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). | |
entered |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of enter | |
enter |
1. v. (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space. | |
You should knock before you enter, unless you want to see me naked. | |
2. v. To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted. | |
to enter a knife into a piece of wood; to enter a boy at college, a horse for a race, etc. | |
3. v. (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession). | |
My twelve-year-old son will be entering his teens next year. She had planned to enter the legal profession. | |
4. v. To type (something) into a computer; to input. | |
Enter your user name and password. | |
5. v. To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc. | |
6. v. (intransitive, law) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc. | |
7. v. (law, intransitive) To become effective; to come into effect. | |
8. v. (legal) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them. | |
9. v. (transitive, legal) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order. | |
to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment | |
10. v. to make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper customs officer for estimating the duties. See entry | |
11. v. (transitive, US, dated, historical) To file, or register with the land office, the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right of preemption. | |
12. v. to deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.). | |
entered according to act of Congress | |
13. v. (transitive, obsolete) To initiate; to introduce favourably. | |
14. n. (computing) alternative spelling of Enter the computer key | |
15. n. (computing) alternative spelling of Enter a stroke of the computer key | |
strikingly |
1. adv. (manner) In a striking way. | |
He entered strikingly, taking over the stage. | |
2. adv. (degree) To a remarkable degree or extent. | |
He was strikingly deficient in good sense. | |
3. adv. (evaluative) Remarkably, surprisingly. | |
Strikingly, he had bowed deeply to the Emperor. | |
taking |
1. adj. Alluring; attractive. | |
2. adj. (obsolete) Infectious; contagious. | |
3. n. The act by which something is taken. | |
4. n. A seizure of someone's goods or possessions. | |
5. n. A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior. | |
6. n. That which has been gained. | |
Count the shop's takings. | |
7. n. (in the plural) The cash or money received (taken) by a shop or other business; receipts. | |
Fred was concerned because the takings from his sweetshop had fallen again for the third week. | |
8. v. present participle of take | |
take |
1. v. To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force. | |
They took Charlton's gun from his cold, dead hands. | |
I'll take that plate off the table. | |
2. v. To seize or capture. | |
take the guards prisoner | |
take prisoners | |
After a bloody battle, they were able to take the city. | |
3. v. To catch or get possession of (fish or game). | |
took ten catfish in one afternoon | |
4. v. (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it. | |
5. v. To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off. | |
Billy took her pencil. | |
6. v. To exact. | |
take a toll | |
take revenge | |
7. v. To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game. | |
took the next two tricks | |
took Smith's rook | |
8. v. To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc). | |
took third place | |
took bribes | |
The camera takes 35mm film. | |
9. v. To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation. | |
The store doesn't take checks. | |
She wouldn't take any money for her help. | |
Do you take credit? | |
The vending machine only takes bills, it doesn't take coins. | |
10. v. To accept and follow (advice, etc). | |
take my advice | |
11. v. To receive into some relationship. | |
take a wife | |
The school only takes new students in the fall. | |
The therapist wouldn't take him as a client. | |
12. v. (transitive, intransitive, legal) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir). | |
13. v. To remove. | |
take two eggs from the carton | |
14. v. To remove or end by death; to kill. | |
The earthquake took many lives. | |
The plague took rich and poor alike. | |
Cancer took her life. | |
He took his life last night. | |
15. v. To subtract. | |
take one from three and you are left with two | |
16. v. To have sex with. | |
17. v. To defeat (someone or something) in a fight. | |
Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you. | |
The woman guarding us looks like a professional, but I can take her! | |
18. v. To grasp or grip. | |
He took her hand in his. | |
19. v. To select or choose; to pick. | |
Take whichever bag you like. | |
She took the best men with her and left the rest to garrison the city. | |
I'll take the blue plates. | |
I'll take two sugars in my coffee, please. | |
20. v. To adopt (select) as one's own. | |
She took his side in every argument. | |
take a stand on the important issues | |
21. v. To carry or lead (something or someone). | |
She took her sword with her everywhere she went. | |
I'll take the plate with me. | |
22. v. (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place. | |
The next bus will take you to Metz. | |
I took him for a ride | |
I took him down to London. | |
23. v. (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching. | |
These stairs take you down to the basement. | |
Stone Street took us right past the store. | |
24. v. To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around. | |
She took the steps two or three at a time/ | |
He took the curve / corner too fast. | |
The pony took every hedge and fence in its path. | |
25. v. To escort or conduct (a person). | |
He took her to lunch at the new restaurant, took her to the movies, and then took her home. | |
26. v. (reflexive) To go. | |
27. v. To use as a means of transportation. | |
take the ferry | |
I took a plane. | |
He took the bus to London, and then took a train to Manchester. | |
He's 96 but he still takes the stairs. | |
28. v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel. | |
29. v. To obtain for use by payment or lease. | |
She took a condo at the beach for the summer. | |
He took a full-page ad in the Times. | |
30. v. To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription. | |
They took two magazines. | |
I used to take The Sunday Times. | |
31. v. To consume. | |
32. v. To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest. | |
take two of these and call me in the morning | |
take the blue pill | |
I take aspirin every day to thin my blood. | |
33. v. To partake of (food or drink); to consume. | |
The general took dinner at seven o'clock. | |
34. v. To experience, undergo, or endure. | |
35. v. To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to. | |
take sun-baths | |
take a shower | |
She made the decision to take chemotherapy. | |
36. v. To experience or feel. | |
She takes pride in her work. | |
over |
1. adj. Discontinued; ended or concluded. | |
The show is over. | |
2. adv. Thoroughly; completely; from beginning to end. | |
Let's talk over the project at tomorrow's meeting. | |
Let me think that over. | |
I'm going to look over our department's expenses. | |
3. adv. To an excessive degree; overly. | |
4. adv. From an upright position to being horizontal. | |
He tipped the bottle over, and the water came gushing out. | |
That building just fell over! | |
He bent over to touch his toes. | |
5. adv. Horizontally; left to right or right to left. | |
Slide the toilet-paper dispenser's door over when one roll is empty in order to reveal the other. | |
I moved over to make room for him to sit down. | |
6. adv. From one position or state to another. | |
Please pass that over to me. | |
He came over to our way of thinking on the new project. | |
Come over and play! | |
I'll bring over a pizza. | |
7. adv. Overnight (throughout the night). | |
We stayed over at Grandma's. | |
Can I sleep over? | |
8. adv. (US, usually with do) Again; another time; once more; over again. | |
I lost my paper and I had to do the entire assignment over. | |
9. adv. (procedure word, military) a procedure word meaning that a station is finished transmitting and is expecting a response. | |
Bravo Six, this is Bravo Six Four. Stand by for ten mike report one dash three, over. | |
Bravo Six Four, this is Bravo Six Actual. Send your traffic, over. | |
10. n. (cricket) A set of six legal balls bowled. | |
11. n. Any surplus amount of money, goods delivered, etc. | |
12. prep. Physical positioning. | |
13. prep. On top of; above; higher than; further up. | |
Hold the sign up over your head. climb up the ladder and look over the roof | |
14. prep. Across or spanning. | |
There is a bridge over the river. | |
15. prep. In such a way as to cover. | |
drape the fabric over the table; there is a roof over the house | |
16. prep. From one physical position to another via an obstacle that must be traversed vertically, first upwards and then downwards. | |
The dog jumped over the fence. | |
I'll go over the fence first and then help you. | |
Let's walk over the hill to get there. | |
17. prep. By comparison. | |
18. prep. More than; to a greater degree. | |
I prefer the purple over the pink. | |
19. prep. Beyond; past; exceeding; too much or too far. | |
I think I’m over my limit for calories for today. | |
20. prep. (in certain collocations) As compared to. | |
Sales are down this quarter over last. | |
21. prep. Indicating relative status, authority, or power | |
The owner's son lorded over the experienced managers. | |
The prince ruled over a portion of the kingdom. | |
22. prep. (mathematics) Divided by. | |
four over two equals two over one | |
23. prep. (poker) (Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.) | |
9♦9♠9♣6♥6♠ = nines over sixes | |
24. prep. Finished with; done with; from one state to another via a hindrance that must be solved or defeated; or via a third state that represents a significant difference from the first two. | |
We got over the engineering problems and the prototype works great. | |
I am over my cold and feel great again. | |
I know the referee made a bad call, but you have to get over it your annoyance with the referee's decision. | |
She is finally over the distress of losing her job. | |
He is finally over his distress over the loss of the relationship with his ex-girlfriend. | |
25. prep. While using, especially while consuming. | |
26. prep. Concerning or regarding. | |
The two boys had a fight over whose girlfriend was the best. | |
27. prep. Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding. | |
We triumphed over difficulties. | |
The bill was passed over the veto. | |
It was a fine victory over their opponents. | |
28. interj. In radio communications: end of sentence, ready to receive reply. | |
How do you receive? Over! | |
29. n. (rare, dialectal, or obsolete) A shore, riverbank. | |
The sea's over. | |
the |
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already | |
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.) | |
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.) | |
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird. | |
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause. | |
The street that runs through my hometown. | |
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time. | |
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe. | |
God save the Queen! | |
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item. | |
That was the best apple pie ever. | |
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive. | |
That apple pie was the best. | |
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class. | |
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective. | |
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. | |
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar. | |
No one in the whole country had seen it before. | |
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning. | |
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun. | |
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”) | |
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention. | |
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery. | |
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives. | |
The hotter the better. | |
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks. | |
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children. | |
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it. | |
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone. | |
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it. | |
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it. | |
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that. | |
stage |
1. n. A phase. | |
He is in the recovery stage of his illness. | |
Completion of an identifiable stage of maintenance such as removing an aircraft engine for repair or storage. | |
2. n. (theater) A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given. | |
The band returned to the stage to play an encore. | |
3. n. A floor or storey of a house. | |
4. n. A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging. | |
5. n. A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf. | |
6. n. A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers. | |
The stage pulled into town carrying the payroll for the mill and three ladies. | |
7. n. (dated) A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses. | |
8. n. (dated) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked off; the distance between two places of rest on a road. | |
a stage of ten miles | |
9. n. (electronics) The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc. | |
a 3-stage cascade of a 2nd-order bandpass Butterworth filter | |
10. n. The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing. | |
He placed the slide on the stage. | |
11. n. (video games) A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game. | |
How do you get past the flying creatures in the third stage? | |
12. n. A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene. | |
13. n. (geology) The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale. | |
14. v. To produce on a stage, to perform a play. | |
The local theater group will stage "Pride and Prejudice". | |
15. v. To demonstrate in a deceptive manner. | |
The salesman’s demonstration of the new cleanser was staged to make it appear highly effective. | |
16. v. (Of a protest or strike etc.) To carry out. | |
17. v. To place in position to prepare for use. | |
We staged the cars to be ready for the start, then waited for the starter to drop the flag. | |
to stage data to be written at a later time | |