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biblical
1. adj. Of or relating to the Bible.
Tithing is both a quranic and biblical virtue.
2. adj. In accordance with the teachings of the Bible (according to some interpretation of it).
The biblical teaching is that...
biblical morality
3. adj. Very great; especially, exceeding previous records in scale.
of biblical proportions; with biblical fury
criticism
1. n. The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed
The politician received a lot of public criticism for his controversial stance on the issue.
2. n. a critical observation or detailed examination and review
combining
1. v. present participle of combine
2. n. The act by which things are combined or brought together.
combine
1. v. To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
Combine the milk and the hot water in a large bowl. I'm combining business and pleasure on this trip.
2. v. To have two or more things or properties that function together.
Joe combines the intelligence of a rock with the honesty of a politician.
3. v. (intransitive) To come together; to unite.
two substances that easily combine
4. v. (card games) In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.
5. v. (obsolete) To bind; to hold by a moral tie.
6. n. A combine harvester
We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud.
7. n. A combination
8. n. Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes wi
The telecom companies were accused of having formed an illegal combine in order to hike up the network charges.
9. n. An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc.
elements
1. n. plural of element
2. n. (pluralonly) Outdoor weather, such as wind or rain.
3. n. (pluralonly) The basic tenets of an area of knowledge.
4. n. (pluralonly) The bread and wine of the Eucharist.
element
1. n. One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
Letters are the elements of written language.
2. n. (chemistry) Any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms
3. n. One of the four basic building blocks of matter in theories of ancient philosophers and alchemists: water, earth, fire, and air.
4. n. (legal) A required aspect or component of a cause of action. A deed is regarded a violation of law only if each element can be proved.
5. n. (set theory) One of the objects in a set.
6. n. Any of the teeth of a zip fastener.
7. n. A small part of the whole.
an element of doubt; an element of the picture
8. n. (plural only, with "the") Atmospheric forces such as strong winds and rains.
exposed to the elements
9. n. A place or state of being that an individual or object is best suited to.
to be in one's element
10. n. (Christianity, usually plural) The bread and wine taken at Holy Communion.
11. n. A group of people within a larger group having a particular common characteristic.
You sometimes find the hooligan element at football matches.
12. n. A component in electrical equipment, often in the form of a coil, having a high resistance, thereby generating heat when a current is passed through it.
The element in this electric kettle can heat the water in under a minute.
13. n. (computing) One of the conceptual objects in a markup language, usually represented in text by a matching pair of tags.
14. v. (obsolete) To compound of elements.
15. v. (obsolete) To constitute and be the elements of.
from
1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at.
This wine comes from France.
I got a letter from my brother.
2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.
He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
He left yesterday from Chicago.
Face away from the wall!
3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation.
20 from 31 leaves 11.
4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.
An umbrella protects from the sun.
He knows right from wrong.
multiple
1. adj. More than one (followed by plural).
My Swiss Army knife has multiple blades.
2. adj. Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular).
Some states do explicitly prohibit multiple citizenship.
It was a multiple pregnancy: the woman had triplets.
Multiple registrations are an increasing problem for many social networking sites.
3. n. (mathematics) A whole number that can be divided by another whole number with no remainder.
4. n. (finance) Price-earnings ratio.
5. n. One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.
6. n. A single individual who has multiple personalities.
7. n. One of a set of siblings produced by a multiple birth.
8. n. A chain store.
versions
1. n. plural of version
version
1. n. A specific form or variation of something.
2. n. A translation from one language to another.
It's only in the King James Version of the Bible.
3. n. (education, archaic) A school exercise, generally of composition in a foreign language.
4. n. (obsolete) The act of translating, or rendering, from one language into another language.
5. n. An account or description from a particular point of view, especially as contrasted with another account.
He gave another version of the affair.
6. n. (computing) A particular revision (of software, firmware, CPU, etc.).
Upgrade to the latest version for new features and bug fixes.
7. n. (medicine) A condition of the uterus in which its axis is deflected from its normal position without being bent upon itself. See anteversion and retroversion.
8. n. (ophthalmology) An eye movement involving both eyes moving synchronously and symmetrically in the same direction.
9. n. (obsolete, or medicine) A change of form, direction, etc.; transformation; conversion.
External cephalic version is a process by which a breech baby can sometimes be turned from buttocks or foot first to head first.
10. v. (transitive, computing) To keep track of (a file, document, etc.) in a versioning system.
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.
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.
same
1. adj. Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.
Are you the same person who phoned me yesterday?
I realised I was the same age as my grandfather had been when he joined the air force.
Even if the twins are identical, they are still not the same person, unlike Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens.
Peter and Anna went to the same high school: the high school to which Peter went is the high school to which Anna went.
2. adj. Similar, alike.
You have the same hair I do!
3. adj. Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.
Round here it can be cloudy and sunny even in the same day.
We were all going in the same direction.
4. adj. A reply of confirmation of identity.
5. pron. The identical thing, ditto.
The same can be said of him.
It's the same everywhere.
6. pron. Something similar, something of the identical type.
She's having apple pie? I'll have the same. You two are just the same.
7. pron. (formal, often, legal) It or them, without a connotation of similarity.
The question is his credibility or lack of same.
8. pron. (Indian English, common) It or them, as above, meaning the last object mentioned, mainly as complement: on the same, for the same.
My picture/photography blog...kindly give me your reviews on the same.
9. interj. (Internet slang) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.
10. adv. (obsolete, or UK dialectal) Together.
text
1. n. A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
2. n. A book, tome or other set of writings.
3. n. (colloquial) A brief written message transmitted between mobile phones; an SMS text message.
4. n. (computing) Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text (often contrasted with binary data).
5. n. A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
6. n. Hence, anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.; topic; theme.
7. n. A style of writing in large characters; text-hand; also, a kind of type used in printing.
German text
8. v. To send a text message to; i.e. to transmit text using the Short Message Service (SMS), or a similar service, between communications devices, particularly mobile phones.
Just text me when you get here.
I'll text the address to you as soon as I find it.
9. v. (intransitive) To send and receive text messages.
Have you been texting all afternoon?
10. v. To write in large characters, as in text hand.

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