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#2 (permalink) Thu Mar 26, 2009 21:51 pm Synonym! |
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constantly day after day without fail
there are surely more, but these come to mind in an instant _________________ No comment |
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#3 (permalink) Thu Mar 26, 2009 22:03 pm Synonym! |
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I cannot say that I understand the meaning of your sentence. Did you mean to say that you checked you budget carefully and meticulously (not synonyms for consistently) or that you go over your budget regularly (constantly, frequently, often, rutinely, habitually, repeatedly, time and again, etc.)? _________________ con·text - The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning. |
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#4 (permalink) Thu Mar 26, 2009 22:33 pm Synonym! |
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| Neither can I! I got the sentence from a show. I'm not sure if it'll help or not but speaking of the context "the editor in chief is standing in front of his staff and saying "We've been consistently over budget every issue. " |
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#5 (permalink) Thu Mar 26, 2009 22:53 pm Synonym! |
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It might mean that they discussed budget in every single issue of the publication. Then consistently is a very good word. Systematically is a synonym. _________________ con·text - The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning. |
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#6 (permalink) Thu Mar 26, 2009 22:53 pm Synonym! |
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Does it say over budget or over budgeted? _________________ No comment |
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#7 (permalink) Thu Mar 26, 2009 22:57 pm Synonym! |
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| I'm sure it says "over budget". |
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#8 (permalink) Thu Mar 26, 2009 22:59 pm Synonym! |
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Then it surely says on every issue? Otherwise the sentence doesn't make any sense to me _________________ No comment |
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#9 (permalink) Thu Mar 26, 2009 23:36 pm Synonym! |
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Conference hall. Receptionist: "That is so wrong!" Editor in chief: "I know, believe me. We've been consistently over budget every issue. We had to cut costs somewhere." Receptionist and Assistant of the Creative Director: "Boo!" Assistant of the Editor in Chief: "Come on! An office party at the office. That'll be fun."
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#10 (permalink) Fri Mar 27, 2009 1:02 am Synonym for the adverb "consistently" |
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I wonder, why some context came up in the post #9 and not in the post #1? Were we expected to guess? Not everybody is into puzzles. BTW, what is "so wrong"? What did they discuss before that? _________________ con·text - The part of a text or statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and determines its meaning. |
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#11 (permalink) Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:28 am Synonym for the adverb "consistently" |
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"Consistently over budget" was clear from the start, without further context.
It's a commonly used phrase, meaning "we have regularly exceeded our financial budget every issue". _________________ Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow.
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