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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.
dated
1. adj. Marked with a date.
The first dated entry in the diary was from October 1922.
2. adj. Outdated.
"Omnibus" is a dated term for a bus.
3. v. simple past tense and past participle of date
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
blur
1. v. To make indistinct or hazy, to obscure or dim.
to blur a photograph by moving the camera while taking it
2. v. To smear, stain or smudge.
to blur a manuscript by handling it while damp
3. v. (intransitive) To become indistinct.
4. v. To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken.
5. v. (obsolete, transitive) To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation.
6. v. (GUI, transitive) To transfer the input focus away from.
7. n. A smear, smudge or blot
8. n. Something that appears hazy or indistinct
9. n. (obsolete) A moral stain or blot.
10. adj. (Malaysia, Singapore, informal) In a state of doubt or confusion.
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.
double
1. adj. Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
The closet has double doors.
2. adj. Of twice the quantity.
Give me a double serving of mashed potatoes.
3. adj. Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.
He's my double cousin as my mother's sister married my father's brother.
4. adj. Designed for two users.
a double room
5. adj. Folded in two; composed of two layers.
6. adj. Stooping; bent over.
7. adj. Having two aspects; ambiguous.
a double meaning
8. adj. False, deceitful, or hypocritical.
a double life
9. adj. Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.
10. adj. (music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.
a double bass
11. adj. (music) Of time, twice as fast.
12. adv. Twice over; twofold.
13. adv. Two together; two at a time. (especially in see double)
14. n. Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
15. n. A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
Saddam Hussein was rumored to have many doubles.
16. n. A drink with two portions of alcohol.
On second thought, make that a double.
17. n. A ghostly apparition of a living person; doppelgänger.
18. n. A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
19. n. A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
I have more than 200 stamps in my collection but they're not all unique: some are doubles.
Before printing the photos, Liam deleted the doubles.
20. n. (baseball) A two-base hit.
The catcher hit a double to lead off the ninth.
21. n. (bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
22. n. (billiards) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
23. n. A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
24. n. (darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
25. n. (darts) A hit on this ring.
26. n. (dominoes) A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
27. n. (computing, programming) A double-precision floating-point number.
The sine function returns a double.
28. n. (soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
29. n. (sports) The feat of scoring twice in one game.
30. n. (sports) The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
In 1996, Michael Johnson achieved a double by winning both the 200 and 400 meter dashes.
31. n. (historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
32. n. (historical, Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
33. n. (music) Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
34. n. (Christianity) A double feast.
35. v. To multiply by two.
The company doubled their earnings per share over last quarter.
36. v. To fold over so as to make two folds.
To make a pleat, double the material at the waist.
37. v. To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
38. v. (intransitive) To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
Our earnings have doubled in the last year.
39. v. (baseball) To get a two-base hit.
The batter doubled into the corner.
40. v. (sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
41. v. (often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
42. v. To repeat exactly; copy.
43. v. (intransitive) (often followed by as) To play a second part or serve a second role.
A spork is a kind of fork that doubles as a spoon.
44. v. (intransitive) To turn sharply; following a winding course.
45. v. (nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).
46. v. (music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
47. v. (music, intransitive, usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
48. v. (bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
49. v. (card games, intransitive) To double down.
50. v. (billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
51. v. (intransitive) (followed by for) To act as substitute.
52. v. (intransitive) To go or march at twice the normal speed.
53. v. To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
Sorry, this store does not double coupons.
54. v. (military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
55. v. (radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
Could you please repeat your last transmission? Another station was doubling with you.
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.
impression
1. n. The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
His head made an impression on the pillow.
2. n. The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
What is your impression of Beatles' music?
3. n. A vague recalling of an event, a belief.
I have the impression that he's already left for Paris.
4. n. An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual.
5. n. An outward appearance.
6. n. (advertising) An online advertising performance metric representing an instance where an ad. is shown once.
7. n. (painting) The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
8. n. (engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.
9. n. (philosophy) The vivid perception of something as it is experienced, in contrast to ideas or thoughts drawn from memory or the imagination.
from
1. prep. With the source or provenance of or at.
This wine comes from France.
I got a letter from my brother.
2. prep. With the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at.
He had books piled from floor to ceiling.
He left yesterday from Chicago.
Face away from the wall!
3. prep. (mathematics, now uncommon) Denoting a subtraction operation.
20 from 31 leaves 11.
4. prep. With the separation, exclusion or differentiation of.
An umbrella protects from the sun.
He knows right from wrong.
type
1. n. A grouping based on shared characteristics; a class.
This type of plane can handle rough weather more easily than that type of plane.
2. n. An individual considered typical of its class, one regarded as typifying a certain profession, environment, etc.
3. n. An individual that represents the ideal for its class; an embodiment.
4. n. (printing) A letter or character used for printing, historically a cast or engraved block.
5. n. Such types collectively, or a set of type of one font or size.
6. n. (chiefly un) Text printed with such type, or imitating its characteristics.
The headline was set in bold type.
7. n. (taxonomy) Something, often a specimen, selected as an objective anchor to connect a scientific name to a taxon; this need not be representative or typical.
the type of a genus, family, etc.
8. n. Preferred sort of person; sort of person that one is attracted to.
We can't get along: he's just not my type.
He was exactly her type.
9. n. (medicine) A blood group.
10. n. (theology) An event or person that prefigures or foreshadows a later event - commonly an Old Testament event linked to Christian times.
11. n. (computing theory) A tag attached to variables and values used in determining which kinds of value can be used in which situations; a data type.
12. n. (fine arts) The original object, or class of objects, scene, face, or conception, which becomes the subject of a copy; especially, the design on the face of a medal or a coin.
13. n. (chemistry) A simple compound, used as a mode or pattern to which other compounds are conveniently regarded as being related, and from which they may be actually or theoretically derived.
The fundamental types used to express the simplest and most essential chemical relations are hydrochloric acid, water, ammonia, and methane.
14. n. (mathematics) A part of the partition of the object domain of a logical theory (which due to the existence of such partition, would be called a typed theory). (Note: this corresponds to the notion of
Categorial grammar is like a combination of context-free grammar and types.
15. v. To put text on paper using a typewriter.
16. v. To enter text or commands into a computer using a keyboard.
17. v. To determine the blood type of.
The doctor ordered the lab to type the patient for a blood transfusion.
18. v. To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
19. v. To furnish an expression or copy of; to represent; to typify.
20. v. To categorize into types.
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
mackle
1. n. obsolete form of macule
2. v. obsolete form of macule

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