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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.
district
1. n. An administrative division of an area.
the Soho district of London
2. n. An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.
the Lake District in Cumbria
3. n. (UK) An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.
South Oxfordshire District Council
4. v. To divide into administrative or other districts.
5. adj. (obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh
represented
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of represent
represent
1. v. To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
2. v. To portray visually; to delineate
a picture can be represented in a landscape.
The sculptor represented a horse in bronze.
3. v. To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of
It has always been his dream to represent Hamlet on Broadway.
4. v. To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of
He sent his agent to represent himself at the meeting.
As he was too ill to accept the award, his brother represented him at the ceremony.
An attorney's job is to represent his client in court
5. v. (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.)
They chose a member of Congress to represent their district.
6. v. To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of
He represented that he was investigating for the police department.
7. v. To give an account of; to describe.
8. v. To serve as a sign or symbol of
The @ symbol represents the online world.
A dove is often used to represent peace.
9. v. To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
10. v. To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something presentative, which was originally apprehended by direct presentation).
11. v. To constitute, to make up, to be an example of.
12. v. (sports) To participate as a team member
by
1. prep. Near or next to.
The mailbox is by the bus stop.
2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval.
Be back by ten o'clock! We will send it by the first week of July.
3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of.
The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour.
4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare
5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of.
6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of.
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination.
The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight.
8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed.
I sorted the items by category. By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.
9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of.
Our stock is up by ten percent.
10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches.
11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to.
He cheated by his own admission.
12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of.
By Jove! I think she's got it! By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this.
13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix. The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot. The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm.
14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.
She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.
15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker.
I watched as it passed by.
16. adv. In the vicinity, near.
There was a shepherd close by.
The shop is hard by the High Street.
17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
I'll stop by on my way home from work.
We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave.
18. adv. Aside, away.
The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring.
19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary.
20. n. (card games) A pass
21. interj. alternative spelling of bye
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.
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.
more
1. det. comparative degree of many, : in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.)
More people are arriving.
There are more ways to do this than I can count.
2. det. comparative degree of much, : in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.)
I want more soup; I need more time
There's more caffeine in my coffee than in the coffee you get in most places.
3. adv. To a greater degree or extent.
He walks more in the morning these days.
4. adv. (now poetic) In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more.
5. adv. Used alone to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs.
You're more beautiful than I ever imagined.
6. adv. (now dialectal, or humorous) Used in addition to an inflected comparative form. (Standard until the 18thc.)
I was more better at English than you.
7. adv. rather
He is more clever than wise.
8. n. An extra amount or extent.
9. n. (obsolete) a carrot; a parsnip.
10. n. (dialectal) a root; stock.
11. n. A plant.
12. v. To root up.
13. pron. a greater amount of people or things
elected
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of elect
2. n. One who is elected.
elect
1. n. One chosen or set apart.
2. n. (theology) In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.
3. v. To choose or make a decision (to do something)
4. v. To choose (a candidate) in an election
5. adj. (postpositive) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.
He is the President elect.
6. adj. Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.
officials
1. n. plural of official
official
1. adj. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
official duties
2. adj. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority
an official statement or report
3. adj. Approved by authority; authorized.
The Official Strategy Guide
4. adj. (Of a statement) Dubious but recognized by authorities as truth and/or canon.
Despite these testimonies, "accidental asphyxiation" remains his official cause of death.
5. adj. (pharmaceutical) Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.
an official drug or preparation
6. adj. Discharging an office or function.
7. adj. Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
8. adj. Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
9. adj. True, real, beyond doubt.
Well, it's official: you lost your mind!
10. n. An office holder invested with powers and authorities.
David Barnes was the official charged with the running of the sports club.
Last year, Yulong Snow Mountain park officials reported that 2.6 million visitors came to the mountain.
11. n. A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.
In most soccer games there are three officials: the referee and two linesmen.

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