| 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. | |
| requirement |
| 1. n. A necessity or prerequisite; something required or obligatory. Its adpositions are generally of in relation to who or what has given it, on in relation to whom or what it is given to, and for in relat | |
| There was a requirement of the government on citizens for paying taxes. | |
| 2. n. Something asked. | |
| 3. n. (engineering) A statement (in domain specific terms) which specifies a verifiable constraint on an implementation that it shall undeniably meet or (a) be deemed unacceptable, or (b) result in implemen | |
| term |
| 1. n. Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract. | |
| Be sure to read the terms and conditions before signing. | |
| 2. n. That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary. | |
| 3. n. (geometry, archaic) A point, line, or superficies that limits. | |
| A line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid. | |
| 4. n. A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge. | |
| "Algorithm" is a term used in computer science. | |
| 5. n. Relations among people. | |
| We are on friendly terms with each other. | |
| 6. n. Part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year. | |
| 7. n. Duration of a set length; period in office of fixed length. | |
| He was sentenced to a term of six years in prison. | |
| near-term, mid-term and long-term goals | |
| the term allowed to a debtor to discharge his debt | |
| 8. n. (of a patent) The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force. | |
| 9. n. (archaic) A menstrual period. | |
| 10. n. (mathematics) Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table. | |
| All the terms of this sum cancel out. | |
| One only term is odd nobr - in ( 12; 3; 4 ). | |
| 11. n. (logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice. | |
| 12. n. (astrology) An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart. | |
| 13. n. (architecture) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr. | |
| 14. n. (nautical) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail. | |
| 15. v. To phrase a certain way; to name or call. | |
| 16. adj. (medicine, colloquial) Born or delivered at term. | |
| term neonate | |
| 17. n. (computing, informal) terminal (computer program that emulates a physical terminal) | |
| 18. v. To terminate one's employment | |
| 19. n. One whose employment has been terminated | |
| or |
| 1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
| In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
| He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
| 2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
| 3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
| 4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
| It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
| 5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
| The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
| 6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
| 7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
| 10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
| 11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
| requisite |
| 1. adj. Essential, required, indispensable. | |
| Please submit the requisite papers before the end of the financial year. | |
| 2. n. An indispensable item; a requirement. | |
