| innovative |
| 1. adj. Characterized by the creation of new ideas or inventions. | |
| 2. adj. Forward-looking; ahead of current thinking. | |
| pioneering |
| 1. v. present participle of pioneer | |
| 2. adj. Involving accomplishments or activities that have not been done before, or developing or using new methods or techniques. | |
| Norway as a polar nation would not have been what it is today without their tireless pioneering efforts. Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen | |
| 3. n. The activity of the verb pioneer. | |
| 4. n. A scoutcraft skill that involves building structures using staves and knots. | |
| pioneer |
| 1. n. One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow. | |
| 2. n. A person or other entity who is first or among the earliest in any field of inquiry, enterprise, or progress. | |
| Some people will consider their national heroes to be pioneers of civilization. | |
| Certain politicians can be considered as pioneers of reform. | |
| 3. n. (obsolete, military) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances; a sapper. | |
| 4. n. A member of any of several European organizations advocating abstinence from alcohol. | |
| 5. n. (Communism) A child of 10–16 years in the former Soviet Union, in the second of the three stages in becoming a member of the Communist Party. | |
| 6. v. To go before and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer. | |
| especially |
| 1. adv. (manner) In a special manner; specially. | |
| 2. adv. (focus) Particularly; to a greater extent than is normal. | |
| 3. adv. (focus) Used to place greater emphasis upon someone or something. | |
| Invite them all, especially Molly. | |
| 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. | |
| extremely |
| 1. adv. (degree) To an extreme degree. | |
| or |
| 1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...) | |
| In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian. | |
| He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what. | |
| 2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or. | |
| 3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities. | |
| 4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false). | |
| It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold! | |
| 5. conj. Connects two equivalent names. | |
| The country Myanmar, or Burma | |
| 6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR | |
| 7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms. | |
| 9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on). | |
| 10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously. | |
| 11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere. | |
| obviously |
| 1. adv. In a obvious manner; clearly apparent. | |
| So |
| 1. n. A Mon-Khmer-speaking people of Laos and Thailand. | |
| 2. conj. In order that. | |
| Eat your broccoli so you can have dessert. | |
| 3. conj. With the result that; for that reason; therefore. | |
| I was hungry so I asked if there was any more food. | |
| He ate too much cake, so he fell ill. | |
| He wanted a book, so he went to the library. | |
| “I need to go to the bathroom.”―“So go!” | |
| 4. conj. (archaic) Provided that; on condition that, as long as. | |
| 5. adv. To the (explicitly stated) extent that. | |
| It was so hot outside that all the plants died. He was so good, they hired him on the spot. | |
| 6. adv. (informal) To the (implied) extent. | |
| I need a piece of cloth so long. = this long | |
| 7. adv. (informal) Very (positive clause). | |
| He is so good! | |
| 8. adv. (informal) Very (negative clause). | |
| It’s not so bad. i.e. it's acceptable | |
| 9. adv. (slang) Very much. | |
| But I so want to see the Queen when she visits our town! That is so not true! | |
| 10. adv. In a particular manner. | |
| Place the napkin on the table just so. If that's what you mean, then say so; (or do so). | |
| 11. adv. In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; also. | |
| Just as you have the right to your free speech, so I have the right to mine. Many people say she's the world's greatest athlete, but I don't think so. "I can count backwards from on | |
| 12. adv. (with as) To such an extent or degree; as. | |
| so far as; so long as; so much as | |
| 13. adj. True, accurate. | |
| That is so. You are responsible for this, is that not so? | |
| 14. adj. In that state or manner; with that attribute. A proadjective that replaces the aforementioned adjective phrase. | |
| 15. adj. (dated, UK, slang) Homosexual. | |
| Is he so? | |
| 16. interj. Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story. | |
| So, let's go home. | |
| So, what'll you have? | |
| So, there was this squirrel stuck in the chimney... | |
| 17. interj. (Short for) so what. | |
| "You park your car in front of my house every morning." — "So?". | |
| 18. interj. Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question. | |
| So how does this story end? | |
| So, everyone wants to know - did you win the contest or not? | |
| 19. interj. (archaic) Be as you are; stand still; (used especially to cows; also used by sailors.) | |
| 20. pron. abbreviation of someone | |
| 21. n. (music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fifth note of a major scale. | |
| 22. n. (foods) A type of dairy product made in Japan between the seventh and 10th centuries. | |
