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sometimes
1. adv. On certain occasions, or in certain circumstances, but not always.
Sometimes I sit and think, but mostly I just sit.
2. adv. (obsolete) On a certain occasion in the past; once.
3. adj. (obsolete) Former; sometime.
derogatory
1. adj. (usually with to) Tending to derogate, or lessen in value of someone; expressing derogation; detracting
2. adj. (legal, of a clause in a testament) Being or pertaining to a derogatory clause.
3. n. A trade-line on a credit report that includes negative credit history.
calling
1. v. present participle of call
2. n. A strong urge to become religious.
3. n. A job or occupation.
call
1. n. A telephone conversation.
I received several phone calls today.
I received several calls today.
2. n. A short visit, usually for social purposes.
I paid a call to a dear friend of mine.
3. n. (nautical) A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
The ship made a call at Southampton.
4. n. A cry or shout.
He heard a call from the other side of the room.
5. n. A decision or judgement.
That was a good call.
6. n. The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird.
7. n. A beckoning or summoning.
I had to yield to the call of the wild.
8. n. The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
The Prime Minister has the call.
I give the call to the Manager of Opposition Business.
9. n. (finance) An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.
10. n. (cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman.
11. n. (cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.)
12. n. A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call).
13. n. (computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
14. n. A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
There was a 20 dollar bet on the table, and my call was 9.
15. n. (poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
16. n. A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
17. n. (nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
18. n. A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call.
19. n. An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
20. n. (archaic) Vocation; employment; calling.
21. n. (US, legal) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land.
22. n. (informal, slang) A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job.
23. v. To use one's voice.:
24. v. (intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon.
That person is hurt; call for help!
25. v. (intransitive) To cry or shout.
26. v. To utter in a loud or distinct voice.
to call the roll of a military company
27. v. (transitive, intransitive) To contact by telephone.
Why don't you call me in the morning? Why don't you call tomorrow?
28. v. To declare in advance.
The captains call the coin toss.
29. v. To rouse from sleep; to awaken.
30. v. To declare (an effort or project) to be a failure.
After the third massive failure, John called the whole initiative.
31. v. (heading, intransitive) To visit.
32. v. To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again).
We could always call on a friend. The engineer called round whilst you were away.
33. v. To stop at a station or port.
This train calls at Reading, Slough and London Paddington. Our cruise ship called at Bristol Harbour.
34. v. To name, identify or describe.:
35. v. (ditransitive) To name or refer to.
Why don't we dispense with the formalities. Please call me Al.
36. v. (in passive) Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name.
I'm called John. A very tall building is called a skyscraper.
37. v. To predict.
He called twelve of the last three recessions.
38. v. To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact.
They call the distance ten miles. That's enough work. Let's call it a day and go home.
39. v. (obsolete) To disclose the class or character of; to identify.
40. v. (heading, sport) Direct or indirect use of the voice.
41. v. (cricket) (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run.
42. v. (baseball, cricket) (of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions).
43. v. (intransitive, poker) To equal the same amount that other players are currently betting.
I bet $800 and Jane raised to $1600. My options: call (match her $1600 bet), reraise or fold.
44. v. (intransitive, poker, proscribed) To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to anno
I'll call your 300, and raise to 600!
45. v. To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
My partner called two spades.
46. v. (transitive, sometimes with for) To require, demand.
He felt called to help the old man.
47. v. (transitive, finance) To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
48. v. (transitive, banking) To demand repayment of a loan.
49. v. (transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion.
A recursive function is one that calls itself.
attention
1. n. Mental focus.
Please direct your attention to the following words.
2. n. An action or remark expressing concern for or interest in someone or something, especially romantic interest.
3. n. (military) A state of alertness in the standing position.
The company will now come to attention.
4. interj. (military) Used as a command to bring soldiers to the attention position.
flashy
1. adj. Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.
The dancers wore flashy costumes featuring shiny sequins in many vibrant colors.
2. adj. (dated, poetic) Flashing; producing flashes.
a flashy light
3. adj. (archaic) drunk; tipsy
standing
1. v. present participle of stand
2. adj. Erect, not cut down.
3. adj. Performed from an erect position.
standing ovation
4. adj. Remaining in force or status.
standing committee
5. adj. Stagnant; not moving or flowing.
standing water
6. adj. Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting.
a standing colour
7. adj. Not movable; fixed.
a standing bed, distinguished from a trundle-bed
the standing rigging of a ship
8. n. Position or reputation in society or a profession.
He does not have much of a standing as a chemist.
9. n. Duration.
a member of long standing
10. n. The act of a person who stands, or a place where someone stands.
I will provide you a good standing to see his entry. — Francis Bacon.
I think in deep mire, where there is no standing. — Psalms lxix. 2.
11. n. (sports) The position of a team in a league or of a player in a list.
After their last win, their standing went up three places.
12. n. (British) room in which to park a vehicle or vehicles
13. n. (legal) The right of a party to bring a legal action, based on the relationship between that party and the matter to which the action relates.
He may be insulting, a miserable rotter and a fool, but unless he slanders or libels you, or damages your property, you do not have standing to sue him.
stand
1. v. To position or be positioned physically.:
2. v. (intransitive) To support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
Here I stand, wondering what to do next.
3. v. (intransitive) To rise to one’s feet; to stand up.
Stand up, walk to the refrigerator, and get your own snack.
4. v. (intransitive) To remain motionless.
Do not leave your car standing in the road.
5. v. (intransitive) To be placed in an upright or vertical orientation.
6. v. To place in an upright or standing position.
He stood the broom in a corner and took a break.
7. v. (intransitive) To occupy or hold a place; to be set, placed, fixed, located, or situated.
Paris stands on the Seine.
8. v. (intransitive) To measure when erect on the feet.
9. v. (intransitive) (of tears) To be present, to have welled up (in the eyes).
10. v. To position or be positioned mentally.:
11. v. (intransitive, followed by to + infinitive) To be positioned to gain or lose.
He stands to get a good price for the house.
12. v. (transitive, negative) To tolerate.
I can’t stand when people don’t read the instructions.
I can’t stand him.
13. v. (intransitive) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
14. v. (intransitive) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
15. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in some particular state; to have essence or being; to be; to consist.
16. v. To position or be positioned socially.:
17. v. (intransitive, cricket) To act as an umpire.
18. v. To undergo; withstand; hold up.
The works of Shakespeare have stood the test of time.
19. v. (intransitive, British) To seek election.
He is standing for election to the local council.
20. v. (intransitive) To be valid.
What I said yesterday still stands.
21. v. To oppose, usually as a team, in competition.
22. v. To cover the expense of; to pay for.
to stand a treat
23. v. (intransitive) To have or maintain a position, order, or rank; to be in a particular relation.
Christian charity, or love, stands first in the rank of gifts.
24. v. (intransitive) To be consistent; to agree; to accord.
25. v. (intransitive) To appear in court.
26. v. (intransitive, nautical) Of a ship or its captain, to steer, sail (in a specified direction, for a specified destination etc.).
27. v. (intransitive) To remain without ruin or injury.
28. v. (card games) To stop asking for more cards; to keep one's hand as it has been dealt so far.
29. n. The act of standing.
30. n. A defensive position or effort.
The Commander says we will make our stand here.
31. n. A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
They took a firm stand against copyright infringement.
32. n. A period of performance in a given location or venue.
They have a four-game stand at home against the Yankees. They spent the summer touring giving 4 one-night stands a week.
33. n. A device to hold something upright or aloft.
He set the music upon the stand and began to play. an umbrella stand; a hat-stand
34. n. The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
She took the stand and quietly answered questions.
35. n. A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
This stand of pines is older than the one next to it.
36. n. (forestry) A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
37. n. A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
38. n. A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
39. n. A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait.
a taxi stand
40. n. (US, dated) The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc.
a good, bad, or convenient stand for business
41. n. (sports) Grandstand. (often in the plural)
42. n. (cricket) A partnership.
43. n. (military, plural often stand) A single set, as of arms.
44. n. (obsolete) Rank; post; station; standing.
45. n. (dated) A state of perplexity or embarrassment.
to be at a stand what to do
46. n. A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut; also, a tree growing or standing upon its own root, in distinction from one produced from a scion set in a stock, either of the same or another
47. n. (obsolete) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, used in weighing pitch.
48. n. A location or position where one may stand.
out
See also individual phrasal verbs such as come out, go out, put out, take out, pull out, and so on.
1. adv. Away from the inside or the centre.
The magician pulled the rabbit out of the hat.
2. adv. Away from home or one's usual place.
Let's eat out tonight
3. adv. Outside; not indoors.
Last night we slept out under the stars.
4. adv. Away from; at a distance.
Keep out!
5. adv. Into a state of non-operation; into non-existence.
Switch the lights out.
Put the fire out.
6. adv. To the end; completely.
I hadn't finished. Hear me out.
7. adv. Used to intensify or emphasize.
The place was all decked out for the holidays.
8. adv. (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc.
The sun came out after the rain, and we saw a rainbow.
9. adv. (cricket, baseball) Of a player, so as to be disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket).
Wilson was bowled out for five runs.
10. prep. (nonstandard, contraction of out of) Away from the inside.
He threw it out the door.
11. prep. (colloquial) Outside.
It's raining out.
It's cold out.
12. n. A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
They wrote the law to give those organizations an out.
13. n. (baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fieldi
14. n. (cricket) A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicke
15. n. (poker) A card which can make a hand a winner.
16. n. (dated) A trip out; an outing.
17. n. (mostly, in plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office.
18. n. A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space.
19. n. (printing, dated) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission.
20. v. To eject; to expel.
21. v. To reveal (a person) to be gay, bisexual, or transgender.
22. v. To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
23. v. To reveal (a secret).
A Brazilian company outed the new mobile phone design.
24. v. (intransitive, archaic) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public.
25. v. To become apparent.
26. adj. Not at home; not at one's office or place of employment.
I'm sorry, Mr Smith is out at the moment.
27. adj. Released, available for purchase, download or other use.
Did you hear? Their newest CD is out!
28. adj. (in various games; used especially of a batsman or batter in cricket or baseball) Dismissed from play under the rules of the game.
He bowls, Johnson pokes at it ... and ... Johnson is out! Caught behind by Ponsonby!
29. adj. Openly acknowledging that one is gay or transgender.
It's no big deal to be out in the entertainment business.
30. adj. (of flowers) In bloom.
The garden looks beautiful now that the roses are out.
31. adj. (of the sun, moon or stars) Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds.
The sun is out, and it's a lovely day.
32. adj. (of lamps, fires etc.) Not shining or burning.
I called round to the house but all the lights were out and no one was home.
33. adj. (of ideas, plans, etc.) Discarded; no longer a possibility.
Right, so that idea's out. Let's move on to the next one.
34. adj. No longer popular or in fashion.
Black is out this season. The new black is white.
35. adj. Without; no longer in possession of; not having more
Do you have any bread? Sorry, we're out.
36. adj. (of calculations or measurements) Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount.
Nothing adds up in this report. All these figures are out.
The measurement was out by three millimetres.
37. adj. (obsolete) Of a young lady: having entered society and available to be courted.
38. interj. (procedure word, especially, military) A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and does not expect a response.
Destruction. Two T-72s destroyed. Three foot mobiles down. Out.
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
the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
eye
1. n. An organ through which animals see.
Bright lights really hurt my eyes.
2. n. The visual sense.
The car was quite pleasing to the eye, but impractical.
3. n. The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.
Brown, blue, green, hazel eyes.
4. n. Attention, notice.
That dress caught her eye.
5. n. The ability to notice what others might miss.
He has an eye for talent.
6. n. A meaningful stare or look.
She was giving him the eye at the bar. When the car cut her off, she gave him the eye.
7. n. A private eye: a privately hired detective or investigator.
8. n. A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed.
9. n. A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line.
10. n. The relatively clear and calm center of a hurricane or other such storm.
11. n. A mark on an animal, such as a peacock or butterfly, resembling a human eye.
12. n. The dark spot on a black-eyed pea.
13. n. A reproductive bud in a potato.
14. n. (informal) The dark brown center of a black-eyed Susan flower.
15. n. A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc. — e.g. at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss; through a crank; at the end of a rope; or
16. n. That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty.
17. n. Tinge; shade of colour.
18. n. One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese.
19. n. (architecture) The circle in the centre of a volute.
20. n. (typography) The enclosed counter (negative space) of the small letter e.
21. n. (game of go) An empty point or group of points surrounded by one player's stones.
22. v. To observe carefully.
After eyeing the document for an hour she decided not to sign it.
They went out and eyed the new car one last time before deciding.
23. v. To view something narrowly, as a document or a phrase in a document.
24. v. To look at someone or something as if with the intent to do something with that person or thing.
25. v. (obsolete) To appear; to look.
26. n. A brood.
an eye of pheasants

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