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I
     1. pron. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
             (audio, Here I am, sir.ogg, Audio)
     2. pron. (nonstandard, hypercorrection) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.
     3. n. (metaphysics) The ego.
     4. n. (US, roadway) Interstate.
     5. n. (grammar) (abbreviation of instrumental case)
     6. pron. nonstandard spelling of I
didn't
     1. v. did not (negative auxiliaryArnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, , Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513)
     did
          1. v. simple past tense of do
     do
          1. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker
          2. v.          (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
                        Do you go there often?
          3. v.          (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
                        I do not go there often.
                        Do not listen to him.
          4. v.          (auxiliary) A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
                        But I do go sometimes.
                        Do tell us.
                        It is important that he do come see me.
          5. v.          (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; not generally used with auxiliari
                        I play tennis; she does too.
                   #     They don't think it be like it is, but it do.
          6. v. To perform; to execute.
                All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?
          7. v. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
          8. v. (intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
                it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do;  this will do me, thanks.
          9. v. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
                It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event.
          10. v. To have (as an effect).
                The fresh air did him some good.
          11. v. (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
                Our relationship isn't doing very well;  how do you do?
          12. v. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
                What does Bob do? — He's a plumber.
          13. v. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something)
                "Don't forget to do your report" means something quite different depending on whether you're a student or a programmer.
          14. v. To cook.
                I'll just do some eggs.
          15. v. To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
                Let’s do New York also.
          16. v. To treat in a certain way.
          17. v. To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
          18. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
          19. v. (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.
                I did five years for armed robbery.
          20. v. To impersonate or depict.
                They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer.
          21. v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
          22. v. (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
          23. v. (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
                He got done for speeding.
                Teacher'll do you for that!
          24. v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)
          25. v. To cheat or swindle.
                That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!
          26. v. To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
                the novel has just been done into English;  I'm going to do this play into a movie
          27. v. (transitive, intransitive) To finish.
                Aren't you done yet?
          28. v. (dated) To work as a domestic servant (with for).
          29. v. (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
          30. v. (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
          31. v. (informal, transitive) To make or provide.
                Do they do haircuts there?
                Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?
          32. v. (informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part).
          33. v. To take drugs.
                I do cocaine.
          34. v. (transitive, in the form be doing somewhere) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
                What's that car doing in our swimming pool? -
          35. n. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
                We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.
          36. n. (informal) A hairdo.
                Nice do!
          37. n. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
          38. n. (obsolete) A deed; an act.
          39. n. (archaic) Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.
          40. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
          41. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) An act of swindling; a fraud or deception.
          42. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
          43. adv. (rare) (abbreviation of ditto)
     not
          1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
                Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.
                Not knowing any better, I went ahead.
          2. adv. To no degree.
                That is not red; it's orange.
          3. conj. And not.
                I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.
                He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.
          4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.
                I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not!
                Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not!
          5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function.
                You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip.
          6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not.
mean
     1. v. To intend.
     2. v.          To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.
                   I didn't mean to knock your tooth out.
                   I mean to go to Baddeck this summer.
                   I meant to take the car in for a smog check, but it slipped my mind.
     3. v.          (intransitive) To have intentions of a given kind.
                   Don't be angry; she meant well.
     4. v.          (transitive, usually in passive) To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine.
                   Actually this desk was meant for the subeditor.
                   Man was not meant to question such things.
     5. v. To convey meaning.
     6. v.          To convey (a given sense); to signify, or indicate (an object or idea).
                   The sky is red this morning—does that mean we're in for a storm?
     7. v.          Of a word, symbol etc: to have reference to, to signify.
                   What does this hieroglyph mean?
     8. v.          Of a person (or animal etc): to intend to express, to imply, to hint at, to allude.
                   I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean.
                   He is a little different, if you know what I mean.
     9. v. To have conviction in (something said or expressed); to be sincere in (what one says).
           Does she really mean what she said to him last night?
           Say what you mean and mean what you say.
     10. v. To result in; to bring about.
           One faltering step means certain death.
     11. v. To be important (to).
           My home life means a lot to me.
     12. v. (Ireland, UK regional) To lament.
     13. adj. (obsolete) Common; general.
     14. adj. Of a common or low origin, grade, or quality; common; humble.
           a man of mean parentage / a mean abode
     15. adj. Low in quality or degree; inferior; poor; shabby.
           a mean appearance / mean dress
     16. adj. Without dignity of mind; destitute of honour; low-minded; spiritless; base.
           a mean motive
     17. adj. Of little value or account; worthy of little or no regard; contemptible; despicable.
     18. adj. (chiefly UK) Ungenerous; stingy; tight-fisted.
           He's so mean. I've never seen him spend so much as five pounds on presents for his children.
     19. adj. Disobliging; pettily offensive or unaccommodating; small.
     20. adj. Selfish; acting without consideration of others; unkind.
           It was mean to steal the girl's piggy bank, but he just had to get uptown and he had no cash of his own.
     21. adj. Causing or intending to cause intentional harm; bearing ill will towards another; cruel; malicious.
           Watch out for her, she's mean. I said good morning to her, and she punched me in the nose.
     22. adj. Powerful; fierce; harsh; damaging.
           It must have been a mean typhoon that levelled this town.
     23. adj. Accomplished with great skill; deft; hard to compete with.
           Your mother can roll a mean cigarette.
           He hits a mean backhand.
     24. adj. (informal, often, childish) Difficult, tricky.
           This problem is mean!
     25. adj. Having the mean (see noun below) as its value.
     26. adj. (obsolete) Middling; intermediate; moderately good, tolerable.
     27. n. (now chiefly in the plural) A method or course of action used to achieve some result.
     28. n. (obsolete, in the singular) An intermediate step or intermediate steps.
     29. n. Something which is intermediate or in the middle; an intermediate value or range of values; a medium.
     30. n. (music, now historical) The middle part of three-part polyphonic music; now specifically, the alto part in polyphonic music; an alto instrument.
     31. n. (statistics) The average of a set of values, calculated by summing them together and dividing by the number of terms; the arithmetic mean.
     32. n. (mathematics) Any function of multiple variables that satisfies certain properties and yields a number representative of its arguments; or, the number so yielded; a measure of central tendency.
     33. n. (mathematics) Either of the two numbers in the middle of a conventionally presented proportion, as 2 and 3 in 1:2=3:6.
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.
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
come
     1. v. (intransitive) To move from further away to nearer to.
           She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes...
     2. v.          To move towards the speaker.
                   I called the dog, but she wouldn't come.
                   Stop dawdling and come here!
     3. v.          To move towards the listener.
                   Hold on, I'll come in a second.
                   You should ask the doctor to come to your house.
     4. v.          To move towards the object that is the focus of the sentence.
                   No-one can find Bertie Wooster when his aunts come to visit.
                   Hundreds of thousands of people come to Disneyland every year.
     5. v.          (in subordinate clauses and gerunds) To move towards the agent or subject of the main clause.
                   King Cnut couldn't stop the tide coming.
                   He threw the boomerang, which came right back to him.
     6. v.          To move towards an unstated agent.
                   The butler should come when called.
     7. v. (intransitive) To arrive.
     8. v. (intransitive) To appear, to manifest itself.
           The pain in his leg comes and goes.
     9. v. (intransitive) To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.
           Which letter comes before Y?   Winter comes after autumn.
     10. v. (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
           He came after a few minutes.
     11. v. (copulative figuratively, with close) To approach a state of being or accomplishment.
           They came very close to leaving on time.   His test scores came close to perfect.
           One of the screws came loose, and the skateboard fell apart.
     12. v. (figuratively, with to) To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.
           He came to SF literature a confirmed technophile, and nothing made him happier than to read a manuscript thick with imaginary gizmos and whatzits.
     13. v. (copulative, archaic) To become, to turn out to be.
           He was a dream come true.
     14. v. (intransitive) To be supplied, or made available; to exist.
           He's as tough as they come.   Our milkshakes come in vanilla, strawberry and chocolate flavours.
     15. v. (slang) To carry through; to succeed in.
           You can't come any tricks here.
     16. v. (intransitive) Happen.
           This kind of accident comes when you are careless.
     17. v. (intransitive, with from or sometimes of) To have as an origin, originate.
     18. v.          To have a certain social background.
     19. v.          To be or have been a resident or native.
                   Where did you come from?
     20. v.          To have been brought up by or employed by.
                   She comes from a good family.
                   He comes from a disreputable legal firm.
     21. v.          To begin (at a certain location); to radiate or stem (from).
                   The river comes from Bear Lake.
                   Where does this road come from?
     22. v. (intransitive, of grain) To germinate.
     23. n. (obsolete) Coming, arrival; approach.
     24. n. (vulgar, slang) Semen
     25. n. (vulgar, slang) Female ejaculatory discharge.
     26. prep. Used to indicate an event, period, or change in state occurring after a present time.
           Leave it to settle for about three months and, come Christmas time, you'll have a delicious concoction to offer your guests.
           Come retirement, their Social Security may turn out to be a lot less than they counted on.
     27. interj. An exclamation to express annoyance.
           Come come! Stop crying.  Come now! You must eat it.
     28. interj. An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.
           Come come! You can do it.  Come now! It won't bite you.
     29. n. (typography) alternative form of comma in its medieval use as a middot ⟨·⟩ serving as a form of colon.
across
     1. prep. To, toward or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
           We rowed across the river.
           Fortunately, there was a bridge across the river.
           He came across the street to meet me.
     2. prep. On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
           That store is across the street.
     3. prep. (Southern US, AAVE) across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).
     4. prep. From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).
           The meteor streaked across the sky.
           He walked across the room.
           Could you slide that across the table to me, please?
     5. prep. At or near the far end of (a space).
     6. prep. Spanning.
           This poetry speaks across the centuries.
     7. prep. Throughout.
           All across the country, voters were communicating their representatives.
     8. prep. So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle.
           Lay the top stick across the bottom one.
           She had straps fastened across the conduit every six feet.
     9. prep. In possession of full, up-to-date information about; abreast of.
           As a newspaper reporter, you should be across all these issues.
     10. adv. From one side to the other.
           she helped the blind man across;  the river is half a mile across
     11. adv. On the other side.
           If we sail off at noon, when will we be across?
     12. adv. In a particular direction.
           He leaned across for a book.
     13. adv. (crosswords) Horizontally.
           I got stuck on 4 across.
     14. n. (crosswords, often in combination) A word that runs horizontally in the completed puzzle grid or its associated clue.
           I solved all of the acrosses, but then got stuck on 3 down.
           1 Bygone hangout for 64-Acrosses
like
     1. v. (transitive, archaic) To please.
     2. v. To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
           I like hamburgers
           I like skiing in winter
           I like the Seattle Mariners this season
     3. v. (obsolete) To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something.
     4. v. To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
           I like to go to the dentist every six months
           She likes to keep herself physically fit
           we like to keep one around the office just in case
     5. v. (obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
     6. v. (archaic) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.
           He liked to have been too late.
     7. v. To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
           I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her.
     8. v. (obsolete) To liken; to compare.
     9. v. (Internet, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
           I liked my friend's last status on Facebook.
           I can't stand Bloggs' tomato ketchup, but I liked it on Facebook so I could enter a competition.
     10. n. (usually plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
           Tell me your likes and dislikes.
     11. n. (internet) An individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet.
     12. adj. Similar.
           My partner and I have like minds.
     13. adj. (obsolete) Likely; probable.
     14. adv. (informal) For example, such as: to introduce an example or list of examples.
           There are lots of birds, like ducks and gulls, in this park.
     15. adv. (archaic, colloquial) Likely.
     16. adv. (obsolete) In a like or similar manner.
     17. n. (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
           There were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like.
           It was something the likes of which I had never seen before.
     18. n. (golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side.
           to play the like
     19. conj. (colloquial) As, the way.
     20. conj. As if; as though.
           It looks like you've finished the project.
           It seemed like you didn't care.
     21. prep. Similar to, reminiscent of.
           These hamburgers taste like leather.
     22. part. (colloquial, Scotland, Geordie, Teesside, Scouse) A delayed filler.
           He was so angry, like.
     23. part. (colloquial) A mild intensifier.
           She was, like, sooooo happy.
     24. part. (colloquial) indicating approximation or uncertainty
           There were, like, twenty of them.
           And then he, like, got all angry and left the room.
     25. part. (colloquial, slang) When preceded by any form of the verb to be, used to mean “to say” or “to think”; used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase.
           I was like, “Why did you do that?” and he's like, “I don't know.”
     26. interj. (Liverpool, Geordie) Used to place emphasis upon a statement.
           divint ye knaa, like?
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.
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