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. | |
similar |
1. adj. Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable. | |
2. adj. (mathematics) Of geometrical figures including triangles, squares, ellipses, arcs and more complex figures, having the same shape but possibly different size, rotational orientation, and position; in | |
3. n. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc. | |
4. n. (homeopathy) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease. | |
substance |
1. n. Physical matter; material. | |
2. n. The essential part of anything; the most vital part. | |
3. n. Substantiality; solidity; firmness. | |
Some textile fabrics have little substance. | |
4. n. Material possessions; estate; property; resources. | |
a man of substance | |
5. n. A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties. | |
6. n. Drugs (illegal narcotics) | |
substance abuse | |
7. n. (theology) Hypostasis. | |
8. v. (rare, transitive) To give substance to; to make real or substantial. | |
based |
1. adj. Founded on; having a basis; often used in combining forms. | |
That was a soundly based argument. | |
2. adj. (slang) Not caring what others think about his or her personality, style, or behavior; focused on maintaining individuality. | |
3. v. simple past tense and past participle of base | |
4. v. Being derived from (usually followed by on or upon). | |
It's a new film based on a best-selling novel. | |
5. v. Having a base | |
The ladder is based on the even sidewalk for stability. | |
6. v. Having a base of operations. | |
The company is based in New York. | |
base |
1. n. Something from which other things extend; a foundation. | |
2. n. A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object. | |
3. n. The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis. | |
4. n. A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material. | |
5. n. The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters. | |
6. n. (cooking, painting, pharmacy) A basic but essential component or ingredient. | |
7. n. A substance used as a mordant in dyeing. | |
8. n. (cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform. | |
9. n. (chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts. | |
10. n. Important areas in games and sports. | |
11. n. A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek. | |
12. n. (baseball) One of the three places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out. | |
13. n. (architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement. | |
14. n. (biology, biochemistry) A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer. | |
15. n. (botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support. | |
16. n. (electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT). | |
17. n. (geometry) The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat. | |
18. n. (heraldry) The lowest third of a shield or escutcheon. | |
19. n. (heraldry) The lower part of the field. See escutcheon. | |
20. n. (mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent. | |
The logarithm to base 2 of 8 is 3. | |
21. n. (mathematics) (synonym of radix). | |
22. n. (topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated. | |
23. n. (topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles. | |
24. n. (acrobatics, cheerleading) In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground. | |
25. n. (linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached. | |
26. n. (music) (dated form of bass) | |
27. n. (military, historical) The smallest kind of cannon. | |
28. n. (archaic) The housing of a horse. | |
29. n. (historical, in the plural) A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armour) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. | |
30. n. (obsolete) The lower part of a robe or petticoat. | |
31. n. (obsolete) An apron. | |
32. n. A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a sys | |
33. v. To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of. | |
34. v. To be located (at a particular place). | |
35. v. (acrobatics, cheerleading) To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer. | |
36. adj. (obsolete) Low in height; short. | |
37. adj. Low in place or position. | |
38. adj. (obsolete) Of low value or degree. | |
39. adj. (archaic) Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common. | |
40. adj. Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly. | |
41. adj. (now rare) Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality. | |
42. adj. Designating those metals which are not classed as precious or noble. | |
43. adj. Alloyed with inferior metal; debased. | |
base coin | |
base bullion | |
44. adj. (obsolete) Of illegitimate birth; bastard. | |
45. adj. Not classical or correct. | |
base Latin | |
46. adj. obsolete form of bass | |
the base tone of a violin | |
47. adj. (legal) Not held by honourable service. | |
A base estate is one held by services not honourable, or held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant is a base tenant. | |
48. n. (now chiefly US historical) The game of prisoners' bars. | |
on |
1. adj. In the state of being active, functioning or operating. | |
2. adj. Performing according to schedule. | |
Are we still on for tonight? | |
Is the show still on? | |
3. adj. (chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate. | |
You can't do that; it's just not on. | |
4. adj. (informal) Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed. | |
"Five bucks says the Cavs win tonight." ―"You're on!". | |
Mike just threw coffee onto Paul's lap. It's on now. | |
5. adj. (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter. | |
6. adj. (euphemistic) Menstruating. | |
7. adv. To an operating state. | |
turn the television on | |
8. adv. Along, forwards (continuing an action). | |
drive on, rock on | |
9. adv. In continuation, at length. | |
and so on. | |
He rambled on and on. | |
10. adv. (not US) Later. | |
Ten years on, nothing had changed in the village. | |
11. prep. Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above. | |
on the table; on the couch | |
The parrot was sitting on Jim's shoulder. | |
12. prep. At or near; adjacent to. | |
Soon we'll pass a statue on the left. | |
The fleet is on the American coast. | |
Croton-on-Hudson, Rostov-on-Don, Southend-on-Sea | |
13. prep. Covering. | |
He wore old shoes on his feet. | |
14. prep. At the date of. | |
Born on the 4th of July. | |
15. prep. Some time during the day of. | |
I'll see you on Monday. The bus leaves on Friday. Can I see you on a different day? On Sunday I'm busy. | |
16. prep. Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something. | |
A book on history. The World Summit on the Information Society. | |
17. prep. Touching; hanging from. | |
The fruit ripened on the trees. The painting hangs on the wall. | |
18. prep. (informal) In the possession of. | |
I haven't got any money on me. | |
19. prep. Because of, or due to. | |
To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery. To contact someone on a hunch. | |
20. prep. Upon; at the time of (and often because of). | |
On Jack's entry, William got up to leave. | |
On the addition of ammonia, a chemical reaction begins. | |
21. prep. Paid for by. | |
The drinks are on me tonight, boys. The meal is on the house. I paid for the airfare and meals for my family, but the hotel room was on the company. | |
22. prep. Used to indicate a means or medium. | |
I saw it on television. Can't you see I'm on the phone? | |
23. prep. Indicating a means of subsistence. | |
They lived on ten dollars a week. The dog survived three weeks on rainwater. | |
24. prep. Away or occupied with (e.g. a scheduled activity). | |
He's on his lunch break. on vacation; on holiday | |
25. prep. Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with. | |
to play on a violin or piano | |
Her words made a lasting impression on my mind. | |
26. prep. Regularly taking (a drug). | |
You've been on these antidepressants far too long. He's acting so strangely, I think he must be on something. | |
27. prep. Under the influence of (a drug). | |
He's acting crazy because he's on crack right now. | |
28. prep. (mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain. | |
a function on | |
29. prep. (mathematics) HavingV^n as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n. | |
an operator on | |
30. prep. (mathematics) Generated by. | |
the free group on four letters | |
31. prep. Supported by (the specified part of itself). | |
A table can't stand on two legs. After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels. | |
32. prep. At a given time after the start of something; at. | |
33. prep. In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series. | |
heaps on heaps of food | |
mischief on mischief; loss on loss | |
34. prep. (obsolete, regional) of | |
35. prep. Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in. | |
I depended on them for assistance. | |
He will promise on certain conditions. | |
Do you ever bet on horses? | |
36. prep. Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion. | |
Have pity or compassion on him. | |
37. prep. (obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of. | |
38. prep. In the service of; connected with; of the number of. | |
He is on a newspaper; I am on the committee. | |
39. prep. By virtue of; with the pledge of. | |
He affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honour. | |
40. prep. To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon. | |
On us be all the blame. | |
A curse on him! | |
Please don't tell on her and get her in trouble. | |
He turned on her and has been her enemy ever since. | |
He went all honest on me, making me listen to his confession. | |
41. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) to switch on | |
Can you on the light? | |
42. prep. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without. | |
43. n. In the Japanese language, a pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character that was originally based on the character's pronunciation in Chinese, contrasted with kun. | |
Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun". | |
another |
1. det. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect. | |
Yes, I'd like another slice of cake, thanks. | |
2. det. Not the same; different. | |
Do you know another way to do this job? | |
3. det. Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; anyone else; someone else. | |
He has never known another like her. | |
4. pron. An additional one of the same kind. | |
This napkin fell to the floor, could you please bring me another? | |
5. pron. One that is different from the current one. | |
I saw one movie, but I think I will see another. | |
6. pron. One of a group of things of the same kind. | |
His interests keep shifting from one thing to another. | |
metal |
1. n. Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from.: | |
2. n. Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and ha | |
3. n. Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy. | |
4. n. (astronomy) An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen | |
5. n. Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road. | |
6. n. (mining) The ore from which a metal is derived. | |
7. n. (obsolete) A mine from which ores are taken. | |
8. n. (tincture) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent and or. | |
9. n. Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects. | |
10. n. (music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars. | |
11. n. (archaic) The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper; mettle. | |
12. n. The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war. | |
13. n. (obsolete) The rails of a railway. | |
14. n. (informal, travel, aviation) The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators. | |
We have American Airlines tickets, but it's on British Airways metal. | |
15. adj. (music) Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars. | |
16. adj. Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc. | |
17. v. To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc. | |
usually |
1. adv. Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally. | |
Except for one or two days a year, he usually walks to work. | |
2. adv. Under normal conditions. | |
with |
1. prep. Against. | |
He picked a fight with the class bully. | |
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to. | |
He went with his friends. | |
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to. | |
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar. | |
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence. | |
5. prep. In support of. | |
We are with you all the way. | |
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by. | |
slain with robbers | |
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of. | |
cut with a knife | |
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on. | |
9. prep. Having, owning. | |
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc. | |
Do you want to come with? | |
11. adv. --> | |
12. n. alternative form of withe | |
qualification |
1. n. A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation. | |
I accept your offer, but with the following qualification. | |
2. n. The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc. | |
Qualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult. | |
3. n. (obsolete) A quality or attribute. | |
4. n. An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training. | |
What are your qualifications for this job? | |
such |
1. det. (demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context. | |
I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before. Such is life. | |
2. det. (particularly used in formal documents) Any. | |
the above address or at such other address as may notify | |
3. det. Used as an intensifier; roughly equivalent to very much of. | |
The party was such a bore. | |
4. det. (obsolete) A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned. | |
5. pron. A person, a thing, people or things like the one or ones already mentioned. | |
6. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is similar to something else. | |
As |
1. n. plural of A | |
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As. | |
2. adv. To such an extent or degree. | |
You’re not as tall as I am. | |
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive. | |
3. adv. In the manner or role specified. | |
The kidnappers released him as agreed. | |
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues. | |
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend. | |
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as). | |
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what. | |
Do as I say! | |
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know. | |
As you wish, my lord! | |
6. conj. At the same instant that; when. | |
As I came in, she flew. | |
7. conj. At the same time that; while. | |
He sleeps as the rain falls. | |
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that. | |
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy. | |
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since. | |
As it’s too late, I quit. | |
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality. | |
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago. | |
It's not so complicated as I expected. | |
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. | |
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though. | |
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that. | |
14. conj. Expressing concession; though. | |
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than. | |
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case. | |
You are not as tall as me. | |
They're big as houses. | |
17. prep. In the role of. | |
What is your opinion as a parent? | |
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra. | |
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value. | |
20. n. plural of a | |
copper |
1. n. A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29. | |
2. n. Something made of copper. | |
3. n. The reddish-brown colour/color of copper. | |
(color panel, BB5836) | |
4. n. A copper coin. | |
5. n. (AU) A large pot, often used for heating water or washing clothes over a fire. In Australasia at least, it could also be a fixed installation made of copper, with a fire underneath and its own chimney | |
Mum would heat the water in a copper in the kitchen and transfer it to the tin bath. | |
I explain that socks can’t be boiled up in the copper with the sheets and towels or they shrink. | |
6. adj. Made of copper. | |
7. adj. Having the reddish-brown colour/color of copper. | |
8. v. To sheathe or coat with copper. | |
9. n. (slang) A police officer. | |
rust |
1. n. The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation. | |
The rust on my bicycle chain made cycling to work very dangerous. | |
2. n. A similar substance based on another metal (usually with qualification, such as "copper rust"). | |
aerugo. Green or blue-green copper rust; verdigris. (American Heritage Dictionary, 1973) | |
3. n. A reddish-brown color. | |
(color panel, B7410E) | |
4. n. A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus. | |
5. v. (intransitive) To oxidize, especially of iron or steel. | |
The patio furniture had rusted in the wind-driven spray. | |
6. v. To cause to oxidize. | |
The wind-driven spray had thoroughly rusted the patio furniture. | |
7. v. (intransitive) To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust. | |
8. v. (ambitransitive, figuratively) To (cause to) degenerate in idleness; to make or become dull or impaired by inaction. | |