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mathematics
     1. n. An abstract representational system used in the study of numbers, shapes, structure, change and the relationships between these concepts.
     2. n. A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels.
           My mathematics is always improving.
cartography
     1. n. The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography.
     2. n. (figuratively) An illustrative discussion of a topic.
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.
number
     1. n. An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
           Zero, one, -1, 2.5, and pi are all numbers.
     2. n. A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
           The number 8 is usually made with a single stroke.
     3. n. (mathematics) A member of one of several classes: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, quaternions.
           The equatione^i\pi+1=0 includes the most important numbers: 1, 0,\pi,i, ande.
     4. n. (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", lik
           Horse number 5 won the race.
     5. n. Quantity.
           Any number of people can be reading from a given repository at a time.
     6. n. A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.
           Her passport number is C01X864TN.
     7. n. (informal) A telephone number.
     8. n. (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
           Adjectives and nouns should agree in gender, number, and case.
     9. n. (now rare, in the plural) Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.
     10. n. A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
           For his second number, he sang "The Moon Shines Bright".
     11. n. (informal) A person.
     12. n. (informal) An item of clothing, particularly a stylish one.
     13. n. (slang) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought form a dealer.
     14. n. (dated) An issue of a periodical publication.
           the latest number of a magazine
     15. v. To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
           Number the baskets so that we can find them easily.
     16. v. (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.
           I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands.
     17. adj. comparative form of numb: more numb
representing
     1. v. present participle of represent
     2. n. An act of representation.
     represent
          1. v. To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
          2. v. To portray visually; to delineate
                a picture can be represented in a landscape.
                The sculptor represented a horse in bronze.
          3. v. To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of
                It has always been his dream to represent Hamlet on Broadway.
          4. v. To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of
                He sent his agent to represent himself at the meeting.
                As he was too ill to accept the award, his brother represented him at the ceremony.
                An attorney's job is to represent his client in court
          5. v. (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.)
                They chose a member of Congress to represent their district.
          6. v. To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of
                He represented that he was investigating for the police department.
          7. v. To give an account of; to describe.
          8. v. To serve as a sign or symbol of
                The @ symbol represents the online world.
                A dove is often used to represent peace.
          9. v. To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
          10. v. To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something presentative, which was originally apprehended by direct presentation).
          11. v. To constitute, to make up, to be an example of.
          12. v. (sports) To participate as a team member
the
     1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
           I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
           The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
           The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
     2. art.          Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
                    The street that runs through my hometown.
     3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
           No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
           God save the Queen!
     4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
           That was the best apple pie ever.
     5. art.          Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
                    That apple pie was the best.
     6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
     7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
           Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
     8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
           No one in the whole country had seen it before.
           I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
     9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
           A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
     10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
           That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
     11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
           The hotter the better.
           The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
           The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
           It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
     12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
           It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
           It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
           I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
position
     1. n. A place or location.
     2. n. A post of employment; a job.
     3. n. A status or rank.
           Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.
     4. n. An opinion, stand or stance.
           My position on this issue is unchanged.
     5. n. A posture.
           Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.
     6. n. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
           Stop running all over the field and play your position!
     7. n. (finance) An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm or institution.
     8. n. (finance) A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.
     9. n. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
     10. n. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
     11. v. To put into place.
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.
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.
point
     1. n. A discrete division of something.
     2. n.          An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
                   The Congress debated the finer points of the bill.
     3. n.          A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
                   There comes a point in a marathon when some people give up.
                   At this point in the meeting, I'd like to propose a new item for the agenda.
     4. n.          (archaic) Condition, state.
                   She was not feeling in good point.
     5. n.          A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition.
                   I made the point that we all had an interest to protect.
     6. n.          A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
                   The point is that we should stay together, whatever happens.
     7. n.          A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
                   Since the decision has already been made, I see little point in further discussion.
     8. n.          (obsolete) The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit.
     9. n.          (obsolete) A tiny amount of time; a moment.
     10. n.          A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
                   We should meet at a pre-arranged point.
     11. n.          (mathematics, science) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position
     12. n.          A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
     13. n.          (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of p
     14. n.          (by extension) A note; a tune.
     15. n.          A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
                   Logic isn't my strong point.
     16. n.          Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
                   The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light.
     17. n.          (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
                   Possession is nine points of the law.
     18. n.          Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
     19. n.          (sports) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
                   The one with the most points will win the game
     20. n.          (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
                   10.5 ("ten point five"; = ten and a half)
     21. n.          (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
     22. n.          (typography) a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
     23. n.          (UK) An electric power socket.
     24. n.          (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
                   Ship ahoy, three points off the starboard bow!
     25. n.          (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
     26. n. A sharp extremity.
     27. n.          The sharp tip of an object.
                   Cut the skin with the point of the knife.
     28. n.          Any projecting extremity of an object.
     29. n.          An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
                   His cowboy belt was studded with points.
     30. n.          (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
     31. n.          A peninsula or promontory.
     32. n.          The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
     33. n.          Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
     34. n.          (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
                   to fall off a point
     35. n.          Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
     36. n.          (railroads, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.
     37. n.          (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
                   The point color of that cat was a deep, rich sable.
     38. n.          A tine or snag of an antler.
     39. n.          (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
                   tierce point
     40. n. (heraldry) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
     41. n. (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
     42. n. (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
     43. n. Lace worked by the needle.
           point de Venise; Brussels point
     44. n. (US, slang) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
     45. n. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
           The dog came to a point.
     46. n. (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
     47. n. The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
     48. n. The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
     49. n. (medicine, obsolete) A vaccine point.
     50. n. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
     51. n.          (cricket) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
     52. n.          (lacrosse, ice hockey) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
     53. n.          (baseball) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
     54. n.          (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
     55. v. (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
           It's rude to point at other people.
     56. v. (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
           The arrow of a compass points north
           The skis were pointing uphill.
           The arrow on the map points towards the entrance
     57. v. (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
     58. v. To direct toward an object; to aim.
           to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort
     59. v. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
           to point a dart, a pencil, or (figuratively) a moral
     60. v. (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
     61. v. (ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
     62. v. (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
     63. v. (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
     64. v. To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
           If he asks for food, point him toward the refrigerator.
     65. v. (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
     66. v. To mark with diacritics.
     67. v. (dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.
           to point a composition
     68. v. (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
     69. v. (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
     70. v. (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
           Bear off a little, we're pointing.
along
     1. prep. By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to.
     2. prep. In a line with, with a progressive motion on; onward on; forward on.
     3. adv. In company; together.
           John played the piano and everyone sang along.
     4. adv. Onward, forward, with progressive action.
           Don't stop here. Just move along.
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.
line
     1. n. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
           The arrow descended in a curved line.
     2. n.          (geometry) An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
     3. n.          (geometry, informal) A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
     4. n.          (graph theory) An edge of a graph.
     5. n.          (geography) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
     6. n.          (geography, ‘the line’ or ‘equinoctial line’) The equator.
     7. n.          (music) One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
     8. n.          (cricket) The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
     9. n.          (soccer) The goal line.
     10. n. A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
     11. n. A hose or pipe, of any size.
           a brake line, the main water line to the house
     12. n. Direction, path.
           the line of sight;  the line of vision
     13. n. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
           I tried to make a call, but the line was dead.
           a dedicated line;  a shared line
           Please speak up, the line is very faint.
     14. n. A clothesline.
     15. n. A letter, a written form of communication.
           Drop me a line.
     16. n. A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
           a line of stages;  an express line
     17. n. (military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
     18. n. The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
     19. n. A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
     20. n. (obsolete) A measuring line or cord.
     21. n. That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
     22. n. A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
     23. n. Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
     24. n. A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contra
           The line forms on the right.
           There is a line of houses.
     25. n. (military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery etc.
     26. n. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
     27. n. A small amount of text. Specifically:
     28. n.          A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of
                   The answer to the comprehension question can be found in the third line of the accompanying text.
     29. n.          A verse (in poetry).
     30. n.          A sentence of dialogue, especially in a play, movie or the like.
                   He was perfecting his pickup lines for use at the bar.
                   "It is what it is" was one his more annoying lines.
     31. n.          A lie or exaggeration, especially one told to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.
                   Don't feed me a line!
     32. n. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
     33. n. The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
           Remember, your answers must match the party line.
     34. n. A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
           line of business, product line
           How many buses does the line have?
           The airline is in danger of bankruptcy.
     35. n. (stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
     36. n. A measure of length:
     37. n.          (historical) A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of
     38. n.          One twelfth of an inch.
     39. n.          One fortieth of an inch.
     40. n. (historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
     41. n. (baseball, slang) The batter’s box.
     42. n. (fencing, ‘line of engagement’) The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
     43. n. (engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
           the engine is in line / out of line
     44. n. A small portion or serving (of a powdery illegal drug).
     45. n. (obsolete) Instruction; doctrine.
     46. n. (genetics) Population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
     47. n. (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
     48. n. (ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.
     49. n. (medicine, colloquial) A vascular catheter.
           patient had a line inserted
           line sepsis
     50. v. To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
           to line troops
     51. v. To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
           to line works with soldiers
     52. v. To form a line along.
     53. v. To mark with a line or lines, to cover with lines.
           to line a copy book
     54. v. (transitive, obsolete) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
     55. v. To read or repeat line by line.
           to line out a hymn
     56. v. (intransitive, ‘line up’) To form or enter into a line.
     57. v. (intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
           Jones lined to left in his last at-bat.
     58. v. To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
     59. n. (obsolete) Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax.
     60. v. To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
           The bird lines its nest with soft grass.
           to line a cloak with silk or fur
           to line a box with paper or tin
           paintings lined the walls of the cavernous dining room
     61. v. To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.
     62. v. To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
           to line the shelves
     63. v. (transitive, now rare, of a dog) to copulate with, to impregnate.
arc
     1. n. (astronomy) That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.
     2. n. (geometry) A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.
     3. n. A curve, in general.
     4. n. A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape.
     5. n. (electrics) A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge between either two electrodes or as lightning.
     6. n. A story arc.
     7. n. (mathematics) A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically0, 1) into a space.
     8. n. (graph theory) A directed edge.
     9. n. (basketball, slang) The three-point line.
     10. v. To move following a curved path.
     11. v. To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc.
     12. v. (intransitive) To form an electrical arc.
or
     1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
           In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
           He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
     2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
     3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
     4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
           It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
     5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
           The country Myanmar, or Burma
     6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
     7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
     10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
     11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
similar
     1. adj. Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
     2. adj. (mathematics) Of geometrical figures including triangles, squares, ellipses, arcs and more complex figures, having the same shape but possibly different size, rotational orientation, and position; in
     3. n. That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as in quality, form, etc.
     4. n. (homeopathy) A material that produces an effect that resembles the symptoms of a particular disease.
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.
dimensional
     1. adj. Of or pertaining to dimensions.
     2. adj. (comparable) Having dimension or dimensions; three-dimensional.
     3. adj.          (mathematics) Appended to cardinal numbers or algebraic symbols to form adjectives meaning "having the stated number of dimensions".
figure
     1. n. A drawing or diagram conveying information.
     2. n. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
           a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble
     3. n. A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
     4. n. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
           He cut a sorry figure standing there in the rain.
     5. n. (obsolete) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
     6. n. A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
     7. n. A numeral.
     8. n. A number, an amount.
     9. n. A shape.
     10. n. A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
           The muslin was of a pretty figure.
     11. n. A dance figure, a complex dance moveW.
     12. n. A figure of speech.
     13. n. (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
     14. n. (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
     15. n. (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
     16. n. (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
     17. v. (mostly, US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
     18. v. (mostly, US) To come to understand.
           I can't figure if he's telling the truth or lying.
     19. v. To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
     20. v. (mostly, US, intransitive) To be reasonable.
           It figures that somebody like him would be upset about the situation.
     21. v. To enter, be a part of.
     22. v. (obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape.
     23. v. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
     24. v. (obsolete) To indicate by numerals.
     25. v. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
     26. v. (obsolete) To prefigure; to foreshow.
     27. v. (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
     28. v. (music) To embellish.
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