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. | |
implication |
1. n. The act of implicating. | |
2. n. The state of being implicated. | |
3. n. (usually plural) a possible effect or result of a decision or action. | |
4. n. An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words. | |
5. n. (logic) The connective in propositional calculus that, when joining two predicates A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true". | |
6. n. Logical consequence. | |
Is |
1. n. plural of I | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of be | |
He is a doctor. He retired some time ago. | |
Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him. | |
3. n. plural of i | |
remember to dot your is | |
be |
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence. | |
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist. | |
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place. | |
The cup is on the table. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place. | |
When will the meeting be? | |
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar. | |
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come. | |
I have been to Spain many times. | |
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating. | |
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same. | |
Knowledge is bliss. | |
Hi, I’m Jim. | |
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same. | |
3 times 5 is fifteen. | |
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal. | |
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995. | |
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it. | |
The sky is blue. | |
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase. | |
The sky is a deep blue today. | |
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice. | |
The dog was drowned by the boy. | |
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses. | |
The woman is walking. | |
I shall be writing to you soon. | |
We liked to chat while we were eating. | |
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go". | |
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic. | |
I am to leave tomorrow. | |
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car. | |
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement. | |
This building is three hundred years old. | |
I am 75 kilograms. | |
He’s about 6 feet tall. | |
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years. | |
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.) | |
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day. | |
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.) | |
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo. | |
What time is it there? It’s night. | |
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event. | |
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period) | |
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him. | |
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like. | |
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid. | |
Why is it so dark in here? | |
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way. | |
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.". | |
Why is he being nice to me? | |
that |
1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement. | |
He told me that the book is a good read. | |
I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British. | |
2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that. | |
Be glad that you have enough to eat. | |
3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that. | |
4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect. | |
The noise was so loud that she woke up. | |
The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed. | |
5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that. | |
6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb. | |
Was John there? — Not that I saw. | |
How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw. | |
7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish. | |
8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise. | |
9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. | |
That book is a good read. This one isn't. | |
That battle was in 1450. | |
That cat of yours is evil. | |
10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t | |
He went home, and after that I never saw him again. | |
11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said). | |
They're getting divorced. What do you think about that? | |
12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement. | |
The water is so cold! — That it is. | |
13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition). | |
The CPR course that she took really came in handy. | |
The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated. | |
14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.) | |
the place that = where or to which I went last year | |
the last time that = when I went to Europe | |
15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree. | |
"The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...". | |
16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions). | |
I'm just not that sick. | |
I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult. | |
17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions). | |
Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her. | |
18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those. | |
good |
1. adj. of people | |
2. adj. Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral. | |
good intentions | |
3. adj. Competent or talented. | |
a good swimmer | |
4. adj. Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit. | |
Can you lend me fifty dollars? You know I'm good for it. | |
5. adj. (US) Satisfied or at ease | |
Would you like a glass of water? — I'm good. | |
Are you good? — Yeah, I'm fine. | |
6. adj. of capabilities | |
7. adj. Useful for a particular purpose; functional. | |
it’s a good watch; the flashlight batteries are still good | |
8. adj. Effective. | |
a good worker | |
9. adj. (obsolete) Real; actual; serious. | |
in good sooth | |
10. adj. of properties and qualities | |
11. adj. (of food) | |
12. adj. # Edible; not stale or rotten. | |
# The bread is still good. | |
13. adj. # Having a particularly pleasant taste. | |
# The food was very good. | |
14. adj. # Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements. | |
# Eat a good dinner so you will be ready for the big game tomorrow. | |
15. adj. Healthful. | |
carrots are good for you; walking is good for you | |
16. adj. Pleasant; enjoyable. | |
the music, dancing, and food were very good; we had a good time | |
17. adj. Favourable. | |
a good omen; good weather | |
18. adj. Beneficial; worthwhile. | |
a good job | |
19. adj. Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious. | |
20. adj. (colloquial, when with and) Very, extremely. | |
The soup is good and hot. | |
21. adj. Holy (especially when capitalized). | |
Good Friday | |
22. adj. of quantities | |
23. adj. Reasonable in amount. | |
all in good time | |
24. adj. Large in amount or size. | |
a good while longer; a good number of seeds; A good part of his day was spent shopping. It will be a good while longer until he | |
25. adj. Full; entire; at least as much as. | |
This hill will take a good hour and a half to climb. The car was a good ten miles away. | |
26. interj. That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation. | |
Good! I can leave now. | |
27. adv. (nonstandard) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly. | |
28. n. The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence. | |
29. n. A result that is positive in the view of the speaker. | |
30. n. The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc. | |
The best is the enemy of the good. | |
31. n. (usually in plural) An item of merchandise. | |
32. v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve. | |
33. v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make good; turn to good; improve. | |
34. v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make improvements or repairs. | |
35. v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To benefit; gain. | |
36. v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain. | |
37. v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To satisfy; indulge; gratify. | |
38. v. (reflexive, now chiefly dialectal) To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate. | |
39. v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise. | |
looks |
1. n. plural of look | |
2. n. (pluralonly) One's appearance or attractiveness. | |
His charm and good looks accounted for much of his popularity in the polls. | |
Looks can be deceiving. | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of look | |
look |
1. v. (intransitive, often, with "at") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes. | |
Look at my new car! Don’t look in the closet. | |
2. v. To appear, to seem. | |
It looks as if it’s going to rain soon. | |
3. v. (copulative) To give an appearance of being. | |
That painting looks nice. | |
4. v. (intransitive, often, with "for") To search for, to try to find. | |
5. v. To face or present a view. | |
The hotel looks over the valleys of the HinduKush. | |
6. v. To expect or anticipate. | |
I look to each hour for my lover’s arrival. | |
7. v. To express or manifest by a look. | |
8. v. (transitive, often, with "to") To make sure of, to see to. | |
9. v. (dated, sometimes figurative) To show oneself in looking. | |
Look out of the window i.e. lean out while I speak to you. | |
10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To look at; to turn the eyes toward. | |
11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To seek; to search for. | |
12. v. (transitive, obsolete) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence. | |
to look down opposition | |
13. v. (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it. | |
The fastball caught him looking. | |
Clem Labine struck Mays out looking at his last at bat. | |
It's unusual for Mays to strike out looking. He usually takes a cut at it. | |
14. interj. Pay attention. | |
Look, I'm going to explain what to do, so you have to listen closely. | |
15. n. The action of looking; an attempt to see. | |
Let’s have a look under the hood of the car. | |
16. n. (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression. | |
She got her mother’s looks. | |
I don’t like the look of the new design. | |
17. n. A facial expression. | |
He gave me a dirty look. | |
If looks could kill ... | |
are |
1. v. second-person singular present of be | |
Mary, where are you going? | |
2. v. first-person plural present of be | |
We are not coming. | |
3. v. second-person plural present of be | |
Mary and John, are you listening? | |
4. v. third-person plural present of be | |
They are here somewhere. | |
5. v. (East Yorkshire, Midlands) present of be | |
6. n. (dialectal, or obsolete) grace, mercy | |
To bid God's are. | |
God's are is what children of God seech and seek. | |
7. n. (obsolete) honour, dignity | |
8. n. (rare) an accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a | |
be |
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence. | |
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist. | |
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place. | |
The cup is on the table. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place. | |
When will the meeting be? | |
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar. | |
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come. | |
I have been to Spain many times. | |
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating. | |
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same. | |
Knowledge is bliss. | |
Hi, I’m Jim. | |
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same. | |
3 times 5 is fifteen. | |
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal. | |
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995. | |
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it. | |
The sky is blue. | |
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase. | |
The sky is a deep blue today. | |
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice. | |
The dog was drowned by the boy. | |
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses. | |
The woman is walking. | |
I shall be writing to you soon. | |
We liked to chat while we were eating. | |
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go". | |
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic. | |
I am to leave tomorrow. | |
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car. | |
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement. | |
This building is three hundred years old. | |
I am 75 kilograms. | |
He’s about 6 feet tall. | |
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years. | |
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.) | |
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day. | |
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.) | |
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo. | |
What time is it there? It’s night. | |
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event. | |
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period) | |
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him. | |
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like. | |
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid. | |
Why is it so dark in here? | |
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way. | |
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.". | |
Why is he being nice to me? | |
an |
1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound | |
2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable | |
3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable | |
4. conj. (archaic) If | |
5. conj. (archaic) So long as. | |
An it harm none, do what ye will. | |
6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though. | |
7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri). | |
8. prep. In each; to or for each; per. | |
I was only going twenty miles an hour. | |
outward |
1. adj. outer; located towards the outside | |
2. adj. visible, noticeable | |
By all outward indications, he's a normal happy child, but if you talk to him, you will soon realize he has some psychological problems. | |
3. adj. Tending to the exterior or outside. | |
4. adj. (obsolete) Foreign; not civil or intestine. | |
an outward war | |
5. adv. Towards the outside; away from the centre. | |
We are outward bound. | |
6. adv. (obsolete) Outwardly, in outer appearances; publicly. | |
7. v. (obsolete, rare) To ward off; to keep out. | |
8. n. A ward in a detached building connected with a hospital. | |
sign |
1. n. (sometimes also used uncountably) A visible indication. | |
Their angry expressions were a clear sign they didn't want to talk. | |
Those clouds show signs of raining soon. | |
Those clouds show little sign of raining soon. | |
Signs of disease are objective, whereas symptoms are subjective. | |
The sharp sign indicates that the pitch of the note is raised a half step. | |
I gave them a thumbs-up sign. | |
2. n. (North America, AU) Physical evidence left by an animal. | |
The hunters found deer sign at the end of the trail. | |
3. n. A clearly visible object, generally flat, bearing a short message in words or pictures. | |
The sign in the window advertised a room for rent. | |
I missed the sign at the corner so I took the wrong turn. | |
4. n. A wonder; miracle; prodigy. | |
5. n. (astrology) An astrological sign. | |
Your sign is Taurus? That's no surprise. | |
6. n. (mathematics) Positive or negative polarity. (Note: it is improper to place a sign on the number zero) | |
I got the magnitude right, but the sign was wrong. | |
7. n. A specific gesture or motion used to communicate by those with speaking or hearing difficulties; now specifically, a linguistic unit in sign language equivalent to word in spoken languages. | |
8. n. Sign language in general. | |
Sorry, I don't know sign very well. | |
9. n. An omen. | |
"It's a sign of the end of the world," the doom prophet said. | |
10. n. (medicine) A property of the body that indicates a disease and, unlike a symptom, is unlikely to be noticed by the patient. | |
11. n. A military emblem carried on a banner or standard. | |
12. v. To make a mark | |
13. v. (transitive, now rare) To seal (a document etc.) with an identifying seal or symbol. | |
The Queen signed her letter with the regal signet. | |
14. v. To mark, to put or leave a mark on. | |
15. v. To validate or ratify (a document) by writing one's signature on it. | |
16. v. More generally, to write one's signature on (something) as a means of identification etc. | |
I forgot to sign that letter to my aunt. | |
17. v. (transitive or reflexive) To write (one's name) as a signature. | |
Just sign your name at the bottom there. | |
I received a letter from some woman who signs herself ‘Mrs Trellis’. | |
18. v. (intransitive) To write one's signature. | |
Please sign on the dotted line. | |
19. v. (intransitive) To finalise a contractual agreement to work for a given sports team, record label etc. | |
20. v. To engage (a sports player, musician etc.) in a contract. | |
It was a great month. I managed to sign three major players. | |
21. v. To make the sign of the cross | |
22. v. To bless (someone or something) with the sign of the cross; to mark with the sign of the cross. | |
23. v. (reflexive) To cross oneself. | |
24. v. To indicate | |
25. v. (intransitive) To communicate using a gesture or signal. | |
26. v. To communicate using gestures to (someone). | |
He signed me that I should follow him through the doorway. | |
27. v. (intransitive) To use sign language. | |
28. v. To furnish (a road etc.) with signs. | |
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. | |
good |
1. adj. of people | |
2. adj. Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral. | |
good intentions | |
3. adj. Competent or talented. | |
a good swimmer | |
4. adj. Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit. | |
Can you lend me fifty dollars? You know I'm good for it. | |
5. adj. (US) Satisfied or at ease | |
Would you like a glass of water? — I'm good. | |
Are you good? — Yeah, I'm fine. | |
6. adj. of capabilities | |
7. adj. Useful for a particular purpose; functional. | |
it’s a good watch; the flashlight batteries are still good | |
8. adj. Effective. | |
a good worker | |
9. adj. (obsolete) Real; actual; serious. | |
in good sooth | |
10. adj. of properties and qualities | |
11. adj. (of food) | |
12. adj. # Edible; not stale or rotten. | |
# The bread is still good. | |
13. adj. # Having a particularly pleasant taste. | |
# The food was very good. | |
14. adj. # Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements. | |
# Eat a good dinner so you will be ready for the big game tomorrow. | |
15. adj. Healthful. | |
carrots are good for you; walking is good for you | |
16. adj. Pleasant; enjoyable. | |
the music, dancing, and food were very good; we had a good time | |
17. adj. Favourable. | |
a good omen; good weather | |
18. adj. Beneficial; worthwhile. | |
a good job | |
19. adj. Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious. | |
20. adj. (colloquial, when with and) Very, extremely. | |
The soup is good and hot. | |
21. adj. Holy (especially when capitalized). | |
Good Friday | |
22. adj. of quantities | |
23. adj. Reasonable in amount. | |
all in good time | |
24. adj. Large in amount or size. | |
a good while longer; a good number of seeds; A good part of his day was spent shopping. It will be a good while longer until he | |
25. adj. Full; entire; at least as much as. | |
This hill will take a good hour and a half to climb. The car was a good ten miles away. | |
26. interj. That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation. | |
Good! I can leave now. | |
27. adv. (nonstandard) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly. | |
28. n. The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence. | |
29. n. A result that is positive in the view of the speaker. | |
30. n. The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc. | |
The best is the enemy of the good. | |
31. n. (usually in plural) An item of merchandise. | |
32. v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve. | |
33. v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make good; turn to good; improve. | |
34. v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To make improvements or repairs. | |
35. v. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To benefit; gain. | |
36. v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain. | |
37. v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To satisfy; indulge; gratify. | |
38. v. (reflexive, now chiefly dialectal) To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate. | |
39. v. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise. | |
health |
1. n. The state of being free from physical or psychological disease, illness, or malfunction; wellness. | |
I think she has autism, ADHD or some other mental health problem. | |
2. n. A state of well-being or balance, often physical but sometimes also mental and social; the overall level of function of an organism from the cellular (micro) level to the social (macro) level. | |
The directors are concerned about the financial health of the project. | |
3. n. Physical condition. | |
4. n. (obsolete) Cure, remedy. | |
5. n. A toast to prosperity. | |
6. n. (video games) The amount of damage an in-game object can withstand before it is destroyed. | |
The enemies on this level have a lot of health. | |
7. n. (obsolete) A warrior; hero; man. | |