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one
     1. num. (cardinal) The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
           In some religions, there is only one god.
           In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.
           One person, one vote.
     2. num. (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
     3. num. (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
     4. num. (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
     5. pron. (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
           The big one looks good.  I want the green one.  A good driver is one who drives carefully.
     6. pron. (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
           She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other.
     7. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
           One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed.  One shouldn’t be too quick to judge.
     8. pron. (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
           "driver", noun: one who drives.
     9. n. The digit or figure 1.
     10. n. (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
     11. n. (US) A one-dollar bill.
     12. n. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
     13. n. A joke or amusing anecdote.
     14. n. (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
     15. n. (Internet slang) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
           A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
             Someone help me; I'm always losing!
           B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!
             Why don't you just go away loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     16. adj. Of a period of time, being particular.
           One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries.
     17. adj. Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
           My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other.".
     18. adj. Sole, only.
           He is the one man who can help you.
     19. adj. Whole, entire.
           Body and soul are not separate; they are one.
     20. adj. In agreement.
           We are one on the importance of learning.
     21. adj. The same.
           The two types look very different, but are one species.
     22. adj. Being a preeminent example.
           He is one hell of a guy.
     23. adj. Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".
           The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”.
     24. v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.
set
     1. v. To put (something) down, to rest.
           Set the tray there.
     2. v. To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
           I have set my heart on running the marathon.
     3. v. To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
     4. v. (transitive, dated) To cause to stop or stick; to obstruct; to fasten to a spot.
           to set a coach in the mud
     5. v. To determine or settle.
           to set the rent
     6. v. To adjust.
           I set the alarm at 6 a.m.
     7. v. To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
     8. v. To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
           Please set the table for our guests.
     9. v. To introduce or describe.
           I’ll tell you what happened, but first let me set the scene.
     10. v. To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to.
           He says he will set his next film in France.
     11. v. To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
           This crossword was set by Araucaria.
     12. v. To prepare (a stage or film set).
     13. v. To fit (someone) up in a situation.
     14. v. To arrange (type).
           It was a complex page, but he set it quickly.
     15. v. To devise and assign (work) to.
           The teacher set her students the task of drawing a foot.
     16. v. (transitive, volleyball) To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
     17. v. (intransitive) To solidify.
           The glue sets in four minutes.
     18. v. To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
           to set milk for cheese
     19. v. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
           The moon sets at eight o'clock tonight.
     20. v. (transitive, bridge) To defeat a contract.
     21. v. (obsolete, now followed by "out", as in set out) To begin to move; to go forth.
     22. v. (transitive, botany) To produce after pollination.
           to set seed
     23. v. (intransitive, of fruit) To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
     24. v. (intransitive, Southern US, Midwestern US, dialects) To sit (be in a seated position).
           He sets in that chair all day.
     25. v. To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
     26. v. (hunting, ambitransitive) Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
           The dog sets the bird.
           Your dog sets well.
     27. v. (obsolete) To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly; to set out.
     28. v. To fit music to words.
     29. v. To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
           to set pear trees in an orchard
     30. v. To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
     31. v. To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
           The current sets to the north; the tide sets to the windward.
     32. v. To place or fix in a setting.
           to set a precious stone in a border of metal
           to set glass in a sash
     33. v. To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
           to set (that is, to hone) a razor
           to set a saw
     34. v. To extend and bring into position; to spread.
           to set the sails of a ship
     35. v. To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
           to set a psalm
     36. v. To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
           to set a broken bone
     37. v. (masonry) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
     38. v. (obsolete) To wager in gambling; to risk.
     39. v. To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
     40. v. (obsolete) To value; to rate; used with at.
     41. v. To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
           to set a good example; to set lessons to be learned
     42. v. (Scotland) To suit; to become.
           It sets him ill.
     43. n. A punch for setting nails in wood.
           nail set
     44. n. A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
           television set
     45. n. (alt form, sett): a hole made and lived in by a badger.
     46. n. (alt form, sett): pattern of threads and yarns.
     47. n. (alt form, sett): piece of quarried stone.
     48. n. (horticulture) A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
     49. n. The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
     50. n. (obsolete, rare) That which is staked; a wager; hence, a gambling game.
     51. n. (engineering) Permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
           the set of a spring
     52. n. (piledriving) A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
     53. n. (printing, dated) The width of the body of a type.
     54. n. A young oyster when first attached.
     55. n. Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
     56. n. A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun)
     57. n. (colloquial) The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
           the set of a coat
     58. n. The camber of a curved roofing tile.
     59. adj. Fixed in position.
     60. adj. Rigid, solidified.
     61. adj. Ready, prepared.
           on your marks, get set, go!;  on your marks, set, go!
     62. adj. Intent, determined (to do something).
           set on getting to his destination
     63. adj. Prearranged.
           a set menu
     64. adj. Fixed in one’s opinion.
of
     1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
     2. prep.          (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
     3. prep.          (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
     4. prep.          From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
                    There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
     5. prep.          (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
                    What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
     6. prep. Expressing separation.
     7. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
                    Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
     8. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
                    He seemed devoid of human feelings.
     9. prep.          (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
     10. prep. Expressing origin.
     11. prep.          (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
                    The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
     12. prep.          (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
                    The invention was born of necessity.
     13. prep.          (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
                    It is said that she died of a broken heart.
     14. prep.          (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
                    I am tired of all this nonsense.
     15. prep. Expressing agency.
     16. prep.          (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
                    I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
     17. prep.          (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
                    The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
     18. prep.          (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
                    It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
     19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
     20. prep.          (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
                    Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
     21. prep.          (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
                    She wore a dress of silk.
     22. prep.          (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
                    What a lot of nonsense!
     23. prep.          (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
                   Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
     24. prep.          (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
                    I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
     25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
     26. prep.          (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
                    I'm always thinking of you.
     27. prep.          (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
                    He told us the story of his journey to India.
     28. prep.          (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
                    This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
     29. prep. Having partitive effect.
     30. prep.          (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
                    Most of these apples are rotten.
     31. prep.          (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
     32. prep.          (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
                    On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
     33. prep.          (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
                    He is a friend of mine.
     34. prep. Expressing possession.
     35. prep.          Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
                    He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
     36. prep.          Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
                    The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
     37. prep.          Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
                    Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
     38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
     39. prep.          (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
                    She had a profound distrust of the police.
     40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
     41. prep.          (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
                    My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
     42. prep.          (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
                    Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
     43. prep.          (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
                    We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
     44. prep.          (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
                    It's not that big of a deal.
     45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
     46. prep.          (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
                    Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
     47. prep.          (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
                    I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
     48. prep.          (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
                    After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
competitors
     1. n. plural of competitor
     competitor
          1. n. A person or organization against whom one is competing.
          2. n. A participant in a competition, especially in athletics.
in
     1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
     2. prep.          Contained by.
                   The dog is in the kennel.
     3. prep.          Within.
     4. prep.          Surrounded by.
                   We are in the enemy camp.   Her plane is in the air.
     5. prep.          Part of; a member of.
                   One in a million.   She's in band and orchestra.
     6. prep.          Pertaining to; with regard to.
                   What grade did he get in English?
                   Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
     7. prep.          At the end of a period of time.
                   They said they would call us in a week.
     8. prep.          Within a certain elapsed time
                   Are you able to finish this in three hours?   The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
     9. prep.          During (said of periods of time).
                   in the first week of December;  Easter falls in the fourth lunar month;   The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
     10. prep.          (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
                   English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
     11. prep. Into.
           Less water gets in your boots this way.
     12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
           In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
     13. prep.          Indicating an order or arrangement.
                   My fat rolls around in folds.
     14. prep.          Denoting a state of the subject.
                   He stalked away in anger.   John is in a coma.
     15. prep.          Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
                   You've got a friend in me.   He's met his match in her.
     16. prep.          Wearing (an item of clothing).
                    I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
     17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
     18. prep.          (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
                   Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
                   The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
                    Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
     19. prep.          Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
                   Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
                   His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
                   When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
     20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
     21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
     22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
           Is Mr. Smith in?
     23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
           Suddenly a strange man walked in.
     24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
           He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
     25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
           What's that in?
     26. adv. After the beginning of something.
     27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
           His parents got him an in with the company
     28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
     29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
     30. adj. In fashion; popular.
           Skirts are in this year.
     31. adj. Incoming.
           the in train
     32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
     33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
           in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
     34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
     35. n. Inch.
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.
game
     1. n. A playful or competitive activity.
     2. n.          A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
                   Being a child is all fun and games.
     3. n.          An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.
                   Games in the classroom can make learning fun.
     4. n.          A particular instance of playing a game; match.
                   Sally won the game.
                   They can turn the game around in the second half.
     5. n.          That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
     6. n.          The number of points necessary to win a game.
                   In short whist, five points are game.
     7. n.          (card games) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.
     8. n.          The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.
                   Some of the games in the closet we have on the computer as well.
     9. n.          One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.
                   Study can help your game of chess.
                   Hit the gym if you want to toughen up your game.
     10. n.          (obsolete) An amorous dalliance.
     11. n. A video game.
     12. n. (informal, nearly always singular) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
           When it comes to making sales, John is the best in the game.
           He's in the securities game somehow.
     13. n. (figuratively) Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
           In the game of life, you may find yourself playing the waiting game far too often.
     14. n. (military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
     15. n. Wild animals hunted for food.
           The forest has plenty of game.
     16. n. (informal, used mostly of males) The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.
           He didn't get anywhere with her because he had no game.
     17. n. (slang) Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
     18. n. A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal; a scheme.
           You want to borrow my credit card for a week? What's your game?
     19. adj. (colloquial) Willing to participate.
     20. adj. (of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
     21. adj. Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.
     22. adj. Injured, lame (of a limb).
     23. v. (intransitive) To gamble.
     24. v. (intransitive) To play video games.
     25. v. To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
           We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system.
     26. v. (transitive, slang) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary