chiefly |
1. adv. (focus) Especially or primarily; above all. | |
2. adv. (focus) Mainly or principally; almost entirely. | |
3. adj. of, or relating to a chief | |
computing |
1. n. (literally) The process or act of calculation. | |
2. n. The use of a computer or computers. | |
3. n. The study, field of computers and computer programming. | |
This course will cover several major fields of computing. | |
4. v. present participle of compute | |
5. v. topics, en, Computing | |
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 | |
declare |
1. v. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To make a declaration. | |
3. v. (card games) To show one's cards in order to score. | |
4. v. To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc. | |
He declared him innocent. | |
5. v. (intransitive, cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed. | |
6. v. To announce something formally or officially. | |
declare bankruptcy | |
declare victory | |
(cricket) declare (an innings) closed | |
7. v. (intransitive, politics) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result | |
Houghton and Sunderland South was the first constituency to declare in the 2015 general election. | |
8. v. To affirm or state something emphatically. | |
9. v. To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes. | |
10. v. To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable. | |
11. v. (transitive, programming) To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content. | |
The counter "i" was declared as an integer. | |
something |
1. pron. An uncertain or unspecified thing; one thing. | |
I must have forgotten to pack something, but I can't think what. | |
I have something for you in my bag. | |
I have a feeling something good is going to happen today. | |
2. pron. (colloquial, of someone or something) A quality to a moderate degree. | |
The performance was something of a disappointment. | |
That child is something of a genius. | |
3. pron. (colloquial, of a person) A talent or quality that is difficult to specify. | |
She has a certain something. | |
4. pron. (colloquial, often with really or quite) Somebody or something who is superlative in some way. | |
He's really something! I've never heard such a great voice. | |
She's quite something. I can't believe she would do such a mean thing. | |
5. adj. Having a characteristic that the speaker cannot specify. | |
6. adv. (degree) Somewhat; to a degree. | |
The baby looks something like his father. | |
7. adv. (degree, colloquial) To a high degree. | |
8. v. Applied to an action whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g. from words of a song. | |
9. n. An object whose nature is yet to be defined. | |
10. n. An object whose name is forgotten by, unknown or unimportant to the user, e.g., from words of a song. Also used to refer to an object earlier indefinitely referred to as 'something' (pronoun sense). | |
obsolescent |
1. adj. In the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet. | |
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 | |
recommend |
1. v. To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice. | |
The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions. | |
2. v. To make acceptable; to attract favor to. | |
3. v. To advise, propose, counsel favorably | |
The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body. | |
4. v. (transitive, archaic) To commit, confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations | |
A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery | |
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. | |
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. | |
function |
1. n. What something does or is used for. | |
2. n. A professional or official position. | |
3. n. An official or social occasion. | |
4. n. A relation where one thing is dependent on another for its existence, value, or significance. | |
5. n. (mathematics) A relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain. | |
6. n. (computing) A routine that receives zero or more arguments and may return a result. | |
7. n. (biology) The physiological activity of an organ or body part. | |
8. n. (chemistry) The characteristic behavior of a chemical compound. | |
9. n. (anthropology) The role of a social practice in the continued existence of the group. | |
10. v. (intransitive) To have a function. | |
11. v. (intransitive) To carry out a function; to be in action. | |
technique |
1. n. The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements. | |
2. n. Practical ability in some given field or practice, often as opposed to creativity or imaginative skill. | |
3. n. a method of achieving something or carrying something out, especially one requiring some skill or knowledge. | |
command |
1. n. An order to do something. | |
I was given a command to cease shooting. | |
2. n. The right or authority to order, control or dispose of; the right to be obeyed or to compel obedience. | |
to have command of an army | |
3. n. power of control, direction or disposal; mastery. | |
he had command of the situation | |
England has long held command of the sea | |
a good command of language | |
4. n. A position of chief authority; a position involving the right or power to order or control. | |
General Smith was placed in command. | |
5. n. The act of commanding; exercise or authority of influence. | |
6. n. (military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge. | |
7. n. Dominating situation; range or control or oversight; extent of view or outlook. | |
8. n. (computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task. | |
9. n. (baseball) The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches. | |
He's got good command tonight. | |
10. v. To order, give orders; to compel or direct with authority. | |
The soldier was commanded to cease firing. | |
The king commanded his servant to bring him dinner. | |
11. v. To have or exercise supreme power, control or authority over, especially military; to have under direction or control. | |
to command an army or a ship | |
12. v. To require with authority; to demand, order, enjoin. | |
he commanded silence | |
If thou be the son of God, command that these stones be made bread. (Mat. IV. 3.) | |
13. v. to dominate through ability, resources, position etc.; to overlook. | |
Bridges commanded by a fortified house. (Motley.) | |
14. v. To exact, compel or secure by influence; to deserve, claim. | |
A good magistrate commands the respect and affections of the people. | |
Justice commands the respect and affections of the people. | |
The best goods command the best price. | |
This job commands a salary of £30,000. | |
15. v. To hold, to control the use of. | |
The fort commanded the bay. | |
16. v. (intransitive, archaic) To have a view, as from a superior position. | |
17. v. (obsolete) To direct to come; to bestow. | |
etc |
1. adv. alternative form of etc. | |