revolutionary
11revolutionary — [[t]re̱vəlu͟ːʃənri, AM neri[/t]] ♦♦♦ revolutionaries 1) ADJ Revolutionary activities, organizations, or people have the aim of causing a political revolution. Do you know anything about the revolutionary movement? ...the Cuban revolutionary… …
12revolutionary — revolution rev‧o‧lu‧tion [ˌrevəˈluːʆn] noun [countable] a complete change in ways of thinking, methods of working etc: revolution in • Computer technology has caused a revolution in working practices. revolutionary adjective : • revolutionary… …
13revolutionary — I UK [ˌrevəˈluːʃ(ə)n(ə)rɪ] / US [ˌrevəˈluʃ(ə)nˌerɪ] adjective ** 1) [only before noun] relating to or supporting a political revolution a revolutionary movement/party/war 2) new and completely changing the way that something is done, thought… …
14revolutionary — I. adjective Date: 1774 1. a. of, relating to, or constituting a revolution < revolutionary war > b. tending to or promoting revolution < a revolutionary party > c. constituting or bringing about a major or fundamental change < revolutionary… …
15revolutionary — Communist You might have thought that things would stop revolving after the Communists had attained power, but you would have been wrong: Mikoyan concludes the revolutionaries should establish revolutionary organs of power (a euphemism… …
16revolutionary — rev|o|lu|tion|a|ry1 [ˌrevəˈlu:ʃənəri US ʃəneri] adj 1.) completely new and different, especially in a way that leads to great improvements ▪ The new cancer drug is a revolutionary breakthrough. ▪ a revolutionary new drug 2.) [only before noun]… …
17revolutionary — rev|o|lu|tion|ar|y1 [ ,revə luʃn,eri ] adjective ** 1. ) only before noun relating to or supporting a political revolution: a revolutionary movement/party/war 2. ) new and completely changing the way that something is done, thought about, or made …
18revolutionary — 1. adjective a) Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to, or promoting, revolution; as, revolutionary war; revolutionary measures; revolutionary agitators. b) pertaining to something that portends of great change; overthrowing a …
19revolutionary — 1. adjective 1) revolutionary troops Syn: rebellious, rebel, insurgent, rioting, mutinous, renegade, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, seditious, subversive, extremist 2) revolutionary change Syn …
20revolutionary — [ˌrevəˈluːʃ(ə)n(ə)ri] adj I 1) relating to or supporting a political revolution a revolutionary movement[/ex] 2) new and completely changing the way that something is done or thought about a revolutionary idea[/ex] II noun [C] revolutionary… …
