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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.
company
1. n. A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
2. n. A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
A company of actors.
3. n. (military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battal
the boys in Company C
4. n. A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
It took six companies to put out the fire.
5. n. (nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
6. n. (espionage, informal) An intelligence service.
As he had worked for the CIA for over 30 years, he would soon take retirement from the company.
7. n. (legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
8. n. (business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
9. n. Social visitors or companions.
Keep the house clean; I have company coming.
10. n. Companionship.
I treasure your company.
11. v. (archaic, transitive) To accompany, keep company with.
12. v. (archaic, intransitive) To associate.
13. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be a lively, cheerful companion.
14. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
geographic
1. adj. Pertaining to geography.
2. adj. Determined by geography, as opposed to magnetic (i.e. North.)
market
1. n. City square or other fairly spacious site where traders set up stalls and buyers browse the merchandise.
2. n. An organised, often periodic, trading event at such site.
The privilege to hold a weekly market was invaluable for any feudal era burgh.
3. n. Flea market
4. n. A group of potential customers for one's product.
We believe that the market for the new widget is the older homeowner.
5. n. A geographical area where a certain commercial demand exists.
Foreign markets were lost as our currency rose versus their valuta.
6. n. A formally organized, sometimes monopolistic, system of trading in specified goods or effects.
The stock market ceased to be monopolized by the paper-shuffling national stock exchanges with the advent of Internet markets.
7. n. The sum total traded in a process of individuals trading for certain commodities.
8. n. (obsolete) The price for which a thing is sold in a market; hence, value; worth.
9. v. To make (products or services) available for sale and promote them.
We plan to market an ecology model by next quarter.
10. v. To sell
We marketed more this quarter already then all last year!
11. v. (intransitive) To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods.
presence
1. n. The fact or condition of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand.
Any painter can benefit from the presence of a live model from which to draw.
2. n. The part of space within one's immediate vicinity.
Bob never said anything about it in my presence.
3. n. A quality of poise and effectiveness that enables a performer to achieve a close relationship with their audience.
4. n. A quality that sets an individual out from others; a quality that makes them noticed and/or admired even if they are not speaking or performing.
Despite being less than five foot, she filled up the theatre with her stage presence.
5. n. Something (as a spirit) felt or believed to be present.
I'm convinced that there was a presence in that building that I can't explain, which led to my heroic actions.
6. n. A company's business activity in a particular market.
7. n. The state of being closely focused on the here and now, not distracted by irrelevant thoughts
8. v. (philosophy, ambitransitive) To make or become present.

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