bad |
1. adj. Unfavorable; negative; not good. | |
You have bad credit. | |
The weather looks pretty bad right now. | |
Don't talk to him; he's in a bad mood. | |
2. adj. Not suitable or fitting. | |
Do you think it is a bad idea to confront him directly? | |
3. adj. Not appropriate, of manners etc. | |
It is bad manners to talk with your mouth full. | |
4. adj. Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems. | |
Lard is bad for you. Smoking is bad for you, too. Grapes are bad for dogs but not for humans. | |
5. adj. Sickly, unhealthy, unwell. | |
Joe's in a bad way; he can't even get out of bed. | |
I went to the hospital to see how my grandfather was doing. Unfortunately, he's in a bad state. | |
I've had a bad back since the accident. | |
6. adj. Tricky; stressful; unpleasant. | |
Divorce is usually a bad experience for everybody involved. | |
7. adj. Evil; wicked. | |
Be careful. There are bad people in the world. | |
8. adj. Faulty; not functional. | |
I had a bad headlight. | |
9. adj. (of food) spoiled, Spoiled, rotten, overripe. | |
These apples have gone bad. | |
10. adj. (of breath) malodorous, Malodorous; foul. | |
Bad breath is not pleasant for anyone. | |
11. adj. False; counterfeit; illegitimate. | |
They were caught trying to pass bad coinage. | |
12. adj. Unskilled; of limited ability; not good. | |
I'm pretty bad at speaking French. | |
He's a bad gardener; everything he tries to grow ends up dying. | |
13. adj. Of poor physical appearance. | |
I look really bad whenever I get less than seven hours of sleep. | |
I don't look bad in this dress, do I? | |
14. adj. (informal) Bold and daring. | |
15. adj. (hip-hop slang) Good; superlative. | |
16. adj. (of a need or want) Severe, urgent. | |
He is in bad need of a haircut. | |
17. adj. (US, slang) Overly promiscuous, licentious. | |
18. adv. (now colloquial) Badly. | |
I didn't do too bad in the last exam. | |
19. n. (slang) Error, mistake. | |
Sorry, my bad! | |
20. n. (economics) An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good. | |
You is (SIC) bad, man! | |
21. v. (archaic) Alternative past tense of bid. See bade, bade. | |
22. v. (UK, dialect, transitive) To shell (a walnut). | |
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. | |
for |
1. conj. (dated) Because. | |
2. prep. Towards. | |
The astronauts headed for the moon. | |
3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to. | |
I have something for you. | |
4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of. | |
We're having a birthday party for Janet. | |
The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary. | |
The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala. | |
5. prep. Supporting. | |
All those for the motion raise your hands. | |
6. prep. Because of. | |
He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him. | |
(UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight. | |
She was the worse for drink. | |
7. prep. Over a period of time. | |
I've lived here for three years. | |
They fought for days over a silly pencil. | |
8. prep. Throughout an extent of space. | |
9. prep. On behalf of. | |
I will stand in for him. | |
10. prep. Instead of, or in place of. | |
11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire. | |
I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday. | |
He's going for his doctorate. | |
Do you want to go for coffee? | |
People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers. | |
Can you go to the store for some eggs? | |
I'm saving up for a car. | |
Don't wait for an answer. | |
What did he ask you for? | |
12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward. | |
Run for the hills! | |
He was headed for the door when he remembered. | |
13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect. | |
Fair for its day. | |
She's spry for an old lady. | |
14. prep. Despite, in spite of. | |
15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive. | |
For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.) | |
All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.) | |
16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio | |
In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day | |
17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen. | |
At close of play, England were 305 for 3. | |
18. prep. To be, or as being. | |
19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.) | |
20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs). | |
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Who |
1. pron. honoraltcaps, who | |
2. pron. (interrogative) What person or people; which person or people; (asks for the identity of someone). (used in a direct or indirect question) | |
Who is that? (direct question) | |
I don't know who it is. (indirect question) | |
3. pron. (interrogative) What is one's position; (asks whether someone deserves to say or do something). | |
I don't like what you did, but who am I to criticize you? I've done worse. | |
4. pron. (relative) The person or people that. | |
It was a nice man who helped us. | |
5. pron. (relative, archaic) Whoever, he who, they who. | |
6. n. A person under discussion; a question of which person. | |
has |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of have | |
have |
Additional archaic forms are second-person singular present tense hast, third-person singular present tense hath, present participle haveing, and second-person singular past tense hadst. | |
1. v. To possess, own, hold. | |
I have a house and a car. | |
Look what I have here — a frog I found on the street! | |
2. v. To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship). | |
I have two sisters. | |
I have a lot of work to do. | |
3. v. To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action. | |
I have breakfast at six o'clock. | |
Can I have a look at that? | |
I'm going to have some pizza and a beer right now. | |
4. v. To be scheduled to attend or participate in. | |
What class do you have right now? I have English. | |
Fred won't be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day. | |
5. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) (Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.) | |
I have already eaten today. | |
I had already eaten. | |
6. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to. | |
I have to go. | |
7. v. To give birth to. | |
The couple always wanted to have children. | |
My wife is having the baby right now! | |
My mother had me when she was 25. | |
8. v. To engage in sexual intercourse with. | |
He's always bragging about how many women he's had. | |
9. v. To accept as a romantic partner. | |
Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me. | |
10. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation. | |
They had me feed their dog while they were out of town. | |
11. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be. | |
He had him arrested for trespassing. | |
The lecture's ending had the entire audience in tears. | |
12. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.) | |
The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week. | |
I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice. | |
13. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being. | |
Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening. | |
14. v. (Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below.)) | |
We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we? | |
Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she? | |
(UK usage) He has some money, hasn't he? | |
15. v. (UK, slang) To defeat in a fight; take. | |
I could have him! | |
I'm gonna have you! | |
16. v. (dated) To be able to speak a language. | |
I have no German. | |
17. v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of. | |
Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before. | |
18. v. To be afflicted with, suffer from. | |
He had a cold last week. | |
19. v. To experience, go through, undergo. | |
We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that. | |
He had surgery on his hip yesterday. | |
I'm having the time of my life! | |
20. v. To trick, to deceive. | |
You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke. | |
21. v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate. | |
The child screamed incessantly for his mother to buy him a toy, but she wasn't having any of it. | |
I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night. | |
22. v. (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by. | |
I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it. | |
23. v. To host someone; to take in as a guest. | |
Thank you for having me! | |
24. v. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation. | |
What do you have for problem two? | |
I have two contacts on my scope. | |
25. v. (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case. | |
We'll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon. | |
26. n. A wealthy or privileged person. | |
27. n. (uncommon) One who has some (contextually specified) thing. | |
28. n. (AU, NZ, informal) A fraud or deception; something misleading. | |
They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have. | |
become |
1. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To arrive, come (to a place). | |
2. v. (copulative) To come about; happen; come into being; arise. | |
What became of him after he was let go? | |
It hath becomen so that many a man had to sterve. | |
3. v. (copulative) begin to be; turn into. | |
She became a doctor when she was 25. | |
The weather will become cold after the sun goes down. | |
4. v. To be proper for; to beseem. | |
5. v. Of an adornment, piece of clothing etc.: to look attractive on (someone). | |
That dress really becomes you. | |
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. | |
hate |
1. n. An object of hatred. | |
One of my pet hates is traffic wardens. | |
2. n. Hatred. | |
He gave me a look filled with pure hate. | |
3. n. (Internet slang) Negative feedback, abusive behaviour. | |
There was a lot of hate in the comments on my vlog about Justin Bieber from his fans. | |
4. v. To dislike intensely or greatly. | |
5. v. (intransitive) To experience hatred. | |
Do not fear; he who fears hates; he who hates kills. — attributed to Gandhi | |
6. v. (informal, originally, AAVE) (phrasal verb, hate on) | |
figure |
1. n. A drawing or diagram conveying information. | |
2. n. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body. | |
a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble | |
3. n. A person or thing representing a certain consciousness. | |
4. n. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person. | |
He cut a sorry figure standing there in the rain. | |
5. n. (obsolete) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show. | |
6. n. A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body. | |
7. n. A numeral. | |
8. n. A number, an amount. | |
9. n. A shape. | |
10. n. A visible pattern as in wood or cloth. | |
The muslin was of a pretty figure. | |
11. n. A dance figure, a complex dance moveW. | |
12. n. A figure of speech. | |
13. n. (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term. | |
14. n. (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses. | |
15. n. (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression. | |
16. n. (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment. | |
17. v. (mostly, US) To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem. | |
18. v. (mostly, US) To come to understand. | |
I can't figure if he's telling the truth or lying. | |
19. v. To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon. | |
20. v. (mostly, US, intransitive) To be reasonable. | |
It figures that somebody like him would be upset about the situation. | |
21. v. To enter, be a part of. | |
22. v. (obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape. | |
23. v. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures. | |
24. v. (obsolete) To indicate by numerals. | |
25. v. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize. | |
26. v. (obsolete) To prefigure; to foreshow. | |
27. v. (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords. | |
28. v. (music) To embellish. | |
in |
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits. | |
2. prep. Contained by. | |
The dog is in the kennel. | |
3. prep. Within. | |
4. prep. Surrounded by. | |
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air. | |
5. prep. Part of; a member of. | |
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra. | |
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to. | |
What grade did he get in English? | |
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted. | |
7. prep. At the end of a period of time. | |
They said they would call us in a week. | |
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time | |
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours. | |
9. prep. During (said of periods of time). | |
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi | |
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word. | |
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s. | |
11. prep. Into. | |
Less water gets in your boots this way. | |
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance. | |
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment. | |
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement. | |
My fat rolls around in folds. | |
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject. | |
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma. | |
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics. | |
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her. | |
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing). | |
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress. | |
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality. | |
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of. | |
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties. | |
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold. | |
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients. | |
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc. | |
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular. | |
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages. | |
When you write in cursive, it's illegible. | |
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose. | |
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest. | |
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something. | |
Is Mr. Smith in? | |
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room. | |
Suddenly a strange man walked in. | |
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball. | |
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in. | |
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of. | |
What's that in? | |
26. adv. After the beginning of something. | |
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it. | |
His parents got him an in with the company | |
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings | |
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner. | |
30. adj. In fashion; popular. | |
Skirts are in this year. | |
31. adj. Incoming. | |
the in train | |
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed. | |
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin. | |
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband | |
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting. | |
35. n. Inch. | |
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after |
1. adv. Behind; later in time; following. | |
They lived happily ever after. | |
I left the room, and the dog bounded after. | |
2. prep. Subsequently to; following in time; later than. | |
We had a few beers after the game. | |
The time is quarter after eight. | |
The Cold War began shortly after the Second World War. | |
3. prep. Behind. | |
He will leave a trail of destruction after him. | |
4. prep. In pursuit of, seeking. | |
He's after a job; run after him; inquire after her health. | |
5. prep. In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing. | |
We named him after his grandfather; a painting after Leonardo da Vinci. | |
6. prep. Next in importance or rank. | |
The princess is next in line to the throne after the prince. | |
7. prep. As a result of. | |
After your bad behaviour, you will be punished. | |
8. prep. In spite of. | |
After all that has happened, he is still my friend. | |
I can't believe that, after all our advice against gambling, you walked into that casino! | |
9. prep. (Irish usually preceded by a form of be followed by an -ing form of a verb) Used to indicate recent completion of an activity | |
I was after finishing my dinner when there was a knock on the door. | |
10. prep. (dated) According to an author or text. | |
11. prep. Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to. | |
to look after workmen; to enquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness | |
12. prep. (obsolete) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting. | |
13. conj. Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause. | |
I went home after we had decided to call it a day. | |
14. adj. (dated) Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent | |
15. adj. (nautical, where the frame of reference is within the ship) At or towards the stern of a ship. | |
The after gun is mounted aft. | |
The after gun is abaft the forward gun. | |
launching |
1. v. present participle of launch | |
2. n. The act by which something is launched; a launch. | |
The launching of the Titanic. | |
launch |
1. v. To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball; to hurl; ; to propel with force. | |
2. v. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce with, or as with, a lance. | |
3. v. To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat. | |
The navy launched another ship. | |
4. v. To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation | |
Our business launched a new project. | |
5. v. (transitive, computing) to cause (a program) to operate | |
Double-click an icon to launch the associated application. - | |
6. v. To release; to put onto the market for sale | |
7. v. (intransitive, often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin. | |
to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures | |
8. v. (intransitive, computing) (of a program) to start to operate | |
After clicking the icon, the application will launch. - | |
9. n. The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.) | |
10. n. The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.). | |
11. n. An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc. | |
12. n. (nautical) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch". | |
13. n. (nautical) A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht. | |
14. n. (nautical) An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc. (Compare Spanish lancha.) | |
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. | |
intemperate |
1. adj. Lacking moderation, temper or control. | |
intemperate language; intemperate zeal | |
Bad week for: Jeremy Clarkson, who has become a hate figure in Malaysia after launching an intemperate attack on a Malaysian built car - The Week, 14 April 2007, 609, 4. | |
2. adj. Indulging any appetite or passion to excess, especially the drinking of alcohol. | |
3. v. (obsolete, transitive) To disorder. | |
attack |
1. n. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy. | |
2. n. An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault. | |
They claimed the censorship of the article was an attack on free speech. | |
3. n. A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle. | |
The army timed their attack to coincide with the local celebrations. | |
4. n. (informal, by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything. | |
Having washed the plates from dinner, I made an attack on the laundry. | |
5. n. (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side. | |
6. n. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net. | |
7. n. (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team. | |
8. n. (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition. | |
I've had an attack of the flu. | |
9. n. An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease. | |
10. n. (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset. | |
11. n. (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas t | |
12. v. To apply violent force to someone or something. | |
This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened. | |
13. v. To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar). | |
She published an article attacking the recent pay cuts. | |
14. v. To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste. | |
15. v. To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon. | |
We’ll have dinner before we attack the biology homework. | |
I attacked the meal with a hearty appetite. | |
16. v. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket. | |
17. v. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets. | |
18. v. (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly. | |
19. v. (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede. | |
20. v. (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders. | |
on |
1. adj. In the state of being active, functioning or operating. | |
2. adj. Performing according to schedule. | |
Are we still on for tonight? | |
Is the show still on? | |
3. adj. (chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate. | |
You can't do that; it's just not on. | |
4. adj. (informal) Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed. | |
"Five bucks says the Cavs win tonight." ―"You're on!". | |
Mike just threw coffee onto Paul's lap. It's on now. | |
5. adj. (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter. | |
6. adj. (euphemistic) Menstruating. | |
7. adv. To an operating state. | |
turn the television on | |
8. adv. Along, forwards (continuing an action). | |
drive on, rock on | |
9. adv. In continuation, at length. | |
and so on. | |
He rambled on and on. | |
10. adv. (not US) Later. | |
Ten years on, nothing had changed in the village. | |
11. prep. Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above. | |
on the table; on the couch | |
The parrot was sitting on Jim's shoulder. | |
12. prep. At or near; adjacent to. | |
Soon we'll pass a statue on the left. | |
The fleet is on the American coast. | |
Croton-on-Hudson, Rostov-on-Don, Southend-on-Sea | |
13. prep. Covering. | |
He wore old shoes on his feet. | |
14. prep. At the date of. | |
Born on the 4th of July. | |
15. prep. Some time during the day of. | |
I'll see you on Monday. The bus leaves on Friday. Can I see you on a different day? On Sunday I'm busy. | |
16. prep. Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something. | |
A book on history. The World Summit on the Information Society. | |
17. prep. Touching; hanging from. | |
The fruit ripened on the trees. The painting hangs on the wall. | |
18. prep. (informal) In the possession of. | |
I haven't got any money on me. | |
19. prep. Because of, or due to. | |
To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery. To contact someone on a hunch. | |
20. prep. Upon; at the time of (and often because of). | |
On Jack's entry, William got up to leave. | |
On the addition of ammonia, a chemical reaction begins. | |
21. prep. Paid for by. | |
The drinks are on me tonight, boys. The meal is on the house. I paid for the airfare and meals for my family, but the hotel room was on the company. | |
22. prep. Used to indicate a means or medium. | |
I saw it on television. Can't you see I'm on the phone? | |
23. prep. Indicating a means of subsistence. | |
They lived on ten dollars a week. The dog survived three weeks on rainwater. | |
24. prep. Away or occupied with (e.g. a scheduled activity). | |
He's on his lunch break. on vacation; on holiday | |
25. prep. Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with. | |
to play on a violin or piano | |
Her words made a lasting impression on my mind. | |
26. prep. Regularly taking (a drug). | |
You've been on these antidepressants far too long. He's acting so strangely, I think he must be on something. | |
27. prep. Under the influence of (a drug). | |
He's acting crazy because he's on crack right now. | |
28. prep. (mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain. | |
a function on | |
29. prep. (mathematics) HavingV^n as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n. | |
an operator on | |
30. prep. (mathematics) Generated by. | |
the free group on four letters | |
31. prep. Supported by (the specified part of itself). | |
A table can't stand on two legs. After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels. | |
32. prep. At a given time after the start of something; at. | |
33. prep. In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series. | |
heaps on heaps of food | |
mischief on mischief; loss on loss | |
34. prep. (obsolete, regional) of | |
35. prep. Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in. | |
I depended on them for assistance. | |
He will promise on certain conditions. | |
Do you ever bet on horses? | |
36. prep. Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion. | |
Have pity or compassion on him. | |
37. prep. (obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of. | |
38. prep. In the service of; connected with; of the number of. | |
He is on a newspaper; I am on the committee. | |
39. prep. By virtue of; with the pledge of. | |
He affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honour. | |
40. prep. To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon. | |
On us be all the blame. | |
A curse on him! | |
Please don't tell on her and get her in trouble. | |
He turned on her and has been her enemy ever since. | |
He went all honest on me, making me listen to his confession. | |
41. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) to switch on | |
Can you on the light? | |
42. prep. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without. | |
43. n. In the Japanese language, a pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character that was originally based on the character's pronunciation in Chinese, contrasted with kun. | |
Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun". | |
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. | |
Malaysian |
1. adj. Pertaining to the country of Malaysia. | |
2. adj. Pertaining to the Malay language. | |
3. n. A native of Malaysia. | |
built |
1. adj. (informal) well-built, muscular or toned. | |
2. n. (obsolete) Shape; build; form of structure. | |
the built of a ship | |
3. v. simple past tense of build | |
4. v. past participle of build | |
build |
1. v. To form (something) by combining materials or parts. | |
2. v. To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process. | |
3. v. To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to. | |
4. v. To establish a basis for (something). | |
5. v. (intransitive) To form by combining materials or parts. | |
6. v. (intransitive) To develop in magnitude or extent. | |
7. v. (transitive, computing) To construct (software) by compiling its source code. | |
8. v. (intransitive, computing, of source code) To be converted into software by compilation, usually with minimal human intervention. | |
This code won't build any more. Have you made any changes? | |
9. n. The physique of a human body; constitution or structure of a human body. | |
Rugby players are of sturdy build. | |
10. n. (computing) Any of various versions of a software product as it is being developed for release to users. | |
The computer company has introduced a new prototype build to beta testers. | |
11. n. (video games, slang) Any structure, such as a building, statue, pool or forest, created by the player. | |
I made a build that looked like the Parthenon in that game. | |
car |
1. n. A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation; a motorcar or automobile. | |
She drove her car to the mall. | |
2. n. (dated) A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal; a chariot. | |
3. n. (Birmingham) A four-wheeled cab, as opposed to a (two-wheeled) Hansom cab. | |
4. n. (rail transport, chiefly North America) An unpowered unit in a railroad train. | |
The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive. | |
5. n. (rail transport) an individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit. | |
The 11:10 to London was operated by a 4-car diesel multiple unit. | |
6. n. (rail transport) A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not. | |
From the frontmost car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel. | |
7. n. A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car. | |
We ordered five hundred cars of gypsum. | |
8. n. The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism. | |
Fix the car of the express elevator - the door is sticking. | |
9. n. The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels. | |
The most exciting part of riding a Ferris wheel is when your car goes over the top. | |
10. n. The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus. | |
11. n. (sailing) A sliding fitting that runs along a track. | |
12. n. (US, slang) The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car. | |
Buy now! You can get more car for your money. | |
13. n. (US) A floating perforated box for living fish. | |
14. n. (obsolete) A turn. | |
15. n. (computing) The first part of a cons in LISP. The first element of a list | |
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. | |
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. | |
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1. prep. (text messaging, slang) abbreviation of for | |
this is 4 U - this is for you | |