Lexis Rex Home



English Sentence Analyser

Use this page to analyse and learn English text. You can copy text into the box below or get a random sentence from our database. Press the Analyse button to get translations of the text and words.




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.
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.
     16. n. , date=20 November 2009
     17. n. , url=http://flybase.org/reports/FBgn0003068.html
     18. n. , title=Gene Dmel\per, format=Gene Report (database record)
     19. n. , work=FlyBase, publisher=The FlyBase Consortium
     20. n. , language=en, accessdate=7 December, accessyear=2009
     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.
of
     1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
     2. prep.          (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
     3. prep.          (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
     4. prep.          From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
                    There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
     5. prep.          (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
                    What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
     6. prep. Expressing separation.
     7. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
                    Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
     8. prep.          (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
                    He seemed devoid of human feelings.
     9. prep.          (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
     10. prep. Expressing origin.
     11. prep.          (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
                    The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
     12. prep.          (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
                    The invention was born of necessity.
     13. prep.          (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
                    It is said that she died of a broken heart.
     14. prep.          (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
                    I am tired of all this nonsense.
     15. prep. Expressing agency.
     16. prep.          (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
                    I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
     17. prep.          (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
                    The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
     18. prep.          (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
                    It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
     19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
     20. prep.          (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
                    Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
     21. prep.          (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
                    She wore a dress of silk.
     22. prep.          (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
                    What a lot of nonsense!
     23. prep.          (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
                   Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
     24. prep.          (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
                    I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
     25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
     26. prep.          (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
                    I'm always thinking of you.
     27. prep.          (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
                    He told us the story of his journey to India.
     28. prep.          (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
                    This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
     29. prep. Having partitive effect.
     30. prep.          (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
                    Most of these apples are rotten.
     31. prep.          (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
     32. prep.          (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
                    On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
     33. prep.          (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
                    He is a friend of mine.
     34. prep. Expressing possession.
     35. prep.          Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
                    He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
     36. prep.          Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
                    The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
     37. prep.          Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
                    Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
     38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
     39. prep.          (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
                    She had a profound distrust of the police.
     40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
     41. prep.          (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
                    My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
     42. prep.          (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
                    Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
     43. prep.          (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
                    We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
     44. prep.          (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
                    It's not that big of a deal.
     45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
     46. prep.          (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
                    Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
     47. prep.          (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
                    I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
     48. prep.          (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
                    After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
unusually
     1. adv. In an unusual manner.
low
     1. adj. Situated close to, or even below, the ground or another normal reference plane; not high or lofty.
           standing on low ground   in a low valley, ringed by low hills   a low wall   a low shelf
     2. adj.          Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a lesser elevation, closer to sea level (especially near the sea), than
                    the low countries   Low German
     3. adj.          (baseball, of a ball) Below the batter's knees.
                    the pitch (or: the ball) was low
     4. adj. Of less than normal height; below the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
           a low bow   a low tide   the Mississippi is unusually low right now
     5. adj. Not high in status, esteem or rank, dignity, or quality. (Compare vulgar).
           low birth   low rank   the low officials of the bureaucracy   low-quality fabric   playing low tricks on them   a person of low mind
           Now that was low even for you!
     6. adj. Humble, meek, not haughty.
     7. adj. Disparaging; assigning little value or excellence.
           She had a low opinion of cats. He took a low view of dogs.
     8. adj. Being a nadir, a bottom.
           the low point in her career
     9. adj. Depressed in mood, dejected, sad.
           low spirits
     10. adj. Lacking health or vitality, strength or vivacity; feeble; weak.
           a low pulse
           made (or: laid) low by sickness
     11. adj. Small, not high (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
           My credit union charges a low interest rate.   Jogging during a whiteout, with such low temperatures and low visibility, is dangerous.   The store sold bread at low prices, and milk a
     12. adj.          Having a small or comparatively smaller concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
                    diets low in vitamin A   made from low-carbon steel
     13. adj.          Depleted, or nearing deletion; lacking in supply.
                    running low on cash
     14. adj. (especially in the field of biology) Simple in complexity or development; (in several set phrases) favoring simplicity; see e.g. low church, Low Tory.
           low protozoan animals, low cryptogamic plants, and other low organisms
     15. adj. (in several set phrases) Being near the equator.
           the low northern latitudes
     16. adj. (acoustics) Grave in pitch, due to being produced by relatively slow vibrations (wave oscillations); flat.
           The note was too low for her to sing.
           Generally, European men have lower voices than their Indian counterparts.
     17. adj. Quiet; soft; not loud.
           They spoke in low voices so I would not hear what they were saying.
           Why would you want to play heavy metal at such a low volume?
     18. adj. (phonetics) Made with a relatively large opening between the tongue and the palate; made with (part of) the tongue positioned low in the mouth, relative to the palate.
     19. adj. (card games) Lesser in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
           a low card
     20. adj. (archaic) Not rich, seasoned, or nourishing; plain, simple.
           a low diet
     21. adj. (of an, automobile, gear, etc) Designed for a slow (or the slowest) speed.
           low gear
     22. n. Something that is low; a low point.
           You have achieved a new low in behavior, Frank.
           Economic growth has hit a new low.
     23. n. The minimum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.
           Unemployment has reached a ten-year low.
     24. n. A depressed mood or situation.
           He is in a low right now
     25. n. (meteorology) An area of low pressure; a depression.
           A deep low is centred over the British Isles.
     26. n. The lowest-speed gearing of a power-transmission system, especially of an automotive vehicle.
           Shift out of low before the car gets to eight miles per hour.
     27. n. (card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
     28. n. (slang) (usually accompanied by "the") a cheap, cost-efficient, or advantageous payment or expense.
           He got the brand new Yankees jersey for the low.
     29. adv. Close to the ground.
     30. adv. Of a pitch, at a lower frequency.
     31. adv. With a low voice or sound; not loudly; gently.
           to speak low
     32. adv. Under the usual price; at a moderate price; cheaply.
           He sold his wheat low.
     33. adv. In a low mean condition; humbly; meanly.
     34. adv. In a time approaching our own.
     35. adv. (astronomy) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution.
           The moon runs low, i.e. comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian.
     36. v. (obsolete, transitive) To depress; to lower.
     37. v. (obsolete) simple past tense of laugh.
     38. v. (intransitive) To moo.
           The cattle were lowing.
     39. n. (UK, Scotland, dialect) A flame; fire; blaze.
     40. v. (Scotland) To burn; to blaze.
     41. n. (archaic, or obsolete) Barrow, mound, tumulus.
     42. n. (Scottish dialectal, archaic) A hill.
     43. n. cln, en, basic words, three-letter words
rainfall
     1. n. (meteorology) the amount of rain that falls on a single occasion
longer
     1. adj. comparative form of long: more long
     2. adv. comparative form of long: more long
     3. n. One who longs or yearns for something.
and
     1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
     2. conj.          Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
     3. conj.          Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
     4. conj.          Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
     5. conj.          (obsolete) Yet; but.
     6. conj.          Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
     7. conj.          (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
     8. conj.          Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
     9. conj.          Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
     10. conj.          Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
     11. conj.          (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
     12. conj.          Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
     13. conj.          Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
     14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
     15. conj.          (now US dialect) If; provided that.
     16. conj.          (obsolete) As if, as though.
     17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
     18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
     19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
     20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
more
     1. det. comparative degree of many, : in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.)
           More people are arriving.
           There are more ways to do this than I can count.
     2. det. comparative degree of much, : in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.)
           I want more soup;  I need more time
           There's more caffeine in my coffee than in the coffee you get in most places.
     3. adv. To a greater degree or extent.
           He walks more in the morning these days.
     4. adv. (now poetic) In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more.
     5. adv. Used alone to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs.
           You're more beautiful than I ever imagined.
     6. adv. (now dialectal, or humorous) Used in addition to an inflected comparative form. (Standard until the 18thc.)
           I was more better at English than you.
     7. adv. rather
           He is more clever than wise.
     8. n. An extra amount or extent.
     9. n. (obsolete) a carrot; a parsnip.
     10. n. (dialectal) a root; stock.
     11. n. A plant.
     12. v. To root up.
     13. pron. a greater amount of people or things
severe
     1. adj. Very bad or intense.
     2. adj. Strict or harsh.
           a severe taskmaster
     3. adj. Sober, plain in appearance, austere.
           a severe old maiden aunt
than
     1. conj. (obsolete, outside, dialects, usually used with for) Because; for.
     2. conj. Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.
           she's taller than I am;  she found his advice more witty than helpful;  we have less work today than we had yesterday;  it's bigger than I thought it was
     3. prep. introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two
           Patients diagnosed more recently are probably surviving an average of longer than two years.
     4. adv. (now chiefly dialectal) At that time; then.
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.
dry
     1. adj. Free from or lacking moisture.
           This towel's dry. Could you wet it and cover the chicken so it doesn't go dry as it cooks?
     2. adj. Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (Petrochemistry) oil, or (farming) milk.
           This well is as dry as that cow.
     3. adj. (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
     4. adj. (chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
           Dry alcohol is 200 proof.
     5. adj. Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
           Of course it's a dry house. He was an alcoholic but he's been dry for almost a year now.
     6. adj. (law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
           You'll have to drive out of this dry county to find any liquor.
     7. adj. Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness, particularly:
     8. adj.          (wine & other alcoholic beverages) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
                   Proper martinis are made with London dry gin and dry vermouth.
     9. adj.          (humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
                   Steven Wright has a deadpan delivery, Norm Macdonald has a dry sense of humor, and Oscar Wilde had a dry wit.
     10. adj.          Lacking interest, boring.
                   A dry lecture may require the professor to bring a watergun in order to keep the students' attention.
     11. adj.          (fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
     12. adj. (science, somewhat pejorative) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
     13. adj. (of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects.
     14. adj. Without a usual complement or consummation; impotently. (attn, en, improve this)
           never dry fire a bow; dry humping her girlfriend; making a dry run
     15. n. (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
     16. n. (especially, Australia, with "the") The dry season.
     17. n. (Australia) An area of waterless country.
     18. n. (UK, politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s, contrasted with wet.
     19. v. (intransitive) To lose moisture.
           The clothes dried on the line.
     20. v. To remove moisture from.
           Devin dried her eyes with a handkerchief.
     21. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be thirsty.
spell
     1. n. Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
           He cast a spell to cure warts.
     2. n. A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.
           under a spell
     3. n. (obsolete) Speech, discourse.
     4. v. To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.
     5. v. (obsolete) To speak, to declaim.
     6. v. (obsolete) To tell; to relate; to teach.
     7. v. (transitive, obsolete) To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.
     8. v. (transitive, sometimes with “out”) To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.
     9. v. (intransitive) To be able to write or say the letters that form words.
           I find it difficult to spell because I'm dyslexic.
     10. v. Of letters: to compose (a word).
           The letters “a”, “n” and “d” spell “and”.
     11. v. (transitive, figuratively) To indicate that (some event) will occur.
           This spells trouble.
     12. v. (transitive figuratively, with “out”) To clarify; to explain in detail.
           Please spell it out for me.
     13. v. To constitute; to measure.
     14. v. To work in place of (someone).
           to spell the helmsman
     15. v. To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.
           They spelled the horses and rested in the shade of some trees near a brook.
     16. v. (intransitive, colloquial) To rest from work for a time.
     17. n. A shift (of work); (rare) a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.
     18. n. (informal) A definite period (of work or other activity).
     19. n. (colloquial) An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); (by extension,) a relatively short distance.
     20. n. A period of rest; time off.
     21. n. (colloquial, US) A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc.
     22. n. (cricket) An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.
     23. n. (dialectal) A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.
     24. n. The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary