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north
     1. n. One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map, abbreviated as N.
           Minnesota is in the north of the USA.
     2. n. The up or positive direction.
           Stock prices are heading north.
     3. n. Above or higher
     4. n. (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).
     5. adj. Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
           He lived in north Germany.
           She entered through the north gate.
     6. adj. Toward the north; northward.
     7. adj. (meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
           The north wind was cold.
     8. adj. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
           north highway 1
     9. adj. (colloquial) More or greater than.
           The wedding ended up costing north of $50,000.
     10. adv. Toward the north; northward.
           Switzerland is north of Italy.
           We headed north.
     11. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn or move toward the north.
america
broadcasting
     1. adj. Sending in all directions.
     2. n. (business) The business or profession of radio and television.
           Broadcasting can be a lucrative field, but very few people end up on the air.
     3. n. The act by which something is broadcast.
           frequent broadcastings of the same old material
     4. v. present participle of broadcast
           This radio station is broadcasting at a frequency of 104Mhz.
           We sowed the seeds, broadcasting with a rotary spreader.
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.
group
     1. n. A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
           there is a group of houses behind the hill;  he left town to join a Communist group
           A group of people gathered in front of the Parliament to demonstrate against the Prime Minister's proposals.
     2. n. (group theory) A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.
     3. n. (geometry, archaic) An effective divisor on a curve.
     4. n. A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
           Did you see the new jazz group?
     5. n. (astronomy) A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.
     6. n. (chemistry) A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.
     7. n. (chemistry) A functional group.
           Nitro is an electron-withdrawing group.
     8. n. (sociology) A subset of a culture or of a society.
     9. n. (military) An air force formation.
     10. n. (geology) A collection of formations or rock strata.
     11. n. (computing) A number of users with same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals.
     12. n. An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter.
     13. n. (music) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes.
     14. n. (sports) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division.
     15. n. (business) A commercial organization.
     16. v. To put together to form a group.
           group the dogs by hair colour
     17. v. (intransitive) To come together to form a group.
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.
episodes
     1. n. plural of episode
     episode
          1. n. An incident or action standing out by itself, but more or less connected with a complete series of events.
                It was a most embarrassing episode in my life.
          2. n. An instalment of a drama told in parts, as in a TV series.
                I can't wait till next week’s episode.
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.
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.
television
     1. n. An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
           It’s a good thing that television doesn’t transmit smell.
     2. n. A device for receiving television signals and displaying them in visual form.
           I have an old television in the study.
     3. n. Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.
           fifty-seven channels and nothing on television
     4. n. Vision at a distance.
     5. v. (neologism, informal) To watch television.
or
     1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
           In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
           He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
     2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
     3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
     4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
           It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
     5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
           The country Myanmar, or Burma
     6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
     7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
     10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
     11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
radio
     1. n. The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.
     2. n. A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.
     3. n. On-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media.
     4. n. A device that can transmit radio signals.
     5. n. (Internet) The continuous broadcasting of sound recordings via the Internet in the style of traditional radio.
     6. v. To use two-way radio to transmit (a message) (to another radio or other radio operator).
           I think the boat is sinking; we'd better radio for help. / I radioed him already. / Radio the coordinates this time. / OK. I radioed them the coordinates.
     7. v. To order or assist (to a location), using telecommunications.
program
     1. n. A set of structured activities.
           Our program for today’s exercise class includes swimming and jogging.
     2. n. A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity.
           The program consisted of ads for restaurants and the credits of everyone connected with the play.
     3. n. (broadcasting) A performance of a show or other broadcast on radio or television.
           Tonight’s program was hosted by Johnny Carson.
     4. n. (computing) A software application, or a collection of software applications, designed to perform a specific task.
           The program runs on both Linux and Microsoft Windows.
     5. n. (especially, in the phrase "get with the program") A particular mindset or method of doing things.
     6. v. To enter a program or other instructions into (a computer or other electronic device) to instruct it to do a particular task.
           He programmed the DVR to record his favorite show.
     7. v. To develop (software) by writing program code.
           I programmed a small game as a demonstration.
     8. v. To put together the schedule of an event.
           Mary will program Tuesday’s festivities.
     9. v. To cause to automatically behave in a particular way.
           The lab rat was programmed to press the lever when the bell rang.
broadcast
     1. adj. Cast or scattered widely in all directions.
     2. adj. Communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means.
     3. adj. Relating to transmissions of messages or signals through radio waves or electronic means.
     4. adv. Widely in all directions.
     5. adv. (agriculture, horticulture, archaic) By having its seeds sown over a wide area.
     6. n. A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver.
     7. n. A programme (bulletin, documentary, show, etc.) so transmitted.
     8. n. (agriculture, horticulture, archaic) The act of scattering seed; a crop grown from such seed.
     9. v. To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.
     10. v. To transmit a message over a wide area; specifically, to send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people.
     11. v. (intransitive) To appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme.
     12. v. (transitive, agriculture, horticulture, archaic) To sow seeds over a wide area.
in
     1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
     2. prep.          Contained by.
                   The dog is in the kennel.
     3. prep.          Within.
     4. prep.          Surrounded by.
                   We are in the enemy camp.   Her plane is in the air.
     5. prep.          Part of; a member of.
                   One in a million.   She's in band and orchestra.
     6. prep.          Pertaining to; with regard to.
                   What grade did he get in English?
                   Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
     7. prep.          At the end of a period of time.
                   They said they would call us in a week.
     8. prep.          Within a certain elapsed time
                   Are you able to finish this in three hours?   The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
     9. prep.          During (said of periods of time).
                   in the first week of December;  Easter falls in the fourth lunar month;   The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
     10. prep.          (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
                   English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
     11. prep. Into.
           Less water gets in your boots this way.
     12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
           In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
     13. prep.          Indicating an order or arrangement.
                   My fat rolls around in folds.
     14. prep.          Denoting a state of the subject.
                   He stalked away in anger.   John is in a coma.
     15. prep.          Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
                   You've got a friend in me.   He's met his match in her.
     16. prep.          Wearing (an item of clothing).
                    I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
     17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
     18. prep.          (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
                   Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
                   The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
                    Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
     19. prep.          Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
                   Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
                   His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
                   When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
     20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
     21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
     22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
           Is Mr. Smith in?
     23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
           Suddenly a strange man walked in.
     24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
           He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
     25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
           What's that in?
     26. adv. After the beginning of something.
     27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
           His parents got him an in with the company
     28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
     29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
     30. adj. In fashion; popular.
           Skirts are in this year.
     31. adj. Incoming.
           the in train
     32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
     33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
           in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
     34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
     35. n. Inch.
regular
     1. adj. (Christianity) Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to secular).
           regular clergy, in distinction from the secular clergy
     2. adj. Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.
     3. adj. (geometry, of a polygon) Both equilateral and equiangular; having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same size
     4. adj. (geometry, of a polyhedron) Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.
     5. adj. Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence.
     6. adj. (now rare) Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.).
     7. adj. Happening at constant (especially short) intervals.
           He made regular visits to go see his mother.
     8. adj. (grammar, of a verb, plural, etc) Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of a given language.
           The verb "to walk" is regular.
     9. adj. (chiefly US) Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard.
     10. adj. (chiefly military) Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops.
     11. adj. Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way.
           Maintaining a high-fibre diet keeps you regular.
     12. adj. (colloquial) Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright.
           a regular genius; a regular John Bull
     13. adj. (botany, zoology) Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.
           a regular flower; a regular sea urchin
     14. adj. (crystallography) isometric
     15. adj. (snowboarding) Riding with the left foot forward.
     16. adj. (analysis, not comparable, of a Borel measure) Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular and inner regular.
     17. adv. (archaic, UK, dialect) Regularly, on a regular basis.
     18. n. A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
     19. n. A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
           Bartenders usually know their regulars by name.
     20. n. A frequent customer, client or business partner.
           This gentleman was one of the architect's regulars.
     21. n. (Canada) A coffee with one cream and one sugar.
     22. n. Anything that is normal or standard.
     23. n. A member of a religious order who has taken the three ordinary vows.
     24. n. A number for each year, giving, added to the concurrents, the number of the day of the week on which the Paschal full moon falls.
     25. n. A fixed number for each month serving to ascertain the day of the week, or the age of the moon, on the first day of any month.
intervals
     1. n. plural of interval
     interval
          1. n. A distance in space.
          2. n. A period of time.
                the interval between contractions during childbirth
          3. n. (music) The difference (a ratio or logarithmic measure) in pitch between two notes, often referring to those two pitches themselves (otherwise known as a dyad).
          4. n. (mathematics) A connected section of the real line which may be empty or have a length of zero.
          5. n. (chiefly British) An intermission.
          6. n. (sports) half time, a scheduled intermission between the periods of play
          7. n. (cricket) Either of the two breaks, at lunch and tea, between the three sessions of a day's play
with
     1. prep. Against.
           He picked a fight with the class bully.
     2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
           He went with his friends.
     3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
           She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
     4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
     5. prep. In support of.
           We are with you all the way.
     6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
           slain with robbers
     7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
           cut with a knife
     8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
     9. prep. Having, owning.
     10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
           Do you want to come with?
     11. adv. -->
     12. n. alternative form of withe
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.
long
     1. adj. Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below).
           It's a long way from the Earth to the Moon.
     2. adj. Having great duration.
           The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.
     3. adj. Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.
     4. adj. (UK, dialect) Not short; tall.
     5. adj. (finance) Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value.
           I'm long in DuPont;  I have a long position in DuPont.
     6. adj. (cricket) Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
     7. adj. (tennis, of a ball or a shot) That land beyond the baseline (and therefore is out).
           No! That forehand is longnb....
     8. adj. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
     9. adv. Over a great distance in space.
           He threw the ball long.
     10. adv. For a particular duration.
           How long is it until the next bus arrives?
     11. adv. For a long duration.
           Will this interview take long?
           Paris has long been considered one of the most cultured cities in the world.
     12. n. (linguistics) A long vowel.
     13. n. (programming) A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.
           A long is typically 64 bits in a 32-bit environment.
     14. n. (finance) An entity with a long position in an asset.
           Every uptick made the longs cheer.
     15. n. (music) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
     16. v. (transitive, finance) To take a long position in.
     17. v. (intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)
           She longed for him to come back.
     18. adj. (archaic) On account of, because of.
     19. v. (archaic) To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
     20. n. longitude
break
     1. v. (transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
           If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.
           In order to tend to the accident victim, he will break the window of the car.
     2. v.          (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
                   His ribs broke under the weight of the rocks piled on his chest.
                   She broke her neck.
                   He slipped on the ice and broke his leg.
     3. v. To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
           Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?
           The wholesaler broke the container loads into palettes and boxes for local retailers.
     4. v. To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
           Her child's death broke Angela.
           Interrogators have used many forms of torture to break prisoners of war.
           The interrogator hoped to break her to get her testimony against her accomplices.
     5. v.         To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
                   You have to break an elephant before you can use it as an animal of burden.
     6. v. (intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
           My heart is breaking.
     7. v. To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
           I've got to break this habit I have of biting my nails.
           to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey
           I had won four games in a row, but now you've broken my streak of luck.
     8. v. To ruin financially.
           The recession broke some small businesses.
     9. v. To violate, to not adhere to.
           When you go to Vancouver, promise me you won't break the law.
           He broke his vows by cheating on his wife.
           break one's word
           Time travel would break the laws of physics.
     10. v. (intransitive, of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, in terms of temperature.
           Susan's fever broke at about 3 AM, and the doctor said the worst was over.
     11. v. (intransitive, of a spell of settled weather) To end.
           The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek.
     12. v. (intransitive, of a storm) To begin; to end.
           We ran to find shelter before the storm broke.
           Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny.
     13. v. (intransitive, of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.
           Morning has broken.
           The day broke crisp and clear.
     14. v. (transitive, gaming slang) To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
           Changing the rules to let white have three extra queens would break chess.
           I broke the RPG by training every member of my party to cast fireballs as well as use swords.
     15. v. (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
           On the hottest day of the year the refrigerator broke.
           Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?
     16. v.          (specifically, in programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
                   Adding 64-bit support broke backward compatibility with earlier versions.
     17. v. To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
           break a seal
     18. v.          (specifically) To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
     19. v.          (specifically) To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination or the like.
     20. v. To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
           The cavalry were not able to break the British squares.
     21. v. (intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
     22. v. (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.
           Let's break for lunch.
     23. v. To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
           He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall.
     24. v. (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.
           The newsman wanted to break a big story, something that would make him famous.
           I don't know how to break this to you, but your cat is not coming back.
           In the latest breaking news...
           When news of their divorce broke, ...
     25. v. (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
     26. v. To change a steady state abruptly.
           His coughing broke the silence.
           His turning on the lights broke the enchantment.
           With the mood broken, what we had been doing seemed pretty silly.
     27. v. (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
           Things began breaking bad for him when his parents died.
           The arrest was standard, when suddenly the suspect broke ugly.
     28. v. (intransitive) Of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty.
     29. v. (intransitive) Of a voice, to alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down; to crack.
           His voice breaks when he gets emotional.
     30. v. To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
           He broke the men's 100-meter record.
           I can't believe she broke 3 under par!
           The policeman broke sixty on a residential street in his hurry to catch the thief.
     31. v. (sports):
     32. v.          (transitive, tennis) To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
                   He needs to break serve to win the match.
     33. v.          (intransitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
                   Is it your or my turn to break?
     34. v.          (transitive, backgammon) To remove one of the two men on (a point).
     35. v. (transitive military, most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.
     36. v. To end (a connection), to disconnect.
           The referee ordered the boxers to break the clinch.
           The referee broke the boxers' clinch.
           I couldn't hear a thing he was saying, so I broke the connection and called him back.
     37. v. (intransitive, of an emulsion) To demulsify.
     38. v. (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack
     39. v. (transitive, obsolete) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
     40. v. (intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
     41. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To fail in business; to become bankrupt.
     42. v. To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
           to break flax
     43. v. To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
     44. v. (intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.
           to break into a run or gallop
     45. v. (intransitive, archaic) To fall out; to terminate friendship.
between
     1. prep. In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.)
           John stood between Amy and Mary.  Let's meet between two and three.
           I want to buy one that costs somewhere between forty and fifty dollars.
     2. prep. Done together or reciprocally.
           conversation between friends
     3. prep. Shared in confidence.
           Between you and me, I think the boss is crazy.  Let's keep this between ourselves.
     4. prep. In transit from (one to the other, or connecting places).
           He's between jobs right now.  The shuttle runs between the town and the airport.
     5. prep. Combined (by effort or ownership).
           Between us all, we shall succeed.  We've only got £5 between us.
           Between the leaky taps and the peeling wallpaper, there isn't much about this house to appeal to a buyer.
     6. prep. One of (representing a choice).
           You must choose between him and me.
           Some colour-blind people can't distinguish between red and green.
     7. n. A kind of needle, shorter than a sharp, with a small rounded eye, used for making fine stitches on heavy fabrics.
each
     1. det. All; every; qualifying a singular noun, indicating all examples of the thing so named seen as individual or separate items (compare every).
           make sure you wash each bowl well;  the sun comes up each morning and sets each night
     2. det. Every one; every thing.
           I'm going to give each of you a chance to win.
     3. det. For one; per.
           The apples cost 50 cents each.
     4. n. (operations, philosophy) An individual item: the least quantitative unit in a grouping.
group
     1. n. A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
           there is a group of houses behind the hill;  he left town to join a Communist group
           A group of people gathered in front of the Parliament to demonstrate against the Prime Minister's proposals.
     2. n. (group theory) A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.
     3. n. (geometry, archaic) An effective divisor on a curve.
     4. n. A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
           Did you see the new jazz group?
     5. n. (astronomy) A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.
     6. n. (chemistry) A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.
     7. n. (chemistry) A functional group.
           Nitro is an electron-withdrawing group.
     8. n. (sociology) A subset of a culture or of a society.
     9. n. (military) An air force formation.
     10. n. (geology) A collection of formations or rock strata.
     11. n. (computing) A number of users with same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals.
     12. n. An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter.
     13. n. (music) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes.
     14. n. (sports) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division.
     15. n. (business) A commercial organization.
     16. v. To put together to form a group.
           group the dogs by hair colour
     17. v. (intransitive) To come together to form a group.
usually
     1. adv. Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.
           Except for one or two days a year, he usually walks to work.
     2. adv. Under normal conditions.
with
     1. prep. Against.
           He picked a fight with the class bully.
     2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
           He went with his friends.
     3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
           She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
     4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
     5. prep. In support of.
           We are with you all the way.
     6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
           slain with robbers
     7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
           cut with a knife
     8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
     9. prep. Having, owning.
     10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
           Do you want to come with?
     11. adv. -->
     12. n. alternative form of withe
one
     1. num. (cardinal) The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
           In some religions, there is only one god.
           In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.
           One person, one vote.
     2. num. (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
     3. num. (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
     4. num. (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
     5. pron. (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
           The big one looks good.  I want the green one.  A good driver is one who drives carefully.
     6. pron. (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
           She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other.
     7. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
           One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed.  One shouldn’t be too quick to judge.
     8. pron. (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
           "driver", noun: one who drives.
     9. n. The digit or figure 1.
     10. n. (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
     11. n. (US) A one-dollar bill.
     12. n. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
     13. n. A joke or amusing anecdote.
     14. n. (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
     15. n. (Internet slang) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
           A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
             Someone help me; I'm always losing!
           B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!
             Why don't you just go away loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     16. adj. Of a period of time, being particular.
           One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries.
     17. adj. Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
           My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other.".
     18. adj. Sole, only.
           He is the one man who can help you.
     19. adj. Whole, entire.
           Body and soul are not separate; they are one.
     20. adj. In agreement.
           We are one on the importance of learning.
     21. adj. The same.
           The two types look very different, but are one species.
     22. adj. Being a preeminent example.
           He is one hell of a guy.
     23. adj. Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".
           The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”.
     24. v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.
year
     1. n. A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
           we moved to this town a year ago;  I quit smoking exactly one year ago
     2. n. (by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution
           Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year, or 1.88 Earth years.
     3. n. A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by
           A normal year has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap year.
           I was born in the year 1950.
           This Chinese year is the year of the Rooster.
     4. n. A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
           During this school year I have to get up at 6:30 to catch the bus.
     5. n. (sciences) A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a".
     6. n. A level or grade in school or college.
           Every second-year student must select an area of specialization.
           The exams in year 12 at high school are the most difficult.
     7. n. The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).
           Geneticists have created baker's yeast that can live to 800 in yeast years.
between
     1. prep. In the position or interval that separates (two things), or intermediate in quantity or degree. (See Usage notes below.)
           John stood between Amy and Mary.  Let's meet between two and three.
           I want to buy one that costs somewhere between forty and fifty dollars.
     2. prep. Done together or reciprocally.
           conversation between friends
     3. prep. Shared in confidence.
           Between you and me, I think the boss is crazy.  Let's keep this between ourselves.
     4. prep. In transit from (one to the other, or connecting places).
           He's between jobs right now.  The shuttle runs between the town and the airport.
     5. prep. Combined (by effort or ownership).
           Between us all, we shall succeed.  We've only got £5 between us.
           Between the leaky taps and the peeling wallpaper, there isn't much about this house to appeal to a buyer.
     6. prep. One of (representing a choice).
           You must choose between him and me.
           Some colour-blind people can't distinguish between red and green.
     7. n. A kind of needle, shorter than a sharp, with a small rounded eye, used for making fine stitches on heavy fabrics.
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.
beginning
     1. n. The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states
     2. n. That which is begun; a rudiment or element.
     3. n. That which begins or originates something; the first cause.
     4. n. The initial portion of some extended thing.
           The author describes the main character's youth at the beginning of the story.
           That house is at the beginning of the street.
     5. v. present participle of begin
           He is beginning to read a new book.
     6. adj. (informal) Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.
           in the beginning paragraph of the chapter
           in the beginning section of the course
     begin
          1. v. To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
                I began playing the piano at the age of five.   Now that everyone is here, we should begin the presentation.
          2. v. (intransitive) To be in the first stage of some situation
                The program begins at 9 o'clock on the dot.    I rushed to get to class on time, but the lesson had already begun. -
          3. v. (intransitive) To come into existence.
          4. n. (nonstandard) Beginning; start.
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.
E
     1. n. (street slang) The illicit drug ecstasy (MDMA), particularly in pill form.
     2. n. (especially, in LGBT contexts) The hormone estrogen/estradiol. (Contrast T, testosterone.)
     3. n. The grade below D in some grading systems. In most such systems, it is a failing grade.
     4. n. (abbreviation of episode) (installment of a series)
           The pilot episode is S01E01.
     5. Number. en-number, upper=E, lower=e
     6. n. (mathematics) the base of the natural logarithm, 2.718281828459045…
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