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grammar
1. n. A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language.
2. n. (linguistics) The study of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the use of words in the construction of phrases and sentences (syntax).
3. n. A book describing the rules of grammar of a language.
4. n. (computing theory) A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.
5. n. (computing theory) A formal system defining a formal language
6. n. The basic rules or principles of a field of knowledge or a particular skill.
7. n. (UK, archaic) A textbook.
a grammar of geography
8. n. (UK) A grammar school.
9. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.
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.
tense
1. n. (grammar) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists.
The basic tenses in English are present, past and future.
2. n. (linguistics, grammar) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.
English only has a present tense and a past tense; it has no future tense.
3. n. (linguistics) The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
Dyirbal verbs are not inflected for tense.
4. v. (grammar, transitive) To apply a tense to.
tensing a verb
5. adj. Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed.
You need to relax, all this overtime and stress is making you tense.
6. adj. Pulled taut, without any slack.
7. v. To make or become tense.
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.
verbs
1. n. plural of verb
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of verb
verb
1. n. (grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state.
The word “speak” is an English verb.
2. n. (obsolete) Any word; a vocable.
3. n. (figurative) An action as opposed to a trait or thing.
Kindness is a verb, not an adjective. You're only kind if you do kind things.
4. n. (programming) A named command that performs a specific operation on an object.
5. v. (transitive, nonstandard, colloquial) To use any word that is not, or had not been a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb.
6. v. (used as a neutral, unspecific verb, often in linguistics and the social sciences) To perform any action that is normally expressed by a verb.
used
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of use
You used me!
2. v. (intransitive, as an auxiliary verb, now only in past tense) to perform habitually; to be accustomed to doing something
He used to live here, but moved away last year.
3. adj. That is or has or have been used.
The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
4. adj. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
He bought a used car.
5. adj. Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
I got used to this weather.
use
1. n. The act of using.
the use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations; there is no use for your invention
2. n. (followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
What's the use of a law that nobody follows?
3. n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
This tool has many uses.
4. n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
I have no further use for these textbooks.
5. n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
6. n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
7. n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
8. n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
9. n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
10. v. To utilize or employ.
11. v. To employ; to apply; to utilize.
Use this knife to slice the bread.
We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.
12. v. (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
I used the money they allotted me.
We should use up most of the fuel.
She used all the time allotted to complete the test.
13. v. To exploit.
You never cared about me; you just used me!
14. v. To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
He uses cocaine. I have never used drugs.
15. v. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he uses almost every day.
16. v. (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
I could use a drink. My car could use a new coat of paint.
17. v. To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Note: This usage uses the nounal pronunciation of the word rather than the typically verbal one.)
soldiers who are used to hardships and danger (still common)
to use the soldiers to hardships and danger (now rare)
18. v. (reflexive, obsolete, with "to") To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.
19. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
20. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually employ; to be wont to employ.
21. v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
I used to get things done.
22. v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
to use an animal cruelly
23. v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
in
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep. Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep. Within.
4. prep. Surrounded by.
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air.
5. prep. Part of; a member of.
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra.
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to.
What grade did he get in English?
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
7. prep. At the end of a period of time.
They said they would call us in a week.
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
9. prep. During (said of periods of time).
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
11. prep. Into.
Less water gets in your boots this way.
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement.
My fat rolls around in folds.
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject.
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma.
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her.
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing).
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
Is Mr. Smith in?
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
Suddenly a strange man walked in.
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
What's that in?
26. adv. After the beginning of something.
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
His parents got him an in with the company
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
30. adj. In fashion; popular.
Skirts are in this year.
31. adj. Incoming.
the in train
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
35. n. Inch.
describing
1. v. present participle of describe
describe
1. v. To represent in words.
The feeling is difficult to describe, but not unpleasant.
The geographer describes countries and cities.
2. v. To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out.
to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the head in such a way as to describe a circle
3. v. (transitive, mathematics) To give rise to a geometrical structure.
The function describes a very complex surface.
4. v. (transitive, taxonomy) To introduce a new taxon to science by explaining its characteristics and particularly how it differs from other taxa.
The fungus was first described by a botanist.
5. v. (obsolete) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes; to mark off; to class.
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.
past
1. n. The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
a book about a time machine that can transport people back into the past
2. n. (grammar) The past tense.
3. adj. Having already happened; in the past; finished.
past glories
4. adj. (postmodifier) Following expressions of time to indicate how long ago something happened; ago.
5. adj. Of a period of time: having just gone by; previous.
during the past year
6. adj. (grammar) Of a tense, expressing action that has already happened or a previously-existing state.
past tense
7. adv. in a direction that passes
I watched him walk past
Ignore them, we'll play past them.
Please don't drive past the fruit stand, I want to stop there.
8. prep. Beyond in place, quantity or time.
the room past mine
count past twenty
past midnight
9. prep. Having recovered or moved on from (a traumatic experience, etc.).
action
1. n. Something done so as to accomplish a purpose.
2. n. A way of motion or functioning.
Knead bread with a rocking action.
3. n. Fast-paced activity.
a movie full of exciting action
4. n. A mechanism; a moving part or assembly.
a rifle action
5. n. (music): The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device.Marshall Cavendish Corporat
6. n. (slang) sexual intercourse.
She gave him some action.
7. n. The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on the guitar.
8. n. (military) Combat.
He saw some action in the Korean War.
9. n. (legal) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
10. n. (mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual structures. The pairing is typically a Cartesian product or a tensor product. The object that
11. n. (physics) The product of energy and time.
12. n. The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
13. n. (art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
14. n. (bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
15. n. (business, obsolete, a Gallicism) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds.
16. interj. Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually an act or scene of a theatric performance.
The director yelled ‘Action!’ before the camera started rolling.
17. v. (transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
18. v. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.
that
1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
He told me that the book is a good read.
I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British.
2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.
Be glad that you have enough to eat.
3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that.
4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect.
The noise was so loud that she woke up.
The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed.
5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.
6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.
Was John there? — Not that I saw.
How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw.
7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.
8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.
9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
That book is a good read. This one isn't.
That battle was in 1450.
That cat of yours is evil.
10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t
He went home, and after that I never saw him again.
11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said).
They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?
12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement.
The water is so cold! — That it is.
13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition).
The CPR course that she took really came in handy.
The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated.
14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.)
the place that = where or to which I went last year
the last time that = when I went to Europe
15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree.
"The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...".
16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).
I'm just not that sick.
I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult.
17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).
Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her.
18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
Is
1. n. plural of I
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of be
He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
3. n. plural of i
remember to dot your is
be
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
The cup is on the table.
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
When will the meeting be?
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
I have been to Spain many times.
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
Knowledge is bliss.
Hi, I’m Jim.
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
3 times 5 is fifteen.
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
The sky is blue.
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
The sky is a deep blue today.
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
The dog was drowned by the boy.
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
The woman is walking.
I shall be writing to you soon.
We liked to chat while we were eating.
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
I am to leave tomorrow.
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
This building is three hundred years old.
I am 75 kilograms.
He’s about 6 feet tall.
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
What time is it there? It’s night.
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
Why is it so dark in here?
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
Why is he being nice to me?
incomplete
1. adj. Not complete; not finished
2. adj. (botany) Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.
3. n. Something incomplete.
4. n. (Internet) A multipart file posted to Usenet that is incomplete and thus unusable.
5. n. (Internet) A multiplayer game that is abandoned because one player disconnects.
6. n. A designation of being incomplete.
He got four incompletes out of five courses last semester.
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.
continuous
1. adj. Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption
a continuous current of electricity
2. adj. Without intervening space; continued
a continuous line of railroad
3. adj. (botany) Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
4. adj. (analysis, of a function) Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.
5. adj. (mathematics, more generally, of a function between two topological spaces) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).
Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected.
6. adj. (grammar) Expressing an ongoing action or state.

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