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despite
     1. n. (obsolete) Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
     2. n. (archaic) Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
     3. n. Evil feeling; malice, spite.
     4. prep. In spite of, notwithstanding, regardless of.
     5. v. (obsolete) To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.
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.
fact
     1. n. (archaic) Action; the realm of action.
     2. n. (legal, obsolete except in set phrases) A wrongful or criminal deed.
           He had become an accessory after the fact.
     3. n. (obsolete) A feat or meritorious deed.
     4. n. An honest observation.
     5. n. Something actual as opposed to invented.
           In this story, the Gettysburg Address is a fact, but the rest is fiction.
     6. n. Something which is real.
           Gravity is a fact, not a theory.
     7. n. Something which has become real.
           The promise of television became a fact in the 1920s.
     8. n. Something concrete used as a basis for further interpretation.
           Let's look at the facts of the case before deciding.
     9. n. An objective consensus on a fundamental reality that has been agreed upon by a substantial number of experts.
           There is no doubting the fact that the Earth orbits the Sun.
     10. n. Information about a particular subject, especially actual conditions and/or circumstances.
           The facts about space travel.
     11. interj. Used before making a statement to introduce it as a trustworthy one.
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.
legalising
     1. v. present participle of legalise
     legalise
          1. v. (Non-Oxford British) standard spelling of legalize
          2. v. To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.
                There is a debate whether or not to legalise some of the softer drugs.
cannabis
     1. n. A tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis, especially Cannabis sativa), native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers.
     2. n. A mildly euphoriant or sedating, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant.
     3. n. The purified and decarboxylated resin of the cannabis plant used for medicinal purposes rather than for any intoxicating effects.
smoking
     1. v. present participle of smoke
     2. adj. Giving off smoke.
     3. adj. (slang) Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman.
           That woman is smoking!
     4. adj. (slang) Showing great skill or talent.
           The band put on a smoking performance.
     5. n. The act or process of emitting smoke.
     6. n. The burning and inhalation of tobacco.
           Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
     7. n. (by extension) The burning and inhalation of other substances, e.g. marijuana.
     8. n. The act of exposing (something) to smoke; (by extension) the process by which foods are cured or flavoured by smoke
     smoke
          1. n. The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
          2. n. (colloquial) A cigarette.
                Can I bum a smoke off you?;  I need to go buy some smokes.
          3. n. (colloquial) Anything to smoke (e.g. cigarettes, marijuana, etc.)
                Hey, you got some smoke?
          4. n. (colloquial, never plural) An instance of smoking a cigarette, cigar, etc.; the duration of this act.
                I'm going out for a smoke.
          5. n. (figuratively) A fleeting illusion; something insubstantial, evanescent, unreal, transitory, or without result.
                The excitement behind the new candidate proved to be smoke.
          6. n. (figuratively) Something used to obscure or conceal; an obscuring condition; see also smoke and mirrors.
                The smoke of controversy.
          7. n. A light grey colour/color tinted with blue.
                (color panel, D6E2E2)
          8. n. (military) A particulate of solid or liquid particles dispersed into the air on the battlefield to degrade enemy ground or for aerial observation. Smoke has many uses--screening smoke, signaling smoke
          9. n. (baseball, slang) A fastball.
          10. v. To inhale and exhale the smoke from a burning cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.
                He's smoking his pipe.
          11. v. (intransitive) To inhale and exhale tobacco smoke.
                Do you smoke?
          12. v. (intransitive) To give off smoke.
                My old truck was still smoking even after the repairs.
          13. v. To preserve or prepare (food) for consumption by treating with smoke.
                You'll need to smoke the meat for several hours.
          14. v. (transitive, obsolete) To fill or scent with smoke; hence, to fill with incense; to perfume.
          15. v. (slang) To perform (e.g. music) energetically or skillfully. Almost always in present participle form.
                The horn section was really smokin' on that last tune.
          16. v. (US, Canada NZ slang) To beat someone at something.
                We smoked them at rugby.
          17. v. (US, slang) To kill, especially with a gun.
                He got smoked by the mob.
          18. v. (obsolete, transitive) To smell out; to hunt out; to find out; to detect.
          19. v. (slang) To ridicule to the face; to mock.
          20. v. To burn; to be kindled; to rage.
          21. v. To raise a dust or smoke by rapid motion.
          22. v. To suffer severely; to be punished.
          23. v. (transitive, US military slang) To punish for a minor offense by excessive physical exercise.
          24. adj. Of the colour known as smoke.
          25. adj. Made of or with smoke.
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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