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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
review
     1. n. A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
           I need to make a review of the book before I can understand it.
     2. n. An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
           The newspaper review was full of praise for the play.
     3. n. (legal) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
           The victims demanded a full judicial review of the case.
     4. n. A stage show made up of topical sketches etc.
           The Cambridge Footlights Review launched many Monty Python faces.
     5. n. A survey of the available items or material.
           The magazine contained a review of Paris restaurants.
     6. n. A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
           The Times Literary Review is published in London.
     7. n. A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
           The troops assembled for a review by the Queen.
     8. n. A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.
           The regulators demanded a review against NYSE practices.
     9. v. To survey; to look broadly over.
           Before I tackle the question directly, I must briefly review historical approaches to the problem.
     10. v. To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
           The critic reviews every new play in London.
     11. v. To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
     12. v. (transitive, US, Canada) To look over again (something previously written or learned), especially in preparation for an examination.
     13. v. (obsolete) To view or see again; to look back on.
     14. v. (obsolete) To retrace; to go over again.
alter
     1. v. To change the form or structure of.
     2. v. (intransitive) To become different.
     3. v. To tailor clothes to make them fit.
     4. v. To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
     5. v. To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.
     6. n. (especially, in the plural) One of the identities or personalities of a person with multiple personality disorder / dissociative identity disorder.
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.
amend
     1. v. To make better.
     2. v. (intransitive) To become better.
     3. v. (obsolete, transitive) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
     4. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).
     5. v. To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.
especially
     1. adv. (manner) In a special manner; specially.
     2. adv. (focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.
     3. adv. (focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.
           Invite them all, especially Molly.
of
     1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
     2. prep.          (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
     3. prep.          (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
     4. prep.          From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
                    There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
     5. prep.          (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
                    What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
     6. prep. Expressing separation.
     7. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
                    Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
     8. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
                    He seemed devoid of human feelings.
     9. prep.          (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
     10. prep. Expressing origin.
     11. prep.          (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
                    The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
     12. prep.          (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
                    The invention was born of necessity.
     13. prep.          (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
                    It is said that she died of a broken heart.
     14. prep.          (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
                    I am tired of all this nonsense.
     15. prep. Expressing agency.
     16. prep.          (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
                    I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
     17. prep.          (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
                    The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
     18. prep.          (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
                    It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
     19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
     20. prep.          (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
                    Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
     21. prep.          (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
                    She wore a dress of silk.
     22. prep.          (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
                    What a lot of nonsense!
     23. prep.          (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
                   Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
     24. prep.          (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
                    I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
     25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
     26. prep.          (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
                    I'm always thinking of you.
     27. prep.          (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
                    He told us the story of his journey to India.
     28. prep.          (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
                    This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
     29. prep. Having partitive effect.
     30. prep.          (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
                    Most of these apples are rotten.
     31. prep.          (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
     32. prep.          (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
                    On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
     33. prep.          (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
                    He is a friend of mine.
     34. prep. Expressing possession.
     35. prep.          Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
                    He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
     36. prep.          Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
                    The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
     37. prep.          Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
                    Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
     38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
     39. prep.          (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
                    She had a profound distrust of the police.
     40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
     41. prep.          (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
                    My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
     42. prep.          (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
                    Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
     43. prep.          (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
                    We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
     44. prep.          (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
                    It's not that big of a deal.
     45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
     46. prep.          (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
                    Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
     47. prep.          (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
                    I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
     48. prep.          (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
                    After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
written
     1. adj. Of, relating, or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written).
     2. adj. Having been written.
           I can speak Japanese fairly well, but I have no understanding whatsoever of written Japanese.
     3. v. past participle of write
           Has your girlfriend written you a letter yet?
     write
          1. v. To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
                The pupil wrote his name on the paper.
                Your son has been writing on the wall.
          2. v. To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
                My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.
          3. v. To send written information to.
                (UK) Please write to me when you get there.
                (US) Please write me when you get there.
          4. v. To show (information, etc) in written form.
                The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus.
          5. v. (intransitive) To be an author.
                I write for a living.
          6. v. (computing, intransitive, with to) To record data mechanically or electronically.
                The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it.
          7. v. (transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.) To fill in, to complete using words.
                I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test.
          8. v. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
                truth written on the heart
          9. v. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.
          10. n. (computing) The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.
                How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?
material
     1. adj. Having to do with matter; consisting of matter.
           This compound has a number of interesting material properties.
     2. adj. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.
           Don't let material concerns get in the way of living a happy life.
     3. adj. (law, accounting) Significant.
           You've made several material contributions to this project.
           This is the most material fact in this lawsuit.
     4. n. Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
           Asphalt, composed of oil and sand, is a widely used material for roads.
     5. n. Text written for a specific purpose.
           We were a warm-up act at the time; we didn't have enough original material to headline.
     6. n. A sample or specimens for study.
     7. n. Cloth to be made into a garment. Fabric.
           You'll need about a yard of material to make this.
     8. n. The people collectively who are qualified for a certain position or activity.
           John Doe is a great governor, and I also believe he is presidential material.
           He is not the only one. I believe we have lots of presidential material in various public offices.
     9. n. Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.
     10. n. The substance that something is made or composed of.
     11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To form from matter; to materialize.
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