they |
1. pron. (the third-person plural) A group of people, animals, plants or objects previously mentioned. | |
Fred and Jane? They just arrived. Dogs may bark if they want to be fed. Plants wilt if they are not watered. | |
I have a car and a truck, but they are both broken. | |
2. pron. (the third-person singular, sometimes proscribed) A single person, previously mentioned, especially if of unknown or non-binary gender, but not if previously named and identified as male or female. | |
3. pron. (indefinite pronoun, vague meaning) People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker. | |
They say it’s a good place to live. | |
They didn’t have computers in the old days. | |
They should do something about this. | |
They have a lot of snow in winter. | |
4. det. (now Southern England dialect, or nonstandard) The, those. | |
5. det. (US dialects including AAVE) Their. | |
6. pron. (US dialectal) There (especially as an expletive subject of be). | |
approach |
1. v. (intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer. | |
2. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To draw near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate. | |
as he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman. | |
3. v. To come near to in place, time, character or value; to draw nearer to. | |
"Would counsel please approach the bench?" asked the judge. | |
He approached the age of manhood. | |
4. v. To make an attempt at (solving a problem or making a policy). | |
5. v. To speak to, as to make a request or ask a question. | |
6. v. (transitive, military) To take approaches to. | |
7. v. To bring near; to cause to draw near. | |
8. n. The act of drawing near; a coming or advancing near. | |
9. n. An access, or opportunity of drawing near. | |
10. n. (in plural) Movements to gain favor; advances. | |
11. n. A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access. | |
12. n. A manner in which a problem is solved or policy is made. | |
13. n. (used only in the fortification) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post. | |
14. n. (golf, tennis) An approach shot. | |
15. n. The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport. | |
16. n. (bowling) The area before the lane, in which a player may stand or run up before bowling the ball. | |
it |
1. pron. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals. | |
Put it over there. | |
Take each day as it comes. | |
I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today. | |
2. pron. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender. | |
She took the baby and held it in her arms. | |
3. pron. Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation. | |
It's me. John. | |
Is it her? | |
4. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it) | |
It is nearly 10 o’clock. | |
It’s 10:45 read ten-forty-five. | |
It’s very cold today. | |
It’s lonely without you. | |
5. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms. | |
stick it out | |
live it up | |
rough it | |
6. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject i | |
It is easy to see how she would think that. (with the infinitive clause headed by to see) | |
I find it odd that you would say that. (with the noun clause introduced by that) | |
It is hard seeing you so sick. (with the gerund seeing) | |
He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that) | |
It is not clear if the report was true. (with the noun clause introduced by if) | |
7. pron. All or the end; something after which there is no more. | |
Are there more students in this class, or is this it? | |
That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you. | |
8. pron. (chiefly pejorative, offensive) A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male. | |
9. pron. (obsolete) (Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun): That which; what. | |
10. det. (obsolete) its | |
11. n. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being. | |
12. n. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag. | |
In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it… | |
13. n. (British) The game of tag. | |
Let's play it at breaktime. | |
14. n. Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty. | |
15. n. (euphemism) Sexual activity. | |
caught them doing it | |
16. adj. (colloquial) Most fashionable. | |
with |
1. prep. Against. | |
He picked a fight with the class bully. | |
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to. | |
He went with his friends. | |
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to. | |
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar. | |
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence. | |
5. prep. In support of. | |
We are with you all the way. | |
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by. | |
slain with robbers | |
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of. | |
cut with a knife | |
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on. | |
9. prep. Having, owning. | |
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc. | |
Do you want to come with? | |
11. adv. --> | |
12. n. alternative form of withe | |
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. | |
single |
1. adj. Not accompanied by anything else; one in number. | |
Can you give me a single reason not to leave right now? | |
The vase contained a single long-stemmed rose. | |
2. adj. Not divided in parts. | |
The potatoes left the spoon and landed in a single big lump on the plate. | |
3. adj. Designed for the use of only one. | |
a single room | |
4. adj. Performed by one person, or one on each side. | |
a single combat | |
5. adj. Not married or (in modern times) not involved in a romantic relationship without being married or not dating anyone exclusively. | |
Forms often ask if a person is single, married, divorced or widowed. In this context, a person who is dating someone but who has never married puts "single". | |
Josh put down that he was a single male on the dating website. | |
6. adj. (botany) Having only one rank or row of petals. | |
7. adj. (obsolete) Simple and honest; sincere, without deceit. | |
8. adj. Uncompounded; pure; unmixed. | |
9. adj. (obsolete) Simple; foolish; weak; silly. | |
10. n. (music) A 45 RPM vinyl record with one song on side A and one on side B. | |
11. n. (music) A popular song released and sold (on any format) nominally on its own though usually having at least one extra track. | |
The Offspring released four singles from their most recent album. | |
12. n. One who is not married. | |
He went to the party, hoping to meet some friendly singles there. | |
13. n. (cricket) A score of one run. | |
14. n. (baseball) A hit in baseball where the batter advances to first base. | |
15. n. (dominoes) A tile that has a different value (i.e. number of pips) at each end. | |
16. n. A bill valued at $1. | |
I don't have any singles, so you'll have to make change. | |
17. n. (UK) A one-way ticket. | |
18. n. (Canadian football) A score of one point, awarded when a kicked ball is dead within the non-kicking team's end zone or has exited that end zone. Officially known in the rules as a rouge. | |
19. n. (tennis, chiefly in the plural) A game with one player on each side, as in tennis. | |
20. n. One of the reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness. | |
21. n. (Scotland) A handful of gleaned grain. | |
22. v. To identify or select one member of a group from the others; generally used with out, either to single out or to single (something) out. | |
Eddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag. | |
Yvonne always wondered why Ernest had singled her out of the group of giggling girls she hung around with. | |
23. v. (baseball) To get a hit that advances the batter exactly one base. | |
Pedro singled in the bottom of the eighth inning, which, if converted to a run, would put the team back into contention. | |
24. v. (agriculture) To thin out. | |
25. v. (of a horse) To take the irregular gait called singlefoot. | |
26. v. To sequester; to withdraw; to retire. | |
27. v. To take alone, or one by one. | |
minded |
1. adj. Having a mind (inclination) for something or a certain way of thinking about things. | |
literary-minded | |
literature-minded | |
two-minded | |
2. adj. Having a preference for doing something; having a likelihood, or disposition to carry out an act. | |
I am minded to refuse the request. | |
3. v. simple past tense and past participle of mind | |
mind |
1. n. The ability for rational thought. | |
Despite advancing age, his mind was still as sharp as ever. | |
2. n. The ability to be aware of things. | |
There was no doubt in his mind that they would win. | |
3. n. The ability to remember things. | |
My mind just went blank. | |
4. n. The ability to focus the thoughts. | |
I can’t keep my mind on what I’m doing. | |
5. n. Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities. | |
He was one of history’s greatest minds. | |
6. n. Judgment, opinion, or view. | |
He changed his mind after hearing the speech. | |
7. n. Desire, inclination, or intention. | |
She had a mind to go to Paris. | |
I have half a mind to do it myself. | |
8. n. A healthy mental state. | |
I, ______ being of sound mind and body, do herebynb... | |
You are losing your mind. | |
9. n. (philosophy) The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based. | |
The mind is a process of the brain. | |
10. n. Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death. | |
a month's or monthly mind; a year's mind | |
11. v. (now regional) To remember. | |
12. v. (now rare except in phrases) To attend to, concern oneself with, heed, be mindful of. | |
You should mind your own business. | |
13. v. (originally and chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions) To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by. | |
I wouldn't mind an ice cream right now. | |
14. v. To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time. | |
Would you mind my bag for me? | |
15. v. (chiefly in the imperative) To make sure, to take care (that). | |
Mind you don't knock that glass over. | |
16. v. To be careful about. | |
17. v. (United Kingdom, Ireland) Take note; (used to point out an exception or caveat.) | |
I'm not very healthy—I do eat fruit sometimes, mind. | |
18. v. (obsolete) To have in mind; to intend. | |
19. v. (obsolete) To put in mind; to remind. | |
Grit |
1. n. (Canada, politics) A member or supporter of the Liberal Party of Canada or one of its provincial wings (except for the Quebec provincial wing). | |
2. adj. (Canada, politics) Of or belonging to the Liberal Party of Canada. | |
3. n. A collection of hard small materials, such as dirt, ground stone, debris from sandblasting or other such grinding, or swarf from metalworking. | |
The flower beds were white with grit from sand blasting the flagstone walkways. | |
4. n. Sand or a sand–salt mixture spread on wet and, especially, icy roads and footpaths to improve traction. | |
5. n. Inedible particles in food. | |
These cookies seem to have grit from nutshells in them. | |
6. n. A measure of the relative coarseness of an abrasive material such as sandpaper, the smaller the number the coarser the abrasive. | |
I need a sheet of 100 grit sandpaper. | |
7. n. (geology) A hard, coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; gritstone. Also, a finer sharp-grained sandstone, e.g., grindstone grit. | |
8. n. Strength of mind; great courage or fearlessness; fortitude. | |
That kid with the cast on his arm has the grit to play dodgeball. | |
9. v. Apparently only in grit one's teeth: to clench, particularly in reaction to pain or anger. | |
We had no choice but to grit our teeth and get on with it. | |
He has a sleeping disorder and grits his teeth. | |
10. v. To cover with grit. | |
11. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To give forth a grating sound, like sand under the feet; to grate; to grind. | |
12. n. (usually in plural) Husked but unground oats. | |
13. n. (usually in plural) Coarsely ground corn or hominy used as porridge. | |
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. | |
their |
1. det. Belonging to, from, of, or relating to, them (plural). | |
they will meet tomorrow at their convenience; this is probably their cat | |
2. det. Belonging to someone (one person, singular). | |
3. adv. misspelling of there | |
4. contraction. misspelling of they’re | |
political |
1. adj. Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing. | |
Political principles are rarely absolute, as political logic holds an imperfect result by compromise is better than a theoretically perfect abstention from the political process in the oppositi | |
2. adj. Concerning a polity or its administrative components. | |
Good political staff is hard to find, they may neither be ambitious and corrupted by power nor tempted by private sector careers. | |
3. adj. (pejorative) Motivated, especially inappropriately, by political (electoral or other party political) calculation. | |
“The Court invalidates Minnesota’s political apparel ban based on its inability to define the term ‘political'” | |
4. adj. Of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power or authority. | |
5. adj. (of a person) Interested in politics. | |
6. n. A political agent or officer. | |
7. n. A publication focusing on politics. | |
counterparts |
1. n. plural of counterpart | |
counterpart |
1. n. Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another. | |
Those brass knobs and their hollow counterparts interlock perfectly | |
2. n. (legal) A duplicate of a legal document. | |
3. n. One which resembles another | |
4. n. One which has corresponding functions or characteristics. | |
5. n. (palaeontology) Either half of a flattened fossil when the rock has split along the plane of the fossil. | |
6. v. Counterbalance. | |
bring |
1. v. To transport toward somebody/somewhere. | |
Waiter, please bring me a single malt whiskey. | |
2. v. (transitive, figuratively) To supply or contribute. | |
The new company director brought a fresh perspective on sales and marketing. | |
3. v. To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody. | |
4. v. To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide. | |
5. v. To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch. | |
What does coal bring per ton? | |
6. v. (baseball) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball. | |
The closer Jones can really bring it. | |
7. interj. The sound of a telephone ringing. | |
8. interj. cln, en, basic words, irregular verbs, onomatopoeias | |
to |
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive. | |
I want to leave. | |
He asked me what to do. | |
I don’t know how to say it. | |
I have places to go and people to see. | |
2. part. As above, with the verb implied. | |
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.". | |
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to. | |
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs. | |
I have to do laundry today. | |
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at. | |
We are walking to the shop. | |
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose. | |
He devoted himself to education. | |
They drank to his health. | |
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action. | |
His face was beaten to a pulp. | |
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application. | |
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking. | |
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a. | |
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t | |
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison. | |
one to one = 1:1 | |
ten to one = 10:1. | |
I have ten dollars to your four. | |
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation. | |
Three squared or three to the second power is nine. | |
Three to the power of two is nine. | |
Three to the second is nine. | |
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object. | |
I gave the book to him. | |
12. prep. (time) Preceding. | |
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour). | |
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains. | |
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it. | |
There's a lot of sense to what he says. | |
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At. | |
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y. | |
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position. | |
Please push the door to. | |
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind. | |
17. adv. misspelling of too | |
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. | |
General |
1. n. (military) The military officer title | |
2. adj. Including or involving every part or member of a given or implied entity, whole etc.; as opposed to specific or particular. | |
3. adj. (sometimes postpositive) Applied to a person (as a postmodifier or a normal preceding adjective) to indicate supreme rank, in civil or military titles, and later in other terms; pre-eminent. | |
4. adj. Prevalent or widespread among a given class or area; common, usual. | |
5. adj. Not limited in use or application; applicable to the whole or every member of a class or category. | |
6. adj. Giving or consisting of only the most important aspects of something, ignoring minor details; indefinite. | |
7. adj. Not limited to a specific class; miscellaneous, concerned with all branches of a given subject or area. | |
8. n. (now rare) A general fact or proposition; a generality. | |
We have dealt with the generals; now let us turn to the particulars. | |
9. n. (military ranks) The holder of a senior military title, originally designating the commander of an army and now a specific rank falling under field marshal (in the British army) and below general of t | |
10. n. A great strategist or tactician. | |
Hannibal was one of the greatest generals of the ancient world. | |
11. n. (Christianity) The head of certain religious orders, especially Dominicans or Jesuits. | |
12. n. (nautical) A commander of naval forces; an admiral. | |
13. n. (colloquial, now historical) A general servant; a maid with no specific duties. | |
14. n. A general anesthetic; general anesthesia. | |
15. n. (insurance) The general insurance industry. | |
I work in general. | |
16. v. to lead (soldiers) as a general | |
election |
1. n. A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors or other representatives by popular vote. | |
The parliamentary elections will be held in March. | |
2. n. The choice of a leader or representative by popular vote. | |
The election of John Smith was due to his broad appeal. | |
3. n. (archaic) Any conscious choice. | |
4. n. (theology) In Calvinism, God's predestination of saints including all of the elect. | |
5. n. (obsolete) Those who are elected. | |