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follow
1. v. To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.
Follow that car!
2. v. To go or come after in a sequence.
B follows A in the alphabet.
We both ordered the soup, with roast beef to follow.
3. v. To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
Follow these instructions to the letter.
4. v. To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
5. v. To understand, to pay attention to.
Do you follow me?
6. v. To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
I followed the incumbent throughout the election.
My friends don't regularly follow the news.
7. v. To be a logical consequence of.
It follows that if two numbers are not equal then one is larger than the other.
8. v. To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
9. n. (sometimes attributive) In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.
a follow shot
10. n. (internet) The act of following another user's online activity.
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.
money
1. n. A legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply.
2. n. A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value.
Before colonial times cowry shells imported from Mauritius were used as money in Western Africa.
3. n. A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).
money supply; money market
4. n. Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.
5. n. The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits.
6. n. Wealth.
He was born with money.
7. n. An item of value between two or more parties used for the exchange of goods or services.
8. n. A person who funds an operation.
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
those
1. det. plural of that
Those bolts go with these parts.
2. pron. plural of that
benefiting
1. v. present participle of benefit
benefit
1. n. An advantage; help or aid from something.
It was for her benefit. His benefit was free beer.
2. n. (insurance) A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
3. n. An event such as a performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
4. n. (obsolete) beneficence; liberality
5. v. To be or to provide a benefit to.
6. v. (intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
from
1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at.
This wine comes from France.
I got a letter from my brother.
2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.
He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
He left yesterday from Chicago.
Face away from the wall!
3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation.
20 from 31 leaves 11.
4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.
An umbrella protects from the sun.
He knows right from wrong.
this
1. det. The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).
This classroom is where I learned to read and write.
2. det. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned).
They give the appearance of knowing what they're doing. It's this appearance that lets them get away with so much.
3. det. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned).
When asked what he wanted for his birthday, he gave this reply: “…”
4. det. A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a certain ...".
I met this woman the other day who's allergic to wheat. I didn't even know that was possible!
There's just this nervous mannerism that Bob has with his hands, and it drives me crazy.
5. det. (Of a unit of time) which is current.
It snowed this week.
6. adv. To the degree or extent indicated.
I need this much water.
We've already come this far, we can't turn back now.
7. pron. The thing, item, etc. being indicated.
This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,—often the surfeit of our own behaviour,—we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars(...) — Sh
8. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is here; one of these.
9. interj. (Internet slang) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.
rip
1. n. A tear (in paper, etc.).
2. n. A type of tide or current.
3. n. (Australia) A strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
4. n. (slang) A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.
5. n. (slang) A hit (dose) of marijuana.
6. n. (Eton College) A black mark given for substandard schoolwork.
7. n. (slang) Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off.
8. v. To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
to rip a garment; to rip up a floor
9. v. (intransitive) To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.
My shirt ripped when it was caught on a bramble.
10. v. To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
11. v. (intransitive, figurative) To move quickly and destructively.
12. v. (woodworking) To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain. Contrast crosscut.
13. v. (transitive, slang) To copy data from CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
14. v. (slang) To take a "hit" of marijuana.
15. v. (slang) To fart.
16. v. (transitive, US, slang) To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on)
17. v. (transitive, slang) To steal; to rip off.
18. v. To move or act fast, to rush headlong.
19. v. (archaic) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; usually with up.
20. v. (intransitive, surfing, slang) To surf extremely well.
21. n. A wicker basket for fish.
22. n. (colloquial, regional, dated) A worthless horse; a nag.
23. n. (colloquial, regional, dated) An immoral man; a rake, a scoundrel.
off
1. adv. In a direction away from the speaker or object.
He drove off in a cloud of smoke.
2. adv. Into a state of non-operation; into a state of non-existence.
Please switch off the light when you leave.
die off
3. adv. So as to be removed or separated.
He bit off more than he could chew.
Some branches were sawn off.
4. adj. Inoperative, disabled.
All the lights are off.
5. adj. Rancid, rotten.
This milk is off!
6. adj. (cricket) In, or towards the half of the field away from the batsman's legs; the right side for a right-handed batsman.
7. adj. Less than normal, in temperament or in result.
sales are off this quarter
8. adj. Circumstanced (as in well off, better off, poorly off).
9. adj. Started on the way.
off to see the wizard
And they're off! Whatsmyname takes an early lead, with Remember The Mane behind by a nose.
10. adj. Far; off to the side.
the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse
11. adj. Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from a post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent.
He took an off day for fishing. an off year in politics; the off season
12. adj. (of a dish on a menu) Presently unavailable.
— I'll have the chicken please.
— Sorry, chicken's off today.
13. adj. Right-hand (in relation to the side of a horse or a vehicle).
14. prep. Used to indicate movement away from a position on
I took it off the table.
Come off the roof!
15. prep. (colloquial) Out of the possession of.
He didn't buy it off him. He stole it off him.
16. prep. Away from or not on.
He's off the computer, but he's still on the phone.
Keep off the grass.
17. prep. Disconnected or subtracted from.
We've been off the grid for three days now.
He took 20% off the list price.
18. prep. Distant from.
We're just off the main road.
The island is 23 miles off the cape.
19. prep. No longer wanting or taking.
He's been off his feed since Tuesday.
He's off his meds again.
20. prep. Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering(topics, en, Engineering).
Tantalum bar 6 off 3/8" Dia × 12" — Atom, Great Britain Atomic Energy Authority, 1972
samples submitted … 12 off Thermistors type 1K3A531 … — BSI test report for shock and vibration testing, 2000
I'd like to re-order those printer cartridges, let's say 5-off.
21. v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
He got in the way so I had him offed.
22. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) To switch off.
Can you off the light?
23. n. (rare) Beginning; starting point.
He has been very obviously an untrustworthy narrator right from the off.

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