| effecting |
| 1. adj. Causative, effective. | |
| 2. v. present participle of effect | |
| effect |
| 1. n. The result or outcome of a cause. See usage notes below. | |
| The effect of the hurricane was a devastated landscape. | |
| 2. n. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced. | |
| 3. n. Execution; performance; realization; operation. | |
| 4. n. The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law. | |
| The new law will come into effect on the first day of next year. | |
| 5. n. (filmology) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect") | |
| The effect of flying was most convincing. | |
| 6. n. (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument. | |
| I use an echo effect here to make the sound more mysterious. | |
| I just bought a couple of great effects. | |
| 7. n. (physics, psychology, etc.) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer. | |
| Doppler effect | |
| 8. n. (usually plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects. | |
| 9. n. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to. | |
| 10. n. (obsolete) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance. | |
| 11. n. (obsolete) Manifestation; expression; sign. | |
| 12. v. To make or bring about; to implement. | |
| The best way to effect change is to work with existing stakeholders. | |
| 13. v. misspelling of affect | |
| 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. | |
| designed |
| 1. v. simple past tense and past participle of design | |
| 2. adj. created according to a design | |
| 3. adj. (dated) Planned; designated. | |
| design |
| 1. n. A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system. | |
| 2. n. A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture. | |
| 3. n. The composition of a work of art. | |
| 4. n. Intention or plot. | |
| To be hateful of the truth by design. | |
| 5. n. The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive. | |
| 6. n. The art of designing | |
| Danish furniture design is world-famous. | |
| 7. v. To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.). | |
| 8. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To plan (to do something). | |
| The king designed to mount an expedition to the New World. | |
| 9. v. (obsolete, transitive) To assign, appoint (something to someone); to designate. | |
| 10. v. (obsolete, transitive) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint. | |
| 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 | |
| effect |
| 1. n. The result or outcome of a cause. See usage notes below. | |
| The effect of the hurricane was a devastated landscape. | |
| 2. n. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced. | |
| 3. n. Execution; performance; realization; operation. | |
| 4. n. The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law. | |
| The new law will come into effect on the first day of next year. | |
| 5. n. (filmology) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect") | |
| The effect of flying was most convincing. | |
| 6. n. (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument. | |
| I use an echo effect here to make the sound more mysterious. | |
| I just bought a couple of great effects. | |
| 7. n. (physics, psychology, etc.) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer. | |
| Doppler effect | |
| 8. n. (usually plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects. | |
| 9. n. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to. | |
| 10. n. (obsolete) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance. | |
| 11. n. (obsolete) Manifestation; expression; sign. | |
| 12. v. To make or bring about; to implement. | |
| The best way to effect change is to work with existing stakeholders. | |
| 13. v. misspelling of affect | |
| 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. | |
| improvement |
| 1. n. The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering | |
| 2. n. The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse. | |
| 3. n. The state of being improved; betterment; advance | |
| 4. n. Something which is improved | |
| the new edition is an improvement on the old. | |
| 5. n. Increase; growth; progress; advance. | |
| 6. n. (in plural) Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises. | |
| 7. n. (Patent Laws): A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition. | |
| remedial |
| 1. adj. curative; providing a remedy | |
| 2. adj. intended to correct or improve deficient skills in some subject | |
| salutary |
| 1. adj. Effecting or designed to effect an improvement; remedial: salutary advice. | |
| 2. adj. Promoting good health and physical well-being; wholesome; curative. | |
| advice |
| 1. n. An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel. | |
| She was offered various piece of advice on what to do with her new-found wealth. | |
| 2. n. (obsolete) Deliberate consideration; knowledge. | |
| How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her? | |
| 3. n. (archaic, commonly in plural) Information or news given; intelligence | |
| late advices from France | |
| 4. n. In commercial language, information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange | |
| a letter of advice | |
| 5. n. (legal) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act. | |
| 6. n. (programming) In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached. | |
| 7. v. misspelling of advise | |
