having |
1. v. present participle of have | |
2. n. Something owned; possession; goods; estate. | |
have |
Additional archaic forms are second-person singular present tense hast, third-person singular present tense hath, present participle haveing, and second-person singular past tense hadst. | |
1. v. To possess, own, hold. | |
I have a house and a car. | |
Look what I have here — a frog I found on the street! | |
2. v. To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship). | |
I have two sisters. | |
I have a lot of work to do. | |
3. v. To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action. | |
I have breakfast at six o'clock. | |
Can I have a look at that? | |
I'm going to have some pizza and a beer right now. | |
4. v. To be scheduled to attend or participate in. | |
What class do you have right now? I have English. | |
Fred won't be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day. | |
5. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) (Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.) | |
I have already eaten today. | |
I had already eaten. | |
6. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to. | |
I have to go. | |
7. v. To give birth to. | |
The couple always wanted to have children. | |
My wife is having the baby right now! | |
My mother had me when she was 25. | |
8. v. To engage in sexual intercourse with. | |
He's always bragging about how many women he's had. | |
9. v. To accept as a romantic partner. | |
Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me. | |
10. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation. | |
They had me feed their dog while they were out of town. | |
11. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be. | |
He had him arrested for trespassing. | |
The lecture's ending had the entire audience in tears. | |
12. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.) | |
The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week. | |
I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice. | |
13. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being. | |
Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening. | |
14. v. (Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below.)) | |
We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we? | |
Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she? | |
(UK usage) He has some money, hasn't he? | |
15. v. (UK, slang) To defeat in a fight; take. | |
I could have him! | |
I'm gonna have you! | |
16. v. (dated) To be able to speak a language. | |
I have no German. | |
17. v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of. | |
Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before. | |
18. v. To be afflicted with, suffer from. | |
He had a cold last week. | |
19. v. To experience, go through, undergo. | |
We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that. | |
He had surgery on his hip yesterday. | |
I'm having the time of my life! | |
20. v. To trick, to deceive. | |
You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke. | |
21. v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate. | |
The child screamed incessantly for his mother to buy him a toy, but she wasn't having any of it. | |
I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night. | |
22. v. (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by. | |
I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it. | |
23. v. To host someone; to take in as a guest. | |
Thank you for having me! | |
24. v. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation. | |
What do you have for problem two? | |
I have two contacts on my scope. | |
25. v. (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case. | |
We'll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon. | |
26. n. A wealthy or privileged person. | |
27. n. (uncommon) One who has some (contextually specified) thing. | |
28. n. (AU, NZ, informal) A fraud or deception; something misleading. | |
They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have. | |
No |
1. adv. (archaic) Alternative form of No. | |
2. n. Alternative form of No. | |
3. n. Alternative form of Noh: a form of classical Japanese drama. | |
4. det. Not any. | |
no one | |
There is no water left. | |
No hot dogs were sold yesterday. | |
No customer personal data will be retained unless it is rendered anonymous. | |
There was no score at the end of the first period. (The score was 0-0.) | |
5. det. Hardly any. | |
We'll be finished in no time at all. | |
6. det. Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something). | |
No smoking | |
There's no stopping her once she gets going. | |
7. det. Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully. | |
My mother's no fool. | |
Working nine to five every day is no life. | |
8. adv. (now only used with comparatives, except in Scotland) Not, not at all. | |
It is a different kind of torture, but no less gruesome. | |
I just want to find out whether she's coming or no. | |
9. part. Used to show disagreement or negation. | |
No, you are mistaken. | |
No, you may not watch television now. | |
10. part. Used to show agreement with a negative question. | |
"Don’t you like milk?" "No" (i.e., "No, I don’t like milk.") | |
11. part. (colloquial) As if to say, "No, don’t doubt this!", or to deny an imagined contradictory statement, used to show intense agreement | |
No, totally. | |
No, yeah, that's exactly right. | |
"Wow!" "Yeah, no, it was really awful!". | |
No, yeah | |
12. n. A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement or disapproval. | |
13. n. A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition. | |
The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no". | |
14. adv. (archaic) Alternative form of No. | |
15. n. Alternative form of No. | |
strong |
1. adj. Capable of producing great physical force. | |
a big strong man; Jake was tall and strong | |
2. adj. Capable of withstanding great physical force. | |
a strong foundation; good strong shoes | |
3. adj. (of water, wind, etc.) Having a lot of power. | |
The man was nearly drowned after a strong undercurrent swept him out to sea. | |
4. adj. Determined; unyielding. | |
He is strong in the face of adversity. | |
5. adj. Highly stimulating to the senses. | |
a strong light; a strong taste | |
6. adj. Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor. | |
a strong smell | |
7. adj. Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient. | |
a strong cup of coffee; a strong medicine | |
8. adj. (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content. | |
a strong drink | |
She gets up, and pours herself a strong one. - Eagles, Lying Eyes | |
9. adj. (grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels. | |
a strong verb | |
10. adj. (chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution. | |
a strong acid; a strong base | |
11. adj. (military) Not easily subdued or taken. | |
a strong position | |
12. adj. (slang) Impressive, good. | |
You're working with troubled youth in your off time? That’s strong! | |
13. adj. Having a specified number of people or units. | |
The enemy's army force was five thousand strong. | |
14. adj. (of a disease or symptom) severe (very bad or intense) | |
15. adj. (mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.) | |
16. adj. (of an argument) Convincing. | |
17. adv. In a strong manner. | |
foundation |
1. n. The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect. | |
The foundation of his institute has been wrought with difficulty. | |
2. n. That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; underbuilding. | |
3. n. (figurative) The result of the work to begin something; that which stabilizes and allows an enterprise or system to develop. | |
4. n. (card games) In solitaire or patience games, one of the piles of cards that the player attempts to build, usually holding all cards of a suit in ascending order. | |
5. n. (architecture) The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. | |
The foundations of this construction have been laid out. | |
6. n. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution, and constituting a permanent fund; endowment. | |
7. n. That which is founded, or established by endowment; an endowed institution or charity. | |
The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is the parent organization of the Wiktionary collaborative project. | |
8. n. (cosmetics) Cosmetic cream roughly skin-colored, designed to make the face appear uniform in color and texture. | |
9. n. A basis for social bodies or intellectual disciplines. | |
not |
1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb. | |
Did you take out the trash? No, I did not. | |
Not knowing any better, I went ahead. | |
2. adv. To no degree. | |
That is not red; it's orange. | |
3. conj. And not. | |
I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken. | |
He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple. | |
4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically. | |
I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not! | |
Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not! | |
5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function. | |
You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip. | |
6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not. | |
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". | |
solid |
1. adj. (of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid or a gas. | |
Almost all metals are solid at room temperature. | |
2. adj. Large in size, quantity, or value. | |
3. adj. Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials. | |
solid gold, solid chocolate | |
4. adj. Strong or unyielding. | |
a solid foundation | |
5. adj. (slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable. | |
That's a solid plan. | |
Radiohead's on tour! Have you heard their latest album yet? It's quite solid. | |
I don't think Dave would have done that. He's a solid dude. | |
6. adj. Hearty; filling. | |
a solid meal | |
7. adj. Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious. | |
8. adj. Sound; not weak. | |
a solid constitution of body | |
9. adj. (typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens. | |
American English writes many words as solid that British English hyphenates. | |
10. adj. (printing, dated) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open. | |
11. adj. (US, politics slang) United; without division; unanimous. | |
The delegation is solid for a candidate. | |
12. adj. Of a single color throughout. | |
John painted the walls solid white. | |
He wore a solid shirt with floral pants. | |
13. adj. (of drawn lines) Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed. | |
The solid lines show roads, and the dotted lines footpaths. | |
14. adj. (dated) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic. | |
A solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches. | |
15. n. (chemistry) A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas). | |
16. n. (geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve). | |
17. n. (informal) A favor. | |
Please do me a solid: lend me your car for one week. | |
I owe him; he did me a solid last year. | |
18. n. An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout. | |
I prefer solids over paisleys. | |
19. n. (in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based. | |
The doctor said I can't eat any solids four hours before the operation. | |
20. adv. Solidly. | |
21. adv. (not comparable, typography) Without spaces or hyphens. | |
Many long-established compounds are set solid. | |
reasons |
1. n. plural of reason | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of reason | |
reason |
1. n. A cause: | |
2. n. That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause. | |
The reason this tree fell is that it had rotted. | |
3. n. A motive for an action or a determination. | |
The reason I robbed the bank was that I needed the money. | |
If you don't give me a reason to go with you, I won't. | |
4. n. An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation. | |
5. n. Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition. | |
Mankind should develop reason above all other virtues. | |
6. n. (obsolete) Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice. | |
7. n. (mathematics, obsolete) Ratio; proportion. | |
8. v. (intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational | |
9. v. (intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue. | |
10. v. (intransitive) To converse; to compare opinions. | |
11. v. To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss. | |
I reasoned the matter with my friend. | |
12. v. (transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request. | |
13. v. To persuade by reasoning or argument. | |
to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan | |
14. v. (transitive, with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons. | |
to reason down a passion | |
15. v. (transitive, usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument. | |
to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon | |
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. | |
facts |
1. n. plural of fact | |
fact |
1. n. (archaic) Action; the realm of action. | |
2. n. (legal, obsolete except in set phrases) A wrongful or criminal deed. | |
He had become an accessory after the fact. | |
3. n. (obsolete) A feat or meritorious deed. | |
4. n. An honest observation. | |
5. n. Something actual as opposed to invented. | |
In this story, the Gettysburg Address is a fact, but the rest is fiction. | |
6. n. Something which is real. | |
Gravity is a fact, not a theory. | |
7. n. Something which has become real. | |
The promise of television became a fact in the 1920s. | |
8. n. Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation. | |
Let's look at the facts of the case before deciding. | |
9. n. An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts. | |
There is no doubting the fact that the Earth orbits the Sun. | |
10. n. Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances. | |
The facts about space travel. | |
11. interj. Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one. | |