it |
1. pron. The third-person singular personal pronoun that is normally used to refer to an inanimate object or abstract entity, also often used to refer to animals. | |
Put it over there. | |
Take each day as it comes. | |
I heard the sound of the school bus - it was early today. | |
2. pron. A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a child, especially of unknown gender. | |
She took the baby and held it in her arms. | |
3. pron. Used to refer to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation. | |
It's me. John. | |
Is it her? | |
4. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement. (known as the dummy pronoun or weather it) | |
It is nearly 10 o’clock. | |
It’s 10:45 read ten-forty-five. | |
It’s very cold today. | |
It’s lonely without you. | |
5. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used without referent in various short idioms. | |
stick it out | |
live it up | |
rough it | |
6. pron. The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject i | |
It is easy to see how she would think that. (with the infinitive clause headed by to see) | |
I find it odd that you would say that. (with the noun clause introduced by that) | |
It is hard seeing you so sick. (with the gerund seeing) | |
He saw to it that everyone would vote for him. (with the noun clause introduced by that) | |
It is not clear if the report was true. (with the noun clause introduced by if) | |
7. pron. All or the end; something after which there is no more. | |
Are there more students in this class, or is this it? | |
That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you. | |
8. pron. (chiefly pejorative, offensive) A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or is neither female nor male. | |
9. pron. (obsolete) (Followed by an omitted and understood relative pronoun): That which; what. | |
10. det. (obsolete) its | |
11. n. One who is neither a he nor a she; a creature; a dehumanized being. | |
12. n. The person who chases and tries to catch the other players in the playground game of tag. | |
In the next game, Adam and Tom will be it… | |
13. n. (British) The game of tag. | |
Let's play it at breaktime. | |
14. n. Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond beauty. | |
15. n. (euphemism) Sexual activity. | |
caught them doing it | |
16. adj. (colloquial) Most fashionable. | |
like |
1. v. (transitive, archaic) To please. | |
2. v. To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of. | |
I like hamburgers | |
I like skiing in winter | |
I like the Seattle Mariners this season | |
3. v. (obsolete) To derive pleasure of, by or with someone or something. | |
4. v. To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity. | |
I like to go to the dentist every six months | |
She likes to keep herself physically fit | |
we like to keep one around the office just in case | |
5. v. (obsolete) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition). | |
6. v. (archaic) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly. | |
He liked to have been too late. | |
7. v. To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for. | |
I really like Sandra but don't know how to tell her. | |
8. v. (obsolete) To liken; to compare. | |
9. v. (Internet, transitive) To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote. | |
I liked my friend's last status on Facebook. | |
I can't stand Bloggs' tomato ketchup, but I liked it on Facebook so I could enter a competition. | |
10. n. (usually plural) Something that a person likes (prefers). | |
Tell me your likes and dislikes. | |
11. n. (internet) An individual vote showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet. | |
12. adj. Similar. | |
My partner and I have like minds. | |
13. adj. (obsolete) Likely; probable. | |
14. adv. (informal) For example, such as: to introduce an example or list of examples. | |
There are lots of birds, like ducks and gulls, in this park. | |
15. adv. (archaic, colloquial) Likely. | |
16. adv. (obsolete) In a like or similar manner. | |
17. n. (sometimes as the likes of) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort. | |
There were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like. | |
It was something the likes of which I had never seen before. | |
18. n. (golf) The stroke that equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side. | |
to play the like | |
19. conj. (colloquial) As, the way. | |
20. conj. As if; as though. | |
It looks like you've finished the project. | |
It seemed like you didn't care. | |
21. prep. Similar to, reminiscent of. | |
These hamburgers taste like leather. | |
22. part. (colloquial, Scotland, Geordie, Teesside, Scouse) A delayed filler. | |
He was so angry, like. | |
23. part. (colloquial) A mild intensifier. | |
She was, like, sooooo happy. | |
24. part. (colloquial) indicating approximation or uncertainty | |
There were, like, twenty of them. | |
And then he, like, got all angry and left the room. | |
25. part. (colloquial, slang) When preceded by any form of the verb to be, used to mean “to say” or “to think”; used to precede an approximate quotation or paraphrase. | |
I was like, “Why did you do that?” and he's like, “I don't know.” | |
26. interj. (Liverpool, Geordie) Used to place emphasis upon a statement. | |
divint ye knaa, like? | |
being |
1. v. present participle of be | |
2. n. A living creature. | |
3. n. The state or fact of existence, consciousness, or life, or something in such a state. | |
4. n. (philosophy) That which has actuality (materially or in concept). | |
5. n. (philosophy) One's basic nature, or the qualities thereof; essence or personality. | |
6. n. (obsolete) An abode; a cottage. | |
7. conj. (obsolete) Given that; since. | |
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? | |
subjected |
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of subject | |
subject |
1. adj. Likely to be affected by or to experience something. | |
a country subject to extreme heat | |
Menu listings and prices are subject to change. | |
He's subject to sneezing fits. | |
2. adj. Conditional upon. | |
The local board sets local policy, subject to approval from the State Board. | |
3. adj. Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation. | |
4. adj. Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state. | |
5. n. (grammar) In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses with verbs denoting an action, the subject and the actor are usually the same. | |
In the sentence ‘The mouse is eaten by the cat in the kitchen.’, ‘The mouse’ is the subject, ‘the cat’ being the agent. | |
6. n. An actor; one who takes action. | |
The subjects and objects of power. | |
7. n. The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc. | |
8. n. A particular area of study. | |
Her favorite subject is physics. | |
9. n. A citizen in a monarchy. | |
I am a British subject. | |
10. n. A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority. | |
11. n. (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue. | |
12. n. A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc. | |
13. n. (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with another entity. | |
14. n. (logic) That of which something is stated. | |
15. n. (math) The variable in terms of which an expression is defined. | |
Making x the subject of xsup - 2 − 6x + 3y = 0, we have x = 3 ± √(9 − 3y). | |
16. v. (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted. | |
to |
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive. | |
I want to leave. | |
He asked me what to do. | |
I don’t know how to say it. | |
I have places to go and people to see. | |
2. part. As above, with the verb implied. | |
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.". | |
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to. | |
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs. | |
I have to do laundry today. | |
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at. | |
We are walking to the shop. | |
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose. | |
He devoted himself to education. | |
They drank to his health. | |
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action. | |
His face was beaten to a pulp. | |
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application. | |
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking. | |
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a. | |
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t | |
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison. | |
one to one = 1:1 | |
ten to one = 10:1. | |
I have ten dollars to your four. | |
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation. | |
Three squared or three to the second power is nine. | |
Three to the power of two is nine. | |
Three to the second is nine. | |
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object. | |
I gave the book to him. | |
12. prep. (time) Preceding. | |
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour). | |
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains. | |
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it. | |
There's a lot of sense to what he says. | |
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At. | |
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y. | |
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position. | |
Please push the door to. | |
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind. | |
17. adv. misspelling of too | |
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. | |
man |
1. n. An adult male human. | |
The show is especially popular with middle-aged men. | |
2. n. (collective) All human males collectively: mankind. | |
3. n. A human, a person of either gender, usually an adult. (See usage notes.) | |
every man for himself | |
4. n. (collective) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity. (Sometimes capitalized as Man.) | |
5. n. (anthropology, archaeology, paleontology) A member of the genus Homo, especially of the species Homo sapiens. | |
6. n. (obsolete) A sentient being, whether human or supernatural. | |
7. n. An adult male who has, to an eminent degree, qualities considered masculine, such as strength, integrity, and devotion to family; a mensch. | |
8. n. (obsolete, uncommon) Manliness; the quality or state of being manly. | |
9. n. A husband. | |
10. n. A lover; a boyfriend. | |
11. n. A male enthusiast or devotee; a male who is very fond of or devoted to a specified kind of thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.) | |
Some people prefer apple pie, but me, I’m a cherry pie man. | |
12. n. A person, usually male, who has duties or skills associated with a specified thing. (Used as the last element of a compound.) | |
I wanted to be a guitar man on a road tour, but instead I’m a flag man on a road crew. | |
13. n. A person, usually male, who can fulfill one's requirements with regard to a specified matter. | |
14. n. A male who belongs to a particular group: an employee, a student or alumnus, a representative, etc. | |
15. n. An adult male servant. | |
16. n. (historical) A vassal. A subject. | |
Like master, like man. (old proverb) | |
all the king's men | |
17. n. A piece or token used in board games such as chess. | |
18. n. (Multicultural London English, slang) Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; (non-gloss definition, construed in the third person). | |
19. n. A term of familiar address often implying on the part of the speaker some degree of authority, impatience, or haste. | |
Come on, man, we've got no time to lose! | |
20. n. A friendly term of address usually reserved for other adult males. | |
Hey, man, how's it goin'? | |
21. n. (sports) A player on whom another is playing, with the intent of limiting their attacking impact. | |
22. adj. only used in, man enough | |
23. interj. Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man. | |
Man, that was a great catch! | |
24. v. To supply (something) with staff or crew (of either sex). | |
The ship was manned with a small crew. | |
25. v. To take up position in order to operate (something). | |
Man the machine guns! | |
26. v. (reflexive, possibly dated) To brace (oneself), to fortify or steel (oneself) in a manly way. (Compare man up.) | |
27. v. (transitive, obsolete) To wait on, attend to or escort. | |
28. v. (transitive, obsolete, chiefly falconry) To accustom (a raptor or other type of bird) to the presence of people. | |
interminable |
1. adj. Existing or occurring without interruption or end; ceaseless, unending. | |
2. n. (math, dated) A repeating decimal. | |
sulk |
1. n. A state of sulking. | |
Leo has been in a sulk all morning. | |
2. v. (lbl, en, intransitive) to express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn. | |
3. n. A furrow. | |