opposition |
1. n. The action of opposing or of being in conflict. | |
2. n. An opposite or contrasting position. | |
3. n. (astronomy) The apparent relative position of two celestial bodies when one is at an angle of 180 degrees from the other as seen from the Earth. | |
4. n. (politics) A political party or movement opposed to the party or government in power. | |
5. n. (legal) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent. | |
6. n. (chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king. | |
7. n. (logic) The difference of quantity or quality between two propositions having the same subject and predicate. | |
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. | |
repugnance |
1. n. Extreme aversion, repulsion. | |
2. n. Contradiction, inconsistency, incompatibility, incongruity; an instance of such. | |
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. | |
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. | |
fixed |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of fix | |
2. adj. Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same. | |
fixed assets | |
I work fixed hours for a fixed salary. | |
Every religion has its own fixed ideas. | |
He looked at me with a fixed glare. | |
3. adj. Stationary. | |
4. adj. Attached; affixed. | |
5. adj. Chemically stable. | |
6. adj. Supplied with what one needs. | |
She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements. | |
7. adj. (legal) Of sound, recorded on a permanent medium. | |
In the United States, recordings are only granted copyright protection when the sounds in the recording were fixed and first published on or after February 15, 1972. | |
8. adj. (dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated). | |
a fixed tomcat; the she-cat has been fixed | |
9. adj. Rigged; fraudulently prearranged. | |
10. adj. (of a problem) Resolved; corrected. | |
11. adj. Repaired | |
fix |
1. n. A repair or corrective action. | |
That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's. | |
2. n. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma. | |
It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix! | |
3. n. (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user. | |
4. n. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid. | |
5. n. A determination of location. | |
We have a fix on your position. | |
6. n. (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace) | |
7. v. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix. | |
8. v. (transitive, by extension) (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone. | |
He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!". | |
9. v. To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time. | |
A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board. | |
A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it. | |
The Constitution fixes the date when Congress must meet. | |
10. v. (transitive figuratively, usually in the passive) To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate. | |
She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor. | |
11. v. To mend, to repair. | |
That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it. | |
12. v. (transitive, informal) To prepare (food). | |
She fixed dinner for the kids. | |
13. v. To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tam | |
A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent. | |
14. v. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile. | |
Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him. | |
15. v. (transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself. | |
16. v. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant. | |
He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work. | |
17. v. To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light. | |
18. v. (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form. | |
Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen. | |
19. v. (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest. | |
20. v. (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance. | |
dislike |
1. n. An attitude or a feeling of distaste or aversion. | |
2. n. (usually plural) Something that a person dislikes (has or feels aversion to). | |
Tell me your likes and dislikes. | |
3. n. (Internet) An individual vote showing disapproval of, or lack of support for, something posted on the Internet. | |
4. v. (obsolete, transitive) To displease; to offend. (In third-person only.) | |
5. v. To have a feeling of aversion or antipathy towards; not to like. | |
6. v. (Internet) To give a negative review. | |
Rebecca Black's Friday video is notorious for being one of the most disliked videos in YouTube history. | |