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to |
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive. | |
I want to leave. | |
He asked me what to do. | |
I don’t know how to say it. | |
I have places to go and people to see. | |
2. part. As above, with the verb implied. | |
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.". | |
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to. | |
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs. | |
I have to do laundry today. | |
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at. | |
We are walking to the shop. | |
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose. | |
He devoted himself to education. | |
They drank to his health. | |
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action. | |
His face was beaten to a pulp. | |
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application. | |
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking. | |
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a. | |
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t | |
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison. | |
one to one = 1:1 | |
ten to one = 10:1. | |
I have ten dollars to your four. | |
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation. | |
Three squared or three to the second power is nine. | |
Three to the power of two is nine. | |
Three to the second is nine. | |
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object. | |
I gave the book to him. | |
12. prep. (time) Preceding. | |
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour). | |
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains. | |
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it. | |
There's a lot of sense to what he says. | |
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At. | |
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y. | |
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position. | |
Please push the door to. | |
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind. | |
17. adv. misspelling of too | |
look |
1. v. (intransitive, often, with "at") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes. | |
Look at my new car! Don’t look in the closet. | |
2. v. To appear, to seem. | |
It looks as if it’s going to rain soon. | |
3. v. (copulative) To give an appearance of being. | |
That painting looks nice. | |
4. v. (intransitive, often, with "for") To search for, to try to find. | |
5. v. To face or present a view. | |
The hotel looks over the valleys of the HinduKush. | |
6. v. To expect or anticipate. | |
I look to each hour for my lover’s arrival. | |
7. v. To express or manifest by a look. | |
8. v. (transitive, often, with "to") To make sure of, to see to. | |
9. v. (dated, sometimes figurative) To show oneself in looking. | |
Look out of the window i.e. lean out while I speak to you. | |
10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To look at; to turn the eyes toward. | |
11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To seek; to search for. | |
12. v. (transitive, obsolete) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence. | |
to look down opposition | |
13. v. (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it. | |
The fastball caught him looking. | |
Clem Labine struck Mays out looking at his last at bat. | |
It's unusual for Mays to strike out looking. He usually takes a cut at it. | |
14. interj. Pay attention. | |
Look, I'm going to explain what to do, so you have to listen closely. | |
15. n. The action of looking; an attempt to see. | |
Let’s have a look under the hood of the car. | |
16. n. (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression. | |
She got her mother’s looks. | |
I don’t like the look of the new design. | |
17. n. A facial expression. | |
He gave me a dirty look. | |
If looks could kill ... | |
over |
1. adj. Discontinued; ended or concluded. | |
The show is over. | |
2. adv. Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end. | |
Let's talk over the project at tomorrow's meeting. | |
Let me think that over. | |
I'm going to look over our department's expenses. | |
3. adv. To an excessive degree; overly. | |
4. adv. From an upright position to being horizontal. | |
He tipped the bottle over, and the water came gushing out. | |
That building just fell over! | |
He bent over to touch his toes. | |
5. adv. Horizontally; left to right or right to left. | |
Slide the toilet-paper dispenser's door over when one roll is empty in order to reveal the other. | |
I moved over to make room for him to sit down. | |
6. adv. From one position or state to another. | |
Please pass that over to me. | |
He came over to our way of thinking on the new project. | |
Come over and play! | |
I'll bring over a pizza. | |
7. adv. Overnight (throughout the night). | |
We stayed over at Grandma's. | |
Can I sleep over? | |
8. adv. (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again. | |
I lost my paper and I had to do the entire assignment over. | |
9. adv. (procedure word, military) a procedure word meaning that a station is finished transmitting and is expecting a response. | |
Bravo Six, this is Bravo Six Four. Stand by for ten mike report one dash three, over. | |
Bravo Six Four, this is Bravo Six Actual. Send your traffic, over. | |
10. n. (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled. | |
11. n. Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc. | |
12. prep. Physical positioning. | |
13. prep. On top of; above; higher than; further up. | |
Hold the sign up over your head. climb up the ladder and look over the roof | |
14. prep. Across or spanning. | |
There is a bridge over the river. | |
15. prep. In such a way as to cover. | |
drape the fabric over the table; there is a roof over the house | |
16. prep. From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards. | |
The dog jumped over the fence. | |
I'll go over the fence first and then help you. | |
Let's walk over the hill to get there. | |
17. prep. By comparison. | |
18. prep. More than; to a greater degree. | |
I prefer the purple over the pink. | |
19. prep. Beyond; past; exceeding; too much or too far. | |
I think I’m over my limit for calories for today. | |
20. prep. (in certain collocations) As compared to. | |
Sales are down this quarter over last. | |
21. prep. Indicating relative status, authority, or power | |
The owner's son lorded over the experienced managers. | |
The prince ruled over a portion of the kingdom. | |
22. prep. (mathematics) Divided by. | |
four over two equals two over one | |
23. prep. (poker) (Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.) | |
9♦9♠9♣6♥6♠ = nines over sixes | |
24. prep. Finished with; done with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two. | |
We got over the engineering problems and the prototype works great. | |
I am over my cold and feel great again. | |
I know the referee made a bad call, but you have to get over it your annoyance with the referee's decision. | |
She is finally over the distress of losing her job. | |
He is finally over his distress over the loss of the relationship with his ex-girlfriend. | |
25. prep. While using, especially while consuming. | |
26. prep. Concerning or regarding. | |
The two boys had a fight over whose girlfriend was the best. | |
27. prep. Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding. | |
We triumphed over difficulties. | |
The bill was passed over the veto. | |
It was a fine victory over their opponents. | |
28. interj. In radio communications: end of sentence, ready to receive reply. | |
How do you receive? Over! | |
29. n. (rare, dialectal, or obsolete) A shore, riverbank. | |
The sea's over. | |
again |
1. adv. Another time; once more. | |
2. adv. Over and above a factor of one. | |
3. adv. Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion. | |
Great, thanks again! | |
4. adv. Tell me again, say again; used in asking a question to which one may have already received an answer that one cannot remember. | |
What's that called again? | |
5. adv. I ask again, I say again; used in repeating a question or statement. | |
Again, I'm not criticizing, I just want to understand. | |
6. adv. Here too, here also, in this case as well; used in applying a previously made point to a new instance; sometimes preceded by "here". | |
Approach B is better than approach A in many respects, but again, there are difficulties in implementing it. | |
7. adv. (obsolete) Back in the reverse direction, or to an original starting point. | |
Bring us word again. | |
8. adv. Back (to a former place or state). | |
We need to bring the old customs to life again. | |
The South will rise again. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) In return, as a reciprocal action; back. | |
10. adv. (obsolete) In any other place. | |
11. adv. (obsolete) On the other hand. | |
12. adv. Moreover; besides; further. | |
13. prep. (obsolete or dialectal) Against. | |
something |
1. pron. An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing. | |
I must have forgotten to pack something, but I can't think what. | |
I have something for you in my bag. | |
I have a feeling something good is going to happen today. | |
2. pron. (colloquial, of someone or something) A quality to a moderate degree. | |
The performance was something of a disappointment. | |
That child is something of a genius. | |
3. pron. (colloquial, of a person) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify. | |
She has a certain something. | |
4. pron. (colloquial, often with really or quite) Somebody or something who is superlative in some way. | |
He's really something! I've never heard such a great voice. | |
She's quite something. I can't believe she would do such a mean thing. | |
5. adj. Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify. | |
6. adv. (degree) Somewhat; to a degree. | |
The baby looks something like his father. | |
7. adv. (degree, colloquial) To a high degree. | |
8. v. Applied to an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song. | |
9. n. An object whose nature is yet to be defined. | |
10. n. An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense). | |
previously |
1. adv. At an earlier time. | |
written |
1. adj. Of, relating, or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written). | |
2. adj. Having been written. | |
I can speak Japanese fairly well, but I have no understanding whatsoever of written Japanese. | |
3. v. past participle of write | |
Has your girlfriend written you a letter yet? | |
write |
1. v. To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate. | |
The pupil wrote his name on the paper. | |
Your son has been writing on the wall. | |
2. v. To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.). | |
My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald. | |
3. v. To send written information to. | |
(UK) Please write to me when you get there. | |
(US) Please write me when you get there. | |
4. v. To show (information, etc) in written form. | |
The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus. | |
5. v. (intransitive) To be an author. | |
I write for a living. | |
6. v. (computing, intransitive, with to) To record data mechanically or electronically. | |
The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it. | |
7. v. (transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.) To fill in, to complete using words. | |
I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test. | |
8. v. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave. | |
truth written on the heart | |
9. v. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively. | |
10. n. (computing) The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk. | |
How many writes per second can this hard disk handle? | |
or |
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
learned |
1. adj. Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated. | |
My learned friend (a formal, courteous description of a lawyer) | |
2. v. (US, and dialectal English) simple past tense and past participle of learn | |
3. adj. Derived from experience; acquired by learning. | |
Everyday behavior is an overlay of learned behavior over instinct. | |
especially |
1. adv. (manner) In a special manner; specially. | |
2. adv. (focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal. | |
3. adv. (focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something. | |
Invite them all, especially Molly. | |
in |
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits. | |
2. prep. Contained by. | |
The dog is in the kennel. | |
3. prep. Within. | |
4. prep. Surrounded by. | |
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air. | |
5. prep. Part of; a member of. | |
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra. | |
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to. | |
What grade did he get in English? | |
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted. | |
7. prep. At the end of a period of time. | |
They said they would call us in a week. | |
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time | |
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours. | |
9. prep. During (said of periods of time). | |
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi | |
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word. | |
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s. | |
11. prep. Into. | |
Less water gets in your boots this way. | |
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance. | |
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment. | |
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement. | |
My fat rolls around in folds. | |
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject. | |
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma. | |
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics. | |
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her. | |
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing). | |
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress. | |
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality. | |
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of. | |
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties. | |
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold. | |
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients. | |
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc. | |
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular. | |
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages. | |
When you write in cursive, it's illegible. | |
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose. | |
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest. | |
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something. | |
Is Mr. Smith in? | |
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room. | |
Suddenly a strange man walked in. | |
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball. | |
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in. | |
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of. | |
What's that in? | |
26. adv. After the beginning of something. | |
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it. | |
His parents got him an in with the company | |
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings | |
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner. | |
30. adj. In fashion; popular. | |
Skirts are in this year. | |
31. adj. Incoming. | |
the in train | |
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed. | |
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin. | |
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband | |
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting. | |
35. n. Inch. | |
preparation |
1. n. The act of preparing or getting ready. | |
2. n. The state of being prepared; readiness. | |
3. n. That which is prepared. | |
4. n. A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared. | |
The traditional remedy is a bitter preparation made from steamed herbs. | |
5. n. (anatomy) A part of any animal body preserved as a specimen. | |
6. n. (music) Any of the objects placed between the strings of a prepared piano. | |
7. n. (Judaism) The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day. | |
8. n. Devotional exercises introducing an office. | |
9. n. (music) The previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance. | |
for |
1. conj. (dated) Because. | |
2. prep. Towards. | |
The astronauts headed for the moon. | |
3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to. | |
I have something for you. | |
4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of. | |
We're having a birthday party for Janet. | |
The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary. | |
The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala. | |
5. prep. Supporting. | |
All those for the motion raise your hands. | |
6. prep. Because of. | |
He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him. | |
(UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight. | |
She was the worse for drink. | |
7. prep. Over a period of time. | |
I've lived here for three years. | |
They fought for days over a silly pencil. | |
8. prep. Throughout an extent of space. | |
9. prep. On behalf of. | |
I will stand in for him. | |
10. prep. Instead of, or in place of. | |
11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire. | |
I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday. | |
He's going for his doctorate. | |
Do you want to go for coffee? | |
People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers. | |
Can you go to the store for some eggs? | |
I'm saving up for a car. | |
Don't wait for an answer. | |
What did he ask you for? | |
12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward. | |
Run for the hills! | |
He was headed for the door when he remembered. | |
13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect. | |
Fair for its day. | |
She's spry for an old lady. | |
14. prep. Despite, in spite of. | |
15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive. | |
For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.) | |
All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.) | |
16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio | |
In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day | |
17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen. | |
At close of play, England were 305 for 3. | |
18. prep. To be, or as being. | |
19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.) | |
20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs). | |
an |
1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound | |
2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable | |
3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable | |
4. conj. (archaic) If | |
5. conj. (archaic) So long as. | |
An it harm none, do what ye will. | |
6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though. | |
7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri). | |
8. prep. In each; to or for each; per. | |
I was only going twenty miles an hour. | |
examination |
1. n. The act of examining. | |
2. n. Particularly, an inspection by a medical professional to establish the extent and nature of any sickness or injury. | |
3. n. A formal test involving answering written or oral questions under a time constraint and usually without access to textbooks. | |
4. n. Interrogation. | |