| he |
| 1. pron. (personal) A male person or animal already known or implied. | |
| 2. pron. (personal, sometimes proscribed, see usage notes) A person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant. | |
| The rulebook clearly states that "if any student is caught cheating, he will be expelled", and you were caught cheating, were you not, Anna? | |
| 3. pron. (personal) An animal whose gender is unknown. | |
| 4. n. The game of tag, or it, in which the player attempting to catch the others is called "he". | |
| 5. n. (informal) A male. | |
| Alex totally is a he. | |
| 6. n. The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). | |
| deprecates |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of deprecate | |
| deprecate |
| 1. v. To belittle or express disapproval of. | |
| He deprecates any praise of his own merits. | |
| They deprecated the attempt to deny aid to homeless people. | |
| She deprecated any action which might disturb the peace. | |
| 2. v. (chiefly computing) To declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced. | |
| The bold tag has been deprecated in favour of the strong tag. | |
| It is still supported but strongly deprecated. | |
| 3. v. (archaic) To pray against. | |
| any |
| 1. adv. To even the slightest extent, at all. | |
| I will not remain here any longer. | |
| If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways! | |
| 2. det. At least one; of at least one kind. One at all. | |
| do you have any biscuits?; do you have any food?; I haven't got any money; it won't do you any good | |
| 3. det. No matter what kind. | |
| choose any items you want; any person may apply | |
| 4. pron. Any thing(s) or person(s). | |
| Any may apply. | |
| praise |
| 1. n. commendation; favourable representation in words | |
| 2. n. worship | |
| 3. v. To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship. | |
| Be sure to praise Bobby for his excellent work at school this week. | |
| Some of the passengers were heard praising God as the stricken plane landed safely. | |
| of |
| 1. prep. Expressing distance or motion. | |
| 2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off". | |
| 3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.). | |
| 4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.). | |
| There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage. | |
| 5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to. | |
| What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three. | |
| 6. prep. Expressing separation. | |
| 7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.) | |
| Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband. | |
| 8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.) | |
| He seemed devoid of human feelings. | |
| 9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.) | |
| 10. prep. Expressing origin. | |
| 11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.) | |
| The word is believed to be of Japanese origin. | |
| 12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of. | |
| The invention was born of necessity. | |
| 13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.) | |
| It is said that she died of a broken heart. | |
| 14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.) | |
| I am tired of all this nonsense. | |
| 15. prep. Expressing agency. | |
| 16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).) | |
| I am not particularly enamoured of this idea. | |
| 17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below). | |
| The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties. | |
| 18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.) | |
| It was very brave of you to speak out like that. | |
| 19. prep. Expressing composition, substance. | |
| 20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.) | |
| Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic. | |
| 21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.) | |
| She wore a dress of silk. | |
| 22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.) | |
| What a lot of nonsense! | |
| 23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.) | |
| Welcome to the historic town of Harwich. | |
| 24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also". | |
| I'm not driving this wreck of a car. | |
| 25. prep. Introducing subject matter. | |
| 26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma | |
| I'm always thinking of you. | |
| 27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning. | |
| He told us the story of his journey to India. | |
| 28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.) | |
| This behaviour is typical of teenagers. | |
| 29. prep. Having partitive effect. | |
| 30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among". | |
| Most of these apples are rotten. | |
| 31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.) | |
| 32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of. | |
| On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort. | |
| 33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).) | |
| He is a friend of mine. | |
| 34. prep. Expressing possession. | |
| 35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above. | |
| He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century. | |
| 36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it. | |
| The owner of the nightclub was arrested. | |
| 37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter | |
| Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames. | |
| 38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive". | |
| 39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.) | |
| She had a profound distrust of the police. | |
| 40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics. | |
| 41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards. | |
| My companion seemed affable and easy of manner. | |
| 42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by". | |
| Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain. | |
| 43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.) | |
| We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%. | |
| 44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod | |
| It's not that big of a deal. | |
| 45. prep. Expressing a point in time. | |
| 46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity. | |
| Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river. | |
| 47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time). | |
| I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while. | |
| 48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.) | |
| After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off. | |
| His |
| 1. pron. honoraltcaps, his | |
| 2. det. Belonging to him. | |
| 3. det. (dated) Belonging to a person of unspecified gender. | |
| 4. det. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.) | |
| 5. det. (archaic) Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case. | |
| Ahab his mark for Ahab's mark. | |
| Sejanus his Fall | |
| 6. pron. That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun. | |
| The decision was his to live with. | |
| 7. pron. alternative spelling of His | |
| 8. n. plural of hi | |
| own |
| 1. v. To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to. | |
| I own this car. | |
| 2. v. To have recognized political sovereignty over a place, territory, as distinct from the ordinary connotation of property ownership. | |
| The United States owns Point Roberts by the terms of the Treaty of Oregon. | |
| 3. v. To defeat or embarrass; to overwhelm. | |
| I will own my enemies. | |
| If he wins, he will own you. | |
| 4. v. To virtually or figuratively enslave. | |
| 5. v. (online gaming, slang) To defeat, dominate, or be above, also spelled pwn. | |
| 6. v. (transitive, computing, slang) To illicitly obtain superuser or root access to a computer system, thereby having access to all of the user files on that system; pwn. | |
| 7. adj. Belonging to; possessed; proper to. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence. | |
| They went that way, but we need to find our own. | |
| 8. adj. (obsolete) Peculiar, domestic. | |
| 9. adj. (obsolete) Not foreign. | |
| 10. v. (transitive, obsolete) To grant; give. | |
| 11. v. (intransitive) To admit, concede, grant, allow, acknowledge, confess; not to deny. | |
| 12. v. To admit; concede; acknowledge. | |
| 13. v. To answer to. | |
| 14. v. To recognise; acknowledge. | |
| to own one as a son | |
| 15. v. To claim as one's own. | |
| 16. v. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To confess. | |
| merits |
| 1. n. plural of merit | |
| 2. n. Intrinsic advantages, as opposed to political or procedural advantages. | |
| I was the boss's pet project, but was rejected on the merits. | |
| 3. n. (legal) Substance, distinguished from form or procedure. | |
| The merits of the case favored the plaintiffs, but their procedural blunders set them back. | |
| 4. v. third-person singular present indicative of merit | |
| merit |
| 1. n. A claim to commendation or a reward. | |
| 2. n. A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence. | |
| For her good performance in the examination, her teacher gave her ten merits. | |
| 3. n. Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward. | |
| Synonyms: excellence, worth | |
| His reward for his merit was a check for $50. | |
| 4. n. (Buddhism, Jainism) The sum of all the good deeds that a person does which determines the quality of the person's next state of existence and contributes to the person's growth towards enlightenment. | |
| to acquire or make merit | |
| 5. n. (law) Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or point | |
| Even though the plaintiff was ordered by the judge to pay some costs for not having followed the correct procedure, she won the case on the merits. | |
| 6. n. (obsolete) The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment. | |
| 7. v. To deserve, to earn. | |
| Her performance merited its wild applause. | |
| 8. v. (intransitive) To be deserving or worthy. | |
| They were punished as they merited. | |
| 9. v. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To reward. | |
