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. | |
half |
1. adj. Consisting of a half (1/2, 50%). | |
a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view | |
2. adj. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect. | |
a half dream; half knowledge | |
3. adj. (of a sibling) Having one parent (rather than two) in common. | |
A half brother or half sister | |
4. adj. (rare, of a relative other than a sibling) Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two. | |
A half uncle or half aunt or half cousin | |
5. adv. In two equal parts or to an equal degree. | |
6. adv. In some part approximating a half. | |
7. adv. Partially; imperfectly. | |
half-colored; half done; half-hearted; half persuaded; half conscious | |
He does sometimes half wish to change his life, but it is too difficult. | |
8. n. One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided. | |
I ate the slightly smaller half of the apple. | |
You don't know the half of it. | |
9. n. (sports) One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game. | |
10. n. Half of a standard measure; frequently used (British) for half a pint of beer or cider. | |
11. n. (preceded by “a” or a number) The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2. | |
Three-quarters minus a quarter is a half. | |
12. n. (obsolete) Part; side; behalf. | |
13. n. Any of the three terms at Eton College, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer. | |
14. n. (slang) A half sibling. | |
15. n. (archaic) A child ticket. | |
16. v. (transitive, obsolete) To halve. | |
17. prep. (Ireland) A half-hour after, thirty minutes after (used with the number of the hour). | |
half one - half past one, 1:30 | |
with |
1. prep. Against. | |
He picked a fight with the class bully. | |
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to. | |
He went with his friends. | |
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to. | |
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar. | |
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence. | |
5. prep. In support of. | |
We are with you all the way. | |
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by. | |
slain with robbers | |
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of. | |
cut with a knife | |
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on. | |
9. prep. Having, owning. | |
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc. | |
Do you want to come with? | |
11. adv. --> | |
12. n. alternative form of withe | |
its |
1. det. Belonging to it. | |
2. pron. The one (or ones) belonging to it. | |
3. n. plural of it | |
testimonies |
1. n. plural of testimony | |
testimony |
1. n. (legal) statements made by a witness in court. | |
2. n. An account of first-hand experience. | |
3. n. (religion) In a church service, a personal account, such as of one's conversion. | |
4. n. Witness; evidence; proof of some fact. | |
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. | |
torture |
1. n. Intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony. | |
Using large dogs to attack bound, hand-cuffed prisoners is clearly torture. | |
In every war there are acts of torture that cause the world to shudder. | |
People confess to anything under torture. | |
2. n. (chiefly literary) The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships. | |
Every time she says 'goodbye' it is torture! | |
Coventry City midfielder Josh Ruffels described his 11 months out injured as 'absolute torture' after the goalless draw with Derby County Under-21s. | |
3. n. (colloquial) (often as "absolute torture") stage fright, severe embarrassment. | |
4. v. To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone). | |
People who torture often have sadistic tendencies. | |
In the aftermath of 9/11, we did some things that were wrong. We did a whole lot of things that were right, but, we tortured some folks. We did some things that were contrary to our values. | |
victims |
1. n. plural of victim | |
victim |
1. n. Anyone who is harmed by another. | |
2. n. (original sense) A living creature which is slain and offered as human or animal sacrifice, usually in a religious rite; by extension, the transfigurated body and blood of Christ in the Eucharist. | |
3. n. An aggrieved or disadvantaged party in a crime (e.g. swindle.) | |
4. n. A person who suffers any other injury, loss, or damage as a result of a voluntary undertaking. | |
5. n. An unfortunate person who suffers from a disaster or other adverse circumstance. | |
6. n. (narratology) A character who is conquered or manipulated by a villain. | |
reproduced |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of reproduce | |
reproduce |
1. v. To produce an image or copy of. | |
2. v. (intransitive, biology) To generate offspring (sexually or asexually), or organisms. | |
3. v. To produce again; to recreate. | |
4. v. To bring something to mind; to recall. | |
out |
See also individual phrasal verbs such as come out, go out, put out, take out, pull out, and so on. | |
1. adv. Away from the inside or the centre. | |
The magician pulled the rabbit out of the hat. | |
2. adv. Away from home or one's usual place. | |
Let's eat out tonight | |
3. adv. Outside; not indoors. | |
Last night we slept out under the stars. | |
4. adv. Away from; at a distance. | |
Keep out! | |
5. adv. Into a state of non-operation; into non-existence. | |
Switch the lights out. | |
Put the fire out. | |
6. adv. To the end; completely. | |
I hadn't finished. Hear me out. | |
7. adv. Used to intensify or emphasize. | |
The place was all decked out for the holidays. | |
8. adv. (of the sun, moon, stars, etc.) So as to be visible in the sky, and not covered by clouds, fog, etc. | |
The sun came out after the rain, and we saw a rainbow. | |
9. adv. (cricket, baseball) Of a player, so as to be disqualified from playing further by some action of a member of the opposing team (such as being stumped in cricket). | |
Wilson was bowled out for five runs. | |
10. prep. (nonstandard, contraction of out of) Away from the inside. | |
He threw it out the door. | |
11. prep. (colloquial) Outside. | |
It's raining out. | |
It's cold out. | |
12. n. A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc. | |
They wrote the law to give those organizations an out. | |
13. n. (baseball) A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fieldi | |
14. n. (cricket) A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicke | |
15. n. (poker) A card which can make a hand a winner. | |
16. n. (dated) A trip out; an outing. | |
17. n. (mostly, in plural) One who, or that which, is out; especially, one who is out of office. | |
18. n. A place or space outside of something; a nook or corner; an angle projecting outward; an open space. | |
19. n. (printing, dated) A word or words omitted by the compositor in setting up copy; an omission. | |
20. v. To eject; to expel. | |
21. v. To reveal (a person) to be gay, bisexual, or transgender. | |
22. v. To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective. | |
23. v. To reveal (a secret). | |
A Brazilian company outed the new mobile phone design. | |
24. v. (intransitive, archaic) To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public. | |
25. v. To become apparent. | |
26. adj. Not at home; not at one's office or place of employment. | |
I'm sorry, Mr Smith is out at the moment. | |
27. adj. Released, available for purchase, download or other use. | |
Did you hear? Their newest CD is out! | |
28. adj. (in various games; used especially of a batsman or batter in cricket or baseball) Dismissed from play under the rules of the game. | |
He bowls, Johnson pokes at it ... and ... Johnson is out! Caught behind by Ponsonby! | |
29. adj. Openly acknowledging that one is gay or transgender. | |
It's no big deal to be out in the entertainment business. | |
30. adj. (of flowers) In bloom. | |
The garden looks beautiful now that the roses are out. | |
31. adj. (of the sun, moon or stars) Visible in the sky; not obscured by clouds. | |
The sun is out, and it's a lovely day. | |
32. adj. (of lamps, fires etc.) Not shining or burning. | |
I called round to the house but all the lights were out and no one was home. | |
33. adj. (of ideas, plans, etc.) Discarded; no longer a possibility. | |
Right, so that idea's out. Let's move on to the next one. | |
34. adj. No longer popular or in fashion. | |
Black is out this season. The new black is white. | |
35. adj. Without; no longer in possession of; not having more | |
Do you have any bread? Sorry, we're out. | |
36. adj. (of calculations or measurements) Containing errors or discrepancies; in error by a stated amount. | |
Nothing adds up in this report. All these figures are out. | |
The measurement was out by three millimetres. | |
37. adj. (obsolete) Of a young lady: having entered society and available to be courted. | |
38. interj. (procedure word, especially, military) A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and does not expect a response. | |
Destruction. Two T-72s destroyed. Three foot mobiles down. Out. | |
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. | |
context |
1. n. The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence. | |
In what context did your attack on him happen? - We had a pretty tense relationship at the time, and when he insulted me I snapped. | |
2. n. (linguistics) The text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning. | |
3. n. (archaeology) The surroundings and environment in which an artifact is found and which may provide important clues about the artifact's function and/or cultural meaning. | |
4. n. (mycology) The trama or flesh of a mushroom. | |
5. n. (logic) For a formula: a finite set of variables, which set contains all the free variables in the given formula. | |
6. v. (obsolete) To knit or bind together; to unite closely. | |
7. adj. (obsolete) Knit or woven together; close; firm. | |
often |
1. adv. Frequently, many times. | |
I often walk to work when the weather is nice. | |
I've been going to the movies more often since a new theatre opened near me. | |
2. adj. (archaic) Frequent. | |
seems |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of seem | |
seem |
1. v. (copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as. | |
He seems to be ill. Her eyes seem blue. | |
2. v. (obsolete) To befit; to beseem. | |
gratuitous |
1. adj. Given freely; unearned. | |
2. adj. unjustified or unnecessary.; not called for by the circumstances | |
gratuitous violence | |
while |
1. n. An uncertain duration of time, a period of time. | |
He lectured for quite a long while. | |
2. conj. During the same time that. | |
He was sleeping while I was singing. | |
3. conj. Although. | |
This case, while interesting, is a bit frustrating. | |
4. conj. (Northern England, Scotland) Until. | |
I'll wait while you've finished painting. | |
5. conj. As long as. | |
While you're at school you may live at home. | |
6. prep. (Northern England, Scotland) Until. | |
7. v. To pass (time) idly. | |
8. v. To loiter. | |
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. | |
second |
1. adj. Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two. | |
He lives on Second Street. | |
The second volume in "The Lord of the Rings" series is called "The Two Towers". | |
You take the first one, and I'll have the second. | |
2. adj. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior. | |
3. adj. Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another. | |
4. adv. (with superlative) After the first; at the second rank. | |
Saturn is the second largest planet. | |
5. adv. After the first occurrence but before the third. | |
He is batting second today. | |
6. n. One that is number two in a series. | |
7. n. One that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority. | |
8. n. The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest. | |
9. n. (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards. | |
They were discounted because they contained blemishes, nicks or were otherwise factory seconds. | |
10. n. (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food. | |
That was good barbecue. I hope I can get seconds. | |
11. n. A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.) | |
12. n. (music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental). | |
13. n. The second gear of an engine. | |
14. n. (baseball) Second base. | |
15. n. The agent of a party to an honour dispute whose role was to try to resolve the dispute or to make the necessary arrangements for a duel.https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/oct/31/appeal-court-upholds | |
16. n. A Cub Scout appointed to assist the sixer. | |
17. v. To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See under #Etymology 3 for translations.) | |
I second the motion. | |
18. v. To follow in the next place; to succeed. | |
19. v. (climbing) To climb after a lead climber. | |
20. n. One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground sta | |
21. n. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree. | |
22. n. (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time. | |
I'll be there in a second. | |
23. v. (transitive, UK) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment. | |
24. v. To assist or support; to back. | |
25. v. To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from the English adjective above.) | |
I second the motion. | |
26. n. One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant. | |
27. n. One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc. | |
If we want the motion to pass, we will need a second. | |
28. n. (obsolete) Aid; assistance; help. | |
part |
1. n. A portion; a component. | |
2. n. A fraction of a whole. | |
Gaul is divided into three parts. | |
3. n. A distinct element of something larger. | |
The parts of a chainsaw include the chain, engine, and handle. | |
4. n. A group inside a larger group. | |
5. n. Share, especially of a profit. | |
I want my part of the bounty. | |
6. n. A unit of relative proportion in a mixture. | |
The mixture comprises one part sodium hydroxide and ten parts water. | |
7. n. 3.5 centiliters of one ingredient in a mixed drink. | |
8. n. A section of a document. | |
Please turn to Part I, Chapter 2. | |
9. n. A section of land; an area of a country or other territory; region. | |
10. n. (math, dated) A factor. | |
3 is a part of 12. | |
11. n. (US) A room in a public building, especially a courtroom. | |
12. n. Duty; responsibility. | |
to do one’s part | |
13. n. Position or role (especially in a play). | |
We all have a part to play. | |
14. n. (music) The melody played or sung by a particular instrument, voice, or group of instruments or voices, within a polyphonic piece. | |
The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging. | |
15. n. Each of two contrasting sides of an argument, debate etc.; "hand". | |
16. n. (US) The dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions. | |
The part of his hair was slightly to the left. | |
17. n. (Judaism) In the Hebrew lunisolar calendar, a unit of time equivalent to 3⅓ seconds. | |
18. n. A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; usually in the plural with a collective sense. | |
19. v. (intransitive) To leave someone's company; (rare, poetic, literary) to go way; to die; to get rid of something, stop using it. | |
20. v. To cut hair with a parting; shed. | |
21. v. To divide in two. | |
to part the curtains | |
22. v. (intransitive) To be divided in two or separated; shed. | |
A rope parts. His hair parts in the middle. | |
23. v. (transitive, now rare) To divide up; to share. | |
24. v. (obsolete) To have a part or share; to partake. | |
25. v. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder. | |
26. v. (obsolete) To hold apart; to stand or intervene between. | |
27. v. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion. | |
to part gold from silver | |
28. v. (transitive, archaic) To leave; to quit. | |
29. v. (transitive, internet) To leave (an IRC channel). | |
30. adj. Fractional; partial. | |
Fred was part owner of the car. | |
31. adv. Partly; partially; fractionally. | |
Part finished | |
seldom |
1. adv. Infrequently, rarely. | |
They seldom come here now. | |
2. adj. (archaic) rare; infrequent | |
raises |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of raise | |
2. n. plural of raise | |
raise |
1. v. (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. | |
to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself | |
2. v. To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect. | |
to raise a wall, or a heap of stones | |
3. v. To cause something to come to the surface of the sea. | |
The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk. | |
4. v. (nautical) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it. | |
to raise Sandy Hook light | |
5. v. (figurative) To cause (a dead person) to live again, to cause to be undead. | |
The magic spell raised the dead from their graves! | |
6. v. (military) To remove or break up (a blockade), either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersin | |
7. v. To create, increase or develop. | |
We need to raise the motivation level in the company. | |
to raise the quality of the products; to raise the price of goods | |
8. v. To collect. | |
to raise a lot of money for charity; to raise troops | |
9. v. To bring up; to grow; to promote. | |
We visited a farm where they raise chickens. | |
Chew with your mouth shut — were you raised in a barn? | |
to raise somebody to office | |
10. v. To mention (a question, issue) for discussion. | |
A few important questions were raised after the attack. | |
11. v. (legal) To create; to constitute (a use, or a beneficial interest in property). | |
There should be some consideration (i.e., payment or exchange) to raise a use. | |
12. v. To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear. | |
13. v. To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio). | |
Despite all the call congestion, she was eventually able to raise the police. | |
14. v. (poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand. | |
John bet, and Julie raised, requiring John to put in more money. | |
15. v. (arithmetic) To exponentiate, to involute. | |
Two raised to the fifth power equals 32. | |
16. v. (linguistics, transitive, of a verb) To extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause. | |
17. v. (linguistics, transitive, of a vowel) To produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth. | |
18. v. To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified. | |
19. v. (computing) To throw (an exception). | |
A division by zero will raise an exception. | |
20. n. (US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK). | |
The boss gave me a raise. | |
21. n. (weightlifting) A shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance. | |
22. n. (curling) A shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward. | |
23. n. (poker) A bet which increased the previous bet. | |
24. n. A cairn or pile of stones. | |
its |
1. det. Belonging to it. | |
2. pron. The one (or ones) belonging to it. | |
3. n. plural of it | |
poetic |
1. adj. Relating to poetry. | |
Iambics are one form of poetic meter. | |
2. adj. Characteristic of poets; romantic, imaginative, etc. | |
gaze |
1. v. (intransitive) To stare intently or earnestly. | |
They gazed at the stars for hours. | |
In fact, for Antonioni this gazing is probably the most fundamental of all cognitive activities ... (from) | |
2. v. (transitive, poetic) To stare at. | |
3. n. A fixed look; a look of eagerness, wonder, or admiration; a continued look of attention. | |
4. n. (archaic) The object gazed on. | |
5. n. In Lacanian psychoanalysis, the relationship of the subject with the desire to look and awareness that one can be viewed. | |
above |
1. prep. Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, as clothing. | |
He always put his coat on above his sweater. | |
2. prep. In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface. | |
3. prep. Farther north than. | |
Idaho is above Utah. | |
4. prep. Rising; appearing out of reach height-wise. | |
5. prep. (figuratively) Higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; higher in measure, degree, volume, or pitch, etc. than; out of reach; not exposed to; not likely to be affected by; incapable of neg | |
Even the chief of police is not above suspicion. | |
He was always above reproach. | |
I thought you said you were above these kinds of antics. | |
That's above my comprehension. | |
to cut above average | |
6. prep. Higher in rank, status, or position. | |
to stand head and shoulders above the rest | |
7. prep. In addition to; besides. | |
above and beyond the call of duty | |
over and above | |
8. prep. Surpassing in number or quantity; more than. | |
That amount is way above our asking price. | |
9. prep. In preference to. | |
10. prep. Too proud to stoop to; averse to; disinclined; too honorable to give. | |
The owner was above taking more than a token salary. | |
11. prep. Beyond; on the other side. | |
12. prep. (theater) Upstage of. | |
13. adv. Directly overhead; vertically on top of. | |
14. adv. Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go. | |
15. adv. Into or from heaven; in the sky. | |
He's in a better place now, floating free as the clouds above. | |
16. adv. In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream. | |
17. adv. Higher in rank, power, or position. | |
He appealed to the court above. | |
18. adv. (archaic) In addition. | |
19. adv. More in number. | |
20. adv. Above zero; above freezing. | |
It was a cold day at only 5 above. | |
21. adv. (biology) On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal. | |
The sparrow I saw was rufous above and off-white below. | |
22. adj. Of heaven; heavenly. | |
23. adj. Being located higher on the same page or on a preceding page. | |
24. n. Heaven. | |
25. n. Something, especially a person's name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page. | |
26. n. Higher authority. | |
27. n. (archaic) betterment, raised status or condition. | |
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. | |
navel |
1. n. (anatomy) The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth. | |
2. n. The central part or point of anything; the middle. | |
3. n. (historical) An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage. | |