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clockwork — clock|work [ˈklɔk wə:k US ˈkla:k wə:rk] n [U] 1.) BrE clockwork toys, trains, soldiers etc have machinery inside them that makes them move when you turn a key ▪ mechanical toys powered by clockwork ▪ The tape was driven by a clockwork motor. 2.)… … Dictionary of contemporary English
clockwork — noun (U) 1 clockwork toys, trains, soldiers etc have machinery inside them to make them move when you turn a key 2 go like clockwork if something you have arranged goes like clockwork, it happens in exactly the way you planned: The concert went… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
clockwork — [n] being on time; precision accuracy, consistency, perfect timing, regularity, smoothness; concept 818 … New thesaurus
with clockwork precision — like a clock; precisely, exactly … English contemporary dictionary
clockwork — noun Date: 1628 1. the inner workings of something 2. the machinery (as springs and a train of gears) that run a clock; also a similar mechanism running a mechanical device (as a toy) 3. the precision, regularity, or … New Collegiate Dictionary
clockwork — /klok werrk /, n. 1. the mechanism of a clock. 2. any mechanism similar to that of a clock. 3. like clockwork, with perfect regularity or precision: The launching of the spacecraft went off like clockwork. [1620 30; CLOCK1 + WORK] * * * … Universalium
clockwork — /ˈklɒkwɜk / (say klokwerk) noun 1. the mechanism of a clock. 2. any mechanism similar to that of a clock. –phrase 3. like clockwork, with perfect regularity or precision: *She pays at the end of the month like clockwork. –louis stone, 1911 …
clockwork — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. perfect timing, precision, regularity; see accuracy 2 . • like clockwork, Syn. precisely, smoothly, consistently; see accurately , regularly 1 , 2 … English dictionary for students
clockwork — n 1. precision machinery, mechanism, inner workings, works, wheels within wheels, wheelworks, synchrony, perfectly timed or accurate operation. 2. like clockwork regularly, systematically, methodically, at regular intervals, on schedule,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
LIP (clockwork company) — LIP is a French clock company whose turmoil became emblematic of the conflicts between workers and management in France.The LIP factory, based in Besançon in eastern France, was having financial problems in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and… … Wikipedia
