| informal |
| 1. adj. Not formal or ceremonious. | |
| an informal get-together | |
| 2. adj. Not in accord with the usual regulations. | |
| an informal agreement | |
| 3. adj. Suited for everyday use. | |
| informal clothes | |
| 4. adj. (of language) Reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage. | |
| 5. adj. (gardening) Not organized; not structured or planned. | |
| 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. | |
| spy |
| 1. n. A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage). | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To act as a spy. | |
| During the Cold War, Russia and America would each spy on each other for recon. | |
| 3. v. To spot; to catch sight of. | |
| I think I can spy that hot guy coming over here. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To search narrowly; to scrutinize. | |
| 5. v. To explore; to see; to view; inspect and examine secretly, as a country. | |
| undercover |
| 1. adj. Performed or happening in secret. | |
| 2. adj. Employed or engaged in spying or secret investigation. | |
| 3. n. A person who works undercover. | |
| 4. v. To provide too little coverage. | |
| agent |
| 1. n. One who exerts power, or has the power to act | |
| 2. n. One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him/her; someone entrusted to do the business of another | |
| 3. n. A person who looks for work for another person | |
| 4. n. Someone who works for an intelligence agency | |
| 5. n. An active power or cause or substance; something which has the power to produce an effect | |
| 6. n. (computing) In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it impli | |
| 7. n. (grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy". | |
