| 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. | |
| event |
| 1. n. An occurrence; something that happens. | |
| 2. n. A prearranged social activity (function, etc.) | |
| I went to an event in San Francisco last week. | |
| Where will the event be held? | |
| 3. n. One of several contests that combine to make up a competition. | |
| 4. n. An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases). | |
| In the event, he turned out to have what I needed anyway. | |
| 5. n. (physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate. | |
| 6. n. (computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a s | |
| 7. n. (probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space. | |
| IfX is a random variable representing the toss of a six-sided die, then its sample space could be denoted as 1,2,3,4,5,6. Examples of events could be:X = 1,X = 2, X \ge 5, X \not = 4, andX \isi | |
| 8. n. (obsolete) An affair in hand; business; enterprise. | |
| 9. n. (medicine) An episode of severe health conditions. | |
| 10. v. (obsolete) To occur, take place. | |
| 11. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate. | |
| 12. v. (obsolete, transitive) To expose to the air, ventilate. | |
| 13. v. cln, en, basic words | |
| 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. | |
| great |
| 1. adj. Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i. e. having many parts or members) or duration (i. e. relatively long); very big. | |
| A great storm is approaching our shores. | |
| a great assembly | |
| a great wait | |
| 2. adj. Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind. | |
| the great auk | |
| 3. adj. (qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the word qualified implies (from 1510s). see Derived terms | |
| great-grandfather | |
| 4. adj. (obsolete, postpositive, followed by 'with') Pregnant; large with young; full of. | |
| great with child | |
| great with hope | |
| 5. adj. (obsolete, except with 'friend' and similar words such as 'mate','buddy') Intimate; familiar. | |
| 6. adj. Extreme or more than usual. | |
| great worry | |
| 7. adj. Of significant importance or consequence; important. | |
| a great decision | |
| 8. adj. (applied to actions, thoughts and feelings) Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent. | |
| a great deed | |
| a great nature | |
| a great history | |
| 9. adj. Impressive or striking. | |
| a great show of wealth | |
| 10. adj. Much in use; favoured. | |
| Poetry was a great convention of the Romantic era. | |
| 11. adj. (applied to persons) Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble. | |
| a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, writer etc. | |
| 12. adj. Title referring to an important leader. | |
| Alexander the Great | |
| 13. adj. Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic. | |
| What a great buffoon! | |
| He's not a great one for reading. | |
| a great walker | |
| 14. adj. (often followed by 'at') Skilful or adroit. | |
| a great carpenter | |
| You are great at singing. | |
| 15. adj. (informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic (from 1848). | |
| Dinner was great. | |
| 16. adj. (informal, British) Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths. | |
| a dirty great smack in the face | |
| Great Scott! | |
| 17. interj. Expression of gladness and content about something. | |
| Great! Thanks for the wonderful work. | |
| 18. interj. sarcastic inversion thereof. | |
| Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order. | |
| 19. n. A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim. | |
| Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science. | |
| 20. n. (music) The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division. | |
| 21. adv. very well (in a very satisfactory manner) | |
| Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don't have to be sharpened. | |
| loss |
| 1. n. an instance of losing, such as a defeat | |
| The match ended in their first loss of the season. | |
| 2. n. The result of an alteration in a function or characteristic of the body, or of its previous integrity. | |
| Loss of an arm ; loss of weight ; loss of cognitive functions ; loss of appetite. | |
| In other areas, glacier loss creates serious risk of a dry period across the Third Pole, Wang said. | |
| 3. n. the hurtful condition of having lost something or someone, particularly in death. | |
| We mourn his loss. | |
| 4. n. (in the plural) casualties, especially physically eliminated victims of violent conflict | |
| The battle was won, but losses were great. | |
| 5. n. (financial) the sum an entity loses on balance | |
| The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss, when this difference is positive. | |
| 6. n. destruction, ruin | |
| It was a terrible crash: both cars were total losses | |
| 7. n. (engineering) electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work | |
| The inefficiency of many old-fashioned power plants exceeds 60% loss before the subsequent losses during transport over the grid | |
| 8. v. (colloquial) alternative spelling of lost | |
