pigeonhole
to classify, to put into a group
TRANSLATION
to pigeonhole = einordnen pigeonhole = das Verteilerfach to pigeonhole so. = jmdn. in eine Schublade stecken LEO --- How important is this English word? pigeonhole = 4,060,000 Google Hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Though he came from a wealthy family the British physicist James Prescott Joule had no formal education and was largely self-taught. Though free to follow his scientific curiosity, Joule, PIGEONHOLED as a brewer, was not taken seriously as a man of science. (Many of his early experiments were done in a laboratory at the family brewery.)
Joule once had a paper describing his research on heat and work rejected by the scientific journals and the Royal Society. Undeterred, he presented it in the form of a public lecture and arranged to have it printed (in full) in a Manchester newspaper for which his brother worked as a music critic.
Eventually, Joule's colleagues were forced to admit that he had in fact made an important discovery - which we know today as the first law of thermodynamics (or the law of conservation of energy).
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Joule, James Prescott (1818-1889) British physicist and brewer, President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1872, 1887) noted for his development of the mechanical theory of heat (Joule's Law) and his discovery of the first law of thermodynamics (the law of conservation of energy)
Joule once had a paper describing his research on heat and work rejected by the scientific journals and the Royal Society. Undeterred, he presented it in the form of a public lecture and arranged to have it printed (in full) in a Manchester newspaper for which his brother worked as a music critic.
Eventually, Joule's colleagues were forced to admit that he had in fact made an important discovery - which we know today as the first law of thermodynamics (or the law of conservation of energy).
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Joule, James Prescott (1818-1889) British physicist and brewer, President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1872, 1887) noted for his development of the mechanical theory of heat (Joule's Law) and his discovery of the first law of thermodynamics (the law of conservation of energy)
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pi-geon-hole
verb
1. To place or file in a small compartment or recess.
2. To classify mentally; categorize.
3. To put aside and ignore; shelve.
noun
1. A small compartment or recess, as in a desk, for holding papers; a cubbyhole.
2. A specific, often oversimplified category.
3. The small hole or holes in a pigeon loft for nesting.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- to treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
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Synonyms:
categorize, sort, assort, class, classify, group, identify, peg, pigeonhole, rank out, tab, typecast
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verb
1. To place or file in a small compartment or recess.
2. To classify mentally; categorize.
3. To put aside and ignore; shelve.
noun
1. A small compartment or recess, as in a desk, for holding papers; a cubbyhole.
2. A specific, often oversimplified category.
3. The small hole or holes in a pigeon loft for nesting.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- to treat or classify according to a mental stereotype
Source: WordNet ® 2.0, © 2003 Princeton University
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Synonyms:
categorize, sort, assort, class, classify, group, identify, peg, pigeonhole, rank out, tab, typecast
---
IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
"I look so young that I'm often pigeonholed as a junior consultant, I'm actually a project leader."
