The Aegis collision - why couldn't it have been avoided?
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Aegis
//ˈiːd͡ʒɪs//
Synonyms for "aegis" (116 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
49 translations across 23 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- besë noun (guidance, protection)
- ndore noun (guidance, protection)
Bulgarian
3 entries- Егида noun (mythological shield)
- закрила noun (guidance, protection)
- покровителство noun (guidance, protection)
Catalan
2 entries- ègida noun (mythological shield)
- ègida noun (guidance, protection)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 保護 /保护 noun (guidance, protection)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 埃癸斯 noun (mythological shield)
- 宙斯盾 noun (mythological shield)
- 神盾 noun (mythological shield)
Czech
3 entries- ochrana noun (guidance, protection)
- patronát noun (guidance, protection)
- záštita noun (guidance, protection)
Finnish
3 entries- suoja noun (guidance, protection)
- suojelus noun (guidance, protection)
- turva noun (guidance, protection)
French
2 entries- égide noun (mythological shield)
- égide noun (guidance, protection)
Georgian
1 entries- ეგიდა noun (mythological shield)
German
2 entries- Ägide noun (guidance, protection)
- Ägis noun (mythological shield)
Greek
2 entries- αιγίδα noun (mythological shield)
- αιγίδα noun (guidance, protection)
Hungarian
2 entries- aigisz noun (mythological shield)
- égisz noun (guidance, protection)
Indonesian
2 entries- lindungan noun (guidance, protection)
- naungan noun (guidance, protection)
Italian
2 entries- egida noun (mythological shield)
- egida noun (guidance, protection)
Macedonian
3 entries- егида noun (mythological shield)
- закрила noun (guidance, protection)
- покровителство noun (endorsement, sponsorship — see also endorsement, sponsorship)
Occitan
1 entries- egida noun (mythological shield)
Polish
2 entries- egida noun (mythological shield)
- egida noun (guidance, protection)
Portuguese
1 entries- égide noun (mythological shield)
Russian
4 entries- патронаж noun (guidance, protection)
- руководство noun (guidance, protection)
- эги́да noun (mythological shield)
- эги́да noun (guidance, protection)
Sicilian
2 entries- èggida noun (mythological shield)
- èggida noun (guidance, protection)
Spanish
2 entries- égida noun (mythological shield)
- égida noun (guidance, protection)
Swahili
2 entries- egida noun (mythological shield)
- egisi noun (mythological shield)
Ukrainian
2 entries- егіда noun (mythological shield)
- егіда noun (guidance, protection)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
I won’t attempt to use aegis in a sentence: I have no idea what it means.
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We were there under the aegis of Mr. Jackson.
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The event was organized under the aegis of the local community center.
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