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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.
complicated
     1. adj. Difficult or convoluted.
           It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.
     2. adj. (biology) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).
     3. v. simple past tense and past participle of complicate
           The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.
     complicate
          1. v. To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
          2. v. to expose involvement in a convoluted matter.
                Don't complicate yourself in issues that are beyond the scope of your understanding.
                John has been complicated in the affair by new tapes that surfaced.
                The DA has made every effort to complicate me in the scandal.
          3. adj. (obsolete) Intertwined.
          4. adj. (now rare, poetic) Complex, complicated.
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.
confused
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of confuse
     2. adj. (of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
     3. adj. (of a person or animal) disoriented
     4. adj. chaotic, jumbled or muddled
     5. adj. making no sense; illogical
     6. adj. embarrassed
     confuse
          1. v. to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody).
          2. v. To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (gloss, one thing for another).
                People who say "hola" to Italians are confusing Italian with Spanish.
          3. v. To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
          4. v. (transitive, dated) To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
          5. v. (transitive, obsolete) To rout; discomfit.
State
     1. n. A current governing polity.
     2. n. (often with definite article) The current governing polity under which the speaker lives.
     3. n. A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
           a state of being;   a state of emergency
     4. n.          (physics) A complete description of a system, consisting of parameters that determine all properties of the system.
     5. n.          (computing) The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.
                   In the fetch state, the address of the next instruction is placed on the address bus.
     6. n.          (computing) The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
                   The state here includes a set containing all names seen so far.
     7. n.          (computing) The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
                   A debugger can show the state of a program at any breakpoint.
     8. n.          (sciences) The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
     9. n.          (obsolete) Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase and the abating
     10. n. High social standing or circumstance.
     11. n.          Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
                   The President's body will lie in state at the Capitol.
     12. n.          Rank; condition; quality.
     13. n.          Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
     14. n.          A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
     15. n.          (obsolete) A great person, a dignitary; a lord or prince.
     16. n.          (obsolete) Estate, possession.
     17. n. A polity.
     18. n.          Any sovereign polity; a national or city-state government.
     19. n.          A political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy, as in the United States or Germany; (by extension, informal, US) any provi
     20. n.          (obsolete) A form of government other than a monarchy.
     21. n.          (anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
     22. n. (mathematics, stochastic processes) An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
     23. v. To declare to be a fact.
           He stated that he was willing to help.
     24. v. To make known.
           State your intentions.
     25. adj. (obsolete) stately
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.
condition
     1. n. A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
     2. n. A requirement, term or requisite.
           Environmental protection is a condition for sustainability.   What other planets might have the right conditions for life?   The union had a dispute over sick time and other
     3. n. (legal) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.
     4. n. The health status of a medical patient.
           My aunt couldn't walk up the stairs in her condition.
     5. n. The state or quality.
           National reports on the condition of public education are dismal.   The condition of man can be classified as civilized or uncivilized.
     6. n. A particular state of being.
           Hypnosis is a peculiar condition of the nervous system.   Steps were taken to ameliorate the condition of slavery.   Security is defined as the condition of not being threat
     7. n. (obsolete) The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank.
           A man of his condition has no place to make request.
     8. v. To subject to the process of acclimation.
           I became conditioned to the absence of seasons in San Diego.
     9. v. To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
           They were conditioning their shins in their karate class.
     10. v. To place conditions or limitations upon.
     11. v. To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
     12. v. To treat (the hair) with hair conditioner.
     13. v. To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
     14. v. To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
     15. v. (US, colleges transitive) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college.
           to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study
     16. v. To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.
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