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historical
     1. adj. Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.
           July 4, 1776, is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day.
           The historical works of Lord Macaulay and Edward Gibbon are in and of themselves historic.
     2. adj.          (literature, art) About history; depicting persons or events from history.
     3. adj. Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
     4. adj.          (literature, art) Set in the past.
     5. adj.          (uncommon) Former, erstwhile; (religious, obsolete) lapsed, nominal.
     6. adj.          (grammar) One of various tenses or moods used to tell about past events, historic (tense).
     7. adj.          (obsolete, biology) (synonym of hereditary) or evolutionary.
     8. adj. Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history.
           The Royal Historical Society
           The State Historical Society of Wisconsin
     9. adj.          Done in the manner of a historian: written as a development over time or in accordance with the historical method.
     10. adj.          (uncommon) (synonym of historic): important or likely to be important to history and historians.
     11. adj. Forming compound adjectives with the meaning "historical/~" or "historically":
           historical-political
     12. n. A historical romance.
an
     1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound
     2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable
     3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable
     4. conj. (archaic) If
     5. conj. (archaic) So long as.
           An it harm none, do what ye will.
     6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though.
     7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
     8. prep. In each; to or for each; per.
           I was only going twenty miles an hour.
assembly
     1. n. A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
           In order to change the bearing, you must first remove the gearbox assembly.
     2. n. The act of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
           instructions for assembly
           assembly line
     3. n. A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
           school assembly
           freedom of assembly
     4. n. A legislative body.
           the General Assembly of the United Nations
     5. n. (military) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
     6. n. (computing) (clipping of assembly language)
     7. n. (computing) In Microsoft .NET, a building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library inform
usually
     1. adv. Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.
           Except for one or two days a year, he usually walks to work.
     2. adv. Under normal conditions.
for
     1. conj. (dated) Because.
     2. prep. Towards.
           The astronauts headed for the moon.
     3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to.
           I have something for you.
     4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of.
           We're having a birthday party for Janet.
           The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary.
           The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala.
     5. prep. Supporting.
           All those for the motion raise your hands.
     6. prep. Because of.
           He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him.
           (UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight.
           She was the worse for drink.
     7. prep. Over a period of time.
           I've lived here for three years.
           They fought for days over a silly pencil.
     8. prep. Throughout an extent of space.
     9. prep. On behalf of.
           I will stand in for him.
     10. prep. Instead of, or in place of.
     11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire.
           I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday.
           He's going for his doctorate.
           Do you want to go for coffee?
           People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers.
           Can you go to the store for some eggs?
           I'm saving up for a car.
           Don't wait for an answer.
           What did he ask you for?
     12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward.
           Run for the hills!
           He was headed for the door when he remembered.
     13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect.
           Fair for its day.
           She's spry for an old lady.
     14. prep. Despite, in spite of.
     15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive.
           For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.)
           All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.)
     16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
           In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day
     17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
           At close of play, England were 305 for 3.
     18. prep. To be, or as being.
     19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.)
     20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs).
decision
     1. n. The act of deciding.
     2. n. A choice or judgement.
           It is the decision of the court that movies are protected as free speech.
           It's a tough decision, but I'll take vanilla.
     3. n. Firmness of conviction.
           After agonizing deliberations, they finally proceeded with decision.
     4. n. (chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.
           He has won twice by knockout, once by decision.
     5. n. (baseball) A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.
     6. v. (boxing) To defeat an opponent by a decision of the judges, rather than by a knockout
making
     1. n. The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction.
     2. n. Process of growth or development.
           As a child he didn’t seem like a genius in the making.
     3. v. present participle of make
     make
          1. v. To create.
          2. v.          To build, construct, or produce.
                        We made a bird feeder for our yard.
                        I'll make a man out of him yet.
          3. v.          To write or compose.
                        I made a poem for her wedding.
                        He made a will.
          4. v.          To bring about; to effect or produce by means of some action.
                        make war
                        They were just a bunch of ne'er-do-wells who went around making trouble for honest men.
          5. v.          (religious) To create (the universe), especially (in Christianity) from nothing.
                        God made earth and heaven.
          6. v. (intransitive, now mostly colloquial) To behave, to act.
                To make like a deer caught in the headlights.
                They made nice together, as if their fight never happened.
                He made as if to punch him, but they both laughed and shook hands.
          7. v. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
          8. v. To constitute.
                They make a cute couple.
                This makes the third infraction.
                One swallow does not a summer make.
          9. v. 1995, Harriette Simpson Arnow: Critical Essays on Her Work, p.46:
          10. v. To add up to, have a sum of.
                Two and four make six.
          11. v. (intransitive, construed with of typically interrogative) To interpret.
                I don’t know what to make of it.
          12. v. (transitive, usually stressed) To bring into success.
                This company is what made you.
                She married into wealth and so has it made.
          13. v. (ditransitive, second object is an adjective or participle) To cause to be.
                The citizens made their objections clear.
                This might make you a bit woozy.
                Did I make myself heard?
                Scotch will make you a man.
          14. v. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
          15. v. (ditransitive, second object is a verb) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
                You're making her cry.
                I was made to feel like a criminal.
          16. v. (ditransitive, second object is a verb, can be stressed for emphasis or clarity) To force to do.
                The teacher made the student study.
                Don’t let them make you suffer.
          17. v. (ditransitive, of a fact) To indicate or suggest to be.
                His past mistakes don’t make him a bad person.
          18. v. (transitive, of a bed) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
          19. v. (transitive, US slang) To recognise, identify.
          20. v. (transitive, colloquial) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
                We should make Cincinnati by 7 tonight.
          21. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To proceed (in a direction).
                They made westward over the snowy mountains.
                Make for the hills! It's a wildfire!
                They made away from the fire toward the river.
          22. v. To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
          23. v. To move at (a speed).
                The ship could make 20 knots an hour in calm seas.
                This baby can make 220 miles an hour.
          24. v. To appoint; to name.
          25. v. (transitive, slang) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
          26. v. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic) To defecate or urinate.
          27. v. To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
                They hope to make a bigger profit.
                He didn't make the choir after his voice changed.
                She made ten points in that game.
          28. v. To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
          29. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
          30. v. To enact; to establish.
          31. v. To develop into; to prove to be.
                She'll make a fine president.
          32. v. To form or formulate in the mind.
                make plans
                made a questionable decision
          33. v. To perform a feat.
                make a leap
                make a pass
                make a u-turn
          34. v. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
          35. v. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
          36. v. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
          37. v. (now archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
          38. v. (transitive, euphemism) To take the virginity of.
          39. v. To have sexual intercourse with.
          40. n. (often of a car) Brand or kind; often paired with model.
                What make of car do you drive?
          41. n. How a thing is made; construction.
          42. n. Origin of a manufactured article; manufacture.
                The camera was of German make.
          43. n. Quantity produced, especially of materials.
          44. n. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
          45. n. A person's character or disposition.
          46. n. (bridge) The declaration of the trump for a hand.
          47. n. (physics) The closing of an electrical circuit.
          48. n. (computing) A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
          49. n. (slang) Recognition or identification, especially from police records or evidence.
          50. n. (slang) Past or future target of seduction (usually female).
          51. n. (slang) A promotion.
          52. n. A home-made project
          53. n. (basketball) A made basket.
          54. n. (dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion.
          55. n. (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England, now rare) A halfpenny.
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.
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.
locality
     1. n. The fact or quality of having a position in space.
     2. n. The features or surroundings of a particular place.
     3. n. (maths, computing) The condition of being local.
     4. n. The situation or position of an object.
     5. n. An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.
     6. n. Limitation to a county, district, or place.
           locality of trial
     7. n. (dated, phrenology) The perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places.
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