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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
was
1. v. first-person singular past of be.
2. v. third-person singular past of be.
be
1. v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
2. v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
There is just one woman in town who can help us. (or, dialectally:) It is just one woman in town who can help us.
3. v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
The cup is on the table.
4. v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
When will the meeting be?
5. v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar.
The postman has been today, but my tickets have still not yet come.
I have been to Spain many times.
Moscow, huh? I've never been, but it sounds fascinating.
6. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
Knowledge is bliss.
Hi, I’m Jim.
7. v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are the same.
3 times 5 is fifteen.
8. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
François Mitterrand was president of France from 1981 to 1995.
9. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
The sky is blue.
10. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun phrase.
The sky is a deep blue today.
11. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
The dog was drowned by the boy.
12. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
The woman is walking.
I shall be writing to you soon.
We liked to chat while we were eating.
13. v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate motion. Often still used for "to go".
14. v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
I am to leave tomorrow.
I would drive you, were I to obtain a car.
15. v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
This building is three hundred years old.
I am 75 kilograms.
He’s about 6 feet tall.
16. v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
I’m 20. (= I am 20 years old.)
17. v. (with a dummy subject) it Used to indicate the time of day.
It is almost eight. (= It is almost eight o’clock.)
It’s 8:30 read eight-thirty in Tokyo.
What time is it there? It’s night.
18. v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
It has been three years since my grandmother died. (similar to My grandmother died three years ago, but emphasizes the intervening period)
It had been six days since his departure, when I received a letter from him.
19. v. (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
Why is it so dark in here?
20. v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense, see usage notes) To exist or behave in a certain way.
"What do we do?" "We be ourselves.".
Why is he being nice to me?
surprised
1. adj. Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.
2. v. simple past tense and past participle of surprise
surprise
1. n. Something not expected.
It was a surprise to find out I owed twice as much as I thought I did.
The surprise attack was devastating.
2. n. The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
Imagine my surprise on learning I owed twice as much as I thought I did.
3. n. (obsolete) A dish covered with a crust of raised pastry, but with no other contents.
4. v. To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted.
It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did.
5. v. To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
He doesn’t know that I’m in the country – I thought I’d turn up at his house and surprise him.
6. v. (intransitive) To undergo or witness something unexpected.
He doesn’t surprise easily.
7. v. (intransitive) To cause surprise.
8. v. To attack unexpectedly.
9. v. To take unawares.
therefore
1. adv. (conjunctive) For that or this purpose, referring to something previously stated.
2. adv. (conjunctive) Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.
Traditional values will always have a place, therefore they will never lose relevance.
when
1. adv. (interrogative) Used to introduce questions about time.
When will they arrive?
2. adv. Used to introduce indirect questions about time.
Do you know when they arrived?
Do you know when they will arrive?
Do you know when they arrive?
3. adv. At an earlier and less prosperous time.
He's mister high and mighty now, but I remember him when.
4. adv. (indirect question) Used to refer to doubts about time.
5. adv. (relative) At which, on which, during which. Often omitted or replaced with that.
That was the day when the Twin Towers fell.
6. conj. At what time.
They were told when to sleep.
He doesn't know when to stop talking.
7. conj. At such time as.
I’m happiest when I’m working.
8. conj. At the time of the action of the following clause or participle phrase.
It was raining when I came yesterday.
The show will begin when I get there.
The game is over when the referee says it is.
Be careful when crossing the street.
Pay attention when spoken to.
When (you are) angry, count to ten before speaking or acting.
That time when the dog stole the turkey from the table.
9. conj. Since; given the fact that.
I don't see the point of putting up Christmas decorations when I am the only person who is going to see them.
10. pron. (interrogative) What time; which time.
Since when do I need your permission?
11. n. The time at which something happens.
A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how.
12. interj. That's enough, a command to stop adding something, especially an ingredient of food or drink.
one
1. num. (cardinal) The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.
In some religions, there is only one god.
In many cultures, a baby turns one year old a year after its birth.
One person, one vote.
2. num. (number theory) The first positive number in the set of natural numbers.
3. num. (set theory) The cardinality of the smallest nonempty set.
4. num. (mathematics) The ordinality of an element which has no predecessor, usually called first or number one.
5. pron. (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.
The big one looks good. I want the green one. A good driver is one who drives carefully.
6. pron. (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.
She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other.
7. pron. (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).
One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed. One shouldn’t be too quick to judge.
8. pron. (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.
"driver", noun: one who drives.
9. n. The digit or figure 1.
10. n. (mathematics) The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.
11. n. (US) A one-dollar bill.
12. n. (cricket) One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.
13. n. A joke or amusing anecdote.
14. n. (colloquial) A particularly special or compatible person or thing.
15. n. (Internet slang) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".
A: SUM1 Hl3p ME im alwyz L0ziN!!?!
Someone help me; I'm always losing!
B: y d0nt u just g0 away l0zer!!1!!one!!one!!eleven!!1!
Why don't you just go away loser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
16. adj. Of a period of time, being particular.
One day the prince set forth to kill the dragon that had brought terror to his father’s kingdom for centuries.
17. adj. Being a single, unspecified thing; a; any.
My aunt used to say, "One day is just like the other.".
18. adj. Sole, only.
He is the one man who can help you.
19. adj. Whole, entire.
Body and soul are not separate; they are one.
20. adj. In agreement.
We are one on the importance of learning.
21. adj. The same.
The two types look very different, but are one species.
22. adj. Being a preeminent example.
He is one hell of a guy.
23. adj. Being an unknown person with the specified name; see also "a certain".
The town records from 1843 showed the overnight incarceration of one “A. Lincoln”.
24. v. (obsolete, transitive) To cause to become one; to gather into a single whole; to unite.
morning
1. n. The part of the day from dawn to noon.
I'll see you tomorrow morning.
2. n. The part of the day between midnight and noon.
one o'clock in the morning (1 am)
3. n. (figurative) The early part of anything.
4. n. The first alcoholic drink of the day; a morning draught.
5. interj. A greeting said in the morning; shortening of good morning
in
1. prep. Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial, temporal or other limits.
2. prep. Contained by.
The dog is in the kennel.
3. prep. Within.
4. prep. Surrounded by.
We are in the enemy camp. Her plane is in the air.
5. prep. Part of; a member of.
One in a million. She's in band and orchestra.
6. prep. Pertaining to; with regard to.
What grade did he get in English?
Military letters should be formal in tone, but not stilted.
7. prep. At the end of a period of time.
They said they would call us in a week.
8. prep. Within a certain elapsed time
Are you able to finish this in three hours? The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
9. prep. During (said of periods of time).
in the first week of December; Easter falls in the fourth lunar month; The country reached a high level of prosperity in his fi
10. prep. (grammar, phonetics, of sounds and letters) Coming at the end of a word.
English nouns in -ce form their plurals in -s.
11. prep. Into.
Less water gets in your boots this way.
12. prep. Used to indicate limit, qualification, condition, or circumstance.
In replacing the faucet washers, he felt he was making his contribution to the environment.
13. prep. Indicating an order or arrangement.
My fat rolls around in folds.
14. prep. Denoting a state of the subject.
He stalked away in anger. John is in a coma.
15. prep. Indicates, connotatively, a place-like form of someone's (or something's) personality, as his, her or its psychic and physical characteristics.
You've got a friend in me. He's met his match in her.
16. prep. Wearing (an item of clothing).
I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.
17. prep. Used to indicate means, medium, format, genre, or instrumentality.
18. prep. (of something offered or given in an exchange) In the form of, in the denomination of.
Please pay me in cash — preferably in tens and twenties.
The deposit can be in any legal tender, even in gold.
Her generosity was rewarded in the success of its recipients.
19. prep. Used to indicate a language, script, tone, etc. of a text, speech, etc.
Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5" in C minor is among his most popular.
His speech was in French, but was simultaneously translated into eight languages.
When you write in cursive, it's illegible.
20. v. (obsolete, transitive) To enclose.
21. v. (obsolete, transitive) To take in; to harvest.
22. adv. (not comparable) Located indoors, especially at home or the office, or inside something.
Is Mr. Smith in?
23. adv. Moving to the interior of a defined space, such as a building or room.
Suddenly a strange man walked in.
24. adv. (sports) Still eligible to play, e.g. able to bat in cricket and baseball.
He went for the wild toss but wasn't able to stay in.
25. adv. (UK) Abbreviation of in aid of.
What's that in?
26. adv. After the beginning of something.
27. n. A position of power or a way to get it.
His parents got him an in with the company
28. n. (sport) The state of a batter/batsman who is currently batting – see innings
29. n. A re-entrant angle; a nook or corner.
30. adj. In fashion; popular.
Skirts are in this year.
31. adj. Incoming.
the in train
32. adj. (nautical, of the sails of a vessel) Furled or stowed.
33. adj. (legal) With privilege or possession; used to denote a holding, possession, or seisin.
in by descent; in by purchase; in of the seisin of her husband
34. adj. (cricket) Currently batting.
35. n. Inch.
june
As
1. n. plural of A
She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
2. adv. To such an extent or degree.
You’re not as tall as I am.
It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive.
3. adv. In the manner or role specified.
The kidnappers released him as agreed.
The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues.
He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend.
4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as).
5. conj. In the same way that; according to what.
Do as I say!
I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know.
As you wish, my lord!
6. conj. At the same instant that; when.
As I came in, she flew.
7. conj. At the same time that; while.
He sleeps as the rain falls.
8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that.
As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy.
9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since.
As it’s too late, I quit.
10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality.
She's twice as strong as I was two years ago.
It's not so complicated as I expected.
11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’.
12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though.
13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that.
14. conj. Expressing concession; though.
15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than.
16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case.
You are not as tall as me.
They're big as houses.
17. prep. In the role of.
What is your opinion as a parent?
18. n. (unit of weight) A libra.
19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value.
20. n. plural of a
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
sat
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of sit
I sat in the middle of the park.
2. n. (abbreviation of satellite) (artificial orbital body)
sit
1. v. (intransitive, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.
2. v. (intransitive, of a person) To move oneself into such a position.
I asked him to sit.
3. v. (intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position permanently.
The temple has sat atop that hill for centuries.
4. v. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
5. v. (government) To be a member of a deliberative body.
I currently sit on a standards committee.
6. v. (legal, government) Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
In what city is the circuit court sitting for this session.
7. v. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
8. v. To be adjusted; to fit.
Your new coat sits well.
9. v. (intransitive, of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
How will this new contract sit with the workers?
I don’t think it will sit well.
The violence in these video games sits awkwardly with their stated aim of educating children.
10. v. (transitive, causative) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
Sit him in front of the TV and he might watch for hours.
11. v. To accommodate in seats; to seat.
The dining room table sits eight comfortably.
12. v. (intransitive) shortened form of babysit.
I'm going to sit for them on Thursday.
13. v. (transitive, US) To babysit
I need to find someone to sit my kids on Friday evening for four hours.
14. v. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
15. v. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
16. v. To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
I'm sitting for a painter this evening.
17. v. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
18. n. (rare, Buddhism) An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.
reading
1. v. present participle of read
2. n. The process of interpreting written language.
3. n. The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
4. n. A value indicated by a measuring device.
a speedometer reading.
5. n. A meeting where written material is read aloud.
a poetry reading.
6. n. An interpretation.
a reading of the current situation.
7. n. Something to read; reading material.
8. n. The extent of what one has read.
He's a man of good reading.
9. n. (legislature) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
10. n. a piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience: readings from the Bible
read
1. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
have you read this book?; he doesn’t like to read
2. v. (transitive, or intransitive) To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object.
He read us a passage from his new book.
All right, class, who wants to read next?
3. v. To interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc.
She read my mind and promptly rose to get me a glass of water.
I can read his feelings in his face.
4. v. To consist of certain text.
On the door hung a sign that reads "No admittance".
The passage reads differently in the earlier manuscripts.
5. v. (intransitive) Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.
Arabic reads right to left.
That sentence reads strangely.
6. v. To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text.
7. v. (informal usually ironic) Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term.
8. v. (transitive, telecommunications) To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
Do you read me?
9. v. (transitive, Commonwealth, except Scotland) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.
I am reading theology at university.
10. v. (computing, transitive) To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
to read a hard disk; to read a port; to read the keyboard
11. v. (obsolete) To think, believe; to consider (that).
12. v. (obsolete) To advise; to counsel. See rede.
13. v. (obsolete) To tell; to declare; to recite.
14. v. (transitive, transgender) To recognise (someone) as being transgender.
Every time I go outside, I worry that someone will read me.
15. v. (at first especially in the black LGBT community) To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.
16. v. past tense of read
17. v. past participle of read
18. n. A reading or an act of reading, especially an actor's part of a play.
19. n. (in combination) Something to be read; a written work.
His thrillers are always a gripping read.
20. n. (at first especially in the black LGBT community) An instance of read, reading, calling attention to someone's flaws; a taunt or insult.
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.
British
1. adj. Of Britain
2. adj. Of the United Kingdom.
3. adj. Of the Commonwealth of Nations, or the British Empire.
4. adj. (historical) Of the ancient inhabitants of the southern part of Britain; Brythonic.
5. adj. (historical) Of the British Isles.
6. adj. Of British English.
medical
1. adj. Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.
medical doctor; medical student
Do you have any medical experience?
2. adj. Intended to have a therapeutic effect; medicinal.
medical marijuana; medical cannabis; medical treatment
3. adj. Requiring medical treatment.
A costly medical condition can bankrupt you if it doesn't kill you first.
4. adj. Pertaining to the state of one's health.
medical examinaton; medical exemption; medical history; medical record; medical diagnosis
5. adj. (UK) Pertaining to or requiring treatment by other than surgical means.
medical ward
6. n. (informal) A medical examination.
You'll have to get a medical before you apply for that job.
journal
1. adj. (obsolete) Daily.
2. n. A diary or daily record of a person, organization, vessel etc.; daybook.
3. n. A newspaper or magazine dealing with a particular subject.
4. n. (accounting) A chronological record of payments.
5. n. (computing) A chronological record of changes made to a database or other system; along with a backup or image copy that allows recovery after a failure or reinstatement to a previous time; a log.
6. n. (engineering) The part of a shaft or axle that rests on bearings.
7. v. To archive or record something.
8. v. To scrapbook.
9. v. To insert (a shaft, etc.) in a journal bearing.
after
1. adv. Behind; later in time; following.
They lived happily ever after.
I left the room, and the dog bounded after.
2. prep. Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
We had a few beers after the game.
The time is quarter after eight.
The Cold War began shortly after the Second World War.
3. prep. Behind.
He will leave a trail of destruction after him.
4. prep. In pursuit of, seeking.
He's after a job; run after him; inquire after her health.
5. prep. In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing.
We named him after his grandfather; a painting after Leonardo da Vinci.
6. prep. Next in importance or rank.
The princess is next in line to the throne after the prince.
7. prep. As a result of.
After your bad behaviour, you will be punished.
8. prep. In spite of.
After all that has happened, he is still my friend.
I can't believe that, after all our advice against gambling, you walked into that casino!
9. prep. (Irish usually preceded by a form of be followed by an -ing form of a verb) Used to indicate recent completion of an activity
I was after finishing my dinner when there was a knock on the door.
10. prep. (dated) According to an author or text.
11. prep. Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to.
to look after workmen; to enquire after a friend; to thirst after righteousness
12. prep. (obsolete) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
13. conj. Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause.
I went home after we had decided to call it a day.
14. adj. (dated) Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent
15. adj. (nautical, where the frame of reference is within the ship) At or towards the stern of a ship.
The after gun is mounted aft.
The after gun is abaft the forward gun.
breakfast
1. n. The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
You should put more protein in her breakfast so she will grow.
2. n. (by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
We serve breakfast all day.
3. n. The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
4. n. (largely obsolete, outside, religion) A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.
5. v. (intransitive) To eat the morning meal.
6. v. To serve breakfast to.
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
heard
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of hear
hear
1. v. (intransitive) To perceive sounds through the ear.
I was deaf, and now I can hear.
2. v. To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way.
I heard a sound from outside the window.
3. v. To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.
4. v. To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.).
Eventually the king chose to hear her entreaties.
5. v. To receive information about; to come to learn of.
6. v. (with from) To be contacted by.
7. v. To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try.
Your case will be heard at the end of the month.
8. v. (transitive, informal) To sympathize with; to share the feeling or opinion of.
You're tired of all the ads on TV? I hear ya.
a
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
I've seen it happen a hundred times.
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
4. art. The same; one.
We are of a mind on matters of morals.
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
Stand a tiptoe.
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
Torn a pieces.
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
I brush my teeth twice a day.
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
A God’s name.
13. prep. To do with status; In.
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
To set the people a worke.
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
The times, they are a-changin'.
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
Jacob, when he was a dying
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
The name of John a Gaunt.
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
ring
1. n. (physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
2. n. A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.
3. n. A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger or through the ear, nose, etc.
4. n. (British) A bird band, a round piece of metal put around a bird's leg used for identification and studies of migration.
5. n. (UK) A burner on a kitchen stove.
6. n. In a jack plug, the connector between the tip and the sleeve.
7. n. An instrument, formerly used for taking the sun's altitude, consisting of a brass ring suspended by a swivel, with a hole at one side through which a s
8. n. (botany) A flexible band partly or wholly encircling the spore cases of ferns.
9. n. (physical) A group of objects arranged in a circle.
10. n. A circular group of people or objects.
a ring of mushrooms growing in the wood
11. n. (astronomy) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet.
12. n. (British) A large circular prehistoric stone construction such as Stonehenge.
13. n. A piece of food in the shape of a ring.
onion rings
14. n. A place where some sports or exhibitions take place; notably a circular or comparable arena, such as a boxing ring or a circus ring; hence the field of a political contest.
15. n. An exclusive group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices.
a crime ring; a prostitution ring; a bidding ring (at an auction sale)
16. n. (chemistry) A group of atoms linked by bonds to form a closed chain in a molecule.
a benzene ring
17. n. (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentric circles.
18. n. (typography) A diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle placed above or under the letter; a kroužek.
19. n. (historical) An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.
20. n. (computing theory) A hierarchical level of privilege in a computer system, usually at hardware level, used to protect data and functionality (also protection ring).
21. n. (firearms) Either of the pair of clamps used to hold a telescopic sight to a rifle.
22. n. (cartomancy) The twenty-fifth Lenormand card.
23. v. To surround or enclose.
The inner city was ringed with dingy industrial areas.
24. v. (transitive, figuratively) To make an incision around; to girdle.
They ringed the trees to make the clearing easier next year.
25. v. To attach a ring to, especially for identification.
We managed to ring 22 birds this morning.
26. v. To surround or fit with a ring, or as if with a ring.
to ring a pig's snout
27. v. (falconry) To rise in the air spirally.
28. n. The resonant sound of a bell, or a sound resembling it.
The church bell's ring could be heard the length of the valley.
The ring of hammer on anvil filled the air.
29. n. (figuratively) A pleasant or correct sound.
The name has a nice ring to it.
30. n. (figuratively) A sound or appearance that is characteristic of something.
Her statements in court had a ring of falsehood.
31. n. (colloquial) A telephone call.
I’ll give you a ring when the plane lands.
32. n. Any loud sound; the sound of numerous voices; a sound continued, repeated, or reverberated.
33. n. A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.
St Mary's has a ring of eight bells.
34. v. (intransitive) Of a bell, etc., to produce a resonant sound.
The bells were ringing in the town.
35. v. To make (a bell, etc.) produce a resonant sound.
The deliveryman rang the doorbell to drop off a parcel.
36. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To produce the sound of a bell or a similar sound.
Whose mobile phone is ringing?
37. v. (intransitive, figuratively) Of something spoken or written, to appear to be, to seem, to sound.
That does not ring true.
38. v. (transitive, colloquial, British, New Zealand) To telephone (someone).
I will ring you when we arrive.
39. v. (intransitive) to resound, reverberate, echo.
40. v. (intransitive) To produce music with bells.
41. v. (dated) To repeat often, loudly, or earnestly.
42. n. (algebra) An algebraic structure which consists of a set with two binary operations: an additive operation and a multiplicative operation, such that the set is an abelian group under the additive oper
The set of integers,\mathbbZ, is the prototypical ring.
43. n. (algebra) An algebraic structure as above, but only required to be a semigroup under the multiplicative operation, that is, there need not be a multiplicative identity element.
The definition of ring without unity allows, for instance, the set2\mathbbZ of even integers to be a ring.
at
1. prep. In, near, or in the general vicinity of a particular place.
Caesar was at Rome; at the corner of Fourth Street and Vine; at Jim’s house
2. prep. (indicating time) (Indicating occurrence in an instant of time or a period of time relatively short in context or from the speaker's perspective.)
at six o’clock; at closing time; at night.
3. prep. In the direction of (often in an unfocused or uncaring manner).
He threw the ball at me. He shouted at her.
4. prep. Denotes a price.
3 apples at 2¢ (each) The offer was at $30,000 before negotiations.
5. prep. Occupied in (activity).
men at work
6. prep. In a state of.
She is at sixes and sevens with him. They are at loggerheads over how best to tackle the fiscal cliff. The city was at the mercy of the occupying forces.
7. prep. Indicates a position on a scale or in a series.
Sell at 90. Tiger finished the round at tenth, seven strokes behind the leaders. I'm offering it—just to select customers—at cost.
8. prep. Because of.
to laugh at a joke mad at their comments
9. prep. Indicates a means, method, or manner.
10. prep. Holding a given speed or rate.
It is growing at the rate of 3% a year. Cruising along at fifty miles per hour.
11. prep. (used for skills (including in activities) or areas of knowledge) On the subject of; regarding.
The twins were both bad at chemistry.
He slipped at marksmanship over his extended vacation.
12. prep. (Ireland, stressed pronunciation) Bothering, irritating, causing discomfort to
13. n. The at sign (@).
14. n. (alt form, att) (Laos currency unit)
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.
Bell
1. n. (US, Canada) a telephone utility; a Baby Bell.
2. n. A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.
3. n. The sounding of a bell as a signal.
4. n. (chiefly British, informal) A telephone call.
I’ll give you a bell later.
5. n. A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.
6. n. (music) The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.
7. n. (nautical) Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch)
8. n. The flared end of a pipe, designed to mate with a narrow spigot.
9. n. (computing) A device control code that produces a beep (or rings a small electromechanical bell on older teleprinters etc.).
10. n. Anything shaped like a bell, such as the cup or corolla of a flower.
11. n. (architecture) The part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capi
12. n. An instrument situated on a bicycle's handlebar, used by the cyclist to warn of his or her presence.
13. v. To attach a bell to.
Who will bell the cat?
14. v. To shape so that it flares out like a bell.
to bell a tube
15. v. (slang) To telephone.
16. v. (intransitive) To develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom.
Hops bell.
17. v. (intransitive) To bellow or roar.
18. v. To utter in a loud manner; to thunder forth.
19. n. The bellow or bay of certain animals, such as a hound on the hunt or a stag in rut.
followed
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of follow
follow
1. v. To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.
Follow that car!
2. v. To go or come after in a sequence.
B follows A in the alphabet.
We both ordered the soup, with roast beef to follow.
3. v. To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
Follow these instructions to the letter.
4. v. To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
5. v. To understand, to pay attention to.
Do you follow me?
6. v. To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
I followed the incumbent throughout the election.
My friends don't regularly follow the news.
7. v. To be a logical consequence of.
It follows that if two numbers are not equal then one is larger than the other.
8. v. To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
9. n. (sometimes attributive) In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.
a follow shot
10. n. (internet) The act of following another user's online activity.
by
1. prep. Near or next to.
The mailbox is by the bus stop.
2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval.
Be back by ten o'clock! We will send it by the first week of July.
3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of.
The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour.
4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare
5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of.
6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of.
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination.
The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight.
8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed.
I sorted the items by category. By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.
9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of.
Our stock is up by ten percent.
10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches.
11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to.
He cheated by his own admission.
12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of.
By Jove! I think she's got it! By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this.
13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix. The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot. The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm.
14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.
She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.
15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker.
I watched as it passed by.
16. adv. In the vicinity, near.
There was a shepherd close by.
The shop is hard by the High Street.
17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
I'll stop by on my way home from work.
We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave.
18. adv. Aside, away.
The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring.
19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary.
20. n. (card games) A pass
21. interj. alternative spelling of bye
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.
high
1. adj. Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
The balloon rose high in the sky. The wall was high. a high mountain
2. adj. Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions.
3. adj. (baseball, of a ball) Above the batter's shoulders.
the pitch (or: the ball) was high
4. adj. Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
5. adj. Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
three feet high three Mount Everests high
6. adj. Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.
The oldest of the elves' royal family still conversed in High Elvish.
7. adj. Most exalted; foremost.
the high priest, the high officials of the court, the high altar
8. adj. Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
high crimes, the high festival of the sun
9. adj. Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
high (i.e. intense) heat; high (i.e. full or quite) noon; high (i.e. rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i.e. complete) pleasure; high (i.e. deep or vivid) colour; high (i.e. extensive, thorough) s
10. adj. Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend).
11. adj. (in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.
high latitude, high antiquity
12. adj. (in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.
13. adj. Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
in high spirits
14. adj. (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
high living, the high life
15. adj. Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
a high tone
16. adj. (with "on" or "about") Keen, enthused.
17. adj. (of a body of water) With tall waves.
18. adj. Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
My bank charges me a high interest rate. I was running a high temperature and had high cholesterol. high voltage high prices high winds a high number
19. adj. Having a large or comparatively larger concentration of (a substance, (which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative)).
Carrots are high in vitamin A. made from a high-copper alloy
20. adj. (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
The note was too high for her to sing.
21. adj. (phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
22. adj. (card games) Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
23. adj. (poker) Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush.
I have KT742 of the same suit. In other words, a K-high flush.
9-high straight = 98765 unsuited
Royal Flush = AKQJT suited = A-high straight flush
24. adj. (of a card or hand) Winning; able to take a trick, win a round, etc.
North's hand was high. East was in trouble.
25. adj. (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
Epicures do not cook game before it is high.
The tailor liked his meat high.
26. adj. (slang) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly (until the early 20th century) usually alcohol, but now (by the mid 20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, c
27. adj. (nautical, of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
28. adv. In or to an elevated position.
How high above land did you fly?
29. adv. In or at a great value.
Costs have grown higher this year again.
30. adv. In a pitch of great frequency.
I certainly can't sing that high.
31. n. A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
32. n. A point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best.
It was one of the highs of his career.
33. n. A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown.
34. n. A drug that gives such a high.
35. n. (informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
A large high is centred on the Azores.
36. n. The maximum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.
Inflation reached a ten-year high.
37. n. The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
Today's high was 32°C.
38. n. (card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
39. v. (obsolete) To rise.
The sun higheth.
40. n. (obsolete) Thought; intention; determination; purpose.
41. v. To hie; to hasten.
somewhat
1. adv. (degree) To a limited extent or degree.
The crowd was somewhat larger than expected, perhaps due to the good weather.
The decision to shave or not is a somewhat personal one.
2. pron. (archaic) Something.
3. n. More or less; a certain quantity or degree; a part, more or less; something.
4. n. A person or thing of importance; a somebody.
strident
1. adj. Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding
The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra.
2. adj. Grating or obnoxious
The artist chose a strident mixture of colors.
3. adj. (nonstandard) Vigorous; making strides
4. n. (linguistics) One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.
tones
1. n. plural of tone
2. v. en-third person singular of tone
tone
1. n. (music) A specific pitch.
2. n. (music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
3. n. (music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
4. n. The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
5. n. General character, mood, or trend.
Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening.
6. n. (linguistics) The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
7. n. (dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
Children often read with a tone.
8. n. (literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
9. n. (obsolete) State of mind; temper; mood.
10. n. The shade or quality of a colour.
11. n. The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
This picture has tone.
12. n. The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ. see also: tonus
13. n. (biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
14. n. (biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
15. v. to give a particular tone to
16. v. to change the colour of
17. v. to make (something) firmer
18. v. (intransitive) to harmonize, especially in colour
19. v. To utter with an affected tone.
20. pron. (now dialectal) The one (of two).
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!
old
1. adj. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
an old abandoned building; an old friend
2. adj. Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.
a wrinkled old man
3. adj. Of a perishable item, having existed for most, or more than its shelf life.
an old loaf of bread
4. adj. Of an item that has been used and so is not new (unused).
I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with.
5. adj. Having existed or lived for the specified time.
How old are they? She’s five years old and he's seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child.
My great-grandfather lived to be a hundred and one years old.
6. adj. Of an earlier time.:
7. adj. Former, previous.
My new car is not as good as my old one. a school reunion for Old Etonians
8. adj. That is no longer in existence.
The footpath follows the route of an old railway line.
9. adj. Obsolete; out-of-date.
That is the old way of doing things; now we do it this way.
10. adj. Familiar.
When he got drunk and quarrelsome they just gave him the old heave-ho.
11. adj. Tiresome.
Your constant pestering is getting old.
12. adj. Said of subdued colors, particularly reds, pinks and oranges, as if they had faded over time.
13. adj. A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)
We're having a good old time. My next car will be a big old SUV. My wife makes the best little old apple pie in Texas.
14. adj. (obsolete) Excessive, abundant.
15. n. (with "the") People who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group.
A civilised society should always look after the old in the community.
companion
1. n. A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or keeps company
His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years.
2. n. (dated) A person employed to accompany or travel with another.
3. n. (nautical) The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.
4. n. (nautical) The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.
5. n. (topology) A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk.
6. n. (figuratively) A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person.
7. n. (attributive) An appended source of media or information, designed to be used in conjunction with and to enhance the main material.
The companion guide gives an in-depth analysis of this particular translation.
8. n. (astronomy) A celestial object that is associated with another.
9. n. A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders.
a companion of the Bath
10. n. (obsolete, derogatory) A fellow; a rogue.
11. v. (obsolete) To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.
12. v. (obsolete) To qualify as a companion; to make equal.
voice
1. n. Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character
The human voice is the oldest musical instrument in history.
She has a pleasant voice.
His low voice allowed hum to become a bass in the choir.
2. n. (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
3. n. The tone or sound emitted by an object
4. n. The faculty or power of utterance
to cultivate the voice
5. n. That which is communicated; message; meaning.
6. n. Opinion or choice expressed; judgment
7. n. (archaic) Command; precept.
8. n. One who speaks; a speaker.
9. n. (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expre
The verbal system of Latin has two voices, active and passive.
10. n. (music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
The theme of this piece constantly migrates between the three voice parts.
11. n. (Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel.
12. v. To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
He voiced the sentiments of the nation.
13. v. (transitive, phonology) To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
14. v. To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
voice the pipes of an organ
15. v. (transitive, obsolete) To vote; to elect; to appoint
16. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To clamor; to cry out
17. v. (transitive, Internet) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
18. v. (television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.

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