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intransitive
     1. adj. (grammar, of a verb) not transitive: not having, or not taking, a direct object
           The word "drink" is a transitive verb in "they drink wine", but an intransitive one in "they drink often.".
     2. adj. (rare) not transitive or passing further; kept; detained
           And then it is for the image's sake and so far is intransitive; but whatever is paid more to the image is transitive and passes further. — Jeremy Taylor.
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.
card
     1. n. A playing card.
     2. n. (in the plural) Any game using playing cards; a card game.
           He played cards with his friends.
     3. n. A resource or an argument, used to achieve a purpose.
           The government played the Orange card to get support for their Ireland policy.
           He accused them of playing the race card.
     4. n. Any flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc.
     5. n. (obsolete) A map or chart.
     6. n. (informal) An amusing or entertaining person, often slightly eccentrically so.
     7. n. A list of scheduled events or of performers or contestants.
           What’s on the card for tonight?
     8. n. (cricket) A tabular presentation of the key statistics of an innings or match: batsmen’s scores and how they were dismissed, extras, total score and bowling figures.
     9. n. (computing) A removable electronic device that may be inserted into a powered electronic device to provide additional capability.
           He needed to replace the card his computer used to connect to the internet.
     10. n. A greeting card.
           She gave her neighbors a card congratulating them on their new baby.
     11. n. A business card.
           The realtor gave me her card so I could call if I had any questions about buying a house.
     12. n. (television) Title card / Intertitle: A piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of the photographed action at various points, generally to convey character dialogue or descriptive narrativ
     13. n. A test card.
     14. n. (dated) A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, etc.
           to put a card in the newspapers
     15. n. (dated) A printed programme.
     16. n. (dated, figurative, by extension) An attraction or inducement.
           This will be a good card for the last day of the fair.
     17. n. A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.
     18. n. (weaving) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom.
     19. n. An indicator card.
     20. v. (US) To check IDs, especially against a minimum age requirement.
           They have to card anybody who looks 21 or younger.
           I heard you don't get carded at the other liquor store.
     21. v. (dated) To play cards.
     22. n. (dated) Material with embedded short wire bristles.
     23. n. (dated, textiles) A comb- or brush-like device or tool to raise the nap on a fabric.
     24. n. (textiles) A hand-held tool formed similarly to a hairbrush but with bristles of wire or other rigid material. It is used principally with raw cotton, wool, hair, or other natural fibers to prepare th
     25. n. (dated, textiles) A machine for disentangling the fibres of wool prior to spinning.
     26. n. A roll or sliver of fibre (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine.
     27. v. (textiles) To use a carding device to disentangle the fibres of wool prior to spinning.
     28. v. To scrape or tear someone’s flesh using a metal comb, as a form of torture.
     29. v. To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding.
           to card a horse
     30. v. (obsolete, transitive, figuratively) To clean or clear, as if by using a card.
     31. v. (obsolete, transitive) To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article.
     32. n. (abbreviation of cardinal) (songbird)
game
     1. n. A playful or competitive activity.
     2. n.          A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
                   Being a child is all fun and games.
     3. n.          An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.
                   Games in the classroom can make learning fun.
     4. n.          A particular instance of playing a game; match.
                   Sally won the game.
                   They can turn the game around in the second half.
     5. n.          That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
     6. n.          The number of points necessary to win a game.
                   In short whist, five points are game.
     7. n.          (card games) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.
     8. n.          The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.
                   Some of the games in the closet we have on the computer as well.
     9. n.          One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.
                   Study can help your game of chess.
                   Hit the gym if you want to toughen up your game.
     10. n.          (obsolete) An amorous dalliance.
     11. n. A video game.
     12. n. (informal, nearly always singular) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
           When it comes to making sales, John is the best in the game.
           He's in the securities game somehow.
     13. n. (figuratively) Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
           In the game of life, you may find yourself playing the waiting game far too often.
     14. n. (military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
     15. n. Wild animals hunted for food.
           The forest has plenty of game.
     16. n. (informal, used mostly of males) The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.
           He didn't get anywhere with her because he had no game.
     17. n. (slang) Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
     18. n. A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal; a scheme.
           You want to borrow my credit card for a week? What's your game?
     19. adj. (colloquial) Willing to participate.
     20. adj. (of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
     21. adj. Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.
     22. adj. Injured, lame (of a limb).
     23. v. (intransitive) To gamble.
     24. v. (intransitive) To play video games.
     25. v. To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
           We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system.
     26. v. (transitive, slang) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
to
     1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
           I want to leave.
           He asked me what to do.
           I don’t know how to say it.
           I have places to go and people to see.
     2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
           "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
           If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
     3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
           I have to do laundry today.
     4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
           We are walking to the shop.
     5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
           He devoted himself to education.
           They drank to his health.
     6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
           His face was beaten to a pulp.
     7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
           similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
     8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
           With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   t
     9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
           one to one = 1:1
           ten to one = 10:1.
           I have ten dollars to your four.
     10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
           Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
           Three to the power of two is nine.
           Three to the second is nine.
     11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
           I gave the book to him.
     12. prep. (time) Preceding.
           ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
     13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
           Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
           There's a lot of sense to what he says.
     14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
           Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
     15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
           Please push the door to.
     16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
     17. adv. misspelling of too
break
     1. v. (transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
           If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.
           In order to tend to the accident victim, he will break the window of the car.
     2. v.          (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
                   His ribs broke under the weight of the rocks piled on his chest.
                   She broke her neck.
                   He slipped on the ice and broke his leg.
     3. v. To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
           Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?
           The wholesaler broke the container loads into palettes and boxes for local retailers.
     4. v. To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
           Her child's death broke Angela.
           Interrogators have used many forms of torture to break prisoners of war.
           The interrogator hoped to break her to get her testimony against her accomplices.
     5. v.         To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
                   You have to break an elephant before you can use it as an animal of burden.
     6. v. (intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
           My heart is breaking.
     7. v. To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
           I've got to break this habit I have of biting my nails.
           to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey
           I had won four games in a row, but now you've broken my streak of luck.
     8. v. To ruin financially.
           The recession broke some small businesses.
     9. v. To violate, to not adhere to.
           When you go to Vancouver, promise me you won't break the law.
           He broke his vows by cheating on his wife.
           break one's word
           Time travel would break the laws of physics.
     10. v. (intransitive, of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, in terms of temperature.
           Susan's fever broke at about 3 AM, and the doctor said the worst was over.
     11. v. (intransitive, of a spell of settled weather) To end.
           The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek.
     12. v. (intransitive, of a storm) To begin; to end.
           We ran to find shelter before the storm broke.
           Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny.
     13. v. (intransitive, of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.
           Morning has broken.
           The day broke crisp and clear.
     14. v. (transitive, gaming slang) To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
           Changing the rules to let white have three extra queens would break chess.
           I broke the RPG by training every member of my party to cast fireballs as well as use swords.
     15. v. (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
           On the hottest day of the year the refrigerator broke.
           Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?
     16. v.          (specifically, in programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
                   Adding 64-bit support broke backward compatibility with earlier versions.
     17. v. To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
           break a seal
     18. v.          (specifically) To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
     19. v.          (specifically) To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination or the like.
     20. v. To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
           The cavalry were not able to break the British squares.
     21. v. (intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
     22. v. (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.
           Let's break for lunch.
     23. v. To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
           He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall.
     24. v. (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.
           The newsman wanted to break a big story, something that would make him famous.
           I don't know how to break this to you, but your cat is not coming back.
           In the latest breaking news...
           When news of their divorce broke, ...
     25. v. (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
     26. v. To change a steady state abruptly.
           His coughing broke the silence.
           His turning on the lights broke the enchantment.
           With the mood broken, what we had been doing seemed pretty silly.
     27. v. (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
           Things began breaking bad for him when his parents died.
           The arrest was standard, when suddenly the suspect broke ugly.
     28. v. (intransitive) Of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty.
     29. v. (intransitive) Of a voice, to alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down; to crack.
           His voice breaks when he gets emotional.
     30. v. To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
           He broke the men's 100-meter record.
           I can't believe she broke 3 under par!
           The policeman broke sixty on a residential street in his hurry to catch the thief.
     31. v. (sports):
     32. v.          (transitive, tennis) To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
                   He needs to break serve to win the match.
     33. v.          (intransitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
                   Is it your or my turn to break?
     34. v.          (transitive, backgammon) To remove one of the two men on (a point).
     35. v. (transitive military, most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.
     36. v. To end (a connection), to disconnect.
           The referee ordered the boxers to break the clinch.
           The referee broke the boxers' clinch.
           I couldn't hear a thing he was saying, so I broke the connection and called him back.
     37. v. (intransitive, of an emulsion) To demulsify.
     38. v. (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack
     39. v. (transitive, obsolete) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
     40. v. (intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
     41. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To fail in business; to become bankrupt.
     42. v. To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
           to break flax
     43. v. To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
     44. v. (intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.
           to break into a run or gallop
     45. v. (intransitive, archaic) To fall out; to terminate friendship.
one
     1. num. (cardinal) The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
           In some religions, there is only one god.
           In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.
           One person, one vote.
     2. num. (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
     3. num. (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
     4. num. (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
     5. pron. (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
           The big one looks good.  I want the green one.  A good driver is one who drives carefully.
     6. pron. (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
           She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other.
     7. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
           One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed.  One shouldn’t be too quick to judge.
     8. pron. (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
           "driver", noun: one who drives.
     9. n. The digit or figure 1.
     10. n. (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
     11. n. (US) A one-dollar bill.
     12. n. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
     13. n. A joke or amusing anecdote.
     14. n. (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
     15. n. (Internet slang) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
           A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
             Someone help me; I'm always losing!
           B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!
             Why don't you just go away loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     16. adj. Of a period of time, being particular.
           One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries.
     17. adj. Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
           My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other.".
     18. adj. Sole, only.
           He is the one man who can help you.
     19. adj. Whole, entire.
           Body and soul are not separate; they are one.
     20. adj. In agreement.
           We are one on the importance of learning.
     21. adj. The same.
           The two types look very different, but are one species.
     22. adj. Being a preeminent example.
           He is one hell of a guy.
     23. adj. Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".
           The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”.
     24. v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.
commitment
     1. n. The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially:
     2. n.          The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review.
     3. n.          Official consignment sending a person to prison or a mental health institution.
     4. n. Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially:
     5. n.          Act of assuming a financial obligation at a future date.
     6. n. Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.
     7. n. The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
     8. n. Perpetration, in a negative manner, as in a crime or mistake.
     9. n. State of being pledged or engaged.
     10. n. The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.
to
     1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
           I want to leave.
           He asked me what to do.
           I don’t know how to say it.
           I have places to go and people to see.
     2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
           "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
           If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
     3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
           I have to do laundry today.
     4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
           We are walking to the shop.
     5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
           He devoted himself to education.
           They drank to his health.
     6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
           His face was beaten to a pulp.
     7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
           similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
     8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
           With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   t
     9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
           one to one = 1:1
           ten to one = 10:1.
           I have ten dollars to your four.
     10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
           Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
           Three to the power of two is nine.
           Three to the second is nine.
     11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
           I gave the book to him.
     12. prep. (time) Preceding.
           ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
     13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
           Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
           There's a lot of sense to what he says.
     14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
           Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
     15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
           Please push the door to.
     16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
     17. adv. misspelling of too
follow
     1. v. To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.
           Follow that car!
     2. v. To go or come after in a sequence.
           B follows A in the alphabet.
           We both ordered the soup, with roast beef to follow.
     3. v. To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
           Follow these instructions to the letter.
     4. v. To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
     5. v. To understand, to pay attention to.
           Do you follow me?
     6. v. To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
           I followed the incumbent throughout the election.
           My friends don't regularly follow the news.
     7. v. To be a logical consequence of.
           It follows that if two numbers are not equal then one is larger than the other.
     8. v. To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
     9. n. (sometimes attributive) In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.
           a follow shot
     10. n. (internet) The act of following another user's online activity.
suit
     1. n. A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business suit or lounge suit), or a similar outfit for a woman.
           Nick hired a navy-blue suit for the wedding.
     2. n. (by extension) A single garment that covers the whole body: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit.
     3. n. (pejorative, slang) A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss or a supervisor.
           Be sure to keep your nose to the grindstone today; the suits are making a "surprise" visit to this department.
     4. n. A full set of armour.
     5. n. (legal) The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery of a right or claim; a lawsuit.
           If you take my advice, you'll file a suit against him immediately.
     6. n. (obsolete) The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.
     7. n. Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.
     8. n. (obsolete) The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.
     9. n. The full set of sails required for a ship.
     10. n. (card games) Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems, such as the spades, hearts, diamonds or clubs of traditional Anglo, Hispanic and French playing cards.
     11. n. (obsolete) Regular order; succession.
           Every five and thirty years the same kind and suit of weather comes again.
     12. n. (archaic) A company of attendants or followers; a retinue.
     13. n. (archaic) A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc.)
     14. v. To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.
     15. v. (said of clothes, hairstyle or other fashion item, transitive) To be suitable or apt for one's image.
           The ripped jeans didn't suit her elegant image.
           That new top suits you. Where did you buy it?
     16. v. To be appropriate or apt for.
           The nickname "Bullet" suits her, since she is a fast runner.
           Ill suits his cloth the praise of railing well.
     17. v. (most commonly used in the passive form, intransitive) To dress; to clothe.
     18. v. To please; to make content; to fit one's taste.
           He is well suited with his place.
           My new job suits me, as I work fewer hours and don't have to commute so much.
     19. v. (intransitive) To agree; to be fitted; to correspond (usually followed by to, archaically also followed by with)
when
     1. adv. (interrogative) Used to introduce questions about time.
           When will they arrive?
     2. adv. Used to introduce indirect questions about time.
           Do you know when they arrived?
           Do you know when they will arrive?
           Do you know when they arrive?
     3. adv. At an earlier and less prosperous time.
           He's mister high and mighty now, but I remember him when.
     4. adv. (indirect question) Used to refer to doubts about time.
     5. adv. (relative) At which, on which, during which. Often omitted or replaced with that.
           That was the day when the Twin Towers fell.
     6. conj. At what time.
           They were told when to sleep.
           He doesn't know when to stop talking.
     7. conj. At such time as.
           I’m happiest when I’m working.
     8. conj. At the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.
           It was raining when I came yesterday.
           The show will begin when I get there.
           The game is over when the referee says it is.
           Be careful when crossing the street.
           Pay attention when spoken to.
           When (you are) angry, count to ten before speaking or acting.
           That time when the dog stole the turkey from the table.
     9. conj. Since; given the fact that.
           I don't see the point of putting up Christmas decorations when I am the only person who is going to see them.
     10. pron. (interrogative) What time; which time.
           Since when do I need your permission?
     11. n. The time at which something happens.
           A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
     12. interj. That's enough, a command to stop adding something, especially an ingredient of food or drink.
capable
     1. adj. Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
           She is capable and efficient.
           He does not need help; he is capable of eating on his own.
           As everyone knew, he was capable of violence when roused.
           That fact is not capable of proof.
     2. adj. (obsolete) Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in; accessible to. Construed with of, for or an infinitive.
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