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everyday
1. adj. appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions
2. adj. commonplace, ordinary
3. adv. misspelling of every day
4. n. (rare) the ordinary or routine day or occasion
speech
1. n. The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the ability to speak or to use vocalizations to communicate.
It was hard to hear the sounds of his speech over the noise. He had a bad speech impediment.
2. n. A session of speaking, especially a long oral message given publicly by one person.
The candidate made some ambitious promises in his campaign speech.
3. n. A style of speaking.
Her speech was soft and lilting.
4. n. (grammar) Speech reported in writing; see direct speech, reported speech
5. n. A dialect or language.
6. n. Talk; mention; rumour.
7. v. (transitive, intransitive) To make a speech; to harangue.
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.
dialect
1. n. (linguistics) A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community or social group, often differing from other varieties of the same language in minor ways as regards vocabul
2. n. (pejorative) Language that is perceived as substandard or wrong.
3. n. A lect (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized idiom that is conside
4. n. (computing, programming) A variant of a non-standardized programming language.
Home computers in the 1980s had many incompatible dialects of BASIC.
5. n. (ornithology) A variant form of the vocalizations of a bird species restricted to a certain area or population.
including
1. prep. Such as, among which; introducing one or more parts of the group or topic just mentioned.
All you have to do is to fill in the details, including your name and address and the amount you wish to give.
2. prep. (rare, nonstandard) Introducing a finite clause.
3. v. present participle of include
include
1. v. To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
I will purchase the vacation package if you will include car rental.
2. v. To contain, as parts of a whole; to comprehend.
The vacation package includes car rental.
Does this volume of Shakespeare include his sonnets?
I was included in the invitation to the family gathering.
up to and including page twenty-five
3. v. (obsolete) To enclose, confine.
4. v. (obsolete) To conclude; to terminate.
5. v. (programming) To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.
You have to include the strings library to use this function.
6. n. (programming) A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.
colloquialisms
1. n. plural of colloquialism
As
1. n. plural of A
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
You’re not as tall as I am.
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
The kidnappers released him as agreed.
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
Do as I say!
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
As you wish, my lord!
6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
As I came in, she flew.
7. conj. At the same time that; while.
He sleeps as the rain falls.
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
As it’s too late, I quit.
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
It's not so complicated as I expected.
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
You are not as tall as me.
They're big as houses.
17. prep. In the role of.
What is your opinion as a parent?
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
20. n. plural of a
opposed
1. adj. Acting in opposition; opposing.
2. adj. Being, of having an opponent; not unopposed.
3. v. simple past tense and past participle of oppose
oppose
1. v. To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against; to confront; to resist; to withstand.
to oppose the king in battle; to oppose a bill in Congress
There is still time to oppose this plan.
2. v. To object to.
Many religious leaders oppose cloning humans.
3. v. To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
They are opposed to any form of hierarchy.
4. v. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
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
standard
1. adj. Falling within an accepted range of size, amount, power, quality, etc.
2. adj. (of a tree or shrub) Growing alone as a free-standing plant; not trained on a post etc.
3. adj. Having recognized excellence or authority.
standard works in history; standard authors
4. adj. Of a usable or serviceable grade or quality.
5. adj. (not comparable, of a motor vehicle) Having a manual transmission.
6. adj. As normally supplied (not optional).
7. adj. (linguistics) Conforming to the standard variety.
8. n. A principle or example or measure used for comparison.
9. n. A level of quality or attainment.
10. n. Something used as a measure for comparative evaluations; a model.
11. n. A musical work of established popularity.
12. n. A rule or set of rules or requirements which are widely agreed upon or imposed by government.
13. n. The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established for coinage.
14. n. A bottle of wine containing 0.750 liters of fluid.
15. n. (India) Grade level in primary education.
I am in fifth standard.
16. n. A vertical pole with something at its apex.
17. n. An object supported in an upright position, such as a lamp standard.
18. n. The flag or ensign carried by a military unit.
19. n. One of the upright members that supports the horizontal axis of a transit or theodolite.
20. n. Any upright support, such as one of the poles of a scaffold.
21. n. A tree of natural size supported by its own stem, and not dwarfed by grafting on the stock of a smaller species nor trained upon a wall or trellis.
22. n. The sheth of a plough.
23. n. A manual transmission vehicle.
24. n. (botany) The upper petal or banner of a papilionaceous corolla.
25. n. (shipbuilding) An inverted knee timber placed upon the deck instead of beneath it, with its vertical branch turned upward from that which lies horizontally.
26. n. A large drinking cup.
27. n. (sociolinguistics) standard idiom, a prestigious or standardized language variety; standard language(Cite book, author=Jack Croft Richards, author2=Richard W. Schmidt, title=Longman Dictionary of Lang
literary
1. adj. Relating to literature.
literary fame
a literary history
literary conversation
2. adj. Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
a literary man
3. adj. Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
4. adj. Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
5. adj. Bookish.
liturgical
1. adj. Pertaining to liturgy.
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.
scientific
1. adj. Of, or having to do with science.
2. adj. Having the quality of being derived from, or consistent with, the scientific method.
3. adj. In accord with procedures, methods, conduct and accepted conventions of modern science. . Dictionary.com. May 22, 2011
idiom
1. n. A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, person, or group of people.
2. n. A language or language variety; specifically, a restricted dialect used in a given historical period, context etc.
3. n. An established expression whose meaning is not deducible from the literal meanings of its component words, often peculiar to a given language.
4. n. An artistic style (for example, in art, architecture, or music); an instance of such a style.
5. n. (programming) A programming construct or phraseology that is characteristic of the language.

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