administrative |
1. adj. Of or relating to administering or administration. | |
division |
1. n. The act or process of dividing anything. | |
2. n. Each of the separate parts of something resulting from division. | |
3. n. (arithmetic) The process of dividing a number by another. | |
4. n. (arithmetic) A calculation that involves this process. | |
I've got ten divisions to do for my homework. | |
5. n. (military) A formation, usually made up of two or three brigades. | |
6. n. A section of a large company. | |
7. n. (taxonomy) A rank below kingdom and above class, particularly used of plants or fungi, also (particularly of animals) called a phylum; a taxon at that rank. | |
Magnolias belong to the division Magnoliophyta. | |
8. n. A disagreement; a difference of viewpoint between two sides of an argument. | |
9. n. (government) A method by which a legislature is separated into groups in order to take a better estimate of vote than a voice vote. | |
The House of Commons has voted to approve the third reading of the bill without a division. The bill will now progress to the House of Lords. | |
10. n. (music) A florid instrumental variation of a melody in the 17th and 18th centuries, originally conceived as the dividing of each of a succession of long notes into several short ones. | |
11. n. (music) A set of pipes in a pipe organ which are independently controlled and supplied. | |
12. n. (legal) A concept whereby a common group of debtors are only responsible for their proportionate sum of the total debt. | |
13. n. (computing) Any of the four major parts of a COBOL program source code | |
14. n. (Eton College) A lesson; a class. | |
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. | |
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. | |
later |
1. adv. comparative form of late: more late | |
You came in late yesterday and today you came in even later. | |
2. adv. Afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time). | |
My roommate arrived first. I arrived later. | |
I arrived later than my roommate. | |
3. adv. At some unspecified time in the future. | |
I wanted to do it now, but I'll have to do it later. | |
4. adj. comparative form of late: more late | |
Jim was later than John. | |
5. adj. Coming afterward in time (used with than when comparing with another time). | |
The Victorian era is a later period of English history than the Elizabethan era. | |
6. adj. At some time in the future. | |
The meeting was adjourned to a later date. | |
7. interj. (slang) See you later; goodbye. | |
Later, dude. | |
Roman |
1. adj. Of or from Rome. | |
2. adj. Of or from the Roman Empire | |
3. adj. (of type or text) supporting or using a Western European character set. | |
4. adj. (typography) a font which is upright, as opposed to oblique or italic. See roman font. | |
5. adj. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church or the Holy See. | |
6. n. A native or resident of Rome. | |
7. n. (historical) A native or resident of the Roman Empire. | |
8. n. (legal, colloquial) Used to distinguish a Roman numeral from an Arabic numeral in oral discourse. | |
You will find the term defined at the end of Roman one. | |
9. n. The Roman script. | |
10. adj. (of type, typography) Upright, as opposed to italic. | |
11. adj. (of text, computing) Of or related to the Latin alphabet. | |
Empire |
1. adj. (fashion, furniture, art) Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814). | |
2. adj. (of a woman's dress) Having the waistline just below the bust; featuring an empire waist. | |
3. adj. (Britain, dated, of wine) Produced in a dependency of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations. | |
4. n. A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority. | |
5. n. A political unit that controls at least one kingdom under its vassalage. | |
6. n. A group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to a foreign power. | |
7. n. A state ruled by an emperor. | |
The Empire of Vietnam was a short-lived client state of Japan governing Vietnam between March 11 and August 23, 1945. | |
8. n. An expansive and wealthy corporation. | |
the McDonald's fast food empire | |
9. adj. alternative case form of Empire. | |
starting |
1. v. present participle of start | |
2. n. The act of something that starts. | |
constant startings and stoppings | |
start |
1. n. The beginning of an activity. | |
The movie was entertaining from start to finish. | |
2. n. A sudden involuntary movement. | |
He woke with a start. | |
3. n. The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc. | |
4. n. An appearance in a sports game from the beginning of the match. | |
Jones has been a substitute before, but made his first start for the team last Sunday. | |
5. n. (horticulture) A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later. | |
6. n. An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start. | |
to get, or have, the start | |
7. v. To begin, commence, initiate. | |
8. v. To set in motion. | |
to start a stream of water; to start a rumour; to start a business | |
9. v. To begin. | |
10. v. To initiate operation of a vehicle or machine. | |
to start the engine | |
11. v. To put or raise (a question, an objection); to put forward (a subject for discussion). | |
12. v. To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent. | |
13. v. (intransitive) To begin an activity. | |
The rain started at 9:00. | |
14. v. (intransitive) To have its origin (at), begin. | |
The speed limit is 50 km/h, starting at the edge of town. | |
The blue line starts one foot away from the wall. | |
15. v. To startle or be startled; to move or be moved suddenly. | |
16. v. (intransitive) To jerk suddenly in surprise. | |
17. v. (intransitive) To awaken suddenly. | |
18. v. To disturb and cause to move suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly. | |
The hounds started a fox. | |
19. v. To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate. | |
to start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel | |
20. v. (intransitive) To break away, to come loose. | |
21. v. (transitive, sports) To put into play. | |
22. v. (transitive, nautical) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from. | |
to start a water cask | |
23. v. (intransitive, euphemistic) To start one's periods (menstruation). | |
Have you started yet? | |
24. n. A tail, or anything projecting like a tail. | |
25. n. A handle, especially that of a plough. | |
26. n. The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket. | |
27. n. The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse. | |
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? | |
11. adv. --> | |
12. n. alternative form of withe | |
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. | |
tetrarchy |
1. n. (politics) A government where power is shared by four people, especially (historical) the Herodian tetrarchy established in Judea after the death of Herod and the Tetrachy of Diocletian which ruled th | |
2. n. (geography) The land ruled by such a government, either together or separately. | |