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often
1. adv. Frequently, many times.
I often walk to work when the weather is nice.
I've been going to the movies more often since a new theatre opened near me.
2. adj. (archaic) Frequent.
plural
1. adj. Consisting of or containing more than one of something.
2. adj. (comparable) Pluralistic.
3. n. (grammar) The plural number.
4. n. (grammar) A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form.
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.
arithmetic
1. n. The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
2. adj. (mathematics) Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.
arithmetic geometry
3. adj. (arithmetic) Of a progression, mean, etc, computed solely using addition.
arithmetic progression
computation
1. n. The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
2. n. The result of computation; the amount computed.
especially
1. adv. (manner) In a special manner; specially.
2. adv. (focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.
3. adv. (focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.
Invite them all, especially Molly.
one
1. num. (cardinal) The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
In some religions, there is only one god.
In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.
One person, one vote.
2. num. (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
3. num. (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
4. num. (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
5. pron. (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
The big one looks good. I want the green one. A good driver is one who drives carefully.
6. pron. (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other.
7. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed. One shouldn’t be too quick to judge.
8. pron. (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
"driver", noun: one who drives.
9. n. The digit or figure 1.
10. n. (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
11. n. (US) A one-dollar bill.
12. n. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
13. n. A joke or amusing anecdote.
14. n. (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
15. n. (Internet slang) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
Someone help me; I'm always losing!
B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!
Why don't you just go away loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
16. adj. Of a period of time, being particular.
One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries.
17. adj. Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other.".
18. adj. Sole, only.
He is the one man who can help you.
19. adj. Whole, entire.
Body and soul are not separate; they are one.
20. adj. In agreement.
We are one on the importance of learning.
21. adj. The same.
The two types look very different, but are one species.
22. adj. Being a preeminent example.
He is one hell of a guy.
23. adj. Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".
The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”.
24. v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.
posed
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of pose
2. adj. (obsolete) Firm; determined; fixed.
pose
1. n. (archaic) Common cold, head cold; catarrh.
2. v. To place in an attitude or fixed position, for the sake of effect.
To pose a model for a picture.
3. v. To ask; to set (a test, quiz, riddle, etc.).
4. v. To constitute (a danger, a threat, a risk, etc.).
5. v. (intransitive) To assume or maintain a pose; to strike an attitude.
6. v. (intransitive) To behave affectedly in order to attract interest or admiration.
7. v. (obsolete, transitive) To interrogate; to question.
8. v. (obsolete, transitive) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
9. n. Position, posture, arrangement (especially of the human body).
Please adopt a more graceful pose for my camera.
10. n. Affectation.
11. v. (obsolete) To ask (someone) questions; to interrogate.
12. v. (now rare) to puzzle, non-plus, or embarrass with difficult questions.
13. v. (now rare) To perplex or confuse (someone).
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
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.
student
1. n. A person who studies or learns about a particular subject.
She is a student of human interactions.
He is a student of life.
2. n. A person who is formally enrolled at a school, a college or university, or another educational institution.
The students were out raising funds for rag week.
3. n. (in particular) A person who is enrolled at a college or university (as contrasted with a pupil or schoolchild attending a primary or secondary school)
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.
exercise
1. n. Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
The teacher told us the next exercise is to write an essay.
2. n. Physical activity intended to improve strength and fitness.
3. n. A setting in action or practicing; employment in the proper mode of activity; exertion; application; use.
4. n. The performance of an office, ceremony, or duty.
5. n. (obsolete) That which gives practice; a trial; a test.
6. v. To exert for the sake of training or improvement; to practice in order to develop.
to exercise troops or horses; to exercise one's brain with a puzzle
7. v. (intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
I exercise at the gym every day.
8. v. To use (a right, an option, etc.); to put into practice.
The tenant exercised its option to renew the tenancy.
She is going to exercise her right to vote.
9. v. (now often, in passive) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious.
exercised with pain
10. v. (obsolete) To set in action; to cause to act, move, or make exertion; to give employment to.
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.
necessarily
1. adv. Inevitably; of necessity.
It is not necessarily true that children get their morals from their parents.
limited
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of limit
2. adj. With certain (often specified) limits placed upon it.
3. adj. Of numbers, amounts, data: poor, small, felt to be insufficient.
I have a limited understanding of quantum physics.
4. n. (rail) An express train that only halts at a limited number of stops.
limit
1. n. A restriction; a bound beyond which one may not go.
There are several existing limits to executive power.
Two drinks is my limit tonight.
2. n. (mathematics) A value to which a sequence converges. Equivalently, the common value of the upper limit and the lower limit of a sequence: if the upper and lower limits are different, then the sequence
The sequence of reciprocals has zero as its limit.
3. n. (mathematics) Any of several abstractions of this concept of limit.
Category theory defines a very general concept of limit.
4. n. (category theory) The cone of a diagram through which any other cone of that same diagram can factor uniquely.
5. n. (poker) Short for fixed limit.
6. n. The final, utmost, or furthest point; the border or edge.
the limit of a walk, of a town, or of a country
7. n. (obsolete) The space or thing defined by limits.
8. n. (obsolete) That which terminates a period of time; hence, the period itself; the full time or extent.
9. n. (obsolete) A restriction; a check or curb; a hindrance.
10. n. (logic, metaphysics) A determining feature; a distinguishing characteristic.
11. n. (cycling) The first group of riders to depart in a handicap race.
12. adj. (poker) Being a fixed limit game.
13. v. To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound, to set boundaries.
We need to limit the power of the executive.
I'm limiting myself to two drinks tonight.
14. v. (mathematics, intransitive) To have a limit in a particular set.
The sequence limits on the point a.
15. v. (obsolete) To beg, or to exercise functions, within a certain limited region.
a limiting friar
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
addition
1. n. The act of adding anything.
The addition of five more items to the agenda will make the meeting unbearably long.
2. n. Anything that is added.
3. n. The arithmetic operation of adding.
4. n. (music) A dot at the right side of a note as an indication that its sound is to be lengthened one half.
5. n. (chiefly legal) A title annexed to a person's name to identify him or her more precisely, as in "John Doe, Esq.", "Robert Dale, Mason", "Thomas Way, of New York".
6. n. (heraldry) Something added to a coat of arms, as a mark of honour; opposed to abatement.

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