Čo znamená redundant v angličtine a aká je definícia redundant?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť redundant výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

redundant Význam & definícia

0 (especially of a word, phrase, etc.) unnecessary because it is more than is needed:
- In the sentence "She is a single unmarried woman", the word "unmarried" is redundant.
1 having lost your job because your employer no longer needs you:
- To keep the company alive, half the workforce is being made redundant.
- figurative New technology often makes old skills and even whole communities redundant.
2 more than what is usual or necessary, esp. using extra words that mean the same thing:
- My English teacher was merciless if what we wrote was abstract, sentimental, or redundant.
3 having lost your job because your employer no longer needs you:
- redundant employees/staff/workers
4 to lose your job because your employer no longer needs you:
- She was made redundant from the company after eight years.
5 not needed or more than is needed:
- Old copies of a textbook soon become redundant when a new edition comes out.
- redundant buildings/equipment/properties The levels of revenue generated by the auction sale of redundant properties was very encouraging.

The company was losing money and it had to make people redundant.
She was made redundant a year ago and hasn't found any work since.
They're threatening to make a third of the workforce redundant.
She was told she was being made redundant yesterday.
He was made redundant and given a big pay-off.
In addition, there are those retired, dismissed for misconduct and of the remaining redundants, the majority do not have the service qualifications.
Arrangements have, however, been in force for some time past to offer employment to redundants in preference to engaging new staff in other regions.
If a rule with such a "compound" body is not redundant it might be so in part.