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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.
presumed
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of presume
     2. adj. appearing to be the most probable, often with some preparations starting to be made for it.
     presume
          1. v. With infinitive object: to be so presumptuous as (to do something) without proper authority or permission.
                I wouldn't presume to tell him how to do his job.
          2. v. (transitive, now rare) To perform, do (something) without authority; to lay claim to without permission.
                Don't make the decision yourself and presume too much.
          3. v. To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose.
                Paw-prints in the snow presume a visit from next door's cat.
                Dr. Livingstone, I presume?
          4. v. (intransitive) To be presumptuous; with on, upon, to take advantage (of), to take liberties (with).
cause
     1. n. (often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
           They identified a burst pipe as the cause of the flooding.
     2. n. (especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
           There is no cause for alarm.
           The end of the war was a cause for celebration.
     3. n. A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
     4. n. (obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
     5. n. (obsolete) Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
     6. n. (legal) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
     7. v. To set off an event or action.
           The lightning caused thunder.
     8. v. To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
           His dogged determination caused the fundraising to be successful.
     9. v. To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
force
     1. n. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
           the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract
     2. n. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
     3. n. Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.
     4. n. (physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body which is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn)
     5. n. Something or anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else.
     6. n. A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
           police force
     7. n. The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
           show of force
     8. n. A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving the apparent free choice of a card by another person.
     9. n. (legal) Legal validity.
           The law will come into force in January.
     10. n. (legal) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
     11. n. (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, ...) to effect a given meaning.
     12. n. (science fiction) A binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power in the fictional Star Wars universe created by George Lucas.
     13. v. To violate (a woman); to rape.
     14. v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
     15. v. To compel (someone or something) to do something.
     16. v. To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
     17. v. To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
     18. v. To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
           The comedian's jokes weren't funny, but I forced a laugh now and then.
     19. v. To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
           To force a lock.
     20. v. To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
     21. v. (transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.
           Jones forced the runner at second by stepping on the bag.
     22. v. (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
     23. v. (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
     24. v. (archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
     25. v. (obsolete) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
     26. n. (Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.
     27. v. To stuff; to lard; to farce.
principle
     1. n. A fundamental assumption or guiding belief.
           We need some sort of principles to reason from.
     2. n. A rule used to choose among solutions to a problem.
           The principle of least privilege holds that a process should only receive the permissions it needs.
     3. n. (sometimes pluralized) Moral rule or aspect.
           I don't doubt your principles.
           You are clearly a person of principle.
           It's the principle of the thing; I won't do business with someone I can't trust.
     4. n. (physics) A rule or law of nature, or the basic idea on how the laws of nature are applied.
           Bernoulli's Principle
           The Pauli Exclusion Principle prevents two fermions from occupying the same state.
           The principle of the internal combustion engine
     5. n. A fundamental essence, particularly one producing a given quality.
           Many believe that life is the result of some vital principle.
     6. n. (obsolete) A beginning.
     7. n. A source, or origin; that from which anything proceeds; fundamental substance or energy; primordial substance; ultimate element, or cause.
     8. n. An original faculty or endowment.
     9. v. To equip with principles; to establish, or fix, in certain principles; to impress with any tenet or rule of conduct.
or
     1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
           In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
           He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
     2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
     3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
     4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
           It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
     5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
           The country Myanmar, or Burma
     6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
     7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
     10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
     11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
divine
     1. adj. Of or pertaining to a god.
     2. adj. Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.
     3. adj. Of superhuman or surpassing excellence.
     4. adj. Beautiful, heavenly.
     5. adj. (obsolete) Foreboding; prescient.
     6. adj. Relating to divinity or theology.
     7. n. One skilled in divinity; a theologian.
     8. n. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
     9. n. (often capitalized, with 'the') God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept.
     10. v. To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.
     11. v. To guess or discover (something) through intuition or insight.
     12. v. To search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod.
     13. v. To render divine; to deify.
Will
     1. n. (American football) A weak-side linebacker.
     2. v. (rare, transitive) To wish, desire (something).
           Do what you will.
     3. v. (rare, intransitive) To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
     4. v. (auxiliary) To habitually do (a given action).
     5. v. (auxiliary) To choose to (do something), used to express intention but without any temporal connotations (+ bare infinitive).
     6. v. (auxiliary) Used to express the future tense, sometimes with some implication of volition when used in the first person. Compare shall.
     7. v. (auxiliary) To be able to, to have the capacity to.
           Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.
     8. n. One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.
           Of course, man's will is often regulated by his reason.
     9. n. One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.
           Eventually I submitted to my parents' will.
     10. n. The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.
           Most creatures have a will to live.
     11. n. (law) A formal declaration of one's intent concerning the disposal of one's property and holdings after death; the legal document stating such wishes.
     12. n. (archaic) That which is desired; one's wish.
     13. n. (archaic) Desire, longing. (Now generally merged with later senses.)
           He felt a great will to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
     14. v. (archaic) To wish, desire.
     15. v. (transitive, intransitive) To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
     16. v. To try to make (something) happen by using one's will (intention).
           All the fans were willing their team to win the game.
     17. v. To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
           He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.
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.
predetermines
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of predetermine
     predetermine
          1. v. To determine or decide in advance.
          2. v. To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.
events
     1. n. plural of event
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of event
     event
          1. n. An occurrence; something that happens.
          2. n. A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)
                I went to an event in San Francisco last week.
                Where will the event be held?
          3. n. One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
          4. n. An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
                In the event, he turned out to have what I needed anyway.
          5. n. (physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
          6. n. (computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a s
          7. n. (probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
                IfX is a random variable representing the toss of a six-sided die, then its sample space could be denoted as 1,2,3,4,5,6. Examples of events could be:X = 1,X = 2, X \ge 5, X \not = 4, andX \isi
          8. n. (obsolete) An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
          9. n. (medicine) An episode of severe health conditions.
          10. v. (obsolete) To occur, take place.
          11. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.
          12. v. (obsolete, transitive) To expose to the air, ventilate.
          13. v. cln, en, basic words
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