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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.
person
1. n. An individual; usually a human being.
Each person is unique, both mentally and physically.
2. n. A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic represent
3. n. (Christianity) Any one of the three hypostases of the Holy Trinity: the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit.
4. n. (chiefly in science fiction) Any sentient or socially intelligent being.
5. n. (in a compound noun or noun phrase) Someone who likes or has an affinity for (a specified thing).
Jack's always been a dog person, but I prefer cats.
6. n. The physical body of a being seen as distinct from the mind, character, etc.
7. n. (law) Any individual or formal organization with standing before the courts.
At common law a corporation or a trust is legally a person.
8. n. (law) The human genitalia; specifically, the penis.
9. n. (grammar) A linguistic category used to distinguish between the speaker of an utterance and those to whom or about whom he is speaking. See grammatical person.
10. n. (biology) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa, Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals.
11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To represent as a person; to personify; to impersonate.
12. v. (transitive, gender-neutral) To man.
with
1. prep. Against.
He picked a fight with the class bully.
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
He went with his friends.
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
5. prep. In support of.
We are with you all the way.
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
slain with robbers
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
cut with a knife
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
9. prep. Having, owning.
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
Do you want to come with?
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12. n. alternative form of withe
extraordinarily
1. adv. In an extraordinary manner.
broad
1. adj. Wide in extent or scope.
three feet broad
the broad expanse of ocean
2. adj. Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.
3. adj. Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.
4. adj. Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.
5. adj. Plain; evident.
a broad hint
6. adj. (writing) Unsubtle; obvious.
7. adj. Free; unrestrained; unconfined.
8. adj. (dated) Gross; coarse; indelicate.
a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humour
9. adj. (of an accent) Strongly regional.
10. adj. (Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.
11. n. (dated) A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.
12. n. (US, colloquial slang) A woman or girl.
Who was that broad I saw you with?
13. n. (UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.
14. n. A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.
15. n. (historical) A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.
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.
comprehensive
1. adj. Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
When there are diametrically opposing views on a big issue that concerns millions of people, doing comprehensive research just makes sense.
2. n. (British) A comprehensive school.
knowledge
1. n. The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
His knowledge of Iceland was limited to what he'd seen on the Travel Channel.
2. n. Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.
3. n. Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.
Knowledge consists in recognizing the difference between good and bad decisions.
4. n. Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.
Does your friend have any knowledge of hieroglyphs, perchance?
A secretary should have a good knowledge of shorthand.
5. n. (philosophical) Justified true belief
6. n. (archaic, or legal) Sexual intimacy or intercourse (now usually in phrase carnal knowledge).
7. n. (obsolete) Information or intelligence about something; notice.
8. n. The total of what is known; all information and products of learning.
His library contained the accumulated knowledge of the Greeks and Romans.
9. n. Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science.
10. n. (obsolete) Acknowledgement.
11. n. (obsolete) Notice, awareness.
12. n. (informal) The deep familiarity with certain routes and places of interest required by taxicab drivers working in London, England.
13. v. (obsolete) To confess as true; to acknowledge.

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