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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
extension
1. n. The act of extending; a stretching out; enlargement in length or breadth; an increase
2. n. The state of being extended
3. n. That property of a body by which it occupies a portion of space (or time, e.g. "spatiotemporal extension")
4. n. A part of a building that has been extended from the original
5. n. (semantics) Capacity of a concept or general term to include a greater or smaller number of objects; — correlative of intension.
6. n. (banking, finance) A written engagement on the part of a creditor, allowing a debtor further time to pay a debt.
7. n. (medicine) The operation of stretching a broken bone so as to bring the fragments into the same straight line.
8. n. (weightlifting) An exercise in which an arm or leg is straightened against resistance.
9. n. (fencing) A simple offensive action, consisting of extending the weapon arm forward.
10. n. (telecommunication) A numerical code used to specify a specific telephone in a telecommunication network.
11. n. (computing) A file extension.
Files with the .txt extension usually contain text.
12. n. (computing) An optional software component that adds functionality to an application.
a browser extension
13. n. (logic) The set of tuples of values that, used as arguments, satisfy the predicate.
14. n. (grammar) A kind of derivative morpheme applied to verbs in Bantu languages.
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
fail
1. v. (intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
Throughout my life, I have always failed.
2. v. Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)
The truck failed to start.
3. v. To neglect.
The report fails to take into account all the mitigating factors.
4. v. (intransitive, of a machine, etc.) To cease to operate correctly.
After running five minutes, the engine failed.
5. v. To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert.
6. v. To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
I failed English last year.
I failed in English last year.
7. v. To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
The professor failed me because I did not complete any of the course assignments.
8. v. (transitive, obsolete) To miss attaining; to lose.
9. v. To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
The crops failed last year.
10. v. (archaic) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.
11. v. (archaic) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
12. v. (archaic) To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.
A sick man fails.
13. v. (obsolete) To perish; to die; used of a person.
14. v. (obsolete) To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
15. v. To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.
16. n. (slang) Poor quality; substandard workmanship.
The project was full of fail.
17. n. (slang) A failure (condition of being unsuccessful)
18. n. (slang) A failure (something incapable of success)
19. n. A failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action).
20. n. A failing grade in an academic examination.
21. adj. (slang) That is a failure.
22. n. A piece of turf cut from grassland.
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
properly
1. adv. in a proper manner.
2. adv. (colloquial) Entirely; extremely; thoroughly.
I was properly tired after that party.
3. adv. (obsolete) individually; in one's own manner
distinguish
1. v. To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics.
2. v. To see someone or something clearly or distinctly.
3. v. To make oneself noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments.
The soldier distinguished himself in combat and received a medal.
4. v. (transitive, obsolete) To make to differ.
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.
keep
1. v. To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
to keep silence; to keep one's word; to keep possession
2. v. (heading, transitive) To hold the status of something.
3. v. To maintain possession of.
I keep a small stock of painkillers for emergencies.
4. v. To maintain the condition of.
I keep my specimens under glass to protect them.
The abundance of squirrels kept the dogs running for hours.
5. v. To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
I used to keep a diary.
6. v. To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
7. v. (archaic) To remain in, to be confined to.
8. v. To restrain.
I keep my brother out of trouble by keeping him away from his friends and hard at work.
9. v. (with from) To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
May the Lord keep you from harm.
10. v. To supply with necessities and financially support a person.
He kept a mistress for over ten years.
11. v. (of living things) To raise; to care for.
He has been keeping orchids since retiring.
12. v. To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
13. v. To have habitually in stock for sale.
14. v. (heading, intransitive) To hold or be held in a state.
15. v. (obsolete) To reside for a time; to lodge; to dwell.
She kept to her bed while the fever lasted.
16. v. To continue.
I keep taking the tablets, but to no avail.
17. v. To remain edible or otherwise usable.
Potatoes can keep if they are in a root cellar.
Latex paint won't keep indefinitely.
18. v. (copulative) To remain in a state.
The rabbit avoided detection by keeping still.
Keep calm! There's no need to panic.
19. v. (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
20. v. (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
Godfrey Evans kept for England for many years.
21. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
22. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
School keeps today.
23. v. To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
24. v. (transitive, dated) To confine oneself to; not to quit; to remain in.
to keep one's house, room, bed, etc.
25. v. (transitive, dated, by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
26. n. (obsolete) Care, notice
27. n. (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.
28. n. The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
He works as a cobbler's apprentice for his keep.
29. n. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
30. n. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
to be in good keep
31. n. (obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
32. n. (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.
separate
1. adj. Apart from (the rest); not connected to or attached to (anything else).
This chair can be disassembled into five separate pieces.
2. adj. (followed by “from”) Not together (with); not united (to).
I try to keep my personal life separate from work.
3. v. To divide (a thing) into separate parts.
Separate the articles from the headings.
4. v. To disunite something from one thing; To disconnect.
5. v. To cause (things or people) to be separate.
If the kids get too noisy, separate them for a few minutes.
6. v. (intransitive) To divide itself into separate pieces or substances.
The sauce will separate if you don't keep stirring.
7. v. (obsolete) To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
8. n. (usually in the plural) Anything that is sold by itself, especially an article of clothing.
Things
1. n. plural of Thing
2. n. plural of thing
3. n. One's clothes, furniture, luggage, or possessions collectively; stuff
Have you brought all your things with you?
Get your hands off my things!
4. v. third-person singular present indicative of thing
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
mistakenly
1. adv. wrongly, erroneously
I mistakenly assumed that the shop was still there.
2. adv. by accident, by mistake, in error (without intention to do so)
Today I mistakenly took your packed lunch to work.
treat
1. v. (intransitive) To negotiate, discuss terms, bargain (for or with).
2. v. (intransitive) To discourse; to handle a subject in writing or speaking; to conduct a discussion.
Cicero's writing treats mainly of old age and personal duty.
3. v. To discourse on; to represent or deal with in a particular way, in writing or speaking.
The article treated feminism as a quintessentially modern movement.
4. v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To entreat or beseech (someone).
Only let my family live, I treat thee.
5. v. To handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way.
You treated me like a fool.
She was tempted to treat the whole affair as a joke.
6. v. To entertain with food or drink, especially at one's own expense; to show hospitality to; to pay for as celebration or reward.
I treated my son to some popcorn in the interval.
I've done so well this month, I'll treat you all to dinner (or 'Dinner is my treat.)
My husband treated me to a Paris holiday for our anniversary.
(politics) To commit the offence of providing food, drink, entertainment or provision to corruptly influence a voter.
7. v. To care for medicinally or surgically; to apply medical care to.
They treated me for malaria.
8. v. To subject to a chemical or other action; to act upon with a specific scientific result in mind.
He treated the substance with sulphuric acid.
I treated the photo somewhat to make the colours more pronounced.
9. v. To provide something special and pleasant.
10. n. An entertainment, outing, food, drink, or other indulgence provided by someone for the enjoyment of others.
I took the kids to the zoo for a treat.
Here are some healthy Halloween treats for ghouls and witches of all ages.
11. n. An unexpected gift, event etc., which provides great pleasure.
It was such a treat to see her back in action on the London stage.
12. n. A snack food item designed to be given to pets.
I lured the cat into her carrier by throwing a couple of treats in there.
13. n. (obsolete) A parley or discussion of terms; a negotiation.
14. n. (obsolete) An entreaty.
them
1. pron. Objective case of they: third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb.
Give it to them. (after preposition)
She wrote them a letter. (indirect object)
She treated them for a cold. (direct object)
2. pron. Objective case of they: third-person singular pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb.
If someone comes and asks for the ticket, just give it to them. (after preposition)
If one of my patients calls, please bring them their dinner. (indirect object)
If a student has an inappropriate question, whatever you do, do not berate them. (direct object)
3. det. (dialectal) Those.
Them kids need to grow up.
As
1. n. plural of A
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
You’re not as tall as I am.
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
The kidnappers released him as agreed.
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
Do as I say!
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
As you wish, my lord!
6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
As I came in, she flew.
7. conj. At the same time that; while.
He sleeps as the rain falls.
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
As it’s too late, I quit.
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
It's not so complicated as I expected.
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
You are not as tall as me.
They're big as houses.
17. prep. In the role of.
What is your opinion as a parent?
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
20. n. plural of a
equivalent
1. adj. Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.
2. adj. (mathematics) Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence; equinumerous.
3. adj. (mathematics) Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation.
4. adj. (chemistry) Having the equal ability to combine.
5. adj. (cartography) Of a map, equal-area.
6. adj. (geometry) Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; applied to magnitudes.
A square may be equivalent to a triangle.
7. n. Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.
8. n. (chemistry) An equivalent weight.
9. v. To make equivalent to; to equal.

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