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displaying
1. v. present participle of display
display
1. n. A show or spectacle.
The trapeze artist put on an amazing acrobatic display.
2. n. A piece of work to be presented visually.
Pupils are expected to produce a wall display about a country of their choice.
3. n. (computing) An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.
4. n. (computing) The presentation of information for visual or tactile reception.
5. n. (travel, aviation, in a reservation system) The asterisk symbol, used to denote that the following information will be displayed, eg, *H will "display history".
6. v. To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.
7. v. (intransitive) To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.
8. v. (military) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line.
9. v. (printing, dated) To make conspicuous by using large or prominent type.
10. v. (obsolete) To discover; to descry.
11. v. (obsolete) To spread out, to unfurl.
bravery
1. n. (usually) Being brave, courageousness.
2. n. A brave act.
3. n. Splendor, magnificence
and
1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but.
6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often
7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come,
12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
14. conj. Expressing a condition.:
15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that.
16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though.
17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath.
19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
daring
1. v. present participle of dare
2. adj. Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks; overbold.
3. adj. Courageous or showing bravery; doughty.
4. n. Boldness.
dare
1. v. (intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).
I wouldn't dare argue with my boss.
2. v. To defy or challenge (someone to do something)
I dare you (to) kiss that girl.
3. v. To have enough courage to meet or do something, go somewhere, etc.; to face up to
Will you dare death to reach your goal?
4. v. To terrify; to daunt.
5. v. To catch (larks) by producing terror through the use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them.
6. n. A challenge to prove courage.
7. n. The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness.
8. n. Defiance; challenge.
9. v. (obsolete) To stare stupidly or vacantly; to gaze as though amazed or terrified.
10. v. (obsolete) To lie or crouch down in fear.
11. n. A small fish, the dace.
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.
attempting
1. v. present participle of attempt
attempt
1. v. To try.
I attempted to sing, but my throat was too hoarse.
to attempt an escape from prison
A group of 80 budding mountaineers attempted Kilimanjaro, but 30 of them didn't make it to the top.
2. v. (obsolete) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
3. v. (archaic) To try to win, subdue, or overcome.
one who attempts the virtue of a woman
4. v. (archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
to attempt the enemy's camp
5. n. The action of trying at something.
We made an attempt to cross the stream, but didn't manage.
This poem is much better than the feeble attempt of mine.
It was worth the attempt.
6. n. An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.
some
1. pron. A certain number, at least one.
Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder.
2. pron. An indefinite quantity.
Can I have some of them?
3. pron. An indefinite amount, a part.
please give me some of the cake; everyone is wrong some of the time
4. det. A certain proportion of, at least one.
Some people like camping.
5. det. An unspecified quantity or number of.
Would you like some grapes?
6. det. An unspecified amount of (something un).
Would you like some water?
After some persuasion, he finally agreed.
7. det. A certain, an unspecified or unknown.
I've just met some guy who said he knew you.
The sequence S converges to zero for some initial value v.
8. det. A considerable quantity or number of; approximately.
He had edited the paper for some years.
9. det. (informal) A remarkable.
He is some acrobat!
10. adv. Of a measurement: approximately, roughly
I guess he must have weighed some 90 kilos.
Some 30,000 spectators witnessed the feat.
Some 4,000 acres of land were flooded.
task
1. n. A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
2. n. A difficult or tedious undertaking.
3. n. An objective.
4. n. (computing) A process or execution of a program.
5. v. To assign a task to, or impose a task on.
On my first day in the office, I was tasked with sorting a pile of invoices.
6. v. To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
7. v. To charge, as with a fault.

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