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being
     1. v. present participle of be
     2. n. A living creature.
     3. n. The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state.
     4. n. (philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept).
     5. n. (philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality.
     6. n. (obsolete) An abode; a cottage.
     7. conj. (obsolete) Given that; since.
     be
          1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
          2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
                There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
          3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
                The cup is on the table.
          4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
                When will the meeting be?
          5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
                The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
                I have been to Spain many times.
                Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
          6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
                Knowledge is bliss.
                Hi, I’m Jim.
          7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
                3 times 5 is fifteen.
          8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
                François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
          9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
                The sky is blue.
          10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
                The sky is a deep blue today.
          11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
                The dog was drowned by the boy.
          12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
                The woman is walking.
                I shall be writing to you soon.
                We liked to chat while we were eating.
          13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
          14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
                I am to leave tomorrow.
                I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
          15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
                This building is three hundred years old.
                I am 75 kilograms.
                He’s about 6 feet tall.
          16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
                I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
          17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
                It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
                It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
                What time is it there? It’s night.
          18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
                It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
                It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
          19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
                It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
                Why is it so dark in here?
          20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
                "What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
                Why is he being nice to me?
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".
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.
left
     1. adj. The opposite of right; toward the west when one is facing north.
           The left side.
     2. adj. (politics) Pertaining to the political left.
     3. adv. On the left side.
     4. adv. Towards the left side.
           Turn left at the corner.
     5. n. The left side or direction.
     6. n. (politics) The ensemble of left-wing political parties. Those holding left-wing views as a group.
           The political left is holding too much power.
     7. n. (boxing) A punch delivered with the left fist.
     8. v. simple past tense and past participle of leave.
     9. v. (Ireland, colloquial) permitted, allowed to proceed.
           We were not left go to the beach after school except on a weekend.
     leave
          1. v. To have a consequence or remnant.
          2. v.          To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (somet
                        I left my car at home and took a bus to work.  The ants did not leave so much as a crumb of bread.  There's not much food left. We'd be
          3. v.          To cause, to result in.
                        The lightning left her dazzled for several minutes.  Infantile paralysis left him lame for the rest of his life.
          4. v.          To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.
                        Leave your hat in the hall.  We should leave the legal matters to lawyers.  I left my sewing and went to the window to watch the fallin
          5. v. To depart; to separate from.
          6. v.          To let be or do without interference.
                        I left him to his reflections.  I leave my hearers to judge.
          7. v.          To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
                        I left the country and I left my wife.
          8. v.          To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).
                        I left the band.
          9. v.          (intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
                        I think you'd better leave.
          10. v. To transfer something.
          11. v.          To transfer possession of after death.
                        When my father died, he left me the house.
          12. v.          To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.
                        I'll leave the car in the station so you can pick it up there.
          13. v.          To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.
                        Can't we just leave this to the experts?
          14. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To remain (behind); to stay.
          15. v. (transitive, archaic) To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
          16. n. (cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
          17. n. (billiards) The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or onl
          18. n. Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
                I've been given three weeks' leave by my boss.
          19. n. (dated, or legal) Permission.
                Might I beg leave to accompany you?
                The applicant now seeks leave to appeal and, if leave be granted, to appeal against these sentences.
          20. n. (dated) Farewell, departure.
                I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance.
          21. v. To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.
          22. v. (intransitive, rare) To produce leaves or foliage.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed.
          23. v. (obsolete) To raise; to levy.
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.
right
     1. adj. (archaic) Straight, not bent.
           a right line
     2. adj. (geometry) Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
           The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.
     3. adj. (geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
           a right triangle, a right prism, a right cone
     4. adj. Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
           I thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along.
           It's not right that one person gets all the credit for the group's work.
     5. adj. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
           Is this the right software for my computer?
     6. adj. Healthy, sane, competent.
           I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.
     7. adj. Real; veritable (used emphatically).
           You've made a right mess of the kitchen!
     8. adj. (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
     9. adj. (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
     10. adj. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the right: →
           After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left.
     11. adj. Designed to be placed or worn outward.
           the right side of a piece of cloth
     12. adj. (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
     13. adv. On the right side.
     14. adv. Towards the right side.
     15. adv. Exactly, precisely.
           The arrow landed right in the middle of the target.
           Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film.
     16. adv. Immediately, directly.
           Can't you see it? It's right beside you!
           Tom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone's view.
     17. adv. (UK, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite.
           I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?
           I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much.
     18. adv. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
     19. adv. In a correct manner.
           Do it right or don't do it at all.
     20. adv. (dated, still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree.
           Sir, I am right glad to meet you …
           Members of the Queen's Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life.
           The Right Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci.
     21. interj. Yes, that is correct; I agree.
     22. interj. I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.
     23. interj. Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
           - After that interview, I don't think we should hire her.- Right — who wants lunch?
     24. interj. Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance.
           You're going, right?
     25. interj. Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
     26. n. That which complies with justice, law or reason.
           We're on the side of right in this contest.
     27. n. A legal, just or moral entitlement.
           You have no right to go through my personal diary.
           see also in right of
     28. n. The right side or direction.
           The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.
     29. n. The right hand.
     30. n. (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
           The political right holds too much power.
     31. n. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
     32. v. To correct.
           Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.
     33. v. To set upright.
           The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.
     34. v. (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
           When the wind died down, the ship righted.
     35. v. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
           to right the oppressed
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.
toward
     1. prep. In the direction of.
           She moved toward the door.
     2. prep. In relation to (someone or something).
           What are your feelings toward him?
     3. prep. For the purpose of attaining (an aim).
           I'm saving money toward retirement.
     4. prep. Located close to; near (a time or place).
           Our place is over toward the station.
     5. adj. Yielding, pliant; docile; ready or apt to learn; not froward.
     6. adj. (obsolete) Future; to come.
     7. adj. (dated) Approaching, coming near; impending; present, at hand.
     8. adj. (obsolete, or archaic) Promising, likely.
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.
left
     1. adj. The opposite of right; toward the west when one is facing north.
           The left side.
     2. adj. (politics) Pertaining to the political left.
     3. adv. On the left side.
     4. adv. Towards the left side.
           Turn left at the corner.
     5. n. The left side or direction.
     6. n. (politics) The ensemble of left-wing political parties. Those holding left-wing views as a group.
           The political left is holding too much power.
     7. n. (boxing) A punch delivered with the left fist.
     8. v. simple past tense and past participle of leave.
     9. v. (Ireland, colloquial) permitted, allowed to proceed.
           We were not left go to the beach after school except on a weekend.
     leave
          1. v. To have a consequence or remnant.
          2. v.          To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (somet
                        I left my car at home and took a bus to work.  The ants did not leave so much as a crumb of bread.  There's not much food left. We'd be
          3. v.          To cause, to result in.
                        The lightning left her dazzled for several minutes.  Infantile paralysis left him lame for the rest of his life.
          4. v.          To put; to place; to deposit; to deliver, with a sense of withdrawing oneself.
                        Leave your hat in the hall.  We should leave the legal matters to lawyers.  I left my sewing and went to the window to watch the fallin
          5. v. To depart; to separate from.
          6. v.          To let be or do without interference.
                        I left him to his reflections.  I leave my hearers to judge.
          7. v.          To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
                        I left the country and I left my wife.
          8. v.          To end one's membership in (a group); to terminate one's affiliation with (an organization); to stop participating in (a project).
                        I left the band.
          9. v.          (intransitive) To depart; to go away from a certain place or state.
                        I think you'd better leave.
          10. v. To transfer something.
          11. v.          To transfer possession of after death.
                        When my father died, he left me the house.
          12. v.          To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.
                        I'll leave the car in the station so you can pick it up there.
          13. v.          To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.
                        Can't we just leave this to the experts?
          14. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To remain (behind); to stay.
          15. v. (transitive, archaic) To stop, desist from; to "leave off" (+ noun / gerund).
          16. n. (cricket) The action of the batsman not attempting to play at the ball.
          17. n. (billiards) The arrangement of balls in play that remains after a shot is made (which determines whether the next shooter — who may be either the same player, or an opponent — has good options, or onl
          18. n. Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
                I've been given three weeks' leave by my boss.
          19. n. (dated, or legal) Permission.
                Might I beg leave to accompany you?
                The applicant now seeks leave to appeal and, if leave be granted, to appeal against these sentences.
          20. n. (dated) Farewell, departure.
                I took my leave of the gentleman without a backward glance.
          21. v. To give leave to; allow; permit; let; grant.
          22. v. (intransitive, rare) To produce leaves or foliage.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed.
          23. v. (obsolete) To raise; to levy.
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.
right
     1. adj. (archaic) Straight, not bent.
           a right line
     2. adj. (geometry) Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
           The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.
     3. adj. (geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
           a right triangle, a right prism, a right cone
     4. adj. Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
           I thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along.
           It's not right that one person gets all the credit for the group's work.
     5. adj. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
           Is this the right software for my computer?
     6. adj. Healthy, sane, competent.
           I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.
     7. adj. Real; veritable (used emphatically).
           You've made a right mess of the kitchen!
     8. adj. (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
     9. adj. (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
     10. adj. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the right: →
           After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left.
     11. adj. Designed to be placed or worn outward.
           the right side of a piece of cloth
     12. adj. (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
     13. adv. On the right side.
     14. adv. Towards the right side.
     15. adv. Exactly, precisely.
           The arrow landed right in the middle of the target.
           Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film.
     16. adv. Immediately, directly.
           Can't you see it? It's right beside you!
           Tom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone's view.
     17. adv. (UK, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite.
           I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?
           I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much.
     18. adv. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
     19. adv. In a correct manner.
           Do it right or don't do it at all.
     20. adv. (dated, still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree.
           Sir, I am right glad to meet you …
           Members of the Queen's Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life.
           The Right Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci.
     21. interj. Yes, that is correct; I agree.
     22. interj. I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.
     23. interj. Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
           - After that interview, I don't think we should hire her.- Right — who wants lunch?
     24. interj. Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance.
           You're going, right?
     25. interj. Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
     26. n. That which complies with justice, law or reason.
           We're on the side of right in this contest.
     27. n. A legal, just or moral entitlement.
           You have no right to go through my personal diary.
           see also in right of
     28. n. The right side or direction.
           The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.
     29. n. The right hand.
     30. n. (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
           The political right holds too much power.
     31. n. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
     32. v. To correct.
           Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.
     33. v. To set upright.
           The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.
     34. v. (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
           When the wind died down, the ship righted.
     35. v. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
           to right the oppressed
lateral
     1. adj. To the side; of or pertaining to the side.
           Instead of a promotion, I opted for a lateral move to a similar position in the marketing department.
     2. adj. Non-linear or unconventional, as in, lateral thinking.
     3. adj. (anatomy) Pertaining to the left or right of the body; further from the midline.
           The medial side of the knee faces the other knee, while the outer side of the knee is lateral.
           A fish senses changes in hydrodynamic pressure with its lateral line.
     4. adj. (physics) At right angles to a line of motion or strain.
     5. adj. (phonetics, phonology) Pertaining to sounds generated by partially blocking the egress of the airstream with the tip of the tongue touching the alveolar ridge, leaving space on one or both sides of th
     6. n. An object, such as a passage or a protrusion, that is situated on the side of something else.
     7. n. (linguistics) A sound produced through lateral pronunciation (such as /l/ in lateral).
     8. n. (American football) A lateral pass.
     9. n. (business) An employee hired for a position at the same organizational level or salary as their previous position.
     10. v. To move (oneself or something) in a lateral direction.
     11. v. (American football) To execute a lateral pass.
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