| destiny |
| 1. n. That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will | |
| 2. n. The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual. | |
| often |
| 1. adv. Frequently, many times. | |
| I often walk to work when the weather is nice. | |
| I've been going to the movies more often since a new theatre opened near me. | |
| 2. adj. (archaic) Frequent. | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |
| connotation |
| 1. n. (semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases | |
| The connotations of the phrase "you are a dog" are that you are physically unattractive or morally reprehensible, not that you are a canine. | |
| 2. n. (logic) The attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, contrasted with denotation. | |
| The two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" have different connotations but the same denotation (i.e. the planet Venus). | |
| of |
| 1. prep. Expressing distance or motion. | |
| 2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off". | |
| 3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.). | |
| 4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.). | |
| There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage. | |
| 5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to. | |
| What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three. | |
| 6. prep. Expressing separation. | |
| 7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.) | |
| Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband. | |
| 8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.) | |
| He seemed devoid of human feelings. | |
| 9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.) | |
| 10. prep. Expressing origin. | |
| 11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.) | |
| The word is believed to be of Japanese origin. | |
| 12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of. | |
| The invention was born of necessity. | |
| 13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.) | |
| It is said that she died of a broken heart. | |
| 14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.) | |
| I am tired of all this nonsense. | |
| 15. prep. Expressing agency. | |
| 16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).) | |
| I am not particularly enamoured of this idea. | |
| 17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below). | |
| The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties. | |
| 18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.) | |
| It was very brave of you to speak out like that. | |
| 19. prep. Expressing composition, substance. | |
| 20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.) | |
| Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic. | |
| 21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.) | |
| She wore a dress of silk. | |
| 22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.) | |
| What a lot of nonsense! | |
| 23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.) | |
| Welcome to the historic town of Harwich. | |
| 24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also". | |
| I'm not driving this wreck of a car. | |
| 25. prep. Introducing subject matter. | |
| 26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma | |
| I'm always thinking of you. | |
| 27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning. | |
| He told us the story of his journey to India. | |
| 28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.) | |
| This behaviour is typical of teenagers. | |
| 29. prep. Having partitive effect. | |
| 30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among". | |
| Most of these apples are rotten. | |
| 31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.) | |
| 32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of. | |
| On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort. | |
| 33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).) | |
| He is a friend of mine. | |
| 34. prep. Expressing possession. | |
| 35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above. | |
| He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century. | |
| 36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it. | |
| The owner of the nightclub was arrested. | |
| 37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter | |
| Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames. | |
| 38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive". | |
| 39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.) | |
| She had a profound distrust of the police. | |
| 40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics. | |
| 41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards. | |
| My companion seemed affable and easy of manner. | |
| 42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by". | |
| Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain. | |
| 43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.) | |
| We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%. | |
| 44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod | |
| It's not that big of a deal. | |
| 45. prep. Expressing a point in time. | |
| 46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity. | |
| Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river. | |
| 47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time). | |
| I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while. | |
| 48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.) | |
| After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off. | |
| death |
| 1. n. The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state. | |
| The death of my grandmother saddened the whole family. | |
| 2. n. (often, capitalized) The personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper. | |
| When death walked in, a chill spread through the room. | |
| 3. n. (the death) The collapse or end of something. | |
| England scored a goal at the death to even the score at one all. death of the feudalism | |
| 4. n. (figuratively, esp. followed by of-phrase) A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone). | |
| This bake sale is gonna be the death of me! | |
| ruin |
| 1. n. (sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle. | |
| 2. n. The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed. | |
| The monastery has fallen into ruin. | |
| 3. n. Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction. | |
| Gambling has been the ruin of many. | |
| 4. n. (obsolete) A fall or tumble. | |
| 5. n. A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow. | |
| the ruin of a ship or an army; the ruin of a constitution or a government; the ruin of health or hopes | |
| 6. n. Complete financial loss; bankruptcy. | |
| 7. v. to cause the fiscal ruin of. | |
| With all these purchases, you surely mean to ruin us! | |
| 8. v. To destroy or make something no longer usable. | |
| He ruined his new white slacks by accidentally spilling oil on them. | |
| 9. v. To cause severe financial loss to; to bankrupt or drive out of business. | |
| The crooked stockbroker's fraudulent scheme ruined dozens of victims; some investors lost their life savings and even their houses. | |
| 10. v. To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to put into disarray; to spoil. | |
| My car breaking down just as I was on the road ruined my vacation. | |
| 11. v. To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil. | |
| 12. v. (obsolete) To fall into a state of destruction. | |
| misfortune |
| 1. n. bad luck | |
| The worst tour I have ever had the misfortune to experience. | |
| It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. - Ulysses S. Grant | |
| 2. n. an undesirable event such as an accident | |
| She had to come to terms with a number of misfortunes. | |
| etc |
| 1. adv. alternative form of etc. | |
