Essays Tagged: "merriam webster online"
The theme of familial love in Hamlet
ct the relationships in this play. Shakespeare shows that loyalty and familial devotion, defined in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, as "the fact or state of being ardently dedicated and loyal towar ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet
Women's rights are still an important topic.
ople have actually looked at the definition of the word "feminism." Here is the term defined in the Merriam Webster Online Dictionary:Fem-i-nism, noun, 1. the theroy of the political, economic, and so ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies
Pornography and its place in our society
What exactly is pornography? According to the Merriam Webster online dictionary, pornography is defined as the depiction of erotic behavior intend ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality
Same-sex marriages
What is a marriage? According to Merriam Webster Online, a marriage is defined as "the state of being united to a person of the oppos ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Human Rights
Biotechnology, good or bad?
Globalization. What is it? According to the Merriam - Webster OnlineDictionary, Globalize is "to make worldwide in scope or application." In gen ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
Women's Involvement in Espionage
According to Merriam-Webster Online, an intelligence operation is the process by which governments, military grou ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II
Ethical choices in business. Situation: Your boss asks you to hold important information that should be included....What do you do?
this reason, it is difficult to agree on a definition of ethics. I will use the definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. "Ethic" is defined as follows: "a set of moral principles or valu ... ld respect you as an individual and as an employee not to place you in that situation.References:1) Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary[Accessed 10 June 2004]http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?bo ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
Conflict ManagementIn the Merriam-Webster dictionary, conflict is defined as "a: competitive or opposing action of incompatibl ... mpatible or opposing needs, drives, wishes, or external or internal demands c: fight, battle, war."(Merriam-Webster online dictionary) Conflict can occur in any place at any time. According to the UOP ... 3.pdf. 2003.http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=conflict&x=13&y=11.Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary copyright © 2004 by Merriam-Webster, IncorporatedConflict Man ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
The Internet has enabled new forms of community to flourish.
As stated in Merriam Webster Online Dictionary , Community is and can be 1 : a unified body of individuals: as a: ...
Subjects: Art Essays
Raising Multilingual Children.
languages fluently" or being "written in or expressed in more than two languages" ("multilingual"). Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, on the other hand, considers it as "using or able to use several ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Linguistics
Functions of Management: Define the four functions of management and explains how each relates to your organization.
an intricate function in how the process develops, and if the process will succeed or fail.PlanningMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines planning as the act or process of making or carrying out p ... ng and developing processes that are continually affected by various factors.OrganizingAgain, using Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, the best definition that reflects the purpose of organizing in ma ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
What it Means to Be Brave
avery can often be interchanges with the words of courage, or daring, but what defines courage? The Merriam-Webster Online dictionary states: "mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withs ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
Defining Marketing
efined as, "the process or technique of promoting, selling, and distributing a product or service" (Merriam-Webster Online, 2006). Investopedia states that marketing consists of fundamental ideas that ... "Basic Marketing: A Global Managerial Approach". 2004 (University of Phoenix Student Resource Page)Merriam-Webster.com, Accessed July 23, 2006Investopedia.com, Accessed July 23, 2006Money.CNN.com, "B ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing
Fractured Unions- reasons for the decline in labor unions in United States and the future expectations.
purpose of advancing its members' interests in respect to wages, benefits, and working conditions (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary).The coming of the civil war and the increasing technological adva ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management
High Performance Teams
sity on group behavior and how such diversity can contribute or detract from high-performance teams.Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (2007) defines groups as a number of individuals assembled or havi ... on. Vol. 18. Retrieved March 24, 2007,from University of Phoenix Online Library, EBSCOhost Database.Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary (2007). Groups. Retrieved March 24, 2007 fromMerriam-Webster Websi ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Bible Translation Comparison
irit" here, is meant interior affection and thought, which also are the spirit of man. According to Merriam-Webster online Dictionary, spirit has the denotative meaning of a lively o ... Version uses the word oath to express the statement that Joseph had made.. According to Merriam Webster Online Dictionary, oath has the denotative meaning of a solemn usu ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
The Cult of Scientology
at Scientology is a cult, perhaps a brief examination of some definitions would be appropriate. The Merriam-Webster online dictionary lists five meanings for the word "cult:"1. Formal religious venera ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Groups and Teams
deciding factor in determining which companies excel and which companies struggle.According to the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, a group is best defined as "a number of individuals assembled tog ... ether for a common purpose or goal; they are a "number of persons associated in some joint action" (Merriam-Webster, 2005). Teams are highly autonomous and internally motivated. The team members envis ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication
Police Misconduct and Corruption
d society, the ?bad? cops are of much more interest and therefore are what this paper will focus on.Merriam-Webster online (2005) defines misconduct as ?1: mismanagement especially of governmental or ... pecially by a government official: Malfeasance; or 3: improper behavior.? Corruption, as defined by Merriam-Webster online (2005), is ?1 a: impairment of integrity, virtue, or moral principle: Depravi ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government
What is a Healthy Diet?
althy diet? This is an important question that many Americans have been mulling over for years. The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines diet as: "a: food and drink regularly provided or consumed ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology