| just |
| 1. adj. Factually right, correct; factual. | |
| It is a just assessment of the facts. | |
| 2. adj. Rationally right, correct. | |
| 3. adj. Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair. | |
| It looks like a just solution at first glance. | |
| 4. adj. Proper, adequate. | |
| 5. adv. Only, simply, merely. | |
| Plant just a few tomatoes, unless you can freeze or dry them. | |
| He calls it vermilion, but it's just red to me. | |
| 6. adv. (sentence adverb) Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply. | |
| Just follow the directions on the box. | |
| 7. adv. (speech act) Used to convey a less serious or formal tone | |
| I just called to say "hi". | |
| 8. adv. (speech act) Used to show humility. | |
| Lord, we just want to thank You and praise Your Name. | |
| 9. adv. (degree) absolutely, positively | |
| It is just splendid! | |
| 10. adv. Moments ago, recently. | |
| They just left, but you may leave a message at the desk. | |
| 11. adv. By a narrow margin; closely; nearly. | |
| The fastball just missed my head! | |
| The piece just might fit. | |
| 12. adv. Exactly, precisely, perfectly. | |
| He wants everything just right for the big day. | |
| 13. interj. (slang) Expressing dismay or discontent. | |
| 14. n. A joust, tournament. | |
| 15. v. To joust, fight a tournament. | |
| 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. | |
| few |
| 1. det. (preceded by another determiner) An indefinite, but usually small, number of. | |
| I was expecting lots of people at the party, but very few (=almost none) turned up. Quite a few of them (=many of them) were pleasantly surprised. I don't know how | |
| 2. det. (used alone) Not many; a small (in comparison with another number stated or implied) but somewhat indefinite number of. | |
| There are few people who understand quantum theory. Many are called, but few are chosen. | |
| 3. det. (meteorology of clouds) (US?) Obscuring one eighth to two eighths of the sky. | |
| Tonight: A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness overnight. | |
| NOAA definition of the term "few clouds": An official sky cover classification for aviation weather observations, descriptive of a sky cover of 1/8 to 2/8. This is applied only when obscuring p | |
| 4. det. (meteorology of rainfall with regard to a location) (US?) Having a 10 percent chance of measurable precipitation (0.01 inch); used interchangeably with isolated. | |
| 5. pron. Few people, few things. | |
| Many are called, but few are chosen. | |
| recreational |
| 1. adj. For, or relating to, recreation. | |
| wagers |
| 1. n. plural of wager | |
| Some gamblers make wagers all day long. | |
| The Spartans were wagers of war. | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of wager | |
| A clever gambler wagers just enough to get ahead of the game, but not so much that he could be knocked out. | |
| wager |
| 1. n. Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge. | |
| 2. n. That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet. | |
| 3. n. (legal) A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall be paid or delivered to one of them, on the happening or not happening of an uncertain event. | |
| 4. n. (legal) An offer to make oath. | |
| 5. v. To bet something; to put it up as collateral | |
| I'd wager my boots on it. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive, figuratively) To suppose; to dare say. | |
| I'll wager that Johnson knows something about all this. | |
| 7. n. Agent noun of wage; one who wages. | |
