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now
1. adj. Present; current.
2. adj. (archaic, legal) At the time the will is written. Used in order to prevent any inheritance from being transferred to a person of a future marriage. Does not indicate the existence of a previous marria
Now wife.
3. adj. (informal) Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
I think this band's sound is very now.
4. adv. At the present time.
Now I am six.
5. adv. (sentence) Used to introduce a point, a remonstration or a rebuke.
Now, we all want what is best for our children. Now, stop that Jimmy!
6. adv. Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.
Now I am ready. We all now want the latest toys for our children. We all want what is now best for our children.
7. adv. Differently from the situation before a stated event or change of circumstance.
Now all the children have grown up and left, the house is very quiet. Now that my sister has gotten rid of their cat, we can go to her house this coming Thanksgiving.
8. adv. At the time reached within a narration.
Now, he remembered why he had come. He now asked her whether she had made pudding. The pudding was now ready to be served.
9. adv. In the context of urgency.
Now listen, we must do something about this.
10. adv. (obsolete) As 'but now': Very recently; not long ago; up to the present.
11. conj. Since, because, in light of the fact; often with that.
We can play football now that the rain has stopped.
Now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry.
Now that we're all here, let's start the meeting. = Let's start the meeting now that everyone's here.
12. interj. Indicates a signal to begin.
Now! Fire all we've got while the enemy is in reach!
13. n. The present time.
Now is the right time.
There is no better time than now.
14. n. (often, with "the") The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.
She is living in the now.
15. n. (chiefly in phenomenology) A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.
16. v. misspelling of know
I don't now. (intended: I don't know.)
rare
1. adj. Very uncommon; scarce.
Black pearls are very rare and therefore very valuable.
2. adj. (of a gas) Thin; of low density.
3. adj. (cooking, particularly meats) Cooked very lightly, so the meat is still red (in the case of steak or beef in the general sense).
4. v. (US, intransitive) To rear, rise up, start backwards.
5. v. (US, transitive) To rear, bring up, raise.
6. adj. (obsolete) early
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
dress
1. n. An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes skirts below the waist.
Amy and Mary looked very pretty in their dresses.
2. n. Apparel, clothing.
He came to the party in formal dress.
3. n. The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
4. n. A dress rehearsal.
5. v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To prepare oneself; to make ready.
6. v. To adorn, ornament.
It was time to dress the windows for Christmas again.
7. v. (nautical) To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when "dressed full", the signal flags and pennants are added.
8. v. To treat (a wound, or wounded person).
9. v. To prepare (food) for cooking, especially by seasoning it.
10. v. To fit out with the necessary clothing; to clothe, put clothes on (something or someone).
He was dressed in the latest fashions.
11. v. (intransitive) To clothe oneself; to put on clothes.
I rose and dressed before daybreak. It's very cold out. Dress warm.
12. v. (sports) To put on the uniform and equipment necessary to play the game.
Due to a left ankle sprain, Kobe Bryant did not dress for the game against Indiana
13. v. (intransitive) Of a man, to allow the genitals to fall to one side or other within the trousers.
Does sir dress to the right or the left?
14. v. To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready.
to dress leather or cloth; to dress a garden; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them
15. v. To prepare the surface of (a material; usually stone or lumber).
16. v. To bolt or sift flour.
17. v. (military, ambitransitive) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align. Sometimes an imperative command.
to dress the ranks
Right, dress!
18. v. To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.
array
1. n. Clothing and ornamentation.
2. n. A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
3. n. An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
4. n. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
drawn up in battle array
5. n. A large collection.
We offer a dazzling array of choices.
6. n. (mathematics) Common name for matrix.
7. n. (programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may b
8. n. (legal) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impanelled in a cause; the panel itself; or the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
9. n. (military) A militia.
10. n. A group of hedgehogs.(cite, url=http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/collective/h/?view=uk, title=AskOxford: H, accessdate=2019-12-23, work=archived copy of Collective Terms for Groups of Animals, p
11. n. A microarray.
12. v. To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
He was arrayed in his finest robes and jewels.
13. v. To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
14. v. (legal) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.
someone
1. pron. Some person.
Can someone help me, please?
2. n. A partially specified but unnamed person.
Do you need a gift for that special someone?
3. n. an important person
He thinks he has become someone.

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