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concerned
1. adj. Showing concern.
There was a concerned expression on her face as I told her the news.
2. adj. Involved or responsible.
The people concerned have been punished.
3. v. simple past tense and past participle of concern
concern
1. n. That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone. The adposition before the matter of interest is usually over, about or for.
Mark’s health was of great concern to Connie.
Most people in Australia have no concern for the recent events in London.
Judy's eyes filled with concern as she listened to the news report.
2. n. The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
3. n. A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
The employees’ attitude is really hurting the concern.
4. n. (programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
5. v. To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
6. v. To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
A good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects.
7. v. To make somebody worried.
I’m concerned that she’s becoming an alcoholic.
with
1. prep. Against.
He picked a fight with the class bully.
2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
He went with his friends.
3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
5. prep. In support of.
We are with you all the way.
6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
slain with robbers
7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
cut with a knife
8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
9. prep. Having, owning.
10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
Do you want to come with?
11. adv. -->
12. n. alternative form of withe
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.
attentive
1. adj. Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
She is an attentive listener, but does not like to talk much.
2. adj. Courteous; mindful.
a husband attentive to his wife's needs
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
details
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of detail
2. n. plural of detail
detail
1. n. Something small enough to escape casual notice.
Note this fine detail in the lower left corner.
We missed several important details in the contract.
2. n. A profusion of details.
This etching is full of fine detail.
3. n. The small things that can escape casual notice.
4. n. Something considered trivial enough to ignore.
I don't concern myself with the details of accounting.
5. n. A person's name, address and other personal information.
The arresting officer asked the suspect for his details.
6. n. (military, law enforcement) A temporary unit or assignment.
7. n. A part distinct from the whole.
8. n. A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
9. v. to explain in detail
I'll detail the exact procedure to you later.
10. v. to clean carefully (particularly of road vehicles) ((IPAchar, ˈdi(ː)teɪɫ))
We need to have the minivan detailed.
11. v. (transitive, military) to assign to a particular task
minute
1. n. A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
You have twenty minutes to complete the test.
2. n. (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!
3. n. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc.
4. n. (chiefly in the minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s meeting.
5. n. A unit of purchase on a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.
If you buy this phone, you’ll get 100 free minutes.
6. n. A point in time; a moment.
7. n. A nautical or a geographic mile.
8. n. An old coin, a half farthing.
9. n. (obsolete) A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit.
10. n. (architecture) A fixed part of a module.
11. n. (slang) A while or a long unspecified period of time
Oh, I ain't heard that song in a minute!
12. v. Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
I’ll minute this evening’s meeting.
13. v. To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
14. adj. Very small.
They found only minute quantities of chemical residue on his clothing.
15. adj. Very careful and exact, giving small details.
The lawyer gave the witness a minute examination.
circumstantial
1. adj. Pertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential.
2. adj. Abounding with minor circumstances; in great detail; particular.
3. adj. Full of circumstance or pomp; ceremonial.
4. adj. (legal) Suggesting guilt, but not proving it conclusively.
It is unlikely he will be convicted; the evidence against him is circumstantial at best.
5. n. (chiefly in the plural) Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance.
the circumstantials of religion
precise
1. adj. exact, accurate
2. adj. (sciences, of experimental results) consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other (this does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value)
3. adj. adhering too much to rules; prim or punctilious
4. v. (nonstandard, used by NNES, or in jargon, e.g. by the European Union, transitive) To make or render precise.

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