| more |
| 1. det. comparative degree of many, : in greater number. (Used for a discrete quantity.) | |
| More people are arriving. | |
| There are more ways to do this than I can count. | |
| 2. det. comparative degree of much, : in greater quantity, amount, or proportion. (Used for a continuous quantity.) | |
| I want more soup; I need more time | |
| There's more caffeine in my coffee than in the coffee you get in most places. | |
| 3. adv. To a greater degree or extent. | |
| He walks more in the morning these days. | |
| 4. adv. (now poetic) In negative constructions: any further, any longer; any more. | |
| 5. adv. Used alone to form the comparative form of adjectives and adverbs. | |
| You're more beautiful than I ever imagined. | |
| 6. adv. (now dialectal, or humorous) Used in addition to an inflected comparative form. (Standard until the 18thc.) | |
| I was more better at English than you. | |
| 7. adv. rather | |
| He is more clever than wise. | |
| 8. n. An extra amount or extent. | |
| 9. n. (obsolete) a carrot; a parsnip. | |
| 10. n. (dialectal) a root; stock. | |
| 11. n. A plant. | |
| 12. v. To root up. | |
| 13. pron. a greater amount of people or things | |
| contraband |
| 1. n. any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess | |
| 2. n. goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods | |
| 3. n. (US, historical) A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces. | |
| 4. adj. prohibited from being traded | |
| 5. v. (obsolete) To import illegally; to smuggle. | |
| 6. v. (obsolete) To declare prohibited; to forbid. | |
| 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. | |
| war |
| 1. n. Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually involving the engagement of military forces. | |
| The war was largely between Sunni and Shia militants. | |
| 2. n. A particular conflict of this kind. | |
| 3. n. By extension, any conflict, or anything resembling a conflict. | |
| You look like you've been through the wars. | |
| 4. n. (figuratively) A campaign against something. | |
| The "war on drugs" is a campaign against the use of narcotic drugs. | |
| The "war on terror" is a campaign against terrorist crime. | |
| In the US, conservatives rail against the "war on Christmas". | |
| 5. n. (business) A bout of fierce competition in trade. | |
| I reaped the benefit of the car dealerships' price war, getting my car for far less than it's worth. | |
| The cellular phone companies were engaged in a freebie war, each offering various services thrown in when one purchased a plan. | |
| 6. n. (obsolete) Instruments of war. | |
| 7. n. (obsolete) Armed forces. | |
| 8. n. A particular card game for two players, notable for having its outcome predetermined by how the cards are dealt. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To engage in conflict (may be followed by "with" to specify the foe). | |
| 10. v. To carry on, as a contest; to wage. | |
| I |
| 1. pron. The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical subject, of a sentence. | |
| (audio, Here I am, sir.ogg, Audio) | |
| 2. pron. (nonstandard, hypercorrection) The speaker or writer, referred to as the grammatical object, of a sentence. | |
| 3. n. (metaphysics) The ego. | |
| 4. n. (US, roadway) Interstate. | |
| 5. n. (grammar) (abbreviation of instrumental case) | |
| 6. pron. nonstandard spelling of I | |
| suppose |
| 1. v. To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe. | |
| Suppose that A implies B and B implies C. Then A implies C. | |
| 2. v. To theorize or hypothesize. | |
| I suppose we all agree that this is the best solution. | |
| 3. v. To imagine; to believe; to receive as true. | |
| 4. v. To require to exist or to be true; to imply by the laws of thought or of nature. | |
| Purpose supposes foresight. | |
| 5. v. To put by fraud in the place of another. | |
