| 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 | |
| treasure |
| 1. n. A collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc. | |
| 2. n. Anything greatly valued. | |
| 3. n. A term of endearment. | |
| 4. v. (transitive, of a person or thing) To consider to be precious; to value highly. | |
| Oh, this ring is beautiful! I’ll treasure it forever. | |
| 5. v. To store or stow in a safe place. | |
| 6. v. (transitive, obsolete) To enrich. | |
| this |
| 1. det. The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby). | |
| This classroom is where I learned to read and write. | |
| 2. det. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned). | |
| They give the appearance of knowing what they're doing. It's this appearance that lets them get away with so much. | |
| 3. det. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned). | |
| When asked what he wanted for his birthday, he gave this reply: “…” | |
| 4. det. A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a certain ...". | |
| I met this woman the other day who's allergic to wheat. I didn't even know that was possible! | |
| There's just this nervous mannerism that Bob has with his hands, and it drives me crazy. | |
| 5. det. (Of a unit of time) which is current. | |
| It snowed this week. | |
| 6. adv. To the degree or extent indicated. | |
| I need this much water. | |
| We've already come this far, we can't turn back now. | |
| 7. pron. The thing, item, etc. being indicated. | |
| This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,—often the surfeit of our own behaviour,—we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars(...) — Sh | |
| 8. n. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is here; one of these. | |
| 9. interj. (Internet slang) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material. | |
| five |
| 1. num. (cardinal) A numerical value equal to 5; the number following four and preceding six. This many dots: (•••••). | |
| 2. num. Describing a group or set with five elements. | |
| 3. n. The digit/figure 5. | |
| He wrote a five followed by four zeroes. | |
| 4. n. (US) A five-dollar bill. | |
| Can anyone here change a five? | |
| 5. n. Anything measuring five units, as length. | |
| All the fives are over there in the corner, next to the fours. | |
| 6. n. A person who is five years old. | |
| The fives and sixes will have snack first, then the older kids. | |
| 7. n. Five o'clock. | |
| See you at five. | |
| 8. n. A short rest, especially one of five minutes. | |
| Take five, soldier. | |
| 9. n. (basketball) A basketball team, club or lineup. | |
| generation |
| 1. n. The fact of creating something, or bringing something into being; production, creation. | |
| 2. n. The act of creating a living creature or organism; procreation. | |
| 3. n. (now US regional) Race, family; breed. | |
| 4. n. A single step or stage in the succession of natural descent; a rank or degree in genealogy, the members of a family from the same parents, considered as a single unit. | |
| This is the book of the generations of Adam - Genesis 5:1 | |
| Ye shall remain there in Babylon many years, and for a long season, namely, seven generations - Baruch 6:3 | |
| All generations and ages of the Christian church - Richard Hooker | |
| 5. n. (obsolete) Descendants, progeny; offspring. | |
| 6. n. The average amount of time needed for children to grow up and have children of their own, generally considered to be a period of around thirty years, used as a measure of time. | |
| 7. n. A set stage in the development of computing or of a specific technology. | |
| 8. n. (geometry) The formation or production of any geometrical magnitude, as a line, a surface, a solid, by the motion, in accordance with a mathematical law, of a point or a magnitude, by the motion of a | |
| the generation of a line or curve | |
| 9. n. A specific age range in which each person in that range can relate culturally to one another. | |
| Generation X grew up in the eighties, whereas the generation known as the millennials grew up in the nineties. | |
| 10. n. A version of a form of pop culture which differs from later or earlier versions. | |
| People sometimes dispute which generation of Star Trek is best, including the original and The Next Generation. | |
| photograph |
| 1. n. A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc. | |
| 2. v. To take a photograph of. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) To take photographs. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To appear in a photograph. | |
| She photographs well. The camera loves her. | |
| 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. | |
| My |
| 1. n. megayear | |
| 2. pron. alternative case form of my often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context. | |
| 3. det. First-person singular possessive determiner. See. | |
| 4. det. Belonging to me. | |
| I can't find my book. | |
| 5. det. Associated with me. | |
| My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable. | |
| Don't you know my name? | |
| I recognised him because he had attended my school. | |
| 6. det. Related to me. | |
| My parents won't let me go out tonight. | |
| 7. det. In the possession of me. | |
| I have to take my books back to the library soon. | |
| 8. interj. Used to express surprise, shock or amazement. | |
| My, what big teeth you have! | |
| great |
| 1. adj. Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i. e. having many parts or members) or duration (i. e. relatively long); very big. | |
| A great storm is approaching our shores. | |
| a great assembly | |
| a great wait | |
| 2. adj. Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind. | |
| the great auk | |
| 3. adj. (qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the word qualified implies (from 1510s). see Derived terms | |
| great-grandfather | |
| 4. adj. (obsolete, postpositive, followed by 'with') Pregnant; large with young; full of. | |
| great with child | |
| great with hope | |
| 5. adj. (obsolete, except with 'friend' and similar words such as 'mate','buddy') Intimate; familiar. | |
| 6. adj. Extreme or more than usual. | |
| great worry | |
| 7. adj. Of significant importance or consequence; important. | |
| a great decision | |
| 8. adj. (applied to actions, thoughts and feelings) Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent. | |
| a great deed | |
| a great nature | |
| a great history | |
| 9. adj. Impressive or striking. | |
| a great show of wealth | |
| 10. adj. Much in use; favoured. | |
| Poetry was a great convention of the Romantic era. | |
| 11. adj. (applied to persons) Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble. | |
| a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, writer etc. | |
| 12. adj. Title referring to an important leader. | |
| Alexander the Great | |
| 13. adj. Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic. | |
| What a great buffoon! | |
| He's not a great one for reading. | |
| a great walker | |
| 14. adj. (often followed by 'at') Skilful or adroit. | |
| a great carpenter | |
| You are great at singing. | |
| 15. adj. (informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic (from 1848). | |
| Dinner was great. | |
| 16. adj. (informal, British) Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths. | |
| a dirty great smack in the face | |
| Great Scott! | |
| 17. interj. Expression of gladness and content about something. | |
| Great! Thanks for the wonderful work. | |
| 18. interj. sarcastic inversion thereof. | |
| Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order. | |
| 19. n. A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim. | |
| Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science. | |
| 20. n. (music) The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division. | |
| 21. adv. very well (in a very satisfactory manner) | |
| Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don't have to be sharpened. | |
| great |
| 1. adj. Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i. e. having many parts or members) or duration (i. e. relatively long); very big. | |
| A great storm is approaching our shores. | |
| a great assembly | |
| a great wait | |
| 2. adj. Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind. | |
| the great auk | |
| 3. adj. (qualifying nouns of family relationship) Involving more generations than the word qualified implies (from 1510s). see Derived terms | |
| great-grandfather | |
| 4. adj. (obsolete, postpositive, followed by 'with') Pregnant; large with young; full of. | |
| great with child | |
| great with hope | |
| 5. adj. (obsolete, except with 'friend' and similar words such as 'mate','buddy') Intimate; familiar. | |
| 6. adj. Extreme or more than usual. | |
| great worry | |
| 7. adj. Of significant importance or consequence; important. | |
| a great decision | |
| 8. adj. (applied to actions, thoughts and feelings) Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent. | |
| a great deed | |
| a great nature | |
| a great history | |
| 9. adj. Impressive or striking. | |
| a great show of wealth | |
| 10. adj. Much in use; favoured. | |
| Poetry was a great convention of the Romantic era. | |
| 11. adj. (applied to persons) Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble. | |
| a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, writer etc. | |
| 12. adj. Title referring to an important leader. | |
| Alexander the Great | |
| 13. adj. Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic. | |
| What a great buffoon! | |
| He's not a great one for reading. | |
| a great walker | |
| 14. adj. (often followed by 'at') Skilful or adroit. | |
| a great carpenter | |
| You are great at singing. | |
| 15. adj. (informal) Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic (from 1848). | |
| Dinner was great. | |
| 16. adj. (informal, British) Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths. | |
| a dirty great smack in the face | |
| Great Scott! | |
| 17. interj. Expression of gladness and content about something. | |
| Great! Thanks for the wonderful work. | |
| 18. interj. sarcastic inversion thereof. | |
| Oh, great! I just dumped all 500 sheets of the manuscript all over and now I have to put them back in order. | |
| 19. n. A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim. | |
| Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science. | |
| 20. n. (music) The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division. | |
| 21. adv. very well (in a very satisfactory manner) | |
| Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don't have to be sharpened. | |
| grandmother |
| 1. n. A mother of someone's parent. | |
| 2. n. A female ancestor or progenitor. | |
| and |
| 1. conj. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. | |
| 2. conj. Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs. | |
| 3. conj. Simply connecting two clauses or sentences. | |
| 4. conj. Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first. | |
| 5. conj. (obsolete) Yet; but. | |
| 6. conj. Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often | |
| 7. conj. (now colloquial, or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements. | |
| 8. conj. Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition. | |
| 9. conj. Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause. | |
| 10. conj. Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’. | |
11. conj. (now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come, | |
| 12. conj. Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other". | |
| 13. conj. Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb). | |
| 14. conj. Expressing a condition.: | |
| 15. conj. (now US dialect) If; provided that. | |
| 16. conj. (obsolete) As if, as though. | |
| 17. n. (enm, music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat. | |
| 18. n. (UK dialectal) Breath. | |
| 19. n. (UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog. | |
| 20. v. (UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine. | |
| Her |
| 1. pron. honoraltcaps, her | |
| 2. det. Belonging to her. | |
| This is her book | |
| 3. pron. The form of she used after a preposition or as the object of a verb; that woman, that ship, etc. | |
| Give it to her (after preposition) | |
| He wrote her a letter (indirect object) | |
| He treated her for a cold (direct object) | |
| 4. n. (informal) A female person or animal. | |
| I think this bird is a him, but it may be a her. | |
| progeny |
| 1. n. Offspring or descendants considered as a group. | |
| I treasure this five-generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny. | |
| 2. n. (obsolete) Descent, lineage, ancestry. | |
| 3. n. A result of a creative effort. | |
| His dissertation is his most important intellectual progeny to date. | |
