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any
     1. adv. To even the slightest extent, at all.
           I will not remain here any longer.
           If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!
     2. det. At least one; of at least one kind. One at all.
           do you have any biscuits?;  do you have any food?;  I haven't got any money;  it won't do you any good
     3. det. No matter what kind.
           choose any items you want;  any person may apply
     4. pron. Any thing(s) or person(s).
           Any may apply.
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.
articles
     1. n. plural of article
     2. n. (slang) Breeches; coat and waistcoat.
     3. n. (legal) the period during which a person works as an articled clerk; articling
     4. v. third-person singular present indicative of article
     article
          1. n. A part or segment of something joined to other parts, or, in combination, forming a structured set.
                Each of the chelicerae is composed of two articles, forming a powerful pincer.
                The Articles of War are a set of regulations...to govern the conduct of...military...forces
          2. n. A story, report, or opinion piece in a newspaper, magazine, journal, etc.
          3. n. A member of a group or class.
                an article of clothing
          4. n. An object.
                a sales article
          5. n. (grammar) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may
          6. n. A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc.
          7. n. (derogatory) A person.
                A genuine article.
                A shrewd article.
          8. n. (archaic) A wench.
                She's a prime article (whip slang), she's a devilish good piece, a hell of a goer.
          9. n. (dated) Subject matter; concern.
          10. n. (dated) A distinct part.
          11. n. (obsolete) A precise point in time; a moment.
          12. v. To bind by articles of apprenticeship.
                to article an apprentice to a mechanic
          13. v. (obsolete) To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles or accusations.
          14. v. To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.
As
     1. n. plural of A
           She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
     2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
           You’re not as tall as I am.
           It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
     3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
           The kidnappers released him as agreed.
           The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
           He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
     4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
     5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
           Do as I say!
           I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
           As you wish, my lord!
     6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
           As I came in, she flew.
     7. conj. At the same time that; while.
           He sleeps as the rain falls.
     8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
           As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
     9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
           As it’s too late, I quit.
     10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
           She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
           It's not so complicated as I expected.
     11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
     12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
     13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
     14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
     15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
     16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
           You are not as tall as me.
           They're big as houses.
     17. prep. In the role of.
           What is your opinion as a parent?
     18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
     19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
     20. n. plural of a
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.
internet
     1. n. Any set of computer networks that communicate using the Internet Protocol. (An intranet.)
     2. n. The Internet, the largest global internet.
     3. n. An internet connection, internet connectivity, access to the internet.
           Do you have internet at your place?  My internet is down and I want to check my email.
     4. n. (Internet slang) A fictitious unit of scoring, awarded for making outstanding posts.
     5. v. (computing, informal) to use Internet; to search for something using Internet; to surf the Internet
           Having no idea what that means, I am internetting like mad.
mailing
     1. n. An act of sending mail.
     2. v. present participle of mail
     3. n. (obsolete) A farm.
     mail
          1. n. (now regional) A bag or wallet.
          2. n. A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
          3. n. The material conveyed by the postal service.
                Don't forget to pick up the mail on your way.
          4. n. (dated) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.
          5. n. The postal service or system in general.
                He decided to send his declaration by mail.
          6. n. (chiefly US) The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person.
          7. n. Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages.
          8. n. A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
          9. v. (ditransitive) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.
          10. v. (ditransitive) To send by electronic mail.
                Please mail me the spreadsheet by the end of the day.
          11. v. To contact (a person) by electronic mail.
                I need to mail my tutor about the deadline.
          12. n. Armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together.
          13. n. (nautical) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
          14. n. Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
          15. n. (obsolete, rare) A spot on a bird's feather; by extension, a spotted feather.
          16. v. To arm with mail.
          17. v. To pinion.
          18. n. (historical) An old French coin worth half a denier.
          19. n. (chiefly Scottish) A monetary payment or tribute.
          20. n. (chiefly Scottish) Rent.
          21. n. (chiefly Scottish) Tax.
list
     1. n. A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
     2. n. Material used for cloth selvage.
     3. n. A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.
     4. n. (in the historical) The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.
     5. n. (computing, programming) A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the LISP programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or mor
     6. n. (architecture) A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
     7. n. (carpentry) A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank.
     8. n. (ropemaking) A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.
     9. n. (tin-plate manufacture) The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
     10. n. (obsolete) A stripe.
     11. n. (obsolete) A boundary or limit; a border.
     12. v. To create or recite a list.
     13. v. To place in listings.
     14. v. To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.
     15. v. To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
           to list a door
     16. v. (transitive, agriculture) To plough and plant with a lister.
     17. v. (transitive, agriculture, chiefly Southern US) To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe.
     18. v. (transitive, carpentry) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
           to list a board
     19. v. (transitive, military) To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
     20. v. (transitive, obsolete) To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.
     21. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
     22. n. (archaic) Art; craft; cunning; skill.
     23. v. (intransitive, poetic) To listen.
     24. v. (transitive, poetic) To listen to.
     25. v. (transitive, archaic) To be pleasing to.
     26. v. (transitive, archaic) To desire, like, or wish (to do something).
     27. n. (obsolete) Desire, inclination.
     28. n. (architecture) A tilt to a building.
     29. n. (nautical) A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power.
     30. v. (transitive, nautical) To cause (something) to tilt to one side.
           the steady wind listed the ship
     31. v. (intransitive, nautical) To tilt to one side.
           the ship listed to port
digest
     1. v. To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application.
           to digest laws
     2. v. To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blo
     3. v. To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.
     4. v. To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook.
     5. v. (transitive, chemistry) To expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations.
     6. v. (intransitive) To undergo digestion.
           I just ate an omelette and I'm waiting for it to digest.
     7. v. (medicine, obsolete, intransitive) To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer.
     8. v. (medicine, obsolete, transitive) To cause to suppurate, or generate pus, as an ulcer or wound.
     9. v. (obsolete, transitive) To ripen; to mature.
     10. v. (obsolete, transitive) To quieten or reduce (a negative feeling, such as anger or grief)
     11. n. That which is digested; especially, that which is worked over, classified, and arranged under proper heads or titles
     12. n. A compilation of statutes or decisions analytically arranged; a summary of laws.
           Comyn's Digest
           the United States Digest
     13. n. Any collection of articles, as an Internet mailing list "digest" including a week's postings, or a magazine arranging a collection of writings.
           Reader's Digest is published monthly.
           The weekly email digest contains all the messages exchanged during the past week.
     14. n. (cryptography) The result of applying a hash function to a message.
including
     1. prep. Such as, among which; introducing one or more parts of the group or topic just mentioned.
           All you have to do is to fill in the details, including your name and address and the amount you wish to give.
     2. prep.          (rare, nonstandard) Introducing a finite clause.
     3. v. present participle of include
     include
          1. v. To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
                I will purchase the vacation package if you will include car rental.
          2. v. To contain, as parts of a whole; to comprehend.
                The vacation package includes car rental.
                Does this volume of Shakespeare include his sonnets?
                I was included in the invitation to the family gathering.
                up to and including page twenty-five
          3. v. (obsolete) To enclose, confine.
          4. v. (obsolete) To conclude; to terminate.
          5. v. (programming) To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.
                You have to include the strings library to use this function.
          6. n. (programming) A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.
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.
week
     1. n. Any period of seven consecutive days.
     2. n. A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
     3. n. A period of five days beginning with Monday.
     4. n. A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.
           A 4-day week consists of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
     5. n. Seven days after (sometimes before) a specified date.
           I'll see you Thursday week.
postings
     1. n. plural of posting
     posting
          1. n. action of the verb to post
          2. n. an item inserted into a register, ledger or diary
          3. n. (computing) an entry in a computerized bulletin board
          4. n. (publishing) an entry in a blog
          5. n. (chiefly British) the place where a soldier or airman is sent (posted) for duty; the time spent there
          6. v. present participle of post
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.
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.
magazine
     1. n. A non-academic periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at the fold.
     2. n. An ammunition storehouse.
     3. n. A chamber in a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.
     4. n. A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus.
     5. n. (dated) A country or district especially rich in natural products.
     6. n. (dated) A city viewed as a marketing center.
     7. n. (dated) A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.
arranging
     1. v. present participle of arrange
     2. n. Arrangement.
     arrange
          1. v. To set up, to organize, especially in a positive manner.
          2. v. (transitive, intransitive) To plan; to prepare in advance.
                to arrange to meet;   to arrange for supper
          3. v. (music, transitive, intransitive) To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.
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.
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.
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
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