as |
1. 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. | |
2. 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. | |
3. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as). | |
4. 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! | |
5. conj. At the same instant that; when. | |
As I came in, she flew. | |
6. conj. At the same time that; while. | |
He sleeps as the rain falls. | |
7. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that. | |
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy. | |
8. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since. | |
As it’s too late, I quit. | |
9. 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. | |
10. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. | |
11. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though. | |
12. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that. | |
13. conj. Expressing concession; though. | |
14. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than. | |
15. 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. | |
16. prep. In the role of. | |
What is your opinion as a parent? | |
17. n. (unit of weight) A libra. | |
18. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value. | |
19. n. plural of a | |
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. | |
disinterested |
1. adj. Having no stake or interest in the outcome; free of bias, impartial. | |
2. adj. Uninterested, lacking interest. | |
third |
1. adj. The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second. | |
The third tree from the left is my favorite. | |
2. n. The person or thing in the third position. | |
Jones came in third. | |
3. n. One of three equal parts of a whole. | |
He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds. | |
4. n. The third gear of a gearbox. | |
Now put it into third. | |
5. n. (music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale. | |
They sing in thirds. | |
6. n. (baseball) third base | |
The play ended with Jones standing on third. | |
7. n. (golf) A handicap of one stroke every third hole. | |
8. n. A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme | |
9. n. (archaic) One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. Also formerly known as a tierce. | |
10. v. To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded. | |
11. v. To divide into three equal parts. | |
party |
1. n. (legal) A person or group of people constituting a particular side in a contract or legal action. | |
The contract requires that the party of the first part pay the fee. | |
2. n. A person. | |
3. n. (slang) A person; an individual. | |
He is a queer party. | |
4. n. With to: an accessory, someone who takes part. | |
I can't possibly be a party to that kind of reckless behaviour. | |
5. n. (now rare in general sense) A group of people forming one side in a given dispute, contest etc. | |
6. n. (RPG, online gaming) Active player characters organized into a single group. | |
7. n. (video games) A group of characters controlled by the player. | |
8. n. A political group considered as a formal whole, united under one specific political platform of issues and campaigning to take part in government. | |
The green party took 12% of the vote. | |
9. n. (military) A discrete detachment of troops, especially for a particular purpose. | |
The settlers were attacked early next morning by a scouting party. | |
10. n. A social gathering. | |
11. n. A gathering of usually invited guests for entertainment, fun and socializing. | |
I'm throwing a huge party for my 21st birthday. | |
12. n. A group of people traveling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity. | |
We're expecting a large party from the London office. | |
13. n. A gathering of acquaintances so that one of them may offer items for sale to the rest of them. | |
Tupperware party | |
lingerie party | |
14. n. (obsolete) A part or division. | |
15. v. (intransitive) To celebrate at a party, to have fun, to enjoy oneself. | |
We partied until the early hours. | |
16. v. (intransitive, slang) To take recreational drugs. | |
17. v. (intransitive) To engage in flings, to have one-night stands, to sow one's wild oats. | |
18. v. (online gaming, intransitive) To form a party (with). | |
If you want to beat that monster, you should party with a healer. | |
19. adj. (obsolete, except in compounds) Divided; in part. | |
20. adj. (heraldry) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries. | |
an escutcheon party per pale | |
21. adv. (obsolete) Partly. | |
I |
1. pron. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence. | |
(audio, Here I am, sir.ogg, Audio) | |
2. pron. (nonstandard, hypercorrection) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence. | |
3. n. (metaphysics) The ego. | |
4. n. (US, roadway) Interstate. | |
5. n. (grammar) (abbreviation of instrumental case) | |
6. pron. nonstandard spelling of I | |
can |
1. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to. | |
She can speak English, French, and German. I can play football. Can you remember your fifth birthday? | |
2. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to. | |
You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework. Can I use your pen? | |
3. v. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible. | |
Can it be Friday already? | |
Teenagers can really try their parents' patience. | |
Animals can experience emotions. | |
4. v. (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception. | |
Can you hear that?. | |
I can feel the baby moving inside me. | |
5. v. (obsolete, transitive) To know. | |
6. n. A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top. | |
7. n. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can). | |
8. n. A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish. | |
9. n. (archaic) A chamber pot, now (US, slang) a toilet or lavatory. | |
Shit or get off the can. | |
Bob's in the can. You can wait a few minutes or just leave it with me. | |
10. n. (US, slang) Buttocks. | |
11. n. (slang) Jail or prison. | |
Bob's in the can. He won't be back for a few years. | |
12. n. (slang) Headphones. | |
13. n. (archaic) A drinking cup. | |
14. n. (nautical) A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark | |
15. n. A chimney pot. | |
16. v. To preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar. | |
They spent August canning fruit and vegetables. | |
17. v. to discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.). | |
He canned the whole project because he thought it would fail. | |
18. v. To shut up. | |
Can your gob. | |
19. v. (US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee. | |
The boss canned him for speaking out. | |
declare |
1. v. (obsolete, transitive) To make clear, explain, interpret. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To make a declaration. | |
3. v. (card games) To show one's cards in order to score. | |
4. v. To announce one’s support, choice, opinion, etc. | |
He declared him innocent. | |
5. v. (intransitive, cricket) For the captain of the batting side to announce the innings complete even though all batsmen have not been dismissed. | |
6. v. To announce something formally or officially. | |
declare bankruptcy | |
declare victory | |
(cricket) declare (an innings) closed | |
7. v. (intransitive, politics) For a constituency in an election to officially announce the result | |
Houghton and Sunderland South was the first constituency to declare in the 2015 general election. | |
8. v. To affirm or state something emphatically. | |
9. v. To inform government customs or taxation officials of goods one is importing or of income, expenses, or other circumstances affecting one's taxes. | |
10. v. To make outstanding debts, e.g. taxes, payable. | |
11. v. (transitive, programming) To explicitly establish the existence of (a variable, function, etc.) without necessarily describing its content. | |
The counter "i" was declared as an integer. | |
that |
1. conj. Introducing a clause which is the subject or object of a verb (such as one involving reported speech), or which is a complement to a previous statement. | |
He told me that the book is a good read. | |
I believe that it is true. — She is convinced that he is British. | |
2. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause expressing a reason or cause: because, in that. | |
Be glad that you have enough to eat. | |
3. conj. (now uncommon) Introducing a subordinate clause that expresses an aim, purpose or goal ("final"), and usually contains the auxiliaries may, might or should: so, so that. | |
4. conj. Introducing — especially, but not exclusively, with an antecedent like so or such — a subordinate clause expressing a result, consequence or effect. | |
The noise was so loud that she woke up. | |
The problem was sufficiently important that it had to be addressed. | |
5. conj. (archaic, or poetic) Introducing a premise or supposition for consideration: seeing as; inasmuch as; given that; as would appear from the fact that. | |
6. conj. Introducing a subordinate clause modifying an adverb. | |
Was John there? — Not that I saw. | |
How often did she visit him? — Twice that I saw. | |
7. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a desire or wish. | |
8. conj. Introducing an exclamation expressing a strong emotion such as sadness or surprise. | |
9. det. The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "this", or if expressing distinction. | |
That book is a good read. This one isn't. | |
That battle was in 1450. | |
That cat of yours is evil. | |
10. pron. (demonstrative) The thing, person, idea, quality, event, action or time indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote geographically, temporally or mentally than one designated as "t | |
He went home, and after that I never saw him again. | |
11. pron. The known (thing); (used to refer to something just said). | |
They're getting divorced. What do you think about that? | |
12. pron. (demonstrative) The aforementioned quality; used together with a verb and pronoun to emphatically repeat a previous statement. | |
The water is so cold! — That it is. | |
13. pron. (relative) (plural that) Which, who; (representing a subject, direct object, indirect object, or object of a preposition). | |
The CPR course that she took really came in handy. | |
The house that he lived in was old and dilapidated. | |
14. pron. (colloquial) (Used in place of relative adverbs such as where or when; often omitted.) | |
the place that = where or to which I went last year | |
the last time that = when I went to Europe | |
15. adv. (degree) To a given extent or degree. | |
"The ribbon was that thin." "I disagree, I say it was not that thin, it was thicker... or maybe thinner...". | |
16. adv. (degree) To a great extent or degree; very, particularly (in negative constructions). | |
I'm just not that sick. | |
I did the run last year, and it wasn't that difficult. | |
17. adv. (obsolete, outside, dialects) To such an extent; so. (in positive constructions). | |
Ooh, I was that happy I nearly kissed her. | |
18. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is there; one of those. | |
She |
1. pron. honoraltcaps, she | |
2. n. An ethnic group in southern China. | |
3. n. A language of the Hmong-Mien language family spoken by the She people. | |
4. pron. (personal) The female person or animal previously mentioned or implied. | |
I asked Mary, but she said that she didn’t know. | |
5. pron. (personal, sometimes affectionate) A ship or boat. | |
She could do forty knots in good weather. | |
She is a beautiful boat, isn’t she? | |
6. pron. (personal, affectionate) Another machine (besides a ship), such as a car. | |
She only gets thirty miles to the gallon on the highway, but she’s durable. | |
7. pron. (personal, dated) A country. | |
She is a poor place, but has beautiful scenery and friendly people. | |
8. pron. (personal) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant (used in a work, along with or in place of he, as an indefinite pronoun). | |
9. n. A female. | |
Pat is definitely a she. | |
secretly |
1. adv. In secret, covertly. | |
loves |
1. n. plural of love | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of love | |
love |
1. n. Strong affection. | |
2. n. A profound and caring affection towards someone. | |
A mother’s love is not easily shaken. | |
My husband’s love is the most important thing in my life. | |
3. n. Affectionate, benevolent concern or care for other people or beings, and for their well-being. | |
4. n. A feeling of intense attraction towards someone. | |
I have never been in love as much as I have with you. | |
5. n. A deep or abiding liking for something; an enthusiasm for something. | |
My love of cricket knows no bounds. | |
6. n. A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved. | |
7. n. (colloquial, British) A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings. | |
Hello love, how can I help you? | |
8. n. A thing, activity etc which is the object of one's deep liking or enthusiasm. | |
9. n. (euphemistic) Sexual desire; attachment based on sexual attraction. | |
10. n. (euphemistic) Sexual activity. | |
11. n. An instance or episode of being in love; a love affair. | |
12. n. Used as the closing, before the signature, of a letter, especially between good friends or family members, or by the young. | |
13. n. (altcaps, Love, , personification of love). | |
14. n. (obsolete) A thin silk material. | |
15. n. A climbing plant, Clematis vitalba. | |
16. v. (usually transitive sometimes intransitive) To have a strong affection for (someone or something). | |
I love my spouse. I love you! | |
17. v. To need, thrive on. | |
Mold loves moist, dark places. | |
18. v. (transitive, colloquial) To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like. | |
I love walking barefoot on wet grass; I'd love to join the team; I love what you've done with your hair | |
19. v. (usually transitive sometimes intransitive) To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something). | |
20. v. To derive delight from a fact or situation. | |
I love the fact that the coffee shop now offers fat-free chai latte. | |
21. v. To lust for. | |
22. v. (transitive, euphemistic) To have sex with, (perhaps from make love.) | |
I wish I could love her all night long. | |
23. v. (transitive, obsolete, or UK dialectal) To praise; commend. | |
24. v. (transitive, obsolete, or UK dialectal) To praise as of value; prize; set a price on. | |
25. n. (racquet sports) Zero, no score. | |
So that’s fifteen-love to Kournikova. | |
Him |
1. pron. honoraltcaps, him | |
2. pron. A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object. | |
3. pron. With dative effect or as an indirect object. | |
4. pron. Following a preposition. | |
5. pron. With accusative effect or as a direct object. | |
6. pron. (now rare) Used reflexively: (to) himself. | |
7. pron. With nominative effect: he, especially as a predicate after be, or following a preposition. | |
8. pron. alternative case form of Him | |
9. n. (informal) A male person. | |
I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her. | |