| greedy |
| 1. adj. Having greed; consumed by selfish desires. | |
| 2. adj. Prone to overeat. | |
| 3. adj. (regular expressions) Tending to match as much text as possible. | |
| This regular expression performs a greedy match. | |
| 4. adj. (computer science, of an algorithm) That tries to find the global optimum by finding the local optimum at each stage. | |
| eager |
| 1. adj. (obsolete) Sharp; sour; acid. | |
| 2. adj. (obsolete) Sharp; keen; bitter; severe. | |
| 3. adj. Desirous; keen to do or obtain something. | |
| The hounds were eager in the chase. | |
| I was eager to show my teacher how much I'd learned over the holidays. | |
| You stayed up all night to get to the front of the queue. You must be very eager to get tickets. | |
| 4. adj. Brittle; inflexible; not ductile. | |
| 5. adj. (comptheory) Not employing lazy evaluation; calculating results immediately, rather than deferring calculation until they are required. | |
| an eager algorithm | |
| 6. n. alternative form of eagre (tidal bore). | |
| for |
| 1. conj. (dated) Because. | |
| 2. prep. Towards. | |
| The astronauts headed for the moon. | |
| 3. prep. Directed at, intended to belong to. | |
| I have something for you. | |
| 4. prep. In honor of, or directed towards the celebration or event of. | |
| We're having a birthday party for Janet. | |
| The cake is for Tom and Helen's anniversary. | |
| The mayor gave a speech for the charity gala. | |
| 5. prep. Supporting. | |
| All those for the motion raise your hands. | |
| 6. prep. Because of. | |
| He wouldn't apologize; and just for that, she refused to help him. | |
| (UK usage) He looks better for having lost weight. | |
| She was the worse for drink. | |
| 7. prep. Over a period of time. | |
| I've lived here for three years. | |
| They fought for days over a silly pencil. | |
| 8. prep. Throughout an extent of space. | |
| 9. prep. On behalf of. | |
| I will stand in for him. | |
| 10. prep. Instead of, or in place of. | |
| 11. prep. In order to obtain or acquire. | |
| I am aiming for completion by the end of business Thursday. | |
| He's going for his doctorate. | |
| Do you want to go for coffee? | |
| People all over Greece looked to Delphi for answers. | |
| Can you go to the store for some eggs? | |
| I'm saving up for a car. | |
| Don't wait for an answer. | |
| What did he ask you for? | |
| 12. prep. In the direction of: marks a point one is going toward. | |
| Run for the hills! | |
| He was headed for the door when he remembered. | |
| 13. prep. By the standards of, usually with the implication of those standards being lower than one might otherwise expect. | |
| Fair for its day. | |
| She's spry for an old lady. | |
| 14. prep. Despite, in spite of. | |
| 15. prep. Used to indicate the subject of a to-infinitive. | |
| For that to happen now is incredibly unlikely. (=It is incredibly unlikely that that will happen now.) | |
| All I want is for you to be happy. (=All I want is that you be happy.) | |
| 16. prep. (chiefly US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio | |
| In term of base hits, Jones was three for four on the day | |
| 17. prep. (cricket) Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen. | |
| At close of play, England were 305 for 3. | |
| 18. prep. To be, or as being. | |
| 19. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.) | |
| 20. prep. Used to construe various verbs (see the entries for individual phrasal verbs). | |
| wealth |
| 1. n. (economics) Riches; valuable material possessions. | |
| 2. n. A great amount; an abundance or plenty. | |
| She brings a wealth of knowledge to the project. | |
| 3. n. (obsolete) Prosperity; well-being; happiness. | |
