existing |
1. v. present participle of exist | |
2. adj. That exists, or has existence, especially that exists now. | |
exist |
1. v. to be; have existence; have being or reality | |
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. | |
occurring |
1. v. present participle of occur | |
2. n. An instance of something occurring; an event or happening. | |
3. adj. (in combination) That occurs in a specified manner. | |
naturally-occurring macromolecules | |
occur |
1. v. (intransitive) To happen or take place. | |
The liftoff will occur in exactly twelve seconds. | |
2. v. (intransitive) To present or offer itself. | |
I will write if the opportunity occurs. | |
3. v. (impersonal) To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest itself. | |
4. v. (intransitive, sciences) To be present or found. | |
The chemical monofluoroacetate occurs in all parts of Dichapetalum cymosum, and is responsible for its toxic effects. | |
without |
1. adv. (archaic, or literary) Outside, externally. | |
2. adv. Lacking something. | |
Being from a large, poor family, he learned to live without. | |
3. adv. (euphemism) In prostitution: without a condom being worn. | |
4. prep. (archaic, or literary) Outside of, beyond. | |
The snow was swirling without the cottage, but it was warm within. | |
5. prep. Not having, containing, characteristic of, etc. | |
It was a mistake to leave my house without a coat. | |
6. prep. Not doing or not having done something. | |
He likes to eat everything without sharing. | |
He shot without warning anyone. | |
7. conj. (archaic, otherwise nonstandard) Unless, except (introducing a clause). | |
interruption |
1. n. The act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted. | |
2. n. A time interval during which there is a cessation of something. | |
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. | |
End |
1. n. A key that when pressed causes the cursor to go to the last character of the current line. | |
2. n. The terminal point of something in space or time. | |
At the end of the road, turn left. | |
At the end of the story, the main characters fall in love. | |
3. n. (by extension) (euphemistic) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion. | |
Is there no end to this madness? | |
4. n. (by extension) Death, especially miserable. | |
He met a terrible end in the jungle. | |
I hope the end comes quickly. | |
5. n. The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide. | |
Hold the string at both ends. | |
My father always sat at the end of the table. | |
6. n. Result. | |
7. n. A purpose, goal, or aim. | |
8. n. (cricket) One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground. | |
The Pavillion End | |
9. n. (American football) The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end. | |
10. n. (curling) A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion. | |
11. n. (mathematics) An ideal point of a graph or other complex. | |
12. n. That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap. | |
odds and ends | |
13. n. One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet. | |
14. v. To finish, terminate. | |
Is this movie never going to end? | |
The lesson will end when the bell rings. | |
The referee blew the whistle to end the game. | |
ceaseless |
1. adj. Without an end. | |
2. adj. Without stop or pause, incessant. | |
unending |
1. adj. Not ending; having no end. | |