| 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. | |
| brief |
| 1. adj. Of short duration; happening quickly. | |
| Her reign was brief but spectacular. | |
| 2. adj. Concise; taking few words. | |
| His speech of acceptance was brief but moving. | |
| 3. adj. Occupying a small distance, area or spatial extent; short. | |
| Her skirt was extremely brief but doubtless cool. | |
| 4. adj. (obsolete) Rife; common; prevalent. | |
| 5. n. (legal) A writ summoning one to answer to any action. | |
| 6. n. (legal) An answer to any action. | |
| 7. n. (legal) A memorandum of points of fact or of law for use in conducting a case. | |
| 8. n. (by extension, figurative) A position of interest or advocacy. | |
| 9. n. (legal) An attorney's legal argument in written form for submission to a court. | |
| 10. n. (English law) The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who tries the case. | |
| 11. n. A short news story or report. | |
| 12. n. (usually plural) undershorts briefs. | |
| I wear boxers under trousers but for sports I usually wear a brief. | |
| 13. n. (obsolete) A summary, précis or epitome; an abridgement or abstract. | |
| 14. n. (historical) A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose. | |
| 15. n. (slang) A ticket of any type.The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang | |
| 16. v. To summarize a recent development to some person with decision-making power. | |
| The U.S. president was briefed on the military coup and its implications on African stability. | |
| 17. v. (transitive, legal) To write a legal argument and submit it to a court. | |
| 18. adv. (obsolete, poetic) Briefly. | |
| 19. adv. (obsolete, poetic) Soon; quickly. | |
| discussion |
| 1. n. Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic. | |
| There was then a long discussion of whether to capitalize words like "east". | |
| This topic is not open to discussion. | |
| My discussion with the professor was very enlightening. | |
| 2. n. Text giving further detail on a subject. | |
| Under each heading, you will find a discussion. | |
| 3. n. (medicine, obsolete) The dispersion of a tumour. | |
| 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. | |
| conversation |
| 1. n. (obsolete) Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others. | |
| 2. n. (archaic) Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life. | |
| 3. n. (obsolete) Sexual intercourse. | |
| 4. n. (obsolete) Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.; understanding, familiarity. | |
| 5. n. Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking. | |
| I had an interesting conversation with Nicolas yesterday about how much he's getting paid. | |
| 6. n. (fencing) The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout. | |
| 7. n. (computing) The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction. | |
| 8. v. (nonstandard, ambitransitive) To engage in conversation (with). | |
