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music
1. n. A sound, or the study of such sounds, organized in time.
I keep listening to this music because it's a masterpiece.
2. n. (figuratively) Any pleasing or interesting sounds.
3. n. An art form, created by organizing of pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using musical instruments and sometimes singing.
4. n. A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.
5. v. To seduce or entice with music.
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.
method
1. n. A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something (followed by the adposition of, to or for before the purpose of the process):
One method of exercising a cat consists of making it follow the spot generated by a laser pointer.
If one method doesn't work, you should ask a friend to help you.
2. n. (acting, often "the method") A technique for acting based on the ideas articulated by Constantin Stanislavski and focusing on authentically experiencing the inner life of the character being portrayed
3. n. (object-oriented) A subroutine or function belonging to a class or object.
4. n. (slang) Marijuana.
5. v. (lbl, en, transitive) to apply a method
6. v. (lbl, en, casting, by extension, transitive) to apply particular treatment methods to a mold
The company employs extensive use of 3D modelling combined with solidification simulation to ensure that critical castings are properly methoded.
7. n. (skateboarding, snowboarding) (ellipsis of method air).
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.
sight
1. n. (in the singular) The ability to see.
He is losing his sight and now can barely read.
2. n. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
to gain sight of land
3. n. Something seen.
4. n. Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.
We went to London and saw all the sights – Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, and so on.
You really look a sight in that ridiculous costume!
5. n. A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
6. n. A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
the sight of a quadrant
7. n. (now colloquial) a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.
a sight of money
This is a darn sight better than what I'm used to at home!
8. n. In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame, the open space, the opening.
9. n. (obsolete) The instrument of seeing; the eye.
10. n. Mental view; opinion; judgment.
In their sight it was harmless.
11. v. To register visually.
12. v. To get sight of (something).
to sight land from a ship
13. v. To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight.
to sight a rifle or a cannon
14. v. To take aim at.
singing
1. n. The act of using the voice to produce musical sounds; vocalizing.
2. n. (informal) Disclosing information, or giving evidence about another.
3. n. (US) A gathering for the purpose of singing shape note songs.
4. adj. (music) Smooth and flowing.
5. adj. (of a kettle etc.) Producing a whistling sound due to the escape of steam.
6. v. present participle of sing
sing
1. v. (intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
"I really want to sing in the school choir," said Vera.
2. v. To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.
3. v. To soothe with singing.
to sing somebody to sleep
4. v. (intransitive, slang) To confess under interrogation.
5. v. To make a small, shrill sound.
The air sings in passing through a crevice.
a singing kettle
6. v. To relate in verse; to celebrate in poetry.
7. v. (intransitive) To display fine qualities; to stand out as excellent.
The sauce really makes this lamb sing.
8. v. To be capable of being sung; to produce a certain effect by being sung.
9. n. A gathering at which people sing songs.
Music
1. n. (alt-form, music), especially when defined as a school subject.
2. n. A sound, or the study of such sounds, organized in time.
I keep listening to this music because it's a masterpiece.
3. n. (figuratively) Any pleasing or interesting sounds.
4. n. An art form, created by organizing of pitch, rhythm, and sounds made using musical instruments and sometimes singing.
5. n. A guide to playing or singing a particular tune; sheet music.
6. v. To seduce or entice with music.
that
1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement.
He told me that the book is a good read.
I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British.
2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that.
Be glad that you have enough to eat.
3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that.
4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect.
The noise was so loud that she woke up.
The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed.
5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that.
6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb.
Was John there? — Not that I saw.
How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw.
7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish.
8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise.
9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction.
That book is a good read. This one isn't.
That battle was in 1450.
That cat of yours is evil.
10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t
He went home, and after that I never saw him again.
11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said).
They're getting divorced. What do you think about that?
12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement.
The water is so cold! — That it is.
13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition).
The CPR course that she took really came in handy.
The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated.
14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.)
the place that = where or to which I went last year
the last time that = when I went to Europe
15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree.
"The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...".
16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions).
I'm just not that sick.
I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult.
17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions).
Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her.
18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those.
uses
1. n. plural of use
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of use
use
1. n. The act of using.
the use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations; there is no use for your invention
2. n. (followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
What's the use of a law that nobody follows?
3. n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
This tool has many uses.
4. n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
I have no further use for these textbooks.
5. n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
6. n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
7. n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
8. n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
9. n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
10. v. To utilize or employ.
11. v. To employ; to apply; to utilize.
Use this knife to slice the bread.
We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.
12. v. (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
I used the money they allotted me.
We should use up most of the fuel.
She used all the time allotted to complete the test.
13. v. To exploit.
You never cared about me; you just used me!
14. v. To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
He uses cocaine. I have never used drugs.
15. v. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he uses almost every day.
16. v. (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
I could use a drink. My car could use a new coat of paint.
17. v. To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Note: This usage uses the nounal pronunciation of the word rather than the typically verbal one.)
soldiers who are used to hardships and danger (still common)
to use the soldiers to hardships and danger (now rare)
18. v. (reflexive, obsolete, with "to") To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.
19. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
20. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually employ; to be wont to employ.
21. v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
I used to get things done.
22. v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
to use an animal cruelly
23. v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
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.
syllables
1. n. plural of syllable
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of syllable
syllable
1. n. (linguistics) A unit of human speech that is interpreted by the listener as a single sound, although syllables usually consist of one or more vowel sounds, either alone or combined with the sound of o
2. n. The written representation of a given pronounced syllable.
3. n. A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.
4. v. (transitive, poetic) To utter in syllables.
do
1. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker
2. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be.
Do you go there often?
3. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods.
I do not go there often.
Do not listen to him.
4. v. (auxiliary) A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods.
But I do go sometimes.
Do tell us.
It is important that he do come see me.
5. v. (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; not generally used with auxiliari
I play tennis; she does too.
# They don't think it be like it is, but it do.
6. v. To perform; to execute.
All you ever do is surf the Internet. What will you do this afternoon?
7. v. (obsolete) To cause, make (someone) (do something).
8. v. (intransitive, transitive) To suffice.
it’s not the best broom, but it will have to do; this will do me, thanks.
9. v. (intransitive) To be reasonable or acceptable.
It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event.
10. v. To have (as an effect).
The fresh air did him some good.
11. v. (intransitive) To fare, perform (well or poorly).
Our relationship isn't doing very well; how do you do?
12. v. (transitive, chiefly in questions) To have as one's job.
What does Bob do? — He's a plumber.
13. v. To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something)
"Don't forget to do your report" means something quite different depending on whether you're a student or a programmer.
14. v. To cook.
I'll just do some eggs.
15. v. To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.
Let’s do New York also.
16. v. To treat in a certain way.
17. v. To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc.
18. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To act or behave in a certain manner; to conduct oneself.
19. v. (see also do time) To spend (time) in jail.
I did five years for armed robbery.
20. v. To impersonate or depict.
They really laughed when he did Clinton, with a perfect accent and a leer.
21. v. (transitive, slang) To kill.
22. v. (transitive, slang) To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for.
23. v. (informal) To punish for a misdemeanor.
He got done for speeding.
Teacher'll do you for that!
24. v. (transitive, slang) To have sex with. (See also do it)
25. v. To cheat or swindle.
That guy just did me out of two hundred bucks!
26. v. To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate.
the novel has just been done into English; I'm going to do this play into a movie
27. v. (transitive, intransitive) To finish.
Aren't you done yet?
28. v. (dated) To work as a domestic servant (with for).
29. v. (archaic, dialectal, transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the present progressive of verbs.
30. v. (stock exchange) To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note.
31. v. (informal, transitive) To make or provide.
Do they do haircuts there?
Could you do me a burger with mayonnaise instead of ketchup?
32. v. (informal, transitive) To injure (one's own body part).
33. v. To take drugs.
I do cocaine.
34. v. (transitive, in the form be doing somewhere) To exist with a purpose or for a reason.
What's that car doing in our swimming pool? -
35. n. (colloquial) A party, celebration, social function.
We’re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.
36. n. (informal) A hairdo.
Nice do!
37. n. Something that can or should be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).
38. n. (obsolete) A deed; an act.
39. n. (archaic) Ado; bustle; stir; to-do; A period of confusion or argument.
40. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) A cheat; a swindler.
41. n. (obsolete, UK, slang) An act of swindling; a fraud or deception.
42. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.
43. adv. (rare) (abbreviation of ditto)
originally
1. adv. (not comparable) As it was in the beginning.
Originally, this paper was white, but over the years it has yellowed with age.
2. adv. In an original manner.
They had to think originally to come up with those creative ideas.
ut
1. n. (music, dated) Syllable (formerly) used in solfège to represent the first note of a major scale.
re
1. prep. About, regarding, with reference to; especially in letters and documents.
2. n. (music) Ray, a syllable used in solfège to represent the second note of a major scale.
3. n. Reinsurance.
mi
1. n. (music) A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.
2. n. alternative form of mi..
fa
1. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth note of a major scale.
sol
1. n. (music) The fifth step in the solfège scale of C (Ut), preceded by fa and followed by la.
2. n. (astronomy) A solar day on Mars (equivalent to 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds).
3. n. A Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value.
4. n. (physical chemistry) A type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid.
5. n. (archaic) A solution to an objection (or "ob"), in old books of controversial divinity.
6. n. (historical) An old French coin worth 12 deniers.
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.
So
1. n. A Mon-Khmer-speaking people of Laos and Thailand.
2. conj. In order that.
Eat your broccoli so you can have dessert.
3. conj. With the result that; for that reason; therefore.
I was hungry so I asked if there was any more food.
He ate too much cake, so he fell ill.
He wanted a book, so he went to the library.
“I need to go to the bathroom.”―“So go!”
4. conj. (archaic) Provided that; on condition that, as long as.
5. adv. To the (explicitly stated) extent that.
It was so hot outside that all the plants died. He was so good, they hired him on the spot.
6. adv. (informal) To the (implied) extent.
I need a piece of cloth so long. = this long
7. adv. (informal) Very (positive clause).
He is so good!
8. adv. (informal) Very (negative clause).
It’s not so bad. i.e. it's acceptable
9. adv. (slang) Very much.
But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town! That is so not true!
10. adv. In a particular manner.
Place the napkin on the table just so. If that's what you mean, then say so; (or do so).
11. adv. In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; also.
Just as you have the right to your free speech, so I have the right to mine. Many people say she's the world's greatest athlete, but I don't think so. "I can count backwards from on
12. adv. (with as) To such an extent or degree; as.
so far as; so long as; so much as
13. adj. True, accurate.
That is so. You are responsible for this, is that not so?
14. adj. In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase.
15. adj. (dated, UK, slang) Homosexual.
Is he so?
16. interj. Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story.
So, let's go home.
So, what'll you have?
So, there was this squirrel stuck in the chimney...
17. interj. (Short for) so what.
"You park your car in front of my house every morning." — "So?".
18. interj. Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.
So how does this story end?
So, everyone wants to know - did you win the contest or not?
19. interj. (archaic) Be as you are; stand still; (used especially to cows; also used by sailors.)
20. pron. abbreviation of someone
21. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale.
22. n. (foods) A type of dairy product made in Japan between the seventh and 10th centuries.
la
1. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the sixth note of a major scale.
2. interj. Represents the sound of music or singing.
"La la la la, I can't hear you!" Jimmy said, sticking his fingers in his ears.
I couldn't make out the words of the song, it was just a bunch of la la la as far as I could hear.
3. interj. (obsolete) Used to introduce a statement with emphatic or intensive effect.
4. interj. (archaic) Expressing surprise, anger. etc.
5. adj. Prefixed to the name of a woman, with ironic effect (as though an opera prima donna).
6. n. (Scouse) lad, lid
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
si
1. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
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.
ti
1. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
2. n. The good luck plant, , an evergreen shrub.
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
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.
pitches
1. n. plural of pitch
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of pitch
pitch
1. n. A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
It is hard to get this pitch off my hand.
2. n. A dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar.
They put pitch on the mast to protect it.
The barrel was sealed with pitch.
It was pitch black because there was no moon.
3. n. (geology) Pitchstone.
4. v. To cover or smear with pitch.
5. v. To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
6. n. A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand.
a good pitch in quoits
7. n. (baseball) The act of pitching a baseball.
The pitch was low and inside.
8. n. (sports) (Australia) The field on which cricket, soccer, rugby or field hockey is played. (In cricket, the pitch is in the centre of the field; see cricket pitch.) Not used in America, where "field" i
The teams met on the pitch.
9. n. An effort to sell or promote something.
He gave me a sales pitch.
10. n. The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font.
The pitch of pixels on the point scale is 72 pixels per inch.
The pitch of this saw is perfect for that type of wood.
A helical scan with a pitch of zero is equivalent to constant z-axis scanning.
11. n. The angle at which an object sits.
the pitch of the roof or haystack
12. n. A level or degree, or (by extension), a peak or highest degree.
13. n. The rotation angle about the transverse axis.
14. n. (nautical, aviation) The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down. Compare
the pitch of an aircraft
15. n. (aviation) A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller.
The propeller blades' pitch went to zero as the engine was feathered.
16. n. The place where a busker performs.
17. n. An area in a market (or similar) allocated to a particular trader.
18. n. An area on a campsite intended for occupation by a single tent, caravan or similar.
19. n. A point or peak; the extreme point of elevation or depression.
20. n. (climbing) A section of a climb or rock face; specifically, the climbing distance between belays or stances.
21. n. (caving) A vertical cave passage, only negotiable by using rope or ladders.
The entrance pitch requires 30 metres of rope.
22. n. (now British, regional) A person or animal's height.
23. n. (cricket) That point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled.
24. n. A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
25. n. The point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant.
a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof
26. n. (mining) The limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out.
27. v. To throw.
He pitched the horseshoe.
28. v. (transitive, or intransitive, baseball) To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
(transitive) The hurler pitched a curveball.
(intransitive) He pitched high and inside.
29. v. (intransitive, baseball) To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
Bob pitches today.
30. v. To throw away; discard.
He pitched the candy wrapper.
31. v. To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.
He pitched the idea for months with no takers.
32. v. To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.
At which level should I pitch my presentation?
33. v. To assemble or erect (a tent).
Pitch the tent over there.
34. v. (intransitive) To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.
35. v. (ambitransitive, aviation, or nautical) To move so that the front of an aircraft or ship goes alternatively up and down.
(transitive) The typhoon pitched the deck of the ship.
(intransitive) The airplane pitched.
36. v. (transitive, golf) To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
The only way to get on the green from here is to pitch the ball over the bunker.
37. v. (intransitive, cricket) To bounce on the playing surface.
The ball pitched well short of the batsman.
38. v. (intransitive, Bristol, of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.
39. v. (intransitive, archaic) To alight; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
40. v. (with on or upon) To fix one's choice.
41. v. (intransitive) To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.
to pitch from a precipice
The field pitches toward the east.
42. v. (transitive, of an embankment, roadway) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones.
43. v. (transitive, of a price, value) To set or fix.
44. v. (transitive, card games, slang) To discard for some gain.
45. n. (music, phonetics) The perceived frequency of a sound or note.
The pitch of middle "C" is familiar to many musicians.
46. n. (music) In an a cappella group, the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by.
Bob, our pitch, let out a clear middle "C" and our conductor gave the signal to start.
47. v. (intransitive) To produce a note of a given pitch.
48. v. To fix or set the tone of.
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.
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.
scale
1. n. (obsolete) A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.
2. n. An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude.
Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10.
The magnitude of an earthquake is measured on the open-ended Richter scale.
3. n. Size; scope.
The Holocaust was insanity on an enormous scale.
There are some who question the scale of our ambitions.
4. n. The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
This map uses a scale of 1:10.
5. n. A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced
6. n. (music) A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.
7. n. A mathematical base for a numeral system; radix.
the decimal scale; the binary scale
8. n. Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order.
9. n. A standard amount of money to be received by a performer or writer, negotiated by a union.
Sally wasn't the star of the show, so she was glad to be paid scale.
10. v. To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.
We should scale that up by a factor of 10.
11. v. To climb to the top of.
Hilary and Norgay were the first known to have scaled Everest.
12. v. (intransitive, computing) To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.
That architecture won't scale to real-world environments.
13. v. To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system.
14. n. Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.
15. n. A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color.
16. n. A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.
17. n. Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard protective layers forming a pinecone that flare when mature to release pine nut seeds.
18. n. The flaky material sloughed off heated metal.
19. n. Scale mail (as opposed to chain mail).
20. n. Limescale.
21. n. A scale insect.
22. n. The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife.
23. v. To remove the scales of.
Please scale that fish for dinner.
24. v. (intransitive) To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.
The dry weather is making my skin scale.
25. v. To strip or clear of scale; to descale.
to scale the inside of a boiler
26. v. To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
27. v. (intransitive) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae.
Some sandstone scales by exposure.
28. v. (Scotland) To scatter; to spread.
29. v. To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
30. n. A device to measure mass or weight.
After the long, lazy winter I was afraid to get on the scale.
31. n. Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.
most
1. det. superlative degree of much.
The teams competed to see who could collect the most money.
2. det. superlative degree of many: the comparatively largest number of (ngd, construed with the definite article)
The team with the most points wins.
3. det. superlative degree of many: the majority of; more than half of (ngd, construed without the definite article)
Most bakers and dairy farmers have to get up early.
Winning was not important for most participants.
4. adv. Forms the superlative of many adjectives.
This is the most important example.
Correctness is most important.
5. adv. To a great extent or degree; highly; very.
This is a most unusual specimen.
6. adv. (informal, chiefly US) Almost.
7. adv. superlative form of many: most many
8. adv. superlative form of much: most much
9. pron. The greater part of a group, especially a group of people.
Most want the best for their children.
The peach was juicier and more flavourful than most.
10. n. The greatest amount.
The most I can offer for the house is $150,000.
11. n. The greater part.
Most of the penguins were friendly and curious.
Most of the rice was spoiled.
12. n. A record-setting amount.
commonly
1. adv. as a rule; frequently; usually
2. adv. (obsolete) in common; familiarly
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.
Major
1. n. (military) (Title for an army officer with the rank of major.)
2. n. topics, en, Villages, Kentucky, USA, Saskatchewan
3. n. , or, when used as a title before a person's name, Major
4. n. a military rank between captain and lieutenant colonel
He used to be a major in the army.
5. adj. Of great significance or importance.
6. adj. Greater in number, quantity, or extent
the major part of the assembly
7. adj. Of full legal age, having attained majority
8. adj. (music) Of a scale that follows the pattern: tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - tone - semitone
A major scale.
9. adj. (music) Being the larger of two intervals denoted by the same ordinal number.
10. adj. (music) Containing the note a major third (four half steps) above the tonic.
11. n. (US, Canada Australia and New Zealand) The main area of study of a student working toward a degree at a college or university.
Midway through his second year of college, he still hadn't chosen a major.
12. n. (US, Canada Australia and New Zealand) A student at a college or university concentrating on a given area of study.
She is a math major.
13. n. A person of legal age.
14. n. (logic) The major premise.
15. n. (Canadian football) An alternate term for touchdown; short for "major score".
16. n. A large, commercially successful record label, as opposed to an indie.
17. n. (British slang) An elder brother (especially at a public school).
18. n. (zoology) A large leaf-cutter ant that acts as a soldier, defending the nest.
19. v. (intransitive) to concentrate on a particular area of study as a student in a college or university
I have decided to major in mathematics.
scale
1. n. (obsolete) A ladder; a series of steps; a means of ascending.
2. n. An ordered, usually numerical sequence used for measurement, means of assigning a magnitude.
Please rate your experience on a scale from 1 to 10.
The magnitude of an earthquake is measured on the open-ended Richter scale.
3. n. Size; scope.
The Holocaust was insanity on an enormous scale.
There are some who question the scale of our ambitions.
4. n. The ratio of depicted distance to actual distance.
This map uses a scale of 1:10.
5. n. A line or bar associated with a drawing, used to indicate measurement when the image has been magnified or reduced
6. n. (music) A series of notes spanning an octave, tritave, or pseudo-octave, used to make melodies.
7. n. A mathematical base for a numeral system; radix.
the decimal scale; the binary scale
8. n. Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order.
9. n. A standard amount of money to be received by a performer or writer, negotiated by a union.
Sally wasn't the star of the show, so she was glad to be paid scale.
10. v. To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.
We should scale that up by a factor of 10.
11. v. To climb to the top of.
Hilary and Norgay were the first known to have scaled Everest.
12. v. (intransitive, computing) To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.
That architecture won't scale to real-world environments.
13. v. To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system.
14. n. Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard pieces of keratin covering the skin of an animal, particularly a fish or reptile.
15. n. A small piece of pigmented chitin, many of which coat the wings of a butterfly or moth to give them their color.
16. n. A flake of skin of an animal afflicted with dermatitis.
17. n. Part of an overlapping arrangement of many small, flat and hard protective layers forming a pinecone that flare when mature to release pine nut seeds.
18. n. The flaky material sloughed off heated metal.
19. n. Scale mail (as opposed to chain mail).
20. n. Limescale.
21. n. A scale insect.
22. n. The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a pocketknife.
23. v. To remove the scales of.
Please scale that fish for dinner.
24. v. (intransitive) To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.
The dry weather is making my skin scale.
25. v. To strip or clear of scale; to descale.
to scale the inside of a boiler
26. v. To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
27. v. (intransitive) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae.
Some sandstone scales by exposure.
28. v. (Scotland) To scatter; to spread.
29. v. To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by the explosion of a small quantity of powder.
30. n. A device to measure mass or weight.
After the long, lazy winter I was afraid to get on the scale.
31. n. Either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales.

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