| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb embargo.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (embargo) | 1. Ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons; "embargoed publications".[Wordnet]. 2. Prevent commerce; "The U.S. embargoes Libya".[Wordnet]. 3. To lay an embargo on and thus detain; to prohibit from leaving port; -- said of ships, also of commerce and goods.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: embargoing, embargoed, embargoes, embargoer, embargoers, embargoingly and embargoedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "EMBARGOING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: EMBARGOING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Restraining from sailing by public authority; hindering.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of embargo. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: embargo
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Embargo (journalism) | For the economic term, see Embargo. (references) | ||
| European Union arms embargo on China | The European Union arms embargo on China is an embargo imposed by the European Union against the People's Republic of China (PRC) in response to the massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. (references) | ||
| The Embargo (poetry) | The Embargo is an historical poem written by William Cullen Bryant in 1808, when he was thirteen years old. Bryant was a critic of Jeffersonian Politics, and the work was his attempt to satirize a shipping embargo imposed by Thomas Jefferson at the time. (references) | ||
| Trade embargo | A government order imposing a trade barrier. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| United States embargo against Cuba | The United States embargo against Cuba (described in Cuba as el bloqueo, Spanish for "the blockade") is an economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed on Cuba by the United States on February 7, 1962. As of 2005, the embargo is still in effect, making it one of the most enduring trade embargoes in modern history. It remains an extremely controversial issue worldwide, with the General Assembly of the United Nations condemning it for the 13th time in 2004 by a huge margin. Resistance is also growing in the US. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: embargo
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Mail embargo | Military | (DOD) A temporary shutdown or redirection of mail flow to or from a specific location. (references) | |
| To embargo | Transportation | To confiscate a ship. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: embargo | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| United States embargo against Cuba | 31 | 1967 Oil Embargo | 8 | |
| News embargo | 25 | Arms embargo | 3 | |
| Embargo | 25 | Embargo | 25 | |
| Embargo Act of 1807 | 16 | Embargo (academic publishing) | 4 | |
| United States embargo against Nicaragua | 14 | Embargo Act of 1807 | 16 | |
| European Union arms embargo on the People's Republic of China | 11 | European Union arms embargo on the People's Republic of China | 11 | |
| 1967 Oil Embargo | 8 | News embargo | 25 | |
| Embargo (academic publishing) | 4 | Oil embargo | 2 | |
| Arms embargo | 3 | South African oil embargo | 3 | |
| South African oil embargo | 3 | The Embargo (poetry) | 2 | |
| The Embargo (poetry) | 2 | United States embargo against Cuba | 31 | |
| Oil embargo | 2 | United States embargo against Nicaragua | 14 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
