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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.
polyglot
1. adj. Versed in, or speaking, many languages.
2. adj. Containing, or made up of, several languages.
a polyglot lexicon
a polyglot Bible
3. adj. Comprising various linguistic groups.
A polyglot region without a clearly dominant culture may develop an artificial lingua franca, such as Pidgin English in the South Sea.
4. n. One who masters, notably speaks, several languages.
5. n. A publication containing several versions of the same text, or the same subject matter in several languages; especially, the Bible in several languages.
6. n. A mixture of langages and/or nomenclatures
7. n. (programming) A program written in multiple programming languages.
region
1. n. Any considerable and connected part of a space or surface; specifically, a tract of land or sea of considerable but indefinite extent; a country; a district; in a broad sense, a place without special
the equatorial regions
the temperate regions
the polar regions
the upper regions of the atmosphere
2. n. An administrative subdivision of a city, a territory, a country or the European Union.
3. n. (historical) Such a division of the city of Rome and of the territory about Rome, of which the number varied at different times; a district, quarter, or ward.
4. n. (figuratively) The inhabitants of a region or district of a country.
5. n. (anatomy) A place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.
the abdominal regions
6. n. (obsolete) Place; rank; station; dignity.
7. n. (obsolete) The space from the earth's surface out to the orbit of the moon: properly called the elemental region.
without
1. adv. (archaic, or literary) Outside, externally.
2. adv. Lacking something.
Being from a large, poor family, he learned to live without.
3. adv. (euphemism) In prostitution: without a condom being worn.
4. prep. (archaic, or literary) Outside of, beyond.
The snow was swirling without the cottage, but it was warm within.
5. prep. Not having, containing, characteristic of, etc.
It was a mistake to leave my house without a coat.
6. prep. Not doing or not having done something.
He likes to eat everything without sharing.
He shot without warning anyone.
7. conj. (archaic, otherwise nonstandard) Unless, except (introducing a clause).
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.
clearly
1. adv. (manner) In a clear manner.
He enunciated every syllable clearly.
2. adv. (modal) Without a doubt; obviously.
Clearly, the judge erred in his opinion.
3. adv. (degree) To a degree clearly discernible.
He was clearly wrong on all points but one.
dominant
1. n. (music) The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
2. n. (music) The triad built on the dominant tone.
3. n. (genetics) A gene that is dominant.
4. n. A species or organism that is dominant.
5. n. (BDSM) The dominating partner in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
6. adj. Ruling; governing; prevailing
The dominant party controlled the government.
7. adj. Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.
The dominant plants of the Carboniferous were lycopods and early conifers.
8. adj. (medicine) Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation.
culture
1. n. the arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize a particular society or nation
2. n. the beliefs, values, behaviour and material objects that constitute a people's way of life
3. n. the conventional conducts and ideologies of a community; the system comprising of the accepted norms and values of a society.
4. n. (anthropology) any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings
5. n. (botany) cultivation
6. n. (microbiology) the process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium
7. n. the growth thus produced
I'm headed to the lab to make sure my cell culture hasn't died.
8. n. the collective noun for a group of bacteria
9. n. (cartography) the details on a map that do not represent natural features of the area delineated, such as names and the symbols for towns, roads, meridians, and parallels
10. v. to maintain in an environment suitable for growth (especially of bacteria) (compare cultivate)
11. v. to increase the artistic or scientific interest (in something) (compare cultivate)
may
1. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be strong; to have power (over).
2. v. (obsolete, auxiliary) To be able; can.
3. v. (intransitive, poetic) To be able to go.
4. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests.
you may smoke outside; may I sit there?
5. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) Expressing a present possibility; possibly.
he may be lying; Schrödinger's cat may or may not be in the box
6. v. (subjunctive present, defective) Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect).
may you win; may the weather be sunny
7. v. Used in modesty, courtesy, or concession, or to soften a question or remark.
8. n. The hawthorn bush or its blossoms.
9. v. (poetic, intransitive) To gather may, or flowers in general.
10. v. (poetic, intransitive) To celebrate May Day.
11. n. (archaic) A maiden.
develop
1. v. (intransitive) To change with a specific direction, progress.
Let's see how things develop and then make our decision.
2. v. To progress through a sequence of stages.
Isabel developed from a tropical depression to a tropical storm to a hurricane. An embryo develops into a fetus and then into an infant.
3. v. To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.
4. v. To create.
I need to develop a plan for the next three weeks.
5. v. To bring out images latent in photographic film.
Please develop this roll of film.
6. v. To acquire something usually over a period of time.
I have been in England enough to develop a British accent.
You will develop calluses if you play the cello.
She developed bad eating habits.
7. v. (chess, transitive) To place one's pieces actively.
I need to develop my white-square bishop.
8. v. (snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.
9. v. (math) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.
an
1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound
2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable
3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable
4. conj. (archaic) If
5. conj. (archaic) So long as.
An it harm none, do what ye will.
6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though.
7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
8. prep. In each; to or for each; per.
I was only going twenty miles an hour.
artificial
1. adj. Man-made; of artifice.
The flowers were artificial, and he thought them rather tacky.
2. adj. False, misleading.
Her manner was somewhat artificial.
3. adj. Unnatural.
lingua
1. n. (topics, en, Organs) tongue
2. n. (zoology) A median process of the labium, at the underside of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.
franca
such
1. det. (demonstrative) Like this, that, these, those; used to make a comparison with something implied by context.
I’ve never seen such clouds in the sky before. Such is life.
2. det. (particularly used in formal documents) Any.
the above address or at such other address as may notify
3. det. Used as an intensifier; roughly equivalent to very much of.
The party was such a bore.
4. det. (obsolete) A certain; representing the object as already particularized in terms which are not mentioned.
5. pron. A person, a thing, people or things like the one or ones already mentioned.
6. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is similar to something else.
As
1. n. plural of A
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
You’re not as tall as I am.
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
The kidnappers released him as agreed.
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
Do as I say!
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
As you wish, my lord!
6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
As I came in, she flew.
7. conj. At the same time that; while.
He sleeps as the rain falls.
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
As it’s too late, I quit.
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
It's not so complicated as I expected.
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
You are not as tall as me.
They're big as houses.
17. prep. In the role of.
What is your opinion as a parent?
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
20. n. plural of a
pidgin
1. n. (linguistics) an amalgamation of two disparate languages, used by two populations having no common language as a lingua franca to communicate with each other, lacking formalized grammar and having a s
Synonyms: baragouin
English
1. adj. Of or pertaining to England.
2. adj. English-language; of or pertaining to the language, descended from Anglo-Saxon, which developed in England.
Those immigrants Anglicised their names to make them sound more English.
3. adj. Of or pertaining to the people of England (to Englishmen and Englishwomen).
4. adj. Of or pertaining to the avoirdupois system of measure.
an English ton
5. adj. (Amish) Non-Amish, so named for speaking English rather than a variety of German.
6. n. (collective plural) The people of England; Englishmen and Englishwomen.
The Scottish and the English have a history of conflict.
7. n. The language originating in England but now spoken in all parts of the British Isles, the Commonwealth of Nations, North America, and other parts of the world.
English is spoken here as an unofficial language and lingua franca.
How do you say ‘à peu près’ in English?
8. n. (Amish, collective plural) The non-Amish; non-Amish people.
9. n. One's ability to employ the English language correctly.
My coworker has pretty good English for a non-native speaker.
10. n. The English-language term or expression for something.
What's the English for ‘à peu près’?
11. n. Specific language or wording in English; English text or statements in speech, whether in translation or otherwise.
The technical details are correct, but the English is not very clear.
12. n. A variety or dialect of spoken and or written English.
13. n. (printing, dated) The size of type between pica and great primer, standardized as 14-point.
14. n. (North American) Spin or side given to a ball, especially in pool or billiards.
Put more English on the ball.
15. v. (transitive, archaic) To translate, adapt or render into English.
16. n. (US) Spinning or rotary motion given to a ball around the vertical axis, as in billiards or bowling.
You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english.
17. n. (figurative) An unusual or unexpected interpretation of a text or idea, a spin, a nuance.
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.
the
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.)
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.)
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird.
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause.
The street that runs through my hometown.
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
God save the Queen!
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item.
That was the best apple pie ever.
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
That apple pie was the best.
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
No one in the whole country had seen it before.
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning.
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”)
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery.
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives.
The hotter the better.
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks.
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children.
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it.
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone.
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it.
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it.
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that.
south
1. n. One of the four major compass points, specifically 180°, directed toward the South Pole, and conventionally downwards on a map, abbreviated as S.
2. adj. Toward the south; southward.
3. adj. (meteorology, of wind) from the south.
4. adj. Of or pertaining to the south; southern.
5. adj. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.
south highway 1
6. adv. Toward the south; southward.
7. adv. Downward.
8. adv. In an adverse direction or trend.
9. adv. (meteorology) Of wind, from the south.
10. v. To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
11. v. (astronomy) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line.
The moon souths at nine.
sea
1. n. A large body of salt water.
2. n. The ocean; the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface.
3. n. A body of salt water smaller than an ocean, generally forming part of, or connecting with, an ocean or a larger sea.
The Mediterranean Sea, the Caribbean Sea, the Sea of Crete, etc.
4. n. A lake, especially if large or if salty or brackish.
The Caspian Sea, the Sea of Galilee, the Salton Sea, etc.
5. n. The swell of the sea; a single wave; billow.
6. n. (attributive, in combination) Living or used in or on the sea; of, near, or like the sea.
Seaman, sea gauge, sea monster, sea horse, sea level, seaworthy, seaport, seaboard, etc.
7. n. (figurative) Anything resembling the vastness of the sea.
8. n. (planetology) A large, dark plain of rock; a mare.
The Apollo 11 mission landed in the Sea of Tranquility.
9. n. (planetology) A very large lake of liquid hydrocarbon.

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