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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.
most
1. det. superlative degree of much.
The teams competed to see who could collect the most money.
2. det. superlative degree of many: the comparatively largest number of (ngd, construed with the definite article)
The team with the most points wins.
3. det. superlative degree of many: the majority of; more than half of (ngd, construed without the definite article)
Most bakers and dairy farmers have to get up early.
Winning was not important for most participants.
4. adv. Forms the superlative of many adjectives.
This is the most important example.
Correctness is most important.
5. adv. To a great extent or degree; highly; very.
This is a most unusual specimen.
6. adv. (informal, chiefly US) Almost.
7. adv. superlative form of many: most many
8. adv. superlative form of much: most much
9. pron. The greater part of a group, especially a group of people.
Most want the best for their children.
The peach was juicier and more flavourful than most.
10. n. The greatest amount.
The most I can offer for the house is $150,000.
11. n. The greater part.
Most of the penguins were friendly and curious.
Most of the rice was spoiled.
12. n. A record-setting amount.
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.
germany
Jews
1. n. plural of Jew
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of Jew
3. n. nonstandard spelling of Jews
4. v. third-person singular present indicative of jew
jew
1. v. (offensive) To bargain, to attempt to gain an unfair price in a business deal; to defraud.
were
1. v. Second-person singular simple past tense indicative of be.
John, you were the only person to see him.
2. v. First-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.
We were about to leave.
3. v. Second-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.
Mary and John, you were right.
4. v. Third-person plural simple past tense indicative of be.
They were a fine group.
They were to be the best of friends from that day on.
5. v. Simple imperfect subjunctive in all persons of be.
I wish that it were Sunday.
I wish that I were with you.
* with "if" omitted, put first in an "if" clause:
*: Were it simply that she wore a hat, I would not be upset at all. (= If it were simply...)
*: Were father a king, we would have war. (= If father were a king,...)
6. v. (Northern England) was.
7. n. (obsolete) A fine for slaying a man; weregild.
8. n. (fandom) (The collective name for any kind of person that changes into another form under certain conditions, including the werewolf.)
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?
finally
1. adv. At the end or conclusion; ultimately.
The contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.
2. adv. (sequence) To finish (with); lastly (in the present).
Finally, I washed my dog.
3. adv. (manner) Definitively, comprehensively.
The question of his long-term success has now been finally settled.
emancipated
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of emancipate
2. adj. Something which has been set free.
Austin is an emancipated minor.
emancipate
1. v. To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as:
2. v. To set free, as a minor from a parent
a father may emancipate a child
3. v. To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit
to emancipate a slave
emancipate a country
4. v. To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence
emancipate someone from prejudices or error
5. adj. Freed; set at liberty.
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.
granted
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of grant
He was granted a patent on his invention.
2. adv. Used to concede a point, often before stating some contrasting information.
He's a good student and usually does well. Granted, he did fail that one test, but I think there were good reasons for that.
"You haven't been a very good father." "Granted.".
3. adj. used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argumentx,y to meany is true because ofx.-->
Granted that he has done nothing wrong, he should be set free.
Granted the lack of evidence, we can make no such conclusion.
grant
1. v. (ditransitive) To give (permission or wish)
He was granted permission to attend the meeting.
The genie granted him three wishes
2. v. To admit as true what is not yet satisfactorily proved;
3. v. To assent; to consent.
4. n. The act of granting; a bestowing or conferring; concession; allowance; permission.
5. n. The yielding or admission of something in dispute.
6. n. The thing or property granted; a gift; a boon.
I got a grant from the government to study archeology in Egypt.
7. n. (legal) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government
a grant of land or of money
8. n. the deed or writing by which such a transfer is made.
9. n. (informal) An application for a grant (monetary boon to aid research or the like).
full
1. adj. Containing the maximum possible amount of that which can fit in the space available.
The jugs were full to the point of overflowing.
2. adj. Complete; with nothing omitted.
Our book gives full treatment to the subject of angling.
3. adj. Total, entire.
She had tattoos the full length of her arms. He was prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
4. adj. (informal) Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.
"I'm full," he said, pushing back from the table.
5. adj. Of a garment, of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable.
a full pleated skirt; She needed her full clothing during her pregnancy.
6. adj. Having depth and body; rich.
a full singing voice
7. adj. (obsolete) Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information.
8. adj. Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by it.
She's full of her latest project.
9. adj. Filled with emotions.
10. adj. (obsolete) Impregnated; made pregnant.
11. adj. (poker, postnominal) Said of the three cards of the same rank in a full house.
Nines full of aces = three nines and two aces (999AA).
I'll beat him with my kings full! = three kings and two unspecified cards of the same rank.
12. adj. (AU) Drunk, intoxicated
13. adv. (archaic) Quite; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.
14. n. Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.
I was fed to the full.
15. n. (of the moon) The phase of the moon when it is entire face is illuminated, full moon.
16. n. (freestyle skiing) An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with a complete twist.
17. v. (of the moon) To become full or wholly illuminated.
18. v. To baptise.
19. v. To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing, to waulk, walk
political
1. adj. Concerning or relating to politics, the art and process of governing.
Political principles are rarely absolute, as political logic holds an imperfect result by compromise is better than a theoretically perfect abstention from the political process in the oppositi
2. adj. Concerning a polity or its administrative components.
Good political staff is hard to find, they may neither be ambitious and corrupted by power nor tempted by private sector careers.
3. adj. (pejorative) Motivated, especially inappropriately, by political (electoral or other party political) calculation.
“The Court invalidates Minnesota’s political apparel ban based on its inability to define the term ‘political'”
4. adj. Of or relating to views about social relationships that involve power or authority.
5. adj. (of a person) Interested in politics.
6. n. A political agent or officer.
7. n. A publication focusing on politics.
rights
1. n. plural of right
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of right
right
1. adj. (archaic) Straight, not bent.
a right line
2. adj. (geometry) Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.
3. adj. (geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
a right triangle, a right prism, a right cone
4. adj. Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
I thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along.
It's not right that one person gets all the credit for the group's work.
5. adj. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
Is this the right software for my computer?
6. adj. Healthy, sane, competent.
I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.
7. adj. Real; veritable (used emphatically).
You've made a right mess of the kitchen!
8. adj. (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
9. adj. (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
10. adj. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the right: →
After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left.
11. adj. Designed to be placed or worn outward.
the right side of a piece of cloth
12. adj. (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
13. adv. On the right side.
14. adv. Towards the right side.
15. adv. Exactly, precisely.
The arrow landed right in the middle of the target.
Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film.
16. adv. Immediately, directly.
Can't you see it? It's right beside you!
Tom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone's view.
17. adv. (UK, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite.
I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?
I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much.
18. adv. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
19. adv. In a correct manner.
Do it right or don't do it at all.
20. adv. (dated, still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree.
Sir, I am right glad to meet you …
Members of the Queen's Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life.
The Right Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci.
21. interj. Yes, that is correct; I agree.
22. interj. I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.
23. interj. Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
- After that interview, I don't think we should hire her.- Right — who wants lunch?
24. interj. Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance.
You're going, right?
25. interj. Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
26. n. That which complies with justice, law or reason.
We're on the side of right in this contest.
27. n. A legal, just or moral entitlement.
You have no right to go through my personal diary.
see also in right of
28. n. The right side or direction.
The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.
29. n. The right hand.
30. n. (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
The political right holds too much power.
31. n. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
32. v. To correct.
Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.
33. v. To set upright.
The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.
34. v. (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
When the wind died down, the ship righted.
35. v. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
to right the oppressed

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