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. | |
relative |
1. adj. Connected to or depending on something else; comparative. | |
2. adj. (computing, of a URL, URI, path, or similar) Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form. | |
The relative URL/images/pic.jpg, when evaluated in the context ofhttp&x3A;//example.com/docs/pic.html, corresponds to the absolute URLhttp&x3A;//example.com/images/pic.jpg. | |
3. adj. (grammar) That relates to an antecedent. | |
4. adj. (music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor. | |
5. adj. Relevant; pertinent; related. | |
relative to your earlier point about taxes, ... | |
6. adj. Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional. | |
7. n. Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption. | |
Why do my relatives always talk about sex? | |
8. n. (linguistics) A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages. | |
rise |
1. v. (intransitive) To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground. | |
2. v. To move upwards. | |
We watched the balloon rise. | |
3. v. To grow upward; to attain a certain height. | |
This elm tree rises to a height of seventy feet. | |
4. v. To slope upward. | |
The path rises as you approach the foot of the hill. | |
5. v. (of a celestial body) To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation. | |
The sun was rising in the East. | |
6. v. To become erect; to assume an upright position. | |
to rise from a chair or from a fall | |
7. v. To leave one's bed; to get up. | |
8. v. (figurative) To be resurrected. | |
he rose from the grave; he is risen! | |
9. v. (figurative) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn. | |
The committee rose after agreeing to the report. | |
10. v. (intransitive) To increase in value or standing. | |
11. v. To attain a higher status. | |
12. v. Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase. | |
13. v. To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse. | |
to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence; a story rises in interest. | |
14. v. To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch. | |
to rise a tone or semitone | |
15. v. To begin; to develop. | |
16. v. To develop. | |
17. v. To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light. | |
Has that dough risen yet? | |
18. v. (of a river) To have its source (in a particular place). | |
19. v. To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight. | |
a noise rose on the air; odour rises from the flower | |
20. v. To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel. | |
21. v. To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur. | |
22. v. To go up; to ascend; to climb. | |
to rise a hill | |
23. v. To cause to go up or ascend. | |
to rise a fish, or cause it to come to the surface of the water | |
to rise a ship, or bring it above the horizon by approaching it | |
24. v. (obsolete) To retire; to give up a siege. | |
25. v. To come; to offer itself. | |
26. v. (printing, dated) To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form. | |
27. n. The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater. | |
The rise of the tide. | |
There was a rise of nearly two degrees since yesterday. | |
Exercise is usually accompanied by a temporary rise in blood pressure. | |
28. n. The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence. | |
The rise of the working class. | |
The rise of the printing press. | |
The rise of the feminists. | |
29. n. (chiefly UK) An increase (in a quantity, price, etc). | |
30. n. The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts. | |
The rise of his pants was so low that his tailbone was exposed. | |
31. n. (Ireland) An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise (US). | |
The governor just gave me a rise of two pound six. | |
32. n. (Sussex) A small hill; used chiefly in place names. | |
33. n. An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope. | |
34. n. (informal) An angry reaction. | |
I knew that would get a rise out of him. | |
35. n. alternative form of rice (twig) | |
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. | |
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. | |
level |
1. adj. The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground. | |
This table isn't quite level; see how this marble rolls off it? | |
2. adj. At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with. | |
We tried to hang the pictures so that the bottom of the frames were level with the dark line in the wallpaper. | |
3. adj. Unvaried in frequency. | |
His pulse has been level for 12 hours. | |
4. adj. Unvaried in volume. | |
His voice has been unchanged. It has been level for 12 hours. | |
5. adj. Calm. | |
He kept a level head under stress. | |
6. adj. In the same position or rank. | |
7. adj. Straightforward; direct; clear. | |
8. adj. Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial. | |
a level head; a level understanding | |
9. adj. (phonetics) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic. | |
10. adj. (physics) Perpendicular to a gravitational force. | |
The earth's oceans remain level in relation to the pull of gravity. | |
11. n. A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference. | |
Hand me the level so I can tell if this is correctly installed. | |
12. n. A distance relative to a given reference elevation. | |
By the end of the day, we'd dug down to the level of the old basement floor. | |
13. n. Degree or amount. | |
The sound level is much too high; this hurts my ears. We've reached a new level of success. | |
14. n. Achievement or qualification. | |
She achieved a high level of distinction. | |
15. n. (computer science) Distance from the root node of a tree structure. | |
16. n. (video games) One of several discrete segments of a game generally increasing in difficulty. Often numbered. Often, each level occupies different physical space (levels don't require any direct physic | |
It took me weeks to get to level seven. Watch out for the next level; the bad guys there are really overpowered. | |
17. n. (role-playing games, video games) A numeric value that quantifies a character's experience and power. | |
My half-orc barbarian reached fifth level before he was squashed by a troll. | |
18. n. A floor of a multi-storey building. | |
Take the elevator and get off at the promenade level. | |
19. n. (British) An area of almost perfectly flat land. | |
20. n. (Singapore, education) A school grade or year. | |
21. v. To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible. | |
You can level the table by turning the pads that screw into the feet. | |
22. v. To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze. | |
The hurricane leveled the forest. | |
23. v. (RPG, video games) To progress to the next level. | |
I levelled after defeating the dragon. | |
24. v. To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc). | |
He levelled an accusation of fraud at the directors. The hunter levels the gun before taking a shot. | |
25. v. To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone). | |
26. v. (sports) To make the score of a game equal. | |
27. v. (figurative) To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc. | |
to level all the ranks and conditions of men | |
28. v. To adjust or adapt to a certain level. | |
to level remarks to the capacity of children | |
29. v. (usually with "with") To speak honestly and openly with. | |
I tried to level with them, but they just wouldn't listen. | |
resulting |
1. adj. Of something that follows as the result of something else. | |
After the flood, the resulting epidemics killed even more. | |
2. v. present participle of result | |
result |
1. v. To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor. | |
2. v. (intransitive, follwed by "in") To have as a consequence; to lead to; to bring about | |
This measure will result in good or in evil. | |
3. v. (legal) To return to the proprietor (or heirs) after a reversion. | |
4. v. (obsolete) To leap back; to rebound. | |
5. n. That which results; the conclusion or end to which any course or condition of things leads, or which is obtained by any process or operation; consequence or effect. | |
the result of a course of action; the result of a mathematical operation | |
6. n. The fruit, beneficial or tangible effect(s) achieved by effort. | |
7. n. The decision or determination of a council or deliberative assembly; a resolve; a decree. | |
8. n. (obsolete) A flying back; resilience. | |
9. n. (sports) The final score in a game. | |
10. n. (by extension) A positive or favourable outcome for someone. | |
11. interj. (UK) An exclamation of joy following a favorable outcome. | |
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. | |
deposition |
1. n. The removal of someone from office. | |
2. n. The act of depositing material, especially by a natural process; the resultant deposit. | |
3. n. (chemistry) The production of a thin film of material onto an existing surface. | |
4. n. (legal) The process of taking sworn testimony out of court; the testimony so taken. | |
5. n. (meteorology) The formation of snow or frost directly from water vapor. | |
6. n. (physics) The transformation of a gas into a solid without an intermediate liquid phase (reverse of sublimation) | |
7. n. (religion) The formal placement of relics in a church or shrine, and the feast day commemorating it. | |
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. | |
Marine |
1. adj. Of, or pertaining to, a marine corps. | |
2. adj. Of or pertaining to the sea. | |
3. n. (military, nautical) A soldier, normally a member of a marine corps, trained to serve on board or from a ship | |
He was a marine in World War II. | |
4. n. (capitalised in the plural) A marine corps. | |
He fought with the Marines in World War II. | |
5. n. A painting representing some marine subject. | |
strata |
1. n. plural of stratum | |
2. n. (British Columbia) condominium unit, condominium building, condominium title | |
Learn more about the renting in stratas; some stratas may have rental restriction bylaws. There are also legal requirements for buying and selling strata properties. | |
over |
1. adj. Discontinued; ended or concluded. | |
The show is over. | |
2. adv. Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end. | |
Let's talk over the project at tomorrow's meeting. | |
Let me think that over. | |
I'm going to look over our department's expenses. | |
3. adv. To an excessive degree; overly. | |
4. adv. From an upright position to being horizontal. | |
He tipped the bottle over, and the water came gushing out. | |
That building just fell over! | |
He bent over to touch his toes. | |
5. adv. Horizontally; left to right or right to left. | |
Slide the toilet-paper dispenser's door over when one roll is empty in order to reveal the other. | |
I moved over to make room for him to sit down. | |
6. adv. From one position or state to another. | |
Please pass that over to me. | |
He came over to our way of thinking on the new project. | |
Come over and play! | |
I'll bring over a pizza. | |
7. adv. Overnight (throughout the night). | |
We stayed over at Grandma's. | |
Can I sleep over? | |
8. adv. (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again. | |
I lost my paper and I had to do the entire assignment over. | |
9. adv. (procedure word, military) a procedure word meaning that a station is finished transmitting and is expecting a response. | |
Bravo Six, this is Bravo Six Four. Stand by for ten mike report one dash three, over. | |
Bravo Six Four, this is Bravo Six Actual. Send your traffic, over. | |
10. n. (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled. | |
11. n. Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc. | |
12. prep. Physical positioning. | |
13. prep. On top of; above; higher than; further up. | |
Hold the sign up over your head. climb up the ladder and look over the roof | |
14. prep. Across or spanning. | |
There is a bridge over the river. | |
15. prep. In such a way as to cover. | |
drape the fabric over the table; there is a roof over the house | |
16. prep. From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards. | |
The dog jumped over the fence. | |
I'll go over the fence first and then help you. | |
Let's walk over the hill to get there. | |
17. prep. By comparison. | |
18. prep. More than; to a greater degree. | |
I prefer the purple over the pink. | |
19. prep. Beyond; past; exceeding; too much or too far. | |
I think I’m over my limit for calories for today. | |
20. prep. (in certain collocations) As compared to. | |
Sales are down this quarter over last. | |
21. prep. Indicating relative status, authority, or power | |
The owner's son lorded over the experienced managers. | |
The prince ruled over a portion of the kingdom. | |
22. prep. (mathematics) Divided by. | |
four over two equals two over one | |
23. prep. (poker) (Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.) | |
9♦9♠9♣6♥6♠ = nines over sixes | |
24. prep. Finished with; done with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two. | |
We got over the engineering problems and the prototype works great. | |
I am over my cold and feel great again. | |
I know the referee made a bad call, but you have to get over it your annoyance with the referee's decision. | |
She is finally over the distress of losing her job. | |
He is finally over his distress over the loss of the relationship with his ex-girlfriend. | |
25. prep. While using, especially while consuming. | |
26. prep. Concerning or regarding. | |
The two boys had a fight over whose girlfriend was the best. | |
27. prep. Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding. | |
We triumphed over difficulties. | |
The bill was passed over the veto. | |
It was a fine victory over their opponents. | |
28. interj. In radio communications: end of sentence, ready to receive reply. | |
How do you receive? Over! | |
29. n. (rare, dialectal, or obsolete) A shore, riverbank. | |
The sea's over. | |
Terrestrial |
1. n. An inhabitant of the planet Earth. | |
2. n. (botany) A ground-dwelling plant. | |
3. n. alternative case form of Terrestrial | |
4. adj. Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of the Earth or its inhabitants, earthly. | |
5. adj. Of, relating to, or composed of land. | |
6. adj. Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitat); not aquatic, etc. | |
a terrestrial plant | |
7. adj. (astronomy) Of a planet, being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals; see also terrestrial planet. | |
8. adj. Concerned with the world or worldly matters. | |
9. adj. (Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory. | |
10. adj. (broadcasting) Broadcast using radio waves as opposed to satellite or cable. | |
strata |
1. n. plural of stratum | |
2. n. (British Columbia) condominium unit, condominium building, condominium title | |
Learn more about the renting in stratas; some stratas may have rental restriction bylaws. There are also legal requirements for buying and selling strata properties. | |