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she
     1. pron. (personal) The female person or animal previously mentioned or implied.
           I asked Mary, but she said that she didn’t know.
     2. pron. (personal, sometimes affectionate) A ship or boat.
           She could do forty knots in good weather.
           She is a beautiful boat, isn’t she?
     3. pron. (personal, affectionate) Another machine (besides a ship), such as a car.
           She only gets thirty miles to the gallon on the highway, but she’s durable.
     4. pron. (personal, dated) A country.
           She is a poor place, but has beautiful scenery and friendly people.
     5. pron. (personal) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant (used in a work, along with or in place of he, as an indefinite pronoun).
     6. n. A female.
           Pat is definitely a she.
said
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of say
     2. adj. Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.
           The said party has denied the charges.
     3. det. Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.
           Said party has denied the charges.
     say
          1. v. To pronounce.
                Please say your name slowly and clearly.
          2. v. To recite.
                Martha, will you say the Pledge of Allegiance?
          3. v. To tell, either verbally or in writing.
                He said he would be here tomorrow.
          4. v. To indicate in a written form.
                The sign says it’s 50 kilometres to Paris.
          5. v. (impersonal) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate a rumor or well-known fact.
                They say "when in Rome, do as the Romans do", which means "behave as those around you do.".
          6. v. (informal, imperative) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
                A holiday somewhere warm – Florida, say – would be nice.
                Say he refuses. What do we do then?
                Say your family is starving and you don't have any money, is it ok to steal some food?
          7. v. (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
          8. v. (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension, used to express belief in an outcome by the speaker.
          9. n. A chance to speak; the right or power to influence or make a decision.
          10. adv. For example; let us assume.
                Pick a color you think they'd like, say, peach.
                He was driving pretty fast, say, fifty miles per hour.
          11. interj. (colloquial) Used to gain one's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion
                Say, what did you think about the movie?
          12. n. A type of fine cloth similar to serge.
          13. v. To try; to assay.
          14. n. Trial by sample; assay; specimen.
          15. n. Tried quality; temper; proof.
          16. n. Essay; trial; attempt.
          17. n. (Scotland) A strainer for milk.
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.
She
     1. pron. honoraltcaps, she
     2. n. An ethnic group in southern China.
     3. n. A language of the Hmong-Mien language family spoken by the She people.
     4. pron. (personal) The female person or animal previously mentioned or implied.
           I asked Mary, but she said that she didn’t know.
     5. pron. (personal, sometimes affectionate) A ship or boat.
           She could do forty knots in good weather.
           She is a beautiful boat, isn’t she?
     6. pron. (personal, affectionate) Another machine (besides a ship), such as a car.
           She only gets thirty miles to the gallon on the highway, but she’s durable.
     7. pron. (personal, dated) A country.
           She is a poor place, but has beautiful scenery and friendly people.
     8. pron. (personal) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant (used in a work, along with or in place of he, as an indefinite pronoun).
     9. n. A female.
           Pat is definitely a she.
had
     1. v. simple past tense and past participle of have.
     2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the pluperfect tense, expressing a completed action in the past (with a past participle).
     3. v. (auxiliary, now rare) As past subjunctive: would have.
     4. adj. (obsolete) Available.
     have
                Additional archaic forms are second-person singular present tense hast, third-person singular present tense hath, present participle haveing, and second-person singular past tense hadst.
          1. v. To possess, own, hold.
                I have a house and a car.
                Look what I have here — a frog I found on the street!
          2. v. To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
                I have two sisters.
                I have a lot of work to do.
          3. v. To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
                I have breakfast at six o'clock.
                Can I have a look at that?
                I'm going to have some pizza and a beer right now.
          4. v. To be scheduled to attend or participate in.
                What class do you have right now? I have English.
                Fred won't be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day.
          5. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) (Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.)
                I have already eaten today.
                I had already eaten.
          6. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
                I have to go.
          7. v. To give birth to.
                The couple always wanted to have children.
                My wife is having the baby right now!
                My mother had me when she was 25.
          8. v. To engage in sexual intercourse with.
                He's always bragging about how many women he's had.
          9. v. To accept as a romantic partner.
                Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me.
          10. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
                They had me feed their dog while they were out of town.
          11. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
                He had him arrested for trespassing.
                The lecture's ending had the entire audience in tears.
          12. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
                The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week.
                I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.
          13. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
                Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.
          14. v. (Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below.))
                We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we?
                Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she?
                (UK usage) He has some money, hasn't he?
          15. v. (UK, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
                I could have him!
                I'm gonna have you!
          16. v. (dated) To be able to speak a language.
                I have no German.
          17. v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
                Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.
          18. v. To be afflicted with, suffer from.
                He had a cold last week.
          19. v. To experience, go through, undergo.
                We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that.
                He had surgery on his hip yesterday.
                I'm having the time of my life!
          20. v. To trick, to deceive.
                You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke.
          21. v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.
                The child screamed incessantly for his mother to buy him a toy, but she wasn't having any of it.
                I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night.
          22. v. (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
                I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it.
          23. v. To host someone; to take in as a guest.
                Thank you for having me!
          24. v. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
                What do you have for problem two?
                I have two contacts on my scope.
          25. v. (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
                We'll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon.
          26. n. A wealthy or privileged person.
          27. n. (uncommon) One who has some (contextually specified) thing.
          28. n. (AU, NZ, informal) A fraud or deception; something misleading.
                They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have.
been
     1. v. past participle of be
     2. v. (obsolete) plural present of be
     3. v. (Southern US) of be
     4. n. (UK dialectal) plural of bee
     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?
watching
     1. v. present participle of watch
     2. n. The act of one who watches.
     watch
          1. n. A portable or wearable timepiece.
                More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets.
          2. n. The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
          3. n. A particular time period when guarding is kept.
                The second watch of the night began at midnight.
          4. n. A person or group of people who guard.
                The watch stopped the travelers at the city gates.
          5. n. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
          6. n. (nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
          7. n. (nautical) A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the working of a vessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501).
          8. n. The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
          9. v. To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
                Watching the clock will not make time go faster.
                I'm tired of watching TV.
          10. v. To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
                Watch this!
                Put a little baking soda in some vinegar and watch what happens.
          11. v. To mind, attend, or guard.
                Please watch my suitcase for a minute.
                He has to watch the kids that afternoon.
          12. v. To be wary or cautious of.
                You should watch that guy. He has a reputation for lying.
          13. v. To attend to dangers to or regarding.
                watch your head;  watch your step
                Watch yourself when you talk to him.
                Watch what you say.
          14. v. (intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
          15. v. (intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.
                For some must watch, while some must sleep: So runs the world away.
          16. v. (intransitive) To act as a lookout.
          17. v. (nautical, of a buoy) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
          18. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be awake.
My
     1. n. megayear
     2. pron. alternative case form of my often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
     3. det. First-person singular possessive determiner. See.
     4. det.          Belonging to me.
                    I can't find my book.
     5. det.          Associated with me.
                    My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable.
                    Don't you know my name?
                    I recognised him because he had attended my school.
     6. det.          Related to me.
                    My parents won't let me go out tonight.
     7. det.          In the possession of me.
                    I have to take my books back to the library soon.
     8. interj. Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
           My, what big teeth you have!
signature
     1. adj. Distinctive, characteristic, indicative of identity.
           Rabbit in mustard sauce is my signature dish.
           The signature route of the airline is its daily flight between Buenos Aires and Madrid.
     2. n. A person’s name, written by that person, used to signify approval of accompanying material, such as a legal contract.
     3. n. The act of signing one's name.
     4. n. (medicine) The part of a doctor’s prescription containing directions for the patient.
     5. n. (music) Signs on the stave indicating key and tempo, composed of the key signature and the time signature.
     6. n. (printing) A group of four (or a multiple of four) pages printed such that, when folded, they become a section of a book.
     7. n. (computing) A pattern used for matching the identity of a virus, the parameter types of a method, etc.
     8. n. (cryptography) Data attached to a message that guarantees that the message originated from its claimed source.
     9. n. (figurative) A mark or sign of implication.
     10. n. (mathematics) A tuple specifying the sign of coefficients in any diagonal form of a quadratic form.
     11. n. (medicine, obsolete) A resemblance between the external character of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; supp
change
     1. v. (intransitive) To become something different.
           The tadpole changed into a frog.   Stock prices are constantly changing.
     2. v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something else.
           The fairy changed the frog into a prince.   I had to change the wording of the ad so it would fit.
     3. v. To replace.
           Ask the janitor to come and change the lightbulb.   After a brisk walk, I washed up and changed my shirt.
     4. v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
           You can't go into the dressing room while she's changing.   The clowns changed into their costumes before the circus started.
     5. v. To replace the clothing of (the one wearing it).
           It's your turn to change the baby.
     6. v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.)
     7. v. (archaic) To exchange.
     8. v. To change hand while riding (a horse).
           to change a horse
     9. n. The process of becoming different.
           The product is undergoing a change in order to improve it.
     10. n. Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
           Can I get change for this $100 bill please?
     11. n. A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes
     12. n. Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
           A customer who pays with a 10-pound note for a £9 item receives one pound in change.
     13. n. Coins (as opposed to paper money).
           Do you have any change on you? I need to make a phone call.
     14. n. A transfer between vehicles.
           The train journey from Bristol to Nottingham includes a change at Birmingham.
     15. n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
     16. n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
     17. n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
     18. n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.
from
     1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at.
           This wine comes from France.
           I got a letter from my brother.
     2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.
           He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
           He left yesterday from Chicago.
           Face away from the wall!
     3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation.
           20 from 31 leaves 11.
     4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.
           An umbrella protects from the sun.
           He knows right from wrong.
male
     1. adj. Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
           male writers, the leading male and female singers, a male bird feeding a seed to a female, in bee colonies, all drones are male, intersex male patients
     2. adj. Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine), (m.)
           stereotypically male interests, an insect with typically male coloration
     3. adj. Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
           the male chromosome;   like testes, ovaries also produce testosterone and some other male hormones
     4. adj. (grammar, less common than 'masculine') Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.
     5. adj. (figuratively) Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.
     6. n. One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.
     7. n.          (sometimes offensive) A human member of the masculine sex or gender.
     8. n.          An animal of the sex that has testes.
     9. n.          A plant of the masculine sex.
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.
female
     1. adj. Belonging to the sex which typically produces eggs (ova), or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
           female authors, the leading male and female artists, a female bird cooing at a male, intersex female patients, a trans female vlogger
     2. adj. Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare feminine), (m.)
           stereotypically female pastimes, an insect with typically female coloration
     3. adj. Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.
           the female chromosome;   estrogen, the primary female sex hormone, is produced by both females and males
     4. adj. (grammar, less common than 'feminine') Feminine; of the feminine grammatical gender.
     5. adj. (figuratively) Having an internal socket, as in a connector or pipe fitting.
     6. n. One of the female (feminine) sex or gender.
     7. n.          (sometimes offensive, see usage notes) A human member of the feminine sex or gender.
     8. n.          An animal of the sex that produces eggs.
     9. n.          (botany) A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organ capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate
on
     1. adj. In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
     2. adj. Performing according to schedule.
           Are we still on for tonight?
           Is the show still on?
     3. adj. (chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate.
           You can't do that; it's just not on.
     4. adj. (informal) Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
           "Five bucks says the Cavs win tonight." ―"You're on!".
           Mike just threw coffee onto Paul's lap. It's on now.
     5. adj. (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
     6. adj. (euphemistic) Menstruating.
     7. adv. To an operating state.
           turn the television on
     8. adv. Along, forwards (continuing an action).
           drive on, rock on
     9. adv. In continuation, at length.
           and so on.
           He rambled on and on.
     10. adv. (not US) Later.
           Ten years on, nothing had changed in the village.
     11. prep. Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
           on the table;  on the couch
           The parrot was sitting on Jim's shoulder.
     12. prep. At or near; adjacent to.
           Soon we'll pass a statue on the left.
           The fleet is on the American coast.
           Croton-on-Hudson, Rostov-on-Don, Southend-on-Sea
     13. prep. Covering.
           He wore old shoes on his feet.
     14. prep. At the date of.
           Born on the 4th of July.
     15. prep. Some time during the day of.
           I'll see you on Monday.   The bus leaves on Friday.   Can I see you on a different day? On Sunday I'm busy.
     16. prep. Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something.
           A book on history.   The World Summit on the Information Society.
     17. prep. Touching; hanging from.
           The fruit ripened on the trees.   The painting hangs on the wall.
     18. prep. (informal) In the possession of.
           I haven't got any money on me.
     19. prep. Because of, or due to.
           To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery.   To contact someone on a hunch.
     20. prep. Upon; at the time of (and often because of).
           On Jack's entry, William got up to leave.
           On the addition of ammonia, a chemical reaction begins.
     21. prep. Paid for by.
           The drinks are on me tonight, boys.   The meal is on the house.   I paid for the airfare and meals for my family, but the hotel room was on the company.
     22. prep. Used to indicate a means or medium.
           I saw it on television.   Can't you see I'm on the phone?
     23. prep. Indicating a means of subsistence.
           They lived on ten dollars a week.   The dog survived three weeks on rainwater.
     24. prep. Away or occupied with (e.g. a scheduled activity).
           He's on his lunch break.   on vacation;  on holiday
     25. prep. Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
           to play on a violin or piano
           Her words made a lasting impression on my mind.
     26. prep. Regularly taking (a drug).
           You've been on these antidepressants far too long.   He's acting so strangely, I think he must be on something.
     27. prep. Under the influence of (a drug).
           He's acting crazy because he's on crack right now.
     28. prep. (mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain.
           a function on
     29. prep. (mathematics) HavingV^n as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
           an operator on
     30. prep. (mathematics) Generated by.
           the free group on four letters
     31. prep. Supported by (the specified part of itself).
           A table can't stand on two legs.   After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels.
     32. prep. At a given time after the start of something; at.
     33. prep. In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
           heaps on heaps of food
           mischief on mischief; loss on loss
     34. prep. (obsolete, regional) of
     35. prep. Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in.
           I depended on them for assistance.
           He will promise on certain conditions.
           Do you ever bet on horses?
     36. prep. Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
           Have pity or compassion on him.
     37. prep. (obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of.
     38. prep. In the service of; connected with; of the number of.
           He is on a newspaper; I am on the committee.
     39. prep. By virtue of; with the pledge of.
           He affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honour.
     40. prep. To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
           On us be all the blame.
           A curse on him!
           Please don't tell on her and get her in trouble.
           He turned on her and has been her enemy ever since.
           He went all honest on me, making me listen to his confession.
     41. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) to switch on
           Can you on the light?
     42. prep. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without.
     43. n. In the Japanese language, a pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character that was originally based on the character's pronunciation in Chinese, contrasted with kun.
           Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun".
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.
purchasing
     1. v. present participle of purchase
     2. n. An act or process of making a purchase.
     3. n. (business, government) A complex, organized process in large organizations for obtaining goods that may include identification of requirements, approvals, supplier management, negotiation, receipt of
     4. n. A part of an organization that manages such processes
     purchase
          1. n. (obsolete) The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
          2. n. An individual item one has purchased.
          3. n. The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
                They offer a free hamburger with the purchase of a drink.
          4. n. That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
          5. n. That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
                He was pleased with his latest purchase.
          6. n. Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
                It is hard to get purchase on a nail without a pry bar or hammer.
          7. n. The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and in nautical terminology the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
          8. n. (rock climbing) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
          9. n. (legal, dated) Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
          10. n. A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.
          11. v. To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
          12. v. To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
                to purchase land, to purchase a house
          13. v. To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
                to purchase favor with flattery
          14. v. To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
          15. v. To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to.
                to purchase a cannon
          16. v. To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
          17. v. To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
                Many aristocratic refugees' portable treasures purchased their safe passage and comfortable exile during the revolution
requisitions
     1. n. plural of requisition
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of requisition
     requisition
          1. n. A formal request for something.
          2. n.          A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice.
          3. n.          (legal) A notarial demand for repayment of a debt.
          4. n.          (military) A demand by the invader upon the people of an invaded country for supplies, as of provision, forage, transportation, etc.
          5. n.          A formal application by one officer to another for things needed in the public service.
                         a requisition for clothing, troops, or money
          6. n. That which is required by authority; especially, a quota of supplies or necessaries.
          7. n. A call; an invitation; a summons.
                a requisition for a public meeting
          8. v. To demand something, especially for a military need of staff, supplies or transport.
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.
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
Her
     1. pron. honoraltcaps, her
     2. det. Belonging to her.
           This is her book
     3. pron. The form of she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc.
           Give it to her (after preposition)
           He wrote her a letter (indirect object)
           He treated her for a cold (direct object)
     4. n. (informal) A female person or animal.
           I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her.
desk
     1. n. A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.
     2. n. A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (especially in the United States), a pulpit.
     3. n. A department of a newspaper tasked with covering a particular geographical region or aspect of the news.
           city desk
     4. v. To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.
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