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my
1. det. First-person singular possessive determiner. See.
2. det. Belonging to me.
I can't find my book.
3. det. Associated with me.
My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable.
Don't you know my name?
I recognised him because he had attended my school.
4. det. Related to me.
My parents won't let me go out tonight.
5. det. In the possession of me.
I have to take my books back to the library soon.
6. interj. Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
My, what big teeth you have!
driver
1. n. One who drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.
2. n. Something that drives something, in any sense of the verb to drive.
3. n. A person who drives a motorized vehicle such as a car or a bus.
4. n. A person who drives some other vehicle.
5. n. (computing) A program that acts as an interface between an application and hardware, written specifically for the device it controls.
6. n. (golf) A golf club used to drive the ball a great distance.
7. n. (nautical) a kind of sail, smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square-rigged ship, a driver is tied to the same spars.
8. n. A mallet.
9. n. A tamping iron.
10. n. A cooper's hammer for driving on barrel hoops.
11. n. A screwdriver.
license
1. n. A legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit.
2. n. The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
3. n. Freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behaviour or speech).
4. n. Excessive freedom; lack of due restraint.
5. v. The act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization.
It was decided to license Wikipedia under the GFDL.
6. v. Authorize officially.
I am licensed to practice law in this state.
expires
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of expire
expire
1. v. (intransitive) To die.
The patient expired in hospital.
2. v. (intransitive) To lapse and become invalid.
My library card will expire next week.
3. v. To exhale; to breathe out.
4. v. To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour; to emit in minute particles.
5. v. To bring to a close; to terminate.
on
1. adj. In the state of being active, functioning or operating.
2. adj. Performing according to schedule.
Are we still on for tonight?
Is the show still on?
3. adj. (chiefly UK, informal, usually negative) Acceptable, appropriate.
You can't do that; it's just not on.
4. adj. (informal) Destined, normally in the context of a challenge being accepted; involved, doomed.
"Five bucks says the Cavs win tonight." ―"You're on!".
Mike just threw coffee onto Paul's lap. It's on now.
5. adj. (baseball, informal) Having reached a base as a runner and being positioned there, awaiting further action from a subsequent batter.
6. adj. (euphemistic) Menstruating.
7. adv. To an operating state.
turn the television on
8. adv. Along, forwards (continuing an action).
drive on, rock on
9. adv. In continuation, at length.
and so on.
He rambled on and on.
10. adv. (not US) Later.
Ten years on, nothing had changed in the village.
11. prep. Positioned at the upper surface of, touching from above.
on the table; on the couch
The parrot was sitting on Jim's shoulder.
12. prep. At or near; adjacent to.
Soon we'll pass a statue on the left.
The fleet is on the American coast.
Croton-on-Hudson, Rostov-on-Don, Southend-on-Sea
13. prep. Covering.
He wore old shoes on his feet.
14. prep. At the date of.
Born on the 4th of July.
15. prep. Some time during the day of.
I'll see you on Monday. The bus leaves on Friday. Can I see you on a different day? On Sunday I'm busy.
16. prep. Dealing with the subject of, about, or concerning something.
A book on history. The World Summit on the Information Society.
17. prep. Touching; hanging from.
The fruit ripened on the trees. The painting hangs on the wall.
18. prep. (informal) In the possession of.
I haven't got any money on me.
19. prep. Because of, or due to.
To arrest someone on suspicion of bribery. To contact someone on a hunch.
20. prep. Upon; at the time of (and often because of).
On Jack's entry, William got up to leave.
On the addition of ammonia, a chemical reaction begins.
21. prep. Paid for by.
The drinks are on me tonight, boys. The meal is on the house. I paid for the airfare and meals for my family, but the hotel room was on the company.
22. prep. Used to indicate a means or medium.
I saw it on television. Can't you see I'm on the phone?
23. prep. Indicating a means of subsistence.
They lived on ten dollars a week. The dog survived three weeks on rainwater.
24. prep. Away or occupied with (e.g. a scheduled activity).
He's on his lunch break. on vacation; on holiday
25. prep. Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with.
to play on a violin or piano
Her words made a lasting impression on my mind.
26. prep. Regularly taking (a drug).
You've been on these antidepressants far too long. He's acting so strangely, I think he must be on something.
27. prep. Under the influence of (a drug).
He's acting crazy because he's on crack right now.
28. prep. (mathematics) Having identical domain and codomain.
a function on
29. prep. (mathematics) HavingV^n as domain and V as codomain, for some set V and integer n.
an operator on
30. prep. (mathematics) Generated by.
the free group on four letters
31. prep. Supported by (the specified part of itself).
A table can't stand on two legs. After resting on his elbows, he stood on his toes, then walked on his heels.
32. prep. At a given time after the start of something; at.
33. prep. In addition to; besides; indicating multiplication or succession in a series.
heaps on heaps of food
mischief on mischief; loss on loss
34. prep. (obsolete, regional) of
35. prep. Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in.
I depended on them for assistance.
He will promise on certain conditions.
Do you ever bet on horses?
36. prep. Toward; for; indicating the object of an emotion.
Have pity or compassion on him.
37. prep. (obsolete) At the peril of, or for the safety of.
38. prep. In the service of; connected with; of the number of.
He is on a newspaper; I am on the committee.
39. prep. By virtue of; with the pledge of.
He affirmed or promised on his word, or on his honour.
40. prep. To the account or detriment of; denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon.
On us be all the blame.
A curse on him!
Please don't tell on her and get her in trouble.
He turned on her and has been her enemy ever since.
He went all honest on me, making me listen to his confession.
41. v. (transitive, Singapore, Philippines) to switch on
Can you on the light?
42. prep. (UK dialectal, Scotland) Without.
43. n. In the Japanese language, a pronunciation, or reading, of a kanji character that was originally based on the character's pronunciation in Chinese, contrasted with kun.
Most kanji have two kinds of reading, called "on" and "kun".
My
1. n. megayear
2. pron. alternative case form of my often used when speaking as God or another important figure who is understood from context.
3. det. First-person singular possessive determiner. See.
4. det. Belonging to me.
I can't find my book.
5. det. Associated with me.
My seat at the restaurant was uncomfortable.
Don't you know my name?
I recognised him because he had attended my school.
6. det. Related to me.
My parents won't let me go out tonight.
7. det. In the possession of me.
I have to take my books back to the library soon.
8. interj. Used to express surprise, shock or amazement.
My, what big teeth you have!
birthday
1. n. The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
2. n. The anniversary of the day on which something is created.
3. n. The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.
4. v. (intransitive, informal) To celebrate one's birthday.
next
1. adj. nearest, Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
2. adj. Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately preceding or following in order.
the next chapter; the next man I see; the next week; the Sunday next before Easter
3. adj. (figuratively) Following in a hypothetical sequence of some kind.
4. det. The one immediately following the current or most recent one
Next week would be a good time to meet.
I'll know better next time.
5. det. Closest to seven days (one week) in the future.
The party is next Tuesday; that is, not this Tuesday, but nine days from now.
6. adv. In a time, place or sequence closest or following.
They live in the next closest house.
It's the next best thing to ice cream.
Next, we stripped off the old paint.
7. adv. On the first subsequent occasion
Financial panic, earthquakes, oil spills, riots. What comes next?
When we next meet, you'll be married.
8. prep. On the side of; next to.
9. n. The one that follows after this one.
Next, please, don't hold up the queue!
year
1. n. A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
we moved to this town a year ago; I quit smoking exactly one year ago
2. n. (by extension) The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution
Mars goes around the sun once in a Martian year, or 1.88 Earth years.
3. n. A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by
A normal year has 365 full days, but there are 366 days in a leap year.
I was born in the year 1950.
This Chinese year is the year of the Rooster.
4. n. A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
During this school year I have to get up at 6:30 to catch the bus.
5. n. (sciences) A Julian year, exactly 365.25 days, represented by "a".
6. n. A level or grade in school or college.
Every second-year student must select an area of specialization.
The exams in year 12 at high school are the most difficult.
7. n. The proportion of a creature's lifespan equivalent to one year of an average human lifespan (see also dog year).
Geneticists have created baker's yeast that can live to 800 in yeast years.

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