| transitive |
| 1. adj. Making a transit or passage. | |
| 2. adj. Affected by transference of signification. | |
| 3. adj. (grammar, of a verb) Taking an object or objects. | |
| The English verb "to notice" is a transitive verb, because we say things like "She noticeda problem". | |
| 4. adj. (set theory, of a relation on a set) Having the property that if an element x is related to y and y is related to z, then x is necessarily related to z. | |
| "Is an ancestor of" is a transitive relation: if Alice is an ancestor of Bob, and Bob is an ancestor of Carol, then Alice is an ancestor of Carol. | |
| 5. adj. (algebra, of a group action) Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second. | |
| 6. adj. (graph theory, of a graph) Such that, for any two vertices there exists an automorphism which maps one to the other. | |
| Mathematics |
| 1. n. (alt-form, mathematics), especially when defined as a school subject. | |
| 2. n. An abstract representational system used in the study of numbers, shapes, structure, change and the relationships between these concepts. | |
| 3. n. A person's ability to count, calculate, and use different systems of mathematics at differing levels. | |
| My mathematics is always improving. | |
| 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 | |
| combine |
| 1. v. To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite. | |
| Combine the milk and the hot water in a large bowl. I'm combining business and pleasure on this trip. | |
| 2. v. To have two or more things or properties that function together. | |
| Joe combines the intelligence of a rock with the honesty of a politician. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) To come together; to unite. | |
| two substances that easily combine | |
| 4. v. (card games) In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played. | |
| 5. v. (obsolete) To bind; to hold by a moral tie. | |
| 6. n. A combine harvester | |
| We can't finish harvesting because our combine is stuck in the mud. | |
| 7. n. A combination | |
| 8. n. Especially, a joint enterprise of whatever legal form for a purpose of business or in any way promoting the interests of the participants, sometimes wi | |
| The telecom companies were accused of having formed an illegal combine in order to hike up the network charges. | |
| 9. n. An industrial conglomeration in a socialist country, particularly in the former Soviet bloc. | |
| free |
| 1. adj. (social) Unconstrained. | |
| He was given free rein to do whatever he wanted. | |
| 2. adj. Not imprisoned or enslaved. | |
| a free man | |
| 3. adj. Unconstrained by timidity or distrust | |
| 4. adj. Generous; liberal. | |
| He's very free with his money. | |
| 5. adj. (obsolete) Clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent. | |
| 6. adj. Without obligations. | |
| free time | |
| 7. adj. Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; said of a t | |
| a free school | |
| 8. adj. Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; said | |
| This is a free country. | |
| 9. adj. (software) With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification. | |
| OpenOffice is free software. | |
| 10. adj. (software) Intended for release, as opposed to a checked version. | |
| 11. adj. Obtainable without any payment. | |
| The government provides free health care. | |
| 12. adj. (by extension, chiefly advertising slang) complimentary | |
| Buy a TV to get a free DVD player! | |
| 13. adj. (abstract) Unconstrained. | |
| 14. adj. (mathematics) Unconstrained by relators. | |
| the free group on three generators | |
| 15. adj. (mathematics, logic) Unconstrained by quantifiers. | |
| z is the free variable in\forall x\exists y:xy=z. | |
| 16. adj. (programming) Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound. | |
| 17. adj. (linguistics) (of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme. | |
| 18. adj. (physical) Unconstrained. | |
| 19. adj. Unobstructed, without blockages. | |
| the drain was free | |
| 20. adj. Unattached or uncombined. | |
| a free radical | |
| 21. adj. Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied. | |
| You can sit on this chair; it's free. | |
| 22. adj. (botany, mycology) Not attached; loose. | |
| In this group of mushrooms, the gills are free. | |
| 23. adj. Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated. | |
| We had a wholesome, filling meal, free of meat. I would like to live free from care in the mountains. | |
| 24. adj. (dated) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited. | |
| a free horse | |
| 25. adj. (dated) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of. | |
| 26. adj. (legal) Certain or honourable; the opposite of base. | |
| free service; free socage | |
| 27. adj. (legal) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common. | |
| a free fishery; a free warren | |
| 28. adv. Without needing to pay. | |
| I got this bike free. | |
| 29. adv. (obsolete) Freely; willingly. | |
| 30. v. To make free; set at liberty; release; rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, or oppresses. | |
| 31. n. (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) (abbreviation of free kick). | |
| 32. n. free transfer | |
| 33. n. (hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed. | |
| groups |
| 1. n. plural of group | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of group | |
| by |
| 1. prep. Near or next to. | |
| The mailbox is by the bus stop. | |
| 2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval. | |
| Be back by ten o'clock! We will send it by the first week of July. | |
| 3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of. | |
| The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour. | |
| 4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of. | |
| There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare | |
| 5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of. | |
| 6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of. | |
| I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking. | |
| 7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination. | |
| The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight. | |
| 8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed. | |
| I sorted the items by category. By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife. | |
| 9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of. | |
| Our stock is up by ten percent. | |
| 10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another. | |
| We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches. | |
| 11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to. | |
| He cheated by his own admission. | |
| 12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of. | |
| By Jove! I think she's got it! By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this. | |
| 13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something. | |
| It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix. The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot. The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm. | |
| 14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of. | |
| She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress. | |
| 15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker. | |
| I watched as it passed by. | |
| 16. adv. In the vicinity, near. | |
| There was a shepherd close by. | |
| The shop is hard by the High Street. | |
| 17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business. | |
| I'll stop by on my way home from work. | |
| We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave. | |
| 18. adv. Aside, away. | |
| The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring. | |
| 19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary. | |
| 20. n. (card games) A pass | |
| 21. interj. alternative spelling of bye | |
| identifying |
| 1. v. present participle of identify | |
| 2. n. An act of identification. | |
| identify |
| 1. v. To establish the identity of someone or something. | |
| 2. v. (transitive, biology) To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism. | |
| 3. v. To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one. | |
| 4. v. (reflexive) To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to. | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To associate oneself with some group. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive) To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself. | |
| respective |
| 1. adj. Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own. | |
| They returned to their respective places of abode. | |
| 2. adj. (obsolete) Noticing with attention; careful; wary. | |
| 3. adj. (obsolete) Looking toward; having reference to; relative, not absolute. | |
| the respective connections of society | |
| 4. adj. (obsolete) Fitted to awaken respect. | |
| 5. adj. (obsolete) Rendering respect; respectful; regardful. | |
| isomorphic |
| 1. adj. (mathematics) Related by an isomorphism; having a structure-preserving one-to-one correspondence. | |
| 2. adj. (biology) Having a similar structure or function to something that is not related genetically or through evolution. | |
| 3. adj. Having identical relevant structure; being structure-preserving while undergoing certain invertible transformations. | |
| subgroups |
| 1. n. plural of subgroup | |
