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obsolete
1. adj. (of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject).
It is speculated that, within a few years, the Internet's speedy delivery of news worldwide will make newspapers obsolete.
2. adj. (biology) Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.
3. v. (transitive, US) To cause to become obsolete.
This software component has been obsoleted.
We are in the process of obsoleting this product.
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.
old
1. adj. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
an old abandoned building; an old friend
2. adj. Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.
a wrinkled old man
3. adj. Of a perishable item, having existed for most, or more than its shelf life.
an old loaf of bread
4. adj. Of an item that has been used and so is not new (unused).
I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with.
5. adj. Having existed or lived for the specified time.
How old are they? She’s five years old and he's seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child.
My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years old.
6. adj. Of an earlier time.:
7. adj. Former, previous.
My new car is not as good as my old one. a school reunion for Old Etonians
8. adj. That is no longer in existence.
The footpath follows the route of an old railway line.
9. adj. Obsolete; out-of-date.
That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way.
10. adj. Familiar.
When he got drunk and quarrelsome they just gave him the old heave-ho.
11. adj. Tiresome.
Your constant pestering is getting old.
12. adj. Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
13. adj. A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)
We're having a good old time. My next car will be a big old SUV. My wife makes the best little old apple pie in Texas.
14. adj. (obsolete) Excessive, abundant.
15. n. (with "the") People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
A civilised society should always look after the old in the community.
English
1. adj. Of or pertaining to England.
2. adj. English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England.
Those immigrants Anglicised their names to make them sound more English.
3. adj. Of or pertaining to the people of England (to Englishmen and Englishwomen).
4. adj. Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.
an English ton
5. adj. (Amish) Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German.
6. n. (collective plural) The people of England; Englishmen and Englishwomen.
The Scottish and the English have a history of conflict.
7. n. The language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and other parts of the world.
English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.
How do you say ‘à peu près’ in English?
8. n. (Amish, collective plural) The non-Amish; non-Amish people.
9. n. One's ability to employ the English language correctly.
My coworker has pretty good English for a non-native speaker.
10. n. The English-language term or expression for something.
What's the English for ‘à peu près’?
11. n. Specific language or wording in English; English text or statements in speech, whether in translation or otherwise.
The technical details are correct, but the English is not very clear.
12. n. A variety or dialect of spoken and or written English.
13. n. (printing, dated) The size of type between pica and great primer, standardized as 14-point.
14. n. (North American) Spin or side given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards.
Put more English on the ball.
15. v. (transitive, archaic) To translate, adapt or render into English.
16. n. (US) Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.
You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english.
17. n. (figurative) An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.
measure
1. n. A prescribed quantity or extent.
2. n. (obsolete) Moderation, temperance.
3. n. A limit that cannot be exceeded; a bound. (Now chiefly in set phrases.)
4. n. An (unspecified) portion or quantity.
a measure of salt
5. n. The act or result of measuring.
6. n. (now chiefly cooking) A receptacle or vessel of a standard size, capacity etc. as used to deal out specific quantities of some substance.
7. n. A standard against which something can be judged; a criterion.
Honesty is the true measure of a man.
8. n. Any of various standard units of capacity.
The villagers paid a tithe of a thousand measures of corn.
9. n. A unit of measurement.
10. n. The size of someone or something, as ascertained by measuring. (Now chiefly in make to measure.)
11. n. (now rare) The act or process of measuring.
12. n. A ruler, measuring stick, or graduated tape used to take measurements.
13. n. (mathematics, now rare) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor or factor.
the greatest common measure of two or more numbers
14. n. (geology) A bed or stratum.
coal measures; lead measures
15. n. (mathematics) A function that assigns a non-negative number to a given set following the mathematical nature that is common among length, volume, proba
16. n. Metrical rhythm.
17. n. (now archaic) A melody.
18. n. (now archaic) A dance.
19. n. (poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.
a poem in iambic measure
20. n. (music) A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a com
21. n. A course of action.
22. n. (in plural) Actions designed to achieve some purpose; plans.
23. n. A piece of legislation.
24. v. To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
We measured the temperature with a thermometer. You should measure the angle with a spirit level.
25. v. To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement)
The window measured two square feet.
26. v. To estimate the unit size of something.
I measure that at 10 centimetres.
27. v. To judge, value, or appraise.
28. v. To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
29. v. (rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
30. v. To adjust by a rule or standard.
31. v. To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out or off.
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.
corn
1. n. (British) The main cereal plant grown for its grain in a given region, such as oats in parts of Scotland and Ireland, and wheat or barley in England and Wales.
2. n. (US, Canada Australia) Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
3. n. A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
He paid her the nominal fee of two corns of barley.
4. n. A small, hard particle.
5. v. (US, Canada) to granulate; to form a substance into grains
to corn gunpowder
6. v. (US, Canada) to preserve using coarse salt, e.g. corned beef
7. v. (US, Canada) to provide with corn (typically maize; or, in Scotland, oats) for feed
Corn the horses.
8. v. to render intoxicated
ale strong enough to corn one
9. n. A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
10. n. (US, Canada) Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
11. n. A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and re-freezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
equal
1. adj. (not comparable) The same in all respects.
Equal conditions should produce equal results.
All men are created equal.
2. adj. (mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value.
All right angles are equal.
3. adj. (obsolete) Fair, impartial.
4. adj. (comparable) Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.
This test is pretty tough, but I think I'm equal to it.
5. adj. (obsolete) Not variable; equable; uniform; even.
an equal movement
6. adj. (music) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed.
7. v. (mathematics) To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.
Two plus two equals four.
8. v. To be equivalent to; to match
David equaled the water level of the bottles, so they now both contain exactly 1 liter.
9. v. (informal) To have as its consequence.
Losing this deal equals losing your job.
Might does not equal right.
10. n. A person or thing of equal status to others.
We're all equals here.
This beer has no equal.
11. n. (obsolete) State of being equal; equality.
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
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.
quarter
1. adj. Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.
2. adj. (chiefly) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (1/4, 25%).
a quarter hour; a quarter century; a quarter note; a quarter pound
3. adj. (chiefly) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.
A quarter day is one terminating a quarter of the year.
A quarter session is one held quarterly at the end of a quarter.
4. n. Any fourth of something, particularly:
5. n. A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
6. n. (now primarily, financial) A quarter of the year, 3 months; a season.
7. n. (historical) The quarter-ton or tun, divided into 8 bushels, the medieval English unit of volume and weight named by the Magna Carta as the basis for m
8. n. (historical) The quarter-yard, divided into 4 nails, an obsolete English unit of length long used in the cloth trade
9. n. (historical) The watch: A quarter of the night, nominally 3 hours but varying over the year.
10. n. (heraldry) A charge occupying a fourth of a coat of arms, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line fr
11. n. (basketball) A period into which a game is divided. (usually 8, 10 or 12 minutes according to the rules).
12. n. quarterfinal
13. n. Any substantial fraction of something less than half, particularly:
14. n. A division or section of a town or other area, whether or not it constituted a fourth of the whole.
15. n. (usually plural) A living place, from which:
16. n. # (military slang) A quartermaster; a quartermaster sergeant.
17. n. # (obsolete except in phrase no quarter) Amity, friendship, concord; (now) accommodation given to a defeated opponent, mercy.
18. n. The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
19. n. (nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
20. v. To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
21. v. To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
Quarter the horses in the third stable.
22. v. (intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
23. v. To quartersaw.
24. v. (obsolete) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
25. v. topics, en, Four, Coins

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