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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.
irrational
1. adj. Not rational; unfounded or nonsensical.
an irrational decision
2. adj. (mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not comparable) Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.
The number π is irrational.
3. n. A real number that can not be expressed as the quotient of two integers, an irrational number.
hostile
1. adj. not friendly, appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure
a hostile force
hostile intentions
a hostile country
hostile to a sudden change
2. adj. Aggressive, antagonistic.
3. adj. Of a hostile takeover.
Microsoft may go hostile in its bid for Yahoo as soon as Friday, according to a published report.
4. n. (chiefly in the plural) An enemy.
attitude
1. n. The position of the body or way of carrying oneself; posture.
The ballet dancer walked with a graceful attitude.
2. n. Disposition or state of mind.
... but had a lazy attitude to work.
3. n. A negative, irritating, or irritated attitude; posturing.
Don't give me your attitude.
You've got some attitude, girl!
4. n. (aeronautics, nautical, engineering) The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc.
The airliner had to land with a nose-up attitude after the incident.
5. n. (ballet) A position similar to arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee.
6. v. To assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose.
7. v. To express an attitude through one's posture, bearing, tone of voice, etc.
fear
1. n. A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
He was struck by fear on seeing the snake.
2. n. A phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.
Not everybody has the same fears. I have a fear of ants.
3. n. Terrified veneration or reverence, particularly towards God, gods, or sovereigns.
4. v. To feel fear about (something or someone); to be afraid of; to consider or expect with alarm.
I fear the worst will happen.
5. v. (intransitive) To feel fear (about something).
Never fear; help is always near.
She fears for her son’s safety.
6. v. To venerate; to feel awe towards.
People who fear God can be found in Christian churches.
7. v. Regret.
I fear I have bad news for you: your husband has died.
8. v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause fear to; to frighten.
9. v. (obsolete, transitive) To be anxious or solicitous for.
10. v. (obsolete, transitive) To suspect; to doubt.
11. adj. (dialectal) Able; capable; stout; strong; sound.
hale and fear
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.
hatred
1. n. Strong aversion; intense dislike
towards
1. prep. alternative form of toward
2. adv. In the direction of something (indicated by context).
3. adj. Near; at hand; in state of preparation; toward.
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.
particular
1. adj. (also non-comparable)
2. adj. (obsolete) Pertaining only to a part of something; partial.
3. adj. Specific; discrete; concrete.
I couldn't find the particular model you asked for, but I hope this one will do.
We knew it was named after John Smith, but nobody knows which particular John Smith.
4. adj. Specialised; characteristic of a specific person or thing.
I don't appreciate your particular brand of cynicism.
5. adj. (obsolete) Known only to an individual person or group; confidential.
6. adj. Distinguished in some way; special (often in negative constructions).
My five favorite places are, in no particular order, New York, Chicago, Paris, San Francisco and London.
I didn't have any particular interest in the book.
He brought no particular news.
She was the particular belle of the party.
7. adj. (comparable) Of a person, concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; precise; fastidious.
He is very particular about his food and if it isn't cooked to perfection he will send it back.
Women are more particular about their appearance.
8. adj. Concerned with, or attentive to, details; minute; circumstantial; precise.
a full and particular account of an accident
9. adj. (legal) Containing a part only; limited.
a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder
10. adj. (legal) Holding a particular estate.
a particular tenant
11. adj. (logic) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject.
a particular proposition, opposed to "universal", e.g. (particular affirmative) "Some men are wise"; (particular negative) "Some men are not wise".
12. n. A small individual part of something larger; a detail, a point.
13. n. (obsolete) A person's own individual case.
14. n. (now philosophy, chiefly in plural) A particular case; an individual thing as opposed to a whole class. (Opposed to generals, universals.)
group
1. n. A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.
there is a group of houses behind the hill; he left town to join a Communist group
A group of people gathered in front of the Parliament to demonstrate against the Prime Minister's proposals.
2. n. (group theory) A set with an associative binary operation, under which there exists an identity element, and such that each element has an inverse.
3. n. (geometry, archaic) An effective divisor on a curve.
4. n. A (usually small) group of people who perform music together.
Did you see the new jazz group?
5. n. (astronomy) A small number (up to about fifty) of galaxies that are near each other.
6. n. (chemistry) A column in the periodic table of chemical elements.
7. n. (chemistry) A functional group.
Nitro is an electron-withdrawing group.
8. n. (sociology) A subset of a culture or of a society.
9. n. (military) An air force formation.
10. n. (geology) A collection of formations or rock strata.
11. n. (computing) A number of users with same rights with respect to accession, modification, and execution of files, computers and peripherals.
12. n. An element of an espresso machine from which hot water pours into the portafilter.
13. n. (music) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes.
14. n. (sports) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division.
15. n. (business) A commercial organization.
16. v. To put together to form a group.
group the dogs by hair colour
17. v. (intransitive) To come together to form a group.
race
1. n. A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective. Example: Several horses run in a horse race, and the first one to reach the finishing post
The race around the park was won by Johnny, who ran faster than the others.
We had a race to see who could finish the book the quickest.
2. n. Swift progress; rapid motion; an instance of moving or driving at high speed.
3. n. (computing) A race condition.
4. n. A progressive movement toward a goal.
the race to cure cancer-->
5. n. A fast-moving current of water, such as that which powers a mill wheel.
6. n. A water channel, esp. one built to lead water to or from a point where it is utilised.
7. n. Competitive action of any kind, especially when prolonged; hence, career; course of life.
8. n. The bushings of a rolling element bearing which contacts the rolling elements.
9. v. (intransitive) To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).
The drivers were racing around the track.
10. v. To compete against in such a race.
I raced him to the car, but he was there first, so he got to ride shotgun.
11. v. (intransitive) To move or drive at high speed.
As soon as it was time to go home, he raced for the door.
Her heart was racing as she peered into the dimly lit room.
12. v. (intransitive) Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.
13. n. A group of sentient beings, particularly people, distinguished by common ancestry, heritage or characteristics:
14. n. A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage (compare ethnic group). See Wikipedia's article on historical defin
15. n. A large group of people distinguished from others on the basis of common physical characteristics, such as skin color or hair type.
Race was a significant issue during apartheid in South Africa.
The Native Americans colonized the New World in several waves from Asia, and thus they are considered part of the same Mongoloid race.
16. n. A large group of sentient beings distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage (compare species, subspecies).
A treaty was concluded between the race of elves and the race of men.
17. n. A group of people distinguished from others on the basis of shared social characteristics.
18. n. (taxonomy) A population geographically separated from others of its species that develops significantly different characteristics; an informal term for a subspecies.
19. n. A breed or strain of domesticated animal.
20. n. (figuratively) A category or species of something that has emerged or evolved from an older one (with an implied parallel to animal breeding or evolutionary science).
The advent of the Internet has brought about a new race of entrepreneur.
Recent developments in artificial intelligence has brought about a new race of robots that can perform household chores without supervision.
21. n. (obsolete) Peculiar flavour, taste, or strength, as of wine; that quality, or assemblage of qualities, which indicates origin or kind, as in wine; hence, characteristic flavour.
22. n. (obsolete) Characteristic quality or disposition.
23. n. A rhizome or root, especially of ginger.
24. v. obsolete form of raze
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.
Religion
1. n. (alt-form, religion), especially when defined as a school subject.
2. n. The belief in a reality beyond what is perceptible by the senses, and the practices associated with this belief.
My brother tends to value religion, but my sister not as much.
3. n. A particular system of such belief, and the rituals and practices proper to it.
Islam is a major religion in parts of Asia and Africa.
Eckankar is a new religion but Zoroastrianism is an old religion.
4. n. The way of life committed to by monks and nuns.
The monk entered religion when he was 20 years of age.
5. n. Any practice to which someone or some group is seriously devoted.
At this point, Star Trek has really become a religion.
6. n. (obsolete) Faithfulness to a given principle; conscientiousness.
7. v. Engage in religious practice.
8. v. Indoctrinate into a specific religion.
9. v. To make sacred or symbolic; sanctify.

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