| formal |
| 1. adj. Being in accord with established forms. | |
| She spoke formal English, without any dialect. | |
| 2. adj. Official. | |
| I'd like to make a formal complaint. | |
| 3. adj. Relating to the form or structure of something. | |
| Formal linguistics ignores the vocabulary of languages and focuses solely on their grammar. | |
| 4. adj. Relating to formation. | |
| The formal stage is a critical part of any child's development. | |
| 5. adj. Ceremonial or traditional. | |
| Formal wear must be worn at my wedding! | |
| 6. adj. Proper, according to strict etiquette; not casual. | |
| He's always very formal, and I wish he'd relax a bit. | |
| 7. adj. Organized; well-structured and planned. | |
| When they became a formal club the rowers built a small boathouse. | |
| 8. adj. (mathematics) Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning. | |
| Formal series are defined without any reference to convergence. | |
| 9. n. Formalin. | |
| 10. n. An evening gown. | |
| 11. n. An event with a formal dress code. | |
| Jenny took Sam to her Year 12 formal. | |
| 12. n. (programming) A formal parameter. | |
| highly |
| 1. adv. In a high or esteemed manner. | |
| He spoke highly of you. | |
| 2. adv. Extremely; greatly; very much. | |
| He is in a highly visible job. | |
| fertile |
| 1. adj. (of land etc) capable of growing abundant crops; productive | |
| 2. adj. (biology) capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful | |
| 3. adj. (biology) capable of developing past the egg stage | |
| 4. adj. (of an imagination etc) productive or prolific | |
| able |
| 1. adj. (obsolete, passive) Easy to use. | |
| 2. adj. (obsolete, passive) Suitable; competent. | |
| 3. adj. (obsolete, dialectal, passive) Liable to. | |
| 4. adj. Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task. | |
| 5. adj. Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from. | |
| I’ll see you as soon as I’m able. | |
| With that obstacle removed, I am now able to proceed with my plan. | |
| I’m only able to visit you when I have other work here. | |
| That cliff is able to be climbed. | |
| 6. adj. (obsolete, dialectal) Having the physical strength; robust; healthy. | |
| After the past week of forced marches, only half the men are fully able. | |
| 7. adj. (obsolete) Rich; well-to-do. | |
| He was born to an able family. | |
| 8. adj. Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence. | |
| The chairman was also an able sailor. | |
| 9. adj. (law) Legally qualified or competent. | |
| He is able to practice law in six states. | |
| 10. adj. (nautical) Capable of performing all the requisite duties; as an able seaman. | |
| 11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To make ready. | |
| 12. v. (transitive, obsolete) To make capable; to enable. | |
| 13. v. (transitive, obsolete) To dress. | |
| 14. v. (transitive, obsolete) To give power to; to reinforce; to confirm. | |
| 15. v. (transitive, obsolete) To vouch for; to guarantee. | |
| 16. n. (lbl, en, military) The letter "A" in Navy Phonetic Alphabet. | |
| 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 | |
| produce |
| 1. v. To yield, make or manufacture; to generate. | |
| 2. v. To make (a thing) available to a person, an authority, etc.; to provide for inspection. | |
| 3. v. (transitive, media) To sponsor and present (a motion picture, etc) to an audience or to the public. | |
| 4. v. (mathematics) To extend an area, or lengthen a line. | |
| to produce a side of a triangle | |
| 5. v. (obsolete) To draw out; to extend; to lengthen or prolong. | |
| to produce a man's life to threescore | |
| 6. v. (music) To alter using technology, as opposed to simply performing. | |
| highly produced sound | |
| 7. n. Items produced. | |
| 8. n. Amount produced. | |
| 9. n. Harvested agricultural goods collectively, especially vegetables and fruit, but possibly including eggs, dairy products and meat; the saleable food products of farms. | |
| 10. n. Offspring. | |
| 11. n. (Australia) Livestock and pet food supplies. | |
| offspring |
| 1. n. A person's daughter(s) and/or son(s); a person's children. | |
| 2. n. All a person's descendants, including further generations. | |
| 3. n. An animal or plant's progeny, an animal or plant's young. | |
| 4. n. (figuratively) Another produce, result of an entity's efforts. | |
| Artists often treasure their works as their immortal offspring. | |
| 5. n. (computing) A process launched by another process. | |
