| 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. | |
| exact |
| 1. adj. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect. | |
| The clock keeps exact time. | |
| He paid the exact debt. | |
| an exact copy of a letter | |
| exact accounts | |
| 2. adj. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual. | |
| a man exact in observing an appointment | |
| In my doings I was exact. | |
| 3. adj. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict. | |
| 4. adj. (algebra, of a sequence of groups connected by homomorphisms) Such that the kernel of one homomorphism is the image of the preceding one. | |
| 5. v. To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way. | |
| to exact tribute, fees, or obedience from someone. | |
| 6. v. To make desirable or necessary. | |
| 7. v. To forcibly obtain or produce. | |
| to exact revenge on someone | |
| 8. adv. exactly | |
| She's wearing the exact same sweater as I am! | |
| copy |
| 1. n. The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original. | |
| Please bring me the copies of those reports. | |
| 2. n. An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality. | |
| That handbag is a copy. You can tell because the buckle is different. | |
| 3. n. (journalism) The text that is to be typeset. | |
| 4. n. (journalism) (A gender-neutral abbreviation for copy boy.) | |
| 5. n. (marketing, advertising) The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services. | |
| 6. n. The text of newspaper articles. | |
| Submit all copy to the appropriate editor. | |
| 7. n. A school work pad. | |
| Tim got in trouble for forgetting his maths copy. | |
| 8. n. A printed edition of a book or magazine. | |
| Have you seen the latest copy of "Newsweek" yet? | |
| The library has several copies of the Bible. | |
| 9. n. Writing paper of a particular size, called also bastard. | |
| 10. n. (obsolete) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example. | |
| His virtues are an excellent copy for imitation. | |
| 11. n. (obsolete) An abundance or plenty of anything. | |
| 12. n. (obsolete) copyhold; tenure; lease | |
| 13. n. (genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication. | |
| 14. v. To produce an object identical to a given object. | |
| Please copy these reports for me. | |
| 15. v. (transitive, computing) To place a copy of an object in memory for later use. | |
| First copy the files, and then paste them in another directory. | |
| 16. v. To imitate. | |
| Don't copy my dance moves. | |
| Mom, he's copying me! | |
| 17. v. (radio) To receive a transmission successfully. | |
| Do you copy? | |
