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there
     1. adv. (location) In a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) at some distance from the speaker (compare here).
     2. adv. (figuratively) In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place.
           He did not stop there, but continued his speech.
           They patched up their differences, but matters did not end there.
     3. adv. (location) To or into that place; thither.
     4. adv. (obsolete) Where, there where, in which place.
     5. adv. In existence or in this world; see pronoun section below.
     6. interj. Used to offer encouragement or sympathy.
           There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.
     7. interj. Used to express victory or completion.
           There! That knot should hold.
     8. n. That place.
     9. n. That status; that position.
           You get it ready; I'll take it from there.
     10. pron. Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.
           There are two apples on the table. =Two apples are on the table.
           There is no way to do it. =No way to do it exists.
           Is there an answer? =Does an answer exist?
           No, there isn't. =No, one doesn't exist.
     11. pron. Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.
           If x is a positive number, then there exists =there is a positive number y less than x.
           There remain several problems with this approach. =Several problems remain with this approach.
           Once upon a time, in a now-forgotten kingdom, there lived a woodsman with his wife. =There was a woodsman, who lived with his wife.
           There arose a great wind out of the east. =There was now a great wind, arising in the east.
     12. pron. Used with other verbs, when raised.
           There seems to be some difficulty with the papers. =It seems that there is some difficulty with the papers.
           I expected there to be a simpler solution. =I expected that there would be a simpler solution.
           There are beginning to be complications. =It's beginning to be the case that there are complications.
     13. pron. (in combination with certain prepositions, no longer productive) That.
           therefor, thereat, thereunder
     14. pron. (colloquial) Used to replace an unknown name, principally in greetings and farewells
           Hi there, young fellow.
     15. contraction. misspelling of they’re
     16. det. misspelling of their
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?
No
     1. adv. (archaic) Alternative form of No.
     2. n. Alternative form of No.
     3. n. Alternative form of Noh: a form of classical Japanese drama.
     4. det. Not any.
           no one
           There is no water left.
           No hot dogs were sold yesterday.
           No customer personal data will be retained unless it is rendered anonymous.
           There was no score at the end of the first period. (The score was 0-0.)
     5. det. Hardly any.
           We'll be finished in no time at all.
     6. det. Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).
           No smoking
           There's no stopping her once she gets going.
     7. det. Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.
           My mother's no fool.
           Working nine to five every day is no life.
     8. adv. (now only used with comparatives, except in Scotland) Not, not at all.
           It is a different kind of torture, but no less gruesome.
           I just want to find out whether she's coming or no.
     9. part. Used to show disagreement or negation.
           No, you are mistaken.
           No, you may not watch television now.
     10. part. Used to show agreement with a negative question.
           "Don’t you like milk?" "No" (i.e., "No, I don’t like milk.")
     11. part. (colloquial) As if to say, "No, don’t doubt this!", or to deny an imagined contradictory statement, used to show intense agreement
           No, totally.
           No, yeah, that's exactly right.
           "Wow!" "Yeah, no, it was really awful!".
           No, yeah
     12. n. A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement or disapproval.
     13. n. A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.
           The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".
     14. adv. (archaic) Alternative form of No.
     15. n. Alternative form of No.
Absolute
     1. n. (philosophy) That which is totally unconditioned, unrestricted, pure, perfect, or complete; that which can be thought of without relation to others.
     2. adj. Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.
     3. adj.          Unrestricted by laws, a constitution, or parliamentary or judicial or other checks; (legally) unlimited in power, especially if despotic.
     4. adj.         # Characteristic of an absolutist ruler: domineering, peremptory.
     5. adj. Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree.
           absolute purity, absolute liberty
     6. adj. Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed.
           absolute alcohol
     7. adj. Complete, utter, outright; unmitigated, not qualified or diminished in any way.
           When caught, he told an absolute lie.   an absolute denial of all charges
     8. adj. Positive, certain; unquestionable.
     9. adj. (archaic) Certain; free from doubt or uncertainty (e.g. a person, opinion or prediction).
     10. adj. (especially, philosophy) Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards.
           the doctrine that absolute knowledge of things is possible, an absolute principle
           Absolute rights and duties are such as pertain to man in a state of nature as contradistinguished from relative rights and duties, or such as pertain to him in his social relations.
     11. adj. (physics) Independent of arbitrary units of measurement, standards, or properties; not comparative or relative.
           absolute velocity, absolute motion, absolute position
     12. adj.          Having reference to or derived in the simplest manner from the fundamental units of mass, time, and length.
     13. adj.          Relating to the absolute temperature scale (based on absolute zero); kelvin.
     14. adj. (grammar) Not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence; not in a syntactical relation with other parts of a text, or qualifying the text as a whole rather than any single word in it, l
     15. adj.          (of a case form) Syntactically connected to the rest of the sentence in an atypical manner, or not relating to or depending on it, like in the nominati
     16. adj.          (of an adjective or possessive pronoun) Lacking a modified substantive, like "hungry" in "feed the hungry".
     17. adj.          (of a comparative, or superlative) Expressing a relative term without a definite comparison, like "older" in "an older person should be treated with re
     18. adj.          (of an, adjective form) Positive; not graded (not comparative or superlative).
     19. adj.          (of a usually-transitive verb) Having no direct object, like "kill" in "if looks could kill".
     20. adj.          (Irish, Welsh) Being or pertaining to an inflected verb that is not preceded by any number of articles or compounded with a preverb.
     21. adj. (math) As measured using an absolute value.
           absolute deviation
           absolute square
           mean absolute difference
     22. adj. (math) Indicating an expression that is true for all real numbers, or of all values of the variable; unconditional.
     23. adj. (education) Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.
     24. adj. (art, music, dance) Independent of (references to) other arts; expressing things (beauty, ideas, etc) only in one art.
           absolute music
     25. adj. (obsolete) Absolved; free.
     26. n. That which is independent of context-dependent interpretation, inviolate, fundamental.
           moral absolutes
     27. n. Anything that is absolute.
     28. n. (geometry) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
     29. n. (philosophy, usually capitalized) A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which can be imagined purely by itself; absolute ego.
     30. n. (philosophy, usually capitalized) The unity of spirit and nature; God.
     31. n. (philosophy, usually capitalized) The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced.
     32. n. Concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes.
reference
     1. n. (literary, or archaic) A relationship or relation (to something).
     2. n. A measurement one can compare to.
     3. n. Information about a person, provided by someone (a referee) with whom they are well acquainted.
     4. n. A person who provides this information; a referee.
     5. n. A reference work.
     6. n. (semantics) A relation between objects in which one object designates, or acts as a means by which to connect to or link to, another object.
     7. n. (academic writing) A short written identification of a previously published work which is used as a source for a text.
     8. n. (academic writing) A previously published written work thus indicated; a source.
     9. n. (programming) An object containing information which refers to data stored elsewhere, as opposed to containing the data itself.
     10. n. (programming, character entity) A special sequence used to represent complex characters in markup languages, such as™ for the ™ symbol.
     11. n. (obsolete) Appeal.
     12. v. To provide a list of references for (a text).
           You must thoroughly reference your paper before submitting it.
     13. v. To refer to, to use as a reference.
           Reference the dictionary for word meanings.
     14. v. To mention, to cite.
           In his speech, the candidate obliquely referenced the past failures of his opponent.
     15. v. (programming) To contain the value that is a memory address of some value stored in memory.
           The given pointer will reference the actual generated data.
frame
     1. v. To fit, as for a specific end or purpose; make suitable or comfortable; adapt; adjust.
     2. v. To construct by fitting or uniting together various parts; fabricate by union of constituent parts.
     3. v. To bring or put into form or order; adjust the parts or elements of; compose; contrive; plan; devise.
     4. v. Of a constructed object such as a building, to put together the structural elements.
           Once we finish framing the house, we'll hang tin on the roof.
     5. v. Of a picture such as a painting or photograph, to place inside a decorative border.
     6. v. To position visually within a fixed boundary.
           The director frames the fishing scene very well.
     7. v. To construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation.
           How would you frame your accomplishments?
           The way the opposition has framed the argument makes it hard for us to win.
     8. v. (transitive, criminology) Conspire to incriminate falsely a presumably innocent person.
           The gun had obviously been placed in her car in an effort to frame her.
     9. v. (intransitive, dialectal, mining) To wash ore with the aid of a frame.
     10. v. (intransitive, dialectal) To move.
     11. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To proceed; to go.
     12. v. (tennis) To hit (the ball) with the frame of the racquet rather than the strings (normally a mishit).
     13. v. (transitive, obsolete) To strengthen; refresh; support.
     14. v. (transitive, obsolete) To execute; perform.
           All have sworn him an oath that they should frame his will on earth.
     15. v. (transitive, obsolete) To cause; to bring about; to produce.
     16. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To profit; avail.
     17. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To fit; accord.
     18. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To succeed in doing or trying to do something; manage.
     19. n. The structural elements of a building or other constructed object.
           Now that the frame is complete, we can start on the walls.
     20. n. Anything composed of parts fitted and united together; a fabric; a structure.
     21. n. The structure of a person's body.
           His starved flesh hung loosely on his once imposing frame.
     22. n. A rigid, generally rectangular mounting for paper, canvas or other flexible material.
           The painting was housed in a beautifully carved frame.
     23. n. A piece of photographic film containing an image.
           A film projector shows many frames in a single second.
     24. n. A context for understanding or interpretation.
           In this frame, it's easy to ask the question that the investigators missed.
     25. n. (snooker) A complete game of snooker, from break-off until all the balls (or as many as necessary to win) have been potted.
     26. n. (networking) An independent chunk of data sent over a network.
     27. n. (bowling) A set of balls whose results are added together for scoring purposes. Usually two balls, but only one ball in the case of a strike, and three balls in the case of a strike or a spare in the
     28. n. (horticulture) A movable structure used for the cultivation or the sheltering of plants.
           a forcing-frame; a cucumber frame
     29. n. (philately) The outer decorated portion of a stamp's image, often repeated on several issues although the inner picture may change.
     30. n. (philately) The outer circle of a cancellation mark.
     31. n. (film, animation, video games) A division of time on a multimedia timeline, such as 1/30th or 1/60th of a second.
     32. n. (Internet) An individually scrollable region of a webpage.
     33. n. (baseball, slang) An inning.
     34. n. (engineering, dated, mostly, UK) Any of certain machines built upon or within framework.
           a stocking frame; a lace frame; a spinning frame
     35. n. (dated) frame of mind; disposition
           to be always in a happy frame
     36. n. (obsolete) Contrivance; the act of devising or scheming.
     37. n. (dated, video games) A stage or level of a video game.
     38. n. (genetics, "reading frame") A way of dividing nucleotide sequences into a set of consecutive triplets.
     39. n. (computing) A form of knowledge representation in artificial intelligence.
     40. n. (mathematics) A complete lattice in which meets distribute over arbitrary joins.
thus
     1. adv. (manner) In this way or manner.
           If you throw the ball thus, as I’m showing you, you’ll have better luck hitting the target.
     2. adv. (conjunctive) As a result.
           I have all the tools I need; thus, I will be able to fix the car without having to call a mechanic.
     3. n. alternative spelling of thuris
there
     1. adv. (location) In a place or location (stated, implied or otherwise indicated) at some distance from the speaker (compare here).
     2. adv. (figuratively) In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place.
           He did not stop there, but continued his speech.
           They patched up their differences, but matters did not end there.
     3. adv. (location) To or into that place; thither.
     4. adv. (obsolete) Where, there where, in which place.
     5. adv. In existence or in this world; see pronoun section below.
     6. interj. Used to offer encouragement or sympathy.
           There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.
     7. interj. Used to express victory or completion.
           There! That knot should hold.
     8. n. That place.
     9. n. That status; that position.
           You get it ready; I'll take it from there.
     10. pron. Used as an expletive subject of be in its sense of “exist”, with the semantic, usually indefinite subject being postponed or (occasionally) implied.
           There are two apples on the table. =Two apples are on the table.
           There is no way to do it. =No way to do it exists.
           Is there an answer? =Does an answer exist?
           No, there isn't. =No, one doesn't exist.
     11. pron. Used with other intransitive verbs of existence, in the same sense, or with other intransitive verbs, adding a sense of existence.
           If x is a positive number, then there exists =there is a positive number y less than x.
           There remain several problems with this approach. =Several problems remain with this approach.
           Once upon a time, in a now-forgotten kingdom, there lived a woodsman with his wife. =There was a woodsman, who lived with his wife.
           There arose a great wind out of the east. =There was now a great wind, arising in the east.
     12. pron. Used with other verbs, when raised.
           There seems to be some difficulty with the papers. =It seems that there is some difficulty with the papers.
           I expected there to be a simpler solution. =I expected that there would be a simpler solution.
           There are beginning to be complications. =It's beginning to be the case that there are complications.
     13. pron. (in combination with certain prepositions, no longer productive) That.
           therefor, thereat, thereunder
     14. pron. (colloquial) Used to replace an unknown name, principally in greetings and farewells
           Hi there, young fellow.
     15. contraction. misspelling of they’re
     16. det. misspelling of their
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?
No
     1. adv. (archaic) Alternative form of No.
     2. n. Alternative form of No.
     3. n. Alternative form of Noh: a form of classical Japanese drama.
     4. det. Not any.
           no one
           There is no water left.
           No hot dogs were sold yesterday.
           No customer personal data will be retained unless it is rendered anonymous.
           There was no score at the end of the first period. (The score was 0-0.)
     5. det. Hardly any.
           We'll be finished in no time at all.
     6. det. Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).
           No smoking
           There's no stopping her once she gets going.
     7. det. Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.
           My mother's no fool.
           Working nine to five every day is no life.
     8. adv. (now only used with comparatives, except in Scotland) Not, not at all.
           It is a different kind of torture, but no less gruesome.
           I just want to find out whether she's coming or no.
     9. part. Used to show disagreement or negation.
           No, you are mistaken.
           No, you may not watch television now.
     10. part. Used to show agreement with a negative question.
           "Don’t you like milk?" "No" (i.e., "No, I don’t like milk.")
     11. part. (colloquial) As if to say, "No, don’t doubt this!", or to deny an imagined contradictory statement, used to show intense agreement
           No, totally.
           No, yeah, that's exactly right.
           "Wow!" "Yeah, no, it was really awful!".
           No, yeah
     12. n. A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement or disapproval.
     13. n. A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.
           The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".
     14. adv. (archaic) Alternative form of No.
     15. n. Alternative form of No.
such
     1. det. (demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.
           I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before.  Such is life.
     2. det. (particularly used in formal documents) Any.
           the above address or at such other address as may notify
     3. det. Used as an intensifier; roughly equivalent to very much of.
           The party was such a bore.
     4. det. (obsolete) A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
     5. pron. A person, a thing, people or things like the one or ones already mentioned.
     6. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is similar to something else.
Thing
     1. n. (chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
     2. n. That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
     3. n. A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
     4. n. An individual object or distinct entity.
     5. n. (informal) Something that is existent or generally recognised.
           Bacon pie? Is that a thing?
     6. n. legal
     7. n.          Whatever can be owned.
     8. n.          Corporeal object.
     9. n. (somewhat dated) The latest fad or fashion.
           What do you mean you don't twerk, Stacy? It's the latest thing!
     10. n. (in the plural) Clothes, possessions or equipment.
           Hold on, let me just grab my things.
     11. n. (informal) A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.
           get me a thing of apple juice at the store;  I just ate a whole thing of jelly beans
     12. n. (informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
           The car looks cheap, but the thing is, I have doubts about its safety.
     13. n. (slang) A penis.
     14. n. A living being or creature.
           you poor thing;  she's a funny old thing, but her heart's in the right place;  I met a pretty blond thing at the bar
     15. n. That which matters; the crux.
           that's the thing: we don't know where he went;  the thing is, I don't have any money
     16. n. Used after a noun to refer dismissively to the situation surrounding the noun's referent.
           Oh yeah, I'm supposed to promote that vision thing.
     17. n. (informal) That which is favoured; personal preference. (Used in possessive constructions.)
     18. n. (chiefly historical) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
     19. v. (rare) To express as a thing; to reify.
As
     1. n. plural of A
           She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
     2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
           You’re not as tall as I am.
           It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
     3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
           The kidnappers released him as agreed.
           The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
           He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
     4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
     5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
           Do as I say!
           I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
           As you wish, my lord!
     6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
           As I came in, she flew.
     7. conj. At the same time that; while.
           He sleeps as the rain falls.
     8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
           As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
     9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
           As it’s too late, I quit.
     10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
           She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
           It's not so complicated as I expected.
     11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
     12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
     13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
     14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
     15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
     16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
           You are not as tall as me.
           They're big as houses.
     17. prep. In the role of.
           What is your opinion as a parent?
     18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
     19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
     20. n. plural of a
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.
objective
     1. adj. Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
     2. adj. Not influenced by the emotions or prejudices.
     3. adj. Based on observed facts.
     4. adj. (grammar) Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.
     5. adj. (linguistics, grammar) Of, or relating to verbal conjugation that indicates the object (patient) of an action. (In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.)
     6. n. A material object that physically exists.
     7. n. A goal that is striven for.
     8. n. (grammar) The objective case.
           Synonyms: object case, objective case
     9. n. (grammar) a noun or pronoun in the objective case.
     10. n. The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.
viewpoint
     1. n. The position from which something is observed or considered; an angle, outlook or point of view.
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