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. | |
Issue |
1. n. A Monacan Indian; a member of a Mestee group originating in Amherst County, Virginia. | |
2. n. The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly: | |
3. n. (military) A movement of soldiers towards an enemy, a sortie. | |
4. n. (now) The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly label, en, now, _, rare in abnormal amounts. | |
The technique minimizes the issue of blood from the incision. | |
5. n. Someone or something that flows out or comes out, particularly: | |
6. n. (medical) The bodily fluid drained through a natural or artificial issue. | |
7. n. (now) Offspring: one's natural child or children. | |
He died intestate and without issue, so the extended family have all lawyered up. | |
8. n. (figuratively) Progeny: all one's lineal descendants. | |
Although his own kingdom disappeared, his issue went on to rule a quarter of Europe. | |
9. n. (figuratively) A race of people considered as the descendants of some common ancestor. | |
10. n. (now) The produce or income derived from farmland or rental properties. | |
3. A conveys to B all right to the real property aforementioned for a term of _____ years, with all said real property's attendant issues, rents | |
11. n. (historical) Income derived from fines levied by a court or law-enforcement officer; the fines themselves. | |
12. n. (obsolete) The entrails of a slaughtered animal. | |
13. n. (rare) Any action or deed performed by a person. | |
14. n. (obsolete) Luck considered as the favor or disfavor of nature, the gods, or God. | |
15. n. (publishing) A single edition of a newspaper or other periodical publication. | |
Yeah, I just got the June issue of Wombatboy. | |
16. n. The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly(publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a w | |
The May 1918 issue of US 24-cent stamps became famous when a printer's error inverted its depiction of an airmail plane. | |
17. n. (finance) Any financial instrument issued by a company. | |
The company's issues have included bonds, stocks, and other securities. | |
18. n. The loan of a book etc. from a library to a patron; all such loans by a given library during a given period. | |
19. n. The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly: | |
20. n. (obsolete) A sewer. | |
21. n. The place where something flows or comes out, an outlet, particularly: | |
22. n. (obsolete) An exit from a room or building. | |
23. n. (now) A confluence: the mouth of a river; the outlet of a lake or other body of water. | |
24. n. The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly: | |
The issue of the directive from the treasury prompted the central bank's most recent issue of currency. | |
25. n. (historical) A small incision, tear, or artificial ulcer, used to drain fluid and usually held open with a pea or other small object. | |
26. n. The production or distribution of something for general use. | |
Congress delegated the issue of US currency to the Federal Reserve in 1913. | |
27. n. The distribution of something (particularly rations or standardized provisions) to someone or some group. | |
The uniform was standard prison issue. | |
28. n. (finance) The action or an instance of a company selling bonds, stock, or other securities. | |
The company's stock issue diluted his ownership. | |
29. n. Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly: | |
Please stand by. We are having technical issues. | |
30. n. (law) A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court. | |
The issue before the court is whether participation in a group blog makes the plaintiff a public figure under the relevant statute. | |
31. n. (figuratively) Anything in dispute, an area of disagreement whose resolution is being debated or decided. | |
For chrissakes, John, don't make an issue out of it. Just sleep on the floor if you want. | |
32. n. (rare) A dispute between two alternatives, a dilemma. | |
33. n. (now) A psychological or emotional difficulty, label en now _ informal figurative _ and _ usually _ euphemistic any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty. | |
She has daddy issues, mommy issues, drug issues, money issues, trust issues, printer issues... Imma just sayin', girl's got issues. | |
34. n. The action or an instance of concluding something, particularly: | |
35. n. (obsolete) The end of any action or process. | |
36. n. (obsolete) The end of any period of time. | |
37. n. The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly: | |
38. n. (now) The result of a discussion or negotiation, an agreement. | |
39. n. (obsolete) The result of an investigation or consideration, a conclusion. | |
40. n. (figurative) The action or an instance of feeling some emotion. | |
41. n. (figurative) The action or an instance of leaving any state or condition. | |
42. n. (figuratively) All of something. | |
The bloody sergeant snaffled our whole issue of booze, dammit. | |
43. v. To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from. | |
The water issued forth from the spring. | |
The rents issuing from the land permitted him to live as a man of independent means. | |
44. v. To rush out, to sally forth. | |
The men issued from the town and attacked the besiegers. | |
45. v. To extend into, to open onto. | |
The road issues into the highway. | |
46. v. To turn out in a certain way, to result in. | |
47. v. (legal) To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue. | |
48. v. To send out; to put into circulation. | |
The Federal Reserve issues US dollars. | |
49. v. To deliver for use. | |
The prison issued new uniforms for the inmates. | |
50. v. To deliver by authority. | |
The court issued a writ of mandamus. | |
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? | |
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. | |
complex |
1. adj. Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple. | |
a complex being; a complex idea | |
2. adj. Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated. | |
3. adj. (mathematics) Of a number, of the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is a square root of −1. | |
complex function | |
4. adj. (geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself. | |
5. n. A network of interconnected systems. | |
military-industrial complex | |
6. n. A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base. | |
7. n. An assemblage of related things; a collection. | |
8. n. (psychology) A psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing. | |
Jim has a real complex about working for a woman boss. | |
9. n. An organized cluster of thunderstorms. | |
10. n. (chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules. | |
11. n. (math) A complex number. | |
12. v. (chemistry, intransitive) To form a complex with another substance | |
13. v. To complicate. | |
one |
1. num. (cardinal) The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number. | |
In some religions, there is only one god. | |
In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth. | |
One person, one vote. | |
2. num. (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers. | |
3. num. (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set. | |
4. num. (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one. | |
5. pron. (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group. | |
The big one looks good. I want the green one. A good driver is one who drives carefully. | |
6. pron. (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other. | |
She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other. | |
7. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general). | |
One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed. One shouldn’t be too quick to judge. | |
8. pron. (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing. | |
"driver", noun: one who drives. | |
9. n. The digit or figure 1. | |
10. n. (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring. | |
11. n. (US) A one-dollar bill. | |
12. n. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single. | |
13. n. A joke or amusing anecdote. | |
14. n. (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing. | |
15. n. (Internet slang) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1". | |
A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?! | |
Someone help me; I'm always losing! | |
B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1! | |
Why don't you just go away loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
16. adj. Of a period of time, being particular. | |
One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries. | |
17. adj. Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any. | |
My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other.". | |
18. adj. Sole, only. | |
He is the one man who can help you. | |
19. adj. Whole, entire. | |
Body and soul are not separate; they are one. | |
20. adj. In agreement. | |
We are one on the importance of learning. | |
21. adj. The same. | |
The two types look very different, but are one species. | |
22. adj. Being a preeminent example. | |
He is one hell of a guy. | |
23. adj. Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain". | |
The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”. | |
24. v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite. | |
and |
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. | |
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs. | |
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences. | |
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first. | |
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but. | |
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often | |
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements. | |
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition. | |
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause. | |
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’. | |
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come, | |
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other". | |
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb). | |
14. conj. Expressing a condition.: | |
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that. | |
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though. | |
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat. | |
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath. | |
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog. | |
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine. | |
hasn't |
1. v. Has not (negative auxiliaryArnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, , Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513). | |
has |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of have | |
have |
Additional archaic forms are second-person singular present tense hast, third-person singular present tense hath, present participle haveing, and second-person singular past tense hadst. | |
1. v. To possess, own, hold. | |
I have a house and a car. | |
Look what I have here — a frog I found on the street! | |
2. v. To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship). | |
I have two sisters. | |
I have a lot of work to do. | |
3. v. To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action. | |
I have breakfast at six o'clock. | |
Can I have a look at that? | |
I'm going to have some pizza and a beer right now. | |
4. v. To be scheduled to attend or participate in. | |
What class do you have right now? I have English. | |
Fred won't be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day. | |
5. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) (Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.) | |
I have already eaten today. | |
I had already eaten. | |
6. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to. | |
I have to go. | |
7. v. To give birth to. | |
The couple always wanted to have children. | |
My wife is having the baby right now! | |
My mother had me when she was 25. | |
8. v. To engage in sexual intercourse with. | |
He's always bragging about how many women he's had. | |
9. v. To accept as a romantic partner. | |
Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me. | |
10. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation. | |
They had me feed their dog while they were out of town. | |
11. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be. | |
He had him arrested for trespassing. | |
The lecture's ending had the entire audience in tears. | |
12. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.) | |
The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week. | |
I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice. | |
13. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being. | |
Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening. | |
14. v. (Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below.)) | |
We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we? | |
Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she? | |
(UK usage) He has some money, hasn't he? | |
15. v. (UK, slang) To defeat in a fight; take. | |
I could have him! | |
I'm gonna have you! | |
16. v. (dated) To be able to speak a language. | |
I have no German. | |
17. v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of. | |
Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before. | |
18. v. To be afflicted with, suffer from. | |
He had a cold last week. | |
19. v. To experience, go through, undergo. | |
We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that. | |
He had surgery on his hip yesterday. | |
I'm having the time of my life! | |
20. v. To trick, to deceive. | |
You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke. | |
21. v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate. | |
The child screamed incessantly for his mother to buy him a toy, but she wasn't having any of it. | |
I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night. | |
22. v. (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by. | |
I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it. | |
23. v. To host someone; to take in as a guest. | |
Thank you for having me! | |
24. v. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation. | |
What do you have for problem two? | |
I have two contacts on my scope. | |
25. v. (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case. | |
We'll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon. | |
26. n. A wealthy or privileged person. | |
27. n. (uncommon) One who has some (contextually specified) thing. | |
28. n. (AU, NZ, informal) A fraud or deception; something misleading. | |
They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have. | |
not |
1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb. | |
Did you take out the trash? No, I did not. | |
Not knowing any better, I went ahead. | |
2. adv. To no degree. | |
That is not red; it's orange. | |
3. conj. And not. | |
I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken. | |
He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple. | |
4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically. | |
I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not! | |
Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not! | |
5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function. | |
You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip. | |
6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not. | |
been |
1. v. past participle of be | |
2. v. (obsolete) plural present of be | |
3. v. (Southern US) of be | |
4. n. (UK dialectal) plural of bee | |
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? | |
helped |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of help | |
help |
1. n. Action given to provide assistance; aid. | |
I need some help with my homework. | |
2. n. (usually) Something or someone which provides assistance with a task. | |
He was a great help to me when I was moving house. | |
I've printed out a list of math helps. | |
3. n. Documentation provided with computer software, etc. and accessed using the computer. | |
I can't find anything in the help about rotating an image. | |
4. n. (usually) One or more people employed to help in the maintenance of a house or the operation of a farm or enterprise. | |
The help is coming round this morning to clean. | |
Most of the hired help is seasonal, for the harvest. | |
5. n. Correction of deficits, as by psychological counseling or medication or social support or remedial training. | |
His suicide attempts were a cry for help. | |
He really needs help in handling customer complaints. | |
“He’s a real road-rager.” / “Yup, he really needs help, maybe anger management.” | |
6. v. To provide assistance to (someone or something). | |
He helped his grandfather cook breakfast. | |
7. v. To contribute in some way to. | |
The white paint on the walls helps make the room look brighter. | |
If you want to get a job, it helps to have some prior experience. | |
8. v. (intransitive) To provide assistance. | |
She was struggling with the groceries, so I offered to help. | |
Please, help! | |
9. v. To avoid; to prevent; to refrain from; to restrain (oneself). Usually used in nonassertive contexts with can. | |
We couldn’t help noticing that you were late. | |
We couldn’t help but notice that you were late. | |
She’s trying not to smile, but she can’t help herself. | |
Can I help it if I'm so beautiful? | |
Can I help it that I fell in love with you? | |
Are they going to beat us? Not if I can help it! | |
10. interj. A cry of distress or an urgent request for assistance | |
— Take that, you scoundrel.— Help! Robin, help! (Robin Hood (1973)) | |
by |
1. prep. Near or next to. | |
The mailbox is by the bus stop. | |
2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval. | |
Be back by ten o'clock! We will send it by the first week of July. | |
3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of. | |
The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour. | |
4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of. | |
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare | |
5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of. | |
6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of. | |
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking. | |
7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination. | |
The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight. | |
8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed. | |
I sorted the items by category. By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife. | |
9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of. | |
Our stock is up by ten percent. | |
10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another. | |
We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches. | |
11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to. | |
He cheated by his own admission. | |
12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of. | |
By Jove! I think she's got it! By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this. | |
13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something. | |
It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix. The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot. The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm. | |
14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of. | |
She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress. | |
15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker. | |
I watched as it passed by. | |
16. adv. In the vicinity, near. | |
There was a shepherd close by. | |
The shop is hard by the High Street. | |
17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business. | |
I'll stop by on my way home from work. | |
We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave. | |
18. adv. Aside, away. | |
The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring. | |
19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary. | |
20. n. (card games) A pass | |
21. interj. alternative spelling of bye | |
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. | |
spin |
1. v. To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction. | |
I spun myself around a few times. | |
Spin the ball on the floor. | |
She spun around and gave him a big smile. | |
2. v. To make yarn by twisting and winding fibers together. | |
They spin the cotton into thread. | |
3. v. To present, describe, or interpret, or to introduce a bias or slant, so as to give something a favorable or advantageous appearance. | |
4. v. (cricket, of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways when it bounces on the pitch. | |
5. v. (cricket, of a ball) To move sideways when bouncing. | |
6. v. (cooking) To form into thin strips or ribbons, as with sugar | |
7. v. To form (a web, a cocoon, silk, etc.) from threads produced by the extrusion of a viscid, transparent liquid, which hardens on coming into contact with the air; said of the spider, the silkworm, etc. | |
8. v. To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe. | |
9. v. To move swiftly. | |
to spin along the road in a carriage, on a bicycle, etc. | |
10. v. To stream or issue in a thread or a small current or jet. | |
Blood spins from a vein. | |
11. v. (computing, programming, intransitive) To wait in a loop until some condition becomes true. | |
12. v. (transitive, informal) To play (vinyl records, etc.) as a disc jockey. | |
13. n. Rapid circular motion. | |
The car went into a spin. | |
The skaters demonstrated their spins. | |
He put some spin on the cue ball. | |
14. n. (physics) A quantum angular momentum associated with subatomic particles, which also creates a magnetic moment. | |
15. n. A favourable comment or interpretation intended to bias opinion on an otherwise unpleasant situation. | |
Try to put a positive spin on the disappointing sales figures. | |
The politician was mocked in the press for his reliance on spin rather than facts. | |
16. n. (sports) Rotation of the ball as it flies through the air; sideways movement of the ball as it bounces. | |
17. n. A condition of flight where a stalled aircraft is simultaneously pitching, yawing and rolling in a spinning motion. | |
18. n. A brief trip by vehicle, especially one made for pleasure. | |
I'm off out for a spin in my new sports car. | |
19. n. A bundle of spun material; a mass of strands and filaments. | |
20. n. A single play of a record by a radio station. | |
21. n. (dated) Unmarried woman, spinster. | |
and |
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. | |
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs. | |
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences. | |
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first. | |
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but. | |
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often | |
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements. | |
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition. | |
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause. | |
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’. | |
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come, | |
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other". | |
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb). | |
14. conj. Expressing a condition.: | |
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that. | |
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though. | |
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat. | |
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath. | |
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog. | |
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine. | |
bluster |
1. n. Pompous, officious talk. | |
2. n. A gust of wind. | |
3. n. Fitful noise and violence. | |
4. v. To speak or protest loudly. | |
When confronted by opposition his reaction was to bluster, which often cowed the meek. | |
5. v. To act or speak in an unduly threatening manner. | |
6. v. To blow in strong or sudden gusts. | |
from |
1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at. | |
This wine comes from France. | |
I got a letter from my brother. | |
2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at. | |
He had books piled from floor to ceiling. | |
He left yesterday from Chicago. | |
Face away from the wall! | |
3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation. | |
20 from 31 leaves 11. | |
4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of. | |
An umbrella protects from the sun. | |
He knows right from wrong. | |
both |
1. det. Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items. | |
"Did you want this one or that one?" — "Give me both.". | |
Both children are such dolls. | |
2. det. Each of the two kinds; one and the other kind; referring to several individuals or items which are divided into two groups. | |
3. conj. Including both of (used with and). | |
Both you and I are students. | |
4. conj. (obsolete) Including all of (used with and). | |
sides |
1. n. plural of side. | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of side | |
side |
1. n. A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape. | |
A square has four sides. | |
2. n. A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face. | |
A cube has six sides. | |
3. n. One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone. | |
Which side of the tray shall I put it on? The patient was bleeding on the right side. | |
4. n. A region in a specified position with respect to something. | |
Meet me on the north side of the monument. | |
5. n. The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back. | |
I generally sleep on my side. | |
6. n. One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.) | |
John wrote 15 sides for his essay! | |
7. n. One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing. | |
Look on the bright side. | |
8. n. One set of competitors in a game. | |
Which side has kick-off? | |
9. n. (Australia) A sports team. | |
10. n. A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition. | |
In the second world war, the Italians were on the side of the Germans. | |
11. n. (music) A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz. | |
12. n. (sports) Sidespin; english | |
He had to put a bit of side on to hit the pink ball. | |
13. n. (UK, Australia, Ireland, dated) A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (from when there were only two channels). | |
I just want to see what's on the other side — James said there was a good film on tonight. | |
14. n. (US, colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish. | |
Do you want a side of cole-slaw with that? | |
15. n. A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another. | |
his mother's side of the family | |
16. n. (baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher | |
17. n. (slang) An unjustified air of self-importance. | |
18. v. (intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with". | |
Which will you side with, good or evil? | |
19. v. To lean on one side. | |
20. v. (transitive, obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward. | |
21. v. (transitive, obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match. | |
22. v. (transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides. | |
23. v. To furnish with a siding. | |
to side a house | |
24. v. (transitive, cooking) To provide with, as a side or accompaniment. | |
25. adj. Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral. | |
26. adj. Indirect; oblique; incidental. | |
a side issue; a side view or remark | |
27. adj. (UK archaic, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching. | |
28. adj. (Scotland) Far; distant. | |
29. adv. (UK dialectal) Widely; wide; far. | |