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due
1. adj. Owed or owing.
He is due four weeks of back pay.
The amount due is just three quid.
The due bills total nearly seven thousand dollars.
He can wait for the amount due him.
2. adj. Appropriate.
With all due respect, you're wrong about that.
3. adj. Scheduled; expected.
Rain is due this afternoon.
The train is due in five minutes.
When is your baby due?
4. adj. Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
The baby is just about due.
5. adj. Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
The dangerously low water table is due to rapidly growing pumping.
6. adj. On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass
The town is 5 miles due North of the bridge.
7. adv. (used with compass directions) Directly; exactly.
The river runs due north for about a mile.
8. n. Deserved acknowledgment.
Give him his due — he is a good actor.
9. n. (in plural dues) A membership fee.
10. n. That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty.
11. n. Right; just title or claim.
to
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
I want to leave.
He asked me what to do.
I don’t know how to say it.
I have places to go and people to see.
2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
I have to do laundry today.
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
We are walking to the shop.
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
He devoted himself to education.
They drank to his health.
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
His face was beaten to a pulp.
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
one to one = 1:1
ten to one = 10:1.
I have ten dollars to your four.
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
Three to the power of two is nine.
Three to the second is nine.
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
I gave the book to him.
12. prep. (time) Preceding.
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
There's a lot of sense to what he says.
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
Please push the door to.
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
17. adv. misspelling of too
Her
1. pron. honoraltcaps, her
2. det. Belonging to her.
This is her book
3. pron. The form of she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc.
Give it to her (after preposition)
He wrote her a letter (indirect object)
He treated her for a cold (direct object)
4. n. (informal) A female person or animal.
I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.
aversion
1. n. Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike.
Due to her aversion to the outdoors she complained throughout the entire camping trip.
2. n. An object of dislike or repugnance.
Pushy salespeople are a major aversion of mine.
3. n. (obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.
to
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
I want to leave.
He asked me what to do.
I don’t know how to say it.
I have places to go and people to see.
2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
I have to do laundry today.
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
We are walking to the shop.
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
He devoted himself to education.
They drank to his health.
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
His face was beaten to a pulp.
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
one to one = 1:1
ten to one = 10:1.
I have ten dollars to your four.
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
Three to the power of two is nine.
Three to the second is nine.
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
I gave the book to him.
12. prep. (time) Preceding.
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
There's a lot of sense to what he says.
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
Please push the door to.
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
17. adv. misspelling of too
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.
outdoors
1. adv. Not inside a house or under covered structure; unprotected; in the open air.
They went outdoors to light up their cigarettes.
2. n. (often preceded by "the") The environment outside of enclosed structures.
3. n. (often preceded by "the") The natural environment in the open air, countryside away from cities and buildings.
She loves the outdoors.
She
1. pron. honoraltcaps, she
2. n. An ethnic group in southern China.
3. n. A language of the Hmong-Mien language family spoken by the She people.
4. pron. (personal) The female person or animal previously mentioned or implied.
I asked Mary, but she said that she didn’t know.
5. pron. (personal, sometimes affectionate) A ship or boat.
She could do forty knots in good weather.
She is a beautiful boat, isn’t she?
6. pron. (personal, affectionate) Another machine (besides a ship), such as a car.
She only gets thirty miles to the gallon on the highway, but she’s durable.
7. pron. (personal, dated) A country.
She is a poor place, but has beautiful scenery and friendly people.
8. pron. (personal) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant (used in a work, along with or in place of he, as an indefinite pronoun).
9. n. A female.
Pat is definitely a she.
complained
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of complain
complain
1. v. (intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
Joe was always complaining about the noise made by his neighbours.
2. v. (intransitive) To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge.
They've complained about me to the police again.
3. v. To creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.
the complaining bed-springs
throughout
1. prep. In every part of; all through.
2. adv. (obsolete) Completely through, right the way through.
3. adv. In every part; everywhere.
4. adv. During an entire period of time, the whole time.
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.
entire
1. adj. (sometimes postpositive) Whole; complete.
We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.
2. adj. (botany) Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
3. adj. (botany) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
4. adj. (complex analysis, of a complex function) Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.
5. adj. (of a male animal) Not gelded.
6. adj. Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful.
7. adj. Internal; interior.
8. n. (now rare) The whole of something; the entirety.
9. n. An uncastrated horse; a stallion.
10. n. (philately) A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.
11. n. Porter or stout as delivered from the brewery.
camping
1. v. present participle of camp
2. n. The recreational activity of temporarily living in a tent or similar accommodation, usually in the wilderness.
Camping is a favorite summer activity.
3. n. The act of setting up a camp.
camp
1. n. An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures.
2. n. An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.
3. n. A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.
4. n. A single hut or shelter.
a hunter's camp
5. n. The company or body of persons encamped.
6. n. A group of people with the same strong ideals or political leanings.
7. n. (uncommon) Campus
8. n. (informal) A summer camp.
9. n. (agriculture) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; called also burrow and pie.
10. n. (obsolete) Conflict; battle.
11. n. (obsolete) An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.
12. v. To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.
We're planning to camp in the field until Sunday.
13. v. To set up a camp.
14. v. To afford rest or lodging for.
15. v. (video games) To stay in an advantageous location in a video game, such as next to a power-up's spawning point or in order to guard an area.
The easiest way to win on this map is to camp the double damage.
Go and camp the flag for the win.
16. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.
17. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To wrangle; argue.
18. n. An affected, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style.
19. adj. Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.
20. adj. (of a man) Ostentatiously effeminate.
21. adj. Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying.
trip
1. n. a journey; an excursion or jaunt
We made a trip to the beach.
2. n. a stumble or misstep
He was injured due to a trip down the stairs.
3. n. (figurative) an error; a failure; a mistake
4. n. a period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations
He had a strange trip after taking LSD.
5. n. a faux pas, a social error
6. n. intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition
ego trip; power trip; nostalgia trip; guilt trip
7. n. (engineering) a mechanical cutout device
8. n. (electricity) a trip-switch or cut-out
It's dark because the trip operated.
9. n. a quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip
trip the light fantasticW
10. n. (obsolete) a small piece; a morsel; a bit
11. n. the act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing
12. n. (nautical) a single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward
13. v. (intransitive) to fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
Be careful not to trip on the tree roots.
14. v. (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") to cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble
A pedestrian was able to trip the burglar as he was running away.
15. v. (intransitive) to be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
16. v. (transitive, obsolete) to detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict
17. v. to activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch
When we get into the factory, trip the lights.
18. v. (intransitive) to be activated, as by a signal or an event
The alarm system tripped, throwing everyone into a panic.
19. v. (intransitive) to experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs
After taking the LSD, I started tripping about fairies and colors.
20. v. (intransitive) to journey, to make a trip
Last summer we tripped to the coast.
21. v. (intransitive, dated) to move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip
22. v. (nautical) to raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free
23. v. (nautical) to pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it
24. v. (slang) to become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption
25. adj. (poker slang) of or relating to trips
26. n. (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect) a herd or flock of sheep, goats, etc.
27. n. (obsolete) a troop of men; a host
28. n. a flock of wigeons

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