corridor (redirected from corridors of power)

cor·ri·dor  (kôr-dr, -dôr, kr-)

n.

1. A narrow hallway, passageway, or gallery, often with rooms or apartments opening onto it.

2.

a. A tract of land forming a passageway, such as one that allows an inland country access to the sea through another country.

b. A restricted tract of land for the passage of trains.

c. Restricted airspace for the passage of aircraft.

d. The restricted path followed by a spacecraft on a particular mission.

3. A thickly populated strip of land connecting two or more urban areas: the Boston-Washington corridor.

Idiom:

corridors of power

A place in which powerful leaders work and rule.

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[French, from Italian corridore, from correre, to run, from Latin currere; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]

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corridor [ˈkɒrɪˌdɔː]

n

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a hallway or passage connecting parts of a building

2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a strip of land or airspace along the route of a road or river the M1 corridor

3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a strip of land or airspace that affords access, either from a landlocked country to the sea (such as the Polish corridor, 1919-39, which divided Germany) or from a state to an exclave (such as the Berlin corridor, 1945-90, which passed through the former East Germany)

4. (Transport / Railways) a passageway connecting the compartments of a railway coach

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy)

corridors of power the higher echelons of government, the Civil Service, etc., considered as the location of power and influence

6. (Engineering / Aeronautics) a flight path that affords safe access for intruding aircraft

7. (Astronautics) the path that a spacecraft must follow when re-entering the atmosphere, above which lift is insufficient and below which heating effects are excessive

[from Old French, from Old Italian corridore, literally: place for running, from correre to run, from Latin currere]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

corridor - an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it gallery - a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns) hall, hallway - an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open; "the elevators were at the end of the hall" passageway - a passage between rooms or between buildings

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corridor

noun passage, alley, aisle, hallway, passageway He raced down the corridor towards the exit.

Translations

corridor [ˈkɒrɪdɔːʳ] N → pasillo m, corredor m
the corridors of power → los pasillos del poder

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corridor [ˈkɒrɪdɔː^r] n

(in building) → couloir m, corridor m

(= area) the M25 corridor → l'axe de la M25

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corridor

n → Korridor m; (in building also, in train, bus) → Gang m; in the corridors of power → an den Schalthebeln der Macht

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corridor [ˈkɒrɪdɔːʳ] n → corridoio

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corridor [ˈkɒrɪdɔːʳ] n → corridoio

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corridor

n corridor [ˈkoridoː]

a passageway, especially one off which rooms open Go along the corridor and up the stairs. gang مَمْشـى، رَواق، مَمَـر коридор chodba gang; korridor der Gang διάδρομος pasillo, corredor koridor راهرو käytävä corridor פְּרוזדוֹר, מִסדָרוֹן बरामदा, भवन में का मार्ग hodnik folyosó lorong gangur corridoio 廊下 복도 koridorius koridors kaki lima gang gang, korridor korytarz corredor coridor коридор chodba hodnik hodnik korridor ทางเดินยาวในตึก koridor 走廊 коридор گزرگاہ hành lang 走廊

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corridor → رِوَاق chodba korridor Korridor διάδρομος corredor, pasillo käytävä couloir hodnik corridoio 廊下 복도 gang korridor korytarz corredor коридор korridor ทางเดินยาว koridor hành lang 走廊