We should not use foreign workers as a buffer against Japan's economic slowdown.
Source: tatoeba (21873)
Buffer
//ˈbʌfə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "buffer" (261 found)
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Closest matches (53)
Strong matches (78)
counteractantcounteractivecounteragentcounterbalancecounterirritantcrash helmetcrowbardamdashboarddefensediaphragmdibbledikedissepimentditchdividersdividing linedividing walldivisiondodger
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Noun(2 words)
Verb(1 words)
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Verb(1 words)
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24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
Translations
97 translations across 33 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- бу́фер noun (portion of memory in computing)
- буфер noun (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another)
- буфер noun (solution to stabilize pH)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 緩衝器 /缓冲器 noun (portion of memory in computing)
- 缓冲区 noun (portion of memory in computing)
Czech
2 entries- buffer noun (portion of memory in computing)
- vyrovnávací paměť noun (portion of memory in computing)
Danish
2 entries- buffer noun (solution to stabilize pH)
- puffer noun (solution to stabilize pH)
Dutch
3 entries- buffer noun (portion of memory in computing)
- buffermengsel noun (solution to stabilize pH)
- inperken verb (to isolate, to minimise the impacts of (one thing on another))
Esperanto
3 entries- bufro noun (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another)
- bufro noun (solution to stabilize pH)
- bufro noun (portion of memory in computing)
Estonian
1 entries- puhver noun (portion of memory in computing)
Finnish
4 entries- kiillottaja noun (someone or something that buffs)
- kiillotuskone noun (someone or something that buffs)
- puskuri noun (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another)
- puskuri noun (solution to stabilize pH)
French
4 entries- mémoire tampon noun (portion of memory in computing)
- solution tampon noun (solution to stabilize pH)
- tampon noun (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another)
- tampon noun (portion of memory in computing)
German
3 entries- Puffer noun (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another)
- Puffer noun (portion of memory in computing)
- Pufferspeicher noun (portion of memory in computing)
Greek
3 entries- ενδιάμεση μνήμη noun (portion of memory in computing)
- πρόσκαιρη μνήμη noun (portion of memory in computing)
- ρυθμιστικό διάλυμα noun (solution to stabilize pH)
Hebrew
1 entries- חוֹצֵץ noun (portion of memory in computing)
Icelandic
1 entries- biðminni noun (portion of memory in computing)
Indonesian
4 entries- bufer noun (solution to stabilize pH)
- dapar noun (solution to stabilize pH)
- dapar noun (portion of memory in computing)
- penyangga noun (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another)
Italian
2 entries- soluzione tampone noun (solution to stabilize pH)
- tamponare verb (maintain a given acidity)
Japanese
2 entries- バッファ noun (portion of memory in computing)
- バッファー noun (portion of memory in computing)
Latin
2 entries- conditorium intermedium noun (portion of memory in computing)
- memoria intermedia noun (portion of memory in computing)
Lithuanian
1 entries- buferis noun (portion of memory in computing)
Macedonian
1 entries- пуфер noun (solution to stabilize pH)
Māori
4 entries- mehanga whakatautika noun (solution to stabilize pH)
- pākai noun (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another)
- pūreirei noun (portion of memory in computing)
- tauārai noun (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- buffer noun (portion of memory in computing)
Occitan
2 entries- memòria tampon noun (portion of memory in computing)
- solucion tampon noun (solution to stabilize pH)
Persian
1 entries- بافر noun (portion of memory in computing)
Polish
2 entries- bufor noun (solution to stabilize pH)
- bufor noun (portion of memory in computing)
Portuguese
3 entries- buffer noun (portion of memory in computing)
- solução tampão noun (solution to stabilize pH)
- tamponar verb (maintain a given acidity)
Romanian
2 entries- memorie intermediară noun (portion of memory in computing)
- memorie tampon noun (portion of memory in computing)
Russian
1 entries- бу́фер noun (portion of memory in computing)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- međuspremnik noun (portion of memory in computing)
Spanish
4 entries- aislador noun (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another)
- aislante noun (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another)
- amortiguador noun (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another)
- antememoria noun (portion of memory in computing)
Swedish
4 entries- buffert noun (solution to stabilize pH)
- buffert noun (portion of memory in computing)
- buffertlösning noun (solution to stabilize pH)
- buffertminne noun (portion of memory in computing)
Turkish
1 entries- arabellek noun (portion of memory in computing)
Vietnamese
3 entries- bộ nhớ đệm noun (portion of memory in computing)
- bộ đệm noun (portion of memory in computing)
- vùng nhớ đệm noun (portion of memory in computing)
Welsh
1 entries- byffer noun (anything used to isolate or to minimise the effects of one thing on another)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
During the Great Game, Afghanistan was a buffer state.
Source: tatoeba (814501)
Samples are acquired from an analog-to-digital converter at interrupt level and written to one of two ping-pong buffers. When one buffer fills, the interrupt handler switches to the other and sets a flag for the full buffer to be written to disk.
Source: tatoeba (2099835)
The capacity of ecosystems to buffer the impacts of extreme events like fires, floods, and severe storms is being overwhelmed.
Source: tatoeba (3651149)
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