| an |
| 1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound | |
| 2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable | |
| 3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable | |
| 4. conj. (archaic) If | |
| 5. conj. (archaic) So long as. | |
| An it harm none, do what ye will. | |
| 6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though. | |
| 7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri). | |
| 8. prep. In each; to or for each; per. | |
| I was only going twenty miles an hour. | |
| ancient |
| 1. adj. Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old. | |
| an ancient city an ancient forest | |
| 2. adj. Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern. | |
| an ancient author an ancient empire | |
| 3. adj. (history) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages. | |
| 4. adj. (obsolete) Experienced; versed. | |
| 5. adj. (obsolete) Former; sometime. | |
| 6. n. A person who is very old. | |
| 7. n. A person who lived in ancient times. | |
| 8. n. (heraldry, archaic) A flag, banner, standard or ensign. | |
| 9. n. (legal) One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery. | |
| 10. n. (obsolete) A senior; an elder; a predecessor. | |
| 11. n. (obsolete, rare) ensign or flag | |
| 12. n. (obsolete, rare) the bearer of a flag; ensign | |
| 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. | |
| medieval |
| 1. adj. Of or relating to the Middle Ages, the period from approximately 500 to 1500 AD. | |
| 2. adj. Having characteristics associated with the Middle Ages in popular, modern cultural perception: | |
| 3. adj. Archaic. | |
| 4. adj. Brutal. | |
| 5. n. Someone living in the Middle Ages. | |
| 6. n. A medieval example (of something aforementioned or understood from context). | |
| collection |
| 1. n. A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together. | |
| The attic contains a remarkable collection of antiques, oddities, and random junk. | |
| The asteroid belt consists of a collection of dust, rubble, and minor planets. | |
| 2. n. Multiple related objects associated as a group. | |
| He has a superb coin collection. | |
| 3. n. The activity of collecting. | |
| Collection of trash will occur every Thursday. | |
| 4. n. (topology, analysis) A set of sets. | |
| 5. n. A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations. | |
| 6. n. (law) Debt collection. | |
| 7. n. (obsolete) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred. | |
| 8. n. (UK) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise. | |
| 9. n. (in the UK, Oxford University) A set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term. | |
| 10. n. The quality of being collected; calm composure. | |
| 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. | |
| models |
| 1. n. plural of model | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of model | |
| model |
| 1. n. A person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion, usually in the medium of photography but also for painting or drawing. | |
| The beautiful model had her face on the cover of almost every fashion magazine imaginable. | |
| 2. n. A person, usually an attractive female, hired to show items or goods to the public, such as items given away as prizes on a TV game show. | |
| 3. n. A representation of a physical object, usually in miniature. | |
| The boy played with a model of a World War II fighter plane. | |
| 4. n. A simplified representation used to explain the workings of a real world system or event. | |
| The computer weather model did not correctly predict the path of the hurricane. | |
| 5. n. A style, type, or design. | |
| He decided to buy the turbo engine model of the sports car. | |
| This year's model features four doors instead of two. | |
| 6. n. The structural design of a complex system. | |
| The team developed a sound business model. | |
| 7. n. A successful example to be copied, with or without modifications. | |
| He was a model of eloquence and virtue. | |
| British parliamentary democracy was seen as a model for other countries to follow. | |
| 8. n. (logic) An interpretation function which assigns a truth value to each atomic proposition. | |
| 9. n. (logic) An interpretation which makes a certain sentence true, in which case that interpretation is called a model of that sentence. | |
| 10. n. (manufacturing) An identifier of a product given by its manufacturer (also called model number). | |
| 11. n. (medicine) An animal that is used to study a human disease or pathology. | |
| 12. n. Any copy, or resemblance, more or less exact. | |
| 13. n. (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that manage the data. | |
| 14. adj. Worthy of being a model; exemplary. | |
| 15. v. To display for others to see, especially in regard to wearing clothing while performing the role of a fashion model. | |
| She modelled the shoes for her friends to see. | |
| 16. v. To use as an object in the creation of a forecast or model. | |
| They modelled the data with a computer to analyze the experiment’s results. | |
| 17. v. To make a miniature model of. | |
| He takes great pride in his skill at modeling airplanes. | |
| 18. v. To create from a substance such as clay. | |
| The sculptor modelled the clay into the form of a dolphin. | |
| 19. v. (intransitive) To make a model or models. | |
| 20. v. (intransitive) To be a model of any kind. | |
| The actress used to model before being discovered by Hollywood. | |
| for |
| 1. conj. (dated) Because. | |
| 2. prep. Towards. | |
| The astronauts headed for the moon. | |
| 3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to. | |
| I have something for you. | |
| 4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of. | |
| We're having a birthday party for Janet. | |
| The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary. | |
| The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala. | |
| 5. prep. Supporting. | |
| All those for the motion raise your hands. | |
| 6. prep. Because of. | |
| He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him. | |
| (UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight. | |
| She was the worse for drink. | |
| 7. prep. Over a period of time. | |
| I've lived here for three years. | |
| They fought for days over a silly pencil. | |
| 8. prep. Throughout an extent of space. | |
| 9. prep. On behalf of. | |
| I will stand in for him. | |
| 10. prep. Instead of, or in place of. | |
| 11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire. | |
| I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday. | |
| He's going for his doctorate. | |
| Do you want to go for coffee? | |
| People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers. | |
| Can you go to the store for some eggs? | |
| I'm saving up for a car. | |
| Don't wait for an answer. | |
| What did he ask you for? | |
| 12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward. | |
| Run for the hills! | |
| He was headed for the door when he remembered. | |
| 13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect. | |
| Fair for its day. | |
| She's spry for an old lady. | |
| 14. prep. Despite, in spite of. | |
| 15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive. | |
| For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.) | |
| All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.) | |
| 16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio | |
| In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day | |
| 17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen. | |
| At close of play, England were 305 for 3. | |
| 18. prep. To be, or as being. | |
| 19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.) | |
| 20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs). | |
| official |
| 1. adj. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust. | |
| official duties | |
| 2. adj. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority | |
| an official statement or report | |
| 3. adj. Approved by authority; authorized. | |
| The Official Strategy Guide | |
| 4. adj. (Of a statement) Dubious but recognized by authorities as truth and/or canon. | |
| Despite these testimonies, "accidental asphyxiation" remains his official cause of death. | |
| 5. adj. (pharmaceutical) Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal. | |
| an official drug or preparation | |
| 6. adj. Discharging an office or function. | |
| 7. adj. Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant. | |
| 8. adj. Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction. | |
| 9. adj. True, real, beyond doubt. | |
| Well, it's official: you lost your mind! | |
| 10. n. An office holder invested with powers and authorities. | |
| David Barnes was the official charged with the running of the sports club. | |
| Last year, Yulong Snow Mountain park officials reported that 2.6 million visitors came to the mountain. | |
| 11. n. A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition. | |
| In most soccer games there are three officials: the referee and two linesmen. | |
| writings |
| 1. n. plural of writing | |
| writing |
| 1. n. Graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning. | |
| 2. n. Something written, such as a document, article or book. | |
| 3. n. The process of representing a language with symbols or letters. | |
| 4. n. A work of an author. | |
| 5. n. The style of writing of a person. | |
| I can't read your writing. | |
| 6. n. (as a modifier) Intended for or used in writing. | |
| a writing table | |
| 7. v. present participle of write | |
