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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.
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.
symbol
1. n. A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
$ is the symbol for dollars in the US and some other countries.
Chinese people use word symbols for writing.
The lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.
2. n. Any object, typically material, which is meant to represent another (usually abstract) even if there is no meaningful relationship.
The dollar symbol has no relationship to the concept of currency or any related idea.
3. n. (linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context; a symbol arbitrarily denotes a referent. See also icon and index.
4. n. A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.
The Apostles, Nicene Creed and the confessional books of Protestantism, such as the Augsburg Confession of Lutheranism are considered symbols.
5. n. Visible traces or impressions, made using a writing device or tool, that are connected together and/or are slightly separated. Sometimes symbols represent objects or events that occupy space or things
6. n. (crystallography) The numerical expression which defines a plane's position relative to the assumed axes.
7. n. (obsolete) That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
8. n. (obsolete) Share; allotment.
9. n. (programming) An internal identifier used by a debugger to relate parts of the compiled program to the corresponding names in the source code.
10. v. To symbolize.
indicating
1. v. present participle of indicate
indicate
1. v. To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
The guard blew his whistle to indicate imminent departure.
2. v. To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies.
Great prostration of strength indicates the use of stimulants.
3. v. To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
4. v. To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.
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.
legato
1. adv. (music) Smoothly, in a connected manner.
Play this passage legato, not portato.
2. n. (music) A slur curve above or below a passage of notes indicating that they should be played in a legato manner.
passage
1. n. A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
passage of scripture
She struggled to play the difficult passages.
2. n. Part of a path or journey.
He made his passage through the trees carefully, mindful of the stickers.
3. n. The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.
The company was one of the prime movers in lobbying for the passage of the act.
4. n. (art) The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.
5. n. A passageway or corridor.
6. n. (caving) An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.
7. n. (euphemistic) The vagina.
8. n. The act of passing
9. v. (medicine) To pass something, such as a pathogen or stem cell, through a host or medium
He passaged the virus through a series of goats.
After 24 hours, the culture was passaged to an agar plate.
10. v. (rare) To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross
They passaged to America in 1902.
11. n. (dressage) A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic, and elevated trot that has a longer period of suspension between each foot fall than a working tro
12. v. (intransitive, dressage) To execute a passage movement
written
1. adj. Of, relating, or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written).
2. adj. Having been written.
I can speak Japanese fairly well, but I have no understanding whatsoever of written Japanese.
3. v. past participle of write
Has your girlfriend written you a letter yet?
write
1. v. To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
The pupil wrote his name on the paper.
Your son has been writing on the wall.
2. v. To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald.
3. v. To send written information to.
(UK) Please write to me when you get there.
(US) Please write me when you get there.
4. v. To show (information, etc) in written form.
The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus.
5. v. (intransitive) To be an author.
I write for a living.
6. v. (computing, intransitive, with to) To record data mechanically or electronically.
The computer writes to the disk faster than it reads from it.
7. v. (transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.) To fill in, to complete using words.
I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test.
8. v. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
truth written on the heart
9. v. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.
10. n. (computing) The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.
How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?
As
1. n. plural of A
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
You’re not as tall as I am.
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
The kidnappers released him as agreed.
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
Do as I say!
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
As you wish, my lord!
6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
As I came in, she flew.
7. conj. At the same time that; while.
He sleeps as the rain falls.
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
As it’s too late, I quit.
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
It's not so complicated as I expected.
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
You are not as tall as me.
They're big as houses.
17. prep. In the role of.
What is your opinion as a parent?
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
20. n. plural of a
an
1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound
2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable
3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable
4. conj. (archaic) If
5. conj. (archaic) So long as.
An it harm none, do what ye will.
6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though.
7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
8. prep. In each; to or for each; per.
I was only going twenty miles an hour.
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.
over
1. adj. Discontinued; ended or concluded.
The show is over.
2. adv. Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end.
Let's talk over the project at tomorrow's meeting.
Let me think that over.
I'm going to look over our department's expenses.
3. adv. To an excessive degree; overly.
4. adv. From an upright position to being horizontal.
He tipped the bottle over, and the water came gushing out.
That building just fell over!
He bent over to touch his toes.
5. adv. Horizontally; left to right or right to left.
Slide the toilet-paper dispenser's door over when one roll is empty in order to reveal the other.
I moved over to make room for him to sit down.
6. adv. From one position or state to another.
Please pass that over to me.
He came over to our way of thinking on the new project.
Come over and play!
I'll bring over a pizza.
7. adv. Overnight (throughout the night).
We stayed over at Grandma's.
Can I sleep over?
8. adv. (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again.
I lost my paper and I had to do the entire assignment over.
9. adv. (procedure word, military) a procedure word meaning that a station is finished transmitting and is expecting a response.
Bravo Six, this is Bravo Six Four. Stand by for ten mike report one dash three, over.
Bravo Six Four, this is Bravo Six Actual. Send your traffic, over.
10. n. (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled.
11. n. Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc.
12. prep. Physical positioning.
13. prep. On top of; above; higher than; further up.
Hold the sign up over your head. climb up the ladder and look over the roof
14. prep. Across or spanning.
There is a bridge over the river.
15. prep. In such a way as to cover.
drape the fabric over the table; there is a roof over the house
16. prep. From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards.
The dog jumped over the fence.
I'll go over the fence first and then help you.
Let's walk over the hill to get there.
17. prep. By comparison.
18. prep. More than; to a greater degree.
I prefer the purple over the pink.
19. prep. Beyond; past; exceeding; too much or too far.
I think I’m over my limit for calories for today.
20. prep. (in certain collocations) As compared to.
Sales are down this quarter over last.
21. prep. Indicating relative status, authority, or power
The owner's son lorded over the experienced managers.
The prince ruled over a portion of the kingdom.
22. prep. (mathematics) Divided by.
four over two equals two over one
23. prep. (poker) (Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.)
9♦9♠9♣6♥6♠ = nines over sixes
24. prep. Finished with; done with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two.
We got over the engineering problems and the prototype works great.
I am over my cold and feel great again.
I know the referee made a bad call, but you have to get over it your annoyance with the referee's decision.
She is finally over the distress of losing her job.
He is finally over his distress over the loss of the relationship with his ex-girlfriend.
25. prep. While using, especially while consuming.
26. prep. Concerning or regarding.
The two boys had a fight over whose girlfriend was the best.
27. prep. Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding.
We triumphed over difficulties.
The bill was passed over the veto.
It was a fine victory over their opponents.
28. interj. In radio communications: end of sentence, ready to receive reply.
How do you receive? Over!
29. n. (rare, dialectal, or obsolete) A shore, riverbank.
The sea's over.
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.
slurred
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of slur
slur
1. n. An insult or slight.
a racial slur
2. n. (music) A set of notes that are played legato, without separate articulation.
3. n. (music) The symbol indicating a legato passage, written as an arc over the slurred notes (not to be confused with a tie).
4. n. (obsolete) A trick or deception.
5. n. In knitting machines, a device for depressing the sinkers successively by passing over them.
6. v. To insult or slight.
7. v. To run together; to articulate poorly.
to slur syllables; He slurs his speech when he is drunk.
8. v. (music) To play legato or without separate articulation; to connect (notes) smoothly.
9. v. To soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
10. v. To cover over; to disguise; to conceal; to pass over lightly or with little notice.
11. v. To cheat, as by sliding a die; to trick.
12. v. (printing, dated) To blur or double, as an impression from type; to mackle.
notes
1. n. plural of note
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of note
note
1. n. A symbol or annotation.:
2. n. A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
3. n. A mark, or sign, made to call attention, to point out something to notice, or the like; a sign, or token, proving or giving evidence.
4. n. A brief remark; a marginal comment or explanation; hence, an annotation on a text or author; a comment; a critical, explanatory, or illustrative observ
5. n. A written or printed communication or commitment.:
6. n. A brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.
I left him a note to remind him to take out the trash.
7. n. A short informal letter; a billet.
8. n. A diplomatic missive or written communication.
9. n. (finance) A written or printed paper acknowledging a debt, and promising payment
a promissory note
a note of hand
a negotiable note
10. n. (obsolete) A list of items or of charges; an account.
11. n. A piece of paper money; a banknote.
I didn't have any coins to pay with, so I used a note.
12. n. (extension) A small size of paper used for writing letters or notes.
13. n. (music, heading) A sound.
14. n. A character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
15. n. A musical sound; a tone; an utterance; a tune.
16. n. (extension) A key of the piano or organ.
17. n. Observation; notice; heed.
18. n. Reputation; distinction.
a poet of note
19. n. (obsolete) Notification; information; intelligence.
20. n. (obsolete) Mark of disgrace.
21. v. To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
If you look to the left, you can note the old cathedral.
22. v. To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
We noted his speech.
23. v. To denote; to designate.
The modular multiplicative inverse of x may be noted x-1.
24. v. To annotate.
25. v. To set down in musical characters.
26. v. To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of a protest, which is done officially by a notary.
27. n. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) That which is needed or necessary; business; duty; work.
28. n. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period following calving or farrowing during which a cow or sow is at her most useful (i.e. gives milk); the
not
1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.
Not knowing any better, I went ahead.
2. adv. To no degree.
That is not red; it's orange.
3. conj. And not.
I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.
He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.
4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.
I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not!
Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not!
5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function.
You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip.
6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not.
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
be
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
The cup is on the table.
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
When will the meeting be?
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
I have been to Spain many times.
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
Knowledge is bliss.
Hi, I’m Jim.
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
3 times 5 is fifteen.
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
The sky is blue.
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
The sky is a deep blue today.
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
The dog was drowned by the boy.
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
The woman is walking.
I shall be writing to you soon.
We liked to chat while we were eating.
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
I am to leave tomorrow.
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
This building is three hundred years old.
I am 75 kilograms.
He’s about 6 feet tall.
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
What time is it there? It’s night.
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
Why is it so dark in here?
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
Why is he being nice to me?
confused
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of confuse
2. adj. (of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
3. adj. (of a person or animal) disoriented
4. adj. chaotic, jumbled or muddled
5. adj. making no sense; illogical
6. adj. embarrassed
confuse
1. v. to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody).
2. v. To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (gloss, one thing for another).
People who say "hola" to Italians are confusing Italian with Spanish.
3. v. To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
4. v. (transitive, dated) To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
5. v. (transitive, obsolete) To rout; discomfit.
with
1. prep. Against.
He picked a fight with the class bully.
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
He went with his friends.
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
5. prep. In support of.
We are with you all the way.
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
slain with robbers
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
cut with a knife
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
9. prep. Having, owning.
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
Do you want to come with?
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12. n. alternative form of withe
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.
tie
1. n. A knot; a fastening.
2. n. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig.
3. n. A necktie (item of clothing consisting of a strip of cloth tied around the neck). See also bow tie, black tie.
4. n. The situation in which two or more participants in a competition are placed equally.
It's two outs in the bottom of the ninth, tie score.
5. n. A twist tie, a piece of wire embedded in paper, strip of plastic with ratchets, or similar object which is wound around something and tightened.
6. n. A strong connection between people or groups of people; a bond.
the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance
7. n. (construction) A structural member firmly holding two pieces together.
Ties work to maintain structural integrity in windstorms and earthquakes.
8. n. (rail transport, US) A horizontal wooden or concrete structural member that supports and ties together rails.
9. n. (cricket) The situation at the end of all innings of a match where both sides have the same total of runs (different from a draw).
10. n. (sports) A meeting between two players or teams in a competition.
The FA Cup third round tie between Liverpool and Cardiff was their first meeting in the competition since 1957.
11. n. (music) A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch denoting that they should be played as a single note with the combined length of both notes (not to be confused with a slur).
12. n. (statistics) One or more equal values or sets of equal values in the data set.
13. n. (surveying) A bearing and distance between a lot corner or point and a benchmark or iron off site.
14. n. (graph theory) A connection between two vertices.
15. v. To twist (a string, rope, or the like) around itself securely.
Tie this rope in a knot for me, please.
Tie the rope to this tree.
16. v. To form (a knot or the like) in a string or the like.
Tie a knot in this rope for me, please.
17. v. To attach or fasten (one thing to another) by string or the like.
Tie him to the tree.
18. v. To secure (something) by string or the like.
Tie your shoes.
19. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To have the same score or position as another in a competition or ordering.
They tied for third place.
They tied the game.
20. v. (US, transitive) To have the same score or position as (another) in a competition or ordering.
He tied me for third place.
21. v. (music) To unite (musical notes) with a line or slur in the notation.

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