| archaic |
| 1. n. (archaeology, US, usually capitalized) A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the W | |
| 2. n. (paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens. | |
| 3. adj. Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated. | |
| 4. adj. (of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity. | |
| 5. adj. (archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period | |
| to |
| 1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive. | |
| I want to leave. | |
| He asked me what to do. | |
| I don’t know how to say it. | |
| I have places to go and people to see. | |
| 2. part. As above, with the verb implied. | |
| "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.". | |
| If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to. | |
| 3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs. | |
| I have to do laundry today. | |
| 4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at. | |
| We are walking to the shop. | |
| 5. prep. Used to indicate purpose. | |
| He devoted himself to education. | |
| They drank to his health. | |
| 6. prep. Used to indicate result of action. | |
| His face was beaten to a pulp. | |
| 7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application. | |
| similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking. | |
| 8. prep. (obsolete,) As a. | |
| With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t | |
| 9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison. | |
| one to one = 1:1 | |
| ten to one = 10:1. | |
| I have ten dollars to your four. | |
| 10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation. | |
| Three squared or three to the second power is nine. | |
| Three to the power of two is nine. | |
| Three to the second is nine. | |
| 11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object. | |
| I gave the book to him. | |
| 12. prep. (time) Preceding. | |
| ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour). | |
| 13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains. | |
| Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it. | |
| There's a lot of sense to what he says. | |
| 14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At. | |
| Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y. | |
| 15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position. | |
| Please push the door to. | |
| 16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind. | |
| 17. adv. misspelling of too | |
| pray |
| 1. v. To petition or solicit help from a supernatural or higher being. | |
| Muslims (or submitters) pray in the direction of Mecca. | |
| 2. v. To humbly beg a person for aid or their time. | |
| 3. v. (religion) To communicate with God for any reason. | |
| 4. v. (obsolete) To ask earnestly for; to seek to obtain by supplication; to entreat for. | |
| 5. v. (obsolete) to implore, to entreat, to request. | |
| 6. adv. Please; used to make a polite request. | |
| pray silence for… | |
| against |
| 1. prep. A close but separated relationship.: | |
| 2. prep. In a contrary direction to. | |
| If you swim against the current, you must work harder. | |
| 3. prep. Close to. | |
| The kennel was put against the back wall. | |
| 4. prep. In front of; before a background. | |
| The giant was silhouetted against the door. | |
| 5. prep. In physical contact with. | |
| The puppy rested its head against a paw. | |
| 6. prep. In physical opposition to, or in collision with. | |
| The rain pounds against the window. | |
| 7. prep. (heading, social) A contrasting or competitive relationship. | |
| 8. prep. In contrast and/or comparison with. | |
| He stands out against his local classmates. | |
| 9. prep. In competition with, versus. | |
| The Tigers will play against the Bears this weekend. | |
| 10. prep. In opposition to. | |
| Are you against freedom of choice? I'd bet against his succeeding. | |
| 11. prep. In exchange for. | |
| The vouchers are redeemable against West End shows and theatre breaks. | |
| 12. prep. As protection from. | |
| He turned the umbrella against the wind. | |
| 13. prep. In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.). | |
| 14. prep. (Hollywood) To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming. | |
| The studio weren't sure the movie would ever get made, so they only paid $50,000 against $200,000. That way they wouldn't be out very much if filming never began. | |
| 15. conj. (obsolete) By the time that (something happened); before. | |
