north |
1. n. One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map, abbreviated as N. | |
Minnesota is in the north of the USA. | |
2. n. The up or positive direction. | |
Stock prices are heading north. | |
3. n. Above or higher | |
4. n. (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole). | |
5. adj. Of or pertaining to the north; northern. | |
He lived in north Germany. | |
She entered through the north gate. | |
6. adj. Toward the north; northward. | |
7. adj. (meteorology) Of wind, from the north. | |
The north wind was cold. | |
8. adj. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic. | |
north highway 1 | |
9. adj. (colloquial) More or greater than. | |
The wedding ended up costing north of $50,000. | |
10. adv. Toward the north; northward. | |
Switzerland is north of Italy. | |
We headed north. | |
11. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn or move toward the north. | |
america |
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chiefly |
1. adv. (focus) Especially or primarily; above all. | |
2. adv. (focus) Mainly or principally; almost entirely. | |
3. adj. of, or relating to a chief | |
legal |
1. adj. Relating to the law or to lawyers. | |
legal profession | |
2. adj. Having its basis in the law. | |
legal precedent | |
3. adj. Being allowed or prescribed by law. | |
legal motion | |
4. adj. (informal) Above the age of consent or the legal drinking age. | |
5. n. (informal) The legal department of a company. | |
Legal wants this in writing. | |
6. n. (US, Canada) Paper in sheets 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm). | |
7. n. A spy who is attached to, and ostensibly employed by, an embassy, military outpost, etc. | |
being |
1. v. present participle of be | |
2. n. A living creature. | |
3. n. The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state. | |
4. n. (philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept). | |
5. n. (philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality. | |
6. n. (obsolete) An abode; a cottage. | |
7. conj. (obsolete) Given that; since. | |
be |
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence. | |
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist. | |
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place. | |
The cup is on the table. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place. | |
When will the meeting be? | |
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar. | |
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come. | |
I have been to Spain many times. | |
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating. | |
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same. | |
Knowledge is bliss. | |
Hi, I’m Jim. | |
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same. | |
3 times 5 is fifteen. | |
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal. | |
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995. | |
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it. | |
The sky is blue. | |
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase. | |
The sky is a deep blue today. | |
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice. | |
The dog was drowned by the boy. | |
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses. | |
The woman is walking. | |
I shall be writing to you soon. | |
We liked to chat while we were eating. | |
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go". | |
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic. | |
I am to leave tomorrow. | |
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car. | |
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement. | |
This building is three hundred years old. | |
I am 75 kilograms. | |
He’s about 6 feet tall. | |
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years. | |
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.) | |
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day. | |
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.) | |
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo. | |
What time is it there? It’s night. | |
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event. | |
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period) | |
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him. | |
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like. | |
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid. | |
Why is it so dark in here? | |
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way. | |
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.". | |
Why is he being nice to me? | |
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. | |
exercise |
1. n. Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability. | |
The teacher told us the next exercise is to write an essay. | |
2. n. Physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness. | |
3. n. A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use. | |
4. n. The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty. | |
5. n. (obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test. | |
6. v. To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop. | |
to exercise troops or horses; to exercise one's brain with a puzzle | |
7. v. (intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training. | |
I exercise at the gym every day. | |
8. v. To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice. | |
The tenant exercised its option to renew the tenancy. | |
She is going to exercise her right to vote. | |
9. v. (now often, in passive) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious. | |
exercised with pain | |
10. v. (obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to. | |
of |
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion. | |
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off". | |
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.). | |
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.). | |
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage. | |
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to. | |
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three. | |
6. prep. Expressing separation. | |
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.) | |
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband. | |
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.) | |
He seemed devoid of human feelings. | |
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.) | |
10. prep. Expressing origin. | |
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.) | |
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin. | |
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of. | |
The invention was born of necessity. | |
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.) | |
It is said that she died of a broken heart. | |
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.) | |
I am tired of all this nonsense. | |
15. prep. Expressing agency. | |
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).) | |
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea. | |
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below). | |
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties. | |
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.) | |
It was very brave of you to speak out like that. | |
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance. | |
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.) | |
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic. | |
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.) | |
She wore a dress of silk. | |
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.) | |
What a lot of nonsense! | |
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.) | |
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich. | |
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also". | |
I'm not driving this wreck of a car. | |
25. prep. Introducing subject matter. | |
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma | |
I'm always thinking of you. | |
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning. | |
He told us the story of his journey to India. | |
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.) | |
This behaviour is typical of teenagers. | |
29. prep. Having partitive effect. | |
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among". | |
Most of these apples are rotten. | |
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.) | |
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of. | |
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort. | |
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).) | |
He is a friend of mine. | |
34. prep. Expressing possession. | |
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above. | |
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century. | |
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it. | |
The owner of the nightclub was arrested. | |
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter | |
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames. | |
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive". | |
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.) | |
She had a profound distrust of the police. | |
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics. | |
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards. | |
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner. | |
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by". | |
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain. | |
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.) | |
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%. | |
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod | |
It's not that big of a deal. | |
45. prep. Expressing a point in time. | |
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity. | |
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river. | |
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time). | |
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while. | |
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.) | |
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off. | |
thought |
1. n. Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking. | |
2. n. The process by which such forms arise or are manipulated; thinking. | |
3. n. A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region). | |
"Eastern thought". | |
4. v. simple past tense and past participle of think | |
think |
1. v. To ponder, to go over in one's head. | |
Idly, the detective thought what his next move should be. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To communicate to oneself in one's mind, to try to find a solution to a problem. | |
I thought for three hours about the problem and still couldn’t find the solution. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To conceive of something or someone (usually followed by of; infrequently, by on). | |
I tend to think of her as rather ugly. | |
4. v. To be of the opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as. | |
At the time I thought his adamant refusal to give in right. | |
I hope you won’t think me stupid if I ask you what that means. | |
I think she is pretty, contrary to most people. | |
5. v. To guess; to reckon. | |
I think she’ll pass the examination. | |
6. v. To plan; to be considering; to be of a mind (to do something). | |
7. v. To presume; to venture. | |
8. n. (chiefly UK) An act of thinking; consideration (of something). | |
I'll have a think about that and let you know. | |
9. v. (obsolete except in methinks) To seem, to appear. | |
academic |
1. adj. Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato | |
the academic sect or philosophy | |
2. adj. Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; also a scholarly society or organization. | |
3. adj. Theoretical or speculative; abstract; scholarly, literary or classical, in distinction to practical or vocational | |
(eg, en, I have always had an academic interest in hacking.) | |
4. adj. Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed, unengaging, or theoretical: having no practical importance. | |
5. adj. Having a love of or aptitude for learning. | |
(eg, en, I'm more academic than athletic — I get lower marks in phys. ed. than in anything else.) | |
6. adj. (art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic. | |
7. adj. So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness. | |
8. adj. Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius. | |
9. adj. Study of humanities topics rather than science and engineering. | |
10. n. (usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.(R:SOED5) | |
11. n. A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice. | |
12. n. A member of the Academy; an academician. | |
13. n. (archaic) A student in a college. | |
14. n. (pluralonly) Academic dress; academicals. | |
15. n. (pluralonly) Academic studies. | |