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Significados de sheer en inglés

portugués
virar

Turn sharply; change direction abruptly.

      virar
      portugués
      perpendicularmente

      Straight up or down without a break.

            perpendicularmente
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            Examples for "perpendicularly"
            Examples for "perpendicularly"
            1
            The attack from to-leeward is to be made perpendicularly in line ahead.
            Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 / Publications of the Navy Reco...
            2
            The crew were glad to note that it now hung almost perpendicularly.
            Around the World in Ten Days
            3
            Some of them fall from a great height perpendicularly into the sea.
            Journal of a Voyage from Okkak, on the Coast of Labrador, to Ung...
            4
            It seemed hideous and abnormal to stand mid-way against a perpendicularly-rushing torrent.
            At a Winter's Fire
            5
            Near the fort, a waterfall precipitates itself perpendicularly down a narrow ravine.
            A Woman's Journey Round the World / From Vienna to Brazil, Chili...

            So thin as to transmit light.

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                Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers.

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                      Uso de sheer en inglés
                      1
                      That proved impossible given the sheer scale of the private residential market.
                      The Irish Times
                      2
                      Perhaps, by sheer nerve and animal cunning, you'll survive for a year.
                      Immortality Inc.
                      3
                      Today, BGI still claims to lead the world in sheer sequencing capacity.
                      Wired
                      4
                      The sheer amount of power she must have used was staggering .
                      From hell with love
                      5
                      But the sheer number of cases is causing delays in the courts.
                      The Irish Times
                      6
                      Asad listened in relieved amazement; Rosamund caught her breath in sheer dismay.
                      The Sea-Hawk
                      7
                      But the sheer ambition of these works demand an almost physical attention.
                      The Guardian
                      8
                      First, there's the sheer quantity of Chinese-made products on the U.S. market.
                      Reuters
                      9
                      And over and over by sheer personal power, he created this miracle:
                      Cry to heaven
                      10
                      Several times the road winds along the base of sheer forty-foot precipices.
                      Night of knives
                      11
                      That market is now booming, driven by a sheer weight of money.
                      The Irish Times
                      12
                      Its sheer simplicity and egalitarian nature means it is available to all.
                      News.com.au
                      13
                      There were times when technical ability and sheer courage were not enough.
                      The Fountains of Paradise
                      14
                      At last it fell in under the sheer weight of the blows.
                      The Romance of Elaine / Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine"
                      15
                      Alabama missed 17 free throws, but sheer volume made all the difference.
                      Reuters
                      16
                      The sheer number of boys in some schools must make it difficult.
                      The Guardian
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                      Translations for sheer
                      Sheer a través del tiempo
                      Sheer por variante geográfica
                      Australia
                      Común
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                      Común
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