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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.
plural
1. adj. Consisting of or containing more than one of something.
2. adj. (comparable) Pluralistic.
3. n. (grammar) The plural number.
4. n. (grammar) A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form.
phalanxes
1. n. plural of phalanx
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.
ancient
1. adj. Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
an ancient city an ancient forest
2. adj. Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
an ancient author an ancient empire
3. adj. (history) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
4. adj. (obsolete) Experienced; versed.
5. adj. (obsolete) Former; sometime.
6. n. A person who is very old.
7. n. A person who lived in ancient times.
8. n. (heraldry, archaic) A flag, banner, standard or ensign.
9. n. (legal) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
10. n. (obsolete) A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
11. n. (obsolete, rare) ensign or flag
12. n. (obsolete, rare) the bearer of a flag; ensign
Greek
1. n. An inhabitant, resident, or person of descent from Greece.
2. n. The language of the Greek people, spoken in Greece, Cyprus and other Greek communities.
3. n. The writing system used in writing the Greek language.
4. n. Unintelligible speech or text, such as foreign speech or text, or regarding subjects the listener is not familiar with, such as mathematics or technical jargon; or statements that the listener does no
5. n. (US) A member of a college fraternity or sorority, which are commonly characterised by being named after Greek letters. (See also Greek system).
Was Joe a Greek in college?
6. n. (archaic) A cunning rogue; a merry fellow.
7. n. (slang) Anal sex.
8. n. Greek cuisine; traditional Greek food.
9. n. (finance, mostly, in the plural) One of the Greeks, measures of derivative price sensitivity.
10. adj. Of or relating to Greece, the Greek people, or the Greek language.
11. adj. (US) Of or pertaining to a fraternity or sorority.
12. adj. Unintelligible, especially regarding foreign speech or text, or regarding subjects the speaker is not familiar with, such as mathematics or technical jargon.
13. n. alternative case form of Greek nonsense writing or talk; gibberish.
14. n. alternative case form of Greek anal sex.
15. v. (transitive, computing) To display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.
16. v. (transitive, computing) To fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content.
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
Macedonian
1. adj. Of or pertaining to Macedonia or its people or language.
2. adj. (Christianity) Pertaining to the Macedonian heresy or to Macedonian heretics
3. n. A person from Macedonia (in any sense).
4. n. A South Slavic language, the standard language of the Republic of North Macedonia.
5. n. (historical) The tongue of the Ancient Macedonians, spoken in Macedon during the 1st millennium BC. (see Ancient Macedonian)
6. n. The Greek dialect in Macedonia, region of Greece.
military
1. adj. Characteristic of members of the armed forces.
Chelsea Manning was dishonorably discharged from all military duties.
2. adj. (North America) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces).
If you join a military force, you may end up killing people.
3. adj. Relating to war.
4. adj. Relating to armies or ground forces.
5. n. Armed forces.
He spent six years in the military.
6. n. (US, with the) U.S. armed forces in general, including the Marine Corps.
It's not the job of the military to make policy.
unit
1. n. (mathematics) Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one.
2. n. (sciences) A standard measure of a quantity.
The centimetre is a unit of length.
3. n. The number one.
4. n. clipping of international unit
This pill provides 500 units of Vitamin E.
5. n. An organized group comprising people and/or equipment.
He was a member of a special police unit.
6. n. (military, informal) A member of a military organization.
The fifth tank brigade moved in with 20 units. (i.e., 20 tanks)
7. n. (US, military) Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organizationJoint Publication 1-02 U.S
8. n. (US, military) An organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force.
9. n. (US, military) A standard or basic quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued or detailed. In this meaning, also called unit of issue.
10. n. (US, military) With regard to Reserve Components of the Armed Forces, denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped, and trained for mobilization to serve on active duty as a unit or to augment
11. n. (algebra) The identity element, neutral element.
12. n. (algebra) An element having an inverse, an invertible element; an associate of the unity.
13. n. (category theory) In an adjunction, a natural transformation from the identity functor of the domain of the left adjoint functor to the composition of the right adjoint functor with the left adjoint f
14. n. (geology) A volume of rock or ice of identifiable origin and age range that is defined by the distinctive and dominant, easily mapped and recognizable petrographic, lithologic or paleontologic feature
15. n. (commerce) An item which may be sold singly.
We shipped nearly twice as many units this month as last month.
16. n. (UK) A unit of alcohol.
17. n. (electricity) One kilowatt-hour (as recorded on an electricity meter).
18. n. (Australia, New Zealand) a measure of housing equivalent to the living quarters of one household, an apartment where a group of apartments is contained in one or more multi-storied buildings or a grou
19. n. (historical) A gold coin of the reign of James I, worth twenty shillings.
20. n. A work unit.
21. n. (slang) A physically large person.
22. adj. For each unit.
We have to keep our unit costs down if we want to make a profit.
23. adj. (mathematics) Having a size or magnitude of one.
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.
consisted
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of consist
consist
1. v. (obsolete, copulative) To be.
2. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To exist.
3. v. (intransitive, with in) To be comprised or contained
4. v. (intransitive, with of) To be composed, formed, or made up (of).
The greeting package consists of some brochures, a pen, and a notepad.
5. n. (rail transport) A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit.
The train's consist included a baggage car, four passenger cars, and a diner.
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.
several
1. det. (obsolete) Separate, distinct; particular.
2. det. A number of different; various. (Now merged into later senses, below)
3. det. Consisting of a number more than two but not very many; diverse.
4. adv. By itself; severally.
5. n. (obsolete) An area of land in private ownership (as opposed to common land).
6. n. (archaic) A woman's loose outer garment, capable of being worn as a shawl, or in other forms.
ranks
1. n. plural of rank
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of rank
rank
1. adj. Strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter (used of negative things).
rank treason
rank nonsense
2. adj. Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.
rank grass
rank weeds
3. adj. Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric.
4. adj. Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile.
rank land
5. adj. Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome.
6. adj. Having a very strong and bad taste or odor.
Your gym clothes are rank, bro – when'd you last wash 'em?
7. adj. Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative, referring to incompetence).
I am a rank amateur as a wordsmith.
8. adj. (informal) Gross, disgusting.
9. adj. (obsolete) Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.
10. adj. (obsolete) Inflamed with venereal appetite.
11. adv. (obsolete) Quickly, eagerly, impetuously.
12. n. A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers the corresponding term for the perpendicular columns in such a pattern is "file".
The front rank kneeled to reload while the second rank fired over their heads.
13. n. (music) In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
14. n. One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality
Based on your test scores, you have a rank of 23.
The fancy hotel was of the first rank.
15. n. The level of one's position in a class-based society
16. n. a hierarchical level in an organization such as the military
Private First Class (PFC) is the lowest rank in the Marines.
He rose up through the ranks of the company from mailroom clerk to CEO.
17. n. (taxonomy) a level in a scientific taxonomy system
Phylum is the taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class.
18. n. (linear algebra) Maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.
19. n. (mathematics) The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor.
20. n. (mathematics) The size of any basis of a given matroid.
21. n. (chess) one of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number). The analog vertical lines are the files.
22. n. (typically in the plural) A category of people, such as those who share an occupation.
23. v. To place abreast, or in a line.
24. v. To have a ranking.
Their defense ranked third in the league.
25. v. To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.
26. v. (US) To take rank of; to outrank.
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
files
1. n. plural of file
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of file
file
1. n. A collection of papers collated and archived together.
2. n. A roll or list.
3. n. Course of thought; thread of narration.
4. n. (computing) An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
I'm going to delete these unwanted files to free up some disk space.
5. v. To commit (official papers) to some office.
6. v. To place in an archive in a logical place and order
7. v. To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
8. v. (intransitive, with for, chiefly legal) To submit a formal request to some office.
She filed for divorce the next day.
The company filed for bankruptcy when the office opened on Monday.
They filed for a refund under their warranty.
9. v. (transitive, obsolete) To set in order; to arrange, or lay away.
10. n. A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a large group with many files side by side.
The troops marched in Indian file.
11. n. (military) A small detachment of soldiers.
12. n. (chess) one of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter). The analog horizontal lines are the ranks.
13. v. (intransitive) To move in a file.
The applicants kept filing into the room until it was full.
14. n. A hand tool consisting of a handle to which a block of coarse metal is attached, and used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal.
15. n. (slang) A cunning or resourceful person.
16. v. To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.
I'd better file the bottoms of the table legs. Otherwise they will scratch the flooring.
17. v. (archaic) to defile
18. v. to corrupt
lines
1. n. plural of line
2. n. (film, theatre) Words spoken by the actors.
I have yet to learn my lines.
3. n. (fortifications) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
4. n. (shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
5. n. (education) A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so w
If you don't behave I'll give you lines
I had to write out 200 lines
6. n. (US) The reins with which a horse is guided by its driver.
7. v. third-person singular present indicative of line
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.
soldiers
1. n. plural of soldier
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of soldier
soldier
1. n. A member of an army, of any rank.
2. n. A private in military service, as distinguished from an officer.
3. n. A guardsman.
4. n. A member of the Salvation Army.
5. n. (UK, New Zealand) A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a soft-boiled egg.
6. n. A term of affection for a young boy.
7. n. Someone who fights or toils well.
8. n. The red or cuckoo gurnard.
9. n. One of the asexual polymorphic forms of termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.
10. v. To continue steadfast; to keep striving.
11. v. To serve a soldier.
12. v. To intentionally restrict labor productivity; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
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.
close
1. v. (physical) To remove a gap.
2. v. To obstruct (an opening).
3. v. To move so that an opening is closed.
Close the door behind you when you leave.
Jim was listening to headphones with his eyes closed.
4. v. To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.
The runner in second place is closing the gap on the leader.
to close the ranks of an army
5. v. To grapple; to engage in close combat.
6. v. (social) To finish, to terminate.
7. v. To put an end to; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to consummate.
close the session; to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction
8. v. To come to an end.
The debate closed at six o'clock.
9. v. (marketing) To make a sale.
10. v. (baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
He has closed the last two games for his team.
11. v. (figurative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
12. v. To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
13. v. (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
14. n. An end or conclusion.
We owe them our thanks for bringing the project to a successful close.
15. n. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
16. n. A grapple in wrestling.
17. n. (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
18. n. (music) A double bar marking the end.
19. adj. (now rare) Closed, shut.
20. adj. Narrow; confined.
a close alley; close quarters
21. adj. At a little distance; near.
Is your house close?
22. adj. Intimate; well-loved.
He is a close friend.
23. adj. (legal) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
24. adj. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
25. adj. (Ireland, England, Scotland, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
26. adj. (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
27. adj. Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
a close prisoner
28. adj. (obsolete) Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
29. adj. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
a close contest
30. adj. Short.
to cut grass or hair close
31. adj. (archaic) Dense; solid; compact.
32. adj. (archaic) Concise; to the point.
close reasoning
33. adj. (dated) Difficult to obtain.
Money is close.
34. adj. (dated) Parsimonious; stingy.
35. adj. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
a close translation
36. adj. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
The patient was kept under close observation.
37. adj. Marked, evident.
38. n. (now rare) An enclosed field.
39. n. (British) A street that ends in a dead end.
40. n. (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
41. n. (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
42. n. A cathedral close.
43. n. (legal) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed.
array
1. n. Clothing and ornamentation.
2. n. A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
3. n. An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
4. n. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
drawn up in battle array
5. n. A large collection.
We offer a dazzling array of choices.
6. n. (mathematics) Common name for matrix.
7. n. (programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may b
8. n. (legal) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impanelled in a cause; the panel itself; or the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
9. n. (military) A militia.
10. n. A group of hedgehogs.(cite, url=http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/collective/h/?view=uk, title=AskOxford: H, accessdate=2019-12-23, work=archived copy of Collective Terms for Groups of Animals, p
11. n. A microarray.
12. v. To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
He was arrayed in his finest robes and jewels.
13. v. To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
14. v. (legal) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.
with
1. prep. Against.
He picked a fight with the class bully.
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
He went with his friends.
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
5. prep. In support of.
We are with you all the way.
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
slain with robbers
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
cut with a knife
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
9. prep. Having, owning.
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
Do you want to come with?
11. adv. -->
12. n. alternative form of withe
joined
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of join
join
1. n. An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
2. n. (computing, databases) An intersection of data in two or more database tables.
3. n. (algebra) The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∨.
4. v. To combine more than one item into one; to put together.
The plumber joined the two ends of the broken pipe. We joined our efforts to get an even better result.
5. v. (intransitive) To come together; to meet.
Parallel lines never join. These two rivers join in about 80 miles.
6. v. To come into the company of.
I will join you watching the football game as soon as I have finished my work.
7. v. To become a member of.
Many children join a sports club. Most politicians have joined a party.
8. v. (computing, databases, transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.
By joining the Customer table on the Product table, we can show each customer's name alongside the products they have ordered.
9. v. To unite in marriage.
10. v. (obsolete, rare) To enjoin upon; to command.
11. v. To accept, or engage in, as a contest.
to join encounter, battle, or issue
shields
1. n. plural of shield
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of shield. Protects.
shield
1. n. Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
2. n. A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
3. n. (figurative) One who protects or defends.
4. n. (lichenology) In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
5. n. (mining) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
6. n. (science fiction) A field of energy that protects or defends.
7. n. A shape like that of a shield; usually, an inverted triangle with sides that curve inward to form a pointed bottom, commonly used for police identifications and company logos.
8. n. (heraldry) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
9. n. (Scotland) A toilet seat.
10. n. A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
11. n. (obsolete) A coin, the old French crown, or écu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
12. n. (transport) A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
13. n. (colloquial, law enforcement) A police badge.
14. n. (geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
15. n. (geology) A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
16. n. (figuratively) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.
17. v. To protect, to defend.
18. v. (electricity) to protect from the influence of
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
long
1. adj. Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below).
It's a long way from the Earth to the Moon.
2. adj. Having great duration.
The pyramids of Egypt have been around for a long time.
3. adj. Seemingly lasting a lot of time, because it is boring or tedious or tiring.
4. adj. (UK, dialect) Not short; tall.
5. adj. (finance) Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value.
I'm long in DuPont; I have a long position in DuPont.
6. adj. (cricket) Of a fielding position, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
7. adj. (tennis, of a ball or a shot) That land beyond the baseline (and therefore is out).
No! That forehand is longnb....
8. adj. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
9. adv. Over a great distance in space.
He threw the ball long.
10. adv. For a particular duration.
How long is it until the next bus arrives?
11. adv. For a long duration.
Will this interview take long?
Paris has long been considered one of the most cultured cities in the world.
12. n. (linguistics) A long vowel.
13. n. (programming) A long integer variable, twice the size of an int, two or four times the size of a short, and half of a long long.
A long is typically 64 bits in a 32-bit environment.
14. n. (finance) An entity with a long position in an asset.
Every uptick made the longs cheer.
15. n. (music) A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
16. v. (transitive, finance) To take a long position in.
17. v. (intransitive) To await, aspire, desire greatly (something to occur or to be true)
She longed for him to come back.
18. adj. (archaic) On account of, because of.
19. v. (archaic) To be appropriate to, to pertain or belong to.
20. n. longitude
spears
1. n. plural of spear
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of spear
spear
1. n. A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.
2. n. (now chiefly historical) A soldier armed with such a weapon; a spearman.
3. n. A lance with barbed prongs, used by fishermen to retrieve fish.
4. n. (ice hockey) An illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player.
5. n. (wrestling) In professional wrestling, a running tackle in which the wrestler's shoulder is driven into the opponent's midsection.
6. n. A shoot, as of grass; a spire.
7. n. The feather of a horse.
8. n. The rod to which the bucket, or plunger, of a pump is attached; a pump rod.
9. n. A long, thin strip from a vegetable.
asparagus and broccoli spears
10. v. To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object. To make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.
11. v. (intransitive) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants do.
12. adj. Male
a spear counterpart
13. adj. Pertaining to male family members
the spear side of the family

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