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. | |
real |
1. adj. True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent. | |
2. adj. Genuine, not artificial, counterfeit, or fake. | |
This is real leather. | |
3. adj. Genuine, unfeigned, sincere. | |
These are real tears! | |
4. adj. Actually being, existing, or occurring; not fictitious or imaginary. | |
a description of real life | |
5. adj. That has objective, physical existence. | |
No one has ever seen a real unicorn. | |
6. adj. (economics) Having been adjusted to remove the effects of inflation; measured in purchasing power (contrast nominal). | |
My dad calculated my family's real consumption per month. | |
What is the real GNP of this polity? | |
7. adj. (economics) Relating to the result of the actions of rational agents; relating to neoclassical economic models as opposed to Keynesian models. | |
8. adj. (mathematics, of a number) Being either a rational number, or the limit of a convergent infinite sequence of rational numbers: being one of a set of numbers with a one-to-one correspondence to the poi | |
9. adj. (legal) Relating to immovable tangible property. | |
real estate; real property | |
10. adj. Absolute, complete, utter. | |
This is a real problem. | |
11. adj. (slang) Signifying meritorious qualities or actions especially as regard the enjoyment of life, prowess at sports, or success wooing potential partners. | |
I'm keeping it real. | |
12. adv. (US, colloquial) Really, very. | |
13. n. A commodity; see realty. | |
14. n. (grammar) One of the three genders that the common gender can be separated into in the Scandinavian languages. | |
15. n. (mathematics) A real number. | |
16. n. (obsolete) A realist. | |
17. n. Former unit of currency of Spain and Spain's colonies. | |
18. n. A coin worth one real. | |
19. n. A unit of currency used in Portugal and its colonies from 1430 until 1911, and in Brazil from 1790 until 1942 | |
20. n. A coin worth one real. | |
whirlwind |
1. n. A violent windstorm of limited extent, as the tornado, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air. It usually has a rapid progressive mot | |
2. n. (figuratively) A person or body of objects or events sweeping violently onward. | |
The weeks leading up to the convention were a whirlwind of preparation and hurried activity. | |
Once he got that new scooter he turned into a whirlwind and damaged all the flowers. | |
3. adj. Rapid and minimal: a whirlwind tour, a whirlwind romance. | |
courtship |
1. n. The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor. | |
2. n. The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage. | |
3. n. Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy. | |
4. n. Court policy; the character of a courtier; artifice of a court; court-craft; finesse. | |
you |
1. pron. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object. | |
2. pron. (reflexive pronoun, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself. | |
3. pron. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.) | |
4. pron. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.) | |
Both of you should get ready now. | |
You are all supposed to do as I tell you. | |
5. pron. (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.) | |
6. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object). | |
7. det. The individual or group spoken or written to. | |
Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus? | |
8. det. Used before epithets for emphasis. | |
You idiot! | |
9. v. To address (a person) using the pronoun you, rather than thou, especially historically when you was more formal. | |
might |
1. n. Power, strength, force or influence held by a person or group. | |
2. n. Physical strength or force. | |
He pushed with all his might, but still it would not move. | |
3. adj. (obsolete) Mighty; powerful. | |
4. adj. (obsolete) Possible. | |
5. v. (auxiliary) Used to indicate conditional or possible actions. | |
I might go to the party, but I haven't decided yet. | |
6. v. (auxiliary) simple past tense of may Used to indicate permission in past tense. | |
He asked me if he might go to the party, but I haven't decided yet. | |
7. v. (auxiliary) simple past tense of may Used to indicate possibility in past tense. | |
I thought that I might go the next day. | |
8. v. Used to indicate a desired past action that was not done. | |
Hey man, you might have warned me about the thunderstorm | |
call |
1. n. A telephone conversation. | |
I received several phone calls today. | |
I received several calls today. | |
2. n. A short visit, usually for social purposes. | |
I paid a call to a dear friend of mine. | |
3. n. (nautical) A visit by a ship or boat to a port. | |
The ship made a call at Southampton. | |
4. n. A cry or shout. | |
He heard a call from the other side of the room. | |
5. n. A decision or judgement. | |
That was a good call. | |
6. n. The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal. | |
That sound is the distinctive call of the cuckoo bird. | |
7. n. A beckoning or summoning. | |
I had to yield to the call of the wild. | |
8. n. The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor. | |
The Prime Minister has the call. | |
I give the call to the Manager of Opposition Business. | |
9. n. (finance) An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time. | |
10. n. (cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman. | |
11. n. (cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.) | |
12. n. A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call). | |
13. n. (computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point. | |
14. n. A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on. | |
There was a 20 dollar bet on the table, and my call was 9. | |
15. n. (poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting. | |
16. n. A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt. | |
17. n. (nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty. | |
18. n. A pipe or other instrument to call birds or animals by imitating their note or cry. A game call. | |
19. n. An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor. | |
20. n. (archaic) Vocation; employment; calling. | |
21. n. (US, legal) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land. | |
22. n. (informal, slang) A meeting with a client for paid sex; hookup; job. | |
23. v. To use one's voice.: | |
24. v. (intransitive) To request, summon, or beckon. | |
That person is hurt; call for help! | |
25. v. (intransitive) To cry or shout. | |
26. v. To utter in a loud or distinct voice. | |
to call the roll of a military company | |
27. v. (transitive, intransitive) To contact by telephone. | |
Why don't you call me in the morning? Why don't you call tomorrow? | |
28. v. To declare in advance. | |
The captains call the coin toss. | |
29. v. To rouse from sleep; to awaken. | |
30. v. To declare (an effort or project) to be a failure. | |
After the third massive failure, John called the whole initiative. | |
31. v. (heading, intransitive) To visit. | |
32. v. To pay a (social) visit (often used with "on", "round", or "at"; used by salespeople with "again" to invite customers to come again). | |
We could always call on a friend. The engineer called round whilst you were away. | |
33. v. To stop at a station or port. | |
This train calls at Reading, Slough and London Paddington. Our cruise ship called at Bristol Harbour. | |
34. v. To name, identify or describe.: | |
35. v. (ditransitive) To name or refer to. | |
Why don't we dispense with the formalities. Please call me Al. | |
36. v. (in passive) Of a person, to have as one's name; of a thing, to have as its name. | |
I'm called John. A very tall building is called a skyscraper. | |
37. v. To predict. | |
He called twelve of the last three recessions. | |
38. v. To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact. | |
They call the distance ten miles. That's enough work. Let's call it a day and go home. | |
39. v. (obsolete) To disclose the class or character of; to identify. | |
40. v. (heading, sport) Direct or indirect use of the voice. | |
41. v. (cricket) (of a batsman): To shout directions to the other batsman on whether or not they should take a run. | |
42. v. (baseball, cricket) (of a fielder): To shout to other fielders that he intends to take a catch (thus avoiding collisions). | |
43. v. (intransitive, poker) To equal the same amount that other players are currently betting. | |
I bet $800 and Jane raised to $1600. My options: call (match her $1600 bet), reraise or fold. | |
44. v. (intransitive, poker, proscribed) To match the current bet amount, in preparation for a raise in the same turn. (Usually, players are forbidden to anno | |
I'll call your 300, and raise to 600! | |
45. v. To state, or invoke a rule, in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on. | |
My partner called two spades. | |
46. v. (transitive, sometimes with for) To require, demand. | |
He felt called to help the old man. | |
47. v. (transitive, finance) To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium. | |
48. v. (transitive, banking) To demand repayment of a loan. | |
49. v. (transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to the original point on completion. | |
A recursive function is one that calls itself. | |
it |
1. pron. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals. | |
Put it over there. | |
Take each day as it comes. | |
I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today. | |
2. pron. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender. | |
She took the baby and held it in her arms. | |
3. pron. Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation. | |
It's me. John. | |
Is it her? | |
4. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it) | |
It is nearly 10 o’clock. | |
It’s 10:45 read ten-forty-five. | |
It’s very cold today. | |
It’s lonely without you. | |
5. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms. | |
stick it out | |
live it up | |
rough it | |
6. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject i | |
It is easy to see how she would think that. (with the infinitive clause headed by to see) | |
I find it odd that you would say that. (with the noun clause introduced by that) | |
It is hard seeing you so sick. (with the gerund seeing) | |
He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that) | |
It is not clear if the report was true. (with the noun clause introduced by if) | |
7. pron. All or the end; something after which there is no more. | |
Are there more students in this class, or is this it? | |
That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you. | |
8. pron. (chiefly pejorative, offensive) A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male. | |
9. pron. (obsolete) (Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun): That which; what. | |
10. det. (obsolete) its | |
11. n. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being. | |
12. n. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag. | |
In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it… | |
13. n. (British) The game of tag. | |
Let's play it at breaktime. | |
14. n. Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty. | |
15. n. (euphemism) Sexual activity. | |
caught them doing it | |
16. adj. (colloquial) Most fashionable. | |