regional |
1. adj. Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district. | |
2. adj. Of, or pertaining to, a large geographic region. | |
3. adj. Of, or pertaining to, one part of the body. | |
4. adj. (Australia) Of a state or other geographic area, those parts which are not metropolitan, but are somewhat densely populated and usually contain a number of significant towns. | |
5. n. An entity or event with scope limited to a single region. | |
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. | |
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 | |
talk |
1. v. To communicate, usually by means of speech. | |
Although I don't speak Chinese I managed to talk with the villagers using signs and gestures. | |
They sat down to talk business. | |
We talk French sometimes. | |
2. v. (transitive, informal) To discuss. | |
They sat down to talk business. | |
We're not talking rocket science here: it should be easy. | |
3. v. (intransitive, slang) To confess, especially implicating others. | |
Suppose he talks? | |
She can be relied upon not to talk. | |
They tried to make me talk. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To criticize someone for something of which one is guilty oneself. | |
I am not the one to talk. | |
She is a fine one to talk. | |
You should talk. | |
Look who's talking. | |
5. v. (intransitive) To gossip; to create scandal. | |
People will talk. | |
Aren't you afraid the neighbours will talk? | |
6. v. (informal, chiefly used in the present participle) To influence someone to express something, especially a particular stance or viewpoint or in a particular manner. | |
You're only sticking up for her because you like her; that's your penis talking. | |
That's not like you at all, Jared. The drugs are talking. Snap out of it! | |
7. n. A conversation or discussion; usually serious, but informal. | |
We need to have a talk about your homework. | |
8. n. A lecture. | |
There is a talk on Shakespeare tonight. | |
9. n. (preceded by the; often qualified by a following of) A major topic of social discussion. | |
She is the talk of the day. | |
The musical is the talk of the town. | |
10. n. (preceded by the) A customary conversation by parent(s) or guardian(s) with their (often teenaged) child about a reality of life; in particular: | |
11. n. A customary conversation in which parent(s) explain sexual intercourse to their child. | |
Have you had the talk with Jay yet? | |
12. n. (US) A customary conversation in which the parent(s) of a black child explain the racism and violence they may face, especially when interacting with p | |
13. n. (not preceded by an article) Empty boasting, promises or claims. | |
The party leader's speech was all talk. | |
14. n. Meeting to discuss a particular matter. | |
The leaders of the G8 nations are currently in talks over nuclear weapons. | |
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. | |
speak |
1. v. (intransitive) To communicate with one's voice, to say words out loud. | |
I was so surprised I couldn't speak. | |
You're speaking too fast. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To have a conversation. | |
It's been ages since we've spoken. | |
3. v. (by extension) To communicate or converse by some means other than orally, such as writing or facial expressions. | |
He spoke of it in his diary. | |
Speak to me only with your eyes. | |
Actions speak louder than words. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To deliver a message to a group; to deliver a speech. | |
This evening I shall speak on the topic of correct English usage. | |
5. v. To be able to communicate in a language. | |
He speaks Mandarin fluently. | |
6. v. To utter. | |
I was so surprised that I couldn't speak a word. | |
7. v. To communicate (some fact or feeling); to bespeak, to indicate. | |
8. v. (informal, transitive, sometimes humorous) To understand (as though it were a language). | |
Sorry, I don't speak idiot. | |
So you can program in C. But do you speak C++? | |
9. v. (intransitive) To produce a sound; to sound. | |
10. v. (transitive, archaic) To address; to accost; to speak to. | |
11. n. language, jargon, or terminology used uniquely in a particular environment or group. | |
Corporate speak; IT speak. | |
12. n. Speach, conversation. | |
13. n. (dated) a low class bar, a speakeasy. | |