obsolete |
1. adj. (of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject). | |
It is speculated that, within a few years, the Internet's speedy delivery of news worldwide will make newspapers obsolete. | |
2. adj. (biology) Imperfectly developed; not very distinct. | |
3. v. (transitive, US) To cause to become obsolete. | |
This software component has been obsoleted. | |
We are in the process of obsoleting this product. | |
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. | |
extended |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of extend | |
2. adj. Longer in length or extension; elongated. | |
3. adj. Stretched out or pulled out; expanded. | |
4. adj. Lasting longer; protracted. | |
5. adj. Having a large scope or range; extensive. | |
6. adj. (of a typeface) Wider than usual. | |
extend |
1. v. (intransitive) To increase in extent. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To possess a certain extent. | |
3. v. To cause to increase in extent. | |
4. v. To cause to last for a longer period of time. | |
5. v. To straighten (a limb). | |
6. v. To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply. | |
to extend sympathy to the suffering | |
7. v. To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions. | |
8. v. (legal) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent. | |
9. v. (object-oriented programming) Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class. | |
The classes Person and Dog extend the class Animal. | |
undefined |
1. adj. Lacking a definition or value. | |
2. adj. (mathematics, computing) That does not have a meaning and is thus not assigned an interpretation. | |
The result of division by zero is undefined. | |
period |
1. n. A length of time. | |
There was a period of confusion following the announcement. | |
You'll be on probation for a six-month period. | |
2. n. A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era. | |
Food rationing continued in the post-war period. | |
3. n. (now chiefly North America) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation). | |
4. n. The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet. | |
5. n. Female menstruation. | |
When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming. | |
6. n. A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc. | |
This is one of the last paintings Picasso created during his Blue Period. | |
7. n. Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity. | |
I have math class in second period. | |
8. n. (chiefly North America) Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided. | |
Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period. | |
9. n. (obsolete, medicine) The length of time for a disease to run its course. | |
10. n. An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc. | |
11. n. (rhetoric) A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole. | |
12. n. (obsolete) A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage. | |
13. n. (chemistry) A row in the periodic table of the elements. | |
14. n. (geology) A subdivision of an era, typically lasting from tens to hundreds of millions of years, see. | |
15. n. (genetics) A Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm. | |
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21. n. (music) Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase). | |
22. n. (math) The length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length. | |
23. n. (archaic) End point, conclusion. | |
a period car | |
a period TV commercial | |
24. adj. Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery. | |
25. interj. (chiefly North America) That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence). | |
I know you don't want to go to the dentist but your teeth need to be checked, period! | |
26. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To come to a period; to conclude. | |
27. v. (obsolete, transitive, rare) To put an end 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. | |
time |
1. n. The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present events into the past. | |
Time stops for nobody. the ebb and flow of time | |
2. n. (physics, usually) A dimension of spacetime with the opposite metric signature to space dimensions; the fourth dimension. | |
Both science-fiction writers and physicists have written about travel through time. | |
3. n. (physics) Change associated with the second law of thermodynamics; the physical and psychological result of increasing entropy. | |
Time slows down when you approach the speed of light. | |
4. n. (physics, reductionistic definition) The property of a system which allows it to have more than one distinct configuration. | |
An essential definition of time should entail neither speed nor direction, just change. | |
5. n. A duration of time. | |
6. n. A quantity of availability of duration. | |
More time is needed to complete the project. You had plenty of time, but you waited until the last minute. Are you finish | |
7. n. A measurement of a quantity of time; a numerical or general indication of a length of progression. | |
a long time; Record the individual times for the processes in each batch. Only your best time is compared with the other compet | |
8. n. (slang) The serving of a prison sentence. | |
The judge leniently granted a sentence with no hard time. He is not living at home because he is doing time. | |
9. n. An experience. | |
We had a wonderful time at the party. | |
10. n. An era; (with the, sometimes in plural) the current era, the current state of affairs. | |
Roman times; the time of the dinosaurs | |
11. n. (with possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day. | |
In my time, we respected our elders. | |
12. n. (only in singular, sports) Time out; temporary, limited suspension of play. | |
13. n. An instant of time. | |
14. n. How much of a day has passed; the moment, as indicated by a clock or similar device. | |
Excuse me, have you got the time? What time is it, do you guess? Ten o’clock? A computer keeps time using a clock battery | |
15. n. A particular moment or hour; the appropriate moment or hour for something (especially with prepositional phrase or imperfect subjunctive). | |
it’s time for bed; it’s time to sleep; we must wait for the right time; it's time we were going | |
16. n. A numerical indication of a particular moment. | |
at what times do the trains arrive?; these times were erroneously converted between zones | |
17. n. An instance or occurrence. | |
When was the last time we went out? I don’t remember. | |
see you another time; that’s three times he’s made the same mistake | |
Okay, but this is the last time. No more after that! | |
18. n. (of pubs) Closing time. | |
Last call: it's almost time. | |
19. n. The hour of childbirth. | |
20. n. (as someone's time) The end of someone's life, conceived by the speaker as having been predestined. | |
It was his time. | |
21. n. The measurement under some system of region of day or moment. | |
Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time. | |
22. n. Ratio of comparison. | |
your car runs three times faster than mine; that is four times as heavy as this | |
23. n. (grammar, dated) Tense. | |
the time of a verb | |
24. n. (music) The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division. | |
common or triple time; the musician keeps good time. | |
25. v. To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of. | |
I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block. | |
26. v. To choose when something begins or how long it lasts. | |
The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl. | |
The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m. | |
27. v. (obsolete) To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time. | |
28. v. (obsolete) To pass time; to delay. | |
29. v. To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement. | |
30. v. To measure, as in music or harmony. | |
31. interj. (tennis) Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause. | |