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money
1. n. A legally or socially binding conceptual contract of entitlement to wealth, void of intrinsic value, payable for all debts and taxes, and regulated in supply.
2. n. A generally accepted means of exchange and measure of value.
Before colonial times cowry shells imported from Mauritius were used as money in Western Africa.
3. n. A currency maintained by a state or other entity which can guarantee its value (such as a monetary union).
money supply; money market
4. n. Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.
5. n. The total value of liquid assets available for an individual or other economic unit, such as cash and bank deposits.
6. n. Wealth.
He was born with money.
7. n. An item of value between two or more parties used for the exchange of goods or services.
8. n. A person who funds an operation.
riches
1. n. Money, goods, wealth, treasure.
2. n. (figurative) An abundance of anything desirable.
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.
wealth
1. n. (economics) Riches; valuable material possessions.
2. n. A great amount; an abundance or plenty.
She brings a wealth of knowledge to the project.
3. n. (obsolete) Prosperity; well-being; happiness.
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.
seen
1. v. past participle of see
2. v. (nonstandard, dialectal) simple past tense of see; saw.
I seen it with my own eyes.
3. n. The letter س in the Arabic script.
see
1. v. (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
2. v. To witness or observe by personal experience.
Now I've seen it all!
I have been blind since birth and I love to read Braille. When the books arrive in from the library, I can’t wait to see what stories they have s
I saw military service in Vietnam.
3. v. To form a mental picture of.
4. v. (figuratively) To understand.
Do you see what I mean?
5. v. To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.
They're blind to the damage they do, but someday they'll see.
6. v. (social) To meet, to visit.
7. v. To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit.
to go to see a friend
8. v. To date frequently.
I've been seeing her for two months
9. v. To be the setting or time of.
The 20th century saw humanity's first space exploration.
10. v. (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
I'll see you hang for this! I saw that they didn't make any more trouble.
11. v. (gambling) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten.
12. v. (sometimes mystical) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
The oracle saw the destruction of the city.
13. v. To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
I'll come over later and see if I can fix your computer.
14. v. (used in the imperative) (Used to emphasise a proposition.)
You see, Johnny, your Dad isn't your real dad.
15. v. (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
Step 4: In the system, check out the laptop to the student (see: "Logging Resources" in the Tutor Manual).
This article is about the insect. For the English rock band, see.
For a complete proof of the Poincaré conjecture, see Appendix C.
16. interj. Directing the audience to pay attention to the following
See here, fellas, there's no need for all this rucus!
17. interj. Introducing an explanation
See, in order to win the full prize we would have to come up with a scheme to land a rover on the Moon.
18. n. A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.
19. n. The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric
20. n. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
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
having
1. v. present participle of have
2. n. Something owned; possession; goods; estate.
have
Additional archaic forms are second-person singular present tense hast, third-person singular present tense hath, present participle haveing, and second-person singular past tense hadst.
1. v. To possess, own, hold.
I have a house and a car.
Look what I have here — a frog I found on the street!
2. v. To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).
I have two sisters.
I have a lot of work to do.
3. v. To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.
I have breakfast at six o'clock.
Can I have a look at that?
I'm going to have some pizza and a beer right now.
4. v. To be scheduled to attend or participate in.
What class do you have right now? I have English.
Fred won't be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day.
5. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) (Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.)
I have already eaten today.
I had already eaten.
6. v. (auxiliary verb, taking a to-infinitive) See have to.
I have to go.
7. v. To give birth to.
The couple always wanted to have children.
My wife is having the baby right now!
My mother had me when she was 25.
8. v. To engage in sexual intercourse with.
He's always bragging about how many women he's had.
9. v. To accept as a romantic partner.
Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me.
10. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.
They had me feed their dog while they were out of town.
11. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To cause to be.
He had him arrested for trespassing.
The lecture's ending had the entire audience in tears.
12. v. (transitive with bare infinitive) To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)
The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week.
I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.
13. v. (transitive with adjective or adjective-phrase complement) To depict as being.
Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.
14. v. (Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below.))
We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we?
Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she?
(UK usage) He has some money, hasn't he?
15. v. (UK, slang) To defeat in a fight; take.
I could have him!
I'm gonna have you!
16. v. (dated) To be able to speak a language.
I have no German.
17. v. To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.
Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.
18. v. To be afflicted with, suffer from.
He had a cold last week.
19. v. To experience, go through, undergo.
We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that.
He had surgery on his hip yesterday.
I'm having the time of my life!
20. v. To trick, to deceive.
You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke.
21. v. (transitive, often with present participle) To allow; to tolerate.
The child screamed incessantly for his mother to buy him a toy, but she wasn't having any of it.
I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night.
22. v. (transitive, often used in the negative) To believe, buy, be taken in by.
I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it.
23. v. To host someone; to take in as a guest.
Thank you for having me!
24. v. To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.
What do you have for problem two?
I have two contacts on my scope.
25. v. (transitive, of a jury) To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.
We'll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon.
26. n. A wealthy or privileged person.
27. n. (uncommon) One who has some (contextually specified) thing.
28. n. (AU, NZ, informal) A fraud or deception; something misleading.
They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have.
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.
corrupting
1. v. present participle of corrupt
corrupt
1. adj. In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
The government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.
2. adj. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
The text of the manuscript is corrupt.
It turned out that the program was corrupt - that's why it wouldn't open.
3. adj. In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
4. v. To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.
Don't you dare corrupt my son with those disgusting pictures!
5. v. (intransitive) To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot.
6. v. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify.
to corrupt language, or a holy text
7. v. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
effect
1. n. The result or outcome of a cause. See usage notes below.
The effect of the hurricane was a devastated landscape.
2. n. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
3. n. Execution; performance; realization; operation.
4. n. The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
The new law will come into effect on the first day of next year.
5. n. (filmology) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
The effect of flying was most convincing.
6. n. (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
I use an echo effect here to make the sound more mysterious.
I just bought a couple of great effects.
7. n. (physics, psychology, etc.) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
Doppler effect
8. n. (usually plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
9. n. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
10. n. (obsolete) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
11. n. (obsolete) Manifestation; expression; sign.
12. v. To make or bring about; to implement.
The best way to effect change is to work with existing stakeholders.
13. v. misspelling of affect
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.
causing
1. v. present participle of cause
cause
1. n. (often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
They identified a burst pipe as the cause of the flooding.
2. n. (especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
There is no cause for alarm.
The end of the war was a cause for celebration.
3. n. A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
4. n. (obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
5. n. (obsolete) Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
6. n. (legal) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
7. v. To set off an event or action.
The lightning caused thunder.
8. v. To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
His dogged determination caused the fundraising to be successful.
9. v. To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.
greed
1. n. A selfish or excessive desire for more than is needed or deserved, especially of money, wealth, food, or other possessions.
His greed was his undoing.
What drove them was their ambition, their greed for power.
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.
obtained
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of obtain
obtain
1. v. To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way.
2. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To secure (that) a specific objective or state of affairs be reached.
3. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To prevail, be victorious; to succeed.
4. v. (transitive, obsolete) To hold; to keep, possess or occupy.
5. v. (intransitive) To exist or be the case; to hold true, be in force.
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.
an
1. art. Form of a used before a vowel sound
2. art. (now quite rare) Form of a used before 'h' in an unstressed syllable
3. art. (nonstandard) Form of a used before 'h' in a stressed syllable
4. conj. (archaic) If
5. conj. (archaic) So long as.
An it harm none, do what ye will.
6. conj. (archaic) As if; as though.
7. n. The first letter of the Georgian alphabet, ა (Mkhedruli), Ⴀ (Asomtavruli) or ⴀ (Nuskhuri).
8. prep. In each; to or for each; per.
I was only going twenty miles an hour.
underhanded
1. adj. Done by moving the hand (and arm) from below.
2. adj. Sly, dishonest, corrupt, cheating.
His underhanded trick backfired and he was disqualified.
3. adj. Insincere; sarcastic.
An underhanded compliment is actually criticism.
4. adj. Secret; surreptitious.
5. adj. Understaffed.
6. adv. In an underhanded manner.
7. v. simple past tense and past participle of underhand
8. n. Devious people, collectively.
underhand
1. adj. secret; clandestine
2. adj. (by extension) dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner
3. adj. (in various ball games, of a ball) thrown (etc.) with the hand brought forward and up from below
4. adv. with an underhand movement
5. adv. in a sly, sneaky or secret manner
6. v. To toss or lob with an underhand movement.
7. v. To trick, deceive or gull.
8. v. (mining) To excavate downward in successive steps or horizontal slices while positioned above on unbroken ore.
9. n. (textiles) The lower of two hands, the hand under the work.
Your underhand should be entirely under the quilt.
manner
1. n. Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything
2. n. Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing
His natural manner makes him seem like the boss.
3. n. One's customary method of acting; habit.
These people have strange manners.
4. n. good, polite behaviour
5. n. The style of writing or thought of an author; the characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
6. n. A certain degree or measure.
It is in a manner done already.
7. n. Sort; kind; style.
All manner of persons participate.
8. n. Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.

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