Betekenis van block In het Nederlands

• 0 the distance along a street from where one road crosses it to the place where the next road crosses it, or one part of a street like this, especially in a town or city:

  • The museum is just six blocks away.

  • My friend and I live on the same block.

  • I took a walk around the block.

  • He lives just around the block.

• 1 a solid, straight-sided piece of hard material:

  • a block of wood/ice

  • Anne Boleyn went to (= was killed on) the block.

• 2 a large, usually tall building divided into separate parts for use as offices or homes by several different organizations or people:

  • an office block

  • UK a tower block

  • UK a block of flats

• 3 a group of things bought, dealt with, or considered together:

  • a block of tickets/seats/shares

  • Corporate hospitality firms make block bookings (= buy large numbers of seats) at big sporting events.

• 4 something that blocks a tube or opening:

  • A block in (= an object blocking) the pipe was preventing the water from coming through.

• 5 to prevent movement through something:

  • A fallen tree is blocking the road.

  • As she left the court, an angry crowd tried to block her way.

  • My view was blocked by a tall man in front of me.

  • She was very talented and I felt her parents were blocking her progress.

  • A group of politicians blocked the proposal.

  • Federal agents blocked the accounts of five money-transfer operations in the city.

  • The carriers said they have rigorous filters to block spam, and they allow customers to block messages from certain numbers.

  • Prosecutors say Wilson allegedly made the calls from a blocked phone number.

  • My mom found out that I blocked her on Twitter and gave me another serious talk.

  • In the Block Users section you should see a list of people you've blocked.

  • Someone you’ve blocked won’t be able to add you to a group.

• 6 the buildings next to each other between crossing streets, or the distance from one street to the next in a city or town:

  • There’s a good deli on this block.

  • The new building will take up an entire city block.

• 7 a solid, straight-sided lump of hard material:

  • The warehouse stores building material, including cement blocks.

• 8 a group of things considered together, or an amount of something:

  • a block of tickets/seats

  • a block of time

• 9 to prevent movement through or past something, or to prevent something from happening or succeeding:

  • A fallen tree blocked the road.

  • A large man in front of me blocked my view.

  • Earl scored 28 points and blocked five shots.

  • Congress blocked US aid to the government because of its segregation and human rights policies.

• 10 to decide officially to stop something from happening or continuing:

  • The federal government's fight to block a bankruptcy settlement was rejected by the Supreme Court.

  • block a bid/deal/merger The Federal Trade Commission said it planned to block the merger.

• 11 if a bank blocks someone's account, they make it impossible for that person to remove money from it:

  • Accounts of all suspected terrorists have been blocked.

• 12 to stop emails, text messages, phone calls, etc. from a particular person:

  • The new phone allows users to block messages from particular senders.

• 13 a large number of shares that are sold by one organization at a particular time:

  • Deutsche Bank placed a block of six million shares at 781p.

  • The shares were sold on the Toronto Stock Exchange in a block trade.

• 14 an official decision to stop something happening or continuing:

  • a block on sth Lobbyists are calling for a block on bonuses to rail operators while their safety record is so poor.

  • put/remove a block on sth The government has put a block on all arms sales to the country.

• 15 a building consisting of several apartments, offices, etc.:

  • There are four apartments in each block.

  • a block of office buildings

• 16 available to buy:

  • She offers a beginner's guide to the newest pensions on the block.

  • A few more newspapers may go on the block before the end of the year.

• 17 to risk a bad thing happening to you, for example getting a bad reputation, by doing something or helping someone:

  • Agency executives willing to lay their heads on the block in a pure results-driven agreement would be very brave.