Lexis Rex Home



English Sentence Analyser

Use this page to analyse and learn English text. You can copy text into the box below or get a random sentence from our database. Press the Analyse button to get translations of the text and words.




judging
     1. v. present participle of judge
     2. v. (obsolete) present participle of judg
     3. n. The act of making a judgment.
     judge
          1. n. A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice.
          2. n. A person who decides the fate of someone or something that has been called into question.
          3. n. A person officiating at a sports event or similar.
                At a boxing match, the decision of the judges is final.
          4. n. A person who evaluates something or forms an opinion.
                She is a good judge of wine.
                They say he is a poor judge of character considering all the unreliable friends he has made.
          5. v. To sit in judgment on; to pass sentence on.
                A higher power will judge you after you are dead.
          6. v. (intransitive) To sit in judgment, to act as judge.
                Justices in this country judge without appeal.
          7. v. To form an opinion on.
                I judge a man’s character by the cut of his suit.
          8. v. (intransitive) To arbitrate; to pass opinion on something, especially to settle a dispute etc.
                We cannot both be right: you must judge between us.
          9. v. To have as an opinion; to consider, suppose.
                I judge it safe to leave the house once again.
          10. v. (intransitive) To form an opinion; to infer.
                I judge from the sky that it might rain later.
          11. v. (transitive, intransitive) To criticize or label another person or thing.
by
     1. prep. Near or next to.
           The mailbox is by the bus stop.
     2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval.
           Be back by ten o'clock!  We will send it by the first week of July.
     3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of.
           The matter was decided by the chairman.  The boat was swamped by the water.  He was protected by his body armour.
     4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
           There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare
     5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of.
     6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of.
           I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
     7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination.
           The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight.
     8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed.
           I sorted the items by category.  By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.
     9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of.
           Our stock is up by ten percent.
     10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
           We went through the book page by page.  We crawled forward by inches.
     11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to.
           He cheated by his own admission.
     12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of.
           By Jove! I think she's got it!  By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this.
     13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
           It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix.  The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot.  The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm.
     14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.
           She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.
     15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker.
           I watched as it passed by.
     16. adv. In the vicinity, near.
           There was a shepherd close by.
           The shop is hard by the High Street.
     17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
           I'll stop by on my way home from work.
           We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave.
     18. adv. Aside, away.
           The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring.
     19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary.
     20. n. (card games) A pass
     21. interj. alternative spelling of bye
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.
press
     1. n. A device used to apply pressure to an item.
           a flower press
     2. n. A printing machine.
           Stop the presses!
     3. n. A collective term for the print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
           according to a member of the press;  This article appeared in the press.
     4. n. A publisher.
     5. n. (especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
           Put the cups in the press.  Put the ironing in the linen press.
     6. n. (weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
     7. n. (wagering) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
           He can even the match with a press.
     8. n. Pure, unfermented grape juice.
           I would like some Concord press with my meal tonight.
     9. n. A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
     10. n. (obsolete) A crowd.
     11. v. to exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight
     12. v. to compress, squeeze
           to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice
     13. v. to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug
           She took her son, and press'd
           The illustrious infant to her fragrant breast (Dryden, Illiad, VI. 178.)
     14. v. to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth
           to press cloth with an iron
           to press a hat
     15. v. (transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
     16. v. to drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction
           to press a crowd back
     17. v. (transitive, obsolete) to weigh upon, oppress, trouble
           He turns from us;
           Alas, he weeps too! Something presses him
           He would reveal, but dare not.-Sir, be comforted. (Fletcher, Pilgrim, I. 2.)
     18. v. to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel
     19. v. To try to force (something upon someone); to urge or inculcate.
           to press the Bible on an audience
     20. v. to hasten, urge onward
           to press a horse in a race
     21. v. to urge, beseech, entreat
           God heard their prayers, wherein they earnestly pressed him for the honor of his great name. (Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 35)
     22. v. to lay stress upon, emphasize
           If we read but a very little, we naturally want to press it all; if we read a great deal, we are willing not to press the whole of what we read, and we learn what ought to be pressed and what n
     23. v. to throng, crowd
     24. v. (transitive, obsolete) to print
     25. v. To force into service, particularly into naval service.
cuttings
     1. n. plural of cutting
     cutting
          1. n. The action of the verb to cut.
                How many different cuttings can this movie undergo?
          2. n. A section removed from the larger whole.
          3. n. A newspaper clipping.
          4. n. A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
          5. n. An abridged selection of written work, often intended for performance.
                The actor had to make his cutting shorter to fit the audition time.
          6. n. The editing of film or other recordings.
          7. n. Self-harm; the act of cutting one's own skin.
          8. n. (machining) The process of bringing metals to a desired shape by chipping away the unwanted material.
                Turning, boring, milling, and drilling are all different kinds of metal cutting processes.
          9. n. A narrow passage, dug for a road, railway or canal to go through.
          10. adj. (not comparable) That is used for cutting.
                I need some sort of cutting utensil to get through this shrink wrap.
          11. adj. Of remarks, criticism, etc., potentially hurtful.
                The director gave the auditioning actors cutting criticism.
          12. adj. (India) Half-size beverage.
                cutting chai
          13. v. present participle of cut
whenever
     1. conj. At any time that.
           Visit whenever you want to.
     2. conj. Every time that.
           Whenever he has a pair of aces, his eyelids twitch.
     3. conj. (Irish, Southern US) When.
           Whenever I was a child, I lived in Arkansas.
     4. adv. At any time.
           Feel free to visit whenever.
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.
journalist
     1. n. (originally) The keeper of a personal journal, who writes in it regularly.
     2. n. One whose occupation is journalism, originally only writing in the printed press.
     3. n. A reporter, who professionally does living reporting on news and current events.
Is
     1. n. plural of I
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of be
           He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
           Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
     3. n. plural of i
           remember to dot your is
     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?
within
     1. prep. Indicates spatial enclosure or containment.
           within his hearing;  within her studio
     2. prep. Indicates figurative inclusion within the scope of.
           within five seconds of breaking the record;  within an inch of falling overboard
     3. prep. Before the specified duration ends.
           Leave here within three days.
     4. adv. In or into the interior; inside.
earshot
     1. n. A distance from which sound is still audible
           I'll row out on the lake but stay within earshot.
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.
embarks
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of embark
     embark
          1. v. To get on a boat or ship or (outside the USA) an aeroplane.
                All passengers please embark now.
          2. v. To start, begin.
                Phil embarked on his journey yesterday.
          3. v. To cause to go on board a vessel or boat; to put on shipboard.
          4. v. To engage, enlist, or invest (as persons, money, etc.) in any affair.
                He embarked his fortune in trade.
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".
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.
single
     1. adj. Not accompanied by anything else; one in number.
           Can you give me a single reason not to leave right now?
           The vase contained a single long-stemmed rose.
     2. adj. Not divided in parts.
           The potatoes left the spoon and landed in a single big lump on the plate.
     3. adj. Designed for the use of only one.
           a single room
     4. adj. Performed by one person, or one on each side.
           a single combat
     5. adj. Not married or (in modern times) not involved in a romantic relationship without being married or not dating anyone exclusively.
           Forms often ask if a person is single, married, divorced or widowed. In this context, a person who is dating someone but who has never married puts "single".
           Josh put down that he was a single male on the dating website.
     6. adj. (botany) Having only one rank or row of petals.
     7. adj. (obsolete) Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit.
     8. adj. Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
     9. adj. (obsolete) Simple; foolish; weak; silly.
     10. n. (music) A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B.
     11. n. (music) A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track.
           The Offspring released four singles from their most recent album.
     12. n. One who is not married.
           He went to the party, hoping to meet some friendly singles there.
     13. n. (cricket) A score of one run.
     14. n. (baseball) A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base.
     15. n. (dominoes) A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end.
     16. n. A bill valued at $1.
           I don't have any singles, so you'll have to make change.
     17. n. (UK) A one-way ticket.
     18. n. (Canadian football) A score of one point, awarded when a kicked ball is dead within the non-kicking team's end zone or has exited that end zone. Officially known in the rules as a rouge.
     19. n. (tennis, chiefly in the plural) A game with one player on each side, as in tennis.
     20. n. One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
     21. n. (Scotland) A handful of gleaned grain.
     22. v. To identify or select one member of a group from the others; generally used with out, either to single out or to single (something) out.
           Eddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag.
           Yvonne always wondered why Ernest had singled her out of the group of giggling girls she hung around with.
     23. v. (baseball) To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base.
           Pedro singled in the bottom of the eighth inning, which, if converted to a run, would put the team back into contention.
     24. v. (agriculture) To thin out.
     25. v. (of a horse) To take the irregular gait called singlefoot.
     26. v. To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
     27. v. To take alone, or one by one.
minded
     1. adj. Having a mind (inclination) for something or a certain way of thinking about things.
           literary-minded
           literature-minded
           two-minded
     2. adj. Having a preference for doing something; having a likelihood, or disposition to carry out an act.
           I am minded to refuse the request.
     3. v. simple past tense and past participle of mind
     mind
          1. n. The ability for rational thought.
                Despite advancing age, his mind was still as sharp as ever.
          2. n. The ability to be aware of things.
                There was no doubt in his mind that they would win.
          3. n. The ability to remember things.
                My mind just went blank.
          4. n. The ability to focus the thoughts.
                I can’t keep my mind on what I’m doing.
          5. n. Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
                He was one of history’s greatest minds.
          6. n. Judgment, opinion, or view.
                He changed his mind after hearing the speech.
          7. n. Desire, inclination, or intention.
                She had a mind to go to Paris.
                I have half a mind to do it myself.
          8. n. A healthy mental state.
                I, ______ being of sound mind and body, do herebynb...
                You are losing your mind.
          9. n. (philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
                The mind is a process of the brain.
          10. n. Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
                a month's or monthly mind; a year's mind
          11. v. (now regional) To remember.
          12. v. (now rare except in phrases) To attend to, concern oneself with, heed, be mindful of.
                You should mind your own business.
          13. v. (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.
                I wouldn't mind an ice cream right now.
          14. v. To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
                Would you mind my bag for me?
          15. v. (chiefly in the imperative) To make sure, to take care (that).
                Mind you don't knock that glass over.
          16. v. To be careful about.
          17. v. (United Kingdom, Ireland) Take note; (used to point out an exception or caveat.)
                I'm not very healthy—I do eat fruit sometimes, mind.
          18. v. (obsolete) To have in mind; to intend.
          19. v. (obsolete) To put in mind; to remind.
mission
     1. n. A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer.
     2. n. Religious evangelism.
     3. n. (in the plural, "the missions") third world charities, particularly those which preach as well as provide aid.
     4. n. (Catholic tradition) an infrequent gathering of religious believers in a parish, usually part of a larger regional event with a central theme.
     5. n. A number of people appointed to perform any service; a delegation; an embassy.
     6. n. (obsolete) dismissal; discharge from service
     7. n. A settlement or building serving as a base for missionary work.
           Many cities across the Americas grew from Spanish missions.
     8. v. To send on a mission.
     9. v. do missionary work, proselytize
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
appear
     1. v. (intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
     2. v. (intransitive) To come before the public.
           A great writer appeared at that time.
     3. v. (intransitive) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person t
     4. v. (intransitive) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
     5. v. (intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
           He appeared quite happy with the result.
     6. v. To bring into view.
As
     1. n. plural of A
           She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
     2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
           You’re not as tall as I am.
           It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
     3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
           The kidnappers released him as agreed.
           The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
           He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
     4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
     5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
           Do as I say!
           I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
           As you wish, my lord!
     6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
           As I came in, she flew.
     7. conj. At the same time that; while.
           He sleeps as the rain falls.
     8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
           As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
     9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
           As it’s too late, I quit.
     10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
           She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
           It's not so complicated as I expected.
     11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
     12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
     13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
     14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
     15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
     16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
           You are not as tall as me.
           They're big as houses.
     17. prep. In the role of.
           What is your opinion as a parent?
     18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
     19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
     20. n. plural of a
rude
     1. adj. Bad-mannered.
           This girl was so rude towards her boyfriend by screaming at him for no apparent reason.
           Karen broke up with Fred because he was often rude to her.
     2. adj. Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.
     3. adj. Tough, robust.
     4. adj. Undeveloped, unskilled, basic.
     5. adj. Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health.
and
     1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
     2. conj.          Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
     3. conj.          Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
     4. conj.          Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
     5. conj.          (obsolete) Yet; but.
     6. conj.          Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
     7. conj.          (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
     8. conj.          Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
     9. conj.          Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
     10. conj.          Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
     11. conj.          (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
     12. conj.          Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
     13. conj.          Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
     14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
     15. conj.          (now US dialect) If; provided that.
     16. conj.          (obsolete) As if, as though.
     17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
     18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
     19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
     20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
conceited
     1. adj. Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; vain and egotistical.
     2. adj. (rhetoric, literature) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
     3. adj. (obsolete) Endowed with fancy or imagination.
     4. adj. (obsolete) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
     5. v. simple past tense and past participle of conceit
     conceit
          1. n. (obsolete) Something conceived in the mind; an idea, a thought.
          2. n. The faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension.
                a man of quick conceit
          3. n. Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.
          4. n. (obsolete) Opinion, (neutral) judgment.
          5. n. (now rare, dialectal) Esteem, favourable opinion.
          6. n. A novel or fanciful idea; a whim.
          7. n. (rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
          8. n. Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris.
          9. n. Design; pattern.
          10. v. (obsolete) To form an idea; to think.
          11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To conceive.
As
     1. n. plural of A
           She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
     2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
           You’re not as tall as I am.
           It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
     3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
           The kidnappers released him as agreed.
           The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
           He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
     4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
     5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
           Do as I say!
           I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
           As you wish, my lord!
     6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
           As I came in, she flew.
     7. conj. At the same time that; while.
           He sleeps as the rain falls.
     8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
           As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
     9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
           As it’s too late, I quit.
     10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
           She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
           It's not so complicated as I expected.
     11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
     12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
     13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
     14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
     15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
     16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
           You are not as tall as me.
           They're big as houses.
     17. prep. In the role of.
           What is your opinion as a parent?
     18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
     19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
     20. n. plural of a
possible
     1. adj. (usually not comparable) Able but not certain to happen; neither inevitable nor impossible.
           Rain tomorrow is possible, but I wouldn't bet on it.
           It's not just possible, it's probable.
     2. adj. (comparable) Capable of being done or achieved; feasible.
           It's possible for anyone to learn to pay the bagpipes.
     3. adj. Being considered, e.g. for a position.
           Jones and Smith are both possible for the opening in sales.
     4. adj. Apparently valid, likely, plausible.
     5. n. A possible one.
     6. n. (colloquial, rare) A possible choice, notably someone being considered for a position.
           Jones is a possible for the new opening in sales.
     7. n. (rare) A particular event that may happen.
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary