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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.
interpretation
1. n. An act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure; a translation; a version; a construction.
the interpretation of a dream, or of an enigma.
2. n. A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.
Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.
3. n. (linguistics, translation studies) The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).
(hyponyms, en, simultaneous interpretation, consecutive interpretation)
4. n. The power of explaining.
5. n. An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.
6. n. An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
7. n. (physics) An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.
8. n. (logic, model theory) An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.
9. n. the practice and discipline of explaining natural and cultural heritage to visitors at museums, historic sites, zoos, aquaria, science centres, art galleries, etc. Also called heritage interpretation
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.
performance
1. n. The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
the performance of an undertaking or a duty
2. n. That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.
3. n. (arts) A live show or concert.
4. n. The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.
Better performance means more work accomplished in shorter time and/or using fewer resources.
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.
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.
artwork
1. n. A painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
2. n. Artistic work.
3. n. (reprographics) The graphical elements to be included in a reproduced work.
The text has been reviewed, but the photographer hasn't delivered some of the artwork.
especially
1. adv. (manner) In a special manner; specially.
2. adv. (focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal.
3. adv. (focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something.
Invite them all, especially Molly.
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
musical
1. adj. Of or relating to music.
2. adj. Gifted or skilled in music.
3. adj. Pleasing to the ear.
Her voice had a musical quality.
4. adj. Pertaining to a class of games in which players move while music plays, but have to take a fixed position when it stops; by extension, any situation where people repeatedly change positions.
5. n. A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.
score
1. n. The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
The player with the highest score is the winner.
2. n. The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
The score is 8-1 even though it's not even half-time!
3. n. The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
The test scores for this class were high.
4. n. Twenty, 20 (number).
Some words have scores of meanings.
5. n. A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
6. n. A weight of twenty pounds.
7. n. (music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts below each other.
8. n. (music) The music of a movie or play.
9. n. Subject.
10. n. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
11. n. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
12. n. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.
13. n. (US, crime slang) A robbery; a criminal act.
Let's pull a score!
14. n. (US, crime slang) A bribe paid to a police officer.
15. n. (US, crime slang) An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
He made a big score.
16. n. (US, crime slang) A prostitute's client.
17. n. (US, vulgar slang) A sexual conquest.
18. v. To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
The baker scored the cake so that the servers would know where to slice it.
19. v. (intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
20. v. To obtain something desired.
21. v. To earn points in a game.
It is unusual for a team to score a hundred goals in one game.
Pelé scores again!
22. v. To achieve (a score) in e.g. a test.
23. v. (slang) To acquire or gain.
I scored some drugs last night.
Did you score tickets for the concert?
24. v. (US, crime slang) To extract a bribe.
25. v. (vulgar, slang) To obtain a sexual favor.
Chris finally scored with Pat last week.
26. v. To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
27. interj. (US, slang) Acknowledgement of success
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.
musical
1. adj. Of or relating to music.
2. adj. Gifted or skilled in music.
3. adj. Pleasing to the ear.
Her voice had a musical quality.
4. adj. Pertaining to a class of games in which players move while music plays, but have to take a fixed position when it stops; by extension, any situation where people repeatedly change positions.
5. n. A stage performance, show or film that involves singing, dancing and musical numbers performed by the cast as well as acting.
work
1. n. (heading) Employment.
2. n. Labour, occupation, job.
My work involves a lot of travel.
3. n. The place where one is employed.
He hasn’t come home yet, he’s still at work.
4. n. One's employer
“I want to go to the R.E.M. reunion concert but I'm not sure if my work will let me off.”
5. n. (heading) Effort.
6. n. Effort expended on a particular task.
Holding a brick over your head is hard work. It takes a lot of work to write a dictionary.
7. n. Sustained human effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
We know what we must do. Let's go to work.
8. n. Something on which effort is expended.
There's lots of work waiting for me at the office.
9. n. (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
Work is done against friction to drag a bag along the ground.
10. n. (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process.
11. n. Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
We don't have much time. Let's get to work piling up those sandbags.
12. n. Product; the result of effort.:
13. n. (often, in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
There's a lot of guesswork involved.
14. n. (often, in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
We've got some paperwork to do before we can get started. The piece was decorated with intricate filigree work.
15. n. A literary, artistic, or intellectual production.
It is a work of art.
the poetic works of Alexander Pope
16. n. A fortification.
William the Conqueror fortified many castles, throwing up new ramparts, bastions and all manner of works.
17. n. (slang) The staging of events to appear as real.
18. n. (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
19. n. The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
Tell me you're using clean works at least.
20. v. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
He’s working in a bar.
21. v. Followed by in (or at, etc.) Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business).
I work in a national park
she works in the human resources department
he mostly works in logging, but sometimes works in carpentry
22. v. Followed by as. Said of one's job title
I work as a cleaner.
23. v. Followed by for. Said of a company or individual who employs.
she works for Microsoft
he works for the president
24. v. Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.
I work closely with my Canadian counterparts
you work with computers
she works with the homeless people from the suburbs
25. v. To effect by gradual degrees.
he worked his way through the crowd
the dye worked its way through
using some tweezers, she worked the bee sting out of her hand
26. v. To embroider with thread.
27. v. To set into action.
He worked the levers.
28. v. To cause to ferment.
29. v. (intransitive) To ferment.
30. v. To exhaust, by working.
The mine was worked until the last scrap of ore had been extracted.
31. v. To shape, form, or improve a material.
He used pliers to work the wire into shape.
32. v. To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
she works the night clubs
the salesman works the Midwest
this artist works mostly in acrylics
33. v. To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
34. v. To provoke or excite; to influence.
The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy.
35. v. To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
She knows how to work the system.
36. v. To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
I cannot work a miracle.
37. v. To cause to work.
He is working his servants hard.
38. v. (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
he pointed at the car and asked, "Does it work"?; he looked at the bottle of pain pills, wondering if they would work; my plan didn’t work
39. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
They worked on her to join the group.
40. v. (intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
41. v. (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
His fingers worked with tension.
A ship works in a heavy sea.
42. v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
this dough does not work easily; the soft metal works well
43. v. (transitive, with two objects, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
44. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To hurt; to ache.

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