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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.
class
1. n. A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
The new Ford Fiesta is set to be best in the 'small family' class.
That is one class-A heifer you got there, sonny.
Often used to imply membership of a large class.
This word has a whole class of metaphoric extensions.
2. n. (sociology) A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three main classes; upper class, middle class and working class.
3. n. The division of society into classes.
Jane Austen's works deal with class in 18th-century England.
4. n. Admirable behavior; elegance.
Apologizing for losing your temper, even though you were badly provoked, showed real class.
5. n. (education, and un) A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.
The class was noisy, but the teacher was able to get their attention with a story.
6. n. A series of classes covering a single subject.
I took the cooking class for enjoyment, but I also learned a lot.
7. n. A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class.
The class of 1982 was particularly noteworthy.
8. n. A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation.
I used to fly business class, but now my company can only afford economy.
9. n. (taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank.
Magnolias belong to the class Magnoliopsida.
10. n. Best of its kind.
It is the class of Italian bottled waters.
11. n. (set theory) A collection of sets definable by a shared property.
The class of all sets is not a set.
Every set is a class, but classes are not generally sets. A class that is not a set is called a proper class.
12. n. (military) A group of people subject to be conscripted in the same military draft, or more narrowly those persons actually conscripted in a particular draft.
13. n. (object-oriented) A set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state), or a template defining such a set.
an abstract base class
14. n. One of the sections into which a Methodist church or congregation is divided, supervised by a class leader.
15. v. To assign to a class; to classify.
I would class this with most of the other mediocre works of the period.
16. v. (intransitive) To be grouped or classed.
17. v. To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.
18. adj. (Irish, British, slang) great; fabulous
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.
religious
1. adj. Concerning religion.
It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.
2. adj. Committed to the practice of religion.
I was much more religious as a teenager than I am now.
3. adj. Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
I'm a religious fan of college basketball.
4. n. A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.
education
1. n. The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
Good education is essential for a well-run society.
2. n. Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally.
He has had a classical education.
The educations our children receive depend on their economic status.
for
1. conj. (dated) Because.
2. prep. Towards.
The astronauts headed for the moon.
3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to.
I have something for you.
4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
We're having a birthday party for Janet.
The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.
5. prep. Supporting.
All those for the motion raise your hands.
6. prep. Because of.
He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
(UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
She was the worse for drink.
7. prep. Over a period of time.
I've lived here for three years.
They fought for days over a silly pencil.
8. prep. Throughout an extent of space.
9. prep. On behalf of.
I will stand in for him.
10. prep. Instead of, or in place of.
11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire.
I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
He's going for his doctorate.
Do you want to go for coffee?
People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
Can you go to the store for some eggs?
I'm saving up for a car.
Don't wait for an answer.
What did he ask you for?
12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
Run for the hills!
He was headed for the door when he remembered.
13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
Fair for its day.
She's spry for an old lady.
14. prep. Despite, in spite of.
15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.)
All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.)
16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
18. prep. To be, or as being.
19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.)
20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
youths
1. n. plural of youth
youth
1. n. The quality or state of being young.
Her youth and beauty attracted him to her.
2. n. The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.
Make the most of your youth, it will not last forever.
I made many mistakes in my youth, but learned from them all.
3. n. A young person.
There was a group of youths hanging around the parking lot, reading fashion magazines and listening to music.
4. n. A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.
5. n. (used in plural form) Young persons, collectively.
ages
1. n. plural of age
2. n. (hyperbole) A long time.
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of age
age
1. n. The whole duration of a being, whether animal, plant, or other kind, being alive.
2. n. The number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive.
3. n. One of the stages of life.
the age of infancy
4. n. The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
the age of consent; the age of discretion
5. n. A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
the golden age; the age of Pericles
6. n. A great period in the history of the Earth.
the Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age; the Tithonian Age was the last in the Late Jurassic epoch
7. n. A period of one hundred years; a century.
8. n. The people who live during a particular period.
9. n. A generation.
There are three ages living in her house.
10. n. (hyperbole) A long time.
It’s been an age since we last saw you.
11. n. (geology) A unit of geologic time subdividing an epoch into smaller parts.
12. n. (poker) The right of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.
13. n. That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; specifically the size of that part.
What is the present age of a man, or of the earth?
14. n. Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
to come of age; she is now of age
15. n. An advanced period of life; the latter part of life; the state of being old; eld, seniority.
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age, sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
16. v. To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
Grief ages us.
17. v. (transitive, figuratively) To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
Money's a little tight right now, let's age our bills for a week or so.
18. v. (transitive, accounting) To categorize by age.
One his first assignments was to age the accounts receivable.
19. v. (intransitive) To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
He grew fat as he aged.
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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.
accompanies
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of accompany
accompany
1. v. To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.
Geoffrey accompanied the group on their pilgrimage.
2. v. To supplement with; add to.
3. v. (intransitive, music) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.
4. v. (transitive, music) To perform an accompanying part next to (another instrument or musician).
The strings were accompanied by two woodwinds.
I will accompany her on the oboe.
5. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To associate in a company; to keep company.
6. v. (transitive, obsolete) To cohabit with; to coexist with; occur with.
7. v. To be found at the same time.
Thunder almost always accompanies lightning during a rain storm.
accompany
1. v. To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.
Geoffrey accompanied the group on their pilgrimage.
2. v. To supplement with; add to.
3. v. (intransitive, music) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.
4. v. (transitive, music) To perform an accompanying part next to (another instrument or musician).
The strings were accompanied by two woodwinds.
I will accompany her on the oboe.
5. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To associate in a company; to keep company.
6. v. (transitive, obsolete) To cohabit with; to coexist with; occur with.
7. v. To be found at the same time.
Thunder almost always accompanies lightning during a rain storm.
normal
1. adj. according to norms or rules
Organize the data into third normal form.
2. adj. healthy; not sick or ill
John is feeling normal again.
3. adj. (education, of a school) teaching teachers how to teach (to certain norms)
My grandmother attended Mankato State Normal School.
4. adj. (chemistry) of, relating to, or being a solution containing one equivalent weight of solute per litre of solution
5. adj. (organic chemistry) describing a straight chain isomer of an aliphatic hydrocarbon, or an aliphatic compound in which a substituent is in the 1- position of such a hydrocarbon
6. adj. (physics, of a mode in an oscillating system) in which all parts of an object vibrate at the same frequency (see normal mode)
7. adj. (rail transport, of points) in the default position, set for the most frequently used route
8. adj. (geometry) perpendicular to a tangent of a curve or derivative of a surface
9. adj. (mathematics) adhering to or being what is considered natural or regular in a particular field or context:
10. adj. (of a real number) whose digits, in any base representation, enjoy a uniform distribution
11. adj. (algebra, of a subgroup) with cosets which form a group
12. adj. (algebra, of a field extension of a field K) which is the splitting field of a family of polynomials in K
13. adj. (probability theory, statistics, of a distribution) which has a very specific bell curve shape; that is or has the qualities of a normal distribution
14. adj. (probability theory, statistics, of a random variable, etc.) which has a normal distribution; which is associated with random variable that has a norma
15. adj. (complex analysis, of a family of continuous functions) which is pre-compact
16. adj. (set theory, of a function from the ordinals to the ordinals) which is strictly monotonically increasing and continuous with respect to the order topol
17. adj. (linear algebra, of a matrix) which commutes with its conjugate transpose
18. adj. (functional analysis, of a Hilbert space operator) which commutes with its adjoint
19. adj. (category theory) being (as a morphism) or containing (as a category) only normal epimorphism(s) or monomorphism(s), that is, those which are the kerne
20. adj. (topology, of a topology) in which disjoint closed sets can be separated by disjoint neighborhoods
21. n. (geometry) a line or vector that is perpendicular to another line, surface, or plane.
22. n. (slang) a person who is normal, who fits into mainstream society, as opposed to those who live alternative lifestyles.
23. n. the usual state.
His workload is now back to normal.
Heavy workload is the new normal.
secular
1. adj. Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
2. adj. Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
3. adj. (Christianity) Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.
secular clergy in Catholicism
4. adj. Happening once in an age or century.
The secular games of ancient Rome were held to mark the end of a saeculum and the beginning of the next.
5. adj. Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.
The long-term growth in population and income accounts for most secular trends in economic phenomena.
on a secular basis
6. adj. (literary) Centuries-old, ancient.
7. adj. (astrophysics, geology) Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.
8. adj. (atomic physics) Unperturbed over time.
9. n. A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
10. n. A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
11. n. A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.
education
1. n. The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.
Good education is essential for a well-run society.
2. n. Facts, skills and ideas that have been learned, either formally or informally.
He has had a classical education.
The educations our children receive depend on their economic status.

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