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opposed
     1. adj. Acting in opposition; opposing.
     2. adj. Being, of having an opponent; not unopposed.
     3. v. simple past tense and past participle of oppose
     oppose
          1. v. To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand.
                to oppose the king in battle; to oppose a bill in Congress
                There is still time to oppose this plan.
          2. v. To object to.
                Many religious leaders oppose cloning humans.
          3. v. To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
                They are opposed to any form of hierarchy.
          4. v. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
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
social
     1. n. A festive gathering to foster introductions.
           They organized a social at the dance club to get people to know each other.
     2. n. (Canadian Prairies) A dance held to raise money for a couple to be married.
     3. n. (UK, colloquial) (with definite article) Abbreviation of social security, referring to the UK state welfare system, or of related terms such as Social Security Office or Social Security Benefit.
           Fred hated going down to the social to sign on.
     4. n. (US, colloquial) (abbreviation of social security number)
           What's your social?
     5. n. (dated, Ireland) A dinner dance event, usually held annually by a company or sporting club.
     6. n. (Canada) (clipping of social studies)
     7. adj. Being extroverted or outgoing.
           James is a very social guy; he knows lots of people.
     8. adj. Of or relating to society.
           Teresa feels uncomfortable in certain social situations.
           Unemployment is a social problem.
     9. adj. (Internet) Relating to social media or social networks.
           social gaming
     10. adj. (rare) Relating to a nation's allies (compare the Social War)
     11. adj. (botany, zoology) Cooperating or growing in groups.
           a social insect
order
     1. n. Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
     2. n. A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.
     3. n. The state of being well arranged.
           The house is in order; the machinery is out of order.
     4. n. Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet.
           to preserve order in a community or an assembly
     5. n. A command.
     6. n. A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.
     7. n. A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles
           St. Ignatius Loyola founded the Jesuit order in 1537.
     8. n. An association of knights
           the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Bath.
     9. n. any group of people with common interests.
     10. n. A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity.
     11. n. (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below class and above family; a taxon at that rank.
           Magnolias belong to the order Magnoliales.
     12. n. A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a distinct character, kind, or sort.
           the higher or lower orders of society
           talent of a high order
     13. n. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; often used in the plural.
           to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry
     14. n. (architecture) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic featu
     15. n. (cricket) The sequence in which a side’s batsmen bat; the batting order.
     16. n. (electronics) a power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
           a 3-stage cascade of a 2nd-order bandpass Butterworth filter.
     17. n. (chemistry) The overall power of the rate law of a chemical reaction, expressed as a polynomial function of concentrations of reactants and products.
     18. n. (set theory) The cardinality, or number of elements in a set, group, or other structure regardable as a set.
     19. n. (group theory, of an element of a group) For given group G and element g ∈ G, the smallest positive natural number n, if it exists, such that (using multiplicative notation), gn = e, where e is the id
     20. n. (graph theory) The number of vertices in a graph.
     21. n. (order theory) A partially ordered set.
     22. n. (order theory) The relation on a partially ordered set that determines that it is, in fact, a partially ordered set.
     23. n. (algebra) The sum of the exponents on the variables in a monomial, or the highest such among all monomials in a polynomial.
           A quadratic polynomial,a x^2 + b x +c, is said to be of order (or degree) 2.
     24. v. To set in some sort of order.
     25. v. To arrange, set in proper order.
     26. v. To issue a command to.
           to order troops to advance
           He ordered me to leave.
     27. v. To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.
           to order groceries
     28. v. To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.
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.
the
     1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
           I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
           The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
           The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
     2. art.          Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
                    The street that runs through my hometown.
     3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
           No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
           God save the Queen!
     4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
           That was the best apple pie ever.
     5. art.          Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
                    That apple pie was the best.
     6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
     7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
           Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
     8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
           No one in the whole country had seen it before.
           I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
     9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
           A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
     10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
           That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
     11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
           The hotter the better.
           The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
           The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
           It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
     12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
           It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
           It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
           I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
principles
     1. n. plural of principle
     principle
          1. n. A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
                We need some sort of principles to reason from.
          2. n. A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.
                The principle of least privilege holds that a process should only receive the permissions it needs.
          3. n. (sometimes pluralized) Moral rule or aspect.
                I don't doubt your principles.
                You are clearly a person of principle.
                It's the principle of the thing; I won't do business with someone I can't trust.
          4. n. (physics) A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.
                Bernoulli's Principle
                The Pauli Exclusion Principle prevents two fermions from occupying the same state.
                The principle of the internal combustion engine
          5. n. A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.
                Many believe that life is the result of some vital principle.
          6. n. (obsolete) A beginning.
          7. n. A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
          8. n. An original faculty or endowment.
          9. v. To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet or rule of conduct.
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.
society
     1. n. A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
           This society has been known for centuries for its colorful clothing and tight-knit family structure.
     2. n. A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.
           It was then that they decided to found a society of didgeridoo-playing unicyclists.
     3. n. The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
           The gap between Western and Eastern societies seems to be narrowing.
     4. n. The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole.
           Our global society develops in fits and starts.
     5. n. High society.
           Smith was first introduced into society at the Duchess of Grand Fenwick's annual rose garden party.
     6. n. (legal) A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.
hostile
     1. adj. not friendly, appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure
           a hostile force
           hostile intentions
           a hostile country
           hostile to a sudden change
     2. adj. Aggressive, antagonistic.
     3. adj. Of a hostile takeover.
           Microsoft may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo as soon as Friday, according to a published report.
     4. n. (chiefly in the plural) An enemy.
toward
     1. prep. In the direction of.
           She moved toward the door.
     2. prep. In relation to (someone or something).
           What are your feelings toward him?
     3. prep. For the purpose of attaining (an aim).
           I'm saving money toward retirement.
     4. prep. Located close to; near (a time or place).
           Our place is over toward the station.
     5. adj. Yielding, pliant; docile; ready or apt to learn; not froward.
     6. adj. (obsolete) Future; to come.
     7. adj. (dated) Approaching, coming near; impending; present, at hand.
     8. adj. (obsolete, or archaic) Promising, likely.
society
     1. n. A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
           This society has been known for centuries for its colorful clothing and tight-knit family structure.
     2. n. A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.
           It was then that they decided to found a society of didgeridoo-playing unicyclists.
     3. n. The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
           The gap between Western and Eastern societies seems to be narrowing.
     4. n. The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole.
           Our global society develops in fits and starts.
     5. n. High society.
           Smith was first introduced into society at the Duchess of Grand Fenwick's annual rose garden party.
     6. n. (legal) A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.
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