kilter

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kil·ter

(kĭl′tər)

Good condition; proper form: "policy 'adjustments' designed to bring the ... country's economy back into kilter with the Western economic system" (Edward Zuckerman).

[Origin unknown.]

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kilter

(ˈkɪltə) or

kelter

working order or alignment (esp in the phrases off kilter, out of kilter)

[C17: origin unknown]

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kil•ter

(ˈkɪl tər)

n.

good condition; order: The engine was out of kilter.

[1650–60, Amer.; variant of dial. kelter, of obscure orig.]

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Noun

kilter - in working order; "out of kilter"; "in good kilter"

kelter

orderliness, order - a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"

kilter

noun

out of kilter incompatible, conflicting, contrary, at odds, contradictory, inconsistent, in conflict, incongruous, discordant, incoherent, out of step, irreconcilable, at variance, discrepant, inconstant Her lifestyle was out of kilter with her politics.

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kilter

noun

A state of sound readiness:

condition, fettle, fitness, form, order, shape, trim.

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kilter

[ˈkɪltəʳ] N to be out of kilter [mechanism] → estar descentrado
business is bad and everything's out of kilter → el negocio va mal y todo anda desbaratado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

kilter

[ˈkɪltə^r] n
out of kilter → détraqué(e)
to throw sth out of kilter → détraquer qch

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kilter

[ˈkɪltəʳ] n (fam) out of kilter → fuori fase

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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Aunt Atossa did not like being "caught in a kilter," so she went out of her way to be disagreeable.

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Eating at the "wrong biological time" - such as late at night - throws our internal rhythm out of kilter, triggering a surge of insulin that lights up our metabolism at times when it shouldn't be active.

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Out of sync

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An ill wind for rowers

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Yes, this summit involves disruption and normal routines have been knocked out of kilter. But we recognise it is a once-in-acentury opportunity to showcase Wales.