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all
1. adv. (degree) intensifier.
It suddenly went all quiet.
She was all, “Whatever.”
2. adv. (poetic) Entirely.
3. adv. Apiece; each.
The score was 30 all when the rain delay started.
4. adv. (degree) So much.
Don't want to go? All the better since I lost the tickets.
5. adv. (obsolete, poetic) even; just
6. det. Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or un).
All contestants must register at the scorer’s table. All flesh is originally grass. All my friends like classical music.
7. det. Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer).
The store is open all day and all night. (= through the whole of the day and the whole of the night.)
I’ve been working on this all year. (= from the beginning of the year until now.)
8. det. (obsolete) Any.
9. det. Only; alone; nothing but.
He's all talk; he never puts his ideas into practice.
10. pron. Everything.
some gave all they had; she knows all and sees all; Those who think they know it all are annoying to those of us who do.
11. pron. Everyone.
A good time was had by all.
12. n. (with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of.
She gave her all, and collapsed at the finish line.
13. n. The totality of one's possessions.
14. conj. (obsolete) although
15. adj. (dialect, Pennsylvania) All gone; dead.
The butter is all.
objects
1. n. plural of object
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of object
object
1. n. A thing that has physical existence.
2. n. objective, Objective; the goal, end or purpose of something.
3. n. (grammar) The noun phrase which is an internal complement of a verb phrase or a prepositional phrase. In a verb phrase with a transitive action verb, it is typically the receiver of the action.
4. n. A person or thing toward which an emotion is directed.
Mary Jane had been the object of Peter's affection for years.
The convertible, once the object of his desire, was now the object of his hatred.
Where's your object of ridicule now?
5. n. (object-oriented programming) An instantiation of a class or structure.
6. n. (category theory) An element within a category upon which function, functions operate. Thus, a category consists of a set of element objects and the functions that operate on them.
7. n. (obsolete) Sight; show; appearance; aspect.
8. v. 'panget
9. v. (intransitive) To disagree with something or someone; especially in a Court of Law, to raise an objection.
I object to the proposal to build a new airport terminal.
10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To offer in opposition as a criminal charge or by way of accusation or reproach; to adduce as an objection or adverse reason.
11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose.
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.
galaxy
1. n. (now rare) The Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth.
2. n. (galaxy) Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe.
revolve
1. v. (intransitive) To orbit a central point.
The Earth revolves around the sun.
2. v. (intransitive) To turn on an axis.
The Earth revolves once every twenty-four hours.
3. v. To cause to turn.
4. v. (intransitive) To recur in cycles.
The program revolves through all the queues before returning to the start.
The centuries revolve.
5. v. To ponder on; to reflect repeatedly upon; to consider all aspects of.
6. n. The rotation of part of the scenery within a theatrical production.
7. n. (obsolete) A radical change; revolution.
around
1. prep. Defining a circle or closed curve containing a thing.
I planted a row of lillies around the statue. The jackals began to gather around someone or something.
2. prep. Following the perimeter of a specified area and returning to the starting point.
We walked around the football field. She went around the track fifty times.
3. prep. Following a path which curves near an object, with the object on the inside of the curve.
The road took a brief detour around the large rock formation, then went straight on.
4. prep. (of distance, time) Near; in the vicinity of.
I left my keys somewhere around here. I left the house around 10 this morning. There isn't another house here for miles around. I'll see you around the neighbourhood, etc.
5. prep. At various places in.
The pages from the notebook were scattered around the room. Those teenagers like to hang around the mall.
6. adj. (informal, with the verb "to be") Alive; existing.
The record store on Main Street? Yes, it's still around.
"How is old Bob? I heard that his health is failing." "Oh, he's still around. He's feeling better now.".
7. adv. Generally.
8. adv. From place to place.
There are rumors going around that the company is bankrupt.
She went around the office and got everyone to sign the card.
Look around and see what you find.
We moved the furniture around in the living room.
9. adv. From one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement.
The team wasn't doing well, but the new coach really turned things around.
He used to stay up late but his new girlfriend changed that around.
The patient was unconscious but the doctor brought him around quickly. (see bring around, come around)
I didn't think he would ever like the new design, but eventually we brought him around. (see bring around, come around)
10. adv. (with turn, spin etc.) Partially or completely rotated, including to face in the opposite direction.
Turn around at the end of this street.
She spun around a few times.
11. adv. Used with verbs to indicate repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people
Stop kidding around. I'm serious.
I asked around, and no-one really liked it.
Shopping around can get you a better deal.
When are you going to stop whoring around, find a nice girl, and give us grandchildren?
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.
galaxy
1. n. (now rare) The Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth.
2. n. (galaxy) Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe.
center
1. n. (tcx, American spelling)
2. n. The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
3. n. The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
4. n. The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
5. n. (geometry) The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
6. n. (geometry) The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of al
7. n. (group theory, ring theory) The subgroup (respectively, subring), denoted Z(G), of those elements of a given group (respectively, ring) G that commute with every element of G.
8. n. A place where the greater part of some function or activity occurs.
shopping center, convention center, civic center, garment center, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Rockefeller Center
9. n. A topic that is particularly important in a given context.
the center of the controversy
the center of attention
10. n. (basketball) The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
11. n. (ice hockey) The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
12. n. (American football, Canadian football) The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
13. n. (netball) A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
14. n. (soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
15. n. (rugby) One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
16. n. (architecture) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
17. n. (engineering) One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.
18. n. (engineering) A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
19. n. (politics) The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
20. adj. Of, at, or related to a center.
21. v. To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
He centered the heading of the document.
22. v. To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
23. v. To give (something) a central basis.
24. v. (intransitive) To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
The plot centers on the life of a working-class family.
The discussion centered around the recent issues.
25. v. (engineering) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.

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