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printing
     1. n. The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.
     2. n. Material that has been printed.
     3. n. All the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch.
     4. n. Written characters that are not joined up.
     5. v. present participle of print
     6. v. To inadequately carry a concealed weapon such that its silhouette is visible on the person wearing it.
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.
second
     1. adj. Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding to the cardinal number two.
           He lives on Second Street.
           The second volume in "The Lord of the Rings" series is called "The Two Towers".
           You take the first one, and I'll have the second.
     2. adj. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
     3. adj. Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
     4. adv. (with superlative) After the first; at the second rank.
           Saturn is the second largest planet.
     5. adv. After the first occurrence but before the third.
           He is batting second today.
     6. n. One that is number two in a series.
     7. n. One that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
     8. n. The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
     9. n. (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
           They were discounted because they contained blemishes, nicks or were otherwise factory seconds.
     10. n. (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.
           That was good barbecue. I hope I can get seconds.
     11. n. A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this time around. (See second-guess.)
     12. n. (music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).
     13. n. The second gear of an engine.
     14. n. (baseball) Second base.
     15. n. The agent of a party to an honour dispute whose role was to try to resolve the dispute or to make the necessary arrangements for a duel.https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/oct/31/appeal-court-upholds
     16. n. A Cub Scout appointed to assist the sixer.
     17. v. To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (See under #Etymology 3 for translations.)
           I second the motion.
     18. v. To follow in the next place; to succeed.
     19. v. (climbing) To climb after a lead climber.
     20. n. One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground sta
     21. n. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
     22. n. (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
           I'll be there in a second.
     23. v. (transitive, UK) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
     24. v. To assist or support; to back.
     25. v. To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two. (This may come from the English adjective above.)
           I second the motion.
     26. n. One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
     27. n. One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement etc.
           If we want the motion to pass, we will need a second.
     28. n. (obsolete) Aid; assistance; help.
proof
     1. n. An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
     2. n. The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence;
     3. n. The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.
     4. n. (obsolete) Experience of something.
     5. n. (obsolete) Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
     6. n. (printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
     7. n. (logic, mathematics) A sequence of statements consisting of axioms, assumptions, statements already demonstrated in another proof, and statements that logically follow from previous statements in the
     8. n. (mathematics) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.
     9. n. (obsolete) Armour of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armour of proof.
     10. n. (US) A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1% by volume (not used anymore). In the US, 100 proof means that the alcohol content is 50% of the
     11. adj. Used in proving or testing.
           a proof load; a proof charge
     12. adj. Firm or successful in resisting.
           proof against harm
           waterproof; bombproof.
     13. adj. (of alcoholic liquors) Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.
     14. v. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To proofread.
     15. v. To make resistant, especially to water.
     16. v. (transitive, cooking) To allow yeast-containing dough to rise.
     17. v. (transitive, cooking) To test the activeness of yeast.
sheet
     1. n. A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
     2. n. A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include
     3. n. A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
     4. n. A thin, flat layer of solid material.
     5. n. A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
     6. n. (nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
     7. n. (nautical, nonstandard) A sail.
     8. n. (curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
     9. n. (nonstandard) A layer of veneer.
     10. n. (figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
     11. n. (geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
     12. n. (nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
           fore sheets; stern sheets
     13. v. To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
           Remember to sheet the floor before you start painting.
     14. v. To form into sheets.
     15. v. (intransitive) Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.
           We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.
     16. v. (nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.
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.
proof
     1. n. An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.
     2. n. The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence;
     3. n. The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.
     4. n. (obsolete) Experience of something.
     5. n. (obsolete) Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.
     6. n. (printing) A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.
     7. n. (logic, mathematics) A sequence of statements consisting of axioms, assumptions, statements already demonstrated in another proof, and statements that logically follow from previous statements in the
     8. n. (mathematics) A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.
     9. n. (obsolete) Armour of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armour of proof.
     10. n. (US) A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1% by volume (not used anymore). In the US, 100 proof means that the alcohol content is 50% of the
     11. adj. Used in proving or testing.
           a proof load; a proof charge
     12. adj. Firm or successful in resisting.
           proof against harm
           waterproof; bombproof.
     13. adj. (of alcoholic liquors) Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.
     14. v. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To proofread.
     15. v. To make resistant, especially to water.
     16. v. (transitive, cooking) To allow yeast-containing dough to rise.
     17. v. (transitive, cooking) To test the activeness of yeast.
sheet
     1. n. A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
     2. n. A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include
     3. n. A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
     4. n. A thin, flat layer of solid material.
     5. n. A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
     6. n. (nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
     7. n. (nautical, nonstandard) A sail.
     8. n. (curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
     9. n. (nonstandard) A layer of veneer.
     10. n. (figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
     11. n. (geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
     12. n. (nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
           fore sheets; stern sheets
     13. v. To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
           Remember to sheet the floor before you start painting.
     14. v. To form into sheets.
     15. v. (intransitive) Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.
           We couldn't go out because the rain was sheeting down all day long.
     16. v. (nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.
taken
     1. adj. Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.
           He was very taken with the girl, I hear.
     2. adj. (informal) In a serious romantic relationship.
           I can't ask her out, she's taken.
     3. v. past participle of take
     take
          1. v. To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force.
                They took Charlton's gun from his cold, dead hands.
                I'll take that plate off the table.
          2. v.          To seize or capture.
                        take the guards prisoner
                        take prisoners
                        After a bloody battle, they were able to take the city.
          3. v.          To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
                        took ten catfish in one afternoon
          4. v.          (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
          5. v.          To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
                        Billy took her pencil.
          6. v.          To exact.
                        take a toll
                        take revenge
          7. v.          To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
                        took the next two tricks
                        took Smith's rook
          8. v. To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
                took third place
                took bribes
                The camera takes 35mm film.
          9. v.          To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
                        The store doesn't take checks.
                        She wouldn't take any money for her help.
                        Do you take credit?
                        The vending machine only takes bills, it doesn't take coins.
          10. v.          To accept and follow (advice, etc).
                        take my advice
          11. v.          To receive into some relationship.
                        take a wife
                        The school only takes new students in the fall.
                        The therapist wouldn't take him as a client.
          12. v.          (transitive, intransitive, legal) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
          13. v. To remove.
                take two eggs from the carton
          14. v.          To remove or end by death; to kill.
                        The earthquake took many lives.
                        The plague took rich and poor alike.
                        Cancer took her life.
                        He took his life last night.
          15. v.          To subtract.
                        take one from three and you are left with two
          16. v. To have sex with.
          17. v. To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
                Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you.
                The woman guarding us looks like a professional, but I can take her!
          18. v. To grasp or grip.
                He took her hand in his.
          19. v. To select or choose; to pick.
                Take whichever bag you like.
                She took the best men with her and left the rest to garrison the city.
                I'll take the blue plates.
                I'll take two sugars in my coffee, please.
          20. v. To adopt (select) as one's own.
                She took his side in every argument.
                take a stand on the important issues
          21. v. To carry or lead (something or someone).
                She took her sword with her everywhere she went.
                I'll take the plate with me.
          22. v.          (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
                        The next bus will take you to Metz.
                        I took him for a ride
                        I took him down to London.
          23. v.          (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
                        These stairs take you down to the basement.
                        Stone Street took us right past the store.
          24. v.          To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
                        She took the steps two or three at a time/
                        He took the curve / corner too fast.
                        The pony took every hedge and fence in its path.
          25. v.          To escort or conduct (a person).
                        He took her to lunch at the new restaurant, took her to the movies, and then took her home.
          26. v.          (reflexive) To go.
          27. v. To use as a means of transportation.
                take the ferry
                I took a plane.
                He took the bus to London, and then took a train to Manchester.
                He's 96 but he still takes the stairs.
          28. v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
          29. v. To obtain for use by payment or lease.
                She took a condo at the beach for the summer.
                He took a full-page ad in the Times.
          30. v.          To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
                        They took two magazines.
                        I used to take The Sunday Times.
          31. v. To consume.
          32. v.          To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
                        take two of these and call me in the morning
                        take the blue pill
                        I take aspirin every day to thin my blood.
          33. v.          To partake of (food or drink); to consume.
                        The general took dinner at seven o'clock.
          34. v. To experience, undergo, or endure.
          35. v.          To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
                        take sun-baths
                        take a shower
                        She made the decision to take chemotherapy.
          36. v.          To experience or feel.
                        She takes pride in her work.
after
     1. adv. Behind; later in time; following.
           They lived happily ever after.
           I left the room, and the dog bounded after.
     2. prep. Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
           We had a few beers after the game.
           The time is quarter after eight.
           The Cold War began shortly after the Second World War.
     3. prep. Behind.
           He will leave a trail of destruction after him.
     4. prep. In pursuit of, seeking.
           He's after a job; run after him; inquire after her health.
     5. prep. In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing.
           We named him after his grandfather; a painting after Leonardo da Vinci.
     6. prep. Next in importance or rank.
           The princess is next in line to the throne after the prince.
     7. prep. As a result of.
           After your bad behaviour, you will be punished.
     8. prep. In spite of.
           After all that has happened, he is still my friend.
           I can't believe that, after all our advice against gambling, you walked into that casino!
     9. prep. (Irish usually preceded by a form of be followed by an -ing form of a verb) Used to indicate recent completion of an activity
           I was after finishing my dinner when there was a knock on the door.
     10. prep. (dated) According to an author or text.
     11. prep. Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to.
           to look after workmen; to enquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness
     12. prep. (obsolete) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
     13. conj. Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause.
           I went home after we had decided to call it a day.
     14. adj. (dated) Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent
     15. adj. (nautical, where the frame of reference is within the ship) At or towards the stern of a ship.
           The after gun is mounted aft.
           The after gun is abaft the forward gun.
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.
first
     1. adj. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
           The first day of September 2013 was a Sunday.
           I was the first runner to reach the finish line, and won the race.
     2. adj. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
           Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
     3. adv. Before anything else; firstly.
           Clean the sink first, before you even think of starting to cook.
     4. n. The person or thing in the first position.
           He was the first to complete the course.
     5. n. The first gear of an engine.
     6. n. Something that has never happened before; a new occurrence.
           This is a first. For once he has nothing to say.
     7. n. (baseball) first base
           There was a close play at first.
     8. n. (UK, colloquial) A first-class honours degree.
     9. n. (colloquial) A first-edition copy of some publication.
     10. n. A fraction of an integer ending in one.
           one forty-first of the estate
     11. n. (obsolete) Time; time granted; respite.
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.
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.
subsequent
     1. adj. Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.
           Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China.
     2. adj. Following in order of place; succeeding.
correction
     1. n. The act of correcting.
     2. n. A substitution for an error or mistake.
     3. n. Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
     4. n. An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
     5. n. A decline in a stock market price after a large rise.
     6. n. (procedure word, military) a station's indication that previous information was incorrect and will continue with correct information from the last correct transmitted
           I have four T-80 tanks at grid Three-niner-niner-four-eight-eight, Correction: Grid Three niner-niner-four-eight-five. How copy? Over.
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