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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.
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
assault
1. n. A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc.
to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town
2. n. A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, for example words, arguments, appeals, and the like
to make an assault on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government
3. n. (criminal legal) An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching his person, as by lifting a fist in
4. n. (singulare tantum, legal) The crime whose action is such an attempt.
5. n. (tort legal) An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm.
6. n. (singulare tantum, legal) The tort whose action is such an act.
7. n. (fencing) A non-competitive combat between two fencers.
8. v. To attack, physically or figuratively.
Tom was accused of assaulting another man outside a nightclub.
Loud music assaulted our ears as we entered the building.
attack
1. n. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
2. n. An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
They claimed the censorship of the article was an attack on free speech.
3. n. A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
The army timed their attack to coincide with the local celebrations.
4. n. (informal, by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.
Having washed the plates from dinner, I made an attack on the laundry.
5. n. (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
6. n. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
7. n. (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
8. n. (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
I've had an attack of the flu.
9. n. An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
10. n. (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
11. n. (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas t
12. v. To apply violent force to someone or something.
This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened.
13. v. To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
She published an article attacking the recent pay cuts.
14. v. To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
15. v. To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
We’ll have dinner before we attack the biology homework.
I attacked the meal with a hearty appetite.
16. v. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
17. v. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
18. v. (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
19. v. (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
20. v. (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.

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