CITY PLANNING (ADJECTIVES) CROSSWORD
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Meaning: certain to happen, unavoidable.
Usage: By the morning, he had accepted the inevitable
Synonyms: unavoidable, inescapable
Meaning: making or intended to make a profit
Usage: The commercial agreement between the developer and civic authority was signed yesterday
Synonyms: trade, trading, business, private enterprise, mercantile, merchant
Meaning: still in progress
Usage: The ongoing negotiations has rather prolonged too long.
Synonyms: in progress, under way, going on, continuing, happening, occuring
Meaning: Turned the other way round or up or inside out
Usage: The dominant display of skills by Germany were reversed by Indians after the goal by their lead scorer
Synonyms: back, back-pedal, alter, change
Meaning: Showing a great deal of variety; very different
Usage: In this course, you will be learning subjects as diverse as architecture, science, language teaching and physical science
Synonyms: various, sundry, manifold, multiple, varied
Meaning: Designed for people to live in
Usage: The upcoming smart city will include residential and world-class health care, sports and educational facilities
Synonyms: domestic, familial, household
Meaning: Suitable or proper in the circumstances
Usage: The student brought up the learning issues during the welcome party for which the rector replied “this isn’t the appropriate time or place.
Synonyms: suitable, proper, fitting, apt, relevant, connected, pertinent
Meaning: Included in or planned according to a specific time period
Usage: As per the scheduled programme for today, the chairman will address the stakeholders at 5pm
Synonyms: arrange, organise, plan, programme, timetable
Meaning: Relating to finance
Usage: The company’s board of directors unanimously agreed to appoint an independent financial adviser
Synonyms: monetary, money, economic, pecuniary, banking, commercial
Meaning: Relating or pertaining to a particular area or neighbourhood
Usage: The research paper details the local civic issues faced in the western suburb
Synonyms: community, district, neighbourhood, regional
Meaning: Not enough
Usage: There was insufficient evidence to convict the accused
Synonyms: inadequate, deficient
Meaning: Make partial or minor changes to (something)
Usage: The proposals were unacceptable to the citizens and were only accepted in a modified form
Synonyms: alter, change, adjust, adapt
Meaning: Coming before something in order, position or time.
Usage: The details of the human body have been explained in the preceding pages of this book
Synonyms: foregoing, previous, prior, former, precursory, earlier
Meaning: Reasonably priced; inexpensive
Usage: The Indian government passed a law that every new residential construction should have 20% of overall cost should be towards affordable homes
Synonyms: budget, cheap, rock-bottom
Meaning: Support or actively encourage (something or person)
Usage: She was promoted to General Manager
Synonyms: encourage, further, advance, assist, aid, help
Meaning: Intensify, increase or further improve the quality, value or extent of
Usage: The people’s refusal to accept a flawed design enhanced their reputation
Synonyms: increase, add to, intensify, magnify, amplify, inflate, strengthen
Meaning: Relating or denoting a metropolis or large city
Usage: The metropolitan area of the city was reduced to efficiently administer and manage civic amenities
Synonyms: urban, cosmopolitan, urbane
Meaning: That has been forbidden, banned
Usage: The convict had deliberately fed prohibited material to the herd resulting in serious health issues in them.
Synonyms: forbid, ban, bar, interdict, veto, proscribe, embargo, disallow
Meaning: Control or maintain the rate or speed so that is operates properly
Usage: The release of water from the dam was regulated so that water was available for 6 months of the year
Synonyms: control, adjust, manage, balance, set, synchronise, modulate
Meaning: Publicly acknowledge a contributor’s role in the production of (something published or broadcast)
Usage: The screenplay is credited to one Indian and two Japanese playwrights
Synonyms: ascribe, attributed, assigned, accredit
Meaning: In relating to, or characteristic of a town or city
Usage: The increase in urban population, constantly puts stress on the resources of rural areas.
Synonyms: built-up, city, inner-city
Meaning: Bring-back; re-establish
Usage: The order was eventually restored by the specialised police force trained to handle riots.
Synonyms: reinstate, put back, replace, reinstitute
Meaning: Filled beyond what is comfortable, safe or desirable
Usage: The Covid-19 strain of coronavirus is an infectious disease that can spread faster in overcrowded cities
Synonyms: overfull, overflowing, cram-full, jammed, packed like sardines
Meaning: Relating to or characterised by industry; very great in extent or amount
Usage: The Russian government introduced exorbitant tax rates that we are seeing tax avoidance cases on an industrial scale
Synonyms: manufacturing, factory
Meaning: Bring the different elements of (a complex activity or organization) into a harmonious or efficient relationship
Usage: His collection of antiques was unrivalled and coordinated, as if he had meandered through history to choose them
Synonyms: harmonise, correlate, interrelate, synchonise
Meaning: A squalid and overcrowded urban street inhabited by very poor people
Usage: He grew up in the slums of New York
Synonyms: hovel, ghetto, shanty town, bustee
Meaning: Produce or create
Usage: Her latest movie generated a lot of excitement amongst the panel of judges
Synonyms: cause, give rise to, bring about