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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.
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
fine
1. adj. Senses referring to subjective quality.
2. adj. Of superior quality.
The tree frog that they encountered was truly a fine specimen.
Only a really fine wine could fully complement Lucía's hand-made pasta.
3. adj. (informal) Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory.
How are you today? – Fine.
Will this one do? It's got a dent in it. – Yeah, it'll be fine, I guess.
It's fine with me if you stay out late, so long as you're back by three.
4. adj. (informal) Good-looking, attractive.
That man is so fine that I'd jump into his pants without a moment's hesitation.
5. adj. Subtle, delicately balanced.
6. adj. (obsolete) Showy; overdecorated.
7. adj. Delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; dexterous.
8. adj. (An answer often used to cover an unnecessary explanation, rather to avoid conflict or an argument. Saying "I'm fine" can be used to avoid inquiry when
When a girl says she's "fine," she ain't fine.
9. adj. Senses referring to objective quality.
10. adj. Of a particular grade of quality, usually between very good and very fine, and below mint.
The small scratch meant that his copy of “X-Men 2” was merely fine when it otherwise would have been “near mint”.
11. adj. (of weather) Sunny and not raining.
12. adj. Consisting of especially minute particulate; made up of particularly small pieces.
Grind it into a fine powder.
When she touched the artifact, it collapsed into a heap of fine dust.
13. adj. Particularly slender; especially thin, narrow, or of small girth.
The threads were so fine that you had to look through a magnifying glass to see them.
14. adj. Made of slender or thin filaments.
They protected themselves from the small parasites with a fine wire mesh.
15. adj. Having a (specified) proportion of pure metal in its composition.
coins nine tenths fine
16. adj. (cricket) Behind the batsman and at a small angle to the line between the wickets.
...to nudge it through the covers (or tickle it down to fine leg) for a fournb...
17. adj. (obsolete) Subtle; thin; tenuous.
18. adv. Expression of (typically) reluctant agreement.
19. adv. Well, nicely, in a positive way.
Everything worked out fine.
20. adv. (dated, dialect, colloquial) Finely; elegantly; delicately.
21. adv. (pool, billiards) In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be barely deflected, the object ball being driven to one side.
22. n. Fine champagne; French brandy.
23. n. (usually in the plural) Something that is fine; fine particles.
24. v. To make finer, purer, or cleaner; to purify or clarify.
to fine gold
25. v. (intransitive) To become finer, purer, or cleaner.
26. v. To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.
to fine the soil
27. v. To change by fine gradations.
to fine down a ship's lines, i.e. to diminish her lines gradually
28. v. To clarify (wine and beer) by filtration.
29. v. (intransitive, dated) To become gradually fine; to diminish; to dwindle (with away, down, or off).
30. n. A fee levied as punishment for breaking the law.
The fine for jay-walking has gone from two dollars to thirty in the last fifteen years.
31. v. To issue a fine as punishment to (someone).
She was fined a thousand dollars for littering, but she appealed.
32. v. (intransitive) To pay a fine.
33. n. (music) The end of a musical composition.
34. n. (music) The location in a musical score that indicates the end of the piece, particularly when the piece ends somewhere in the middle of the score due to a section of the music being repeated.
35. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To finish; to cease.
36. v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to cease; to stop.
37. n. (obsolete) End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
38. n. A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
39. n. (legal) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.
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.
penalty
1. n. A legal sentence.
The penalty for his crime was to do hard labor.
2. n. A punishment for violating rules of procedure.
3. n. (finance) A payment forfeited for an early withdrawal from an account or an investment.
4. n. (football) A direct free kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box; a penalty kick.
5. n. (ice hockey) A punishment for an infraction of the rules, often in the form of being removed from play for a specified amount of time.
A penalty was called when he tripped up his opponent.
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.
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
pecuniary
1. adj. Of, or relating to, money; monetary, financial.
one
1. num. (cardinal) The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
In some religions, there is only one god.
In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.
One person, one vote.
2. num. (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
3. num. (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
4. num. (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
5. pron. (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
The big one looks good. I want the green one. A good driver is one who drives carefully.
6. pron. (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other.
7. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed. One shouldn’t be too quick to judge.
8. pron. (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
"driver", noun: one who drives.
9. n. The digit or figure 1.
10. n. (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
11. n. (US) A one-dollar bill.
12. n. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
13. n. A joke or amusing anecdote.
14. n. (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
15. n. (Internet slang) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
Someone help me; I'm always losing!
B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!
Why don't you just go away loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
16. adj. Of a period of time, being particular.
One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries.
17. adj. Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other.".
18. adj. Sole, only.
He is the one man who can help you.
19. adj. Whole, entire.
Body and soul are not separate; they are one.
20. adj. In agreement.
We are one on the importance of learning.
21. adj. The same.
The two types look very different, but are one species.
22. adj. Being a preeminent example.
He is one hell of a guy.
23. adj. Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".
The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”.
24. v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.

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