Difference between revisions of "Handicap"
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# An [[allowance]] of a certain amount of [[time]] or [[distance]] in starting, granted in a [[race]] (or other contest of skill) to the [[competitor]] possessing [[disadvantage]]s; or an additional [[weight]] or other [[hindrance]] imposed upon the one possessing [[advantage]]s, in order to [[equalize]], as much as possible, the [[chances]] of [[success]]. | # An [[allowance]] of a certain amount of [[time]] or [[distance]] in starting, granted in a [[race]] (or other contest of skill) to the [[competitor]] possessing [[disadvantage]]s; or an additional [[weight]] or other [[hindrance]] imposed upon the one possessing [[advantage]]s, in order to [[equalize]], as much as possible, the [[chances]] of [[success]]. | ||
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# {{context|sometimes considered offensive}} The [[disadvantage]] itself, in particular [[physical]] or [[mental]] disadvantages of people. | # {{context|sometimes considered offensive}} The [[disadvantage]] itself, in particular [[physical]] or [[mental]] disadvantages of people. | ||
# A [[race]], for [[horses]] or [[men]], or any [[contest]] of [[agility]], [[strength]], or [[skill]], in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors. | # A [[race]], for [[horses]] or [[men]], or any [[contest]] of [[agility]], [[strength]], or [[skill]], in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors. | ||
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# {{transitive}} To [[encumber]] with a handicap in any contest. | # {{transitive}} To [[encumber]] with a handicap in any contest. | ||
# {{transitive|by extension}} To place at disadvantage. | # {{transitive|by extension}} To place at disadvantage. | ||
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# To estimate betting odds. | # To estimate betting odds. | ||
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[[advantage]], [[asset]], [[help]], [[benefit]]. | [[advantage]], [[asset]], [[help]], [[benefit]]. | ||
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Revision as of 09:42, 15 June 2014
Contents
English
Noun
Handicap (plural Handicaps)- An allowance of a certain amount of time or distance in starting, granted in a race (or other contest of skill) to the competitor possessing disadvantages; or an additional weight or other hindrance imposed upon the one possessing advantages, in order to equalize, as much as possible, the chances of success.
- (sometimes considered offensive) The disadvantage itself, in particular physical or mental disadvantages of people.
- A race, for horses or men, or any contest of agility, strength, or skill, in which there is an allowance of time, distance, weight, or other advantage, to equalize the chances of the competitors.
- (obsolete, card game) An old game at cards. - Pepys
Verb
Handicap (third-person singular simple present Handicaps, present participle handicapping, simple past and past participle handicapped)
- (transitive) To encumber with a handicap in any contest.
- (transitive, by extension) To place at disadvantage.
- To estimate betting odds.
Adverbs for Handicap
hopelessly; heavily; physically; psychically; spiritually; economically; maritally.
Adjectives for Handicap
concealing; leafy; creaking.
Verbs for Handicap
bear in—; cradle in—; ensconce in—; hang in— hide in—; loll in—; nest in—; relax in— rest in—; shroud in—; sling—across; slip into—; suspend—; turn into—; —holds; —swings; —upsets.
Synonyms for Handicap
encumbrance, obstruction, drag, limitation, defect, hindrance, burden, penalty, impediment, odds, allowance.
Antonyms for Handicap
advantage, asset, help, benefit.
Thesaurus
abnormality, acute disease, affection, affliction, ailment, allergic disease, allergy, allowance, atrophy, bacterial disease, bale, bar, barrier, bear hard upon, birth defect, blight, block, bulge, burden, burdening, burthen, cardiovascular disease, cargo, charge, charging, chase, check, chronic disease, circulatory disease, complaint, complication, condition, congenital defect, constraint, cramp, cripple, cross, cumber, cumbrance, curb, damage, deadweight, deadwood, defect, deficiency disease, deformity, degenerative disease, detriment, difficulty, disability, disable, disadvantage, disease, disorder, distemper, drag, drawback, edge, embarrass, embarrassment, encumber, encumbrance, endemic, endemic disease, endocrine disease, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entoil, entrammel, entrap, entwine, epidemic disease, fetter, flat race, freight, functional disease, fungus disease, gastrointestinal disease, genetic disease, hamper, hamstring, handicap race, harm, harness race, head start, hereditary disease, hinder, hindrance, hobble, horse race, hurdle race, hurt, iatrogenic disease, illness, impairment, impede, impediment, impedimenta, imposition, inconvenience, incubus, incumbency, indisposition, infectious disease, infirmity, injury, involve, lade, lading, lame, liability, lime, limit, limitation, load, loading, loss, loss of ground, lumber, malady, malaise, millstone, mischief, morbidity, morbus, muscular disease, net, neurological disease, nutritional disease, obstacle, occupational disease, odds, onus, oppress, oppression, organic disease, overburden, overhand, overload, overtax, overtaxing, overweight, overweighting, pack, pandemic disease, pathological condition, pathology, penalize, penalty, plant disease, plate race, prejudice, press down, press hard upon, pressure, protozoan disease, psychosomatic disease, punish, purse race, quarter-horse race, respiratory disease, rest hard upon, restrain, restraint, restrict, restriction, rockiness, saddle, saddle with, saddling, secondary disease, seediness, shackle, sickishness, sickness, signs, snarl, stake, stake race, start, steeplechase, step backward, stumbling block, superincumbency, surcharge, sweep, sweepstake, sweepstakes, symptomatology, symptomology, symptoms, syndrome, tangle, tax, taxing, the pip, toil, trammel, trotting race, trouble, urogenital disease, vantage, virus disease, wasting disease, weigh down, weigh heavy on, weigh on, weigh upon, weight, white elephant, worm disease
