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I
     1. pron. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence.
             (audio, Here I am, sir.ogg, Audio)
     2. pron. (nonstandard, hypercorrection) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence.
     3. n. (metaphysics) The ego.
     4. n. (US, roadway) Interstate.
     5. n. (grammar) (abbreviation of instrumental case)
     6. pron. nonstandard spelling of I
just
     1. adj. Factually right, correct; factual.
           It is a just assessment of the facts.
     2. adj. Rationally right, correct.
     3. adj. Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair.
           It looks like a just solution at first glance.
     4. adj. Proper, adequate.
     5. adv. Only, simply, merely.
           Plant just a few tomatoes, unless you can freeze or dry them.
           He calls it vermilion, but it's just red to me.
     6. adv. (sentence adverb) Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.
           Just follow the directions on the box.
     7. adv. (speech act) Used to convey a less serious or formal tone
           I just called to say "hi".
     8. adv. (speech act) Used to show humility.
           Lord, we just want to thank You and praise Your Name.
     9. adv. (degree) absolutely, positively
           It is just splendid!
     10. adv. Moments ago, recently.
           They just left, but you may leave a message at the desk.
     11. adv. By a narrow margin; closely; nearly.
           The fastball just missed my head!
           The piece just might fit.
     12. adv. Exactly, precisely, perfectly.
           He wants everything just right for the big day.
     13. interj. (slang) Expressing dismay or discontent.
     14. n. A joust, tournament.
     15. v. To joust, fight a tournament.
want
     1. v. To wish for or to desire (something).
           What do you want to eat?  I want you to leave.  I never wanted to go back to live with my mother.  I want to be an astronaut when I'm older.  I don't want him
     2. v. (intransitive, now dated) To be lacking or deficient; not to exist.
           There was something wanting in the play.
     3. v. To lack, not to have (something).
     4. v. (transitive, colloquially with verbal noun as object) To be in need of; to require (something).
           That chair wants fixing.
     5. v. (intransitive, dated) To be in a state of destitution; to be needy; to lack.
     6. n. A desire, wish, longing.
     7. n. (often, followed by of) Lack, absence.
     8. n. Poverty.
     9. n. Something needed or desired; a thing of which the loss is felt.
     10. n. (mining) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place.
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
see
     1. v. (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
     2. v.          To witness or observe by personal experience.
                   Now I've seen it all!
                   I have been blind since birth and I love to read Braille. When the books arrive in from the library, I can’t wait to see what stories they have s
                   I saw military service in Vietnam.
     3. v. To form a mental picture of.
     4. v.          (figuratively) To understand.
                   Do you see what I mean?
     5. v.          To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.
                   They're blind to the damage they do, but someday they'll see.
     6. v. (social) To meet, to visit.
     7. v.          To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit.
                   to go to see a friend
     8. v.          To date frequently.
                   I've been seeing her for two months
     9. v. To be the setting or time of.
           The 20th century saw humanity's first space exploration.
     10. v. (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
           I'll see you hang for this!  I saw that they didn't make any more trouble.
     11. v. (gambling) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
           I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten.
     12. v. (sometimes mystical) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
           The oracle saw the destruction of the city.
     13. v. To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
           I'll come over later and see if I can fix your computer.
     14. v. (used in the imperative) (Used to emphasise a proposition.)
           You see, Johnny, your Dad isn't your real dad.
     15. v. (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
           Step 4: In the system, check out the laptop to the student (see: "Logging Resources" in the Tutor Manual).
           This article is about the insect. For the English rock band, see.
           For a complete proof of the Poincaré conjecture, see Appendix C.
     16. interj. Directing the audience to pay attention to the following
           See here, fellas, there's no need for all this rucus!
     17. interj. Introducing an explanation
           See, in order to win the full prize we would have to come up with a scheme to land a rover on the Moon.
     18. n. A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.
     19. n. The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric
     20. n. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
what's
     1. contraction. What is.
           What's going on?
     2. contraction. What has.
           What's that got to do with it?
     3. contraction. What does.
           What's that mean?
     what
          1. pron. (interrogative) Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: (used interrogatively in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.)
          2. pron. (relative, nonstandard) That; which; who.
          3. pron. That which; those that; the thing that.
                He knows what he wants.
                What goes up must come down.
                Keep up with what your friends are doing.
          4. pron. Whatever.
                I will do what I can to help you.
          5. adv. (usually followed by "with") In some manner or degree; in part; partly. See also what with
                What with singing and joking, the time passed quickly.
          6. adv. Such.
                What a pity.
                What a beautiful day!
          7. adv. (obsolete) Why?
          8. adv. (now rare) Used to introduce each of two coordinate phrases or concepts; both…and.
          9. adv. (Singlish) (alt form, wat) (used to contradict an assumption)
          10. interj. An expression of surprise or disbelief.
                What! That’s amazing.
          11. interj. Response that enquires what the asker desires (usually said unhappily).
          12. interj. (UK, colloquial, dated) (clipping of what do you say)?
                It’s a nice day, what?
          13. interj. What did you say? I beg your pardon?
          14. det. Which; which kind of.
                What shirt are you going to wear?
                What time is it?
                What kind of car is that?
          15. det. How much; how great (used in an exclamation).
                What talent he has!
                What a talent!
          16. det. (relative) Whatever
                Write down what things come into your mind.
          17. n. (obsolete) Something; thing; stuff.
          18. n. The identity of a thing, as an answer to a question of what.
          19. n. Something that is addressed by , as opposed to a person, addressed by who.
     is
          1. v. third-person singular present indicative of be
                He is a doctor. He retired some time ago.
                Should he do the task, it is vital that you follow him.
          2. n. plural of i
                remember to dot your is
on
     1. adj. In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
     2. adj. Performing according to schedule.
           Are we still on for tonight?
           Is the show still on?
     3. adj. (chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate.
           You can't do that; it's just not on.
     4. adj. (informal) Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
           "Five bucks says the Cavs win tonight." ―"You're on!".
           Mike just threw coffee onto Paul's lap. It's on now.
     5. adj. (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
     6. adj. (euphemistic) Menstruating.
     7. adv. To an operating state.
           turn the television on
     8. adv. Along, forwards (continuing an action).
           drive on, rock on
     9. adv. In continuation, at length.
           and so on.
           He rambled on and on.
     10. adv. (not US) Later.
           Ten years on, nothing had changed in the village.
     11. prep. Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
           on the table;  on the couch
           The parrot was sitting on Jim's shoulder.
     12. prep. At or near; adjacent to.
           Soon we'll pass a statue on the left.
           The fleet is on the American coast.
           Croton-on-Hudson, Rostov-on-Don, Southend-on-Sea
     13. prep. Covering.
           He wore old shoes on his feet.
     14. prep. At the date of.
           Born on the 4th of July.
     15. prep. Some time during the day of.
           I'll see you on Monday.   The bus leaves on Friday.   Can I see you on a different day? On Sunday I'm busy.
     16. prep. Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something.
           A book on history.   The World Summit on the Information Society.
     17. prep. Touching; hanging from.
           The fruit ripened on the trees.   The painting hangs on the wall.
     18. prep. (informal) In the possession of.
           I haven't got any money on me.
     19. prep. Because of, or due to.
           To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery.   To contact someone on a hunch.
     20. prep. Upon; at the time of (and often because of).
           On Jack's entry, William got up to leave.
           On the addition of ammonia, a chemical reaction begins.
     21. prep. Paid for by.
           The drinks are on me tonight, boys.   The meal is on the house.   I paid for the airfare and meals for my family, but the hotel room was on the company.
     22. prep. Used to indicate a means or medium.
           I saw it on television.   Can't you see I'm on the phone?
     23. prep. Indicating a means of subsistence.
           They lived on ten dollars a week.   The dog survived three weeks on rainwater.
     24. prep. Away or occupied with (e.g. a scheduled activity).
           He's on his lunch break.   on vacation;  on holiday
     25. prep. Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
           to play on a violin or piano
           Her words made a lasting impression on my mind.
     26. prep. Regularly taking (a drug).
           You've been on these antidepressants far too long.   He's acting so strangely, I think he must be on something.
     27. prep. Under the influence of (a drug).
           He's acting crazy because he's on crack right now.
     28. prep. (mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain.
           a function on
     29. prep. (mathematics) HavingV^n as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
           an operator on
     30. prep. (mathematics) Generated by.
           the free group on four letters
     31. prep. Supported by (the specified part of itself).
           A table can't stand on two legs.   After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels.
     32. prep. At a given time after the start of something; at.
     33. prep. In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
           heaps on heaps of food
           mischief on mischief; loss on loss
     34. prep. (obsolete, regional) of
     35. prep. Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in.
           I depended on them for assistance.
           He will promise on certain conditions.
           Do you ever bet on horses?
     36. prep. Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
           Have pity or compassion on him.
     37. prep. (obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of.
     38. prep. In the service of; connected with; of the number of.
           He is on a newspaper; I am on the committee.
     39. prep. By virtue of; with the pledge of.
           He affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honour.
     40. prep. To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
           On us be all the blame.
           A curse on him!
           Please don't tell on her and get her in trouble.
           He turned on her and has been her enemy ever since.
           He went all honest on me, making me listen to his confession.
     41. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) to switch on
           Can you on the light?
     42. prep. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without.
     43. n. In the Japanese language, a pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character that was originally based on the character's pronunciation in Chinese, contrasted with kun.
           Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun".
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.
other
     1. adj. See other (determiner) below
     2. adj. second.
           I get paid every other week.
     3. adj. Alien.
     4. adj. Different.
     5. adj. (obsolete) Left, as opposed to right.
     6. n. An other one, more often rendered as another.
           I'm afraid little Robbie does not always play well with others.
     7. n. The other one; the second of two.
           One boat is not better than the other.
     8. det. Not the one or ones previously referred to.
           Other people would do it differently.
     9. adv. Apart from; in the phrase "other than".
           Other than that, I'm fine.
     10. adv. (obsolete) Otherwise.
           It shall none other be. — Chaucer.
           If you think other. — Shakespeare.
     11. v. To regard, label or treat as an "other", as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien.
     12. v. To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.
side
     1. n. A bounding straight edge of a two-dimensional shape.
           A square has four sides.
     2. n. A flat surface of a three-dimensional object; a face.
           A cube has six sides.
     3. n. One half (left or right, top or bottom, front or back, etc.) of something or someone.
           Which side of the tray shall I put it on?  The patient was bleeding on the right side.
     4. n. A region in a specified position with respect to something.
           Meet me on the north side of the monument.
     5. n. The portion of the human torso usually covered by the arms when they are not raised; the areas on the left and right between the belly or chest and the back.
           I generally sleep on my side.
     6. n. One surface of a sheet of paper (used instead of "page", which can mean one or both surfaces.)
           John wrote 15 sides for his essay!
     7. n. One possible aspect of a concept, person or thing.
           Look on the bright side.
     8. n. One set of competitors in a game.
           Which side has kick-off?
     9. n. (Australia) A sports team.
     10. n. A group having a particular allegiance in a conflict or competition.
           In the second world war, the Italians were on the side of the Germans.
     11. n. (music) A recorded piece of music; a record, especially in jazz.
     12. n. (sports) Sidespin; english
           He had to put a bit of side on to hit the pink ball.
     13. n. (UK, Australia, Ireland, dated) A television channel, usually as opposed to the one currently being watched (from when there were only two channels).
           I just want to see what's on the other side — James said there was a good film on tonight.
     14. n. (US, colloquial) A dish that accompanies the main course; a side dish.
           Do you want a side of cole-slaw with that?
     15. n. A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished from that traced through another.
           his mother's side of the family
     16. n. (baseball) The batters faced in an inning by a particular pitcher
     17. n. (slang) An unjustified air of self-importance.
     18. v. (intransitive) To ally oneself, be in an alliance, usually with "with" or rarely "in with".
           Which will you side with, good or evil?
     19. v. To lean on one side.
     20. v. (transitive, obsolete) To be or stand at the side of; to be on the side toward.
     21. v. (transitive, obsolete) To suit; to pair; to match.
     22. v. (transitive, shipbuilding) To work (a timber or rib) to a certain thickness by trimming the sides.
     23. v. To furnish with a siding.
           to side a house
     24. v. (transitive, cooking) To provide with, as a side or accompaniment.
     25. adj. Being on the left or right, or toward the left or right; lateral.
     26. adj. Indirect; oblique; incidental.
           a side issue; a side view or remark
     27. adj. (UK archaic, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Wide; large; long, pendulous, hanging low, trailing; far-reaching.
     28. adj. (Scotland) Far; distant.
     29. adv. (UK dialectal) Widely; wide; far.
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