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. | |
first |
1. adj. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest. | |
The first day of September 2013 was a Sunday. | |
I was the first runner to reach the finish line, and won the race. | |
2. adj. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest. | |
Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece. | |
3. adv. Before anything else; firstly. | |
Clean the sink first, before you even think of starting to cook. | |
4. n. The person or thing in the first position. | |
He was the first to complete the course. | |
5. n. The first gear of an engine. | |
6. n. Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence. | |
This is a first. For once he has nothing to say. | |
7. n. (baseball) first base | |
There was a close play at first. | |
8. n. (UK, colloquial) A first-class honours degree. | |
9. n. (colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication. | |
10. n. A fraction of an integer ending in one. | |
one forty-first of the estate | |
11. n. (obsolete) Time; time granted; respite. | |
draft |
1. n. (possibly, archaic) The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back. | |
using oxen for draft shot forth an arrow with a mighty draft | |
2. n. (possibly, archaic) The act of drawing in a net for fish. | |
3. n. (possibly, archaic) That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul. | |
4. n. An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing; a preliminary sketch or outline. | |
I have to revise the first draft of my term paper. | |
His first drafts were better than most authors' final products. | |
5. n. (nautical) Depth of water needed to float a ship; depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's hull; depth of water drawn by a vessel. | |
6. n. A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle. | |
7. n. Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process. | |
8. n. An amount of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) that is drunk in one swallow. | |
She took a deep draft from the bottle of water. | |
9. n. Beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can. | |
10. n. A cheque, an order for money to be paid. | |
11. n. Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military. | |
He left the country to avoid the draft. | |
12. n. (politics) A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position. | |
13. n. (sports) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams. | |
14. n. (rail transport) The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition. | |
15. n. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould. | |
16. v. To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch. | |
17. v. To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing. | |
18. v. To write a law. | |
19. v. To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military. | |
He was drafted during the Vietnam War. There was a campaign to draft Smith to run for President. | |
They drafted me to be the chairperson of the new committee. | |
20. v. To select and separate an animal or animals from a group. | |
The calves were drafted from the cows. | |
21. v. (transitive, sports) To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team. | |
After his last year of college football, he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins. | |
22. v. (intransitive) To follow very closely behind another vehicle, thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower, thereby conserving energy or increasing speed. | |
23. v. To draw out; to call forth. | |
24. v. To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn. | |
25. adj. (not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled. | |
I'd rather have a fresh, cheap draft beer. | |
took |
1. v. simple past tense of take | |
2. v. (obsolete, dialectal) past participle of take | |
take |
1. v. To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force. | |
They took Charlton's gun from his cold, dead hands. | |
I'll take that plate off the table. | |
2. v. To seize or capture. | |
take the guards prisoner | |
take prisoners | |
After a bloody battle, they were able to take the city. | |
3. v. To catch or get possession of (fish or game). | |
took ten catfish in one afternoon | |
4. v. (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it. | |
5. v. To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off. | |
Billy took her pencil. | |
6. v. To exact. | |
take a toll | |
take revenge | |
7. v. To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game. | |
took the next two tricks | |
took Smith's rook | |
8. v. To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc). | |
took third place | |
took bribes | |
The camera takes 35mm film. | |
9. v. To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation. | |
The store doesn't take checks. | |
She wouldn't take any money for her help. | |
Do you take credit? | |
The vending machine only takes bills, it doesn't take coins. | |
10. v. To accept and follow (advice, etc). | |
take my advice | |
11. v. To receive into some relationship. | |
take a wife | |
The school only takes new students in the fall. | |
The therapist wouldn't take him as a client. | |
12. v. (transitive, intransitive, legal) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir). | |
13. v. To remove. | |
take two eggs from the carton | |
14. v. To remove or end by death; to kill. | |
The earthquake took many lives. | |
The plague took rich and poor alike. | |
Cancer took her life. | |
He took his life last night. | |
15. v. To subtract. | |
take one from three and you are left with two | |
16. v. To have sex with. | |
17. v. To defeat (someone or something) in a fight. | |
Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you. | |
The woman guarding us looks like a professional, but I can take her! | |
18. v. To grasp or grip. | |
He took her hand in his. | |
19. v. To select or choose; to pick. | |
Take whichever bag you like. | |
She took the best men with her and left the rest to garrison the city. | |
I'll take the blue plates. | |
I'll take two sugars in my coffee, please. | |
20. v. To adopt (select) as one's own. | |
She took his side in every argument. | |
take a stand on the important issues | |
21. v. To carry or lead (something or someone). | |
She took her sword with her everywhere she went. | |
I'll take the plate with me. | |
22. v. (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place. | |
The next bus will take you to Metz. | |
I took him for a ride | |
I took him down to London. | |
23. v. (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching. | |
These stairs take you down to the basement. | |
Stone Street took us right past the store. | |
24. v. To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around. | |
She took the steps two or three at a time/ | |
He took the curve / corner too fast. | |
The pony took every hedge and fence in its path. | |
25. v. To escort or conduct (a person). | |
He took her to lunch at the new restaurant, took her to the movies, and then took her home. | |
26. v. (reflexive) To go. | |
27. v. To use as a means of transportation. | |
take the ferry | |
I took a plane. | |
He took the bus to London, and then took a train to Manchester. | |
He's 96 but he still takes the stairs. | |
28. v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel. | |
29. v. To obtain for use by payment or lease. | |
She took a condo at the beach for the summer. | |
He took a full-page ad in the Times. | |
30. v. To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription. | |
They took two magazines. | |
I used to take The Sunday Times. | |
31. v. To consume. | |
32. v. To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest. | |
take two of these and call me in the morning | |
take the blue pill | |
I take aspirin every day to thin my blood. | |
33. v. To partake of (food or drink); to consume. | |
The general took dinner at seven o'clock. | |
34. v. To experience, undergo, or endure. | |
35. v. To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to. | |
take sun-baths | |
take a shower | |
She made the decision to take chemotherapy. | |
36. v. To experience or feel. | |
She takes pride in her work. | |
Me |
1. n. en-abbr | |
2. n. (chemistry) (abbreviation of methyl) | |
3. pron. alternative case form of me often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context. | |
4. pron. As the direct object of a verb. | |
Can you hear me? | |
5. pron. (obsolete) Myself; as a reflexive direct object of a verb. | |
6. pron. As the object of a preposition. | |
Come with me. | |
7. pron. As the indirect object of a verb. | |
He gave me this. | |
8. pron. (US, colloquial) Myself; as a reflexive indirect object of a verb; the ethical dative. | |
9. pron. (colloquial) As the complement of the copula (“be” or “is”). | |
It wasn't me. | |
10. pron. (Australia, British, New Zealand, colloquial) My; preceding a noun, marking ownership. | |
11. pron. (colloquial, with "and") As the subject of a verb. | |
Me and my friends played a game. | |
12. pron. (nonstandard, not with "and") As the subject of a verb. | |
13. det. (UK regional, Ireland) alternative form of my | |
four |
1. num. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••) | |
There are four seasons: winter, spring, summer and autumn. | |
2. num. Describing a set or group with four elements. | |
3. n. The digit or figure 4; an occurrence thereof. | |
4. n. Anything measuring four units, as length. | |
Do you have any more fours? I want to make this a little taller. | |
5. n. A person who is four years old. | |
I'll take the threes, fours and fives and go to the playground. | |
6. n. (cricket) An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which bounces on the ground before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 4 runs for the batting team. If the ball does not bounc | |
7. n. (basketball) A power forward. | |
8. n. (rowing) Quadruple sculls. | |
9. n. (obsolete) A four-pennyworth of spirits. | |
weeks |
1. n. plural of week | |
week |
1. n. Any period of seven consecutive days. | |
2. n. A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday. | |
3. n. A period of five days beginning with Monday. | |
4. n. A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath. | |
A 4-day week consists of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. | |
5. n. Seven days after (sometimes before) a specified date. | |
I'll see you Thursday week. | |
including |
1. prep. Such as, among which; introducing one or more parts of the group or topic just mentioned. | |
All you have to do is to fill in the details, including your name and address and the amount you wish to give. | |
2. prep. (rare, nonstandard) Introducing a finite clause. | |
3. v. present participle of include | |
include |
1. v. To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member. | |
I will purchase the vacation package if you will include car rental. | |
2. v. To contain, as parts of a whole; to comprehend. | |
The vacation package includes car rental. | |
Does this volume of Shakespeare include his sonnets? | |
I was included in the invitation to the family gathering. | |
up to and including page twenty-five | |
3. v. (obsolete) To enclose, confine. | |
4. v. (obsolete) To conclude; to terminate. | |
5. v. (programming) To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file. | |
You have to include the strings library to use this function. | |
6. n. (programming) A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item. | |
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. | |
week |
1. n. Any period of seven consecutive days. | |
2. n. A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday. | |
3. n. A period of five days beginning with Monday. | |
4. n. A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath. | |
A 4-day week consists of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. | |
5. n. Seven days after (sometimes before) a specified date. | |
I'll see you Thursday week. | |
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 | |
revise |
1. v. (obsolete) To look at again, to reflect on. | |
2. v. To review, alter and amend, especially of written material. | |
This statute should be revised. | |
3. v. (Australia) To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination. | |
I should be revising for my exam in a few days. | |
4. n. A review or a revision. | |
5. n. (printing) A second proof sheet; a proof sheet taken after the first or a subsequent correction. | |
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. | |
first |
1. adj. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest. | |
The first day of September 2013 was a Sunday. | |
I was the first runner to reach the finish line, and won the race. | |
2. adj. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest. | |
Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece. | |
3. adv. Before anything else; firstly. | |
Clean the sink first, before you even think of starting to cook. | |
4. n. The person or thing in the first position. | |
He was the first to complete the course. | |
5. n. The first gear of an engine. | |
6. n. Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence. | |
This is a first. For once he has nothing to say. | |
7. n. (baseball) first base | |
There was a close play at first. | |
8. n. (UK, colloquial) A first-class honours degree. | |
9. n. (colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication. | |
10. n. A fraction of an integer ending in one. | |
one forty-first of the estate | |
11. n. (obsolete) Time; time granted; respite. | |
writer |
1. n. A person who writes, or produces literary work. | |
Has your girlfriend written you a letter yet? She’s quite a writer! | |
2. n. (historical) A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor. | |
3. n. Anything that writes or produces output. | |
draft |
1. n. (possibly, archaic) The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something along or back. | |
using oxen for draft shot forth an arrow with a mighty draft | |
2. n. (possibly, archaic) The act of drawing in a net for fish. | |
3. n. (possibly, archaic) That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul. | |
4. n. An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing; a preliminary sketch or outline. | |
I have to revise the first draft of my term paper. | |
His first drafts were better than most authors' final products. | |
5. n. (nautical) Depth of water needed to float a ship; depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's hull; depth of water drawn by a vessel. | |
6. n. A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle. | |
7. n. Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process. | |
8. n. An amount of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) that is drunk in one swallow. | |
She took a deep draft from the bottle of water. | |
9. n. Beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can. | |
10. n. A cheque, an order for money to be paid. | |
11. n. Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military. | |
He left the country to avoid the draft. | |
12. n. (politics) A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position. | |
13. n. (sports) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams. | |
14. n. (rail transport) The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition. | |
15. n. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the mould. | |
16. v. To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch. | |
17. v. To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing. | |
18. v. To write a law. | |
19. v. To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military. | |
He was drafted during the Vietnam War. There was a campaign to draft Smith to run for President. | |
They drafted me to be the chairperson of the new committee. | |
20. v. To select and separate an animal or animals from a group. | |
The calves were drafted from the cows. | |
21. v. (transitive, sports) To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team. | |
After his last year of college football, he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins. | |
22. v. (intransitive) To follow very closely behind another vehicle, thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage to both lead and follower, thereby conserving energy or increasing speed. | |
23. v. To draw out; to call forth. | |
24. v. To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn. | |
25. adj. (not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled. | |
I'd rather have a fresh, cheap draft beer. | |