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dove 1

 (dŭv)
n.
1. Any of various widely distributed birds of the family Columbidae, which includes the pigeons, having a small head and a characteristic cooing call.
2. A gentle, innocent person.
3. A person who advocates peace, conciliation, or negotiation in preference to confrontation or armed conflict.
[Middle English douve, from Old English *dūfe.]
dov′ish adj.
dov′ish·ness n.

dove 2

 (dōv)
v.
A past tense of dive1. See Usage Note at dive1.

Dove

 (dŭv)
n.
See Columba.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.dovish - opposed to war
pacifist, pacifistic
peaceful, peaceable - not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful Christmas"; "peaceful sleep"
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Translations

dovish

[ˈdʌvɪʃ] ADJ (Pol) → blando
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FOMC minutes preview: the minutes are likely to be of the more mixed variety than outright dovish, as the markets are priced.
FOMC minutes preview: the minutes are likely to be of the more mixed variety
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ING sees Bangko Sentral cutting key rate in August
Term deposit yields higher !-- -- Lawrence Agcaoili (The Philippine Star) - July 18, 2019 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines Term deposits yielded higher rates across the board on Wednesday amid the strong inflows of funds into the financial system as easing inflation and dovish US Federal Reserve give the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) more room to ease policy stance.
Term deposit yields higher
ING Bank Manila sees a possible rate cut from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) during the third quarter of this year, as it considers the dovish stance of the Federal Reserve System (the Fed).
ING Bank's economist Mapa sees 50-bps rate cut in 3rd quarter
Factors such as a dovish Federal Reserve, which expects not to hike rates this year and increase it once in 2020, and progress on talks between US and China have been supportive of US equities, but if earnings fail to meet expectations when results start to come out, it could weigh on equity markets.
Bulls, bears seen slogging it out on US equities
Copper prices jumped to their highest in eight months on Thursday, propelled by a softer US dollar after dovish comments from the Federal Reserve and a fall in LME stocks.
Copper hits highest in 8 months as dovish fed hits dollar
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UBS says major central banks are becoming dovish
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UBS says major central banks are becoming dovish
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UBS says major central banks are becoming dovish
Tribune News Network Doha The US Federal Reserve surprised the market by delivering a dovish message during January 29-30 meeting of its Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).
US Fed gives out dovish message; markets expect no hikes in 2019: QNB
The Fed "surprised" the market over the January 29-30 meeting of its Federal Open Market Committee by delivering a "dovish message" that clearly shed light into the possibility of an early end to the current tightening cycle, QNB said in an economic commentary.
Fed delivers dovish message and markets expect no hikes in 2019, says QNB report
THE dollar steadied on Monday after posting its biggest weekly drop in two months last week as investors grew cautious about the near-term outlook for the greenback after dovish comments by U.S.
Dollar bulls wary after biggest weekly drop in 2 months
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