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. | |
number |
1. n. An abstract entity used to describe quantity. | |
Zero, one, -1, 2.5, and pi are all numbers. | |
2. n. A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer. | |
The number 8 is usually made with a single stroke. | |
3. n. (mathematics) A member of one of several classes: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, quaternions. | |
The equatione^i\pi+1=0 includes the most important numbers: 1, 0,\pi,i, ande. | |
4. n. (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", lik | |
Horse number 5 won the race. | |
5. n. Quantity. | |
Any number of people can be reading from a given repository at a time. | |
6. n. A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items. | |
Her passport number is C01X864TN. | |
7. n. (informal) A telephone number. | |
8. n. (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection. | |
Adjectives and nouns should agree in gender, number, and case. | |
9. n. (now rare, in the plural) Poetic metres; verses, rhymes. | |
10. n. A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show. | |
For his second number, he sang "The Moon Shines Bright". | |
11. n. (informal) A person. | |
12. n. (informal) An item of clothing, particularly a stylish one. | |
13. n. (slang) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought form a dealer. | |
14. n. (dated) An issue of a periodical publication. | |
the latest number of a magazine | |
15. v. To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items). | |
Number the baskets so that we can find them easily. | |
16. v. (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to. | |
I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands. | |
17. adj. comparative form of numb: more numb | |
usually |
1. adv. Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally. | |
Except for one or two days a year, he usually walks to work. | |
2. adv. Under normal conditions. | |
natural |
1. adj. That exists and evolved within the confines of an ecosystem. | |
The species will be under threat if its natural habitat is destroyed. | |
2. adj. Of or relating to nature. | |
In the natural world the fit tend to live on while the weak perish. | |
3. adj. Without artificial additives. | |
Natural food is healthier than processed food. | |
4. adj. As expected; reasonable. | |
It's natural for business to be slow on Tuesdays. | |
His prison sentence was the natural consequence of a life of crime. | |
5. adj. (music) Neither sharp nor flat. Denoted ♮. | |
There's a wrong note here: it should be C natural instead of C sharp. | |
6. adj. (music) Produced by natural organs, such as those of the human throat, in distinction from instrumental music. | |
7. adj. (music) Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key. | |
8. adj. (math) Having 1 as the base of the system, of a function or number. | |
9. adj. Without, or prior to, modification or adjustment. | |
the natural motion of a gravitating body | |
The chairs were all natural oak but the table had a lurid finish. | |
So-called second-generation silicone breast implants looked and felt more like the natural breast. | |
10. adj. (dice) The result of a dice roll before bonuses or penalties are added to or subtracted from the result. | |
11. adj. Having the character or sentiments properly belonging to one's position; not unnatural in feelings. | |
12. adj. (obsolete) Connected by the ties of consanguinity. | |
13. adj. (obsolete) Born out of wedlock; illegitimate; bastard. | |
a natural child | |
14. adj. (of sexual intercourse) Without a condom. | |
We made natural love. | |
15. n. (now rare) A native inhabitant of a place, country etc. | |
16. n. (music) A note that is not or is no longer to be modified by an accidental, or the symbol ♮ used to indicate such a note. | |
17. n. One with an innate talent at or for something. | |
He's a natural on the saxophone. | |
18. n. An almost white colour, with tints of grey, yellow or brown; originally that of natural fabric. | |
(color panel, FAD6A5) | |
19. n. (archaic) One with a simple mind; a fool or idiot. | |
20. n. (colloquial, chiefly UK) One's natural life. | |
21. n. (US, colloquial) A hairstyle for people with afro-textured hair in which the hair is not straightened or otherwise treated. | |
22. n. (algebra) Closed under submodules, direct sums, and injective hulls. | |
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. | |
like |
1. v. (transitive, archaic) To please. | |
2. v. To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of. | |
I like hamburgers | |
I like skiing in winter | |
I like the Seattle Mariners this season | |
3. v. (obsolete) To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something. | |
4. v. To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity. | |
I like to go to the dentist every six months | |
She likes to keep herself physically fit | |
we like to keep one around the office just in case | |
5. v. (obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition). | |
6. v. (archaic) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly. | |
He liked to have been too late. | |
7. v. To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for. | |
I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her. | |
8. v. (obsolete) To liken; to compare. | |
9. v. (Internet, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote. | |
I liked my friend's last status on Facebook. | |
I can't stand Bloggs' tomato ketchup, but I liked it on Facebook so I could enter a competition. | |
10. n. (usually plural) Something that a person likes (prefers). | |
Tell me your likes and dislikes. | |
11. n. (internet) An individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet. | |
12. adj. Similar. | |
My partner and I have like minds. | |
13. adj. (obsolete) Likely; probable. | |
14. adv. (informal) For example, such as: to introduce an example or list of examples. | |
There are lots of birds, like ducks and gulls, in this park. | |
15. adv. (archaic, colloquial) Likely. | |
16. adv. (obsolete) In a like or similar manner. | |
17. n. (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort. | |
There were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like. | |
It was something the likes of which I had never seen before. | |
18. n. (golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side. | |
to play the like | |
19. conj. (colloquial) As, the way. | |
20. conj. As if; as though. | |
It looks like you've finished the project. | |
It seemed like you didn't care. | |
21. prep. Similar to, reminiscent of. | |
These hamburgers taste like leather. | |
22. part. (colloquial, Scotland, Geordie, Teesside, Scouse) A delayed filler. | |
He was so angry, like. | |
23. part. (colloquial) A mild intensifier. | |
She was, like, sooooo happy. | |
24. part. (colloquial) indicating approximation or uncertainty | |
There were, like, twenty of them. | |
And then he, like, got all angry and left the room. | |
25. part. (colloquial, slang) When preceded by any form of the verb to be, used to mean “to say” or “to think”; used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase. | |
I was like, “Why did you do that?” and he's like, “I don't know.” | |
26. interj. (Liverpool, Geordie) Used to place emphasis upon a statement. | |
divint ye knaa, like? | |
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. | |
name |
1. n. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing. | |
I've never liked the name my parents gave me so I changed it at the age of twenty. | |
2. n. Reputation. | |
3. n. An abusive or insulting epithet. | |
Stop calling me names! | |
4. n. A person (or legal person). | |
5. n. Those of a certain name; a race; a family. | |
6. n. (computing) A unique identifier, generally a string of characters. | |
7. n. (finance) An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability. | |
8. n. Authority. | |
Halt in the name of the law! | |
9. v. To give a name to. | |
One visitor named Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting. | |
(audio One visitor named Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting.ogg Audio (US)) | |
10. v. To mention, specify. | |
He named his demands. | |
You name it! | |
11. v. To identify as relevant or important | |
naming the problem | |
12. v. To publicly implicate. | |
The painter was named as an accomplice. | |
13. v. To designate for a role. | |
My neighbor was named to the steering committee. | |
14. v. (Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct. | |
15. n. Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking. | |
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. | |
numeric |
1. adj. Of, or relating to numbers, especially the characters 0 to 9. | |
2. n. (mathematics) Any number, proper or improper fraction, or incommensurable ratio. | |
code |
1. n. A short symbol, often with little relation to the item it represents. | |
This flavour of soup has been assigned the code WRT-9. | |
2. n. A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest. | |
3. n. Any system of principles, rules or regulations relating to one subject. | |
The medical code is a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians. | |
The naval code is a system of rules for making communications at sea by means of signals. | |
4. n. A set of rules for converting information into another form or representation. | |
5. n. By synecdoche: a codeword, code point, an encoded representation of a character, symbol, or other entity. | |
The ASCII code of "A" is 65. | |
6. n. A message represented by rules intended to conceal its meaning. | |
7. n. (cryptography) A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords. | |
8. n. (programming) Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode. | |
Object-oriented C++ code is easier to understand for a human than C code. | |
I wrote some code to reformat text documents. | |
This HTML code may be placed on your web page. | |
9. n. (scientific programming) A program. | |
10. n. (linguistics) A particular lect or language variety. | |
11. v. (computing) To write software programs. | |
I learned to code on an early home computer in the 1980s. | |
12. v. To categorise by assigning identifiers from a schedule, for example CPT coding for medical insurance purposes. | |
13. v. (cryptography) To encode. | |
We should code the messages we send out on Usenet. | |
14. v. (genetics, intransitive) To encode a protein. | |
15. v. (medicine) To call a hospital emergency code. | |
coding in the CT scanner | |
16. v. (medicine) Of a patient, to suffer a sudden medical emergency (a code blue) such as cardiac arrest. | |
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. | |
identifier |
1. n. Someone who identifies; a person who establishes the identity of. | |
2. n. Something that identifies or uniquely points to something or someone else. | |
3. n. A guidebook that helps determine the specific class of an object (such as a mushroom, herb, fish, bird, drug, or mineral), or its individual identity (such as that of a star). | |
4. n. (programming, operating systems) A formal name used in source code to refer to a variable, function, procedure, package, etc. or in an operating system to refer to a process, user, group, etc. | |
5. n. (HTML) A code that distinguishes a particular (ll, en, element, id=computing) from all other elements in a document. | |
6. n. (databases) A primary key. | |
see |
1. v. (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight. | |
2. v. To witness or observe by personal experience. | |
Now I've seen it all! | |
I have been blind since birth and I love to read Braille. When the books arrive in from the library, I can’t wait to see what stories they have s | |
I saw military service in Vietnam. | |
3. v. To form a mental picture of. | |
4. v. (figuratively) To understand. | |
Do you see what I mean? | |
5. v. To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled. | |
They're blind to the damage they do, but someday they'll see. | |
6. v. (social) To meet, to visit. | |
7. v. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit. | |
to go to see a friend | |
8. v. To date frequently. | |
I've been seeing her for two months | |
9. v. To be the setting or time of. | |
The 20th century saw humanity's first space exploration. | |
10. v. (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it. | |
I'll see you hang for this! I saw that they didn't make any more trouble. | |
11. v. (gambling) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value. | |
I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten. | |
12. v. (sometimes mystical) To foresee, predict, or prophesy. | |
The oracle saw the destruction of the city. | |
13. v. To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether). | |
I'll come over later and see if I can fix your computer. | |
14. v. (used in the imperative) (Used to emphasise a proposition.) | |
You see, Johnny, your Dad isn't your real dad. | |
15. v. (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details. | |
Step 4: In the system, check out the laptop to the student (see: "Logging Resources" in the Tutor Manual). | |
This article is about the insect. For the English rock band, see. | |
For a complete proof of the Poincaré conjecture, see Appendix C. | |
16. interj. Directing the audience to pay attention to the following | |
See here, fellas, there's no need for all this rucus! | |
17. interj. Introducing an explanation | |
See, in order to win the full prize we would have to come up with a scheme to land a rover on the Moon. | |
18. n. A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop. | |
19. n. The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric | |
20. n. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised. | |
also |
1. adv. (conjunctive, focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too. | |
They had porridge for breakfast, and also toast. | |
2. adv. (obsolete) To the same degree or extent; so, as. | |
Wikipedia |
1. v. (colloquial) To consult Wikipedia for information. | |
2. v. Used intransitively. | |
3. v. Used with an object denoting the information sought or obtained. | |
4. v. Used with an object denoting the specific article consulted. | |
I wikipediaed the article on science and learned about the scientific method. | |
5. n. alternative case form of Wikipedia | |