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architecture
1. n. The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.
The architecture throughout NYC is amazing.
Architecture is the visual public expression of a culture’s achievements, values, and outlook. ― Max Roscoe, "How Your City Is Killing You With Ugliness".
2. n. The profession of an architect.
3. n. Any particular style of building design.
4. n. Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
5. n. A unifying structure.
6. n. (computing) A specific model of a microchip or CPU.
The Intel architectures have more software written for them.
7. n. The structure and design of a system or product.
The architecture of the company's billing system is designed to support its business goals.
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.
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.
related
1. adj. Standing in relation or connection.
Electric and magnetic forces are closely related.
2. adj. Being a relative of.
Everyone is related to their parents.
3. adj. Narrated; told.
4. adj. (uncomparable, music) (synonym of relative).
5. adj. (mathematics) Fulfilling a relation.
6. adj. (uncomparable, in combination) Having a relationship with the thing named
Gun-related crime.
7. v. simple past tense and past participle of relate
relate
1. v. To tell in a descriptive way.
2. v. To give an association.
3. v. To make a connection or correlation between one thing and another.
4. v. (intransitive) To have a connection.
I find it difficult to relate to others because I'm extremely introverted.
5. v. (intransitive) To interact.
6. v. (intransitive) To respond through reaction.
7. v. (intransitive, with to) To identify with; to understand.
8. v. (obsolete) To bring back; to restore.
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
local
1. adj. From or in a nearby location.
We prefer local produce.
2. adj. (computing, of a variable or identifier) Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only being accessible within a certain portion of a program.
3. adj. (mathematics, not comparable, of a condition or state) Applying to each point in a space rather than the space as a whole.
4. adj. (medicine) Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.
The patient didn't want to be sedated, so we applied only local anesthesia.
5. adj. Descended from an indigenous population.
Hawaiian Pidgin is spoken by the local population.
6. n. A person who lives near a given place.
It's easy to tell the locals from the tourists.
7. n. A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
I'm in the TWU, too. Local 6.
8. n. (rail transport) A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
The expresses skipped my station, so I had to take a local.
9. n. (British) One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar.
I got barred from my local, so I've started going all the way into town for a drink.
10. n. (programming) A locally scoped identifier.
Functional programming languages usually don't allow changing the immediate value of locals once they've been initialized, unless they're explicitly marked as being mutable.
11. n. (US, slang) An item of news relating to the place where the newspaper is published.
12. n. (colloquial, medicine) (clipping of local anesthetic)
1989, Road House, 39:59:
Well, Mr. Dalton, you may add nine staples to your dossier of thirty‐one broken bones, two bullet wounds, nine puncture wounds and four steel screws. That’s an estimate, of course. I’ll give yo
building
1. n. The act or process by which something is built; construction.
The building of the bridge will be completed in a couple of weeks.
2. n. A closed structure with walls and a roof.
My sister lives in that apartment building.
3. v. present participle of build
build
1. v. To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
2. v. To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
3. v. To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
4. v. To establish a basis for (something).
5. v. (intransitive) To form by combining materials or parts.
6. v. (intransitive) To develop in magnitude or extent.
7. v. (transitive, computing) To construct (software) by compiling its source code.
8. v. (intransitive, computing, of source code) To be converted into software by compilation, usually with minimal human intervention.
This code won't build any more. Have you made any changes?
9. n. The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body.
Rugby players are of sturdy build.
10. n. (computing) Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users.
The computer company has introduced a new prototype build to beta testers.
11. n. (video games, slang) Any structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest, created by the player.
I made a build that looked like the Parthenon in that game.
materials
1. n. plural of material
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of material
material
1. adj. Having to do with matter; consisting of matter.
This compound has a number of interesting material properties.
2. adj. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.
Don't let material concerns get in the way of living a happy life.
3. adj. (law, accounting) Significant.
You've made several material contributions to this project.
This is the most material fact in this lawsuit.
4. n. Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
Asphalt, composed of oil and sand, is a widely used material for roads.
5. n. Text written for a specific purpose.
We were a warm-up act at the time; we didn't have enough original material to headline.
6. n. A sample or specimens for study.
7. n. Cloth to be made into a garment. Fabric.
You'll need about a yard of material to make this.
8. n. The people collectively who are qualified for a certain position or activity.
John Doe is a great governor, and I also believe he is presidential material.
He is not the only one. I believe we have lots of presidential material in various public offices.
9. n. Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.
10. n. The substance that something is made or composed of.
11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To form from matter; to materialize.
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
styles
1. n. plural of style
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of style
style
1. n. A manner of doing or presenting things, especially a fashionable one.
2. n. Flair; grace; fashionable skill.
As a dancer, he has a lot of style.
3. n. (botany) The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.
4. n. A traditional or legal term preceding a reference to a person who holds a title or post.
5. n. A traditional or legal term used to address a person who holds a title or post.
the style of Majesty
6. n. (nonstandard) A stylus.
7. n. (obsolete) A pen; an author's pen.
8. n. A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.
9. n. A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument.
10. n. A long, slender, bristle-like process.
the anal styles of insects
11. n. The pin, or gnomon, of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.
12. n. (computing) A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as bold or italic.
applying styles to text in a wordprocessor
Cascading Style Sheets
13. v. To create or give a style, fashion or image to.
14. v. To call or give a name or title to.
not
1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.
Not knowing any better, I went ahead.
2. adv. To no degree.
That is not red; it's orange.
3. conj. And not.
I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.
He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.
4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.
I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not!
Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not!
5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function.
You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip.
6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not.
imported
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of import
import
1. n. Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
2. n. The practice of importing.
3. n. Significance, importance.
It was a matter of great import.
4. v. To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
5. v. To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
How can I import files from older versions of this application?
6. v. (intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
7. v. To be of importance to (someone or something).
8. v. To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
9. v. To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
10. v. To mean, signify.
11. v. (transitive, archaic) To express, to imply.

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