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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.
language
1. n. A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
The English language and the German language are related.
Deaf and mute people communicate using languages like ASL.
2. n. The ability to communicate using words.
the gift of language
3. n. The vocabulary and usage of a particular specialist field.
legal language; the language of chemistry
4. n. The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way.
body language; the language of the eyes
5. n. A body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.
6. n. (computing) A computer language; a machine language.
7. n. Manner of expression.
8. n. The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
The language used in the law does not permit any other interpretation.
The language he used to talk to me was obscene.
9. n. Profanity.
10. v. (rare, now nonstandard, or technical) To communicate by language; to express in language.
11. n. A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.
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.
language
1. n. A body of words, and set of methods of combining them (called a grammar), understood by a community and used as a form of communication.
The English language and the German language are related.
Deaf and mute people communicate using languages like ASL.
2. n. The ability to communicate using words.
the gift of language
3. n. The vocabulary and usage of a particular specialist field.
legal language; the language of chemistry
4. n. The expression of thought (the communication of meaning) in a specified way.
body language; the language of the eyes
5. n. A body of sounds, signs and/or signals by which animals communicate, and by which plants are sometimes also thought to communicate.
6. n. (computing) A computer language; a machine language.
7. n. Manner of expression.
8. n. The particular words used in a speech or a passage of text.
The language used in the law does not permit any other interpretation.
The language he used to talk to me was obscene.
9. n. Profanity.
10. v. (rare, now nonstandard, or technical) To communicate by language; to express in language.
11. n. A languet, a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ.
variety
1. n. The quality of being varied; diversity.
Variety is the spice of life.
2. n. A specific variation of something.
3. n. A number of different things.
4. n. A state of constant change.
5. n. (taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification, below species and subspecies.
6. n. (cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system.
7. n. (cybernetics) Logarithm of the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
8. n. (linguistics) A term used for a specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is a dialect, accent, register, etc. and to its prestige level.
9. n. (algebra, esp. universal algebra) The class of all algebraic structures of a given signature satisfying a given set of identities.
10. n. The kind of theatrical entertainment given in variety shows.
11. n. The production of, or performance in, variety shows.
specifically
1. adv. in a specific manner, applying to or naming a particular thing or things, expressly, explicitly
2. adv. for a specific purpose or reason
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.
restricted
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of restrict
2. adj. Limited within bounds.
3. adj. Available only to certain authorized groups of people.
restricted area
restricted access
a restricted military document
4. adj. (US, historical) Only available to customers who do not belong to racial, ethnic or religious minorities.
This hotel is restricted: no Blacks. - inline=
restrict
1. v. To restrain within boundaries; to limit; to confine
After suffering diahrroea, the patient was restricted to a diet of rice, cold meat, and yoghurt.
2. v. (specifically, mathematics) To consider (a function) as defined on a subset of its original domain.
If we restrict sine to-\frac\pi2,\frac\pi2, we can define its inverse.
3. adj. (obsolete) Restricted.
dialect
1. n. (linguistics) A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community or social group, often differing from other varieties of the same language in minor ways as regards vocabul
2. n. (pejorative) Language that is perceived as substandard or wrong.
3. n. A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is conside
4. n. (computing, programming) A variant of a non-standardized programming language.
Home computers in the 1980s had many incompatible dialects of BASIC.
5. n. (ornithology) A variant form of the vocalizations of a bird species restricted to a certain area or population.
used
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of use
You used me!
2. v. (intransitive, as an auxiliary verb, now only in past tense) to perform habitually; to be accustomed to doing something
He used to live here, but moved away last year.
3. adj. That is or has or have been used.
The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers.
4. adj. That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
He bought a used car.
5. adj. Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
I got used to this weather.
use
1. n. The act of using.
the use of torture has been condemned by the United Nations; there is no use for your invention
2. n. (followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
What's the use of a law that nobody follows?
3. n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
This tool has many uses.
4. n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
I have no further use for these textbooks.
5. n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
6. n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
7. n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
8. n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
the Sarum, or Canterbury, use; the Hereford use; the York use; the Roman use; etc.
9. n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
10. v. To utilize or employ.
11. v. To employ; to apply; to utilize.
Use this knife to slice the bread.
We can use this mathematical formula to solve the problem.
12. v. (transitive, often with up) To expend; to consume by employing.
I used the money they allotted me.
We should use up most of the fuel.
She used all the time allotted to complete the test.
13. v. To exploit.
You never cared about me; you just used me!
14. v. To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
He uses cocaine. I have never used drugs.
15. v. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
Richard began experimenting with cocaine last year; now he uses almost every day.
16. v. (transitive, with auxiliary "could") To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
I could use a drink. My car could use a new coat of paint.
17. v. To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Note: This usage uses the nounal pronunciation of the word rather than the typically verbal one.)
soldiers who are used to hardships and danger (still common)
to use the soldiers to hardships and danger (now rare)
18. v. (reflexive, obsolete, with "to") To become accustomed, to accustom oneself.
19. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
20. v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually employ; to be wont to employ.
21. v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
I used to get things done.
22. v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
to use an animal cruelly
23. v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
in
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep. Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep. Within.
4. prep. Surrounded by.
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air.
5. prep. Part of; a member of.
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra.
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to.
What grade did he get in English?
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
7. prep. At the end of a period of time.
They said they would call us in a week.
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
9. prep. During (said of periods of time).
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
11. prep. Into.
Less water gets in your boots this way.
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement.
My fat rolls around in folds.
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject.
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma.
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her.
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing).
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
Is Mr. Smith in?
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
Suddenly a strange man walked in.
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
What's that in?
26. adv. After the beginning of something.
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
His parents got him an in with the company
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
30. adj. In fashion; popular.
Skirts are in this year.
31. adj. Incoming.
the in train
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
35. n. Inch.
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.
given
1. v. past participle of give
2. prep. Considering; taking into account.
Given the current situation, I don't think that's possible.
3. n. A condition that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.
When evaluating this math problem, don't forget to read the givens.
4. adj. Particular, specific.
No more than three people can be in that space at a given time.
5. adj. Assumed as fact or hypothesis.
Given that we will get the resources, what do we want to achieve?
6. adj. (with to) Prone, disposed.
He was given to taking a couple of glasses of port at his club.
give
1. v. (ditransitive) To move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere.
2. v. To transfer one's possession or holding of (something) to (someone).
I gave him my coat.
I gave my coat to the beggar.
When they asked, I gave my coat.
3. v. To make a present or gift of.
I'm going to give my wife a necklace for her birthday.
She gave a pair of shoes to her husband for their anniversary.
He gives of his energies to the organization.
4. v. To pledge.
I gave him my word that I'd protect his children.
5. v. To provide (something) to (someone), to allow or afford.
I gave them permission to miss tomorrow's class.
Please give me some more time.
6. v. To cause (a sensation or feeling) to exist in.
It gives me a lot of pleasure to be here tonight.
The fence gave me an electric shock.
My mother-in-law gives me nothing but grief.
7. v. To carry out (a physical interaction) with (something).
I want to give you a kiss.
She gave him a hug.
I'd like to give the tire a kick.
I gave the boy a push on the swing.
She gave me a wink afterwards, so I knew she was joking.
8. v. To pass (something) into (someone's) hand or the like.
Give me your hand.
On entering the house, he gave his coat to the doorman.
9. v. To cause (a disease or condition) in, or to transmit (a disease or condition) to.
My boyfriend gave me chlamydia.
He was convinced that it was his alcoholism that gave him cancer.
10. v. (ditransitive) To estimate or predict (a duration or probability) for (something).
I give it ten minutes before he gives up.
I give it a 95% chance of success.
I'll give their marriage six months.
11. v. (intransitive) To yield slightly when a force is applied.
12. v. (intransitive) To collapse under pressure or force.
One pillar gave, then more, and suddenly the whole floor pancaked onto the floor below.
13. v. To provide, as, a service or a broadcast.
They're giving my favorite show!
14. v. (intransitive) To lead (onto or into).
The master bedroom gives onto a spacious balcony.
15. v. (transitive, dated) To provide a view of.
His window gave the park.
16. v. To exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield.
The number of men, divided by the number of ships, gives four hundred to each ship.
17. v. To cause; to make; used with the infinitive.
18. v. To cause (someone) to have; produce in (someone); effectuate.
19. v. To allow or admit by way of supposition; to concede.
He can be bad-tempered, I'll give you that, but he's a hard worker.
20. v. To attribute; to assign; to adjudge.
21. v. To communicate or announce (advice, tidings, etc.); to pronounce or utter (an opinion, a judgment, a shout, etc.).
22. v. (dated) To grant power or permission to; to allow.
23. v. (reflexive) To devote or apply (oneself).
The soldiers give themselves to plunder.
That boy is given to fits of bad temper.
24. v. (obsolete) To become soft or moist.
25. v. (obsolete) To shed tears; to weep.
26. v. (obsolete) To have a misgiving.
27. v. To be going on, to be occurring
What gives?
28. n. The amount of bending that something undergoes when a force is applied to it; a tendency to yield under pressure; resilence.
This chair doesn't have much give.
There is no give in his dogmatic religious beliefs.
historical
1. adj. Of, concerning, or in accordance with recorded history, (particularly) as opposed to legends, myths, and fictions.
July 4, 1776, is a historic date. A great deal of historical research has been done on the events leading up to that day.
The historical works of Lord Macaulay and Edward Gibbon are in and of themselves historic.
2. adj. (literature, art) About history; depicting persons or events from history.
3. adj. Of, concerning, or in accordance with the past generally.
4. adj. (literature, art) Set in the past.
5. adj. (uncommon) Former, erstwhile; (religious, obsolete) lapsed, nominal.
6. adj. (grammar) One of various tenses or moods used to tell about past events, historic (tense).
7. adj. (obsolete, biology) (synonym of hereditary) or evolutionary.
8. adj. Of, concerning, or in accordance with the scholarly discipline of history.
The Royal Historical Society
The State Historical Society of Wisconsin
9. adj. Done in the manner of a historian: written as a development over time or in accordance with the historical method.
10. adj. (uncommon) (synonym of historic): important or likely to be important to history and historians.
11. adj. Forming compound adjectives with the meaning "historical/~" or "historically":
historical-political
12. n. A historical romance.
period
1. n. A length of time.
There was a period of confusion following the announcement.
You'll be on probation for a six-month period.
2. n. A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
Food rationing continued in the post-war period.
3. n. (now chiefly North America) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
4. n. The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet.
5. n. Female menstruation.
When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming.
6. n. A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
This is one of the last paintings Picasso created during his Blue Period.
7. n. Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.
I have math class in second period.
8. n. (chiefly North America) Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided.
Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period.
9. n. (obsolete, medicine) The length of time for a disease to run its course.
10. n. An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc.
11. n. (rhetoric) A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole.
12. n. (obsolete) A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.
13. n. (chemistry) A row in the periodic table of the elements.
14. n. (geology) A subdivision of an era, typically lasting from tens to hundreds of millions of years, see.
15. n. (genetics) A Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.
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21. n. (music) Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).
22. n. (math) The length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length.
23. n. (archaic) End point, conclusion.
a period car
a period TV commercial
24. adj. Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.
25. interj. (chiefly North America) That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence).
I know you don't want to go to the dentist but your teeth need to be checked, period!
26. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To come to a period; to conclude.
27. v. (obsolete, transitive, rare) To put an end to.
context
1. n. The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.
In what context did your attack on him happen? - We had a pretty tense relationship at the time, and when he insulted me I snapped.
2. n. (linguistics) The text in which a word or passage appears and which helps ascertain its meaning.
3. n. (archaeology) The surroundings and environment in which an artifact is found and which may provide important clues about the artifact's function and/or cultural meaning.
4. n. (mycology) The trama or flesh of a mushroom.
5. n. (logic) For a formula: a finite set of variables, which set contains all the free variables in the given formula.
6. v. (obsolete) To knit or bind together; to unite closely.
7. adj. (obsolete) Knit or woven together; close; firm.
etc
1. adv. alternative form of etc.

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