appealing |
1. adj. Having appeal; attractive. | |
2. v. present participle of appeal | |
3. n. The act of making an appeal. | |
appeal |
1. v. (transitive, obsolete) To accuse (someone of something). | |
2. v. (transitive, legal, chiefly US, informal elsewhere) To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination or for decision. | |
3. v. (intransitive) To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc. | |
4. v. (intransitive) To call on (someone) for aid | |
I appeal to all of you to help the orphans. | |
5. v. (intransitive) To be attractive. | |
That idea appeals to me. | |
6. v. (intransitive, cricket) To ask an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not, usually by saying "How's that" or "Howzat". | |
7. v. To summon; to challenge. | |
8. v. To invoke. | |
9. n. legal | |
10. n. An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review. | |
11. n. The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. | |
12. n. The right of appeal. | |
13. n. An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the p | |
14. n. An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. | |
15. n. A summons to answer to a charge. | |
16. n. A call to a person or an authority for help, proof or a decision; entreaty. | |
He made an appeal for volunteers to help at the festival. | |
17. n. (cricket) The act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision on whether a batsman is out or not. | |
18. n. Resort to physical means; recourse. | |
19. n. The power to attract or interest. | |
to |
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive. | |
I want to leave. | |
He asked me what to do. | |
I don’t know how to say it. | |
I have places to go and people to see. | |
2. part. As above, with the verb implied. | |
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.". | |
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to. | |
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs. | |
I have to do laundry today. | |
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at. | |
We are walking to the shop. | |
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose. | |
He devoted himself to education. | |
They drank to his health. | |
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action. | |
His face was beaten to a pulp. | |
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application. | |
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking. | |
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a. | |
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t | |
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison. | |
one to one = 1:1 | |
ten to one = 10:1. | |
I have ten dollars to your four. | |
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation. | |
Three squared or three to the second power is nine. | |
Three to the power of two is nine. | |
Three to the second is nine. | |
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object. | |
I gave the book to him. | |
12. prep. (time) Preceding. | |
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour). | |
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains. | |
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it. | |
There's a lot of sense to what he says. | |
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At. | |
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y. | |
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position. | |
Please push the door to. | |
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind. | |
17. adv. misspelling of too | |
the |
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already | |
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.) | |
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.) | |
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird. | |
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause. | |
The street that runs through my hometown. | |
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time. | |
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe. | |
God save the Queen! | |
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item. | |
That was the best apple pie ever. | |
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive. | |
That apple pie was the best. | |
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class. | |
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective. | |
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. | |
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar. | |
No one in the whole country had seen it before. | |
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning. | |
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun. | |
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”) | |
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention. | |
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery. | |
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives. | |
The hotter the better. | |
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks. | |
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children. | |
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it. | |
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone. | |
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it. | |
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it. | |
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that. | |
intellect |
1. n. the faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty | |
Intellect is one of man's greatest powers. | |
2. n. the capacity of that faculty (in a particular person) | |
They were chosen because of their outstanding intellect. | |
3. n. a person who has that faculty to a great degree | |
Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting there. | |
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. | |
Powers |
1. n. plural of Power | |
2. n. plural of power | |
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of power | |
power |
1. n. (social) Ability to coerce, influence or control. | |
2. n. Ability to affect or influence. | |
3. n. Control or coercion, particularly legal or political (jurisdiction). | |
4. n. (metonymy) (chiefly in the plural) The people in charge of legal or political power, the government. | |
5. n. (metonymy) An influential nation, company, or other such body. | |
6. n. (physical) Effectiveness. | |
7. n. Physical force or strength. | |
He needed a lot of power to hit the ball out of the stadium. | |
8. n. Electricity or a supply of electricity. | |
After the pylons collapsed, this town was without power for a few days. | |
9. n. A measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy. | |
10. n. A rate to magnify an optical image by a lens or mirror. | |
We need a microscope with higher power. | |
11. n. Any of the elementary forms or parts of machines: three primary (the lever, inclined plane, and pulley) and three secondary (the wheel-and-axle, wedge, and screw). | |
the mechanical powers | |
12. n. mathematics | |
13. n. A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion):x^n, read as "x to the power ofn" or the like, is called a power and denotes the produc | |
14. n. (set theory) Cardinality. | |
15. n. (statistics) The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true. | |
16. n. (biblical, in plural) In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme. | |
17. v. To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device). | |
This CD player is powered by batteries. | |
18. v. To hit or kick something forcefully. | |
19. v. To enable or provide the impetus for. | |
20. adj. (Singapore, colloquial) Impressive. | |
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. | |
reasoning |
1. n. The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises; abstract thought; ratiocination. | |
2. n. A Rastafari meeting held for the purposes of chanting, prayer and discussion. | |
3. v. present participle of reason | |
reason |
1. n. A cause: | |
2. n. That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause. | |
The reason this tree fell is that it had rotted. | |
3. n. A motive for an action or a determination. | |
The reason I robbed the bank was that I needed the money. | |
If you don't give me a reason to go with you, I won't. | |
4. n. An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation. | |
5. n. Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition. | |
Mankind should develop reason above all other virtues. | |
6. n. (obsolete) Something reasonable, in accordance with thought; justice. | |
7. n. (mathematics, obsolete) Ratio; proportion. | |
8. v. (intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational | |
9. v. (intransitive) To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue. | |
10. v. (intransitive) To converse; to compare opinions. | |
11. v. To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss. | |
I reasoned the matter with my friend. | |
12. v. (transitive, rare) To support with reasons, as a request. | |
13. v. To persuade by reasoning or argument. | |
to reason one into a belief; to reason one out of his plan | |
14. v. (transitive, with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons. | |
to reason down a passion | |
15. v. (transitive, usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument. | |
to reason out the causes of the librations of the moon | |