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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.
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
retire
1. v. (intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
Having made a large fortune, he retired.
He wants to retire at 55.
2. v. (transitive, sometimes reflexive) To withdraw; to take away.
3. v. To cease use or production of something
The steamship made thousands of trips over several decades before it was retired by the shipping company
4. v. To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay
The central bank retired those notes five years ago.
5. v. To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list
The board retired the old major.
6. v. (transitive, cricket, of a batsman) To voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed so that the next batsman can bat
Jones retired in favour of Smith.
7. v. (transitive, baseball, of a fielder) To make a play which results in a runner or the batter being out, either by means of a put out, fly out or strikeout
Jones retired Smith 6-3.
8. v. (intransitive) To go back or return; to withdraw or retreat, especially from public view; to go into privacy
I will retire to the study.
to retire from the world
to retire from the public eye
9. v. (intransitive) To retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure
to retire from battle
The regiment retired from the fray after the Major was killed.
10. v. (intransitive) To recede; to fall or bend back
Past the point, the shore retires into a sequence of coves.
11. v. (intransitive) To go to bed.
I will retire for the night.
12. v. To remove or cease to use.
When a hurricane becomes so deadly or destructive that future use would be insensitive, officials may retire the name of the hurricane.
13. n. (rare) The act of retiring, or the state of being retired
14. n. a place to which one retires.
15. n. (dated) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back.
At the retire, the cavalry fell back.
16. v. To fit (a vehicle) with new tires.
due
1. adj. Owed or owing.
He is due four weeks of back pay.
The amount due is just three quid.
The due bills total nearly seven thousand dollars.
He can wait for the amount due him.
2. adj. Appropriate.
With all due respect, you're wrong about that.
3. adj. Scheduled; expected.
Rain is due this afternoon.
The train is due in five minutes.
When is your baby due?
4. adj. Having reached the expected, scheduled, or natural time.
The baby is just about due.
5. adj. Owing; ascribable, as to a cause.
The dangerously low water table is due to rapidly growing pumping.
6. adj. On a direct bearing, especially for the four points of the compass
The town is 5 miles due North of the bridge.
7. adv. (used with compass directions) Directly; exactly.
The river runs due north for about a mile.
8. n. Deserved acknowledgment.
Give him his due — he is a good actor.
9. n. (in plural dues) A membership fee.
10. n. That which is owed; debt; that which belongs or may be claimed as a right; whatever custom, law, or morality requires to be done, duty.
11. n. Right; just title or claim.
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
age
1. n. The whole duration of a being, whether animal, plant, or other kind, being alive.
2. n. The number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive.
3. n. One of the stages of life.
the age of infancy
4. n. The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
the age of consent; the age of discretion
5. n. A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
the golden age; the age of Pericles
6. n. A great period in the history of the Earth.
the Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age; the Tithonian Age was the last in the Late Jurassic epoch
7. n. A period of one hundred years; a century.
8. n. The people who live during a particular period.
9. n. A generation.
There are three ages living in her house.
10. n. (hyperbole) A long time.
It’s been an age since we last saw you.
11. n. (geology) A unit of geologic time subdividing an epoch into smaller parts.
12. n. (poker) The right of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.
13. n. That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; specifically the size of that part.
What is the present age of a man, or of the earth?
14. n. Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
to come of age; she is now of age
15. n. An advanced period of life; the latter part of life; the state of being old; eld, seniority.
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age, sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
16. v. To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
Grief ages us.
17. v. (transitive, figuratively) To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
Money's a little tight right now, let's age our bills for a week or so.
18. v. (transitive, accounting) To categorize by age.
One his first assignments was to age the accounts receivable.
19. v. (intransitive) To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
He grew fat as he aged.

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