Word Frequency
panel (ˈpænəl
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Definitions
noun
- a flat section of a wall, door, etc
- any distinct section or component of something formed from a sheet of material, esp of a car body, the spine of a book, etc
- a piece of material inserted in a skirt, dress, etc
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- a group of persons selected to act as a team in a quiz, to judge a contest, to discuss a topic before an audience, etc
- (as modifier) ⇒
a panel game
- a public discussion by such a group ⇒
a panel on public health
- (law)
- a list of persons summoned for jury service
- the persons on a specific jury
- (Scots law) a person indicted or accused of crime after appearing in court
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- a thin board used as a surface or backing for an oil painting
- a painting done on such a surface
- any picture with a length much greater than its breadth
- See instrument panel
- (formerly, in Britain)
- a list of patients insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme
- a list of medical practitioners within a given area available for consultation by these patients
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See on the panel
verb
-els, -elling, -elled, (US) -els, -eling, -eled tr- to furnish or decorate with panels
- to divide into panels
- (law)
- to empanel (a jury)
- (in Scotland) to bring (a person) to trial; indict
Word Origin
C13: from Old French: portion, from pan piece of cloth, from Latin pannus; see pane1Translations for 'panel'
- British English: panel A panel is a small group of people who are chosen to do something, for example to discuss something in public or to make a decision. NOUNHe assembled a panel of scholars to advise him.people
- Brazilian Portuguese: painel
- Chinese: 专门小组专專门門小组組
- European Spanish: panel
- French: panel
- German: Forum
- Italian: gruppo
- Japanese: 討論者団
- Korean: 위원단
- Portuguese: painel
- Spanish: panel
- British English: panel A control panel or instrument panel is a board or surface that contains switches and controls to operate a machine or piece of equipment. NOUNThe equipment was extremely sophisticated and was monitored from a central control panel.on machine
- Brazilian Portuguese: painel
- Chinese: 控制面板
- European Spanish: panel
- French: tableau
- German: Tafel
- Italian: pannello
- Japanese: 盤
- Korean: 판자
- Portuguese: painel
- Spanish: panel
Example Sentences Including 'panel'
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said of the panel 's decision: "The conclusion is inescapable: Iraq is in further material breach.New Scientist (2003)
But his failure to inform the Government, the CSID board and the panel which assessed the bids of the dormancy issues is alarming.Irish Times (2002)
Editor Jon Appleton, from the sponsoring publisher, Hodder, will be on the panel , along with David Almond.Glasgow Herald (2001)
He zagged to the left across the street, dodging past a panel truck, headlights in his face, brakes squealing, horn blaring.Cormorant
If you push hard on the central panel up there, it might, perhaps, open up for you.Magical Tales - the story-telling tradition
Kolchinsky pressed a button on the panel in front of him, releasing the swimmer delivery vehicle from the crane.Alastair McLean's 'Night Watch'
The former official of now defunct Dundee Rockets ' failed to make a presentation to a special panel in London on Monday.Glasgow Herald (2001)
The panel has been strengthened by the return from America of Brian Greene, who is named on the bench for Sunday.Irish Times (2002)
There was a board panel in the bottom which he pressed open.Confessional
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