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deceptive
     1. adj. Misleading, likely or attempting to deceive.
           deceptive advertising
           deceptive practices
in
     1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
     2. prep.          Contained by.
                   The dog is in the kennel.
     3. prep.          Within.
     4. prep.          Surrounded by.
                   We are in the enemy camp.   Her plane is in the air.
     5. prep.          Part of; a member of.
                   One in a million.   She's in band and orchestra.
     6. prep.          Pertaining to; with regard to.
                   What grade did he get in English?
                   Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
     7. prep.          At the end of a period of time.
                   They said they would call us in a week.
     8. prep.          Within a certain elapsed time
                   Are you able to finish this in three hours?   The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
     9. prep.          During (said of periods of time).
                   in the first week of December;  Easter falls in the fourth lunar month;   The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
     10. prep.          (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
                   English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
     11. prep. Into.
           Less water gets in your boots this way.
     12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
           In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
     13. prep.          Indicating an order or arrangement.
                   My fat rolls around in folds.
     14. prep.          Denoting a state of the subject.
                   He stalked away in anger.   John is in a coma.
     15. prep.          Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
                   You've got a friend in me.   He's met his match in her.
     16. prep.          Wearing (an item of clothing).
                    I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
     17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
     18. prep.          (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
                   Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
                   The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
                    Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
     19. prep.          Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
                   Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
                   His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
                   When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
     20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
     21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
     22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
           Is Mr. Smith in?
     23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
           Suddenly a strange man walked in.
     24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
           He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
     25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
           What's that in?
     26. adv. After the beginning of something.
     27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
           His parents got him an in with the company
     28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
     29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
     30. adj. In fashion; popular.
           Skirts are in this year.
     31. adj. Incoming.
           the in train
     32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
     33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
           in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
     34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
     35. n. Inch.
multiple
     1. adj. More than one (followed by plural).
           My Swiss Army knife has multiple blades.
     2. adj. Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular).
           Some states do explicitly prohibit multiple citizenship.
           It was a multiple pregnancy: the woman had triplets.
           Multiple registrations are an increasing problem for many social networking sites.
     3. n. (mathematics) A whole number that can be divided by another whole number with no remainder.
     4. n. (finance) Price-earnings ratio.
     5. n. One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.
     6. n. A single individual who has multiple personalities.
     7. n. One of a set of siblings produced by a multiple birth.
     8. n. A chain store.
ways
     1. n. plural of way
     2. n. (informal, usually preceded by a) A distance.
     way
          1. n. To do with a place or places.:
          2. n.          A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another.
                        Do you know the way to the airport?  Come this way and I'll show you a shortcut.  It's a long way from here.
          3. n.          A means to enter or leave a place.
                        We got into the cinema through the back way.
          4. n.          A roughly-defined geographical area.
                        If you're ever 'round this way, come over and visit me.
          5. n. A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.
                You're going about it the wrong way.  He's known for his quirky ways.  I don't like the way she looks at me.
          6. n. A state or condition
                When I returned home, I found my house and belongings in a most terrible way.
          7. n. Personal interaction.:
          8. n.          Possibility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way').
                        There's no way I'm going to clean up after you.
          9. n.          Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct.
                        My little sister always whines until she gets her way.
          10. n. (paganism) A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.
          11. n. (nautical) Speed, progress, momentum.
          12. n. A degree, an amount, a sense.
                In a large way, crocodiles and alligators are similar.
          13. n. (US, As the head of an interjectory clause) Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions of sarcastic congratulation.
                Way to ruin the moment, guys.
          14. n. (plural only) The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.
          15. n. (plural only) The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves.
          16. interj. (only in reply to no way) It is true.
          17. v. (obsolete) To travel.
          18. adv. (informal, with comparative or modified adjective) Much.
                I'm way too tired to do that.
                I'm a way better singer than Emma.
          19. adv. (slang) Very.
                I'm way tired
                String theory is way cool, except for the math.
          20. adv. (informal) Far.
                I used to live way over there.
                The farmhouse is way down the bottom of the hill.
          21. n. The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand.
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