery ticket was a blank; it offered no prize. "

outcome game bet nothing

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An empty space; a void, for example on a paper .

Examples :

"The test paper had many blanks for answers. "

gap space writing

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(now chiefly U.S.) A document, paper, or form with spaces left blank to be filled up at the pleasure of the person to whom it is given (e.g. a blank charter, ballot, form, contract, etc.), or as the event may determine; a blank form .

Examples :

"Please fill in the blanks on this job application form before submitting it. "

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Examples :

"Shakespeare often wrote his plays in blank verse, which doesn't rhyme. "

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A piece of metal (such as a coin, screw, nuts), cut and shaped to the required size of the thing to be made, and ready for the finishing operations; (coining) the disc of metal before stamping .

Examples :

"The factory worker loaded the machine with metal blanks ready to be stamped into coins. "

material technical industry machine

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A vacant space, place, or period; a void .

Examples :

"After the power outage, there were only blanks in my memory of the movie – I couldn't remember what happened between the car chase and the end. "

gap space nothing

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The 1 / 230400 of a grain .

Examples :

"The jeweler used specialized scales to measure the precious metal in blanks, ensuring accuracy down to the smallest fraction of a grain. "

number amount unit

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An empty space in one's memory; a forgotten item or memory .

Examples :

"The exam question left several blanks in my memory; I couldn't recall the answer. "

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A dash written in place of an omitted letter or word

Examples :

"The censored document had several words replaced with long blanks to hide sensitive information. "

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The space character; the character resulting from pressing the space-bar on a keyboard.

Examples :

"The computer program is deleting all the extra blanks at the end of each sentence. "

computing character space writing language

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A domino without points on one or both of its divisions.

Examples :

"the double blank"

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Short for blank cartridge. .

Examples :

"The director told the actors to use blanks in the scene where they fire guns, so no one would get hurt. "

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(in the expression ‘shooting blanks’) An ineffective effort which achieves nothing .

Examples :

"Despite working late every night on the presentation, his efforts were shooting blanks because he hadn't understood the client's needs. "

outcome action achievement nothing

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To make void; to erase.

Examples :

"I blanked out my previous entry."

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To ignore (a person) deliberately.

Examples :

"She blanked me for no reason."

communication action attitude human person

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To prevent from scoring, for example in a sporting event.

Examples :

"England blanks Wales to advance to the final."

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To become blank.

Examples :

"My mind blanked during the important presentation, and I couldn't remember a single key point. "

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To be temporarily unable to remember.

Examples :

"During the exam, I completely blanked and couldn't remember the formula. "

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